Chapter 927: System Reward Arrived! Another Progress!
Everyone knew—the best place to earn merit right now was the Demon-Slaying Corps.
Though it wasn't exactly "mooching"…
Under Ling Zhan's command, the Demon-Slaying Corps was guaranteed to perform the best.
Which meant they'd earn the lion's share of merit in the upcoming battles, leaving other legions far behind.
So they still had to try!
The Sacred Court higher-ups shook their heads at the sight.
These people were simply too stubborn, too delusional.
Did they really think everyone owed them face just because they were noble families?
Besides…
In today's world, who could still be Ling Zhan's match?
Probably only true world-class powerhouses could challenge him.
However…
What the Sacred Court higher-ups didn't realize was…
The belief that "world-class powerhouses could contend with Ling Zhan"—only held true before Lemoris Fortress was taken.
Now that it had fallen, and the Crimson Phoenix Demon Lord was slain by Ling Zhan…
Ling Zhan's system mission had been completed!
Ding!
[Detected that the Demon-Slaying Corps, under the host's command, successfully occupied Lemoris Fortress, and the host personally slew the Crimson Phoenix Demon Lord...]
[Congratulations! You have completed the challenge mission 'First Victory'! Now issuing rewards!]
[Reward 1: Host's level will increase from 165 to 180!]
[Reward 2: All of host's innate talents will upgrade from SS to SS+!]
[Reward 3: Beast God Realm-Breaking Pill x2!]
[All rewards have been issued. Please check them yourself!]
...…
Buzz!!
As Ling Zhan sat in his room, radiant golden light suddenly enveloped his body.
It was the special effect triggered by continuous level-ups!
Normally—
Leveling up by one grants a golden light pillar around you.
But it's usually a faint gold.
If you gain more than 10 levels at once, the light becomes a rich, dazzling gold.
Ling Zhan went from level 165 to 180, so the pillar was blindingly pure gold.
Thankfully, the low-key Ling Zhan had already closed all curtains in his room.
This kept the glow from drawing too much attention.
With such a level boost,
His four main attributes had changed dramatically.
From 2E to 25E!
For reference, the level 190 merfolk emperor had a base 20E in his four stats!
At full power, he could reach around 70-80E.
But due to Ling Zhan's Ten Thousand Demon Lord bloodline, he gained even more stats per level than other Professionals!
So his base attributes skyrocketed to 25E!
A level 180 non-specialist now had higher base stats than a level 190 powerhouse—even without buffs, gear, or items!
If other Professionals knew this, they'd probably explode in anger.
Of course…
The level increase wasn't the juiciest reward.
That honor went to the talent upgrades and the Beast God Realm-Breaking Pills!
Those two pills were obviously going to be fed to Little Sacred Dragon and Little Golden Crow.
Meng Shuang, Chang Yue, and Yun Man had already consumed theirs—their bloodlines had fully evolved.
For Ling Zhan, having his SS-grade talents upgraded to SS+...
Was an insanely huge leap forward.
Take 'Almighty', his core innate talent as a non-specialist—once it hit SS+, all of Ling Zhan's skill qualities were also upgraded to SS+.
That alone…
Made him capable of standing toe-to-toe with world-class powerhouses!
Actually, scratch that—
Not just contend, but defeat them!
In a one-on-one fight, none of the world-titled elite would be able to take Ling Zhan down!
Though if it were a group ambush, that would be a different story.
After all, the world was full of geniuses.
Anyone with a world title had grown from elite prodigy to their current peak.
They definitely had extraordinary means.
Ling Zhan wasn't arrogant enough to think he was invincible.
He still approached the world's peak with humble respect.
Additionally…
His 'Mana Mastery' talent rose from SS to SS+—doubling his mana regen rate, turning basic spells into no-cooldown abilities, and making his mana regen immune to debuff effects.
What did this mean?
It meant that no matter how many debuff BUFFs were on him, his mana regen wouldn't be affected!
Some class or general skills applied negative BUFFs that heavily reduced mana regen.
These are commonly referred to as 'Anti-Magic BUFFs'.
As the name implies—they prohibit mana recovery.
With one of these on you, your mana regen could drop by 80%.
These are typically used to counter magic-based DPS classes.
As those classes are notoriously mana-hungry.
Even Ling Zhan, under anti-magic BUFFs, would normally be affected.
But now, he was completely immune to their effects.
Even ten stacked anti-magic BUFFs wouldn't affect his mana regen!
Moreover…
His 'Equipment Master' went from SS to SS+ as well, bringing big changes.
He could now switch between weapons seamlessly.
And each weapon switch now triggered BUFFs that were three times more effective.
Additionally…
Every successful weapon switch granted him a shield equal to 50% of his max HP.
This shield could block true damage and causality-based skill damage.
Meaning, as long as Ling Zhan kept switching weapons, he could maintain a permanent 50% HP shield.
It was utterly broken.
Furthermore…
Talents like 'Ten Thousand Demon Eye', 'Space Dominator', 'Thorn Armor', 'Staffless Casting', 'Radiance Eternal', 'Death's Blessing', 'Void-Adaptive Sacred Armor', and 'Life Reaper' all upgraded to SS+.
Each gained significant new enhancements.
These would be shown in future battles.
Meanwhile, his secret realm talents remained unchanged.
"This power-up was massive as always..."
Ling Zhan was extremely satisfied with the system rewards.
Just in time to face the next wave of challenges!
The final phase of the Demon Extermination must succeed!
Failure is not an option!
With that thought, Ling Zhan fed the Beast God Realm-Breaking Pills to Little Sacred Dragon and Little Golden Crow.
Then instructed them to go into seclusion to absorb the medicinal power.
Of course…
He had Yun Man, Chang Yue, and Meng Shuang look after the two little beasts.
To ensure the overwhelming medicinal force didn't cause their bodies to explode.
No joke.
Even if Little Sacred Dragon and Little Golden Crow were top-tier divine beasts—
If they were eating regular lower-realm pills, even tons wouldn't harm them.
But these were system-rewarded Beast God Realm-Breaking Pills.
Their overwhelming medicinal force couldn't be compared to ordinary pills.
Even Yun Man, Chang Yue, and Meng Shuang had needed parental supervision to consume theirs safely.