Chapter 9: One-Star Epic, Talent Enhancement

Whoosh!

Dracula’s figure flickered and vanished instantly from the spot, narrowly evading the black sword blade descending from above.

The next moment, like a phantom, it appeared right before the Level 4 Guard.

Raising its arm, the cold barrel of the gun aimed squarely at the guard’s face, pulling the trigger.

Bang!

A gunshot rang out, the bullet striking the guard’s head. Though it didn’t shatter the skull, it immediately drained nearly one-third of the guard’s health.

Without a kill, the skill reset couldn’t be triggered; “Deadly Shot” entered cooldown.

However, the high damage to the guard’s head directly triggered a stun effect.

Leaning on its black longsword, the Level 4 Guard’s eyes glazed over, completely losing the will to resist.

How could Dracula let such a prime opportunity slip away?

A crimson glow blossomed over its body, blood-red energy bursting forth, spiraling toward the guard.

[Crimson Feast: Ignite the target’s blood, inflicting massive explosive damage. If the target’s health is below 50%, an additional 30% of Dracula’s maximum health is dealt as damage.]

Boom!

The Level 4 Guard trembled violently as thick blood mist erupted from its body. Staggering, its health bar dropped sharply to one-quarter.

Immediately after, another crimson light bloomed on its body.

[If the target’s health is below 50%, deal an additional 30% of Dracula’s maximum health as damage.]

The additional damage triggered!

Damage exploded!

Bang!

The Level 4 Guard exploded on the spot, black blood and flesh splattering everywhere.

[Slain: Fallen Guard LV.4, Experience +75]

[Level: LV.2 (193/200)]

Experience surged. One more Level 1 guard and it would level up.

At this moment, Gu Chen was elated. He had anticipated fast leveling in the early dungeon stages, but never imagined it would be this rapid.

Judging by this, by the time they cleared the dungeon, he’d likely reach Level 5 smoothly and could then contract a second summoned beast.

“Two skills down a Level 4 Guard!”

“Absolutely explosive!”

Lin Qingqing’s eyes widened as if in a dream.

“This is an epic summoned beast—it’s insanely overpowered!”

Lin Yuan, sitting by the flowerbed, slapped his thigh and stood up. Two skills dealing nearly three thousand damage? What else could that be but broken?

“With damage this terrifying, not even Li Wenhui from the elite class can manage it,” Wu Ziyi said with a complicated expression.

“Confidence, drop the ‘can’t.’ Didn’t you see Gu’s last skill already overflowed in damage?” Lin Yuan said proudly.

“Li Wenhui is a Retribution Paladin focusing on burst and sustained output. Even at Level 4, he couldn’t hit nearly three thousand damage with two skills,” Lin Qingqing shook her head.

Gu Chen remained noncommittal to their discussion.

Purely in terms of damage, “Deadly Shot” combined with “Crimson Feast” could at most remove three-quarters of the Level 4 Guard’s health.

To kill outright was still a stretch.

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