Light burst forth, too dazzling to look at!
Thousands upon thousands of runes formed a river of stars, flowing into Alice's body.
Immediately afterward, the dungeon's sky turned blood-red, and a murderous aura shrouded the entire dungeon world!
An astonishingly sharp aura erupted around Alice, as though countless invisible blades were poised to follow her will and slice through everything.
Yi Tian couldn't help feeling excited. It had worked after all!
The résumé scan had mentioned that hidden classes differed from gold or Illusionary Radiance classes.
Every talent with Special Potential displayed different phenomena when changing classes, and their abilities varied enormously as well.
Perhaps that was what made hidden classes so special.
As another member appeared on his employee panel, Yi Tian felt a surge of joy. He had finally recruited his first talent with Special Potential!
Although spending 60 funds was a little steep, bringing his balance down to 35.3.
But when he saw Alice's stats panel, Yi Tian immediately felt it was worth it:
[Employee-Alice] [Class Panel-Blade Queen (Tier 2)] Quality: Hidden Level: 25 Strength: 575 Agility: 600 Constitution: 518 Spirit: 550 Class Talents: Demonization-Dark War God, Twelve-Wing Lightwheel Blades Class Skills: Final Judgment, Cold-Blooded Executioner [Monster Template-Void Walker (Elite Monster)] Ability-Void Traversal: Opens a Void Gate, allowing free travel to other spaces (currently limited to dungeons). Can be used up to 6 times per day.
Two panels!
This was the first time Yi Tian had seen anything like it.
And the abilities on both panels were exceptionally powerful!
The hidden class Blade Queen went without saying. Its stats were comparable to those of a god-tier class, but its talent, Demonization, was an extremely powerful transformation skill.
Everyone knew transformation skills were bound to be powerful.
Beyond that, the monster template's ability also showed Yi Tian why Alice was called a "dungeon bug."
The ability to travel freely between dungeon spaces was incredibly useful!
It meant she could kill enemies inside dungeons without anyone noticing!
She could even help with first clears, adding an extra person to dungeons that normally allowed only five.
Yi Tian instantly thought of the upcoming Race Championship...
The first event was a team Dungeon Racing competition. Great Xia and the Yagu Dynasty would each send a five-person team to compete for the first clear.
With Alice here now, Yi Tian couldn't see how the Yagu Dynasty could possibly win this round!
How were they supposed to beat a cheat?
There was also the level 75, Tier 4 dungeon that had stumped the entire world. Once Alice grew stronger, clearing it would be a piece of cake.
Those 60 funds had definitely been well spent!
[You have recruited employee-Alice. Shared skills: Void Traversal, Demonization-Dark War God, Twelve-Wing Lightwheel Blades...] [Shared stats...]
A long stream of benefits flowed into Yi Tian.
Meanwhile, Alice's appearance had changed dramatically:
Her long, silver-white hair floated like flowing liquid metal, while dark markings flickered beneath her skin, revealing a more complete demonic transformation.
Her left pupil narrowed into a slit, and slender dark markings extended from the corner of her eye like a demon's tear tracks.
Her black robe fluttered in the wind. Behind her floated twelve Light Wheel Blades in six pairs, adorned with metallic silver energy patterns and controlled by her will.
This was the passive manifestation of [Twelve-Wing Lightwheel Blades].
Unprecedented power filled Alice's body, leaving her scarcely able to believe it was real.
A long while later...
Alice retracted the twelve Light Wheel Blades, concealing them beneath her black robe, and walked gracefully up to Yi Tian.
She knelt on one knee.
She lowered her eerily beautiful face slightly and pressed her clenched right fist against her chest, seemingly performing some gesture from the Origin Martial World.
"Whatever your identity may be..."
"Alice pledges her loyalty to you, Master."
Her voice was husky and magnetic, carrying an uncanny allure. That final word, in particular, was as lethal as poison.
Yi Tian waved a hand. "Get up. Call me Boss from now on."
"As for my identity, I'm just an ordinary human from Great Xia."
"Yes, Boss~" Alice's voice ended on a seductive lilt. She stood and stared intently at the young man.
This handsome young man had actually infused her with such incredible power!
His ability truly defied comprehension!
At the same time, he had given her hope of growing stronger!
With the power of the Blade Queen, she would no longer have to struggle on the brink of death as she once had!
At that thought, Alice moved closer to Yi Tian, her voice dangerous and enticing:
"Boss, aren't you afraid that, now that I have this power, I might become a threat to you someday?"
Yi Tian: "?"
Yi Tian gave her a strange look, momentarily unsure how to answer.
Alice silently pursed her lips, because, to her, Yi Tian looked as though he were staring at an idiot...
"..."
"Alice, how high can this monster template advance from Elite Monster? What improves when it does?"
Alice replied, "Dungeon monsters are divided into these ranks:
Minion, Enhanced Monster, Elite Monster, Elite Boss, Lord Boss, Ultimate Boss, and World Boss!"
Elite Bosses and Lord Bosses were what class holders commonly called a dungeon's minor boss and major boss.
The latter was usually the dungeon's final and strongest monster.
As for Ultimate Bosses, they supposedly appeared only in certain special locations, such as the legendary Ancient Ruins, large secret realms, and so on...
A World Boss had only been seen once anywhere in the world, in an enormous secret realm. The American Empire had explored that realm, and no one had survived.
Alice continued, "In theory, I can reach the rank of World Boss too."
"That's always been my goal, because Void Traversal improves as my monster template's rank increases!"
"I believe that's where my chance of escaping the dungeon lies!"
Yi Tian felt a little anticipation as well. For now, this ability to traverse space could only be used in dungeons.
If it could eventually be used outside dungeons, it would become even more useful!
Yi Tian asked curiously, "To raise your monster rank, do you have to hunt dungeon monsters? Or does killing anything count?"
"Any living creature counts! The stronger, the better!"
Alice added, "It's just that, as a human myself, I won't actively hunt other humans."
A thought suddenly struck Yi Tian. "Oh!"
"Then you can go into the Yagu Dynasty's dungeons and hunt the Other Races and Dragonkin!"
It was time to turn up the pressure on the Other Races!
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