After Liang Shaoyu and his group left.
Qin Wuyao glanced at the Celestial Fate Tower beside her and said to Lu Ran, "Are you going to eat? I'll treat you."
"No need, but thanks for earlier," Lu Ran responded with gratitude.
Although it was strange why Qin Wuyao was so eager to help him.
"I'm about to go level up, want to join?" Qin Wuyao continued to ask.
"I'm going to eat," Lu Ran gestured with his hand.
He glanced at the people around Qin Wuyao, they were all high-level Professionals.
Of course, their levels wouldn't be too high.
Because if there's too much of a level gap in a party, there's a severe experience penalty, sometimes even no experience given.
Usually, when prominent families bring in newcomers, the level gap doesn't exceed fifteen levels.
Four fifteen-level Professionals farming monsters outdoors with newcomers, even with an experience penalty, it's faster!
This is much quicker than newbies forming their own teams to farm outdoor monsters.
Previously, Lu Ran only knew that Qin Wuyao's family had some influence but had no specific idea. Now it seemed that even someone like Liang Shaoyu wouldn't dare to speak up after being kicked by Qin Wuyao. Clearly, Qin Wuyao's family was much more powerful than the Liang Family.
"Do you need any equipment? With better starter gear, you can level up more efficiently," Qin Wuyao continued.
"Uh... really, there's no need, but thank you," Lu Ran shook his head and said.
It's hard to refuse someone who's being so friendly, and Lu Ran really wasn't used to Qin Wuyao being so kind to him.
Qin Wuyao had no choice but to leave the city to level up.
Meanwhile, Lu Ran went to the slums and had a good meal, spending almost all of his hundred-plus Gold Coins before returning to the Dungeon hall.
There, the young assassin from earlier had followed him.
He was surprised to find that Lu Ran didn't go to the trial grounds but instead headed to the team dungeon area.
This area was divided into several zones according to levels.
Lu Ran went to the under-level-10 zone, where choices were limited because under level 10, there are only two dungeons.
The level 5 Frost Wolf Valley.
The level 10 Death Mine.
Within the Teleportation Array, many low-level Professionals had formed their teams, and the team leader would choose the dungeon and difficulty before the entire team entered.
Some high-level Professionals were also taking in low-level ones.
But Lu Ran was the only one solo, stepping into the Teleportation Array.
The young man who had been watching Lu Ran was puzzled, looking around but not seeing where Lu Ran's teammates were.
Lu Ran chose Frost Wolf Valley.
As for difficulty, Lu Ran didn't get cocky; he chose the normal difficulty and confirmed entry.
Shwoosh~
Entered the team dungeon alone!
The young man saw Lu Ran's figure disappear in a flash, stunned, trembling as he quickly opened his Communication Device.
He messaged Qin Wuyao: Lu Ran, he, he entered Frost Wolf Valley alone!
Qin Wuyao, who had just left the city and was searching for a leveling area, suddenly received the message.
She took a look and was also left speechless.
Lu Ran was only level five!
Just level five, had a meal, and went into Frost Wolf Valley alone?
What kind of operation is this?
Not even a healer teammate? Went in just like that?
Isn't this just asking for trouble?
Thinking it over, Qin Wuyao replied: "Keep an eye on him. If he manages to get out alive, notify me immediately."
After Lu Ran entered the Dungeon.
The biting cold hit him, making him shiver involuntarily.
In front of him was an icy, snow-covered valley.
A winding path led straight to the final BOSS, the Frost Wolf King.
"In normal difficulty, Frost Wolf Valley has a total of 150 Frost Wolves, three Elite Frost Wolves, and finally, the BOSS Frost Wolf King," Lu Ran pondered.
He studied his academy's theory courses diligently, so he was quite familiar.
Dungeon difficulties are divided into normal, hard, hell, nightmare, and abyss five levels.
The higher the difficulty, the different the experience and equipment rewards, with more Gold Coins dropping too.
However, the higher the difficulty, the stronger the monsters' attributes!
It was Lu Ran's first time trying a dungeon, so to be safe, he'll test the waters first.
The trial dungeon couldn't satisfy Lu Ran because he needed money!
Of course, he also needed equipment.
Taking a deep breath, Lu Ran stepped forward, leaving the safe zone.
Then he thrust the Withered Wood Staff onto the ground, and boundless Skeletons were summoned.
Currently, Lu Ran had 450 Mana Value.
He could summon a total of ninety Skeleton Soldiers!
Not even counting the natural Mana Value recovery.
Lu Ran waved his staff, and the massive Skeleton army advanced.
Everywhere they passed, not a blade of grass grew!
All the encountered Frost Wolves were swarmed and killed by the Skeleton Soldiers.
The Skeleton Soldiers hardly consumed, given the limited attack of the Frost Wolves. If they couldn't instantly kill a Skeleton Soldier, they were immediately hacked to death!
[Successfully killed Frost Wolf, gained 70 experience points]
The experience was decent, higher than the same level monsters in the trial grounds!
The most important thing is, not only experience; there's a chance for equipment and Gold Coins to drop from the small monsters in the dungeon too!
Lu Ran was focused on collecting and even felt a bit bored.
Soon he arrived at the first Elite Frost Wolf area.
The Elite Frost Wolf was as large as an ox, extremely fast, highly aggressive, and its attacks carried ice attributes. If hit by the Elite Frost Wolf, attack and movement speed would be reduced.
But this creature never had a chance to even touch Lu Ran.
The instant he entered the combat zone, a horde of Skeletons attacked.
Then, boom!
Surrounded by twenty Skeleton Soldiers, the Elite Frost Wolf exploded in place!
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A series of damage numbers floated out, the Elite Frost Wolf's health instantly emptied, howling and falling to the ground.
[Successfully killed Elite Frost Wolf, gained 300 experience points]
A blue glow shimmered on the wolf's corpse.
"A blue drop?" Lu Ran's eyes lit up, excitedly moving closer.
His calculations were precise; the Elite Frost Wolf had no Magic Resistance and could take the full Corpse Explosion damage, with only 2000 health. Lu Ran's control of twenty Skeletons exploding dealt a massive 2400 damage!
He didn't even need twenty Skeleton Soldiers; just over ten could instantly kill it!
In this world, equipment classification is extremely strict.
White is inferior equipment.
Green is ordinary equipment.
Blue is superior equipment.
Purple is rare equipment.
Gold is legendary equipment.
Red is epic equipment.
The higher the level, the better the quality, the more valuable it is!
Simultaneously, based on attribute strength, the value can vary greatly!
Luck wasn't bad, the Frost Wolf dropped a level 5 [Frost Wolf Magic Robe], and the attributes of the superior quality weren't bad.
Intelligence increased by 13 points!
Lu Ran didn't even bother looking at other Defense Attributes as they were unnecessary.
But those 13 points in Intelligence provided Lu Ran an additional 130 Mana Value, which meant he could summon more than twenty extra Skeleton Soldiers!
As a result, Lu Ran's monster farming speed increased even more!
Encountering Elite Frost Wolves, he'd immediately explode them, then continue onward.
In just twenty minutes, Lu Ran reached the Frost Wolf King's area.
The Frost Wolf King had a pure white fur with almost metallic sheen, roaming the BOSS area.
Its size was a circle larger than the Elite Frost Wolf!
It seemed to notice an intruder in its territory. The Frost Wolf King halted, staring intently in Lu Ran's direction.
But since Lu Ran hadn't stepped into the BOSS arena, it couldn't trigger a fight, so the Frost Wolf King just remained alert.
Lu Ran glanced at the Frost Wolf King, raised his brow, and muttered, "What are you looking at?"
Then, with a grand gesture, he commanded.
A fully deployed force of over a hundred Skeleton Soldiers swarmed forward.
They all exploded!
The poor BOSS Frost Wolf King, facing such humiliation for the first time in its life, barely took a few steps before being blown to pieces, dying on the spot!
Lu Ran received the prompt:
[Successfully killed BOSS Frost Wolf King, gained 1000 experience points]
At the same time, two pieces of equipment dropped by the Frost Wolf King's feet: one blue equipment and one purple equipment!