It was clear that Jiang Tingting, though still a student, possessed excellent social skills.

For instance, when she met Lin Chen this time, she didn't mention the previous phone call where she requested an interview and was rejected by him.

This successfully avoided any awkwardness between them.

Then, Jiang Tingting happily followed Lin Chen to the Trial Tower.

She thought this would be an experience of spending time alone with Lin Chen.

Little did she know, upon arriving at the entrance, she found Zhang Chunlin's group of four girls was also there.

"Haha, I knew the boss would bring his senior sister to clear the Trial Tower," Zhang Chunlin said with a smug smile, feeling like he was important.

"Who among you hasn't cleared the Trial Tower yet?"

Lin Chen asked.

Then, all four girls raised their hands.

"Jiang Youyou, you continue to follow Zhang Chunlin. The rest of you, come to my team."

Lin Chen said casually.

Before long, the three girls had all abandoned Zhang Chunlin.

Even Jiang Youyou would have left if Lin Chen's team wasn't full.

"Lin Chen, aren't we classmates? Why, why aren't you taking me?" Jiang Youyou asked, displeased.

Lin Chen replied, "You're definitely staying behind so your boyfriend can carry you… Chunlin, go get A Qi and Xiao Mei. They should be enough to clear the trial. I'll take them in first."

With that, Lin Chen led his team into the Trial Tower.

The Trial Tower had a total of one hundred floors, and the highest-level Boss was only level 120. For Lin Chen, who was enhanced by three pets, each level was cleared instantly. Su Yijun and the others had never experienced clearing so quickly and were enjoying it for the first time.

Was this really clearing the Trial Tower?

Clearly, they were just climbing!

All they needed to know was how to climb the tower.

So, the others fell behind Lin Chen, surrounding Jiang Tingting, asking questions and gossiping.

The questions they asked made Jiang Tingting blush.

"Wow, the City Lord is really handsome. He can kill a level 30 Boss with a single hit?"

"He truly is the strongest man on Blue Star!"

"Haha, Blue Star's number one hunk… Tingting, honestly, at the City Lord's mansion just now, did he try to make a move on you?"

"Enough, you guys!"

Jiang Tingting couldn't stand the barrage of questions from the three women and quickly stopped them.

Otherwise, who knows what else these three dirty-minded women would say.

And so, Lin Chen killed monsters in the front, while the four women chatted and climbed the tower. In less than ten minutes, they arrived at the final floor.

This floor held the level 120 Boss.

A very powerful existence!

How powerful?

Let's just say that Liu Mengyao, Zhang Chunlin, and Bai Shuyi had teamed up before, and it took them ten minutes to defeat this Boss.

Keep in mind, the three of them had decent equipment.

But Liu Mengyao, who had the best equipment, was a Priest.

Zhang Chunlin was a Knight.

So, they relied on Bai Shuyi for damage output.

And Bai Shuyi's damage output was physical and unidirectional.

What about Lin Chen?

Both physical and magical damage!

He didn't even use a forbidden spell. He just started with a super slide, followed by a series of back attacks, and finally finished with an Enchanted Crescent Slash, killing the level 120 Boss in just over a minute.

The Trial Tower was cleared.

The four girls all gained experience and leveled up directly to level 80.

Lin Chen also got experience points.

However, five hundred million experience points were not enough for him to level up.

"We cleared it already?"

"Wow, City Lord, you're so handsome. Do you have a girlfriend?"

"City Lord, City Lord, look at me. My name is Su Yijun. Please remember me…"

The three girls flocked to Lin Chen, their behavior causing Jiang Tingting to cover her forehead, quickly acting like she didn't know them very well.

Lin Chen didn't respond. He just ended the Trial Tower instance.

The team returned to the entrance of the Trial Tower.

At this time, Zhang Chunlin was still on his way to find people.

"You… you cleared a hundred floors already?"

Jiang Youyou was dumbfounded.

"Alright, you guys continue… Senior Sister, remember to go to the City Lord's mansion to work every day. I'm leaving."

Lin Chen left the team.

Ignoring Su Yijun's shouts, Lin Chen flapped his wings and left Tianyue City.

Night was about to fall.

However, Lin Chen intentionally waited until night to leave the city.

After leaving Tianyue City, he flew towards Longhai City.

Around twelve o'clock at night.

A dark shadow landed in Jinhua Residential Area of Longhai City.

This dark shadow was Lin Chen.

At this moment, he was frowning.

The entire residential area was dilapidated.

Those residential buildings with more than ten floors had all been demolished.

Lin Chen could still sense some monsters entrenched here. These monsters also saw Lin Chen, but something interesting happened… The monsters that saw Lin Chen didn't rush up as usual…

On the contrary, they showed fear and curled up in the corners, motionless.

Level 65 Wind Beasts…

Were too weak in front of the current Lin Chen.

Therefore, these monsters didn't dare to act recklessly.

It was similar to some online games where monsters wouldn't actively attack if your level was much higher than theirs.

Lin Chen walked slowly in the residential area, eventually arriving at the building where he used to live, but it had been razed to the ground. Nothing remained.

However, Lin Chen found something in the ruins…

A gaming helmet!

Lin Chen had forgotten to take it with him before.

At that time, Lin Chen thought the gaming helmet was useless.

But now, Lin Chen felt that he should keep it, whether it was useful or not.

He put the helmet on his head, but it was out of power.

Lin Chen had no choice but to put the helmet into his storage ring.

Then, Lin Chen took off into the air, flying around Longhai City, hunting some level 120 or higher Bosses. Among them was a Dark Magic Dragon, which had leveled up to a level 140 Boss.

It seemed that this Dark Magic Dragon had eaten a lot of people.

After all, the normal level of a Dark Magic Dragon should only be level 80.

The monsters in the eyes of the people of Blue Star, the demonic beasts the invaders spoke of, actually ate people… Not only people, but even those invaders, as well as the elves, sea demons, etc., were all on the monsters' menu.

Lin Chen knew that these monsters were essentially being raised in captivity.

So, they would definitely eat people.

Moreover, by eating people or members of other races, these monsters could level up, or even advance.

This explained why the Dark Magic Dragon, which was only level 80 before, was now level 140!

But even at level 140, it could only be abused by Lin Chen.

After cleaning up Longhai City, Lin Chen devoured the souls of many demonic beasts, bringing his soul experience to 280,000!

He was only 20,000 experience points away from taking his soul cultivation to the next level.

However, there were no level 120 or higher Bosses here anymore, so Lin Chen flew towards Mordu.

Mordu!

Before the game invasion, the most prosperous city in the Dragon Kingdom of Blue Star.

But now, those buildings hundreds of meters high had all disappeared.

Everywhere felt desolate and gloomy.

Some places even felt eerie.

Especially the area around the former East Sea beach.

This used to be the center of prosperity.

But now…

Only eeriness remained.

As Lin Chen walked, many low-level monsters gave way. He walked and walked, unconsciously reaching the riverbank.

At this moment, a wooden boat suddenly appeared out of thin air on the riverbank.

Then an old man smiled and asked, "Young man, do you want to cross the river?"

The old man's smile was a little eerie.

However, he seemed to be dressed like a Blue Star native.

There were still people in this place?

Moreover, he could steer a boat on the river…

This was clearly unscientific!

Lin Chen immediately sensed something was wrong.

Then, he perked up…

Clearly, he had encountered a supernatural event.

So…

That meant the old man in front of him wasn't human.

But he wasn't transformed from a demonic beast either.

Instead… a wraith!

"Your wooden boat is actually just a stick. Can it carry me?" Lin Chen responded to the old man's words.

The next moment, the old man revealed his true form.

As expected, it was a wraith!

"Hmph, you saw through me at a glance. Then… give me your life!"

The old man's voice changed, becoming a sound that didn't sound human.

"That's right, how could a wraith speak? It must be a demonic beast manipulating you from behind… Hehe, you beast, why don't you show your true form?" After Lin Chen said that, an Enchanted Crescent Slash slashed towards the river!

Bang!

The river water exploded.

Then, a grotesque creature resembling a water ghost screamed incessantly.

At this time, the wraith old man transformed into a vengeful spirit, disheveled, but with the appearance of a woman, with several-centimeter-long scarlet fingernails, screaming as she charged towards Lin Chen.

That shrill cry almost made Lin Chen lose his focus…

Lin Chen suddenly remembered that wraiths attacked the soul!

"This is actually a ghost king?"

Lin Chen realized something was wrong.

A ghost king!

The next moment, the water ghost fled, diving back into the water.

It left the red-robed female wraith behind, continuing to attack Lin Chen.

But Lin Chen didn't attack the female ghost.

He just dodged the female ghost's attacks with extreme speed.

Then, Lin Chen began to chant…

Forbidden Spell: Undead Immortality!

As Lin Chen continued to chant, although the red-robed female wraith's attacks continued, Lin Chen's soul became more and more stable, without any flaws, making it impossible for the female ghost's soul attacks to find a place to attack.

The red-robed female ghost king was still unwilling.

When sound wave attacks didn't work, she kept chasing Lin Chen, trying to directly enter Lin Chen's body to attack.

Lin Chen kept dodging, and finally a strange light flashed in Lin Chen's eyes.

At the same time, he stopped chanting.

Because…

The forbidden spell was complete!

Lin Chen stopped running, stood in place, and opened his arms, allowing the red-robed female ghost to enter his body. But the next moment, the female ghost's miserable scream sounded again.

The screams cut through the silent night sky of Mordu's East Sea beach!

"It seems that you must have devoured many wraiths, actually managing to eat your way from a first-level wraith to the ghost king realm, and even the peak… Could it be that you were killed when the game descended, and then kept devouring wraiths, eventually growing into a ghost king?"

Lin Chen looked at the female ghost in front of him, his tone calm but with a hint of doubt.

The female ghost stood in front of Lin Chen, but looked submissive…

Yes.

Just now, she had already become Lin Chen's undead minion!

The first undead minion Lin Chen possessed was her.

Ghost King realm!

This was also the reason why Lin Chen hadn't attacked the female ghost before…

He was afraid that he would kill the female ghost king in one hit.

Everyone, guess how many wraiths will be converted from the billions of people on Blue Star, and how many high-level wraiths there will be?

(End of Chapter)