Skills with no cooldown? I become the Undead Scourge! - Chapter 87

During this process, Lu Ran couldn’t fully control the balance between the enslaved monsters and those still wild.

But it didn’t matter.

Whenever Lu Ran noticed the grinding efficiency dropping, and the enslaved snake monsters struggling, just a single glance from him was enough to summon a whole new batch of snake monsters to join the fray.

“Let’s head inside,” Lu Ran said to the three guild leaders.

They quickly followed, sticking close behind him.

After all, they weren’t in a party right now, and Lu Ran’s skills could damage them too.

Fortunately, Lu Ran wasn’t using any other skills at the moment.

They entered the outer hall area.

It was called the outer hall, but there was no grand hall structure—just an open periphery.

Lu Ran looked down at the stone slabs beneath his feet.

They were covered in pitted, complex runes of all kinds.

A bit puzzled, Lu Ran said, “I wonder what these runes mean. If they’re data-generated, they shouldn’t just be for aesthetics, right? Are they maybe… alien script?”

Ye Hongyi, hearing this, burst out laughing.

She chuckled and scolded, “Alien script, your head! This place existed long before global dataization. It was a site where the Miao village made sacrifices to the Snake God, presided over by Wu Xi. In the Miao tradition, female shamans are called ‘Wu’, and male shamans are called ‘Xi’. After dataization, this place became a relic, spawning the Titan Python and countless snake demons, turning into the Hall of Ten Thousand Snakes. The Miao village was forced to abandon it.”

As for the runes on the ground, they were commonly used symbols and incantation scripts in Wu Xi arts.

Definitely not what Lu Ran thought was alien script.

She was truly a girl who had grown up in the Miao village.

Even though Ye Hongyi had rarely returned in recent years, she was still deeply familiar with the history of this place.

“Oh, I see,” Lu Ran said, scratching his head awkwardly.

He turned to look around.

The nearby snake monsters had been mostly cleared out. Then, Lu Ran looked further into the distance. The scene of enslaved snake monsters clashing with their wild counterparts spread out like a plague.

The fighting grew even more intense.

Lu Ran’s experience gain skyrocketed accordingly.

“No rush to enter the inner hall yet. Let’s clear this area first. This is a huge wave of generous experience, much more than I expected,” Ye Hongyi reminded him.

Lu Ran naturally had no objections; he felt the same way.

Such a massive number of high-level monsters granting rich experience was a rare opportunity not to be wasted.

Thinking about it now.

For Liu Xinxin to choose this place for Lu Ran to level up, it was undoubtedly the best spot for him until he could handle team dungeons!
It perfectly bridged the tedious and lengthy leveling process before he reached level thirty.

Just fifteen minutes later, the chaotic fighting in the outer hall died down.

Lu Ran glanced around; the wild snake monsters had been completely wiped out.

All that remained were dense crowds of enslaved ones.

“It’s a bit wasteful to just leave these enslaved ones like this,” Lu Ran said regretfully.

They were all experience points!

Now that Lu Ran had enslaved them, he couldn’t release them.
It really was a bit of a waste.

At that moment, Liu Xinxin suddenly spoke up: “Make them fight each other. See if you still get experience.”

Huh?
Lu Ran was stunned. Could they actually play it that way?
Liu Xinxin explained:

“Earlier, when they were fighting, I watched carefully. Some of the snake monsters used area attacks that also damaged other enslaved snake monsters.”

“So I suspect that while your Throne of Bones effect forcibly seizes control of them, it’s different from traditional allied units.”

“They can damage each other. The question is whether you’ll get experience when they die.”

…

Hearing this.

Lu Ran decisively tried it. With a single thought.

The previously quiet masses of snake monsters received a new command.

This time, there was no specific target—they were to attack indiscriminately!

Sure enough!

These snake monsters under Lu Ran’s control could indeed damage each other!

Moreover, with indiscriminate attacks and no need to pick targets, the process was even faster!
At the same time.
Lu Ran kept an eye on the notifications.

[Party killed Level 34 Shadow Serpent. Gained 3600 EXP!]

[Party killed Level 41 Prison Fire Snake. Gained 4370 EXP!]

[Party killed Level 37 Withered Wood Shadow Snake. Gained 3880 EXP!]

[Party killed Level 41 Prison Fire Snake. Gained 4370 EXP!]

[Party killed Level 37 Withered Wood Shadow Snake. Gained 3880 EXP!]

…

He could gain experience!

And since he wasn’t in a party, Lu Ran got all the experience for himself. The increase wasn’t massive, but it was still significant!
“I’m getting experience,” Lu Ran said excitedly.

This way, in the future, controlling monsters to kill other monsters wouldn’t be wasteful at all.

“Good grief, is there really someone in this world who can AoE grind without even using skills? Damn, that’s just broken!” Lei Tai watched as the snake monsters fell in droves, feeling immensely satisfied.

He was also shocked by the power of Lu Ran’s effect.

Before long.

The outer hall was completely cleared, littered with the corpses of snake monsters lying haphazardly everywhere.

The air was thick with the heavy smell of blood.

Even though the corpses of snakes that died earlier had been data-decomposed and vanished, a large number of snake corpses still remained.

Scattered among them were equipment and gold coins, which Lu Ran couldn’t be bothered to pick up anymore.

The drops in the outer hall were all Blue and Green equipment. Even Purple rare equipment, due to its high level and mediocre stats, couldn’t be equipped.

Lu Ran casually picked up a few Purple rare pieces.

Then, he and the other three headed towards the inner hall in the center.

The inner hall wasn’t a single large chamber, but a complex of structures.

They were built by the Miao village in ancient times, long before global dataization.

Quite crude, basically just piled rough stone blocks.

They were also carved with complex runes that Lu Ran couldn’t understand.

The three of them entered the inner hall through the huge central stone gate.

The light dimmed immediately.

There were fire basins on the surrounding stone walls. Though untended, they burned perpetually under data reinforcement.

Otherwise, visibility in here would probably be less than five meters.

Looking around, this place was filled with snake monsters of a higher level, a full tier above those outside!
Their numbers weren’t as overwhelming as in the outer hall, but each one was considerably larger, the biggest as thick as a bucket and ten to twenty meters long!

Even Lu Ran felt a scalp-tingling sensation.

He quickly swept his gaze over them, starting to control the snake monsters to fight each other.

At the same time, to speed things up, Lu Ran began summoning Skeleton Soldiers to perform indiscriminate Corpse Explosions around them.

Every now and then, he’d toss out a Bone Storm, covering small areas of the inner hall in layers, accelerating the grinding speed.

Of course, to prevent accidents, he didn’t forget to summon a few Ancient Golems, gathering them around the group in a circle.

This protected the three behind him and also provided damage sponges for Lu Ran if anything unexpected happened.

At the same time.

Outside the Hall of Ten Thousand Snakes.

In the dense forest, whether out of curiosity or because her sharp tongue hid a concern for Ye Hongyi, Wei Yingying had come over with a few high-level Gu Masters.

“Gu Elder, can those people really obtain the Titan Python’s venom sac?” someone asked.

“No, they can’t,” Wei Yingying replied without hesitation. “Do you think the Hall of Ten Thousand Snakes is that easy to tackle? It’s not like we haven’t tried before. Even the three guild leaders aren’t that far ahead of other high-level combat professionals, and there are only three of them, plus a burden. How are they supposed to manage? They’re probably stuck outside the outer hall right now, looking frustrated.”

After saying that,

she pursed her lips, saying stubbornly, “I just wanted to make things difficult for her. Who told her to stay away for so long and not keep her promise to me? But she had to agree anyway. Couldn’t she just have softened up a bit? In the end, she’ll still hit a wall and need me to give her a way out.”

As she spoke, she pushed aside the bushes ahead, revealing a view of the Hall of Ten Thousand Snakes.

But what struck Wei Yingying as strange was that for the first time ever, the place was eerily quiet!