40: Chapter 4 Elite Trials!

Listening to the system's prompt, Lu Yin's breathing quickened slightly.

And what was extracted turned out to be high-grade souls of death!

Although to Lu Yin, it wasn't a particularly precious resource.

But the significance was entirely different.

This meant that besides killing monsters, Lu Yin had another source to obtain souls of death.

This was definitely much more efficient than his monster hunting.

After all, ordinary monsters could only drop ordinary-grade souls of death.

It took one hundred ordinary-grade souls of death to synthesize one high-grade soul of death.

And to make his Death Legion powerful, high-level souls of death were naturally indispensable.

As long as he had enough soul crystals, he could completely transform all his current Death Soldier into high-grade ones.

If he invested a bit more, he could even turn all the Death Soldier into rare-grade, or even epic-grade!

rare-grade attributes were equivalent to a BOSS of the same level.

Furthermore, based on the cost of 3 merit points, these soul crystals weren't overly high-level products.

In the Professional Association, there would surely be people selling them.

It was just that the transaction currency would change to star essence.

As for star essence, Lu Yin felt he wasn't lacking any.

The loot from the BOSSes he killed was enough to sell for over a hundred million star essence.

Thinking about how he could summon thousands of BOSS-level creatures with a wave of his hand in the future, he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

This is what true strength looks like.

A sharp glint flashed in Lu Yin's eyes. He returned to the terminal without hesitation, his fingers operating quickly on the screen.

He currently had fifty thousand merit points; he kept ten thousand for emergencies and exchanged all the rest for soul crystals.

[Confirm exchange for [soul crystal] x1332?]

[Yes/No]

"Yes."

The moment he confirmed, the teleportation formation inside the terminal lit up again.

Inside, a large pile of soul crystals was already stacked up.

Putting them all into his inventory, Lu Yin quickly left the exchange office.

He contacted Xiao Wanguo's adjutant and borrowed a single dormitory room.

Knowing his record of counter-killing an Abyssal Demon General, the adjutant was naturally very polite to him.

After all, the young man before him would likely be one of the top experts for all humanity in the future.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the adjutant tactfully departed.

Lu Yin sat cross-legged on the bed and took out all the soul crystals.

He held them in his palm one by one, chanting silently in his heart.

"Extract."

[Ding! Obtained high-grade soul of death ×1!]

[...]

Messages flashed by one after another. Though it was tedious, Lu Yin was tireless.

It wasn't until he had extracted over a hundred that the prompt suddenly changed.

[Ding! Obtained rare-grade soul of death ×1!]

Lu Yin's expression froze. He had actually extracted a rare-grade soul of death directly; this was definitely a pleasant surprise!

One rare-grade soul of death was directly equivalent to one hundred high-grade souls of death.

He picked up this soul crystal and examined it closely, trying to find any difference from the other crystals.

But after looking for a long time, he couldn't find any obvious distinction.

"I guess the monster that dropped this soul crystal must have been an Elite-level or a BOSS type."

Lu Yin speculated inwardly. This discovery lifted his spirits, making him even more tireless in his extraction.

Three hours later, Lu Yin had finished extracting all the soul crystals.

He checked the number of souls of death on his panel.

[Souls of Death: ordinary-grade: 857, high-grade: 1343, rare-grade: 14]

Looking at the numbers displayed on the panel, a look of satisfaction flashed in Lu Yin's eyes.

Although there weren't many rare-grade ones, he had at least achieved freedom with high-grade souls of death.

In the following days, besides grinding monsters to level up, he would dedicate himself to building a full-strength high-grade Death Legion.

The military's exclusive Dungeons were the best place for him to build his legion.

After resting for a bit, Lu Yin was just about to set off for the Dungeons.

His communicator vibrated. Opening it, the caller ID showed Wei Xiaoxiao.

After connecting, Wei Xiaoxiao's excited voice came through.

"Lu Yin, I heard you plan to stay at the base for a few days. Are you planning to level up here?"

"Yes."

Lu Yin answered truthfully.

"Then where are you? Do you want me to be your guide? I know a few Dungeons with lots of monsters and high experience points!"

Hearing her words, Lu Yin thought for a moment and then nodded.

"Sure, I'm heading to the Dungeon area now."

When Lu Yin arrived at the Dungeon area, the place was bustling with people and very lively.

Those who could level up here were all new recruits at this base.

The military was different from schools; they held the God-Awakening Ceremony a month earlier.

So these new recruits were already level 10 or above.

Wei Xiaoxiao and Li Chenxu were also new recruits of this batch.

However, as geniuses with legendary grade classes, a line had been drawn between them and these ordinary recruits early on.

"You're finally here," Wei Xiaoxiao said with a smile as she walked over.

As she moved, many new recruits' gazes followed her closely.

Lu Yin nodded slightly, his gaze already shifting to several giant screens at the entrance of the Dungeon area.

The screens displayed the difficulty levels of various Dungeons and the current best clear records in real-time.

[Nether Castle]

[Level Restriction: Lv10-Lv15]

[Clear Record: 1 hour 23 minutes]

[Death Mine]

[Level Restriction: Lv15-Lv18]

[Clear Record: 2 hours 57 minutes]

[...]

There were many types of Dungeons, and there were Dungeons for every level, with the highest being level 25 to 30.

Lu Yin now had the limit-breaking necklace, so he could already enter Dungeons above level 25.

His goal was naturally those high-level Dungeons.

Seemingly seeing through Lu Yin's thoughts, Wei Xiaoxiao smiled.

"You have the limit-breaking necklace given by Chief Xiao, so you can enter Dungeons above level 25. I have two recommendations."

"Oh? Let's hear them." Lu Yin moved his gaze from the screen to Wei Xiaoxiao.

Wei Xiaoxiao held up two fingers, listing them off like treasures.

"The first recommendation is Dragonman Canyon, level 25-30. It mainly has Dragonman-type monsters, in large numbers and high density."

"The second is Orc Outpost, also level 25-30. Although the Orcs there have high attack and health, the individual experience points are very good."

"And the cooldown times for these two Dungeons aren't long. You can switch between them seamlessly."

Lu Yin nodded, but then added,

"Besides these regular military Dungeons, are there any special ones here?"

Wei Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, then said,

"There are, but you need merit points to enter, and the level is also restricted to level 30."

She paused and continued, "The Elite Trial. This is a special Dungeon; each entry costs 500 merit points."

"There's only one BOSS monster inside, around level 30."

"And due to its special nature, this Dungeon has no cooldown."

"As long as you have enough merit points, you can keep grinding it repeatedly."

"Elite Trial..." A flash of joy appeared in Lu Yin's eyes.