Taking ten people to level up would slow down the efficiency a bit.

However, with more people, there's greater strength. Once these ten little guys reach level twenty or so, they can step down from the city walls.

These professions all have a decent foundation, and a few of them have outstanding talents.

After receiving a series of buffs, Xiao Chen's attack speed increased significantly.

Soon, the ten little guys started grinding monsters on their own, and Xiao Qiang occasionally managed to get a kill.

Following a similar leveling path as before, Xiao Chen spent about six months bringing this group up.

Half a year can bring about many changes; Wang Hai and the others were about to hit level seventy.

The guild territory's defenses were further strengthened, with the city walls upgraded to level two and several defense towers also reaching level two.

The guild usually had a level seventy or above professional stationed, ensuring safety wasn't an issue.

Xiao Chen, the monster-grinding maniac, had gained some fame within the guild territory.

Especially since Wang Hai and others occasionally helped promote him, many people became aware of Xiao Chen's existence.

After grinding monsters for another half a year, Xiao Chen decided not to continue. He had finally achieved his goal.

[Your kill count has reached ten million, earning you the achievement: Blood-Devouring Berserker.

You have gained a special ability: Life Steal

Each attack can restore 3% of the damage dealt as health.]

Is this really the reward for ten million kills?

Honestly, it's a bit overpowered!

Three percent life steal is incredibly important to Xiao Chen.

In the future, he might be able to withstand a group of small monsters without needing healing.

Xiao Chen's survivability would greatly increase.

[Your talent One in a Million has been upgraded to level three.

One in a Million: Gain 20 random attribute points for every ten thousand targets killed.]

This upgrade was about what Xiao Chen expected, and his attributes would continue to rise.

After six months of grinding, his total attributes increased by around 3600, making Xiao Chen a C-level professional.

[Xiao Chen: LV55 Total Attributes: 18236 Attack Power: 9606 Health: 25000 Defense: 1425

Attack Range: 110 meters Attack Speed: 0.91 Movement Speed: 17

Skill 1: Sevenfold Shot

Skill 2: Armor-Piercing Arrow Level 2 (Damage increased by 20%)

Powerful Strike: 10% chance to deal double damage.]

Due to the random nature of the attributes, the attack increase wasn't as noticeable, but health, defense, and attack speed saw significant improvements.

Combined with the effects of his primary weapon and the life steal ability, Xiao Chen's overall strength was quite formidable.

Archers have a weak foundation, with low health and defense.

After a few more years of hard work, once all attributes are improved, things will be very different.

Xiao Chen was satisfied with everything else, but his only headache was being too poor.

He sold all the materials in his inventory, totaling only 8326 gold coins.

"Should I take another group of people to level up?"

Xiao Chen was willing, but his level had indeed fallen behind too much.

He hadn't leveled up much in a year!

Opening his friends list, Xiao Chen noticed many names had disappeared.

"Wang Zhen and Liu Mei are both level 69!"

As long as they can survive, they're destined to become stronger.

These two didn't have outstanding talents but possessed resilience that most people couldn't match.

Xiao Chen felt that he was actually quite similar to these two.

Now, they led guild members to clear level six hard dungeons daily and occasionally joined big shots to tackle level seven dungeons.

Judging by their demeanor, they weren't in a hurry to level up further, and progress was becoming more difficult.

Accumulating strength slowly was actually quite good.

"Forget it, better not disturb them!"

Xiao Chen's strength was already sufficient, and he could improve on his own.

"Need to level up and make money."

First, upgrade Xiao Qiang to silver level, then upgrade his primary weapon to bronze.

"I can't keep taking people to level up."

Previously, helping others level up was just a way to earn some gold coins, mainly to gain kill counts.

Xiao Chen teleported back to Tiannan City, not to continue dungeon grinding, but to head out of the city gates.

"Xiao Qiang, we need to forge our own path."

After leaving the city gates, he summoned Xiao Qiang.

Less than a mile outside the city, there were small monsters everywhere, mostly around level twenty.

Many low-level professionals were training near the city walls, probably mistaking Xiao Chen for a Summoner.

"Hey, how do you have so many summoned beasts?"

"Hey, wanna level up together?"

Xiao Chen hid his information, so others couldn't see his level.

"No, I'm planning to venture deeper."

Xiao Chen wouldn't compete with these low-level professionals for monsters; he led Xiao Qiang forward.

Before long, they were surrounded by small monsters.

Two miles out, the area was densely packed with small monsters.

"Xiao Qiang, most of these small monsters are around level twenty. You can be a monster-killing machine here."

Xiao Qiang had ten clones, each capable of handling low-level monsters.

Once the clones were exhausted, Xiao Qiang could summon a new batch.

As long as they didn't encounter overly powerful monsters, Xiao Qiang could keep grinding here.

"The kill count is coming in!"

Eleven pairs of hands working together were more efficient than Xiao Chen alone.

Xiao Chen decided to leave Xiao Qiang in the low-level area to grind on its own.

Summoners had to leverage their advantages; like Zhang Fan, who would just leave his summoned beasts to grind while he lounged on a chair.

After setting up Xiao Qiang, Xiao Chen cleared a path with his bow and searched for targets.

Yes, he was after various elite monsters and bosses, which would be the main way to make money in the future.

Twenty miles outside Tiannan City lay the guild territories.

These territories were just points in a vast area, and because of their presence, there were no bosses above level seventy in this region.

Even level twenty or thirty small monsters couldn't break through Xiao Chen's defense.

Even when surrounded by countless small monsters, Xiao Chen remained unscathed.

With each round of arrows, seven kills were guaranteed, along with scattered copper coins and occasional materials.

When he couldn't find a target, he'd grind some kills.

"Kills +7, Life Steal +540"

The attack from Sevenfold Shot wasn't low, and as his attack speed gradually increased, he could gain over twenty thousand kills in a day just standing there.

With Xiao Qiang and the others, the attribute points earned each day were quite impressive.

Thinking about it, Xiao Chen was tempted to just stand there and grind monsters.

"Where do all these small monsters come from?"

The small monsters seemed endless; even after killing millions in an instant, new ones would flood in like a tide.

Even a level fifty-something professional like him felt a sense of despair facing these level twenty or thirty small monsters.

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"I need to learn a movement skill, or else I'll be stuck in the swarm of small monsters."

Xiao Chen could only grind monsters while moving forward.

He spotted a level twenty elite monster and naturally couldn't let it go.

Even if it dropped a piece of level twenty black iron equipment, he wouldn't mind.

He hadn't gone far when his Spirit Arrow targeted the monster.

With an attack range of over a hundred meters, it saved him a lot of trouble.

After just a few arrows, he heard the notification.

"Kills +1 Experience +0 Guild Contribution Points +1 Silver Coins +40"

"You obtained a Black Iron Helmet."

To be honest, most people couldn't earn money like this.

Xiao Chen didn't see any other high-level professionals nearby, and low-level ones wouldn't dare come.

Only Xiao Chen could grind kills in the low-level area, making it worthwhile.

"Next target, that level 10 boss."

Who knows what a level 10 boss would drop? Probably just a few silver coins, but if he encountered one, he'd take it.

A small boss with a few thousand health was taken down with a single arrow.

"Kills +1, Silver Coins +20 You obtained a Bronze Belt, Contribution Points +1"

It was indeed bronze equipment, but level ten gear wasn't worth much.

Anything he couldn't use was casually tossed into the marketplace.

After three hours, Xiao Chen had killed six elite monsters and three bosses, with a total profit of three gold coins.

Fortunately, the kill count reached ten thousand, triggering One in a Million once, adding 20 random attributes.

"This isn't efficient enough."

Even though he was short on money, he needed to learn a movement skill first.

Xiao Chen opened the public skill list and searched for a suitable one.

"Blink: Consumes 100 mana to jump 10 meters in any direction.

Cooldown: 10 seconds."

Honestly, this skill consumed a lot of mana.

However, Xiao Chen had plenty of mana.

With his magic total nearing thirty thousand, he could blink hundreds of times.

"Great, this skill suits me perfectly."

Each blink could kill a few small monsters in the ten-second interval before blinking to the next spot.

This was about making every second count.

This skill could be used for chasing or escaping, and many people learned it.

As a result, this skill book sold for over two thousand gold coins.

"Learn it!"

Assassins had a similar skill called Flash Strike, with similar consumption, but it delivered a powerful blow.

Strike and retreat, very useful.

With one public skill learned per level, Xiao Chen had learned two in total, which felt somewhat extravagant.

"You have learned the Blink skill!"

With a thought, Xiao Chen blinked ten meters away.

The feeling was quite magical, and Xiao Chen felt much lighter.

"I blink!"

After a series of skill releases, Xiao Chen appeared dozens of meters away.

Another flurry of attacks brought down a level thirty elite monster.

Having learned an escape skill, Xiao Chen's courage grew, and he began to gradually venture into higher-level monster territories.

Low-level monsters were actually beneficial for Xiao Chen, as his kill count continued to skyrocket.

To his surprise, Xiao Qiang remained stable, not being overwhelmed by small monsters.

On the first day, he triggered One in a Million four times.

Four times One in a Million, totaling eighty attribute points.

Moreover, Xiao Chen killed a large number of elite monsters and bosses.