The 17-18 level Undead Mages and Undead Slayers have similar strength to the Skeleton Warriors and Skeleton Archers, so they pose no threat to Zhang Yi. He can easily take them down in two or three hits without any pressure.

Thus, Zhang Yi spent over an hour dealing with 90 Undead Mages and 90 Undead Slayers, bringing the progress of the [Undead Requiem] to 100% in all four aspects.

He could now go out and submit the task, and it was only nine o'clock in the evening.

Zhang Yi completed the level 2 [Undead Requiem] with a difficulty coefficient of 200 in just two hours, which was unexpectedly efficient.

However, Zhang Yi didn't want to submit the task and return to the city just yet, because he had another major task to complete in the Undead City: obtaining an Energy Crystal.

Ili needed a Tier 1 Energy Crystal to continue crafting weapons for Zhang Yi. After two hours in the Undead City, Zhang Yi had obtained over 40 [Divine Bones] and [Undead Knowledge] but not a single crystal!

He knew Energy Crystals were hard to come by, but he didn't expect it to be this difficult!

Since there were still three hours left, he decided to keep farming. He had to get a Tier 1 Energy Crystal tonight; otherwise, he might not get the top-grade weapon crafted by Ili before the disaster hit the Safe Zone tomorrow.

Zhang Yi was counting on the weapon crafted by Ili to combat the disaster because he knew the Silver Bone Ring with only 25 points wouldn't be enough.

So, Zhang Yi continued farming the undead.

From nine o'clock until eleven-thirty, he still hadn't gotten an Energy Crystal!

However, during this time, Zhang Yi did manage to acquire two rare [Undead Set] pieces of equipment. Unfortunately, the ordinary monsters dropped only 1-star quality items that Zhang Yi couldn't use.

One was a [Undead Armor] belonging to the Warrior set, and the other was an [Undead Necklace] for the Assassin set.

The seven-class Undead Sets each provided different set bonuses. The Warrior set increased lifesteal ability, while the Assassin set increased movement speed.

The Mage and Beastmaster Undead Sets could increase casting speed, with a two-piece set granting a 5% casting speed bonus, a three-piece set granting 10%, and a full seven-piece Mage Undead Set providing a massive 50% casting speed boost!

If he had the chance to farm a high-star Mage Undead Set, it would be quite beneficial.

As for the Energy Crystal, Zhang Yi gave up because if he didn't submit the task soon, the [Undead Requiem] task would expire and fail.

So, Zhang Yi went outside the Undead City and submitted the task to [Undead Merchant Ailo], who was standing by the city gate.

"Young adventurer, I didn't expect you to complete the task so quickly. Your strength is truly impressive. Please accept your well-deserved reward!"

As Ailo finished speaking, a pleasant system notification sounded in Zhang Yi's ear—

"Ding~ Congratulations on completing the task [Undead Requiem] (Level 2 difficulty). You have received 42,000 EXP, 60 Silver Coins, 15 Level 2 Enhancement Stones, 60 Human Reputation, 1 [Magic Hat], and a special reward of 1 Tier 1 Energy Crystal! Your intimacy with [Wandering Traveler] has increased by 8!"

Golden light showered down—

"Ding~ Congratulations on leveling up to level 15..."

Damn!

Hearing the system's announcement about the task rewards, Zhang Yi almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

After a whole night of farming Skeletons and Undead without getting one, the task reward directly gave Zhang Yi a Tier 1 Energy Crystal!

But overall, it was a good thing; otherwise, Zhang Yi had planned to return to the Safe Zone to rest and come back tomorrow.

As for the equipment reward, not getting an Undead Set was a bit disappointing, but the hat was exactly what Zhang Yi needed because, until now, his headgear slot was empty.

He opened his backpack to check the newly rewarded black Mage Hat, which was a level 15, 2-star item. However, because magic classes have lower HP, it only added 130 HP and 6 Endurance. If it were the same level Knight Armor, it would at least add 250 base HP.

So, Zhang Yi took out 25 Level 2 Enhancement Stones from his bag. With the "ding ding ding" sound, under the blessing of Divine Enhancement, another level 25 divine equipment was in hand—

[Magic Hat] (25):

Quality: 2 stars

Level: 15

HP: 455 (325)

Additional Attributes: Endurance 21 (15)

Exclusive Talent: Life Enhancement (Increases wearer's HP limit by 100)

Class Restriction: Mage, Beastmaster

Description: This is a magical hat. Wearing it makes you feel extraordinary...

Wearing this hat, Zhang Yi looked more composed and checked his Simplified Status Bar—

[Yinuo Qingcheng] (Level 15 First Transition Beastmaster):

Magic Attack: 340

Physical Defense: 156

Magic Defense: 135

HP: 1275

Energy Points: 590

EXP: 14270/45000

Reputation: 2812

Special Status: Dragon Bloodline Lv1

Description: A Beastmaster who has completed the first transition, just starting to show strength...

This HP is simply unbeatable!

In the entire Safe Zone, there are probably very few with an HP limit over 500, except for Warriors and Knights. As a Beastmaster, Zhang Yi's total HP has already exceeded four digits!

At this stage, even a level 15 Knight with a 3-body, 2-endurance stat distribution might only be at Zhang Yi's level! Their equipment couldn't possibly reach level 15, 2-star quality, and their enhancement level couldn't exceed level 15.

Now, Zhang Yi has both offense and defense, practically a combination of a Mage and a Tank!

Once Ili finishes crafting the weapon, Zhang Yi's strength will rise another notch. Forget Safe Zone No. 886; Zhang Yi feels invincible in the entire Zone 8!

Looking at the time, it's eleven-thirty. Although there's only half an hour until the [Undead Requiem] task refreshes and he can take the task to continue farming Skeletons and Undead in the Undead City, Zhang Yi doesn't plan to farm all night like last night. From noon until now, nearly 12 hours of activity have reduced Zhang Yi's fatigue to 30%, and he's feeling a bit tired, needing rest.

So, while other players were still arriving in droves at the Undead City to grind levels overnight, Zhang Yi left the Undead City and headed towards Hope Town.