Seeing the range affected by the Dark Wave, Tang Zheng was also a bit surprised, then grinned.
Step! Tang Zheng stepped on the ground, his body instantly disappearing from the spot, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of the Petrification Lizard that was attacking the Flame Archangel.
His arm swung, and the blade of the Iron Sword slashed towards the Petrification Lizard's neck!
Pfft!
Foul-smelling blood spurted out, and the huge head was directly chopped off.
Bang! The Petrification Lizard regained its ability to move, but without its head, its body uncontrollably tilted and fell heavily to the ground.
[Gained Experience: 723]
[Experience Bar: 10355/10000]
"Is the experience from Petrification Lizards so low? Or is it because of the Curse's influence?"
The thought flashed through Tang Zheng's mind, and with a twist of his ankle, he rushed towards another Petrification Lizard.
Crack! The Iron Sword shattered.
Another Iron Sword appeared in Tang Zheng's palm, and he swung it down.
[Gained Experience: 539]
Whoosh! Tang Zheng continued to switch swords, his figure constantly moving quickly in the darkness, each broken Iron Sword representing a Petrification Lizard being killed.
The ability of "Dark Wave" made these Demon Creatures unable to resist at all, they could only stiffly wait for death in place.
Unless they possessed the ability to resist the abnormal states of "Fear" and "Weakness Curse", Dark Wave was a very excellent crowd control skill.
While gaining experience.
Tang Zheng also more clearly felt the increase of Curse Power within his body.
The Curse Power contained within these Petrification Lizards was obviously far beyond the level of Curse Power within the Demon Creatures he had encountered before.
However, Tang Zheng didn't understand what the absorbed Curse Power was for. It seemed that the intensity of the Curse Power hadn't changed much.
In a moment.
More than a dozen Petrification Lizards were all killed.
Crack! Casually discarding the cracked hilt on the ground, Tang Zheng's gaze swept over the experience on the panel.
[Experience Bar: 16789/10000]
More than a dozen Petrification Lizards had caused his Experience Points to soar, already meeting the conditions to level up again.
"Not bad harvest."
A smile appeared on Tang Zheng's face as he walked towards the unconscious Duo Gan, and when he saw that half of the other's skin was already rotten, he frowned.
This situation.
He had no way to solve it, only by finding the source might there be a solution.
Tang Zheng reached out and picked up the unconscious Duo Gan, waving his arm, the two Flame Archangels cleared the way in front.
Time passed bit by bit.
Tang Zheng was attacked by several Demon Creatures with rotten bodies, and easily solved them all.
[Experience Bar: 17520/10000]
Unfortunately, the corrosion intensity of these Demon Creatures due to the Curse Power was not high, but the energy of the Curse Power gained was quite a lot.
As he went deeper, the Demon Creatures with rotten bodies gradually disappeared, and the number of white bones on the ground began to increase.
After walking for about 20 minutes in the dark valley again.
Suddenly.
A huge mountain wall blocked the way ahead.
"There's no road?"
Tang Zheng walked to the rough mountain wall, raised his hand and knocked hard, making a dull sound.
It was solid!
Something's not right.
Tang Zheng's mind stirred, and he had the Flame Archangels move around the entire stone wall, acting as searchlights.
Although he wore the 'Night Vision' Magic Item on his left eye, it couldn't compare to true daylight, making it impossible to clearly see some subtle details.
After carefully examining the stone wall and confirming there were no gaps, Tang Zheng directed the two Flame Archangels to continue searching the stone wall above.
It wasn't until the two Flame Archangels had risen about ten meters that they discovered a hidden gap where the stone wall met the rock wall on the left.
Tang Zheng had one of the Flame Archangels carry him up, and sure enough, he saw a broken opening.
Judging by the size of the opening, it was likely dug out by a Demon Creature like a Petrification Lizard.
"The Curse Power is becoming more active, so it really is in here."
Tang Zheng expressionlessly commanded the other Flame Archangel to enter the opening. After waiting for a moment and nothing happening, he entered the cave.
The walls of the cave were covered in fine scratches and dust, indicating it had been there for quite some time.
A moment later.
The exit of the pitch-black cave came into view, illuminated by the light emanating from the Flame Archangel that had entered earlier.
Tang Zheng stood at the entrance and looked down.
It was a space similar to a crevice between mountain walls, not very large. The light emitted by the two Flame Archangels was enough to illuminate the entire space.
"That is..." Tang Zheng narrowed his eyes, noticing something.
Thump! Falling from a height of about ten meters, Tang Zheng's figure landed heavily on the ground, causing a vibrating sound to echo throughout the narrow space.
A dense Curse Power, invisible to the naked eye, surged within this confined space.
Tang Zheng immediately looked ahead.
There was a human skeleton, leaning against the rock wall. The surface of the bones was grayish-white, and the joints connecting the limbs had long since decayed.
There wasn't even a smell of decay in the air, indicating it had been dead for a long time.
Most striking of all!
In front of the human skeleton was a huge scale, about the height of a person, and pitch-black!
Visible black Curse Energy slowly oozed from this scale, dissipating into the air.
"What exactly is this?" Tang Zheng couldn't help but widen his eyes, looking at the huge scale.
He had guessed at various possibilities, but he hadn't expected the source of the Curse Power to be a scale? And who was the human skeleton before him? Judging by the time, ordinary human bones couldn't possibly last this long, especially in a space filled with Curse Power.
Quickly walking forward, Tang Zheng's Mana flashed: "*Item Appraisal!*"
Item: Mysterious Scale
Level: ?
Introduction: ?...
Tang Zheng was slightly stunned. This was the first time he had encountered a situation where he couldn't appraise the information at all.
Judging by the size of this scale, it should belong to a giant creature.
The Curse Power within his body became unusually restless.
Subconsciously.
Tang Zheng raised a finger, the fingertip gently touching the black scale.
Boom—
In an instant, the black Curse Energy slowly dissipating from the scale seemed to have found some kind of outlet, surging wildly into Tang Zheng's body.
The already accumulated Curse Power reached a bottleneck in a short period of time!
[Cursed Knight: 1Lv→2Lv]
The information about the job promotion on the attribute panel appeared before his eyes, causing a look of astonishment to appear on Tang Zheng's face.
But this process was still not over! The Curse Power within the Mysterious Scale continued to pour in, along with the gradually dissipating Curse Power in the air, gathering together with the energy from the Mysterious Scale.
This process lasted even longer.
Therefore, Tang Zheng was even more clearly able to feel the changes in the Curse Power within his body.
Buzz—
The attribute panel's profession information refreshed again.
[Cursed Knight: 2Lv→3Lv]!
At this point, the Curse Power contained within the Mysterious Scale was completely exhausted, and grayish-white lines began to appear on the originally pitch-black surface of the scale.
"The profession... leveled up?"
Tang Zheng looked at the Experience Bar, then at the [Cursed Knight], which had already been upgraded to level three, his expression both stunned and full of disbelief.
It was as if he had discovered a new continent.
All along.
Regarding profession level upgrades, Tang Zheng believed that there were only two ways: either to specialize in cultivating that profession like the people of another world, but that was obviously too time-consuming.
The other was to upgrade the profession by consuming Experience Points. But now, a third way to increase profession level had appeared!
"Absorbing profession-related energy can actually increase profession level?"
Tang Zheng said to himself in surprise, then thought of something and shook his head.
This method did not seem to be universal.
For example, the 'Sword Saint' profession cannot be upgraded in this way, but only through cultivation.
"What a remarkable discovery!" Tang Zheng's eyes flickered with a strange brilliance.
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