Chapter 8: Rampage, Unstoppable

The goblin patrol was slashed but screamed and swung its mace harder in retaliation.

You hit me with a stick, and I cut you with a knife.

Strike me all you want, the back-and-forth fighting was exhilarating.

The mace hit the skeleton warrior, but apart from making it shake a few times, it couldn't inflict real damage.

However, when the skeleton warrior's knife struck the goblin patrol, it did inflict damage.

After five strikes, the goblin patrolman let out a scream and fell into a pool of its own blood.

[Level 10 goblin patrol killed, experience +300]

[Goblin's bones obtained]

An extra bone material appeared in Lin Moyu's storage space.

After changing jobs, everyone received a personal storage space that grew larger as they leveled up.

Various items, materials, equipment, and food could be conveniently stored inside.

Lin Moyu tried putting the skeleton warrior in but couldn't.

After killing a goblin patrol, he already knew the strength of a level 10 monster.

Generally, there wasn't much difference between monsters of the same level.

With a thought, all 28 skeleton warriors were released.

Just like in the novice dungeon, they quickly dispersed individually to seek out enemies.

The monster density in the wild area was much higher than the novice dungeon, and Lin Moyu's experience began rising rapidly again, faster than before.

[Level 10 goblin patrol killed, experience +300]

[Goblin's bones obtained]

[Level 10 terrifying gray wolf killed, experience +280]

[Wolf skin obtained]

The notifications swiped across the screen like a barrage, making Lin Moyu a little dizzy watching.

At this rate, it would take less than an hour at most to reach level 8.

"That's right."

Lin Moyu clenched his fist, feeling excited.

At this pace, it shouldn't be a problem to reach level 15 before the big exam.

As for higher levels, it was hard to say - it depended on experience changes after level 10.

The striding skeleton warriors attracted the attention of some professionals.

When they first saw them, they thought the skeletons were monsters.

After using detection skills, they realized these were summons.

It's just that these summons were too strong, killing level 10 monsters as easily as chopping vegetables.

Some already wanted to find the summoner controlling the skeletons.

Fortunately, the skeletons were far away, and Lin Moyu remotely recalled them before the observers could trace him.

Lin Moyu turned away from the wilderness and walked into the forest.

The complex terrain reduced visibility and harbored monsters prone to ambush, making it more dangerous.

So most people avoided forests.

The scattered skeleton warriors wandered unhindered, and the complex terrain had no effect on them.

A topographic map gradually formed in Lin Moyu's mind, with every plant and tree clearly visible.

An hour later, the upgrade light appeared around Lin Moyu.

His level had reached 8.

The skeleton warriors kept killing one monster after another without stopping, continuously providing Lin Moyu experience and materials.

No one had ever leveled up as easily as he was.

A mage's mental power would be exhausted.

Knights got tired after prolonged fighting.

Rest and recovery were required for any profession.

Skeleton warriors didn't need it.

As long as they weren't destroyed, they could go on forever.

"No wonder..."

Lin Moyu looked at the now empty grove.

In just over an hour, he had cleared out all the monsters inside.

Lin Moyu had to leave and go deeper.

Before he knew it, he was getting farther from Xihai City.

His spawn range extended to higher level monsters - 11, 12 or even 13 - which could be killed casually.

At most, the skeleton warriors needed a few more strikes.

Their high physiques meant they couldn't be cut down, while allowing them to kill other monsters easily.

It was that simple.

A level 8 Lin Moyu brought super high attribute skeleton warriors, leaving no survivors wherever he went.

By afternoon, Lin Moyu's experience reached level 9 (99.0%), just one step away from 10.

At this time, he had 40 skeletons - a terrifying army rampaging unchallenged in this area.

"You can learn new skills at level 10, but unfortunately I don't have any skill scrolls."

"It seems we can only rely on innate skills for now. Fortunately, they are strong enough."

"Even without new skills, it won't affect leveling up."

Professionals could learn new skills every 10 levels, in three ways:

1) Teaching by an instructor

2) Learning from a skill book

3) Using a skill scroll

As a unique hidden profession without a mentor, Lin Moyu could only use skill scrolls.

Purchasable from the exchange, primary skill scrolls for under level 20 cost 100,000 gold each - very expensive.

Using a scroll randomly granted skills of that profession, but there was a catch.

The learned skills were random, so you could get ones already known, wasting the 100,000 gold.

More advanced intermediate and high-level scrolls cost even more astronomically.

But Lin Moyu wanted to learn this profession's new skills, and scrolls were the only way.

As he pondered, the upgrade light appeared again.

He had finally reached level 10.

[Name: Lin Moyu]

[Occupation: Necromancer (unique)]

[Level: 10 (0.00%)]

[Strength: 100]

[Agility: 100]

[Spirit: 300]

[Physique: 100]

[Equipment: None]

[Summon Space: 40/100, Skeleton Warriors (Quantity: 40)]

[Talent: Comprehensive Amplification (Level 2, Uniqueness)]

[Passive Skill: Damage Transfer]

[Active Skills: Soul Flame (Level 10), Summon Skeleton Warrior (Level 10)]

[Comprehensive Amplification (Level 2): Effects of all skills increased 20-fold.]

[Damage Transfer: All damage suffered is borne by summoned objects.]

[Soul Flame (Level 10): Burn target's soul, causing burning damage based on own spirit and skill level.]

[Summon Skeleton Warrior (Level 10): Summon a Bronze Rank Skeleton Warrior.]

Lin Moyu looked at his upgraded attributes. Strength and agility only increased 10 points per level, very stable.

In contrast, his spirit directly reached 300, a full 120 point increase.

"It's said attributes get a big boost after level 10. As a mage profession, my biggest change is in spirit."

Then he saw his improved skills and got excited.

His talent amplification had strengthened again from 10x to 20x.

Even without other changes, his skeleton warriors' combat power would increase many times over.

What's more, the skeleton level had changed from black iron to bronze rank.

Lin Moyu couldn't wait to summon one.

The new bronze skeleton had a bluish-white sheen instead of dull gray.

The cracks on its body had almost disappeared, and even its knife looked brighter - no longer like trash.

[Bronze Rank Skeleton Warrior]

[Strength: 3000]

[Agility: 3000]

[Spirit: 3000]

[Physique: 3000]

[Skill: Berserk Strike (Level 1)]

[Berserk Strike (Level 1): Deal 200% of target's own strength damage, 10 minute cooldown.]

It still had balanced four-dimensional attributes, with base stats reaching 150.

After the 20x Comprehensive Amplification bonus, all attributes reached an astonishing 3000.

Based on his current knowledge, Lin Moyu couldn't judge what job level these attributes were equivalent to.

But with them, he could walk freely in this area.

Additionally, the skeleton gained an explosive burst damage skill.

"This is a new trick, can it conquer the world?"

Lin Moyu thought of a saying from his previous life.

There was no need for complicated flashy skills, just one or two practical powerful ones were enough to rule.

This was his situation now - he lacked mages' gorgeous spells or fighters' dazzling combat skills.

But based just on his current abilities, he dared say no one below level 20 could defeat him.

It was impossible for others to beat level 20 at 10, It was not difficult for him.

With the attributes of the Skeleton Warrior and his passive skills, it would take a long time to kill the goblin even if it was beaten by a level 20 monster.

Lin Moyu was about to continue summoning the Bronze Rank Skeleton Warrior when there was a sound of breaking wind, followed by a sharp arrow flying past his eyes.

Whizzing!

Another few sharp arrows flew past his eyes. One of the arrows hit him. An invisible film appeared, blocking the sharp arrow. The passive skill was activated automatically, and all the damage was transferred to the skeleton warrior, leaving Lin Moyu uninjured.

[Being attacked!]

Lin Moyu was reminded, and at the same time, red light appeared in the eyes of the skeleton warrior, and it was already on alert.

A man in black ran out of the woods, his running speed was very fast, and his agility attribute was not low. Lin Moyu thinks it should be an assassin class.

The assassin saw Lin Moyu, quickly turned around and ran towards the other side, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Two seconds after the man in black left, someone chased after him. The two of them, judging by their attire, Lin Moyu probably identified their occupations as an archer and a mage.

The good and bad arrows just now were undoubtedly shot by the archer. If it wasn't for Lin Moyu's passive ability of damage transfer, he would definitely be injured now.

The two ignored Lin Moyu and quickly gave chase.

Lin Moyu's eyes flickered. The direction was wrong. The assassin had changed direction here, they chased the wrong way, and they were doomed to return in vain.

Sure enough, only a few seconds later, the two retreated again.

The mage started to use his skills, Lin Moyu felt a gust of wind blowing around.

A few seconds later, the mage sighed, "That guy is very cunning, he has already escaped."

The archer said, "It doesn't matter, he only escaped for a while, and he will be caught."

Then he looked at Lin Moyu, "Little guy, did a man in black pass by just now?"

Lin Moyu didn't answer, but whispered, "Your arrow hit me, sorry."

The archer looked at the arrows on the ground and understood, "I'm sorry."

Lin Moyu waved his hand, "This is no matter."

The archer had an illusion, as if Lin Moyu was looking down on him from above.

The mage looked gloomy, and he was obviously very upset that the assassin had escaped them.

He turned his head to look at the skeleton warrior beside Lin Moyu.

"Undead Summoner."

There was a trace of disgust in his eyes, and the staff in his hand slowly raised up.

The red light in the skeleton warrior's eyes flared, and it had entered a fighting stance.

The archer suddenly stopped the mage and whispered, "Don't cause trouble."

The mage rolled his eyes, and finally put down his staff, "Got it."

Looking at the two retreating, Lin Moyu said lightly, "You are lucky."

Although he had no detection technique, judging from the power of the arrow just now, their attack power was not great. The levels of these two would not be too high, at most around 20.

If they had tried something against him, Lin Moyu felt he might have killed them.

He was not the Holy Mother. If bullied, he would definitely pay back a hundredfold.

When the mage raised his staff earlier, Lin Moyu had already brought all the skeleton warriors back to the summoning space. They could be surrounded in an instant.

Once they acted, they would definitely be cut to pieces.