Online game: Thunder Tyrant, I have infinite critical hits!

[Ding~ Congratulations to the player for killing the macaque, experience +315]

[Ding~ Congratulations to the player for killing the macaque, experience +315]

East of Fuxi City, deep within the continuous mountain range, Jiang Yan, alone with his staff, ventured into the vast monkey forest, seamlessly unleashing a chain of lightning and thunder spells, relentlessly ravaging the monkey troop in the forest!

boom!

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Thunder surged through the monkey troop, and each flash of purple light claimed the lives of six monkeys.

"Chirp chirp!!"

The monkeys screamed and roared, frantically throwing stones at Jiang Yan.

Amidst a rain of stones, Jiang Yan moved madly, getting hit by fifteen or sixteen stones at the beginning, then seven or eight, then four or five. His movements became increasingly agile and skillful, allowing him to weave effortlessly through the monkey troop's attacks!

As the experience points keep increasing, the skill experience for Chain Lightning is also gradually increasing!

One hour, two hours...

Three hours later, accompanied by a system notification, Jiang Yan's Chain Lightning finally leveled up to level 3!

【连锁闪电】：lv3（0/0）：吟唱2s后向目标施放一道雷电，造成180%的魔法伤害，同时雷电会即时分裂，随机攻击附近七个目标，造成110%的魔法伤害！蓝耗：40！CD：3s！

"Damage increased, and there are two more targets! If I upgrade it to level 4..." Jiang Yan immediately took out an enhancement scroll and tore it open!

[Ding! Congratulations, player, you have successfully enhanced your skill Chain Lightning!]

【连锁闪电】（强化）：lv3（0/5000）：吟唱2s后向目标施放一道雷电，造成180%的魔法伤害，同时雷电会即时分裂，随机攻击附近七个目标，造成110%的魔法伤害！蓝耗：40！CD：3s！

"Chain Lightning!"

After enhancing his skills, Jiang Yan began practicing frantically. Purple lightning descended from the sky, then split into seven beams that surged through the monkey troop!

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Jiang Yan discovered that after the skill was enhanced, the lightning bolts had also become much thicker!

Previously, the lightning bolts that split off were only the size of a thumb, but now they are as thick as a fist, creating an extremely terrifying visual effect!

Boom boom...

Jiang Yan unleashed his full power, using Chain Lightning to sweep aside the macaques. As his experience points continued to jump, Jiang Yan's ranking on the leaderboard also rose rapidly.

No. 16!

No. 14!

No. 9!

After breaking into the top ten again, Jiang Yan's ranking stopped rising because the players ahead of him were also leveling up like crazy!

Jiang Yan guessed that they were all immersed in the dungeon, otherwise their leveling speed would not be faster than his!

"Hello!"

Suddenly, a weak voice came from not far away.

Jiang Yan was startled and quickly cleared away the macaques in front of him, looking warily in the direction from which the sound came.

"Hello, I'm a freshman at the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine... no, I'm called the Alchemy Prodigy." The person who came was a male player, probably a freshman at the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

"Is something the matter?" Jiang Yan remained vigilant.

"Um, you must be that popular hidden professional player Jiang Taigong from the forum, right?" The alchemist's eyes gleamed with excitement. "Can I collaborate with you? I'm stuck on a quest and need someone skilled to help me!"

"Sorry, I don't have time," Jiang Yan said decisively.

"Let me finish," the alchemist hurriedly said. "My task is to gather herbs in a dungeon. The higher the dungeon's difficulty and the more precious the herbs, the higher my mission completion rate will be! As long as you..."

"Dungeon? Herb gathering?" Jiang Yan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly walked towards the alchemy prodigy: "Why didn't you say so earlier? I love helping others, so tell me, dungeon... no, where do you do your quests?"

"You agreed?" The alchemy prodigy was overjoyed.

"Of course, but let me make it clear beforehand: I'll be responsible for distributing the equipment and items obtained from the dungeon," Jiang Yan said. "Also, you can't reveal the dungeon's coordinates to anyone else!"

"No problem!" The alchemy prodigy nodded repeatedly. "Jiang Taigong, actually, I came to play this game specifically for alchemy..."

Amidst the rambling of the alchemy prodigy, Jiang Yan learned that his parents had died when he was young, and he had been raised by his grandfather.

A few years ago, his grandfather also passed away. Having lost his relatives and source of income, the alchemy prodigy had no choice but to apply for student loans to continue his studies!

After being admitted to the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, he studied and worked to pay off his loan. Later, he heard from a classmate that he could make money in the game "Peak", so he gritted his teeth and took out another loan to buy a gaming helmet, ready to show off his skills in "Peak"!

"I've never liked fighting and killing since I was a child. When I reached level 10 and entered the main city, I went to the pharmacy in the main city to become an apprentice. Maybe I was lucky, because I succeeded. However, the apprenticeship task was to go to a dungeon to collect herbs." The alchemy prodigy led the way while rambling on about his experience.

"So what are your plans?" Jiang Yan asked.

"To become a pharmacist!!" the alchemy prodigy exclaimed excitedly. "Since entering the main city, I've been working at the pharmacy, and I've discovered that the medicines there are ridiculously expensive. Only members of large guilds dare to spend a fortune on them! If I could refine medicines with the same effects and then sell them at a lower price, I'm sure I could make a lot of money!!"

At the current exchange rate of 1 gold coin to 45 yuan, as long as he earns 1,000 gold coins, he can pay off all his loans!

"Pharmacist at a pharmacy..." Jiang Yan stroked his chin, suddenly having a brilliant idea: Perhaps, I could invest in him in advance... no, I could directly 'buy' him and make him my slave!

"A genius alchemist," Jiang Yan said, organizing his thoughts. "I can give you a thousand gold coins right now, so you can pay off all your loans immediately."

"Huh?" The alchemy prodigy was taken aback. "Really? Why are you helping me?"

"I plan to hire you to refine medicine for me," Jiang Yan said. "I'll rent a shop in the main city and use my connections to acquire a large quantity of medicinal herbs. Your task will be to refine medicine in the shop. The pay will be excellent. What do you say?"

"This..." The alchemy prodigy was both pleasantly surprised and somewhat at a loss.

"You can think about it." Jiang Yan didn't ask him for an answer immediately.

"Yes, yes, I will seriously consider it." The alchemy prodigy nodded repeatedly.

The two ventured deeper into the valley, where all the macaques along the way were instantly killed by Jiang Yan's chain lightning strikes. After more than half an hour, they arrived at a remote valley.

A stream babbles through the valley, and wildflowers bloom in abundance.

The alchemist, following the coordinates, arrived at a cliff face on the left side of the valley.

Upon getting closer, Jiang Yan also saw the hidden hint: A dungeon is hidden inside the mountain wall!

"This place is really well hidden." Jiang Yan said with a sigh. If he hadn't come here, he would never have discovered the hidden clues!

As he spoke, Jiang Yan sent a team-up request and a friend request to the alchemy prodigy.

After the two alchemy prodigies passed the test, Jiang Yan placed his hand on the mountain wall.

A vortex appeared on the mountainside, and a system notification sounded: [Welcome to the Hundred Flowers Dungeon (maximum five players). Please select the dungeon difficulty.]

Easy, Hard, Nightmare, Hell

Jiang Yan decisively chose Hell difficulty!

The next instant, the two turned into white light and were swallowed by the vortex on the mountain wall.