Recruiting and the Power of Profession

Han Wu toyed with the Professional Fragments dropped by the four dead Professionals, contemplating his next plan.

From the information revealed by Thorne, Han Wu learned that most of the Professionals here belonged to the Adventurer's Guild.

Under the Duolong City Adventurer's Guild, there were at least a million registered Professional Adventurers.

Professionals of levels 0-9 were Novice Adventurers, possessing basic professions and wearing Black Stone Badges. They were the most numerous.

Professionals of levels 10-29 were First Transfer Adventurers. They underwent job changes based on their basic professions, with diversified development paths, and wore Bronze Badges.

Professionals of levels 30-59 were Second Transfer Adventurers. They underwent another job change based on their previous transfer, deepening their professional enhancement. They were strong and formed the backbone of the Adventurer's Guild, wearing Silver Badges.

Professionals of levels 60-99 were Third Transfer Adventurers. Their strength was even greater, and they were often core members of certain large and medium-sized adventurer groups, wearing Gold Badges.

As for Professionals above level 100, they were Fourth Transfer Adventurers. Their strength was even more formidable; they could take on large adventurer groups of tens of thousands of people single-handedly and were known as Heroes.

They were also the mission targets for Han Wu's current trial.

Currently, five Heroes were guarding Duolong City.

Han Wu's current troop strength was also not to be underestimated.

He had a total of 5 billion Locusts under his command.

Among them, 500 million Locusts were equivalent to Novice Adventurers, 3 billion were equivalent to First Transfer Adventurers, and 1.5 billion were equivalent to Second Transfer Adventurers.

Including himself, there were a total of 3 individuals with combat power equivalent to Third Transfer Adventurers.

With such a force, which was 5,000 times that of the Adventurers, he should theoretically be able to overturn the entire Duolong City.

However, Han Wu was well aware of the actual combat effectiveness of his Core Kin Locusts.

Apart from the Locusts with Self-Destruct abilities, which had some destructive power, the combat effectiveness of the other Locusts was trash.

A moderately strong adventurer team could easily kill thousands of Locusts, let alone the millions of Adventurers in Duolong City.

"I need to find a way to increase my high-end combat power. At least level 60, Third Transfer level, to be presentable," Han Wu analyzed with a headache.

But where could such high-end combat power be found so easily?

After much thought, Han Wu had an idea.

He would go back to his old ways and recruit other Demons to expand his forces.

Although Han Wu's 5 billion Locusts had poor combat effectiveness, they were competent in one aspect.

That was to act as scouts to gather intelligence.

Immediately, Han Wu issued a Divine Decree, ordering the 5 billion Locusts to disperse and explore in all directions, searching for Demons with strength at the level of a Third Transfer, level 60.

The Locust army received the Divine Decree and loyally executed it.

Not long after, news arrived.

Thirty-five miles to the south, a Goblin tribe was discovered, led by a powerful Goblin Chief.

Han Wu personally went there and, with his overwhelming strength of level 80, easily defeated the Goblin Chief and conquered the entire Goblin tribe with absolute force and military might.

All 1,200 Goblins in the tribe chose to surrender.

Han Wu, after using the Eye of Detection, discovered that these Goblins' strength was also trash.

Adult Goblins were around level 20, barely able to contend with First Transfer Professionals.

The only exception was the tribe's Goblin Chief, whose level reached an astonishing 62.

By examining the Goblin Chief's information, Han Wu discovered that, like Adventurers, the Goblin Chief possessed a profession and had already reached the Third Transfer level.

After some questioning, Han Wu learned that the Goblin Chief had accidentally obtained a profession by consuming a large number of Professional Fragments left behind by dead Adventurers.

This gave Han Wu a novel idea.

He wanted to try and see if his Retinue Locust People could also gain the Power of Profession, just like the Goblin Chief.

Afterward, Han Wu instructed the Locusts scattered in various locations to pay attention to the movements of Adventurers.

Once they encountered a weaker adventurer team, they were to report to him as soon as possible so he could dispatch Locust People squads to hunt them.

After three days of such busy work, Han Wu had over a hundred Professional Fragments before him.

After examining them with the Eye of Detection, Han Wu could distinguish which profession each Professional Fragment belonged to.

By gathering fragments of the same profession and infusing them with a small amount of Divine Power, the Professional Fragments would automatically assemble into complete professions.

After combining them, Han Wu obtained four different basic professions: Warrior, Mage, Fist Master, and Archer.

Han Wu selected the Archer profession from them and bestowed it upon a Heroic Lifeform Locust Person.

After absorbing the profession, the Locust Person's information changed.

Race: Explosive Heavenly Demon Locust Person Level: 60 (Maximum level is 65, requires absorbing Magic Crystals for advancement) Profession: Archer Equipment: None

Talents: Lava Self-Destruct, Brutal, Gluttony, Flight, Low-level Intelligence, Humanoid Body, Aim

Skills: Lava Spit, Summon Shortbow, Charged Arrow

It worked, it really worked.

After the Locust Person absorbed the profession, its level cap increased, and it gained new talents and skills.

This was only the basic profession. If it could absorb another First Transfer profession corresponding to Archer, the Locust Person's level cap would definitely increase again.

If it could continue to absorb Third Transfer professions, or even Fourth Transfer professions.

Han Wu's own level would also be fed back by the Locust Retinue, rising with the tide.

Breaking through level 100 was not a dream.

At that time, even without relying on the power of his Retinue, his own level would be enough to directly face a Fourth Transfer Hero.

However, higher profession fragments were difficult to obtain.

Even if obtained, assembling a complete profession depended entirely on luck.

Han Wu could only hope that more adventurers with the same profession would willingly deliver themselves, helping him assemble a higher-level profession.

While collecting profession fragments, recruiting troops and strengthening forces continued.

On this day, Han Wu received a report from his subordinate Locust People.

They had found a cave, and the pressure emanating from it made them afraid to approach.

Han Wu's interest was immediately piqued.