Chapter 27: The greatest realization: to forge iron, one must be strong oneself

Jiang Chen fully understood his own limitations.

The greatest weakness of the skeleton legion centered on him was himself.

If faced with a powerful enemy, the enemy only needs to abandon fighting the skeleton warriors and focus on attacking him, and he would likewise be in danger.

Even with a damage-transfer skill, it is not a foolproof solution.

He couldn't rely on luck every time; if things went wrong, it would be disastrous...

After realizing his current weakness, Jiang Chen would think of ways to make up for it as much as possible.

The Goblin King before him was covered in blood, wounds everywhere.

It stood nearly seven meters tall, with its shoulders, back, chest, and even head packed full of skeleton warriors.

From a distance, the skeleton warriors looked like white moss, covering the Goblin King's body.

The Goblin King's body shone with brilliant light, it suddenly leapt up, then came down heavily onto the ground.

With a deafening boom, the skeleton warriors on its body were all flung away, and even the skeleton warriors on the ground were shocked back.

This is the skill: Shock Retreat!

Next, light flickered in the Goblin King's eyes, its huge mouth opened, and it spewed a searing flame.

The flame scorched the skeleton warriors; Jiang Chen felt the lives of four skeleton warriors rapidly dwindling, on the verge of death.

He felt a stir in his heart and immediately recalled those four skeleton warriors to the summon queue to prevent further harm.

In the summon queue, these wounded skeleton warriors can be healed.

But the Goblin King's flame jet continued, and the skeleton warriors could not approach again.

"I must interrupt its skill."

Jiang Chen's expression turned grim.

A ball of flame also appeared in his palm.

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"Soul Burn!"

That ball of flame landed silently on the Goblin King's head; it immediately let out an anguished scream, and its flame jet was interrupted.

Soul Burn ignores the enemy's defense, directly damaging the spirit; its attack power is determined by skill level and spiritual power.

Although Jiang Chen's spiritual power was only 400 points and his skill level only 11, after a 20-fold amplification, the attack power of Soul Burn should not be underestimated.

The skeleton warriors quickly regrouped and continued to fiercely attack the Goblin King, not giving it a chance to use its skill again.

After one minute, the Goblin King finally collapsed to the ground, unwilling.

It turned into Jiang Chen's experience and loot.

"Slain Goblin King, Experience +40000"

"Obtained Bronze-grade weapon, Goblin King's dagger"

"Obtained Bronze-grade armor, Knowledge Robe"

"Obtained Goblin King's Crystal Core"

As these prompts appeared, Jiang Chen's body also glowed with the light of leveling up.

He finally reached Level 12.

Soloing a Nightmare-level Dungeon took just over an hour, and he leveled up more than one level, an efficiency that is astonishing.

Jiang Chen examined his loot.

"Goblin King's dagger: Bronze-grade, Strength +10, Agility +10, Assassin-class skill power increased 3%, usable after level 12."

"Knowledge Robe: Bronze-grade armor, Spirit +10, Constitution +10, reduces Mage skill cooldown by 5%, usable after level 12."

The dagger was useless to Jiang Chen; he decided to put it away and sell it later.

"Although I am a Necromancer Summoner, belonging to the Mage Class, but my skills differ from other mages, having no cooldown, so this magic"

"robe is not of much use to me, but the spirit and constitution each give +10 points, which is still fine, after all this is just a level 12 equipment, the requirements cannot be too high."

Jiang Chen immediately put on the Knowledge Robe, increasing his spirit and constitution each by 10 points.

Besides equipment, there was also the Goblin King's Crystal Core.

The Goblin King's Crystal Core is one size larger than a low-level monster's core and also more beautiful.

Crimson like a ruby, holding it in the palm feels waves of warmth emanating from within.

Obviously, this crystal core is quite unusual.

Taking the crystal core back to Baiyun City's Professional Hall, it can be sold for 100,000 gold coins.

Jiang Chen felt a hint of delight in his heart.

The crystal core is worth more than the two pieces of equipment.

After leveling up, his spiritual power fully recovered.

Jiang Chen immediately summoned four skeleton warriors.

The skeleton warrior summon skill has been raised to level 12, and the summoning requirement also consumes 110 points of spiritual power.

Although he now possesses 510 points of spiritual power, he can still only summon four.

The skeleton warriors at level 12 have all four-dimensional attributes reaching up to 3800 points, and their number also reaches 60.

In this dungeon, he can move about completely freely.

In good spirits, Jiang Chen walked into the dungeon exit.

Jiang Chen suddenly appeared at the dungeon entrance.

His appearance immediately drew everyone's attention.

The key to drawing attention was the skeleton warriors he brought.

The skeleton warriors are too special.

It gave off a cold, evil aura, a terrifying appearance, and timid people unconsciously turned their heads away, not daring to look.

He's out.

I didn't expect he could still come out alive.

Could it be that he really soloed the instance?

Those who can solo instances are few, I think.

This kid is still wet behind the ears...

No, look at his clothes, doesn't it look like a Knowledge Robe?

Really, it really is a Knowledge Robe.

Unbelievable, a Boss who can solo an instance is actually right before my eyes.

Jiang Chen didn't care about others' gossip.

The instance entered cooldown, requiring 12 hours before it could be entered again.

After having done an instance run, he no longer had interest in grinding wild monsters.

That experience was too little; killing a dozen or so monsters was not as good as killing one in the instance.

Moreover, having to search for monsters everywhere is too troublesome.

The 12-hour cooldown is just right for meditating to restore spiritual power, and also to summarize the gains from this instance run.

Jiang Chen silently walked to the side, found an empty spot and sat down.

A Skeleton Warrior faithfully stood beside him, guarding him.

This instance run held a special significance for him.

Most importantly, it let him understand his weaknesses.

It also made him understand the uses of his skills.

If Corpse Explosion is used well, it is a heaven-defying group-attack Divine Skill.

Soul Burn can interrupt enemy skills; this Psychic Attack that ignores defense is extremely powerful, even a Nightmare-level Boss finds it hard to withstand.

Jiang Chen summarized his experience, sorting out gains and losses.

If he continues at this pace, doing several more Nightmare-level Difficulty instances will greatly increase his leveling efficiency.

In the coming time, he must rush to Level 16 as soon as possible to secure his chances of entering Shenlong University!

People around also saw Jiang Chen walk out of the Nightmare-level Death Mine unscathed.

They were very curious about Jiang Chen's profession, but upon seeing the Skeleton Warrior guarding him, they all hesitated to approach.

Exuding a gloomy aura

Even the stupidest person knows Jiang Chen is not someone to provoke.

Jiang Chen closed his eyes, meditated deeply, continuously restoring his spiritual power, nurturing his essence and sharpening his edge in preparation for the next battle.