Andrew Bennett was quite surprised. He had originally thought that the only skills available were those allocated by the system, but unexpectedly, he could also acquire skills by completing tasks here. On second thought, it made sense—the system didn’t grant many skills. Although there were thousands upon thousands of martial arts manuals and a chaotic variety of skills, each person could only use a limited number. Perhaps there were many ways to obtain skills. As Andrew Bennett considered this, he suddenly felt enlightened.

Andrew Bennett checked the skill he had just acquired.

Ten Thousand Ghosts Devour the Heart: Summon evil spirits to attack the enemy, dealing 100% spell damage. Deals 300% damage to red-named targets. Has a certain slowing effect. Cooldown: five seconds. Cast time: three seconds.

Ten Thousand Ghosts Devour the Heart—Andrew Bennett murmured the name of the skill. If he remembered correctly, the level 50 ultimate skill for dark wizards was called Ten Thousand Demons Devour the Soul. He wondered if there was any connection between these two skills.

~~Shamelessly asking for votes, please support me! The protagonist will become a super wizard with countless overpowered skills. Of course, his enemies won’t be left behind either. In the later stages, it will be all about skill PKs, competing to see whose operations are more perfect. I’ve posted all the skills I’ve thought of for each class in the book review section. If you have any good suggestions, feel free to leave them there. If I see a really good suggestion, I’ll seriously consider adopting it.

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Chapter 10: The Immortal Severing Killing Realm

Andrew Bennett took off his helmet, took a shower, and changed his clothes. He hadn’t exercised in a long time, but he didn’t feel the slightest bit tired. Compared to the training he’d undergone before, he was living far too comfortably now—he’d even started to put on some fat.

He went out for a round of exercise, had dinner, and then returned to his room and put on his helmet.

Andrew Bennett checked his skill bar. There were already three attack skills, but that was far from enough. A level five dark wizard couldn’t be considered a true dark wizard. What a true dark wizard needed wasn’t high attack power, but high control. The real essence lay in controlling others.

From the fear effect attached to the level five Mind Lash, to the level ten Weakening Curse, the level fifteen Dissolving Voodoo that neutralizes enemy attacks, the level twenty Rotting Flesh that lowers enemy defense, the level twenty-five Crippling Slow that reduces speed, and even the level forty Dragon Binding Demon Array—all of these showcased the dark wizard’s formidable control abilities.

Of course, that was for the future. Compared to other magic classes, dark wizards had far fewer attack skills, so they had to focus more on control. The three skills Andrew Bennett currently had didn’t satisfy him much. If he could get a few more control skills, things might be completely different.

But these were just thoughts. He couldn’t exactly go to the game company and say, “Hey, give me a control skill.” He’d be treated like a lunatic. Since he could get skills by doing quests, why not go for it?

Just as Andrew Bennett was pondering this—

You have entered the Immortal Severing Killing Realm. You will now face the first stage of the Immortal Severing Seal quest: Explore the Immortal Severing Killing Realm and kill one thousand demon guards. Time limit: seven days.

Andrew Bennett’s vision went black. The scenery around him made Andrew Bennett think of one word: death.

The sky was gray, and even the earth was a bloody dark red. The oppressive sky gave people a stifling feeling. The ashen trees showed not a trace of life.

A squad of more than twenty soldiers walked by. Andrew Bennett quickly hid in the nearby bushes. As the soldiers passed, Andrew Bennett finally saw their disgusting faces—pale and decayed, like corpses.

Andrew Bennett counted them—twenty-five in total. Most were level seven demon guards, with one level ten demon guard captain.

A hopeless challenge. Andrew Bennett really couldn’t understand why the system would assign such a task. He was only around level five; facing more than twenty demon guards was certain death, no suspense at all. Even at level ten or higher, he might not be able to complete the quest.

Andrew Bennett had no choice but to abandon his current plan and continue exploring deeper inside. Along the way, demon guard squads would occasionally pass by, always in standard groups of twenty-five. Andrew Bennett could only keep dodging these demon guard squads.

This Immortal Severing Killing Realm was extremely vast. Andrew Bennett kept expanding his exploration range and finally found a spot where level seven little demons spawned, and the monsters weren’t very dense. “Looks like I can level up here before challenging the demon guard squads,” Andrew Bennett thought. After observing for a while and confirming that no demon guard squads patrolled here, he finally felt safe enough to start killing monsters.

In the distance, there was also a level ten greater demon area, which made Andrew Bennett quite pleased—his next leveling spot was set. Not wasting any more time, Andrew Bennett raised his willow staff at a little demon.

Ten Thousand Ghosts Devour the Heart! Countless vengeful spirits swarmed toward the little demon.

Bang! Before the spell of Ten Thousand Ghosts Devour the Heart even reached the little demon, a quick-cast Demonic Dark Force had already shot out.

As fast as a meteor, the two attacks landed on the little demon almost simultaneously.

The little demon, having taken such heavy damage, bared its fangs and claws and charged at Andrew Bennett.

Mind Lash!

The fear effect made the little demon panic and run around chaotically.

Andrew Bennett couldn’t figure it out. Normally, a level seven monster would have been down after taking three of his spells, but this little demon had taken three hits and was still lively.

Andrew Bennett remained calm as a pine, not the least bit flustered.