“What handsome bones.”
“Look at these perfect lines.”
Looking in the mirror, the more Li Xiuman stared at himself, the more he felt he was unreasonably handsome.
How could the people of this magical world survive when he was this handsome?
These sexy, sturdy ribs, collarbones, and vertebrae.
...
Wait, was something wrong with him?
Li Xiuman withdrew his gaze from his reflection in the mirror.
After turning into a skeleton, he seemed to be increasingly affected by skeletal instincts.
This was not a good sign.
Li Xiuman felt slightly creeped out.
If he was completely influenced by a skeleton's instincts, resulting in his aesthetic taste changing...
...wouldn't he end up falling for some random skeleton?
Well, to be fair, some skeleton frames were indeed quite charming...
Wait, stop thinking like that! Return to normal, my brain!
Oh, right, I don't have a brain.
Li Xiuman shook his head and pulled on his hood in front of the mirror.
He would put this matter aside for now; there were more important things to attend to.
He was going to conquer White Crystal City's dungeon.
White Crystal City's dungeon was deeper than White Bear City's, boasting a depth of 72 floors.
It was precisely because of this colossal dungeon that White Crystal City had been able to develop such immense wealth.
Li Xiuman pushed open the inn room door and checked out.
Of course, the reason he checked out was purely because he needed to explore the dungeon.
It definitely wasn't because he was agonizing over the money or anything.
Gold coins were just worldly possessions...
No one cared about the little schemes of a skeleton.
After checking out, Li Xiuman arrived in front of the conspicuous Landmark Tower.
There was a massive plaza around the Landmark Tower, where adventurers clad in various gear were resting.
The scene across the entire plaza was filled with a sense of fantasy.
“Is this... what a big city is like...?”
In comparison, White Bear City felt like a backwater.
Li Xiuman even spotted an impressive Lv. 61 Swordsman.
He looked like the captain of an adventurer party, and his gear was exceptionally grand.
It was also obvious that this adventurer party held an extraordinary status; other adventurers moved aside one after another, casting admiring glances their way.
“It seems I can't be too reckless in this dungeon.”
Li Xiuman entered the Landmark Tower, keeping a low profile.
Perhaps because of his past experiences, Li Xiuman lacked a sense of security.
When he entered the mouth of the Landmark Tower, he carefully checked the reaction of the Omen Crystal.
Only after confirming there was indeed no danger did Li Xiuman step inside.
Descending along the downward-sloping corridor, he successfully reached the first floor of the dungeon.
As it turned out, the first floor of this dungeon was even livelier than the plaza outside.
Shops, merchant associations, and buildings of all sizes packed the first floor.
It completely transformed the first floor into a marketplace.
Li Xiuman did not choose to buy a map of the dungeon.
Trusting a map was worse than trusting his Omen Crystal.
The second floor.
It was still a bustling marketplace, with not a single monster in sight.
The third, fourth, and fifth floors.
It was not until the sixth floor that the number of markets noticeably decreased, and wandering monsters began to appear.
He opened his status panel and looked at his experience bar.
6213/100000.
“I have a long way to go.”
The experience required to level up to Lv. 31 had more than doubled compared to his previous levels.
Lv. 30 was the maximum level for a Tier 2 Mage.
Once he reached Lv. 31, Li Xiuman would successfully advance to a Tier 3 Mage, allowing him to use Tier 3 Magic.
His combat strength would also increase significantly.
Thus, the experience requirement experienced a massive leap.
“I'll take it slow.”
Li Xiuman pulled his Rib Sword out of a low-tier monster, looking at the pitiful experience it provided.
There was no need to waste more time on these upper floors; he would dive straight down to the bottom.
Li Xiuman strapped his wand to his back, ignored the monsters along the way, and dove downward at full speed.
Guided by the Omen Crystal, Li Xiuman practically never got lost in the labyrinth.
He made his way all the way down to the eleventh floor.
The labyrinth vanished, replaced by underground rivers and lakes.
Following the flow of the river, he continued to delve deeper underground through the dark limestone caves.
It took three days to reach the twenty-first floor, where the monotonous scenery finally changed.
Countless subterranean lakes appeared before him, and water constantly flowed down the surrounding stone walls, forming waterfalls.
Li Xiuman passed through a cavern and landed on a lake.
“Tier 1 Magic, Water Walking.”
A blue magic circle unfolded in Li Xiuman's palm, covering the soles of his feet with a thin blue film.
Li Xiuman landed steadily on the lake.
This was the first time Li Xiuman had ever used this spell.
He hadn't expected it to be surprisingly practical.
Having studied diligently before, Li Xiuman had actually learned a vast number of spells.
Among them were many practical, non-combat spells.
Like Water Walking, Cleanse, Warm Wind, and Earth Stove.
Walking on the water's surface with the help of magic, the monsters belonging to this floor soon appeared.
Fish-shaped monsters lurking beneath the water.
[Name] Jet Catfish
[Level] Lv. 21
[Class] Monster
[Status] Healthy
[Skills] Water Magic Lv. 3, Jet Lv. 3, Hard Scales Lv. 2, Swiftness Lv. 2, Water Resistance Lv. 2, Swimming Lv. 1
[Description] A monster living in lakes and rivers, capable of shooting water bullets and churning water currents to attack. Do not underestimate it too much.
“Phoo!”
A water bullet broke through the surface, shooting toward Li Xiuman.
Looking at the incoming water bullet, Li Xiuman didn't even dodge. He took the hit head-on, completely unharmed.
On his ribs, he still wore the earring Ilu had given him.
He was completely immune to this kind of low-tier water magic.
“What a pathetic fellow.”
“In this body of water, I am invincible.”
As Li Xiuman spoke, he took down the magic wand from his back.
“Tier 2 Magic, Water Prison.”
He unfurled a magic circle with effortless ease.
The water, which he was so familiar with, tightly wrapped around the catfish, binding it into a spherical orb of water and lifting it out of the lake.
It struggled frantically, but to no avail; it was simply unable to break free from the water's control.
How could one easily escape a Tier 2 spell cast by a max-level Tier 2 Mage?
Li Xiuman walked over to the catfish step by step, slowly drawing his Rib Sword and stabbing it into the sphere of water.
Blood gushed out, dyeing the water orb red as he cleanly ended the catfish's life.
[Killed Jet Catfish Lv. 21, EXP +500+50]
“What a lovely catfish.”
Looking at the catfish carcass floating in the water orb before him, Li Xiuman sighed with emotion.
This type of catfish was actually a highly popular monster in this dungeon.
Its meat was tender and juicy without any tiny bones, making it a culinary masterpiece whether steamed, boiled, grilled, or roasted.
Its entire body of scales was also an exceptionally excellent magical material.
Its fish bones were also a material used in a special healing potion.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it was universally loved.
In this entire block of floors from 21 to 30, aside from this kind of catfish, the materials from other monsters were quite mediocre, with only their magic stones being worth some money.
There were also special materials at the bottom of the water.
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