Skills with no cooldown? I become the Undead Scourge! - Chapter 41

According to Liu Xinxin’s explanation,

Lu Ran didn’t necessarily need the Blood Spear to climb the tower, but she wanted to ensure that on every floor, he would absolutely dominate everyone else on that same floor, taking the number one rank each time!

This was the best way to maximize the pressure on Nanami.

Just think about it: a conventional class with hidden personal info, an Necromancer who had never set foot in the Endless Tower.

Suddenly, he clears one floor in the morning, another in the evening, as regular as clockwork!

And not just barely scraping by on any floor—he dominates with an absolute advantage, clearing each layer in the shortest time recorded for that level!

As Lu Ran’s floor count gradually got closer, it was easy to imagine the pressure on Nanami multiplying exponentially!
It has to be said, when it comes to playing mind games, Liu Xinxin is second to none!
Lu Ran eagerly entered the 51st floor.

He glanced around.

[Lv.51 Holy Light Tiger (Floor 51)]

“Another Holy-type boss. These floors in the fifties really aren’t friendly to Necromancers,” Lu Ran muttered.

Then he stepped out of the safe zone.

With a casual wave of his staff,

space was instantly torn open.

The Holy Light Tiger, which had just sensed an intruder, only had time to glance at Lu Ran.

A Blood Spear loomed infinitely large in its vision.

Boom!
The Holy Light Tiger, with its hefty 2.5 million HP, instantly had its health bar emptied and collapsed to the ground.

[Congratulations on clearing the Endless Tower Floor 51. Reward: 510,000 EXP]

Seeing the staircase to the next floor, Floor 52, appear, Lu Ran curled his lip. Instead of continuing, he followed Liu Xinxin’s plan and exited the instance directly.

But his rank on the leaderboard had already jumped to 25th!

The three original big shots who had cleared Floor 51, ranked by their clear times, were instantly pushed down.

Above Lu Ran, in 24th place, was someone on Floor 52.

And this once again caused an uproar in the global instance hall!

When Lu Ran came out, the hall was practically buzzing.

“Did you see that? That Necromancer boss climbed another floor!”

“Whoa, he’s already on floor 51!”

“Is that boss still climbing?”

“He’s the pride of us Necromancers!”

“This is too insane! So conventional classes can actually rank on the Endless Tower too? I feel motivated again!”

…

Over in Japan,

Nanami was just about to end her meeting

when someone rushed in to report that the Necromancer had climbed another floor!
Nanami frowned and said sternly, “The other party is still climbing, but the speed has slowed down significantly. He probably failed several attempts. What’s the point of taking such risks? A Necromancer is, after all, just a conventional class.”

Little did she know,

the gap in between was because Lu Ran and the others had gone to get food!

“By the way, what was his clear time for Floor 51? What’s his rank on that floor?” Nanami asked, as if suddenly remembering something.

“He is currently ranked 25th. There are four class holders in total who have cleared Floor 51 on the leaderboard. That Necromancer is ranked first among the four. The other three include two Onmyoji from Japan,” the subordinate reported truthfully.

Nanami was taken aback, looking at her subordinate in surprise.

This was unexpected. That Necromancer’s clear speed was so fast?
How did he manage it?
She couldn’t make sense of it no matter how hard she thought!
“Never mind, ignore it. It’s only Floor 51. Keep focusing on Eagle Union. Any news on the Black Dragon equipment trade we proposed earlier?” Nanami waved her hand and said.

She simply put the Necromancer out of her mind.

It was only Floor 51, a huge gap from her Floor 61. It wasn’t enough to draw her attention.
“No reply yet. They don’t seem very willing to trade with us. However, our spies in Eagle Union report that a high-ranking member of the Storm Guild once applied to enter China with a group. The purpose is unknown, and the outcome is also unknown,” the subordinate reported truthfully.

“Understood. Keep monitoring,” Nanami frowned.

She was determined to acquire the Black Dragon equipment, no matter the cost.

But Eagle Union’s Storm Guild was slow to respond to the trade request.

She never expected they had actually been to China!
But the purpose and outcome were both unknown.

“Meeting adjourned,” Nanami said, feeling inexplicably unsettled, and waved her hand.

Everyone filed out.

After they had all left,

Nanami suddenly said to the maid following her, “Keep a simple eye on the Endless Tower rankings. See if that Necromancer continues climbing. Even though we don’t need to pay him mind, it’s still somewhat bizarre. That’s not something a normal Necromancer should be capable of.”

“Yes!” The maid nodded in acknowledgment.

Back in the instance hall, Lu Ran and the others had already entered the Level 20 instance, the highest difficulty: Land of Flames!

“The Land of Flames, a Level 20 instance. One of the main mob types is the Elemental Fire Spirit, which has high resistance to fire skills, but its HP isn’t that thick.”

“The second mob type is the Lava Giant. They’re called giants, but they’re only about three meters tall. They also have fire resistance, along with high defense and HP.”

“But Lava Giants are slow, with low attack frequency, making them easy to kite. They’re actually less troublesome than Elemental Fire Spirits.”

“Because when Elemental Fire Spirits die, they self-destruct after a 1.8-second delay, dealing damage to the surroundings, similar to your Corpse Explosion.”

“There are 500 Elemental Fire Spirits and Lava Giants in total.”

“Besides that, the entire Land of Flames has two large Elite Elemental Fire Spirits and two large Elite Lava Giants.”

“And finally, the boss is the Fire Lord. The Fire Lord cannot move, but has a large attack range. It requires good team coordination and constant attention to party members’ HP.”

…

As usual, Liu Xinxin gave Lu Ran the rundown.

Of course, this was the normal process for a standard Level 20 team.

Their party, despite having only four people, definitely didn’t need to go through all that tediousness!
“Then let’s get started.” Lei Tai was eager to go.

But Lu Ran suddenly pondered and said, “How about… let me give it a try?”

Hm?
The others looked at Lu Ran, puzzled.

Ye Hongyi teased, “What’s wrong, little brother? Bored of leeching EXP? Tell you what, I’ll leave a few Lava Giants for you. You can blow them up with your skeletons for fun.”

They thought Lu Ran was bored from just waiting around to collect EXP

and wanted to try his hand at it himself.

But if Lu Ran tried to solo, even with endless Corpse Explosions from his skeletons, he could probably clear it, but it would be extremely slow.

After all, this was the highest Abyss difficulty for Level 20!
But Lu Ran shook his head. “No, I just want to test out the new trait and new skill. I want to see how they perform.”

Hearing this, everyone was taken aback.

Lei Tai slapped his forehead. “Almost forgot this kid is already Level 23! Level 20 unlocks a new skill and a new trait!”

Ye Hongyi shrugged. “Understandable. I was so caught up earlier with Lu Ran climbing the global Endless Tower rankings that I almost forgot the main event. Didn’t even remember it during dinner.”

Liu Xinxin said with a smile, “The Necromancer’s Level 20 skill is Bone Storm, an AoE attack skill. As for the trait, no idea what it is.”

After saying that, the three of them looked at Lu Ran.

Liu Xinxin said, “Go ahead and try then. Look, there are a dozen or so Elemental Fire Spirits and Lava Giants right ahead.”

Lei Tai and Ye Hongyi watched with anticipation,

wanting to see what effect Lu Ran’s new trait had.