Chapter 11: Peerless Under Heaven's Revenge

【Earth Elemental Shield (Common Skill)】

Level requirement: 1st transformation

Profession requirement: Mage

Effect: Summon Earth Elemental Shield, absorbing damage equal to 120% of attack power; the shield has no defense attribute and can last up to 30 seconds.

Mana cost: 10

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Awesome! Awesome!

Xiao Feng looked at it and was instantly overjoyed.

This shield magic, under his Ten Thousand Times amplification, will form a damage-absorbing shield with a value exceeding 2 million!

Moreover, it lasts 30 seconds with a 30-second cooldown, allowing seamless chaining!

Originally, this skill for ordinary mages would add only a few hundred shield points, equivalent to gaining an extra one-fifth of health every 30 seconds; it can be called trash among combat trash, a completely useless skill.

But in his case, it directly becomes strange and weird.

With a shield value of two million, how can anyone break it?

Although the shield itself has zero defense, breaking it would require an enormous number of people!

"Too bad it requires 1st transformation to learn; sigh, Otogu's Curse is really a trap."

After the joy, worry took its place.

Such a powerful skill, yet it's stuck due to being unable to change class—how frustrating that is!

Xiao Feng sighed and continued walking deeper into the valley, grinding experience to level up.

Ten minutes, twenty minutes……

The process of grinding monsters for levels is dull and boring.

After over an hour, Xiao Feng raised his level to 36, while the main group of players had already left the novice village and flooded into the major cities.

At that moment, a system announcement suddenly echoed throughout the war zone!

【War Zone Announcement: Congratulations to player team 'Xiao Feng I fuck your mother horse' for first clearing the level 25 main storyline dungeon 'Secret Base'; first-clear players: Tianxia Wushuang, Tianxia Wuzei, Tianxia Di Yishuai, Tianxia Di Yinai, Tianxia Di Yijian.】

【War Zone Announcement……】

【War Zone Announcement……】

Xiao Feng:???

The announcement rang three times in a row before quieting down, and Xiao Feng's mood, after three rounds of announcements, also became a bit restless.

"Old Xiao, what's going on? Are the people on the announcement cursing you?" Li Li quickly sent a message asking.

"Yeah, the World Guild people tried to snatch my divine artifact in the novice village; I killed them over 400 times, and they got angry." Xiao Feng explained.

"Holy shit, you dare provoke the World Guild—you're really tough!" Li Li couldn't help but give a thumbs-up in praise.

Then he asked: "So what now—should we go mess with them, or go mess with them?"

"Can't do anything about it……"

Xiao Feng sighed.

Given his vengeful nature, he definitely wants to rush straight to Tianxia Wushuang's face and kill them back to the novice village.

But now players are all level 10+, and the number the World Guild can mobilize has surged from "hundreds" to "tens of thousands"; if surrounded by tens of thousands, he really couldn't withstand it.

Moreover, Tianxia Wushuang and company can clear the level 25 dungeon first try, so their luck and strength aren't bad; he currently can't learn the Earth Elemental Shield skill, nor does he have any other mage skill for damage output; going alone, he could at most kill the enemy a few hundred times before getting wiped out himself.

Although the divine artifact robe doesn't drop on death, leveling up is hard; losing one experience at level 36 is a much bigger loss than losing one experience at level 20 for others.

"Are we just going to swallow this insult? Old Xiao, this isn't like your style." Li Li said somewhat glumly.

"After I change class, I'll go cause them trouble. World Guild… hah, they'd better never think of establishing a base in this lifetime!" Xiao Feng said fiercely.

Not being able to retaliate for now doesn't mean he's cowardly.

Once he finishes class change and learns more skills, the World Guild's nightmare will begin!

"Hiss, suddenly feeling a bit cold." Li Li shivered.

He couldn't help but recall that guy who was trapped in a dead end, slapping his face with a shield, losing -1 HP each time, for over five hours before being beaten to death.

"By the way, Old Li, do you have any news about mage hidden professions? I can't enter the temple right now, can't change class, it's a bit troublesome." Xiao Feng asked.

Li Li usually likes browsing forums and knows a lot about various gossip and secret rumors.

Hearing that, he replied: "Just now, when I went offline to take a dump, I used my phone to browse the forum; quite a few people were discussing hidden professions. One poster revealed how he obtained a hidden profession: it happened in an NPC town outside the main city, where offending an NPC beautiful woman triggered it, turning from an assassin apprentice into a flower thief. You can draw inspiration from that approach and see if you can find some ideas."

Xiao Feng's expression stiffened.

Offending an NPC beautiful woman, and then changing class to a flower thief?

Are aliens that bold in making games?

Hiss!

One stone stirs up a thousand waves!!

He couldn't help but think: In the game "The Heavens," could they possibly let you play 18+ content?

"Let's try finding a town!" Xiao Feng immediately opened the map and searched for the nearest NPC town.

The call hadn't ended yet; Li Li heard his muttering and teased: "I say, Old Xiao, you're practically a campus heartthrob, with plenty of girls chasing you—no need to mess with NPCs, right?"

"Holy shit, what are you talking about?" Xiao Feng glared, "This is for fun, you get fun?"

"Hahaha~ I thought you were going to say you're a gentleman, not that you wanted to try this." Li Li laughed and hung up.

"Old man……"

Xiao Feng's words were stuck in his belly.

But Li Li's statement is indeed true.

He really hasn't obtained any "spiritual satisfaction" vulgar pleasure in the game; he just wants to see if he can find a hidden profession in the mage line.

After looking at the map, he quickly found the nearest small town.

The town is called "Silver Mine Town", located in a mountain hollow not far from Divine Wind Valley.

Xiao Feng immediately turned around, left the valley, and rushed toward Silver Mine Town.

Such "town" maps are generally used by players to replenish blood and magic potions while leveling in the wild, or to undertake small quests.

The town doesn't have many NPCs, nor any decent military guards.

Xiao Feng arrived at the town gate, and the two militia guards glared at him, looking like they wanted to fight.

Their stats are really not great—only 500,000 HP, a missile could kill them instantly. However, the NPC status shows a friendly color indicating "unattackable," so there's no way to teach them a lesson.

No player has ever come to this town; everything is still primitive.

Several NPC aunts were outside drying herbs, weaving and sewing clothes; the atmosphere was leisurely and tranquil.

When he entered the town, an aunt came forward and asked, "Young adventurer, my daughter 'Lusi' doesn't know where she ran off to; can you help me find her?"

"Ding~ Accept quest 【Lost Girl】?" the system prompted.

Xiao Feng shook his head decisively, "No interest."

"Ah, okay, sorry to bother you." The aunt left with a disappointed expression.

Xiao Feng strolled around town, trying to find an NPC of the mage type.

After walking around in a big circle he still didn't see a single one; the town had only aunts and militia, or else kids running everywhere, which left him very disappointed.

"Oh no, oh no, something terrible has happened!"

Just as he was about to leave, a militia NPC suddenly came running back from outside the town in a panic.

This NPC was covered in blood, a gruesome sight, with only about 5% of his HP left.

As soon as he entered the town, he shouted, "A group of abyssal monsters suddenly appeared in the Silver Mine Cave; many people have died. Quickly send someone to the main city to report, or we're all doomed!"

At the same time, a system notification sounded in Xiao Feng's ear.

"A public quest 【Silver Mine Town Crisis】 has been detected; immediately go to Storm City's Cheng Zhu Fu or War Hall to report and receive the reward!"

Below also shows the quest reward icon: 100,000 experience points, 10 gold coins.

Xiao Feng couldn't help but feel tempted.

But after thinking, he's a big shot—why would he run all the way back just to deliver a message?

Just charge straight into the Silver Mine Cave and instantly kill those abyssal monsters—problem solved!