Both pets had extremely powerful stats!

Keep in mind, they were only level 35.

Yet Vermilion Bird's magic attack had already broken 10,000.

This was terrifying.

Generally speaking, magic-type pets could only break 10,000 magic attack after level 50.

But Vermilion Bird was already far beyond that at level 35.

And Sword Dragon's health was also terrifying.

It could be said that it would be very difficult for a level 35 player to kill Sword Dragon.

It also had terrifying health regeneration.

"Next time we enter a cave, let's not even bother, just let the two pets kill the monsters," Lin Chen said jokingly.

Next up was opening the boxes.

Lin Chen was always unlucky, so he naturally let Liu Mengyao open them.

Among the three boxes, one emitted a different light. Opening the one that glowed differently was common knowledge among treasure map diggers. Liu Mengyao knew this as well and went straight to open that box.

As Liu Mengyao selected it, the other two treasure chests disappeared.

Then Lin Chen saw what was inside the treasure chest.

[Gold Coins * 100]

[Superior Cotton Cloth * 1]

[Ten-Thousand-Year Black Iron * 1]

[Qi Gathering Powder Recipe * 1]

[Earth Spirit Pill * 1]

Apart from the gold coins, the cotton cloth and black iron were materials for making crafted equipment, and they weren't expensive. You could buy them for a few yuan now. The Qi Gathering Powder recipe was useful for Liu Mengyao, but it was only for restoring mana during combat and had no other use.

The Earth Spirit Pill, on the other hand, had a chance to directly upgrade a pet's skill when consumed. Lin Chen fed it to Vermilion Bird, upgrading Flame Barrage to level 2 and increasing the damage coefficient to 0.3. Then he continued digging for treasure maps.

Several maps followed without yielding another cave.

The items dug up were mostly cotton cloth and black iron. It could be said that it was very unlucky. Lin Chen said with a smile, "This is the *New World* I'm familiar with, so unlucky!"

"Keep digging, surely we'll find a cave eventually, right? This is almost the tenth map," Liu Mengyao said, still in high spirits.

Sure enough, another cave appeared.

This time, Lin Chen wanted to see Vermilion Bird's strength, so he didn't bother to act.

The treasure cave was level 50.

However, one Flame Barrage from Vermilion Bird instantly killed a small monster.

"As expected of a divine bird!" Liu Mengyao rejoiced.

Over there, her Sword Dragon was not to be outdone. After rushing up and taking a beating, it unleashed a Roar, and many small monsters grabbed it and beat it. But this guy relied on its innate skill of health regeneration to withstand it, and even constantly triggered the Roar effect, continuously dealing damage back.

The two pets working together could clear the field.

Even the level 50 Boss at the end, Lin Chen only cast a Wind Blade to finish it off.

Vermilion Bird and Sword Dragon both reached level 39.

They could comprehend skills again.

"Divine Beast Pill for you."

Lin Chen traded with Liu Mengyao.

Then, they each fed their own pets.

"This time it's an A-rank skill, Bloodthirsty Rush."

Liu Mengyao directly informed Lin Chen of the skill effect: "Consumes 100 health points per second to enter a rushing state, increasing speed by 5 times!"

Sword Dragon's speed was already not slow, much faster than Vermilion Bird. After all, Vermilion Bird was a turret-type output pet. But compared to Lin Chen, this Wind Mage, its speed was still much slower.

Lin Chen's speed reached 20 yards per second!

What kind of concept was this?

In the game, Lin Chen's pure running speed for 100 meters only took a little over four seconds, not even five seconds.

In combat, this speed could provide tremendous help, so this was the advantage of a Wind Mage… A Wind Mage was not the strongest output profession in the magic system, but it was definitely the profession with the strongest survivability!

After all, Wind Mages also had skills that could even allow Lin Chen to fly in the air, increasing his speed by up to ten times.

And now that Sword Dragon had this skill, its speed was already faster than Lin Chen without using any skills.

Vermilion Bird awakened another forbidden spell: Solar Flare!

[Solar Flare: Vermilion Bird sprays a hundred-meter flame forward, lasting for ten seconds, dealing damage equal to its own magic attack x0.75 per second to all enemy targets in the area. Vermilion Bird can adjust the direction during this time. Cooldown time: 1 minute. Can be upgraded!]

The current Vermilion Bird had reached level 50.

Its magic attack had reached a terrifying 30,000!

The current Vermilion Bird already had the ability to fight level 70 Bosses, and could even take on level 80 elite monsters!

This was the power of extraordinary pets!

This time, the treasure chest contained three sets of superior cotton cloth and five sets of ten-thousand-year black iron, as well as a formation blueprint.

Unfortunately, the blueprint was only a beginner level.

It was also a defensive formation.

Generally speaking, it was only used in private residences in the game.

Lin Chen put it away.

Then he continued digging for treasure maps.

At the same time, Zhang Chunlin delivered another ten Divine Beast Pills. By two o'clock in the afternoon, the treasure maps were finally finished. Vermilion Bird had also been upgraded to level 80, and later awakened two more skills.

[Vermilion Bird]

[Owner: Lin Zhong Chen Xi]

[Quality: Mythical]

[Comprehensive Growth Rating: SS+]

[Level: 80]

[Constitution: 1600]

[Strength: 800]

[Spirit: 2400]

[Agility: 800]

[Health: 32000]

[Physical Attack: 6400]

[Magic Attack: 48000]

[Movement Speed: 8 yards/second]

[Innate Skills: Nanming Li Fire, Heaven Burning Earth Scorching, Rebirth through Fire] (Nanming Li Fire - Southern Fire of Illumination)

[Comprehended Skills: Flame Barrage (SSS), Solar Flare (SSS), Divine Magic Mastery (SSS), Flame Shockwave (SSS)]

[Divine Magic Mastery: Increases all skill damage by 20%, reduces all skill magic consumption by 20%, and has a 50% chance of not consuming magic value when casting, and a 30% chance of recovering 5% of the total magic value after using the skill.]

[Flame Shockwave: After chanting for five seconds, Vermilion Bird launches a flame in the specified direction, dealing magic attack * 2 damage to the hit target. Cooldown time: two minutes. Can be upgraded!]

A magic attack of 48,000 was not far from Lin Chen's own magic attack with a full set of divine equipment.

Moreover, there were four SSS-rank skills. Among them, Divine Magic Mastery not only increased the damage of all skills, but also completely solved the problem of Vermilion Bird's mana.

It could be said that the current Vermilion Bird had grown into a pure output turret.

In addition, two hundred superior treasure maps also allowed Lin Chen and Liu Mengyao to dig up a backpack full of crafting equipment materials, as well as 20,000 gold coins. Not to mention various blueprints… As for the Eternal Crystal that Lin Chen wanted, there wasn't a single one.

It could only be said, very unlucky!

But there was also something that made Lin Chen happy, which was that the one time he opened a treasure chest, he actually opened a book!

[Talisman Compendium: After reading, you can gain 10,000 proficiency and become familiar with various talisman crafting methods.]

This thing was simply a step to the sky for Lin Chen's secondary profession!

Lin Chen immediately read the Talisman Compendium. The 10,000 proficiency points allowed him to directly advance to a Formation Master, and a level three Formation Master at that!

"Let's go, let's go back to the city."

Lin Chen immediately called Liu Mengyao back to Tianyue City (Sky Moon City).

The reason for returning here was because...

This place belonged to a private territory.

To put it bluntly, that meant anything could be sold in this place, and players could buy anything.

Among them, that included the entire Tianyue City!

Lin Chen planned to buy this city!