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Chapter 15 Your talent [Endless Drain] has been upgraded to level 2

"At this rate, the rubber monster BOSS should also be able to make it in time!"

After making an estimate, Lu Cheng's eyes lit up.

His purpose from the beginning was to bring back as many BOSS and elites as possible before the monster wave started.

The monster wave in the early stage, BOSS and elites are completely killer level existences.

The more you pull back, the greater your chances of winning!
  Now, there are more than two hours left before the monster wave, which is still plenty of time.

Lu Cheng continued to take action, fiercely stacking his passive.

Seven thousand floors, seven thousand one hundred floors, seven thousand two hundred floors...

When the passive stack reached 7,400 levels, a loud roar came from outside the factory, and the rubber monster elite had arrived!
  "There is not much difference in attributes between level 6 and level 5 elite monsters."

Lu Cheng took the initiative to greet him and greeted him directly with the fireball.

Previously, the blood skin was too thin and I was forced to do it. Now that I have changed my equipment, it is much easier.

With the HP bonus of [The Solitary One's Armor], it is difficult for these small elites to pose a threat to him in the early stage.

Soon, the rubber monster elite dropped to half health and cast its first skill.

"boom!"

The rubber monster elite punched hard, stretching his forearm more than ten times in an instant, trying to grab Lu Cheng.
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  172!

The energy shield bounced off the fist and lost more than a hundred points of durability.

Lu Cheng deliberately slowed down a bit to test the skills of the elite monsters.

The skills of this kind of low-level monster, elite and black iron-level boss will not be much different, and they are generally weakened versions.

Soon, the rubber monster's elite skills were tested.

There are three skills in total.

Except for the initial telescopic arm.

There are also heavy blows to the ground that send out shock waves, and bending the whole body, and then ejection and impact.

None of the three skills posed much of a threat to Lu Cheng. Only the shock wave was difficult to dodge and wiped away dozens of points of his health.

Lu Cheng delayed for a while, watching the elite stop using his skills and create the last fireball.
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  7213!

[Ding, you killed the rubber monster (elite level) and gained +1312 experience points! 】

[Ding, in the battle to defend the settlement, you killed the level 6 elite: the rubber monster, and gained +60 combat merit. The battle settlement reward has increased. 】

Two system prompts sounded, one first and then the other.

Lu Cheng quickly cleaned the battlefield.

The rubber monster elite didn't find anything good. He couldn't use a rare long bow, a few pieces of white equipment, and more than a dozen Originium crystals.

However, there is a gap for ten rare equipments for Bronze level missions. He also has a place to use these equipments from different professions.

This long bow has a length of over one meter and can only be stuffed diagonally into the storage space.

Then, he glanced at the properties panel.

The proficiency level of [Endless Drain] has reached 750 points.

There is still a quarter left, which is enough to upgrade!

Two hundred and fifty points of proficiency. If you move quickly, you may be able to finish it before the rubber monster BOSS comes back!
  Lu Cheng couldn't help but look forward to it.

Just the level 1 endless absorption has brought him a terrifying improvement.

The fireball technique alone can deal seven or eight thousand damage. Even the mages who completed the second turn in the previous life may not be able to do it!

What will be the effect of upgrading to level 2?
  Will new overlay slots be unlocked?

……

……

As night fell, a system prompt sounded in Settlement No. 1024.

[Notice: Ninety kilometers south and west of Settlement No. 1024, Settlement No. 1952 has been destroyed. 】

"The fifth one..."

The cold system prompt was like a heavy hammer, hitting everyone's heart hard.

Ninety kilometers away, a human settlement was destroyed!
  They have heard this tone four times, and this is the fifth time.

There have been five settlements like theirs destroyed by monsters.

The defense was successful, but not even once.

And their wave of monsters is right in front of them!

By now, the monster wave has taken shape and is approaching the settlement, with a distance of less than two thousand meters.

Standing in the northern part of the settlement, you can see pairs of scarlet eyes in the distance, getting closer and closer. On the high building, Li Yuanqing held a telescope and observed the situation among the monsters.

The monster group is composed of two kinds of monsters, which are distinct from each other.

There are two to three thousand silver-backed poisonous insects on the left and rubber monsters on the right.

When his eyes turned to the right, he saw an extremely huge figure, and his heart suddenly tightened.

It was a giant rubber monster.

"Is this the elite monster that attacked you?"

He held the binoculars aside.

The surviving member of the advance team was next to him. He took the telescope and took one look at it before his expression changed.

"No... not!"

His voice was trembling, as if he had been greatly shocked.

"That elite... isn't that big, just a bit bigger than an ordinary rubber monster. This one... is almost four or five times as big!"

The advance team members were throbbing.

In the telescope, the giant rubber monster was at least two or three stories high!
  "Is it a black iron level BOSS?"

Li Yuanqing's face was gloomy.

It would be fine if it were just elite monsters.

According to the information they brought back, the HP of the elite rubber monster was about 22,000.

There are now more than 15,000 people in the settlement, and more than 90% of them can participate in the battle. There is still a chance to hold them back or even kill them.

But if it's a black iron level BOSS, it won't be the case!
  Elites and BOSS are not at the same level in terms of combat power!
  With the size of this rubber monster BOSS, the killing area is too large, and it may be able to kill dozens of people with one blow!

Moreover... the elites all have 22,000 health points. How high will the black iron level BOSS's health be?
  "Uncle Thirteen."

On the side, a sturdy young man came closer and said:

"Let me take my brothers up there. Within five people will be killed or injured, so we can find out the information about this monster."

Li Yuanqing glanced at him: "Even if there is information, such a huge murderer can only pay for it with his life."

"Uncle Thirteen, we and other children are willing to die for the separation of the family!"

The young man said generously.

"No need."

Li Yuanqing waved his hand: "Whose life is not life? Although I long to achieve something, I am not ready to fight with the lives of fifteen thousand people."

After speaking, he sighed.

"Prepare...arrange the evacuation arrangements."

Suddenly, a group of monsters in the distance became restless.

"what happened?"

Li Yuanqing's heart sank and he raised his telescope.

In the telescope, the elite rubber monster started to move.

It pulled a few times, cleared a path, and took big steps.

Soon, it broke away from the monster wave and disappeared from the end of the field of vision!
  ……

at the same time.

In the abandoned factory, the system sounded.

[Ding, you killed a large number of rubber monsters and alerted the Black Iron BOSS: Rubber Monster Butcher. 】

[The Rubber Monster Butcher will appear in 27 minutes, please stay away as soon as possible! 】

"Success."

Looking at the time, Lu Cheng smiled.

This trick of attracting monsters is only effective now. Once the monster wave breaks out, it will be useless.

and.

In this hour, the proficiency level of his talent was finally maxed out.

Now, just the last bit left!
  Lu Cheng waved his staff and threw a fireball.

The next moment, there was another system sound.

[Ding, your talent endless extraction has been upgraded to level 2! 】

(End of this chapter)