Chapter 12 : Chapter 12
Chapter 12: Third-Rank Summoned Beast
Suppressing his anger with great difficulty, Chen Qingshan turned to another teacher and instructed,
“Hurry and notify the comrades from the Enforcement Squad.”
The deaths of two students with S-Rank talents were no small matter. Even the leaders of the Bureau of Education would be alarmed.
“Chen Hongwei, when the comrades from the Enforcement Squad arrive, you can explain everything to them yourself.”
Chen Hongwei’s face immediately fell, and inwardly he cried out in misery.
Well, this was it.
Forget becoming Grade Director. Whether he could even keep his job was another matter entirely.
Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan... why could you never let anyone have any peace of mind?
...
Lin Yuan had no idea that one perfectly ordinary action on his part had caused such a huge uproar at the school.
He had already entered the dungeon.
【You have entered Golden Fang Ruins (Nightmare Difficulty). This dungeon is extremely dangerous】
The blood-red warning text flashed over and over, making it abundantly clear that a Nightmare difficulty dungeon was in no way comparable to an ordinary one.
But Lin Yuan was not the slightest bit flustered.
Because Ali could already advance to the Third Rank.
【500 Evolution Points consumed. Second-Rank Blackiron Guard has advanced into a Third-Rank Bronze Guard】
【Ali】(Third-Rank Bronze Guard)
【Level】: LV5
【Race】: Darkborn
【HP】: 10000
【Mana】: 4000
【Attack】: 2000
【Defense】: 1000
【Strength】: 1000
【Agility】: 1000
【Stamina】: 500
【Intelligence】: 400
【Talent】: Martial Heavenly King (SSS-Rank)
【Skills】: Shield Bash (C-Rank), Shield Block (C-Rank), Shield Mastery (Passive), Sword Mastery (Passive), Draw Slash (B-Rank), Rush (C-Rank), Backstep (D-Rank)
Just look at those glorious attributes.
That long row of skills alone was enough to show how powerful Ali had become.
A Level 5 Summoned Beast, with ten thousand HP and two thousand Attack.
Lin Yuan nearly wanted to shout at the top of his lungs:
Who else?!
“Holy shit!”
“Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!”
There was no need to guess. It was Sun Xu shouting again.
The moment he entered the dungeon, Sun Xu had felt uneasy all over.
It was the sort of danger that made him feel as though he could die at any moment.
So Sun Xu chose to possess Ali.
And then he saw Ali’s HP bar.
One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand.
“Brother Lin, I’m not seeing this wrong, am I? Ten thousand HP?”
“Calm down. What are you shouting for?”
With both hands in his pockets, Lin Yuan swept his gaze across the surrounding environment.
The Golden Fang Ruins on Nightmare difficulty were completely different from the beginner version.
A heavy smell of gunpowder filled the air.
The ground looked as though it had been bombarded by mortars without pause for half an hour.
The place where Lin Yuan stood was a depression in the earth.
He stamped his foot and discovered that the ground was hard as iron.
Beneath his feet was an enormous iron ore vein.
At the edge of the depression, a Kobold about 1.5 meters tall with dark skin was swinging the iron pick in his hands and striking the ground with all his might.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Every two strikes, a piece of iron ore the size of a football would be dug out.
At that digging speed, in another five minutes, the Kobold would discover Lin Yuan and the others.
【Kobold Laborer】
【Level: LV5】
【HP: 3000】
【Attack: 120】
【Defense: 50】
【Skill (Eat My Pickaxe): Swings the iron pick with full force, dealing 150 damage to the target】
In Nightmare difficulty, even an ordinary monster had actually reached 3000 HP.
No wonder the clear rate for Nightmare difficulty was so low.
“Ali.”
The moment Lin Yuan spoke, the order to fight had already been given.
Ali’s body moved like a phantom, darting out in an instant.
【Rush】(C-Rank)
Skill Description: Charges at extreme speed to the target, stunning the target for 1 second (Cooldown: 30 seconds)
In the blink of an eye, Ali crossed thirty meters and slammed into the Kobold Laborer.
Then, with two normal strikes, the Kobold Laborer’s HP was instantly emptied.
-1970
-3940 (Critical Hit)
【Killed Kobold Laborer (LV5), EXP increased by 50】
The EXP gain was passable.
Of course, that was only by Lin Yuan’s standards.
If it were any other team entering here, there was no way they could kill a Kobold Laborer this quickly.
With 3000 HP, it would take at least more than ten seconds to deal with one.
And on top of that, they would have to worry about drawing the attention of other monsters.
To be honest, the rewards would not even be as good as grinding a Normal-Rank dungeon.
When he climbed out of the depression, Lin Yuan saw Kobold Workers everywhere around him.
Among them were quite a few Kobolds driving transport carts.
These Kobolds were responsible for hauling the mined iron ore to some unknown location.
After seeing Ali kill a Kobold Laborer with two normal strikes, Sun Xu’s courage immediately swelled.
If even normal attacks were this outrageous, then how terrifying would Ali be when using skills?
Sun Xu still remembered that dazzling slash that had killed Bronze Fang in a single blow.
When he spotted an empty transport cart nearby, he immediately reminded Lin Yuan,
“Brother Lin, there’s a cart!”
“You can use it to lure monsters. Let’s do it all in one wave.”
“Oh? So your courage’s grown now. You actually dare suggest a full-wave pull?” Lin Yuan teased.
“Heh, that’s because your Summoned Beast has an area attack skill. The one that wipes out a whole bunch in a single slash.”
Sun Xu mimed the posture of Draw Slash. “A skill that strong would be wasted if we didn’t pull everything at once.”
When Lin Yuan thought about it, that was true enough.
Although Ali could deal with a Kobold Laborer in two strikes, the problem was that these monsters were spaced too far apart.
Killing them one by one would waste too much time.
Lin Yuan climbed onto the transport cart and started it.
The thing looked like a product of the age of steam. Once started, it let out a putter-putter-putter sound.
A thick cloud of steam burst from the front.
Gripping the steering wheel firmly, Lin Yuan slammed the pedal down and shot off in a cloud of steam.
The other transport carts all moved very slowly, because they had to deliver the ore safely to the forge.
If anything went wrong, the consequences would be something those Kobold Laborers could never bear.
Lin Yuan had no such concerns.
He had only one goal: lure the monsters.
Pulling out his Gunpowder Pistol, Lin Yuan fired a shot at the nearest Kobold Laborer.
Bang!
-690
The Gunpowder Pistol fired once every two seconds, and Lin Yuan pulled the trigger whenever it was ready.
It did not matter if he missed.
As long as he could draw the Kobold Laborers’ attention, that was enough.
With Lin Yuan stirring up chaos like this, every Kobold on the ground came charging straight after him.
When they realized they could not catch Lin Yuan on foot, many of them climbed onto transport carts of their own and began pursuing him.
Five transport carts moved in from different directions to cut him off.
Not one of those Kobolds had any intention of braking.
It was obvious that they meant to ram him to death.
“Oh? You think you can stop me? You’re still too green.”
He spun the wheel hard, drove the steam cart to its limit, and with a WHOOSH, slipped straight through the gap between the five transport carts.
If anyone had seen that scene, they would definitely have thought something was wrong with their eyes.
Was this really a Nightmare dungeon?
How had it turned into KartRider?
Two minutes later, the transport cart came to a stop in front of Ali.
Lin Yuan jumped down in a smooth motion and declared with style,
“Vroom-vroom-vroom-vroom—first place!”