Ring of the Sage

Overall, Xiao Yu didn't particularly want any of the four dropped items; they all looked pretty good, but it wasn't clear from their appearances which one would be especially useful to him.

Fortunately, as the team leader, he has the right to check the equipment attributes.

While thinking about it, he sent out the attributes of the four items.

First item:

[Item Name: Staff of Flames]

Item Attributes: Fire Damage +1, Flame Missiles 0/7 (requires charging).

Item Description: A powerful staff, imbued with the power of fire magic.

The second item:

Item Name: Ring of the Sage

Item Attribute: Increases spell slot limit by 5.

Item Description: A magical item created by high-level mages to increase the maximum number of spell slots. Only those with spellcasting abilities can utilize its functions.

The third item:

[Item Name: Magic Scroll/Level 5 Otherworldly Summoning]

Item Attributes: Use to summon a level 5 otherworldly creature to fight for you (consumable).

Item Description: A level 5 magic scroll. Using this scroll allows you to cast a level 5 spell once without consuming any resources.

Fourth item:

Item Name: Book of Salina

Item attributes: Readable.

Item description: A notebook filled with writing, seemingly recording some events.

When the attributes of these four items were revealed, everyone gasped in surprise. There was no way around it; compared to the drops from the previous two bosses, the attributes of these items were far inferior. Even if the monsters would be weakened after equipping them, they were still excellent equipment.

Many people couldn't help but regret it.

Xiao Yu and the other two exchanged glances and quickly assessed the implications.

Of the three items, the Staff of Flames is undoubtedly the best. Its seven Flame Missiles alone are enough to make it stand out from the crowd, not to mention the +1 fire damage effect.

"Give this to me; I'm the one who can best utilize it," the Sword of the Fallen Angel said pleadingly, glancing at the two of them.

Xiao Yu asked curiously, "Don't you know how to use Flame Missiles?"

The Sword of the Fallen Angel replied, "What I had was actually Lesser Flame Missiles, very weak, and the +1 fire damage only applies to me."

"I have no objection," Guiying Wuzong was quite agreeable.

Xiao Yu nodded. He had something else he wanted more—the Ring of the Sage. There was no need to fight over the staff.

"Very well, then this one is mine," said the Sword of the Fallen Angel, excitedly putting the staff into his pocket.

Guiying Wuzong glanced at Xiao Yu, shrugged, and said, "Captain, you choose first. I'm fine with whatever I use."

Xiao Yu decisively chose the Ring of the Sage, which would allow him to cast six first-level divine spells.

The Guiying Wuzong, having instead chosen the Magic Scroll/Level 5 Otherworldly Summoning.

That left only the Book of Salina, which no one chose.

"So, who wants this last thing?" Xiao Yu wasn't particularly interested in this thing, because it had no attributes and wasn't even one of the two quest items, so it was really worthless.

No one else spoke up, until finally the Sword of the Fallen Angel, "Captain, you should keep this yourself."

"Huh?" Xiao Yu was taken aback for a moment.

The Sword of the Fallen Angel explained, "We were able to clear this dungeon thanks to you, Captain, so I think it's normal and only right that I get an extra piece of loot. Don't you all agree?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Big Water Cunt the first to stand up and say, "I think that makes sense. The team leader made the biggest contribution this time, so naturally he should get an extra item."

He was very good at reading people's expressions, and it was his duty to support his boss whenever he had the chance. Several of his old teammates, including Sweet and Sour Ribs, nodded in agreement. As a result, the rest of them couldn't say anything, and besides, this thing really didn't seem to be of much use, so they all nodded in agreement.

Xiao Yu felt a little embarrassed, but seeing everyone's enthusiasm, he couldn't refuse. "Then I'll take it."

He then put away the Book of Salina.

Next, the group went to the location where the Corpsefire and handed over their mission.

This Corpsefire was quite arrogant, showing no gratitude whatsoever to the players who had just saved its life.

Instead, he said, "Well done. Although I could have easily dealt with these adventurers in no time if I had done it myself, it's good to save some effort. And it gives you newer Undead a chance to train, so I've lived up to Lord Andrew's expectations. Now, accept your reward."

Corpsefire spoke, everyone received the experience points as a reward for completing the mission.

Several people leveled up on the spot, but Xiao Yu didn't. However, his experience points reached about 40% of level 5, so it looked like he could level up after the next dungeon run.

Having obtained the quest experience, everyone chose to exit the dungeon and return to the Great Graveyard.

This Blink of golden light immediately attracted the attention of many people.

A very tall skeleton Warrior and a zombie walked side by side.

"Hey friends, look who you came out of the dungeon! Which dungeon were you in? Did you clear it?"

Sweet and Sour Ribs asked, "We've conquered the Den of Evil. What happened?"

"Damn, you guys can beat any dungeon? How did you do it? We just teamed up with some people and wiped four times in a row. We couldn't beat it at all," the skeleton Warrior complained.

The zombie chimed in, "Yeah, yeah, we didn't fight him either. That last adventurer was insane! We encountered a high-level barbarian Warrior who swung his two-handed sword like it was nothing, cutting monsters like they were melons. It was like he was playing a rampage game! I never noticed this in other games before, but now I realize how shameless the adventurer was. And just when we were almost done for, he started drinking potions!"

At this moment, a ghost joined in, saying, "We were even worse off. The last boss was a Priest who wiped out our entire group with a single Mass Exorcism. We didn't even get close."

Listening to the Undead's cacophony of complaints, those who had just emerged from the dungeon realized that they were actually a minority who had cleared it.

He immediately felt secretly fortunate.

"Captain, how about we try some other dungeons?" someone immediately suggested to Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu thought about it and realized it was somewhat necessary. His level was still too low. If he wanted to go to the Mist Wilderness, he would have to raise his Blasphemers level to level 3 and learn the second-level divine spells first.

So he nodded. "Alright, let's run two more dungeons then."

Xiao Yu planned to run all the dungeons in the entire Death Wilderness, except for the highest difficulty Great Graveyard dungeon. Besides, the team he was playing had already developed some coordination, so they were pretty good teammates.

Over the next two days, he led his team to continue exploring other dungeons in the Death Wilderness, completing all the dungeons they could, and engaging in several battles with adventurers in the wild. During this time, the team members naturally went in and out of the area, and finally reached level seven.

At this point, the leveling speed had slowed down considerably. Xiao Yu estimated that even completing three more normal difficulty dungeons might not be enough to level up.

He has been leveling up his Blasphemers; he is now a Level 4 Skeleton Swordsman/Level 3 Blasphemers with 8 spell slots, capable of casting Level 2 divine spells.

Feeling that his strength was sufficient, he decided to head to the Mist Wilderness to find the ancient tree.

However, before setting off, he still went to see the Undead Andrew.

The main purpose was to advance his rank from Skeleton Swordsman to Skeleton Knight. However, after talking with the Undead, Andrew told him that his strength was too weak and he was not yet qualified to advance to Skeleton Knight.

To put it bluntly, it's simply because your level isn't high enough.

Xiao Yu guessed that the second advancement quest should be available around level ten. However, reaching level ten was easier said than done.