Healing to Kill

The long line of demonic creatures was reduced by nearly a third in just a moment.

Looking at the ground littered with corpses, Jiang Chen frowned.

Not a single piece of equipment dropped.

Am I just unlucky?

Or do these small monsters in this quest not drop anything at all?

Either way, it doesn't seem like a good thing.

Jiang Chen thought for a moment, then turned to Moonlit Dance and asked, "Do these small monsters not drop anything?"

At this moment, Moonlit Dance still looked dazed.

The scene just now had shocked her deeply.

It was as if someone had struck her soul with a heavy hammer.

Seeing no response, Jiang Chen repeated his question.

"Huh? Oh!"

Moonlit Dance finally snapped out of it and replied, "They say the small monsters don't drop anything, and the elite monsters don't seem to either. Only the BOSS drops items."

"Only the BOSS drops items? It seems they've deliberately put most of the rewards into the points system."

Jiang Chen understood.

Meanwhile, Moonlit Dance stared straight at Jiang Chen, as if she wanted to say something.

After hesitating for two seconds, she murmured softly, "Why is your damage so high?"

"What did you say?"

Jiang Chen looked at Moonlit Dance curiously.

"Nothing... nothing."

Moonlit Dance quickly shook her head, realizing it was a bit abrupt to ask that.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen didn't say much.

He glanced at the remaining small monsters and said to Qing Ying, "Wait for the cooldown, then let's pull the monsters together and take them out in one go!"

"Okay!"

Qing Ying nodded and quickly took a health potion to recover.

Soon.

Jiang Chen's skills were off cooldown.

"Qing Ying, let's go to the ends of the line and pull the monsters to the center."

After saying this, he quickly moved to the rear end of the demonic creatures.

"Got it!"

After checking Jiang Chen's position, Qing Ying excitedly moved to the front end of the demonic creatures.

The two of them pulled the monsters, converging from both ends to the center.

During this process, Qing Ying missed a few small monsters.

Tao Xiaoyao quickly summoned the Big Yellow Dog to pull back the missed monsters.

Just as the Big Yellow Dog was halfway through its wild charge, Jiang Chen's voice rang out, "Don't worry about the missed ones, other players will come and take care of them."

He thought the missed monsters could delay the teams coming from behind.

"Xiao Huang, come back."

Tao Xiaoyao immediately called back the Big Yellow Dog, which seemed to understand that it was Jiang Chen's idea.

It barked twice at Jiang Chen in dissatisfaction, then lay down on the ground, rubbing against Tao Xiaoyao's pants.

...

Most of the small monsters had been gathered in the center.

"Small Holy Light Apocalypse Array!"

With a thought, Jiang Chen activated the array.

Immediately, a hexagram array appeared, illuminating the small monsters brightly.

The sound of crackling arcs filled the air.

-1200!

...

Before the skill duration was even halfway through, all the small monsters had fallen to the ground.

Jiang Chen checked the task points template:

[Current Points: 760]

[Public Points: 190]

"Brother Mortal World, I leveled up!"

Qing Ying suddenly shouted excitedly.

"I leveled up too!"

Tao Xiaoyao's voice followed closely.

Both of them had reached level 15!

Jiang Chen glanced at his experience bar: 78% of level 15.

Not far from level 16!

"Let's move forward."

...

The group continued towards the Gate of Sealing.

They hadn't walked far when another long line of demonic creatures appeared ahead.

Still the One-Eyed Demon Wolves.

This time, there seemed to be even more of them.

"Each Gate of Sealing spawns three waves of common monsters and one wave of elite monsters. This should be the second wave of common monsters," Moonlit Dance said.

"Pull the monsters, handle them in two waves."

Jiang Chen didn't waste any time and, along with Qing Ying, started pulling the small monsters again.

After two rounds, most of the small monsters, except for those intentionally or unintentionally missed, had fallen to Jiang Chen's hands.

Continuing towards the Gate of Sealing, the third wave of small monsters soon appeared in Jiang Chen's sight.

...

Like chopping vegetables, Jiang Chen effortlessly dealt with the small monsters.

[Your level has increased to: 16!]

[Your Four Attributes +1 point, and you gain 4 free attribute points.]

"Leveled up!"

Jiang Chen smiled slightly and added all the free attribute points to Intelligence as usual.

Constitution: 35 (↑1)

Strength: 35 (↑1)

Agility: 35 (↑1)

Intelligence: 185 (↑5)

Jiang Chen's magic power reached 490 points!

At the same time, his points skyrocketed like a rocket.

[Current Points: 3480]

[Public Points: 870]

Then.

The group continued forward.

At a halfway point up the mountain, a giant transparent door appeared before them.

At the same time, black demonic aura filled the air in front of the door.

"That's the Gate of Sealing."

Moonlit Dance stopped and said, "Going any further, you'll be contaminated by the demonic aura."

Jiang Chen saw the Gate of Sealing standing on the ground, fully open.

Wisps of black aura were seeping out from it.

"Demonic aura, huh..."

Jiang Chen murmured and walked straight ahead.

Immediately, the wisps of black aura wrapped around him.

[You have been contaminated by Bronze Level demonic aura. For the next hour, all life recovery effects are reduced by 99%, and upon death, all attributes are reduced by 20%.]

"Life recovery disabled, and death penalty."

Jiang Chen glanced at the system prompt, understanding the specific effects of the demonic aura.

"Let's go."

Seeing Jiang Chen walk into the demonic aura, Qing Ying and Tao Xiaoyao followed without hesitation.

Moonlit Dance hesitated briefly, then gritted her teeth and followed as well.

At this moment.

From within the Gate of Sealing, a demonic creature emerged.

[Shadow Moon Demon Wolf: LV15 (Bronze Level Elite)]

[Bite: After every three normal attacks, it will perform a bite, dealing 300% damage and reducing the target's defense by 50% for 5 seconds.]

After this Shadow Moon Demon Wolf appeared, another one followed.

Then another, and another, emerging one after the other.

"Do we have to wait for them to come out..."

Jiang Chen murmured as he looked at the creatures emerging from the Gate of Sealing.

Then he asked Moonlit Dance, "Can we go inside the Gate of Sealing?"

"Huh?"

Moonlit Dance was stunned.