After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply

Lin Da felt as if he had returned to the happiest days of pioneering in his previous life's game.

He held the warm new skill in his arms, eager to find a Magical Creature to try it out on.

"Kafni, I'm ready—let's find our next target!"

Lin Da had just stood up when he heard a buzzing wing flapping sound approaching from behind.

A Magical Creature? Perfect, he was worried he wouldn't find something to test his skill on!

Lin Da reacted swiftly, turning around with his swords in both hands, assuming a battle stance.

What flew towards him was a giant mosquito the size of a washbasin, its sharp mouthparts like steel needles, and its body gray.

A Magical Creature, a Blood-sucking Mosquito!

Their levels ranged from 0-4, with an adult body length of up to twenty centimeters, fearing the Fire and Grass Systems.

They were timid in nature, preferring to sneak up on adventurers and stab their necks with their mouthparts.

A stream of information flashed through Lin Da's mind.

Given the huge size of this Blood-sucking Mosquito, it was probably an elite among its species, having reached the highest level of 4!

"Stealing, Stealing, Stealing!"

Kafni hid behind Lin Da, continuously releasing skills with her right hand.

But the level gap with the Blood-sucking Mosquito was too big, and every attempt ended in failure.

Fear flashed in Kafni's eyes, and she tugged at Lin Da's clothes, saying, "Even a hero knows when it's time to retreat."

"Retreat?"

This giant Blood-sucking Mosquito was clearly not something the two of them at level 1 could handle.

Once its sharp mouthparts pierced into their bodies, it would cause them to lose too much blood in an instant, falling unconscious, leaving them at its mercy.

Handling that Elite Slime had required a sneak attack by Lin Da, not to mention this 'Racial Attribute Value' crushing Slime reaching level 4 Elite Blood-sucking Mosquito.

"If it had been one minute ago, indeed it would have been so."

"But now it's different... Go, Venom Magic Sphere!"

Lin Da did not panic; he stretched out his hand forward.

The magic circuit inside his body operated, and a purple glow rapidly converged in the palm of his hand.

The next moment, a fist-sized, purple, ominous aura radiating magic sphere shot out and struck the head of the Elite Blood-sucking Mosquito!

It reacted violently as if hot oil had hit a pan. The creature began to thrash and twist around, flying in circles like a headless fly, emitting a harsh, strident noise from its mouthpart.

A purple -42 popped up above the head of the Blood-sucking Mosquito.

After a second, another -45, -47, -40, -49...

After five seconds, the Blood-sucking Mosquito had lost a total of over 200 health points!

For a Magical Creature of this level, the health points were around 400.

Lin Da timed it perfectly, hitting it with another Venom Magic Sphere, then he and Kafni waited at a safe distance of five meters.

The poisoned Blood-sucking Mosquito went from energetically bumping around to limply rolling on the ground.

As the last damage number popped up, the large mosquito's wings flickered weakly a couple of times before it went silent.

Level 4 Magical Creature, Blood-sucking Mosquito.

Kill successful!

Kafni was dumbfounded, looking back and forth between the corpse of the Blood-sucking Mosquito and the composed Lin Da: "When did you become so powerful?"

"I'm a bit surprised myself,"

Lin Da exclaimed.

A Venom Magic Sphere dealt over 200 total damage.

Here he was at level 1, and it only took him two hits to kill a level 4 Magical Creature.

Even Aiko from the Holy Light Church, at this level, would need to cast four Light Arrow Techniques to manage the same.

It just goes to show that skills from a Legendary skill tree are incredibly handy.

Lin Da speculated in his mind that if he were to use Fireball Technique, which was at the same level as Venom Magic Sphere, on the Blood-sucking Mosquito without the factor of a Fire Series weakness, it would probably deal around 70 damage.

The magic power consumption of Fireball Technique was not less than that of Venom Magic Sphere, but the total damage of the latter was three times that of the former.

If both spells were improved to the fully proficient level 5, the gap would continue to widen, reaching 10 times, 20 times, potentially even more.

If there was a downside, it was that it was slow; it took 10 seconds to deplete the Blood-sucking Mosquito's health points. If using Fireball Technique or Light Arrow Technique with fast enough casting speed, it could be done in 1 second per cast, resolving the situation in 4 seconds.

However, that kind of magic power consumption was quite significant, similar to putting all one's effort into a dash, which quickly weakened them, while the slow collision of the Venom Magic Sphere could be maintained for a long time.

This drawback could be left to a teammate with explosive skills to handle, Lin Da could throw a poison without care, which was perfect to free his mind to direct his teammates, and the compatibility with his skills was extremely high.

Afterwards, he opened the system and found the following notification in the message bar:

[Killed a level 4 Elite Blood-sucking Mosquito, earned 20 Mystical Points]

"I can level up again..."

Lin Da's eyes lit up with joy.

He clicked on the personal interface and exchanged all the Mystical Points for Experience Points.

[Your level has been raised to 2!]

[Strength +14, Magic Power +14, Defense +2, Magic Defense +4, Agility +2, Hit Points +200]

[Next level Experience Points: 0/50]

[You have earned 1 Skill Point]

Having received a new Skill Point, Lin Da eagerly opened the Poison Technique Series Skill Tree. In the first row, there were two skills. Skills in the second row required reaching level 5 before they could be learned.

The existing Skill Points could be used to upgrade [Venom Magic Sphere], raising its proficiency from lv1 to lv2.

But at that moment, he was more eager to learn a new skill.

Lin Da clicked to learn, Skill Points -1, the lock on the new skill loosened.

A purple light shone brightly!

The icon on this skill slot showed a Mage in a black robe stretching out both hands forward, a purple array glowing, and from it, a jet of water like that from a firefighter's hose was shooting out.

In the background, a group of green-skinned Goblins were frantically running away, one of which was hit by the jet, its beast-hide pants corroded away by most, comically revealing its green buttocks.

[System Notification: You have mastered the Poison Technique Series Skill 'Venom Eruption'!]

[Skill Name: Venom Eruption]

[Quality: Purple Rare]

[Type: Common Skill]

[Consumption: Medium]

[Proficiency: lv1 Beginner]

[Effect: Sprays a fan-shaped area of venom straight ahead, causing 'higher damage' to those hit, then inflicts a poison status, dealing 'slight damage' every second, lasting for three seconds]

After reading the skill description, Lin Da nodded in satisfaction. It was a large-area attack skill, perfectly complementing the single-target Venom Magic Sphere.

Now he had means to deal with groups of monsters.

With [Venom Eruption], he now had a total of four active skills.

They were:

[Primary Healing Spell]

[Witch Purification]

[Venom Magic Sphere]

[Venom Eruption]

For a level 2 adventurer, that was quite a few skills.

Lin Da closed the system interface and walked over to the Blood-sucking Mosquito to collect the spoils of battle.

The most valuable parts of the Blood-sucking Mosquito were the Demon Core, and its needle-like mouthpiece.

Glancing at the corpse, the method of dissecting a Blood-sucking Mosquito emerged in Lin Da's mind.

The correct cutting technique was time-efficient and labor-saving, allowing him to completely extract the Magical Creature's organs.

Collecting the spoils was akin to a precise small-scale surgery.

Kafni handed him the knife and squatted on the side, curiously watching.

Yet she also found the Blood-sucking Mosquito too smelly and covered her nose.

She didn't look the least bit like an adventurer; to the unaware, she might seem as if she was out on a picnic.

Lin Da couldn't help but recall his past self and the Young Ladies of the Snow Goose Adventure Team.

When they came into the wild to subdue Magical Creatures, it was basically him working alone while the others chatted on the side.

If he continued this way, it might not be good, fearing that he might end up cultivating Kafni into a Young Lady as well?