Chapter 11: New Contract Material! Breaking the Expert Difficulty Record!

【Successfully killed "Skeleton Swordsman", EXP +20.】

【Obtained Soul Fragment *1】

【Successfully collected Contract Material "Skeleton Swordsman (D-Grade)".】

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【Successfully killed "Skeleton Axeman", EXP +20.】

【Obtained Soul Fragment *1】

【Successfully collected Contract Material "Skeleton Axeman (D-Grade)".】

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The undead army composed of Ghouls and Crypt Poison Spiders surged from the stone bridge into the town, engaging the monsters inside in battle.

In just a short five minutes, the monsters on the outskirts of the town were wiped clean by Zhou Chu's army.

With numerous minions clearing the path ahead, Zhou Chu also became bold and passed through the stone bridge into the town.

While continuously increasing the size of his army, Zhou Chu watched the skyrocketing EXP, his heart blooming with joy.

At this rate, he would be able to level up at least once more after successfully clearing the Copy.

Although the Expert Difficulty Copy was much harder than the Normal Difficulty Copy, as Zhou Chu's Contract Materials had also improved, the time required to clear it seemed even shorter than the Normal Difficulty.

However, the Expert Difficulty Copy was not as simple as the monsters just becoming stronger.

Further in, Skeleton Archers capable of ranged attacks actually appeared.

These seemingly dim-witted fellows would even hide in the shadows to launch sneak attacks.

Relying on the advantage of their attack range and utilizing high ground, they treated Zhou Chu and his minions as living targets.

Zhou Chu could only use the method of blocking line-of-sight, trying his best to use the minions around him to avoid damage.

When pushing to the central square of the town, Zhou Chu encountered dense fire from those Skeleton Archers on the surrounding rooftops and towers. He indeed encountered some difficulties.

Fortunately, the Crypt Poison Spiders had the ability to climb; they crawled up the walls and began attacking those Skeleton Archers.

Zhou Chu was a "glass cannon" now; if he were hit by two arrows, he would definitely be finished.

Therefore, he was extremely cautious in controlling his range, as the slightest carelessness could lead to failure in the gutter.

Thus, he always tried his best not to enter the effective range of the monsters.

To cope with the current situation, Zhou Chu then played the Spider Style.

The so-called Spider Style was to continuously spawn spiders, utilizing the advantage of numbers until these Skeleton Archers hiding above were all piled to death.

Consequently, the Ghouls, who lacked climbing abilities, were temporarily benched.

Dense swarms of Crypt Poison Spiders soon filled Catastrophe Town, as if a plague of insects were overflowing.

Facts proved that the most difficult part of Catastrophe Town was here at the central square.

Once all the monsters here were killed, it would be time to face the final Elite monster.

Spending nearly 20 minutes, Zhou Chu finally cleared the monsters around the square.

At this moment, several black spheres dragged trails of smoke across the dim sky.

The next second, these black spheres smashed onto the square, instantly bursting open and emitting a rumbling sound.

Dozens of Crypt Poison Spiders were blown to pieces before they could even burrow into the ground.

Following the direction from which the bombs were thrown, Zhou Chu looked up and saw five skeletons wearing simple leather armor emerging from the shadows.

They also threw the lit bombs in their hands from time to time.

【Skeleton Bomber】 D-Grade Enhanced Elite

【Level: 7】

【Blood Value: 2000】

【Attack Power: 300】

【Skills: Bomb Throwing, Smoke Bomb】

The Skeleton Bombers, stronger than the previous skeleton monsters, were two levels higher and had simultaneously been promoted to Enhanced Elite.

Their Attack Power was very high.

No wonder those Crypt Poison Spiders were blasted to death directly without even a chance to recover their Blood Qi.

However, no matter how high their damage was, these five Skeleton Bombers could not withstand the siege of nearly a thousand Crypt Poison Spiders on the scene.

The next moment, the Crypt Poison Spiders rushed toward these few Skeleton Bombers like a tide.

Seeing this, the few Skeleton Bombers threw out several Smoke Bombs, attempting to use the cover of the smoke to counterattack.

But in the end, they were still submerged in the surging insect tide.

【Successfully killed "Skeleton Bomber", EXP +40.】

【Obtained Soul Fragment *1】

【Successfully collected Contract Material "Skeleton Bomber (D-Grade)".】

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【Successfully killed "Skeleton Bomber", EXP +40.】

【Obtained Soul Fragment *1】

【Successfully collected Contract Material "Skeleton Bomber (D-Grade)".】

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【Congratulations on successfully clearing the Expert Difficulty Copy — Catastrophe Town!】

【Your clear record has been recorded and will be settled after exiting the Copy!】

【Ding! Your level has increased to Level 4!】

【Your attributes have improved: Strength +5, Constitution +5, Soul Power +5, Agility +5!】

【Free attribute points +5!】

As expected, after killing these final few Skeleton Bombardiers, the entire Expert-level Dungeon was cleared by Zhou Chu.

Moreover, Zhou Chu also successfully leveled up to Level 4.

Zhou Chu took a look at the quantity of materials collected in his Life Soul Artifact.

Counting the last few bombardiers, there were 105 in total.

A D-Grade elite is still D-Grade; even with a suffix added, it is impossible for it to become C.

However, next, Zhou Chu could make them become C.

Leaving 5 Skeleton Bombardier materials behind, Zhou Chu fused the other 100 materials.

【Ding! Fusion successful!】

【New Contract Material—Skeleton Spearman (C-Grade) has been successfully placed into the Contract Pool!】

Not bad, not bad.

The three types of materials—Skeleton Swordsman, Skeleton Axeman, and Skeleton Archer—had fused into a new troop type: the Skeleton Spearman.

Zhou Chu felt a surge of joy and immediately summoned a Skeleton Spearman.

He saw that the Skeleton Spearman was significantly different from the previous skeleton monsters.

Besides its entire skeleton being taller and sturdier, blue Soul Fire burned in its eye sockets, and it carried a bundle of Bone Spears on its back.

【Skeleton Spearman】 (C-Grade)

【Blood Value: 350】

【Soul Power Value: 200】

【Attack Power: 40】

【Strength: 40】

【Constitution: 35】

【Soul Power: 20】

【Agility: 15】

【Range: 80m】

【Skill: Piercing Throw (Normal Difficulty): Causes the thrown Bone Spear to have piercing damage.】

【Skill: Death Relay (Passive, Normal Difficulty): When other units in the vicinity perish, it can absorb their residual power to increase its own Attack Power. Each unit can increase Attack Power by 10%, up to a maximum of 3 units.】

【Attack Speed: 1 time/every 2 seconds】

【Current Effect: Swiftness (God-level)】

Strong!

Unexpectedly strong!

Compared to the Ghoul and the Crypt Poison Spider, the Skeleton Spearman, while also C-Grade, appeared more outstanding in its abilities.

Its range even reached 80 meters.

Its attributes were also slightly higher than the former.

Perhaps it had to do with the hidden attributes within the material quality.

After all, it was a D-Grade elite; it was normal for it to be stronger than an ordinary D-Grade.

Less than half an hour after clearing, Soul Fragments increased by another 105.

Zhou Chu thought, he might as well just finish off the Heroic Difficulty as well.

If he cleared it, his level would be able to reach Level 5.

At that time, he would have a chance for Divine Fusion.

If he possessed a God-level contract servant, he would have more confidence even when joining the temporary reserve squad of the Exorcism Army.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chu immediately chose to exit the Copy.

Immediately after, a loud broadcast sound echoed through the Dungeon Hall once again.

【Real-time Announcement: Congratulations to Tianhua No. 1 High School examinee "Zhou Chu" for successfully clearing the Expert-level Dungeon. Time taken: 28 minutes and 28 seconds!】

【This result has broken the 1 hour and 41 minute record previously held by Tianhua No. 3 Middle School examinee "Lin Yue'er," becoming the newest clear record for the Expert-level Dungeon!】