Han Wu toyed with the Professional Fragments dropped by the four dead professionals, considering his next move.
From the information Thorn had revealed, Han Wu learned that most of the professionals here belonged to the Adventurer's Guild.
Under Duolong City's Adventurer's Guild, at least a million professional adventurers were registered.
Professionals from levels 0 to 9 were Novice Adventurers. They possessed basic professions, wore Black Stone Badges, and were the most numerous.
Professionals from levels 10 to 29 were First Transfer Adventurers. They advanced from their basic professions, with diverse paths of development, and wore Bronze Badges.
Professionals from levels 30 to 59 were Second Transfer Adventurers. They advanced once more beyond their transferred professions, deepening their professional enhancements. They were formidable and formed the backbone of the Adventurer's Guild, wearing Silver Badges.
Professionals from levels 60 to 99 were Third Transfer Adventurers. They were even more powerful, often serving as the core members of medium and large adventurer groups, and wore Gold Badges.
As for professionals above level 100, they were Fourth Transfer Adventurers. Their strength was even greater; a single one of them could stand against a large adventurer group of tens of thousands. They were known as heroes.
They were also the targets of Han Wu's trial mission.
At present, five heroes guarded all of Duolong City.
Han Wu's current forces were no less impressive.
He commanded a total of five billion Locusts.
Of them, five hundred million Locusts were equivalent to Novice Adventurers, three billion were equivalent to First Transfer Adventurers, and one and a half billion were equivalent to Second Transfer Adventurers.
Including himself, there were three combatants with strength equivalent to Third Transfer Adventurers.
Such a force was five thousand times that of the adventurers. By all rights, it should have been enough to turn all of Duolong City upside down.
Yet Han Wu knew full well the true combat strength of his core kin, the Locusts.
Aside from the Locusts that possessed self-destruct abilities and had a bit of Destructive Power, the rest of the Locusts were utterly worthless in battle.
Even an adventurer squad with middling-to-low overall strength could easily slaughter thousands of Locusts, let alone Duolong City's million adventurers.
"I need to find a way to increase my high-end combat power. At the very least, I need Third Transfer fighters above level 60 before I can present anything respectable." Han Wu analyzed the situation with a headache.
But where could he so easily find such high-end combat power?
After turning it over and over in his mind, Han Wu came up with an idea.
He would return to his old trade and pull in other Demonic Beasts to expand his forces.
The five billion Locusts under Han Wu's command were pathetic in combat, but they could still fulfill one role.
They could serve as scouts to gather intelligence.
Han Wu immediately issued a Divine Decree, ordering the five billion Locusts to scatter in all directions and search for Demonic Beasts with strength at the level of Third Transfer, level 60 or above.
The Locust army received the Divine Decree and carried it out loyally.
Before long, news arrived.
A Goblin tribe had been discovered thirty-five li south of them, and its Goblin Chief was exceptionally powerful.
Han Wu went there personally. With his overwhelming level 80 strength, he easily defeated the Goblin Chief, then conquered the entire Goblin tribe through absolute force and superior numbers.
All 1,200 Goblins of that tribe chose to submit.
After checking them with the Eye of Detection, Han Wu discovered that these Goblins were equally pathetic in strength.
Adult Goblins were around level 20, barely capable of contending with First Transfer professionals.
The sole exception was the tribe's Goblin Chief, whose level had reached an astonishing 62.
By examining the Goblin Chief's information, Han Wu discovered that the Goblin Chief, like an adventurer, possessed a profession—and had already reached the Third Transfer level.
After questioning him, Han Wu learned that the Goblin Chief had accidentally gained a profession after consuming a large number of Professional Fragments left behind by dead adventurers.
This gave Han Wu a novel idea.
He wanted to test whether his kin, the Explosive Heavenly Demon Locust People, could also obtain the blessing of the Power of Profession like the Goblin Chief.
Afterward, Han Wu instructed the Locusts scattered across the land to keep watch on adventurer movements.
Once they encountered a weaker adventurer squad, they were to report to him immediately so he could dispatch a Locust Person squad to hunt them.
After three days of such activity, more than a hundred Professional Fragments had accumulated before Han Wu.
Through the Eye of Detection, Han Wu could distinguish which profession each of these Professional Fragments belonged to.
He gathered fragments of the same profession together and infused them with a trace amount of divine power.
The Professional Fragments automatically drew together, forming complete professions one after another.
After combining them, Han Wu obtained four different basic professions: warrior, mage, martial artist, and archer.
Han Wu selected the archer profession and bestowed it upon a Heroic Lifeform Locust Person.
After the Locust Person absorbed the profession, his information changed.
Race: Explosive Heavenly Demon Locust Person Level: Level 60 (maximum level 65; requires absorbing Magic Crystals to improve) Profession: Archer Equipment: None Talents: Lava Self-Destruct, Brutality, Gluttony, Flight, Low-level Intelligence, Humanoid Body, Aim Skills: Lava Spit, Summon Shortbow, Charged Arrow
It had succeeded. It had truly succeeded.
After the Locust Person absorbed the profession, his level cap increased, and he also gained new talents and skills.
This was only a basic profession. If he could absorb a First Transfer profession corresponding to archer, the Locust Person's level cap would certainly rise once again.
If Han Wu could continue having Locust People absorb Third Transfer professions, or even Fourth Transfer professions—
Han Wu's own level would also receive feedback from the Locust Retinue, rising like the tide lifting all boats.
Breaking through level 100 would no longer be a dream.
By then, even without relying on his kin's strength, Han Wu would be able to face a Fourth Transfer hero with his own level alone.
It was simply that higher-level Professional Fragments were difficult to obtain.
Even if he acquired them, assembling them into a complete profession would depend entirely on luck.
Han Wu could only hope that a few more adventurers with the same profession would voluntarily deliver themselves to his door, helping him gather a higher-level profession.
While collecting Professional Fragments, his recruitment efforts continued.
One day, Han Wu received a report from his Locust People.
They had found a cave, and the pressure emanating from within it made them afraid to approach.
Han Wu's interest was immediately piqued.
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