Chapter 261: Monster! Simply a Monster
Dungeon Secret Realm.
40th Layer Entrance.
At this moment.
Ling Zhan had no idea that his actions had caused immense shock to the guild's audience outside.
Primarily because they had never seen such a peculiar existence as Ling Zhan before.
In the eyes of people in this disaster-stricken world, whether ordinary people who couldn't change their job or those who had already become powerful, they believed that 'not changing jobs' equated to 'extreme weakness.'
From childhood, they were taught: reaching level 10 means you must change jobs; otherwise, you become useless.
In reality...
Before Ling Zhan's exceptional case, this belief was correct.
No one remained jobless until level 27.
Anyone who could change jobs would do so by all means.
Moreover...
The first job change had no threshold; major high schools in the Dragon Kingdom had trial secret realms for the first job change. The trial had no difficulty; simply entering and killing three level 10 common monsters to receive a special reward from the realm, completing the first job change.
Meaning, anyone who reached level 10 could easily change jobs.
Anyone who didn't change jobs would be strongly advised by their class teacher and parents.
Of course...
The primary reason for the extreme shock was the terrifying combat power Ling Zhan displayed far beyond ordinary people!
A level 27 non-specialist speed-cleared the 40 layers of the dungeon secret realm in under 8 minutes!
His speed was so fast that even the surveillance cameras in the secret realm couldn't capture his image!
How did he do that!?
It's not just the onlookers in the "Eden" guild who were astonished.
Even the thousands of adventurers left far behind by Ling Zhan were now bewildered!
Because they ran along the way, only to find monster corpses and burning fire traces!
Not a single live monster!
It was like a death god passing through, leaving nothing alive!
Meaning, those fools who intended to prevent him from completing his tasks gained nothing in the secret realm!
Now they regretted it!
Extremely regretted!
From wanting to snatch tasks at the beginning, to now praying the freakish prodigy would leave some monsters for them, their psychological transformation was quite dramatic.
They couldn't return either, as each person could only enter the dungeon secret realm once every three days.
So they had to wait three hours in the realm, hoping for the monsters to respawn!
Otherwise, they'd return empty-handed!
If anyone witnessed Ling Zhan's actions firsthand...
It would be the four girls quietly tied up and taken away by him.
They were tied together with a level 30 gold-grade long whip and carried on Ling Zhan's shoulder.
They witnessed firsthand how this extreme non-specialist speed-cleared the 40 layers of the secret realm.
They also experienced what it meant to be 'strong and capable.'
This guy, just holding a staff, carried them while performing high-speed movement and casting large-scale fire spells without chanting.
Occasionally, he used wind mage's whirlwind skills to accompany the exploding fireballs.
The resulting violent firestorm swept through like a flood, crushing all monsters in its path!
Even the bosses on the 15th, 20th, and 30th layers were instantly killed by the same method!
These were bosses they usually struggled to kill!
But in the hands of this non-specialist, it was just a matter of raising his staff!
Monster!
Simply a monster!
Today, they saw what a true prodigy was!
Ironically, those fools at the guild dared to mock such a killing god!
At this moment.
The girls, tears streaming, stood trembling beside Ling Zhan.
Even though he untied them, they didn't dare move.
Afraid this killing god might cast a terrifying fireball spell at them.
In the dungeon secret realm, if you were killed and no one saw it or captured it on surveillance, you'd die for nothing.
Even if your friends wanted revenge, they wouldn't find the person.
Also...
It was their first time in such a high-level secret realm!
The largest team they had joined before only managed to kill the 20th layer boss before retreating.
They never dared to go further!
Every 10 layers, the monsters' attributes significantly increased and changed.
In higher-level secret realms, monsters had intelligence equal to humans, with rich combat experience and tactics.
These weren't things they could handle.
Now...
This killing god carried them to the 40th layer without a word.
They couldn't figure out why this prodigy brought them here.
They hadn't offended him...
At this moment.
Ling Zhan and the girls were in a protected transition area of the secret realm.
Every secret realm entrance had such an area for adventurers to rest, where monsters couldn't enter.
This area only restricted monsters, not adventurers.
Many records showed that these protected areas were the most common places for malicious killings.
No monsters to interfere, making it perfect for backstabbing teammates, especially after a boss fight when everyone was exhausted.
Ling Zhan slowly turned, looking at the four huddled girls, still cold and calm.
"What materials do you need for your task?"
"Uh..."
The three girls exchanged glances.
Not understanding why he asked.
But one mature girl, suppressing her fear, stood up.
Briefly answered, "30 sawtooth scorpion stingers, 20 thorny flower fairy petals, 15 goblin finger bones."
These were D-grade items.
Such a small team could only take on low-difficulty, profitable tasks.
C-grade tasks required materials from elite monsters or bosses.
Buzz!!
As the girl finished speaking.
Ling Zhan's storage ring, controlled by his mind, emitted a mystical space wave.
In just one second, the materials appeared before them.
"Take them and use the return scroll to go back to the entrance."
Ling Zhan said indifferently.
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