Double experience

"Damn ants! How dare my servants fail to tear you to pieces! Since that's the case, I'll have to take matters into my own hands!" The skeleton mage saw Su Mu and muttered some words under his breath, forming a shadow arrow.

"Magic Missile!"

"Ice Arrow!"

"Holy Light!"

"Fireball!"

Su Mu showed no mercy, using every skill available and unleashing them all upon the skeleton mage.

The skeleton mage's health continuously decreased.

"Fireball!"

After most of the skills went into cooldown, Su Mu began casting one fireball after another.

Each fireball dealt over 2,400 points of damage.

On the other hand, despite the skeleton mage's attempts, it had not yet broken through Su Mu's shield.

Perhaps due to its dwindling health and the fact that its minions had not returned, the skeleton mage started to panic.

"Come forth, my minions!"

Once again, it raised its staff, attempting to summon skeleton warriors.

"Again?"

Su Mu furrowed his brows upon seeing this.

With the skeleton mage on the verge of defeat, if it managed to summon its minions, Su Mu would face a pincer attack from ten skeleton warriors. He wouldn't be able to withstand that!

"Blink!"

"Kidney Strike!"

Regardless of whether it would be effective or not, Su Mu could only think of this combination.

After executing the Kidney Strike, a stun mark appeared on the skeleton mage's head.

Unlike the several seconds of stun from elite monsters, the stun on the boss only lasted for 1 second.

Even so, Su Mu successfully interrupted the skeleton mage's skill.

"Piercing Attack!"

"Backstab!"

"Cleave!"

Without hesitation, Su Mu launched a series of melee skills.

By this time, the skeleton mage's health was down to a mere 2,000 points!

"Fireball!"

[You have slain the skeleton mage and gained 3,000 experience points!]

[You have gained 1 intelligence point through the Radiance of the Archmage!]

[Congratulations on leveling up! You have gained 10 attribute points and 5 skill points!]

With a final fireball, Su Mu successfully killed the skeleton mage and also reached level 10! But it wasn't over yet; a scrolling announcement appeared:

[Congratulations to player Su Mu for clearing the first dungeon in the Divine Path. The Huaguo server will activate double experience for the next 48 hours!]

[Congratulations to player Su Mu for clearing the first dungeon in the Divine Path. The Huaguo server will activate double experience for the next 48 hours!]

"No personal reward?"

After seeing the scrolling announcement, Su Mu was taken aback.

"No reward for reaching level 10 either?"

It was fine not to receive a personal reward for clearing the first dungeon, but at least there would be double experience.

But to reach level 10 as the first and not even receive a notification was unexpected.

Su Mu couldn't help but roll his eyes.

He looked at his level and suddenly realized something was off.

Level: 10 (Awaiting Advancement)

There was no experience progress indicated after the level, but instead, there was a symbol indicating awaiting advancement.

"Does that mean I have to obtain that advancement proof?"

Su Mu recalled the warrior advancement proof he had obtained earlier.

"It looks like I have to beat this dungeon again!"

With only one warrior proof in hand, Su Mu pouted.

He looked at the light cluster dropped by the boss in front of him.

[You have obtained the Mage Bone Sword!]

[You have obtained the skill: Summon Skeleton!]

[You have obtained: Mage's Advancement Proof!]

A total of three items that brought great joy to Su Mu.

[Mage Bone Sword (Grade A): Attack +50 Intelligence +25 Requirement Level: 10]

[Summon Skeleton: Consumes 100 mana to summon a skeleton warrior (the level of the summoned skeleton warrior is equal to the player's level)]

[Mage's Advancement Proof: Hand it over to the Mage Class Mentor after reaching level 10 to begin the advancement journey!]

"With this bone sword, I can replace my staff!"

Compared to the elite staff, the bone sword had higher attack power and was more suitable for occasional melee skill usage.

"This summoning skill is also very useful. With a minion to tank, I can focus on output!"

"And with this proof, I can directly return to the village to advance!"

Su Mu immediately learned the Summon Skeleton skill and equipped the Mage Bone Sword. Due to the boss's death, a teleportation gate appeared in the cave. Su Mu used the gate and arrived near the entrance next to a stone. Opening the quest log, he saw that the task from the Guard Captain was marked as completed.

"Time to return to the village to turn in the quest and start the advancement."

"I can sell this staff for around 300 gold coins!"

On the way back, Su Mu opened the auction house.

"I sold them for this much?"

Seeing that the amount of gold coins available for retrieval was 900, Su Mu was genuinely surprised. He didn't expect to earn 1,000 gold coins from those two items.

"These two skeleton equipment pieces should sell for even more, right?"

"Now that the whole world knows I cleared the dungeon, should I sell this equipment while I can?"

Su Mu pondered for a moment.

"Never mind, let's keep a low profile."

However, he changed his mind and decided to only list the elite staff for auction, setting the starting price at 300 gold coins.

After completing these tasks, he hurriedly returned to the village.

"What the hell? Are we all playing the same game? I can't even solo a level 2 monster, and someone has already cleared a dungeon?"

"Su Mu is amazing! What level did he enter the dungeon? Did he go with a team or a raid?"

"Can someone tell me where the dungeon is? I want to run it too."

"Don't bother asking, even if you know, you won't be able to enter or defeat it."

"Su God is incredible! The next two days will be double experience. Huaguo is going to rise!"

"Everyone, level up like crazy! Su God is giving us benefits!"

"Just for this double experience, Su God will forever be my idol!"

In the world channel, after the scrolling announcement, the people of Huaguo rejoiced and cheered.

Everyone understood what continuous double experience for two days meant.

Divine Path was not just a competition between individuals, but also a competition between nations.

Thanks to Su Mu, Huaguo had already won at the starting line!

...

Well done, Huaguo server.

"Fuck! Fuck!"

"Who is Su Mu? This guy is too despicable! Two days of double experience, it's simply cheating!"

"I want to chop Su Mu into a hundred pieces! He's a shameless bastard!"

Countless people were hurling insults at Su Mu.

In the moment when the announcement sounded, the sense of superiority in the hearts of the people of the Beautiful Country was ruthlessly shattered by Su Mu.

This was something they couldn't accept!

But even if they couldn't accept it, all they could do was vent their frustrations through words.

...

In the Sakura Kingdom:

"What the hell!"

"How could we let Huaguo rise? That damn Su Mu!"

"Only our Sakura Kingdom can become the world dominator. How can we let a Huaguo clown lead the way?"

"This is simply disgraceful. What are our skilled experts in the Sakura Kingdom doing? They must perform seppuku to apologize!"

...

It was not just the Beautiful Country, but countries all over the world erupted in anger.

Almost at the same time as the announcement appeared, they had a common target of hatred.

And this target, whom they wished to dismember and quarter, stood before a benevolent old mage with a smile on their face.

"It seems you have brought back the proof of courage. In that case, you shall obtain the qualification for advancement!" the old mage proclaimed, raising his staff high.

In the next moment, a strange power enveloped Su Mu's body.

[You have obtained the qualification for advancement. Killing monsters of different levels will accumulate advancement points. When advancement points reach 100%, you will successfully advance!]

Immediately after, a prompt appeared before him.