Chapter 324 - 184: Advancement Requirements Met (3)
Chapter 324: Chapter 184: Advancement Requirements Met (3)
’His ability to hunt Demons has already far surpassed my own.’
And...
’If I weren’t ambushing him from the shadows, I probably couldn’t beat him in a direct confrontation anymore.’
’Lu Cang is incredibly fast.’
’If he ever discovered my location, it would only be a matter of time before he hunted me down and killed me.’
’He’s no longer that Mage who couldn’t catch me.’
Lu Luwei finally finished hunting the Nation Destruction Level Demon and returned to the exit.
Chi Cheng had already left by this point, having thrown himself headfirst into another Dungeon.
Seeing Lu Luwei return, Lu Cang smiled brightly. "You’re amazing, Lu Luwei. To think you can kill a Tier Six Nation Destruction Level Demon all by yourself."
The tips of Lu Luwei’s ears turned slightly red.
’She hadn’t expected Lu Cang to suddenly say something like that.’
She retorted with a hint of pique, "Not as amazing as you."
Lu Cang, however, was modest. "Hehe... I can only kill these Demons because I have an advantage over them. If it were a different type of Demon, I’d probably be helpless."
Lu Luwei glanced at the two great Submerged Land Level Undead standing on either side of Lu Cang, guarding him like stone sentinels.
’Who are you trying to fool?’
Lu Luwei had already witnessed the sight of Lu Cang sending out ten Submerged Land Level Undead at once to swarm a single enemy.
’Lu Cang’s rate of growth was truly terrifying.’
With his current strength, relying on these Undead, he could probably even face Level 6 Adventurers like Feize or the others from the Ruijia Kingdom in a direct confrontation.
’He might even win quite easily.’
There were disparities even among Level 6s; an ordinary Level 6 Adventurer might not necessarily have the strength to fight a Submerged Land Level Demon.
’Then again... it was hard to say. After all, no one who reached Level 6 could be considered ordinary.’
"By the way..."
"Those Bow Skill books... thank you for them," Lu Luwei said suddenly.
Lu Cang had returned from who-knows-where and brought her several Bow Skill books.
They had increased her strength considerably.
There was also a method for crafting "Grim Ice Soul Arrows"...
...Arrows that could simultaneously freeze both soul and body.
They worked quite well with the Ice Bow he had given her.
’Although he said he gave them to her only because he didn’t have the Archer Profession, she had been receiving a lot of things from him lately.’
’She felt a little embarrassed about it.’
"Is there anything you need my help with?" Lu Luwei asked, her face slightly flushed.
"Lu Luwei, does that promise you made back then—that you’d agree to any condition if I beat you—still stand?"
Lu Cang asked abruptly.
Lu Luwei froze for a moment, her face turning beet red!
"Wh-what are you talking about!"
"You’re still just a kid! Absolutely not!"
Seeing Lu Luwei so flustered and confused...
’Heh... Lu Luwei, what on earth are you thinking?’
’I’m just a kid, after all.’
Lu Cang sighed. "I just want you to keep an eye on some people for me."
"You mean, you want me to help you investigate some people’s movements?"
"If that’s all, you didn’t need to say something so misleading!"
"What was Lu Luwei misunderstanding?"
Lu Luwei opened her mouth but was left speechless.
"Who do you want me to investigate?" she asked, changing the subject.
Lu Cang said, "Well... this is about something from yesterday."
"Yesterday, Mu reported some things to me about the Death Church. I heard that the original Sect Leader of the Death Church was in collusion with several other secret Sects."
"But after I took charge, many of these clandestine Sects chose to cut ties with my Church."
"According to Mu’s report, they seem to have held a routine meeting recently. The Sect Leader of the Death Church should have attended, but they didn’t invite me."
Lu Cang’s tone was casual. "I think they’re being secretive and don’t want to be discovered. They’re probably up to no good. That’s why I want you to monitor a few people for me."
Lu Luwei said, "You seem quite invested in these matters."
"I never took you for someone with such a strong sense of justice before."
Lu Cang smiled. "I am Lorren’s Chief Mage, after all."
’After all, once you’ve robbed a treasury, you realize that painstakingly searching for treasures yourself is much slower than just plundering the millennia-old accumulations of others.’
’Rather than toiling away looking for treasure everywhere...’
’...it’s much better to find the lairs of these Cults and wipe them all out in one go.’
Taking out these Cults would be much easier than robbing the treasury of an Orthodoxy.
And he wouldn’t feel a shred of guilt.
"Alright, that’s not a problem."
Lu Luwei accepted Lu Cang’s request.
A piece of paper appeared in Lu Cang’s hand. He handed Lu Luwei a list with names written in Long-lasting Ink on Trace Paper.
The writing wouldn’t disappear even during the Forgotten Moon.
"This is the list of people."
The Death Church had been deeply entangled with these secret Cults before, so it naturally had information on some of the key members.
This information had been preserved and had now fallen into Lu Cang’s hands.
"There are quite a few."
"If you can, try to find their hideouts."
"We’ll consider our next move after that."
Lu Cang wasn’t worried about Lu Luwei being discovered or caught. With her current Perception, if she was just tailing people...
...even if she were detected, it would be from tens of thousands of kilometers away.
Who could possibly catch her?
Besides, although Lu Luwei’s strength seemed mediocre to Lu Cang, she was definitely in the top tier among Level 5 Adventurers.
Across the entire Ruelun Continent, the only ones who could probably pose a threat to her were a handful of Level 6 Adventurers and Lu Cang himself.
Protecting herself would certainly be no problem.
’It’s not like some cliché plot where the Holy Elf Archer falls into the enemy’s Nest is going to happen... right?’
After clearing this Dungeon.
Lu Cang went on to open eight more Tier Six Dungeons.
He only stopped when the Source of Calamity had been hovering in the sky for half a day over a vast, clear expanse, and the ritual to gather the demon tide could no longer summon any more Demons.
Only then did he relent.
’A Level 7 Dungeon really can’t be opened just on a whim...’
Lu Cang tried to gather the demon tide on a massive scale.
But no matter what he did, the concentration was basically at Level 6. After great difficulty, he managed to raise it to a Level 7 concentration.
But then it dropped again because the Source of Calamity used it to form several Tier Six Dungeons.
In the end, he could no longer get it back up to Level 7.
Moreover, when the demon tide was this dense, it tended to disperse easily once gathered.
He couldn’t maintain it for an extended period.
’It seemed that with his current methods, it would be difficult to create another Tier Seven Dungeon on Ruelun.’
On the 3rd, 4th, and 5th... over these few days, whenever Lu Cang had free time, he ran dungeons with Chi Cheng.
In his spare time, he practiced his Combat Skills.
His Combat Skill had now finally evolved to the Fourth Form.
As for the name of the Combat Skill style, he called it the "Azure Sky Stream."
’Anyway, it was a name he came up with himself. He could always change it later if he wanted, so he decided to stick with it for now.’
In truth, Lu Cang felt his style was quite invincible, but he couldn’t bring himself to be shameless enough to call it the Azure Sky Invincible Stream.
His Warrior Profession was basically flawless at this point.
He had been fighting nonstop during this period and had met the requirements for advancement, but Lu Cang planned to perfect the first six forms of his Combat Skill before advancing his Warrior Profession.
As for Decryption Scholar, he had been continuously breaking all sorts of Restrictions.
Although the required Decryption Points had reached 1500, a full fifteen times the previous amount.
Fortunately, breaking Restrictions also counted as decryption.
And he did it very quickly.
Over this long period, by breaking all sorts of Restrictions, big and small, he had managed to accumulate the 1500 points.
’Heh, if he had progressed at his previous rate...’
’...how long would it have taken to accumulate 1500 Decryption Points?’
’This level of difficulty was probably what an ordinary Decryption Scholar would face going from Level 5 to Level 6, right?’
In other words... the Warrior Profession probably had a similar level of difficulty.
Luckily, he had been constantly killing Tier Six Submerged Land Level Demons, so his combat record was more than full, leaving no issues there.
As for Death Priest... Lu Cang felt this was his least problematic Profession. He just had to offer up one day’s worth of souls from the Erupting Black Ant Mountain, and that would be that.
When advancing multiple Professions, it was best to prioritize the most difficult one.
Then, advance the easiest one.
As for Mage, since it wasn’t affected by his other Professions, it was indeed best to advance it last.
Prophet... His research on the Heavenly Destiny Theorem Technique with Yuna had also progressed quite well.
To decipher the "Inner Heavenly Destiny Theorem Skill," one must first learn the surface-level Heavenly Destiny Theorem Technique.
Although the Forgotten Moon had caused some delays, his routine discussions with Yuna had kept the progress moving forward every day.
He estimated he would be able to learn it in a few more days.
That left Chronology... As long as he finished mastering Chronology.
Lu Cang figured the Prophet Profession would then be his.
Advancing four Professions at the same time made the difficulty of going from Level 3 to Level 4 equivalent to a normal person’s difficulty of going from Level 5 to Level 6... He had no idea what kind of difficulty awaited him with five Professions.