Although Lu Ming had already obtained a Soul Set from Qin Churan, he still needed to reach level 20 to equip it.
Moreover, he had to visit the black market to get a Soul Set for Lin Youwei as well. Only by taking Lin Youwei to farm the Nether Ghost Tower together could they maximize their gains!
Therefore, the most urgent task was to level up to 20.
So, Lu Ming sent a message to Lin Youwei on WeChat: "Once you've bought the groceries, head to Caro, the soldier captain in the north of the city, to pick up the quest, then make your way towards the Wasteland."
Worried about a repeat of last night's kidnapping incident, Lu Ming waited near Starlight City for Lin Youwei instead of going ahead alone.
At this moment, Lin Youwei replied on WeChat:
"Nether brother, I bought shrimp and two pounds of pork."
"And eggs, tomatoes, celery, and bean sprouts! Aunt Ding from the second floor of the market even gave me some green onions!"
"I'll make shrimp, celery stir-fried pork, stir-fried bean sprouts, and tomato egg drop soup for lunch! Is there anything else you'd like to eat, Nether brother?"
Originally, Lu Ming had just used this as an excuse to send Lin Youwei away to prevent her from being accidentally hurt by those three assassins.
Unexpectedly, she really took the grocery shopping seriously!
In his past life, Lu Ming would buy groceries and cook for Ye Ling'er every day, rain or shine, often forgetting to ask the vegetable vendor for green onions, and would have to go back to buy them separately.
Lin Youwei, on the other hand, seemed to be someone who knew how to manage life!
Lu Ming casually replied, "That's enough, just these."
"Okay, I'll log in right away when I get back!"
About ten minutes later, Lin Youwei logged in and met up with Lu Ming halfway.
On their way to the Wasteland.
Lin Youwei looked around and asked curiously, "Nether brother, what happened to those three people you were supposed to help with their quests?"
"They probably thought I couldn't carry them, so they left," Lu Ming replied casually.
Lin Youwei believed Lu Ming's words without a doubt and even felt a bit indignant for him: "They don't know how powerful you are, Nether brother! They will definitely regret not believing in your strength!"
"Yeah, they probably already regret it."
As they spoke, the two arrived at the Wasteland.
True to its name.
It was a desolate and barren mountainous area, full of desolation.
The vast wasteland was populated with gigantic brown poisonous scorpions.
Compared to the level 25 man-eating ants they challenged last time, Lu Ming's target this time had increased by a full 5 levels!
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To be cautious, before the battle began, Lu Ming used a Reconnaissance skill to check the attributes of the poisonous scorpions—
[Venomous Scorpion] (Physical Type · Normal Monster)
[Level: 30]
[Physical Attack: 1580]
[Armor: 920]
[Magic Resistance: 810]
[Speed: 665]
[Health Points: 21600]
[Skills: Deadly Sting (F-grade), Venom Penetration (F-grade)]
[Description: A mutated scorpion containing a large amount of toxin. Once bitten, the venom will slowly devour your life...]
"Such high attack power! And the armor isn't low either..."
Lu Ming felt a bit anxious, worried that the Undead Warriors might not be able to handle these level 30 scorpions.
"Let's give it a try first."
With that, Lu Ming locked his gaze on a Venomous Scorpion ahead.
Sword Draw—
Swish!
The shadow of the sword flashed, and a blood-red damage number appeared above the Venomous Scorpion's head:
-6113!
Even with the twentyfold enhancement of the E-grade Sword Draw, it barely took away less than a third of the Venomous Scorpion's health!
The strength of these level 30 monsters was indeed no joke.
[Ding~ Sword Draw effect triggered, Attack Power +200%, Duration 200 seconds!]
As the battle notification fell.
The attacked Venomous Scorpion charged towards Lu Ming.
Lu Ming first attempted to summon ten Undead Warriors.
At the same time, he planted his longsword into the ground, releasing War Tread and Life Barrier in a dual formation.
"Attack."
With a thought from Lu Ming, the ten Undead Warriors simultaneously launched [Soul Shatter].
Slash, slash, slash...
-2831!
-2831!
-2831!
...
[Ding~ Killed level 30 Venomous Scorpion, Experience Points +680!]
Killing was still possible.
But essentially, at Lu Ming's current level, killing level 30 monsters, which were 13 levels higher, was already the limit.
The ideal state would undoubtedly be for the Undead Warriors to easily solo the monsters.
If it took several, or even ten, Undead Warriors to kill a single monster, it would undoubtedly greatly reduce the efficiency of killing monsters.
But no matter what, the experience from these level 30 monsters was indeed much higher than the 100+ experience from the 20-level undead in the second dimension of the Nether Ghost Tower!
Seeing that the Undead Warriors could still manage to kill the Venomous Scorpions, Lu Ming summoned all of his Undead Warriors.
He commanded them to form teams of five, dividing the 340 Undead Warriors into 68 teams, spreading out across the Wasteland to hunt.
Five Soul Shatters were not enough to instantly kill the Venomous Scorpions, giving them a chance to counterattack.
Splat!
A Deadly Sting hit an Undead Warrior, dealing over 2400 damage, while the Venomous Scorpion itself suffered nearly 4000 points of massive counterattack damage!
Every attack from the Venomous Scorpions triggered even higher counter damage to themselves.
Lu Ming couldn't help but exclaim, "This Strong Acid Rebound effect is really amazing!"
The Bronze Equipment [Man-Eating Ant Hat]'s additional skill Strong Acid Rebound: Reflects 8% damage when the wearer is attacked, and the Trickster can share this skill with teammates when forming a formation.
Combined with the twentyfold enhancement of Comprehensive Amplification, it could increase the counterattack damage to 160%!
This counter damage effect was even higher than the Undead Warriors' own attack damage!
However, overall, the Undead Warriors seemed to struggle a bit against these level 30 Venomous Scorpions.
Once upon a time, Lu Ming had always thought that with the support of three ten-star talents, the strength of the Undead Legion was too overwhelming.
Until now.
"It seems it's still not strong enough!"
Lu Ming murmured, "Based on the growth from Lv1 to Lv2, when I reach level 20 and upgrade the three major talents to Lv3, I should be able to summon third-tier Undead Warriors."
"Additionally, the enhancement multiplier of Comprehensive Amplification should be able to increase to thirtyfold! By then, killing monsters over ten levels higher should be much easier."
Little did he know, while Lu Ming was feeling dissatisfied with his current strength.
His actions of leading a level 17 Undead Legion to rampage through a level 30 map had already left other players in the vicinity, who were in teams farming Venomous Scorpions at levels 28-30, questioning their own gaming skills...
While Lu Ming was leading the Undead Legion in a massive monster hunt, Lin Youwei was not idle either.
Taking advantage of Lu Ming's formation bonus, she grabbed her Bronze Equipment staff and continued her business of farming Copper Coins!
Meanwhile.
On the other side.
South of Starlight City.
In the 36-37 level wild area, the Barbarian Tribe.
Splat!
With a swift strike, the level 35 Ice Knight Dragon Soul Tian Ni pierced through a level 36 barbarian, ending the current battle.
Thud, thud~
He received a WeChat message.
"Tian Ni boss, the assassination attempt failed. The three people we hired were counter-killed by Nether!"
Seeing this message, Dragon Soul Tian Ni was instantly furious: "Useless! A few level 30s couldn't even handle a low-level Trickster!"
Just then.
A friend with the note "Brother Guan" called him on WeChat voice.
As Dragon Soul Tian Ni answered the call, a powerful and steady middle-aged man's voice came through: "I heard that our Dragon Soul lost seven people the night before last, and when you went to settle the score, you got taught a lesson instead? What's going on?"
"Brother Guan!" Dragon Soul Tian Ni was evidently very respectful towards this "Brother Guan," afraid of being blamed, and quickly promised: "Don't worry, Brother Guan! I will definitely seek justice for the seven brothers who died, and I won't let those responsible get away!"
At this moment, Brother Guan said, "Do you need me to come down and help?"
"No need, Brother Guan!" Dragon Soul Tian Ni confidently replied, "Rest assured, I can handle this!"
Just as he finished speaking.
"Ah!!"
A sudden scream came from behind.
Dragon Soul Tian Ni turned around at the sound, only to see a shadow as fast as lightning flash by.
In the next second, his mage teammate [Dragon Soul Taboo] fell to the ground.
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