[Level: 4 (99.00%)]
Lin looked at his data, ready to level up again. His 13 skeleton warriors were wreaking havoc around, steadily increasing his experience points. This level-up was even quicker than the last, taking only 50 minutes.
"With more skeleton warriors and higher monster density, the speed of killing monsters hasn't changed."
"That's why the leveling speed is increasing instead of decreasing."
Lin analyzed his current situation. He had now reached the depths of the novice dungeon, where level 6 and 7 monsters were everywhere, with only the highest level 8 monsters yet to appear. Here, with the increased monster density, he was gaining experience faster. The skeleton warriors, like tireless elite fighters, kept harvesting monster lives with each slash. The only downside was that monsters in the novice dungeon dropped nothing. After all, this was a space designed to get new job holders used to actual combat, differing significantly from the wilderness. In this dungeon, almost all monsters were weakened overall, except for the level 8 monsters which retained their strength, equating to those in the wilderness.
By the time one reached level 8 and faced these monsters, they should have gained considerable combat experience, ready to leave the novice dungeon. Thus, level 8 monsters served as a bridge, allowing new job holders to experience the strength of wilderness monsters in advance, ensuring they wouldn't panic when facing real threats later.
As the level-up beam of light appeared once more, Lin finally reached level 5. His attributes increased, and his skills improved. The strength of his skeleton warriors increased, with all attributes gaining another 100 points.
[Killed a level 7 Brown Bear, experience +70] [Killed a level 7 Brown Bear, experience +70]
The skeleton warriors didn't stop their onslaught with Lin's level up; tirelessly, they kept hunting, their blades never ceasing to kill. From the moment Lin entered the dungeon, the skeleton warriors hadn't stopped.
"Huh, leveling up has slowed down."
Lin noticed a significant slowdown in leveling speed after reaching level 5. Previously, killing a level 7 Brown Bear at level 4 would yield about 0.2% experience, requiring only 500 kills to level up. But at level 5, killing a level 7 Brown Bear only brought a 0.1% experience increase, needing 1000 kills to level up, effectively doubling the effort required.
"Based on this speed, it's tough for ordinary job holders to reach level 12 in just a week."
"Even if they leave the dungeon for the outskirts of Xihai City, there might not be enough time."
"Xia Jing Academy is indeed hard to get into, I wonder how my sister managed to reach level 16 last year."
Lin calculated that to aim for Xia Jing Academy, one would need at least level 12 within a week. To achieve this, one must reach level 8 within the first three days in the novice dungeon and then move on to higher-level monsters in the outskirts of Xihai City. Only then might reaching level 12 within a week be possible, making Lin Mohan's achievement of level 16 last year impressively fast.
Using his skills, Lin drained his spirit power to summon 3 more skeleton warriors, totaling 16. These relentless warriors kept hunting and killing monsters, with Lin's only challenge being finding the monsters rather than defeating them. "Killing over a thousand level monsters? Spread across 16 skeleton warriors, that's not too many."
"In just over an hour, I'll reach level 6."
No one could match his pace.
Lin continued onward, his skeleton warriors clearing the path ahead, swiftly eliminating any monsters hiding in the underbrush. Eventually, the landscape of the dungeon began to change. The plains ended, and a forest appeared ahead. Lin knew this was the end of the novice dungeon, where the level 8 monsters were hidden.
"Since entering the dungeon, I've used up 6 hours and 42 minutes, not even 7 hours. Perhaps I'm the only one to reach the end of the dungeon this quickly."
Seven hours into the dungeon, most people probably only reached level 3. Even Xia Xue, at best, was level 4, or even less.
Lin was confident his leveling speed surpassed anyone else's. He headed into the forest, curious about the strength of the unweakened level 8 monsters and whether they matched his skeleton warriors, preparing himself for the wilderness tomorrow.
The skeleton warriors, running ahead into the forest, made crackling noises as they searched for monsters.
"No monsters?"
The skeleton warriors found nothing. Lin, finding this strange, followed them in. The moment he stepped into the forest, a branch whipped towards him at lightning speed, hitting him without causing any damage, thanks to his passive skill: Damage Transfer.
Indeed, it was a divine skill, nearly as potent as his unique god-level talent.