40: Chapter 40 Legendary Skills! An Increasingly Powerful Duo!

The 17th wave of monsters arrived.

- 48!

- 1764!

- 1764!

- 2716! (Critical Hit)

"You obtained 320 (+2464) experience points."

"You used [Sword Qi Slash] to successfully kill a BOSS-level monster 11 levels higher than yourself, your kill progress increased by 2048 points!"

Although he successfully killed the level 16 monster before him, Zhang Jian wore a grave expression.

The further they went, the higher the monsters' Qi and blood became.

Even though the attack bonus of [Sword Qi Slash] was high enough, his base attack was still struggling to keep up without the skill buffs from Wang Fei.

If things continued this way, he would likely find the wave 20 BOSS very difficult to handle.

There was even a possibility of failure.

Thinking of this, he dared not delay any longer.

It was time to get his brother, who had been lying his way to victory, back on his feet!

Just as they repelled the monsters in this wave, taking advantage of the break, he hurriedly fed a [Qingxuan Qi-Restoring Medicinal Pill] to Wang Fei.

Seeing him slowly regain his breath, it was clear that the Medicinal Pill was starting to take effect.

Only then did Zhang Jian feel relieved and turn back to face the monsters.

What a strange feeling!

Wang Fei felt as if he were suddenly plunged into darkness, his heart filled with agitation.

He wanted to escape but was powerless to do so.

Just as he was on the verge of an emotional breakdown, a cool sensation enveloped him, and his body seemed to be awakened.

In the original darkness, rays of light slowly began to appear.

The splitting headache gradually vanished, and his consciousness surged back like a tide.

The shackles outside his body were peeled away layer by layer, and he regained control.

"Have I escaped?" Wang Fei thought subconsciously.

When he struggled to open his heavy eyelids, within his blurred vision, he saw a figure shuttling through a pile of monsters.

The roaring of monsters rang in his ears, and he could smell the pungent scent of blood in his nose.

Wang Fei was bewildered.

"Where exactly am I?"

He sat up abruptly.

The scene before him became completely clear.

He saw the red light enveloping the furnace beside him.

He saw the figure of Zhang Jian fighting monsters not far away, as well as the 400,000 experience points and 3,600 dungeon points accumulated on the panel.

Wang Fei's eyes lit up, and he suddenly remembered.

"Am I in a dungeon?"

He recalled the events of the afternoon.

"That's right! I was supposed to grind the Abandoned Furnace dungeon with Brother Jian today to obtain the clearance certificate."

"But halfway there, we suddenly encountered Li Zhihai blocking the path, and I don't know what method he used to knock me unconscious."

"As a result, Brother Jian just brought the unconscious me into the dungeon?"

The prompt on the furnace clearly indicated that they had already reached the 19th wave.

Watching Zhang Jian's struggling figure, Wang Fei felt a pang of soreness in his nose, and his heart was filled with an indescribable emotion.

He didn't need to think to know how much Zhang Jian had silently contributed while he was unconscious.

"I'm such a bastard!" Wang Fei wanted to slap himself, feeling that he had dragged Zhang Jian down.

But the next moment, he changed his train of thought.

"Without my support, Brother Jian must have had a hard time, right?"

When he stretched his body, he discovered that his condition had recovered to its Peak.

He even had an extra temporary status called [Qingxuan Pulse Protection], which doubled both his health and mana.

Although he didn't know the reason, Wang Fei didn't have time to dwell on it.

He had to join the battle.

He would no longer let Zhang Jian fight alone!

"Teammate [Wang Fei] has cast the support skill [Strategy and Tactics] on you, your next skill cooldown is reduced by 15%."

"This skill is a designated option, strengthened to 30%."

"There is only one person within the team range, strengthened to 45%."

"Exclusive entry [Brothers Are Awesome] activated, your next skill cooldown is reduced by 90%!"

"Teammate [Wang Fei] has cast the support skill [Strategy and Tactics] on you, your attack power is increased by 7.5%."

"This skill is a designated option, strengthened to 15%."

"There is only one person within the team range, strengthened to 22.5%."

"Exclusive entry [Brothers Are Awesome] activated, your attack power is increased by 45%!"

Rows of prompts lit up one after another, causing Zhang Jian, who was preparing to strike, to pause.

Wang Fei was awake?

He turned his head and saw the figure rushing over.

Zhang Jian hurriedly signaled for him to continue hiding by the furnace.

With his small frame, he couldn't withstand this wave of monsters!

However, although Wang Fei stopped in his tracks, he was still uneasy.

After careful observation, he chose a suitable position.

It could ensure his own safety while also ensuring that this casting distance could provide buffs to Zhang Jian at any time.

His brother's awakening caused Zhang Jian's strength to instantly increase significantly.

The cooldown of [Whirlwind Sword Slash] instantly became 3 seconds.

Added with the increase in mana recovery speed, Zhang Jian cleared the monsters of this wave smoothly with two consecutive one-hit kills.

Next, it was much simpler.

The two brothers went all out and cleared the monsters of the eighteenth and nineteenth waves in one go.

In the twentieth wave, facing the level 20 excellence-grade BOSS again, Zhang Jian successfully forced out its second form.

Utilizing the previous strategy, he fought steadily and killed it.

However, this time, it did not drop a class advancement certificate, which made Zhang Jian somewhat regretful.

He had been thinking that if another one dropped, he could definitely sell it for a lot of money.

However, it wasn't as if there were no gains.

The BOSS only dropped one item this time, but it was unexpectedly useful.

It was a legendary-grade support skill called [Distance at Will].

This was the first time both of them had seen a legendary-grade skill, and they were both a bit excited.

If they took this out casually, it could easily sell for millions.

If Zhang Jian had this in his hands before, the 5 million debt would have been paid off in minutes!

However, this skill belonged to the support category, and it was just right for Wang Fei to use, so Zhang Jian suggested that he learn it directly.

Wang Fei was initially a bit reluctant, feeling that it might be too early for him to come into contact with legendary-grade skills at his current Rank.

After all, with a family like Ye Wenjie's, which had assets in the billions, they had only learned two excellence-grade skills so far.

But Zhang Jian quickly persuaded him.

"Since you're awake and have the [Qingxuan Pulse Protection] status to ensure safety, let's strive to sprint for the nightmare-grade difficulty."

"It would be best if we could clear all the waves, so our results will be improved to an extremely high level."

"Once we get into the top Professional University, what does a legendary-grade skill even count for?"

Wang Fei heard this and thought it made a lot of sense, so he stopped being coy and learned it directly.

[Distance at Will] (Legendary Grade)

Group Form - [Battle Formation Expansion]

Consumes 100 mana, unfolds a Formation Domain with a radius of 10 meters centered on oneself, lasting 30 seconds; all allies within the range have their attack distance increased by 20%, and each attack carries a splash effect of 10% of maximum health as true damage.

For every additional teammate in the Formation, the Formation's duration increases by 3 seconds (up to 30 seconds).

Single-Target Form - [Lone Wolf Breakthrough]

Consumes 100 mana, concentrates Formation energy on a single target, increasing their attack distance by 50%, lasting 1 minute; and after each attack, returns 10% of the damage value as a shield, lasting 10 seconds.

If the number of team members is less than 3, the attack distance is additionally increased by 20% of the original base, and the shield duration is additionally increased by 20% of the original base.

When Wang Fei displayed the effects of the skill after learning it, even Zhang Jian was a bit envious.

This was actually a rare dual-form skill.

In group form, it could increase attack distance and attack intensity significantly.

In single-target form, the effect was even more obvious and outstanding.

It was actually very suitable for the current situation.

Having obtained such a powerful skill, Wang Fei was instantly filled with confidence.

He directly invested all the experience points he had saved for a long time into it.

After learning it, he finally understood.

Why was it that Ye Wenjie's family, being so wealthy, didn't use their advantage to let him learn a few legendary-grade skills to get better results before the Professional Entrance Exam?

This thing required 50,000 experience points for the first level, and subsequently 100,000, 200,000 increases.

Even he had only managed to raise it by 3 levels in a row before running out of experience.

For other Professionals, grinding a dungeon at most yielded tens of thousands of experience points.

Grinding the trial dungeon three times a day wasn't even enough to level it up once.

With that experience, it would be better to raise excellence-grade skills by a few levels, as the effect would be more obvious.

And when Wang Fei used his newly learned skill on Zhang Jian, it directly increased his attack distance by 97.5%.

Monsters that originally required him to run out to attack, Zhang Jian could now easily kill with a single sword strike from afar.

Not to mention the increase in efficiency, he himself was also much more relaxed and at ease.

The additional effects of the skill were also very practical.

The proportion of damage value returned from attacks, at level 3, was raised to 19.5%.

After Zhang Jian's normal [Whirlwind Sword Slash], a total of eighteen Sword Qi damage instances accumulated, and the temporary shield brought by the return caused his health to jump to 1112 points.

Another [Sword Qi Slash] went down, and it was even more exaggerated.

The shield value skyrocketed to 5000 points!

Zhang Jian was completely confident.

This shield, combined with the effect of [Sword Qi Gale], was simply a double insurance.

It was hard for him to even get hurt.

With Wang Fei's help, Zhang Jian's comprehensive combat power soared, and he was simply unstoppable.

In one breath, they furiously cleared two more levels!

Facing the 23rd wave, the two had originally not paid much attention, thinking they could pass easily.

However, when they saw the attributes of the familiar monsters, both of them gasped.

[Thug Leader]

Rank: 21

Health: 85000

Damage: 307

Defense: 188

Skill: Ripping Chainsaw

Wang Fei suspected he was seeing things.

This level 21 leader was actually far stronger than the one of the same appearance from the third wave at level 11.

The health was more than ten times higher.

The damage and defense were also greatly increased.

The overall effect was comparable to the elites or even the BOSSes from before.

Zhang Jian's [Sword Qi Slash] couldn't even deplete one-quarter of the opponent's health.

It was only by relying on the double shield that Zhang Jian was almost unafraid of getting hurt and went head-to-head with it.

After accumulating critical hit effects, he finally managed to kill it.

"You obtained 1120 (+12544) experience points."

"You used [Sword Qi Slash] to successfully kill a leader-level monster 16 levels higher than yourself, your kill progress increased by 40960 points!"

"[So You Call Yourself a Boss] kill progress increased by 20480 points."

Although the monsters provided a lot of experience due to the high level-gap bonus, and the entry progress also increased significantly, Zhang Jian began to worry.

This was only a leader-level monster just over level 20.

In the subsequent waves, the monster levels would continue to increase, with even a legendary-grade BOSS at level 25 at the highest.

The attributes would definitely increase even more.

Just looking at the current situation, if the leaders were like this, the elites and BOSSes would definitely be even more powerful.

With their current strength, going any further would only become increasingly difficult.

For the sake of safety, it seemed that ending here was the most secure option.

The two looked at each other, their eyes conflicted.

Should they just quit like this?

Zhang Jian was very unwilling.

Although the accumulated gains so far were not small, if they quit, it could only count as a perfect clear of the difficult-grade dungeon.

It was completely different from the nightmare-grade difficulty clearance certificate he wanted to obtain.

But was there any other way to further improve their strength?

Zhang Jian turned his gaze toward the weapon in his hand.

It seemed, he would have to rely on it?