Chapter 31: Blackstone Tower Second Floor

  Let's not think too much, first run to the pharmacy to replenish the medicine, then go to the martial arts hall to find the knight captain to learn the 20th level knight skills "Double Strike" and "Shield Defense".

  As I was the first player to transfer to a knight, the captain of the knights taught me skills for free, bliss.

  "Captain, I'm here. I've reached level 20 and I want to learn the level 20 knight skills, hoping for your guidance."

  "Stone Castle, it's you! You've already reached level 20. The first place on the Top Ten Masters list is indeed yours. Not bad, looks like our Knights' squad is going to produce a hero."

  "Haha... Captain is overpraised, it's all thanks to Captain's guidance." I just smiled foolishly.

  "Ding dong, Stone Castle, Knight Captain Marco is about to impart knight skills to you. Will you learn?"

  "Study."

  "For the honor of knights."

  The knight captain Marc drank a lifetime, and a burst of light from the knight captain's hand entered my body.

  "Ding dong, Player Shi Tou Cheng receives guidance from Knight Captain and learns skill Double Strike."

  "Ding dong, Player Stone Castle receives guidance from Knight Captain and learns skill Shield Defense."

  Double Strike: Level 1/3000, Active Skill, Requirement: Knight Level 20, Magic Consumption 20, Strikes the enemy twice in a row, increasing attack by 50.

  Shield Defense: Level 1 0/3000, Active Skill, Requirement: Knight level 20, Magic consumption 50, Defense increase by 10%, Duration 3 minutes.

  "Thanks, Captain."

  "Stone City, how's Merchant King's quest going? Can it be completed?"

  "Captain, I'm on it. No problem."

  Joke, merchant Wang's task is the only task, we must complete it and receive a generous reward, can't let the captain take it back.

  "Good luck, Jiayou, Shitou Cheng."

  Good, now that the logistics work is done, it's time to set off. A skill "Somnambulism" was activated, and a radiant glow flowed over my body as I teleported to the first floor of the Blackstone Tower.

  The skill "Dream Walking" that Xue Lala gave me is too useful, otherwise I would have to run to the Blackstone Tower for at least half a time unit. Now that I'm level 20, I can set up two transmission points, I'm so happy!

  Thinking back to when I first got the skill "Lucid Dreaming", I didn't take it seriously and almost missed the chance to learn, what a shame!

  Avoid the skull soldiers on the first floor of Blackstone Tower and head directly to the second floor.

  "Ding dong, Stone Castle, below is Blackstone Tower 2nd floor, enter?"

  "Yes."

  After using the skill "Shield Defense", a flash of light, I entered the second floor of Blackstone Tower.

  I came to the second floor of Blackstone Tower when I was level 18, but I couldn't beat the monsters inside and had to retreat. Now that I'm level 20, wearing a skull suit, I think dealing with the zombies and skeleton mages on the second floor shouldn't be a problem. If not, I'd have no face to call myself a freakishly strong person.

  -30, -20, MISS, -30, MISS. I just reached the second floor of Blackstone Tower and a barrage of attacks came pouring down on me.

  The second floor's zombies and dark mages are aggressive monsters. The dozen or so monsters at the entrance saw me and immediately attacked.

  Look at the damage we're taking now, little KS, Mao Mao Yu, the special skills of the Knight profession are finally being used, which is to defend against high blood thickness and cover up crazy attacks.

  "Insight"

  Zombie: Level 25, HP: 1500, Attack with poisonous attack, causing players to continuously lose blood. Skill: Bloodthirsty, can absorb player's blood to restore its own life. The rotting corpse is infected by the demonic energy and gradually transforms into a mindless monster that only kills.

  Black Sorcerer: Level 25, HP: 1200, Attack with Dark attribute, can cause player blindness. Skills: Black Fireball, Berserk, increase attack power. Their corpses, originally mages, were tainted by dark energy and gradually transformed into dark sorcerers, preferring to hide in the darkness and ambush their opponents.

  Haha, it's my turn now. After understanding the opponent's strength, I wielded the Skullsplitter in my hand and unleashed a flurry of attacks - "Slash", "Heavy Strike", and "Double Heavy Strike" - on the zombies beside me.

  -350, -400, -700, a series of bright red damage numbers floated above the ugly zombie's head, our attack finally stood out, no longer making us feel depressed, and with high-frequency bursts in between, it was even more exciting.

  Thinking that I, at level 20, could deal such high damage to a level 25 zombie, I estimate that even high-level warriors may not have an attack higher than mine.

  Haha, this is called revenge for those who have grievances, and revenge for those who have been wronged. When I was level 18, I was beaten by these zombies and dark mages until I fled with my tail between my legs. But after leveling up two levels and equipping myself with level 20 gear, the tables were turned! It's really a different world, so refreshing!

  -400, -430, -800, finally cleared out the zombies around me and killed the dark wizard.

  The dark wizard is particularly annoying, with black fireballs constantly attacking me. The attack is high and the speed is fast. Moreover, the dark wizard is always hiding behind the zombies, and it's impossible to kill him without killing all the zombies first. It's really frustrating.

  However, the Dark Magician's defense and life are lower than those of the undead, so as long as you get close to him, he is very easy to kill, and it's exciting to see the experience increase rapidly.

  Looking at the monsters around him all turned into corpses, a harvesting technique passed by.

  "Ding dong, congratulations to player Shi Tou Cheng for obtaining Rotten Meat, gathering skill proficiency increased."

  Rotten Flesh: Low-grade material, can be used to make poison.

  "Ding dong! Congratulations to player Shi Tou Cheng for obtaining Black Mage Crystal. Gathering skill proficiency increased."

  Dark Mage Crystal: A crystal formed from the concentrated magical energy absorbed by a Dark Mage during meditation. It doesn't have much use, but it can be used to forge weapons and add some dark attribute attacks.

  It's no wonder it's a low-level monster, its body is full of trash, can't even pick up anything good. Anyway, my backpack has enough space, might as well use it to practice skills.

  Great! Since the zombies and dark mages aren't much of a threat, and they give a lot of experience, let's carefully lure them over one by one with "taunt" and quickly clear them out. Step by step, we'll push deeper into the second floor of Blackstone Tower, searching for an entrance to the third floor.

  It can be said that with a flash of the knife, all evil disappears.

  The second and first floors of the Blackstone Tower were vastly different, with winding roads that stretched for a long time, but there was no maze. After walking along the road for more than an hour, a small hall appeared in front of me.

  The small hall was filled with monsters, and a shimmering black light portal was behind them, which seemed to be the entrance to the third floor of the Blackstone Tower.

  Wait, what's that? There are a few unusual monsters inside, and they look pretty tough.

  "Insight"

  Skull Warrior: Level 28, HP: 1800, Skill: Charging Strike, can knock down opponents. Stronger than Skull Soldier, absorbs more death energy from the bones of the dead.

  It was originally a skull soldier's evolution version, but compared to the 18-level skull soldier, it is much more powerful.

  Undead Mage: 28-level mid-BOSS, HP: 3800, Skills: Bloodthirst, Black Large Fireball, Black Flame, with additional burning effect. The demon lord's mad scientist Tano created this new type of monster by combining undead and black mage, but it was an experimental product that wasn't strong enough and was discarded at will.

  It wasn't that this monster, dressed in a black cloak and holding a short wooden staff, looked like a zombie, but it was actually an experimental product. However, this zombie-like sorcerer was somehow related to the Heavenly Devil. Had the Heavenly Devil's claws already reached Blackstone Tower? Was the escape of the monsters from the seal of Blackstone Tower related to the Heavenly Devil? I pondered these questions in my mind.