Stray thoughts churned in his mind as the Desolate Mountains before him steadily fell away. Signs of human life grew scarcer; the shrieks of magpies and crows echoed endlessly through the hills, while the roars of tigers and wolves drifted in and out of hearing. It was a scene of eerie dread, and the great tomb was already close at hand.
"Am I finally going to level up?" Zhang Chen stared at the great tomb before him, his eyes burning with fervor. Disregarding the heat waves within, he hoisted his basket and climbed straight inside.
He drew up the moisture underground and formed a Water Orb in the air. The orb rolled forward, wrapping around the flames and extinguishing them. Because Zhang Chen commanded the power of water, even when the Water Orb met the flames and vaporized, the vapor did not escape. Instead, Zhang Chen bound it back again, returning it to the orb as part of it. Only after the entire pile of flames had been thoroughly extinguished did Zhang Chen take a large gulp of plain boiled water, pick up his pickaxe, and begin digging into the soil.
After two strikes of the pickaxe, the earth before Zhang Chen collapsed. Once he had completely dug the soil loose, large amounts of shining Experience Points appeared before his eyes:
Experience Points +30 Experience Points +10 Experience Points +50
When Zhang Chen saw the "Experience Points +50," his shoveling motion halted. His eyes locked onto the Experience Points on the ground. The next moment, the Golden Finger activated and collected them, and the Golden Finger Interface before Zhang Chen refreshed:
``` Name: Zhang Chen
Skill 1 (Second Order): Light of the Righteous God (0/5000)
Skill 2 (Unranked): Dragon Qi (0/2000)
Skill 3 (Unranked): Blood Control (0/100000)
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