Skills with no cooldown? I become the Undead Scourge! - Chapter 18

Xu Jie slapped his cheeks, trying to snap himself out of his daze. He even wondered if he was dreaming—or maybe just drunk.

After a long silence, Qin Lie turned to Lu Ran again.

“Now I understand why Wuyao brought you here.”

Xu Jie nodded in agreement.

“You’re only Level 10, but the traits you’ve unlocked are already this overpowered. As you level up and unlock more, your combat power will become even more terrifying. Even if you don’t get any more traits, just these three alone are enough to crush every hidden class in existence!”

Qin Lie added, “The third trait was unlocked at Level 10, right? You must have just gotten it before clearing the Frostwolf Valley on hard difficulty, boosting the range to 304 meters. If I remember correctly, the hard-mode dungeon has exactly 304 monsters, including elites and the boss.”

As expected of Qin Lie—he figured it out instantly.

Lu Ran nodded.

Qin Lie continued, “So, in the late game, your skill range could easily reach hundreds of kilometers. If it scales with the number of enemies killed, you might even cover thousands of kilometers.”

Xu Jie’s eyes suddenly lit up.

“The total land area of that tiny island nation, Sakura, is about 378,000 square kilometers, but its maximum depth is only around 2,000 kilometers. That means, at high levels, you could stand outside their borders and rain endless Abyssal Bone Dragons on any part of their territory!”

As he spoke, Qin Lie and Qin Wuyao’s hairs stood on end.

One person, blanketing an entire nation in firepower.

Infinite Abyssal Bone Dragons—enough to drown a country in sheer numbers.

Qin Lie added, “By comparison, even the Black Dragon Mountain Range—the highest-level raid dungeon our country still hasn’t cleared—would be trivial. Your firepower alone could cover the entire battlefield. But more importantly… you could single-handedly decide the outcome of a war.“

At this, Qin Lie glanced at Qin Wuyao.

He suddenly remembered her earlier question: “Can one person really change the course of a war?”

Back then, he had dismissed the idea outright.

But now?

Lu Ran, with his endless undead army, could replenish his forces indefinitely. And as long as his summons existed, he was unkillable.

If he couldn’t die, he could keep summoning—an unstoppable cycle.

Hearing their analysis, Lu Ran and Qin Wuyao felt even more certain of his potential.

Xu Jie mused, “And this is just based on his current three traits. If future traits are even stronger… I can’t imagine any country standing a chance against us in war. No—more accurately, against Lu Ran alone.“

After a moment of stunned silence, Qin Lie and Xu Jie exchanged serious looks.

Qin Lie spoke firmly. “Good. Wuyao did the right thing bringing you here. Lu Ran, stay at the Qin residence tonight. Don’t wander off. Right now, who else knows about your abilities?”

Lu Ran answered, “Just the three of you. I know the dangers of standing out too much, so I haven’t bragged about it. Coming here was a deliberate decision. I want to serve our country—to stand with the nation.”

“Well said!” Xu Jie’s face flushed with excitement. “The fewer people who know, the better. If your abilities were exposed, other nations would spare no cost to assassinate you.”

That night, Qin Wuyao took Lu Ran to settle into a guest room.

Meanwhile, Qin Lie and Xu Jie remained in the living room.

After a brief discussion, Xu Jie abruptly stood.

“I need to return to the capital immediately and report this to the Central Heavenly Dao Alliance. We’ll decide our next steps from there.”

He didn’t dare waste a single second.

With that, he hurried out of the Qin residence and teleported straight to the imperial city.

At 3 AM, the nation suddenly activated a Special Emergency Response, shutting down all international teleportation nodes across the country.

By 3:15 AM, the leaders of China’s other three major guilds—aside from the Heavenly Dao Alliance—received urgent messages from the central command.

…..

The next morning, Lu Ran and Qin Wuyao attended the academy’s morning assembly.

Honestly, Lu Ran couldn’t be bothered. Showing up just meant another round of forced attention—his Level 10 status would definitely cause another uproar.

The atmosphere in Class 3 had also shifted dramatically.

No one dared mock Lu Ran anymore.

Even if he was “just” a Necromancer, his top rank on the rookie leaderboard had silenced them all.

Trying to ridicule him now would just make them look like fools.

Liang Shaoyu sat stiffly beside Lu Ran, swallowing his pride to gather information.

He studied Lu Ran’s expression, searching for any hint about yesterday’s assassination attempt.

But Lu Ran didn’t mention it at all.

Did the assassins fail? Did they even make a move? Or were they intercepted before Lu Ran noticed?

The Liang family still had no idea what had happened to the three killers.

Meanwhile, hidden among the crowd, four plainclothes youths kept watchful eyes on Lu Ran while scanning their surroundings.

Qin Lie was unusually absent, having left early for the Heavenly Dao Alliance branch.

…..

Soon after, inside the alliance’s meeting room…

Three men and two women sat in solemn silence.

At the head of the table was Yu Qingcang, leader of the Heavenly Dao Alliance and China’s highest-leveled player—a Level 63 hidden class: Dragonblood Warrior.

The others included Qin Lie, Xu Jie, and three other high-profile figures:

• Lei Tai, leader of the Banner of the Guardian Army, a Level 61 hidden class: Earth Knight. A mountain of muscle with a no-nonsense demeanor.

• Ye Hongyi, leader of the Scarlet Pavilion—the only all-female guild—a Level 62 hidden class: Inferno Archmage. Fiery red hair, a bewitching figure, and sharp eyes.

• Liu Xinxin, leader of Mirage and Moonlight, a Level 61 hidden class: Elven High Priestess. Pale, soft-spoken, and almost shy in demeanor.

These four commanded China’s most powerful guilds, each capable of shaking the nation with a single word.

Yet today, they had all gathered in this small Blackflame City meeting room.

Lei Tai, ever impatient, broke the silence.

“You called us here in the middle of the night. What’s this about?”

Yu Qingcang glanced at Qin Lie.

“And where is our esteemed Lu Ran?”

Though Xu Jie had briefed him in detail, Yu Qingcang was eager to meet this once-in-a-generation talent in person.

Qin Lie replied, “He’s at the morning assembly. Wuyao will bring him here afterward.”

Xu Jie frowned. “You let him go to the assembly? We haven’t even finalized his protection plan yet!”

Qin Lie waved a hand. “I assigned four Paladins to shadow him. He’ll be fine.”

The other three guild leaders exchanged confused glances.

What the hell are they talking about?

Who’s Lu Ran?

Why does he need four Paladins as bodyguards?