All My Professions Have Divine-Level Talents-Chapter 34: Instant Kill

Encountering Demons you’ve seen before in different Dungeons is not a rare occurrence.

There are indeed many types of Demons.

But their appearances all follow the rules of the Dungeons.

The Shadow Cave tends to spawn Demons of the Shadow Element.

In the Deceitful Snake Forest, it’s natural that the vast majority, perhaps even all, of the Demons are snake-type.

And the final Dungeon Lord.

Would undoubtedly be a snake as well—a Tier Two snake-type Demon...

"Still, what a coincidence."

BANG!

The moment it locked eyes with Lu Cang, the Giant Snake’s body shot toward him like a coiled spring!

[Headbutt]

A simple and unadorned physical attack.

Because this type of snake had nearly killed him before, Lu Cang had specifically looked it up in the Demon bestiary at the library.

He now knew its habits, likely habitats, and attack patterns like the back of his hand.

"Captain!"

"Be careful, it has a Dark Crystal on its head! It’s an evolved species!"

However, behind Lu Cang, Ji Di shouted an urgent warning.

Lu Cang hadn’t even reacted, but the color drained from Gaidun’s face.

But as the team’s Defender, he still raised his Shield and planted himself in front!

"My body is like iron!"

[Tier Two Combat Skill — Hardness]

"Take root!"

[Tier Two Combat Skill — Unmoving]

’Oh?’

’So this is a Combat Skill?’

It was Lu Cang’s first time seeing a Skill other than Magic. He had heard that the abilities used by Warriors, Defenders, Archers, and Assassins weren’t Magic, but Combat Skills.

As he paid a bit of attention to Gaidun—

BOOM!

Three thick, massive walls erupted from the ground!

And at the same time!

PSHHH!

Before the Giant Snake could even crash into the first wall, hundreds of enormous gashes appeared on its body, deep enough to expose flesh and bone.

[Slicing Wind (Tier Two) (Level: 121)]

The sudden Wind Magic made it writhe in midair from the pain.

After a few days of studying with Izparut, Lu Cang had mastered more than just six types of Tier Two magic.

Simultaneously, a huge, pointed pillar shot out from the earth in an instant!

BOOM!

[Punching Pillar (Tier One) (Level: 175)]

The tip of this pillar was black and hard, and it erupted with extreme speed!

SQUELCH!

Blood splattered as the Giant Snake was pierced straight through by the pillar, skewered in midair like a kebab.

Immediately after, a second and third pillar appeared in succession!

Three pointed Punching Pillars pinned the Giant Snake firmly in midair. It was still struggling and twisting, but there was no chance of escape.

Lu Cang rubbed his index finger and thumb together.

A condensed Flame Ball formed at his fingertips.

[Gathering Flame Ball (Tier One) (Level: 167)]

Evolution path—Power.

This was one of the few Skills Lu Cang had evolved for Power.

With a casual flick, Lu Cang sent the triple-fused Gathering Flame Ball drifting toward the Giant Snake.

The instant the Gathering Flame Ball touched the Giant Snake’s body!

BOOM!

The entire Giant Snake was engulfed in raging Flames!

It twitched and struggled in immense pain, but there was absolutely no chance of breaking free!

Finally, under the searing heat of the extreme flames.

It stopped moving completely.

Dead—

...

’Just... dead?’

The remaining three members of the party stood there, stunned.

The entire battle was over in an instant.

All they saw was a Stone Wall rise, followed by three giant spikes erupting from the ground. Then a ball of Flame floated over, and the skewered snake was roasted to death.

RUMBLE—

The sound of crumbling earth and stone echoed. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

The three Punching Pillars dissipated, and the Giant Snake fell from midair.

It gave off a fragrant, yet foul smell.

’So fragrant, yet so foul... a strange scent.’

Still, Lu Cang called out to the uncle behind him.

"Could you please harvest the materials from it?"

The uncle finally snapped out of his daze and nodded. "Ah, oh... I’ll go right now."

Lu Cang actually knew.

Roasting the Lord with Fire Magic would likely reduce the amount of loot.

But...

He had a grudge against this type of snake. Even if it wasn’t the exact same one, just looking at it annoyed Lu Cang.

So, he had to torture it a little.

For such a large snake.

There weren’t many useful parts... otherwise, the last one wouldn’t have sold for only 70 silver coins.

Its meat was bitter and contained trace amounts of toxins, so it was inedible.

And for now, no one had discovered any medicinal uses for it. Only its skin and Poison Sac could be sold.

Combined, they were worth 70 silver coins.

However, there was indeed an extra reward this time.

Ji Di had just shouted that it was an evolved species, and there was indeed a protruding Dark Crystal on its head.

And it was quite large.

The uncle, Zhou Er, harvested the Dark Crystal.

This one was bigger than the one he’d gotten in the Shadow Cave, about the size of a bowl that had to be held with both hands.

Zhou Er appraised it, "This should be worth 1 gold coin."

Zhou Er couldn’t help but sigh. "I have to say, this is the Harvest Moon for you."

"The value of what we’ve gotten from this Dungeon is already close to 6 gold coins."

Lu Cang was also feeling a bit emotional.

’A Tier Two Dungeon that would normally only yield 1 gold and 26 silver coins, not counting the commission reward.’

’Now, we can get 5 gold coins.’

’That’s more than triple the profit... and the cost of supplies and consumables hasn’t increased by much.’

’The net profit for everyone in the Dungeon really is much higher.’

"Captain, I’ve looked around this Forest. There shouldn’t be anything else of value."

Lu Cang nodded. "Mm, let’s head back then."

Treasure chests appeared randomly in Dungeons, but not every time.

...

Back at the Adventurer’s Guild, he turned in the commission.

He received 6 gold and 82 silver coins.

After paying the hiring fees for the three members, he was left with 6 gold and 22 silver coins.

’This money is really easy to make.’

Lu Cang held up a gold coin, sighing to himself.

’As expected, no matter what world you’re in, it’s always easy for the powerful to make money.’

’Heh, what’s with this old man’s sentiment...’

Meanwhile, Ji Di, who had also received her payment, held up her Silver Coins.

’20 silver coins, just like that.’

’I just followed him the whole time, did nothing, and got 20 silver coins for just standing there...’

’If only making money was always this easy.’

The Mage she had partied with before, Desa, flashed through Ji Di’s mind.

’Her earthen walls took a second or two of Chanting to rise, her Earth Spikes weren’t very powerful, and they missed easily...’

’Comparing her to Lu Cang was like comparing heaven and earth.’

’It wasn’t that there was anything wrong with Desa; normal Level 2 Mages were all like that.’

The Mage Profession seemed like a jack-of-all-trades, with functional utility and versatile combat styles, as if they could do anything.

They could attack with Magic from various Elements, cast defensive Magic like earthen walls and barriers, and even blow away fog or illuminate the darkness.

It seemed as if other Professions were somewhat inferior in comparison.

But when you actually partied with them, you’d know how mentally exhausting it was to listen to them drone on with their Chanting for ages just to cast a single spell at a critical moment in battle...