Hunter is good in every way, except that he is not handsome enough!

He once again embarked on the path of leveling up.

Yang Jian's speed and efficiency were somewhat underwhelming.

The experience required to level up past level 30 was much higher than for level 20.

Although Yang Jian's team now consisted of three powerhouses combined, and was monstrously strong, any newly formed team had to go through a period of adjustment.

So, it wasn't until Bamboo Leaf got used to the rhythm of pulling aggro that Yang Jian began to cooperate with the two of them.

Because Mo Song and Bamboo Leaf both had perks that ignored level suppression, in fact, if Yang Jian focused on support and learned a skill to strengthen pet healing, even if the BOSS's level was a bit too high, he felt it wasn't impossible to defeat.

After all, as the core tank of the team, as long as Bamboo Leaf could withstand the attacks, what kind of BOSS couldn't be beaten?

While Yang Jian was undergoing various adjustment exercises, Zhou Yue was also being interrogated by her mother, Zhou Xuan.

"What's going on with you and little Yang? Why did you sleep in his room?"

"It's just what you saw, what else could it be!"

Zhou Yue didn't know what to say for a moment, so she could only neither admit nor deny it.

"I also think his relationship with CEO Bai isn't ordinary..."

"You're mistaken!"

Perhaps Zhou Yue's words were too firm, making her mother, Zhou Xuan, lose her confidence.

Could it really be that I was mistaken?

"Then the rumors spreading among the employees outside... are they true?"

It was only when Zhou Yue woke up that she realized so much had happened.

The Abyss invasion was bound to happen sooner or later, and superhumans being everywhere was also bound to happen sooner or later.

Yang Jian had already let himself go, and she didn't want to hide it anymore.

What was the use of having superpowers if she couldn't display them in front of others?

So... under Zhou Xuan's horrified gaze, a burning flame appeared in Zhou Yue's palm. "This! This, this, this..."

Zhou Xuan instinctively jumped up, wanting to get away from the flame.

Then she thought, this is her own daughter, she wouldn't put the flame on her face!

After calming down a little, Zhou Yue also had the thought of getting closer to observe.

"This little flame... can it cook?"

Zhou Yue rolled her eyes, curled her five fingers slightly and exerted force, and the red flame transformed into a flaming ice sculpture.

Although this move made Zhou Xuan's jaw drop, Zhou Yue was clearly not very satisfied.

She could only control fire to this extent, and the performance wasn't very pretty.

She would wait until she mastered the fire, ice, and lightning elements more skillfully.

Then she would perform a thundercloud storm... Zhou Yue planned to spend two hours a day practicing skills in reality.

She didn't intend to master all three elemental skills in one go.

Slowly but surely!

With a pioneer like Yang Jian to guide her, the progress would definitely be much faster than figuring it out on her own!

Zhou Yue already knew who had hired the assassins this time.

She was also choosing the 'package' she planned to send the other party.

Would a Meteor Shower be good?

Or an Ice Storm?

So hard to choose!

While Zhou Yue was still agonizing, Yang Jian's solo team had gradually gotten on track with their coordination.

From pulling aggro to killing, the entire western part of the Southeast Plains only took one hour.

Nearly seven hundred wild monsters were killed consecutively in a short period.

Solo leveling, in fact, didn't increase speed by too much.

After all, dealing with the corpses was also a big hassle.

Even if Yang Jian didn't Skin, picking up drops still required a certain amount of time... So strictly speaking, bringing a few guild members to level up with him had almost no impact on Yang Jian's leveling speed!

But that's not how you calculate it!

Yang Jian also didn't plan to carry them through all their leveling.

After all, this wasn't just playing a game anymore.

Yang Jian didn't need a group of useless teammates who only knew how to cheer.

If they couldn't stand on their own, they would be completely useless.

So, occasionally he could bring them to dominate the rankings.

After all, the greater the fame, the greater their voice in the future!

If he always kept a low profile and remained hidden, when the Abyss invaded, and he raised his arm and shouted, "I am the savior..." there was an 80-90% chance people would think he was an idiot!

But if he was strong from beginning to end, when the world descended into chaos, he wouldn't even need to shout; people would naturally gather around him... Yang Jian's purpose in occasionally bringing them to level up was very simple.

He needed them to always remain in the first echelon.

Not to say they could keep up with Yang Jian's progress, but at least they had to leave everyone else behind... A new world, new rules.

Of course, relying solely on the five-person Purple-Gold Squad wasn't very secure.

Yang Jian decided to select another reliable elite squad for focused training... "Sigh, Zhou Yue's luck talent is really too BUG. Now that she's left the team, my drops are much worse!"

"Boss, isn't our main goal to level up?"

Yang Jian glanced at Yuan Gungun.

"You prodigal! If I don't collect all the necessary materials now, am I supposed to go look for them temporarily when I plan to forge equipment in the future?"

"Boss, you want to be a Blacksmith?"

Yuan Gungun's small eyes widened.

"No! Blacksmiths have no future, they can't defeat the Abyss!"

Yang Jian had been to the Tian Yao Realm, so he naturally knew what kind of situation Yuan Gungun was referring to with Blacksmiths.

This was related to the professions awakened by Awakening Stones.

Awakening Stones could indeed awaken; ordinary people without a game system could participate in awakening once they turned eighteen.

Players awakened through Awakening Stones had a clear generation gap compared to the first-generation players.

For example, they also had talents, but most were blue-green environmental colors.

Although the current batch of players entering the game with blue-green talents was also mainstream, the number of high-end talents was not as rare as those awakened with Awakening Stones!

Purple talent was the racial limit.

Yang Jian had seen dozens of blue-purple Iron-Eating Beast in the Ten Thousand Bamboo Forest Sea in the Tian Yao Realm.

But that was the entire current generation of the Iron-Eating Beast race in the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Those other green and white talented Iron-Eating Beast simply didn't qualify to go to the Ten Thousand Bamboo Forest Sea!

Moreover, players awakened through Awakening Stones generally awakened to crippled versions of professions.

For example, Hunters with only the Beastmaster specialization.

Mages with only the Ice specialization.

And that was if they were lucky.

Those with even worse luck might only awaken a cooking profession, making a chef their only career... In peacetime, being a chef was, of course, wonderful.

But being a chef during the apocalypse... actually seemed pretty good!

After all, for a big shot like Yang Jian, wouldn't it be reasonable to eat well in the future?

So, some people would also awaken Blacksmithing as their profession... which was what Bamboo Leaf called a Blacksmith!

One could say that among the various professions, there would always be a top performer.

As long as one could convince oneself to entrust their life to others, it wasn't impossible... Yang Jian listened to Bamboo Leaf's words and knew that he was concerned about him.

Or rather, Bamboo Leaf was more concerned about Yang Jian's strength!

But for Yang Jian, even in the midst of his busy schedule, he had to make time; Blacksmithing was something he absolutely had to practice.

He even had to practice it well.

Having the heart of khaz'goroth and his [Authority: Forging Mastery], Yang Jian didn't need to search everywhere for forging blueprints.

His mastered authority included forging methods for growth-type super-artifacts.

Seven-color weapons would grow with the owner's strength...

Of course, to forge weapons of that caliber, Yang Jian probably wouldn't be able to gather all the materials until he became a god.

But orange-tier equipment was within reach!

Yang Jian knew all the forging blueprints for level 50 orange-tier equipment!

Or rather, everything Khaz'goroth knew, he knew!

Yang Jian's talent skill was Devour.

After reaching the orange tier, he could clearly feel the difficulty of leveling up further.

Purple equipment was everywhere, but there were only a few pieces of orange equipment...

Originally, Yang Jian felt it didn't matter; this talent was mainly good for leveling up, but not leveling up was also fine.

Anyway, as long as it could increase his strength, devouring purple or devouring orange made no difference.

But this trip to the Tian Yao Realm broke Yang Jian's preconceived notions.

When the game system was uninstalled, players' talents would eventually evolve into aptitudes!

Although Yang Jian's aptitude for devouring spiritual bodies was still very powerful, allowing him to improve his strength by fighting monsters even without system assistance, at that time, would orange-tier aptitude be the same as gold or red-tier?

Therefore, since he had Khaz'goroth's authority, if equipment didn't drop easily, what if he crafted orange-tier equipment himself to devour?

As the saying goes, once one's perspective broadens, the world feels vast.

With such complex considerations, Yang Jian was unwilling to waste even a bit of drop rate.

What if, in the future, when forging equipment, he was just short of that little bit of material?

Young people still needed to be thrifty!

Due to objective constraints, Yang Jian's monster-grinding speed had reached its limit.

Solo, he could clear the western bank of the plains in an hour and a half; after becoming proficient, he would change locations, directly splitting into three paths to pull aggro.

Under normal circumstances, Yang Jian would need three hours to solo the entire Southeast Plains.

Two hours of pulling aggro, three minutes of killing, and then one hour to clean up the aftermath.

Don't let the Southeast Plains' small size fool you.

It was just a transitional small map subordinate to Chi Shan Town.

But the complete Southeast Plains covered 23,000 square kilometers, almost much larger than the capital city!

One could only say that Yang Jian and the others were already working extremely hard!

After gradually forming a tacit understanding, Yang Jian began to immerse himself in grinding monsters here.

During this time, Zhou Yue came online and chatted for a couple of sentences.

Learning that Yang Jian was leveling up, she also found a place to train solo.

Two days passed in a flash.

During these two days, Yang Jian had been focused on leveling up.

In addition to leveling, he also had to casually deal with various friendly individuals who came to offer their regards.

News of Tianmu Zhenjun's great display of power in reality could no longer be suppressed!

Therefore, many people who wanted to curry favor with Yang Jian directly broadcast Ibe Jiro's real-time location on Blue Star to Yang Jian.

With the help of these people, Yang Jian truly had a plan to give this Ibe Jiro a home delivery funeral service!

Now there was only one last problem.

What skill should he use to kill him in a way that would shock people... When he wanted to show off in front of others, he realized that the Hunter profession... sometimes was truly incompatible with the word 'showing off'!

At least, he couldn't produce those flashy, cool skill effects...