Gacha pull: I obtained a god-level talent.

Outside the instance.

The city's defense forces have already set up a defensive line at the entrance to the instance. The soldiers are fully armed and ready to defend themselves, determined to keep the abyss monsters out of the line.

Teachers and students from all schools have been evacuated. Only Ning Qin, relying on his old principal's influence, managed to get Xia Chaoyang to agree that he could stay behind the city defense lines with Li Xue'er until the battle ended.

Li Xueer looked at Ning Qin with teary eyes: "Principal, is it really true that this idiot won't survive?"

“Absolutely impossible.” Ning Qin shook his head firmly. “The boss territory of this dungeon is filled with monsters that are all level 10 or higher. After being corrupted by the abyss, their attributes will increase tenfold. Zhang Yuan can’t even break through the monsters’ defenses.”

"Moreover, the process of the dungeon becoming abyss-like is irreversible. Once the entire dungeon is completely abyss-like, the abyss-corrupted boss will take the initiative to attack, and then Zhang Yuan will have nowhere to escape."

At this point, Ning Qin looked at the abyss dungeon in the distance, which had turned red, and said regretfully, "That child must be very scared now. He clearly had a bright future, but he is going to die in the beginner dungeon. Fate is really unfair."

Meanwhile, inside the dungeon cave...

Zhang Yuan, who had already reached level 9, was sitting on a flattened rock, chewing on the dried meat his grandmother had roasted, while manipulating his flying sword to slaughter the monsters in the cave.

He had been in the dungeon for five hours. Although leveling up would restore his status, he would still get hungry and needed to eat.

"Grandma's dried meat is delicious, but it's too dry. I should have brought some water with it."

Zhang Yuan muttered something as he simultaneously pierced through the giant mage casting a spell in the distance with ten flying swords.

-23985.

[Successfully defeated the Corrupted Giant Shaman, experience +1200]

[Successfully killed the Corrupted Goblin, experience +200]

[Successfully defeated the Corrupted Elite Goblin, experience +300]

A golden light shot out from Zhang Yuan's body, raising him to level 10.

"Finally reached level 10!"

Upon seeing that he had leveled up, Zhang Yuan immediately wiped the oil off his hands on the clothes of a giant vanguard whose corpse had not yet disappeared, and checked his attributes.

Name: Zhang Yuan

【Class: Sword Formation Master (Unique)】

[Grade: 10 (2.00%)]

【Strength: 200】

[Agility: 150]

【Spirit: 400】

[Physique: 150]

[Special Class Attributes: Critical Hit Rate (19%), Critical Hit Damage (190%)]

[Talent: Absolute Luck (Level 1), I am a Sword Immortal (Level 1)]

[Equipment: Iron Sword Case (10/10), Imperial Special Merit Badge]

[Skill: Sword Formation (Level 3)] Unfolds a sword formation, continuously consuming mental energy. Within a 30-meter radius, critical hit damage is increased by 120%.

【Sword Control (Level 3): Ride a flying sword to attack in mid-air. The power depends on the quality of the sword, the user's mental strength, and skill level.】

[Ascension: Sixth Life]

"Both the Sword Formation and Sword Control skills are at level 3, so my damage should have increased significantly again."

Zhang Yuan noticed that his sword formation and sword control levels had increased simultaneously, so he immediately controlled a flying sword to pierce a corrupted goblin.

-3836.

[Successfully killed the Corrupted Goblin, experience +200]

"Sure enough, the damage has increased by about 30%."

Zhang Yuan was not surprised by his current damage. He estimated that each level increase in his sword control would increase his damage by about 20%. Considering the increase in spirit power and critical damage from leveling up, a 30% increase in damage was not unreasonable.

"Now that I've leveled up to 10, it's time to go and meet that boss."

Zhang Yuan's gaze turned to the depths of the cave. When he was fighting monsters in the cave, he would often hear eerie roars coming from the depths of the cave, accompanied by earth-shaking noises, which were extremely oppressive.

Since this wasn't a game where death meant real death, Zhang Yuan, to be on the safe side, didn't challenge the boss when he was level six or seven.

However, now that he has reached level 10, his average output per second is close to 40,000. Not to mention a level 12 boss, even a level 40 boss, as long as he plays well, he can kill it even if he is much stronger!

After all, he has the unreasonable Fate Constellation 6, which ignores the enemy's defense within the sword formation.

The boss has no defense.

As Zhang Yuan ventured deeper into the cave, he came across an enormous, outrageously large object.

The Cyclops was 10 meters tall, with deep purple skin, bulging muscles, and covered in hard, rock-like warts, like the shell of a demon.

The giant exuded an unsettling aura.

Just looking into the Cyclops's eyes, Zhang Yuan felt an indescribable terror.

Corrupted Cyclops King

"This... is this what a level 12 boss should look like?"

Zhang Yuan suddenly felt like he had wandered into the wrong movie set, but at this moment the Cyclops King had already spotted Zhang Yuan. Its eyes blazed with malice, filled with endless anger and savagery, and it roared furiously.

A deafening sound swept over them, and Zhang Yuan almost lost his footing!

"Something's wrong! Something's definitely wrong!"

Unfortunately, Zhang Yuan had not learned the detection technique and did not know the specific situation of this boss, so he could only try to attack with 10 flying swords first.

Ten flying swords pierced the armor on the Cyclops King's chest!

-38360.

"It's still alive! This boss's health is abnormal!"

This was the first time Zhang Yuan had encountered a monster that could survive being hit by 10 flying swords, and he was extremely shocked.

However, the Cyclops King also seemed to have suffered a very serious injury; the shell on its chest shattered, and blood flowed continuously.

"Roar--!"

The Cyclops roared in fury, grabbed its massive spiked club, and charged madly at Zhang Yuan, its footsteps shaking the earth!

Zhang Yuan dared not be careless and once again manipulated 10 flying swords to attack!

-38360.

"He's not dead yet!"

Zhang Yuan frowned slightly, retreating while using his mind to pull the flying sword from the Cyclops King.

Despite being covered in blood, the Cyclops King was still incredibly fast, rushing towards Zhang Yuan in just a few steps before slamming his spiked club down!

boom! ! !

Zhang Yuan dodged to the side, avoiding the spiked club, but was still blasted away by the shockwave, instantly losing more than half of his health!

"Such high attack power! If I were level six or seven, this splash damage would probably kill me. This Sword Master is indeed a fragile class!"

"But I don't believe you can take another 10 sword strikes!"

Zhang Yuan knew that even if he were splashed again, he would surely die, so he did not hesitate to control his flying sword to attack!

The main focus is on a high-octane, instant-kill battle!

-38360.

Ten flying swords pierced the Cyclops' heart. The Cyclops let out a painful howl and then collapsed to the ground.

[Successfully defeated the Corrupted Cyclops King, experience +10000]

A golden light burst forth from Zhang Yuan's body, instantly leveling him up to level 11.

[Ding! The host has achieved the achievement 'First Encounter with the Abyss,' and has been rewarded with the awakening of an advanced talent.]

[Congratulations, host, on awakening the advanced talent: Eye of the Abyss.]

[Eye of the Abyss: Can detect objects up to 50 levels higher than its own level.]

Before Zhang Yuan could even check his attributes, a treasure chest appeared on the Cyclops King's stone bed!

"Treasure chest!"

Zhang Yuan's eyes lit up, and he immediately ran forward to open the box!

[Obtained 1 Beginner Skill Scroll]

[Obtained 1 God Stone]

[Obtain a class-specific skill scroll *1]