From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 36 The times have changed, but the power of money remains strong

Seeing the hidden quest appear, Lu Heng's eyes instantly lit up.

Because this quest was precisely the starting quest for that hidden profession in his memories.

However, in his previous life, no one had ever obtained this hidden profession.

This hidden profession was discovered by a Superpower User with the Second Transition Class of Abyss Hunter, half a year after the Abyss Descent.

This Second Transition Abyss Hunter completed the hidden quest but ultimately chose to abandon it.

After all, demoting from a Second Transition Class to a First Transition Class meant a significant retreat in Combat Power.

The Second Transition Abyss Hunter felt it was a pity, so he disclosed the process of acquiring this hidden profession.

Many people later attempted it, but since the lid had been found, they couldn't trigger the quest.

In fact,

before this Second Transition Abyss Hunter completed the quest, others had triggered it, but all had failed.

Because the quest was too difficult, an initial quest for a First Transition hidden profession required the capability of a Second Transition profession; you can imagine the level of difficulty.

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Lu Heng's Initial Talent was "Agile as a Dragon," coupled with "Shadow Clone" and "Gale Step·Stab," these three abilities together nearly perfectly matched the characteristics of this hidden profession.

Therefore, Lu Heng wanted to compete for this hidden profession.

The only issue was the difficulty of acquiring this hidden profession, especially the extraordinary requirements for movement technique, mobility, and Perception Ability.

The target named the "Abyss Fire Stealer" was an elusive thief skilled in hiding, concealment, and escape.

One had only one chance to catch him, and if they failed, there would be no second opportunity.

Thus, to complete this hidden profession quest, one must be well-prepared.

Lu Heng recalled some details of the hidden quest and discussed with Gulu, "The Abyss Fire Stealer managed to steal from the Quenching Castle; surely it must be a tough one."

Gulu agreed heavily, nodding repeatedly, "This damned thief is too cunning; if it were anyone else, I believe they would certainly not catch him, but I have confidence in you."

Lu Heng pondered and said, "I'm willing to help, and by the sound of the thief's name, he should be skilled at concealing himself; I'm worried I won't find him."

Gulu found this thought compelling, "I've also been worried about this matter, so I plan to let the Flame-tailed Spirit Cat lead you there; my little cat can smell the odor of the lid, but the scent is fading, so we must act quickly."

Lu Heng promised, "The target is too cunning; I need to go back and make some preparations, and then come back when I'm ready."

Gulu nodded in agreement, "Hurry along then; I entrust my lid to you."

After finishing their discussion, Lu Heng took his leave from Su Muyu and returned to the hotel.

Since the quest was triggered by two people, Su Muyu also had a quest.

Back at the hotel, she read through the quest content carefully twice and asked, "What preparations should we make?"

"Your Perception is enough for this quest; I have more preparations to make. To catch the Abyss Fire Stealer, I need at least an In-depth Level Body Technique, so I must find a place to focus on training for a few days," Lu Heng began thinking about his training plan.

To complete the task for this hidden profession, there were several precondition requirements.

First, one needed the ability to Detect Invisibility; otherwise, one couldn't find the Abyss Fire Stealer. Su Muyu's Perception Ability was strong enough for the task.

Second, the movement technique had to reach In-depth Level; the moving speed needed to exceed that of a cheetah's hunting speed, which is 30 meters/second.

Before the appearance of Superpower Users, the human 100-meter sprint world record was 9.58 seconds.

This meant the human's Extreme Speed in sprinting was slightly more than 10 meters/second.

In other words, the entry standard for this hidden profession had to reach three times the Extreme Speed of humans.

Moreover, this was the speed of top athletes; ordinary people couldn't achieve it—the fastest speed for an average adult male was roughly 7 meters/second.

Of course, Superpower Users are not ordinary people.

The average attribute of an ordinary adult male is 10 points.

Lu Heng's Agility Attribute had already reached 23 points. Without using any skills, his running speed could easily surge above 16 meters per second.

After activating the Gale Step skill, the speed would double to 32 meters per second, which had already met the beginner standard for this hidden profession task.

The speed was there, but he was still far from achieving an In-depth Level Body Technique, so he needed to undergo several days of high-intensity training.

Su Muyu pondered for a moment before bringing up another matter, "Right, that woman named Yada should be the Perceiver I encountered outside the Gongteng Group last time.

"Do you think that silver-haired man could be in cahoots with the Gongteng Group? If they are together, I'm worried they might send another assassin after us."

Previously, Mr. Gong from the Gongteng Group had ordered the assassin: don't kill Lu Heng until the truth about Gong Chusheng's death is revealed.

Following the intent of this order, even if Lu Heng were innocent, he would still be killed.

That is to say, Mr. Gong didn't care whether the target was innocent or not. He would kill anyone who was a suspect, even if it meant killing innocent people indiscriminately.

It has to be said that as long as one is ruthless enough, this method is indeed the most direct and effective.

Since the chairman of Gongteng Group had already employed a Superpower User assassin once, he definitely wouldn't stop there.

If there was one assassin, there would be a second and a third.

If the "Storm Boxing King" Lei Jinhao had ties to the Gongteng Group, the Gong Family might even have him take action personally.

Therefore, it was now necessary to thoroughly investigate the relationship between Gongteng Group and Lei Jinhao, at the very least, to know the enemy as well as oneself.

By then, whether to advance or retreat, the initiative would be in their own hands.

Lu Heng looked at Su Muyu and asked seriously, "If I asked you to go back to Champs Elysees now and find that Perceiver, would you dare to?"

Su Muyu nodded earnestly, "I dare! I've leveled up to 9 now, and I think that Perceiver is the woman named Yada. I've already beaten her once; I'm not afraid of her anymore."

The first time Su Muyu encountered a Perceiver on the Champs Elysees pedestrian street, her scouting hawk was destroyed without her even noticing her opponent.

It was the first time she was suppressed by another Perceiver, without even catching a glimpse of her opponent's shadow.

At that time, she was quite scared.

Now that she had leveled up, she was confident she could win back the upper hand.

Lu Heng handed over a Demon Crystal Core, "Good, use this to absorb its power. It should get you to level 10. Then, go to Champs Elysees and find that Perceiver."

Previously obtained a regular Crystal Core from Hongda Company and another one from hunting the Abyss Tide Worm, so he had two standard Crystal Cores on hand.

A regular Demon Crystal Core could be used to awaken ordinary people, as well as to increase the Energy Level of Superpower Users.

At this stage, most high-level Superpower Users were built up by stacking Crystal Cores.

As long as there was sufficient financial support and a large number of Demon Crystal Cores were acquired, levels could be advanced by absorbing the energy from the cores.

However, the energy of a Demon Crystal Core couldn't be absorbed without limits.

Using them in quick succession could lead to diminishing returns.

If the absorption exceeded the body's endurance limit, it could lead to cell necrosis and even organ failure.

It was precisely because the human body's capacity to endure Demon Energy had limits that Blue Star hadn't seen the appearance of "monsters" in a short time.

If there were no limits to absorption, with the wealth controlled by the Level 33 families in the ASE All-Known Eye alliance, full-level gods could be created overnight.

The times had indeed changed, but the power of money remained strong.

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