Easy Peasy

After confirming that the Floor Boss Goliath had not yet respawned, Lu Qiming and his party entered the eighteenth floor, the safe zone.

This place featured scenery entirely different from the other floors; the ceiling was composed entirely of crystals, providing ample light to the eighteenth floor, while the ground was filled with lush forests. In the center of the eighteenth floor stood a town constructed entirely of wooden huts.

The adventurer town, Rivira.

In front of an open space at the entrance to the eighteenth floor.

"Qiming, we will rest here for a while."

"What's wrong, Finn?"

Lu Qiming looked at Finn in confusion. Why rest so soon after arriving at the eighteenth floor when they had only been in the Dungeon for a few hours?

"We need to wait for the second echelon. To prevent a monster stampede in the upper floors caused by our expedition, I divided the team into two echelons. We agreed to rendezvous on the eighteenth floor and then push directly to the fiftieth floor."

"Fine."

Lu Qiming nodded and casually found a rock to sit on; he had no objections to Finn's request. After all, an expedition was no simple matter; it wasn't something just a few of them could handle alone.

They still needed the main logistics force to bring sufficient food, various armor, and supplies. Not everyone possessed the skill Soul Blade like he did, which ensured weapons would never be damaged.

Even Ais's Despair Sword, which possessed the indestructible attribute, would suffer a decrease in sharpness if overused.

Sitting on the rock, Lu Qiming casually opened his system panel.

After several hours of slaughter, although they were upper-floor monsters and no stampede had been triggered, meaning not many monsters had come to swarm them, he had still wiped out every monster he encountered along the way.

His mission index had increased from 73,000 to 74,500, and his level had risen from Lv31 (177,700/200,000) to Lv32 (23,000/300,000).

Due to the level up, his various attributes had increased by another 0.1.

After confirming his stats, Lu Qiming closed the panel and began to conserve his energy. The upcoming floors were completely different from the ones above; the strength and number of monsters there would increase once again.

One careless move could lead to being overwhelmed by a sea of monsters. At the thought of endless monsters waiting for him to hunt, a bloodthirsty smile curled at the corners of Lu Qiming's mouth. Ever since he entered the Dungeon, Divine Judgment had been humming in his soul, thirsting for the souls and blood of enemies.

Don't be impatient, I'll let you kill to your heart's content soon enough.

After soothing the restless Divine Judgment, Lu Qiming raised his head and looked to the side.

Suddenly, he noticed that on the rock opposite him, a beautiful, expressionless face with golden hair had been staring at him. It seemed she had been sitting there watching him ever since he sat down.

"Ais, is something the matter?"

"Mm."

Ais nodded, walked straight to Lu Qiming's side, took his hand, and kept looking at it.

"???"

"Ais, what are you doing?"

Lu Qiming looked at Ais in front of him in confusion, but he couldn't read anything from that expressionless face. Moreover, he didn't think he had enough charm to make Ais infatuated with him in such a short time.

"Qiming, how did you do it?"

"How did I do what?"

"That technique where you throw a punch and turn the wind into a means of attack."

"That?"

Lu Qiming smiled, pulled his hand from Ais's grasp, aimed at a rock not far away, and swung his fist.

Whoosh—BOOM!

The strange whistling sound rang out again, followed by the rock exploding instantly.

"See, it's just like that. Under the pressure of absolute strength and speed, the air is compressed into an Air Cannon. It's a very simple little trick; anyone can do it."

"?"

Ais tilted her little head slightly, looking at the shattered rock in the distance and then at Lu Qiming's smile.

Is this really simple? Why can't I learn it?

"Qiming, Ais, what are you two doing?"

At this moment, the others who were resting noticed the commotion and walked over one after another.

"I'm teaching Ais a simple little trick."

Lu Qiming pointed at the shattered rock in the distance, smiled, and looked at Ais.

"Did you learn it?"

"No."

Her golden hair fluttered as she shook her head rapidly.

"Hm? You didn't learn it? Such a simple little trick?"

Lu Qiming, completely oblivious, forgot that he had formed muscle memory through the system's infusion, remembering only that for him, such a technique was as easy as waving a hand.

"Qiming, are you teaching Ais the technique you just used?"

Finn had also seen the shattered rock and subconsciously recalled the scene of Lu Qiming's recent battle.

A group of monsters had roared as they charged toward them, and then Lu Qiming had lightly swung his fist at the monsters in front. The charging monsters had all had their heads explode instantly, turning into black ash and leaving only Magic Stones behind.

"Qiming, can this technique really be taught to Ais?"

In Finn's mind, a technique like this had to be a secret art passed down by Lu Qiming's master. As long as one mastered it and applied it to their weapon, their combat power would increase significantly without even needing to level up.

"It's fine, it's fine. You can all learn it if you want; it's just a simple little trick."

Lu Qiming laughed nonchalantly. Aside from system quests and his own strength, he could do whatever he wanted in this world. If he met the right people who possessed the talent, he wouldn't mind passing on all his moves.

"Thank you, Qiming."

"Yay! That's great! I've been wanting to learn this for so long!"

Tiona jumped directly to Lu Qiming's side and hugged him. On the way here, she had been dying to learn this technique of his; it was just too perfect for her.

As for Riveria, she sat to the side, unbothered. She was a mage, and this kind of physical technique did not suit her.

Seeing everyone gathered around him, Lu Qiming smiled and began to explain.

"This move of mine is based on the principles of aerodynamics. Using air as a medium, you rely on your own strength and speed to accelerate in an instant, converting air pressure into kinetic energy for an air jet, thereby generating a powerful impact."

"?"

"??"

"???"

Beside him, Finn and his party all developed dead fish eyes after Lu Qiming finished explaining the principle, staring blankly at him, completely unable to understand what he was talking about.

"What's wrong? Was I not clear enough?"

Stare →_→

Lu Qiming looked at everyone's dead fish eyes and realized that this world had no such thing as aerodynamics. He didn't know about other places in this world that possessed gods, but Orario had absolutely no development in the field of science.

"Then let me put it simply. Watch closely."

As he spoke, Lu Qiming raised his hand, aimed it at Ais's face, and threw a punch.

A breeze-like current of air brushed against Ais's face. Ais, who had previously had dead fish eyes, seemed to have discovered something and stared intently at Lu Qiming.

"Ais, did you feel the wind?"

"Mm."

Ais nodded subconsciously and raised her own small, fair fist to examine it.

"Then the rest is simple. Before you throw a punch, just compress the air in front of you and then strike."

Hearing Lu Qiming's words, Ais seemed to understand something. She stood up and drew the Despair Sword from her waist.

"Awaken!"