Chen Yao was both surprised and delighted!

At the same time, he was a bit speechless.

Logically, he should be very happy, and if he were human, he would be even happier!

But now he was an ugly goblin, and with this physique, what was heaven trying to do to him?!

"Huh?"

Chen Yao suddenly discovered that there was more information in his mind.

After thinking carefully, his eyes instantly lit up.

"This is... a Scout skill? Shadow Step?"

Chen Yao didn't expect that he could not only absorb the opponent's strength but also their skills?!

This was too incredible!

"Ugh..."

A young girl suddenly groaned and woke up.

When she groggily opened her eyes, she saw an ugly big face right in front of her.

"Goblin!"

The girl exclaimed, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted again.

Chen Yao didn't care and continued to absorb the power from her body.

He only let go of her wrist when there was no more warm current flowing.

"It seems this dual cultivation is beneficial for both parties. I wonder if this person will be as obedient as the slimes?

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Probably not! Slimes don't have much intelligence and act purely on instinct!

They obey me because I can make them stronger!

Humans are highly intelligent creatures; they probably won't follow the orders of a goblin, right?"

Just as he was pondering how to deal with these three people, footsteps indeed came from afar.

"Quick! Those three little ones ran this way, hope they didn't encounter any danger..."

The voices were clearly from adults, and their footsteps were swift, definitely much stronger than himself.

"Run first!"

Without a second thought, Chen Yao turned and ran, followed closely by a group of slimes, disappearing quickly into the dense forest.

***

The next moment.

Several fully armed adventurers appeared, rushing over when they saw the injured, unconscious, and bruised little ones.

"Fortunately, it's just some superficial wounds; they'll recover in a couple of days."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. As instructors, if something happened to the apprentices, they would be in big trouble.

Now it was just superficial wounds, which was a blessing!

"Ah!"

Alice suddenly exclaimed, "Quick, kill the goblin, I don't want to be captured by goblins... ah..."

"What? You encountered goblins?!"

The faces of the adult adventurers changed dramatically, scanning the surroundings with vigilance.

Goblins are social creatures; if you find one, there are surely a dozen more.

If surrounded by a dozen goblins, they would be in great danger too.

"Don't linger, leave immediately!"

The leading young adventurer was very cautious, immediately calling everyone to retreat quickly.

Chen Yao hid with a group of slimes in the grass.

With his current size, lying down anywhere would make him hard to find.

Unless it was an eagle...

A cry echoed above, and before Chen Yao could understand what was happening, a strangely shaped eagle swooped down, its sharp claws already in front of him.

It was too late to dodge now.

Damn!

This was too unlucky!

Bang bang bang bang!

Before he could react, a group of slimes had already swarmed up, directly knocking the eagle down.

Chen Yao reacted quickly, his eyes fixed on the eagle's underside.

Female!

He grabbed it immediately.

Don't get the wrong idea.

He grabbed the eagle's neck.

A familiar warm current flowed into his body, and the eagle, which was struggling violently, suddenly calmed down.

Its originally sharp eyes gradually became gentle and docile, losing all aggression.

Chen Yao only felt the warm current entering his body, and his dantian once again felt a swelling sensation.

"It seems I'm about to break through again. Could it be to level two?"

***

Tim Town.

Adventurer's Guild.

Three teenagers stood excitedly in front of a crystal gourd.

The first was the warrior Wayne, who placed his hands on the crystal gourd, eyes full of anticipation.

But as the light flickered, his anticipation gradually turned into disappointment.

He still hadn't leveled up.

The second was the archer Gret, who placed his hands on the crystal gourd, and as the light flickered, he also turned away dejectedly.

"You three little ones are too impatient. You only went on one mission yesterday and didn't even complete it, and you want to level up?

Stop dreaming! Today, behave yourselves. If you run around again, your qualifications will be canceled!" a bearded uncle scolded.

"We understand..."

The two boys looked dejected; they hadn't expected to encounter so many slimes.

Alice, with wide eyes, looked at the big beard with grievance, as if she was about to cry.

"Alright, alright, you go test too..."

The big beard sighed helplessly, finding it a bit amusing. Weren't they like this before?

Alice immediately jumped up happily and rushed to the crystal gourd, placing her hands on it.

Instantly, the light flickered, bursting into dazzling brilliance!

"Damn!"

The big beard cursed directly, "Leveled up?!"

He rubbed his eyes, incredulously stepping forward to take a closer look.

He found that the number on the gourd was indeed 2, and he was shocked.

"My goodness, just like them, the mission failed, didn't even kill a single slime, how did she level up?"

"I... I don't know either..."

Alice was both surprised and delighted, yet also a bit uneasy.

Speaking of which, she might actually know.

Yesterday, while unconscious, she vaguely felt a warm current entering her body, followed by a swelling sensation inside, which then disappeared.

At that moment, she knew she must have leveled up.

"This is unbelievable!!"

The big beard stared at the information displayed on the crystal gourd, patting it left and right, thinking it was broken.

The most unbearable were Wayne and Gret, who joined the Adventurer's Guild at the same time, trained together, and went on missions together.

How did this woman level up?

And why didn't they feel anything at all?!

It was too unfair!

Alice, however, was staring at the image on the gourd, her mind already flying back to yesterday's forest.

At that time, she opened her eyes to see a goblin holding her hand, exactly where she felt the warm current entering.

Could it be because of it?

"How is that possible? It must be a coincidence! Alright, you go on another mission today, kill some slimes, and see what happens!"

The big beard, thinking he discovered a genius, was excited and immediately gathered a few people to take the three back to the forest.

Geniuses were rare in this small town, and if a genius really appeared, it would be good for the entire Tim Town.

Under the guidance of several real adventurers, the three teenagers quickly killed some slimes.

They then brought them back for testing.

The result showed that Alice's leveling speed was much faster than the other two!

After this trip, Alice directly reached level three, while the other two hadn't even broken through to level two.

"Genius! Alice is a genius!

Our Tim Town finally has a genius, this is wonderful!"

The big beard sighed to the sky, tears even glistening at the corners of his eyes.

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