Chapter 23: Corpse Explosion Not Leveling Up—What

Jiang Chen gently cast a Detection Technique.

"Goblin Mine Guard (Enhanced Elite)"

"Level: 14"

"Strength: 800"

"Agility: 400"

"Spirit: 200"

"Constitution: 1000"

"Skill: Daze Attack"

The monster's stats are truly astonishing, clearly an Enhanced Elite, several times higher than ordinary monsters.

Its strength and constitution are extremely high, possessing excellent attack and defense capabilities.

In comparison, a Level 14 Knight's stats are only between 300 and 400, far below this monster.

Without cooperation and parties, clearing this Nightmare-level Dungeon is almost impossible.

Yet even so, this monster's stats are still far below Jiang Chen's Skeleton Warrior.

Jiang Chen summoned Skeleton Warriors, and in an instant his surroundings were filled with those undead fighters.

Then, he stepped forward, officially beginning the instance journey.

The Goblin Mine Guard roared excitedly and charged forward.

But its cheers were quickly cut off by the Skeleton Warrior's blade.

Although the monster is tall and mighty, it also lacks agility and intelligence.

The Skeleton Warrior's blade struck it, instantly leaving a terrible wound.

The wound tore wide, looking both deep and gruesome.

Given this monster's stats, even a one‑on‑one fight against Jiang Chen's Skeleton Warrior is doomed to fail.

Not to mention it now faces countless Skeleton Warriors surrounding it.

Jiang Chen's side has nearly 50 Skeleton Army units; a rotating battle could wear them out...

In just two seconds, it let out a mournful scream and fell to the ground.

"Kill 1

Level 4 Goblin Mine Guard, Experience +4500"

Jiang Chen saw the prompt and felt a surge of excitement.

The experience reward here is about ten times higher than that of same‑level monsters; each kill equals killing ten outside.

Moreover, the kill speed is not slow; Jiang Chen is sure he found the right spot—this is the best place to gain massive experience before the college entrance exam.

He faced all his Skeleton Army directly and issued a command.

Dozens of Skeleton Army units stood before Jiang Chen, the formation looking quite spectacular; anyone seeing it would be greatly shocked!

Skeleton Warriors surged like Lightning into the Dungeon Passage, like an unstoppable army, sweeping all the way.

"Kill Level 14 Goblin Mine Guard, Experience +4200"

"Kill Level 14 Goblin Mine Guard, Experience +4200"

Prompts kept appearing, experience rose rapidly, and loot increased gradually.

A detailed map of the instance began forming in Jiang Chen's mind.

The Skeleton Warrior's map‑forming ability is very useful in the instance, allowing Jiang Chen to see areas explored by Skeleton Monsters.

It lets him plan ahead for any unknown situation, providing an advantage.

The mine instance has many passages, criss‑crossing; whichever you choose eventually leads to the instance's end.

But Jiang Chen is clearly not another team; he placed Skeleton Warriors in every passage.

Other teams usually pick a main passage, but Jiang Chen left no corner untouched; no matter how many monsters, he didn't miss any.

Each monster yields a respectable 4,000+ experience

killing one here equals killing a dozen outside; the cost‑performance is extremely high.

After only five minutes in the instance, Jiang Chen's body began to shine with the light of leveling up.

"Finally reached Level 11."

After leveling up, his energy fully recovered, and he immediately summoned four Skeleton Warriors to join the team.

Now, his Skeleton Warrior count has reached 56.

"Name: Jiang Chen"

"Profession: Necromancer SummonerOnlyone"

"Level: 11"

"Strength: 120"

"Agility: 120"

"Spirit: 400"

"Constitution: 120"

"Summon Queue: 56/110"

"Skill:

1. Soul Burn LV11, uses Necrotic Fire to fiercely scorch the target's soul; the higher the Spiritual Power and skill level, the greater the damage;

2. Skeleton Revive LV11, summons a skeleton to fight for you; the summoned skeleton's class is random and depends on the caster's Spiritual Power and skill level;

3. Corpse Explosion LV1, detonates a corpse, dealing 10% of the corpse's HP as damage to enemies within 1 meter.

"Talent:

1. Perfect Buff LV2, a unique skill, increases the effect of all skills by 20 times the original base.

2. Damage Transfer LV2, shifts all damage taken onto one's Summoned Entity or another target; the effect is for the host to explore on their own.

Jiang Chen silently finished checking his attributes.

"After Level 10, the Amplify of base attributes becomes larger."

"Strength, Agility, and Constitution used to increase by 10 points per level; now they increase by 20 points."

"Spiritual Power increased by 100 points."

"With

the level increase, the later attribute Amplify will become larger."

Jiang Chen understood this principle after checking.

The skills advanced another wave, and the Skeleton Warrior's Four-dimensional Attributes have reached 3400.

Base attributes increased by 20 points, then were amplified by 20 times, resulting in a net increase of 400 points.

All changes were basically as expected.

Only the newly acquired Corpse Explosion Skill remains at Level 1, unchanged.

"Why is that?"

Jiang Chen felt puzzled, wondering why his Soul Flame and Summoned Skeleton Warrior skill both improved.

The Corpse Explosion Skill, however, did not change.

He couldn't figure it out.

This situation is beyond his knowledge scope, touching a blind spot.

"If Lin Cai'er were here, perhaps she would know."

Jiang Chen thought of Lin Cai'er, the cute girl who loves pranks and can talk endlessly.

Her knowledge is also far richer than his.

If she is present, he could ask her.

He temporarily set aside his doubts and continued advancing toward the deeper part of the Instance.

The Death Mine Dungeon contains several passages, each interconnected with the others.

It looks like a maze.

However, these passages eventually converge into one.

Jiang Chen evenly distributed the Skeleton Warriors across each passage, leaving no monster unchecked.

Experience increased abundantly, steadily pushing his level upward.

The efficiency is considerably faster than outside.

When he emerged from a passage, the monsters inside had been completely cleared.

Upon checking the Experience Bar on the panel again, he found it had risen by one third.

At this upgrade speed, he believes it won't be long before, soon

he can reach Level 12.

It took just a little over half an hour in total; the efficiency was very high.

The Death Mine Dungeon yielded a massive amount of Experience Value, further confirming that last year, his sister Jiang Ruo must have accumulated most of the experience in this Instance…

…allowing her to rise above Level 15 in a short time and be admitted to Shenlong University.