83: They returned to the main city, laden with their spoils.

"Ding! Your team has completed the first clear of the Demon Dragon Lair Instance. A Server-wide Announcement is about to be made. Would you like to hide your name?"

"No."

"System: Congratulations to White Emperor's team for completing the first clear of the Demon Dragon Lair Instance! Reward: free attribute points +50, Fame +2. This Server-wide Announcement is made to encourage all players to continue their hard work."

"System: Congratulations to White Emperor's team for completing the first clear of the Demon Dragon Lair Instance! Reward: free attribute points +50, Fame +2. This Server-wide Announcement is made to encourage all players to continue their hard work."

...As the System announcement rang out, the Demon Dragon Lair Instance finally came to a close.

The three people hiding far away also breathed a sigh of relief. This terrifying battle was finally over.

Next was the time for reward settlement.

"Ding! You have completed the first clear of the purgatory level Demon Dragon Lair Instance. Calculating rewards..."

"Ding! You have obtained Purple Rare Class Set +5."

"Ding! You have obtained 108 pieces of equipment and Intermediate Skill Scroll +100."

"Ding! You have obtained Skill Book +25."

"Ding! You have obtained Dragon King's Heart +1."

"Ding! You have obtained Gold Coins +500."

...A series of System prompts rang out.

For Lin Yue, it was another good income.

Most of the items dropped in a level 40 Instance were for level 40 use, so they couldn't be used for now and were first placed into the guild warehouse.

In an instant, more than a hundred pieces of equipment were added to the guild warehouse.

Furthermore, the Demon Dragon Instance also came with war merit rewards; every monster kill counted towards war merit.

After clearing the purgatory level, the guild's Rank also rose to level five.

"Ding! White Jade Capital has reached Level 5, obtaining Guild Buff Level 1."

Guild Level 5 was a threshold; after reaching Level 5, the previous attributes were integrated into a single Guild Buff.

Guild Buff: Level 1

All players' experience gain +5%, health +5%, critical hit +5%.

In this way, every member of the guild could enjoy the benefits brought by the Guild Buff.

Lin Yue's own attributes also saw a surge under the percentage bonuses.

His maximum health increased by 70,000 points, reaching around 1.5 million points.

As his health grew, his spell power also broke through 30,000 points.

The higher Lin Yue's health, the higher his spell power.

Lin Yue used the 100 Intermediate Skill Scrolls directly, and Vibrant Life was instantly upgraded to four stars.

Vibrant Life (Special Passive Skill): Four Stars.

Effect 1: You gain a recovery aura, restoring +1000 health per second.

Effect 2: When health drops to 35%, health will recover at 5% per second until it reaches 75%. (Cooldown: 30 minutes)

Experience: 0 / 500,000 (Special skill experience can only be obtained through skill scrolls.)

Lin Yue hadn't been able to increase the level of Vibrant Life since the Novice Village Instance; these one hundred Intermediate Skill Scrolls were just enough for one level up.

Having reached four stars, the cooldown of Vibrant Life was further reduced to only thirty minutes.

The base health recovery also reached one thousand points, and the percentage recovery could restore up to 40% of his health, which was sufficient for current use.

As for Skill Books, there were quite a few rewards this time, but unfortunately, there were no special skills.

Most were class-related, with very few Mage skills, and some even required a class advancement to use.

"This one is for you."

He casually tossed a Skill Book to Ink Feather. Although Lin Yue couldn't use it, someone in the team could.

Ink Feather flipped it open and his eyes immediately lit up.

Stealth Arrow: One Star.

Effect: The arrows you fire will have a 5% chance to be stealthed.

Cost: None.

Cooldown: None.

Experience: 0 / 10,000

It looked like a very ordinary effect, but Ink Feather knew exactly what it meant.

For an Archer, having arrows that could go into stealth was a complete killing move.

In a PVP environment, because enemies wouldn't know the direction the arrows were coming from, they could only rely on anticipation to dodge. Once arrows were stealthed, they would be even harder to judge.

Whether in PVP or PVE, it was a massive improvement.

Not to mention Ink Feather came from a family of Archers and possessed supernatural archery skills; with the addition of Stealth Arrow, he would be like an assassin among Archers.

Killing invisibly.

Ink Feather rarely beamed with joy; he truly liked this skill very much.

"Thank you, Guild Leader!"

"You're welcome."

Lin Yue smiled, then gave each person fifty Gold Coins and ten free attribute points. After all, when running an Instance, one should give the team members some bonuses.

"This is too much, we didn't really contribute anything."

"Guild Leader, ten Gold Coins is enough, this is too much."

Dragon City Overlord and Ink Feather shook their heads repeatedly, refusing to take it.

Except for the first and second floors where they contributed a negligible amount of damage, the last three floors were entirely soloed by Lin Yue. How could they feel comfortable taking so much?

"You two grown men aren't even as decisive as me, a little girl. If he gives it to you, just take it."

Cute Little Peach didn't hesitate at all, happily putting the Gold Coins into her bag.

"Think about it, fifty Gold Coins can buy a whole rare set. The stronger we are, the stronger the guild will be, right?"

Having the truth pointed out by Cute Little Peach, Dragon City Overlord and Ink Feather didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

They actually understood this logic.

They were just embarrassed.

"Just take it. Anyway, as long as you're with me, you won't be short on money."

Lin Yue also spoke up. He really wasn't short on Gold Coins right now; between various quests and boss rewards, he had over ten thousand Gold Coins in his hands.

A proper wealthy man.

One or two hundred Gold Coins really wasn't much to him.

Seeing that the leader had said so, the two finally stopped refusing and accepted the Gold Coins wholeheartedly.

The great battle was over, and this trip to Demon Dragon Mountain was indeed not in vain for Lin Yue.

Not only did he gain over a hundred free attribute points, several thousand Gold Coins, and various rewards like equipment and luck potions,

But he also gained three experts like Dragon City Overlord.

Disbanding the team, Lin Yue told the three to go find Yun Ruoqing and the others.

Leveling with Lin Yue was certainly fast, but Lin Yue had his own things to do now, so he didn't have much time to take them to leveling spots.

Letting them coordinate with Yun Ruoqing and the fatty's team would be more beneficial for the guild's growth and expansion.

None of them were nobodies; they each had their own opportunities. Being tied to Lin Yue might actually limit their growth.

There were too many opportunities in the Land of the Final End, so many that Lin Yue only knew the general gist.

The three nodded, knowing that Lin Yue was doing this for the team's development, so they parted ways there.

Lin Yue returned to Xuanwu City alone.

He walked to the entrance of the City Lord's Mansion in Xuanwu City.

This time, before Lin Yue could even speak, the Captain of the Guards came running over eagerly.

"Lord White Emperor, you've finally come! The City Lord requests your presence!"