Absolute Death Game

Chapter 96 Soul Awakening Soup

Xiao Buli thought for a moment and said, "You can keep the Gold Coins; I'd be more than grateful if you could provide me with some information instead."

Information? A hint of wariness flashed in Wu Min'er's eyes, and a smile that was not quite a smile appeared on her face, "Then what kind of information would you like to know?" Enjoy new stories from empire

"I want to know how I can quickly gain battle experience," Xiao Buli said seriously, "As you probably know, I'm of the Mage Professions with quite a few skills. Relying solely on skill usage to gain proficiency is just too slow, so I would like to inquire about this issue."

He had previously asked this question to Zhang Yaoyang, who gave him a very straightforward answer, 'Kill more monsters, run more dungeons, and the experience will come naturally.'

But Xiao Buli didn't have the time to grind monsters slowly; his combat capability was still too weak. It wasn't evident when he was in a team playing a support role, but it became especially fatal when he tried to hunt monsters alone.

Moreover, he knew that there should always be shortcuts in any game, and this game should be no exception. In fact, he felt that the shortcuts in this game would be even more apparent and effective since this game, in essence, didn't have to consider balance issues.

And if anyone knew about these shortcuts, then Wu Min'er, the head of the intelligence team, was definitely the most likely candidate.

"Hehe, you guessed right, there is indeed a way to quickly gain experience, but you must meet certain conditions. Simply put, it must be a specific profession targeting specific monsters," she explained.

Xiao Buli asked, "Oh, could you give me an example?"

Wu Min'er toyed with the food on her plate with her fork while she thought for a moment, "For example, take the Hunter Class Occupations such as Rangers, Wanderers, or Beast Tamers.

The best places for these professions to hunt monsters for experience are the mountains and forests, because they all have powerful skills against beast-type monsters, and the ability to track beasts, so they can maximize experience gain. Compared to the usual grinding methods of other professions, this is much more efficient."

Xiao Buli nodded, but Wu Min'er continued, "However, compared to that, the Hunter Class Occupations' targeting of beast-type monsters is still not as effective. According to the information I have, Exorcists actually gain experience the fastest."

What? Xiao Buli was surprised; he had always thought that Exorcists were similar to Priests in 'World of Warcraft', meant to be a profession strong in support but weak in solo hunting—certainly, the slowest for leveling up alone. Unexpectedly, they turned out to be the fastest.

He analyzed it from the opposite direction. Since Hunters targeted beast-type monsters, Exorcists would naturally be targeting Undead Type Monsters.

"Could it be that Undead Type Monsters give a lot of experience? But I've killed quite a few Zombies and the like, and they didn't give me much experience."

"Hehe, you're quite quick to catch on," she said with a chuckle, "Your guess is almost spot on, but it's not that Undead Monsters give more experience. Instead, it's that Ghost Type Monsters give considerably more experience. For instance, if a white-named bandit provides 30 experience points, then a white-named ghost will give at least 50 points.

Moreover, compared to ordinary monsters, ghosts have specialties like Invisibility and immunity to physical attacks, but every advantage has its downside; ghosts have very low health points because they do not have the concept of physique and Armor, typically only having a symbolic few dozen health points and no Armor whatsoever."

"Exorcists' Yang Attribute Spells deal double damage to the Undead, even the weakest spell can instant-kill an average ghost, and for powerful Ghost Elites, or even slightly weaker BOSSES, a few powerful moves could wipe them out, so this occupation actually levels up the fastest when farming experience, followed by Onmyoji.

If you could advance to become an Exorcist or Onmyoji, this method would definitely be the most efficient,"

Xiao Buli shook his head, "I don't plan on advancing to become an Exorcist." Although Exorcists are powerful against the Undead, Xiao Buli knew that his greatest hypothetical enemy was actually the company's upper management, and dealing with them was not something that could be managed with ghost-capturing talisman tricks.

"Then I've got nothing for you. The Taoist occupation may belong to the magic system, but it is a basic occupation after all, without any particularly outstanding or targeted capabilities. Otherwise, you could advance into a Thunder Summoner.

I happen to know how to undertake the quest for this occupation, which has stacking damage for Thunder System spells and can learn very powerful large-scale destructive spells, with absolutely top-notch efficiency in clearing troops. It's just not clear whether the higher-ups would agree to this,"

Xiao Buli suddenly thought of his sword—the Soul Slayer's Blade. Isn't that a weapon that can harm ghostly spirits? Although it's not able to kill ghosts as instantly as Exorcists do, it can deal full damage to Spiritual Bodies, so it would probably only take a couple of extra slashes to kill a ghost, which should be more than sufficient.

However, while he now had the ability to harm ghosts, how to detect them became the problem. The equipment "Betrayer's Dark Vision," although it allowed him to see clearly in the dark and detect the presence of the Demon Clan, was incapable of detecting the Undead.

"Do you know how to see the Undead?"

Wu Min'er nodded. This wasn't exactly a secret, and there was no harm in telling him: "There are currently three known occupations with the ability to detect ghosts: The Onmyoji's Yin Yang Eyes, the Necromancer's Spiritual Eye, and the Exorcist's Heavenly Eye Skills.

In addition, there's a general skill that allows one to see ghosts called the 'Spiritual Eye', which can be learned with just 20 points of spiritual power. However, it can only be learned from a Skill Book and the drop rate for this book is extremely volatile; basically, it's priceless."

Seeing Xiao Buli's somewhat disappointed face, Wu Min'er continued: "But aside from the skill, I do know of a repeatable quest that grants a BUFF that allows you to see ghosts once completed. I can tell you about it if you're interested,"

"But I must warn you, once a ghost realizes it's being seen by someone, it'll easily enter a hostile state. If you don't have effective abilities to counter ghosts, it's better not to learn it."

Xiao Buli smiled, "I have my ways with that. Let's trade the information on this quest for the 'War God Atlas', shall we?"

Wu Min'er shrugged her shoulders, indicating indifference, and proceeded to explain the details of the quest.

"The quest is not very complicated. There is a small hut near the Mass Burial Mound, just outside Nine Dragons City, where a blind old lady lives. Most of the time, she's simmering a pot of soup. If you talk to her, you can accept a shopping quest, and bringing back the items she requests will reward you with a bowl of her soup.

This soup is called 'Soul Awakening Soup' and grants a BUFF called 'Ghost Eye' which lasts for 24 hours."

Xiao Buli nodded, committing Wu Min'er's words to memory.

After dinner, Xiao Buli returned to the computer room. After logging in, he met Wu Min'er at the agreed place, traded her the 'War God Atlas', and then got ready for his grand monster-farming endeavor.

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