Chapter 25 : Chapter 25
Chapter 25: Solo-Clearing Skeleton Graveyard
The person Tian Ye had been talking to on the phone was a professor from the Combat Department of Jingdu University.
The minimum admission threshold for Jingdu University was S-Rank class-holders.
Jingdu University controlled a great many dungeons.
Its resources were exceptionally abundant.
As long as a class-holder could gain admission to Jingdu University,
they could rise to Level 20 in the shortest possible time and complete their class advancement mission.
Tian Ye himself had graduated from Jingdu University.
He could see that Lin Yuan’s potential was extraordinary,
so he wanted his teacher to use the special recruitment process and bring Lin Yuan into Jingdu University ahead of time.
Skeleton Graveyard was located at the southernmost edge of Tianfeng City, practically in the suburbs.
Although the location was remote, the number of class-holders gathered there was anything but small.
“I’m a Level 12 Warrior, C-Rank defensive talent, 2000 HP, 180 Defense, looking for a Hard Skeleton Graveyard party!”
“Normal Difficulty Skeleton Graveyard self-clear team! Need one healer and we’re heading in!”
“Level 15 Shield Warrior, 3800 HP, 260 Defense, carrying people through Skeleton Graveyard up to Adventure difficulty, 50,000 per slot, limited spaces!”
“Silver Scale Breastplate, 100,000 each! First come, first served!”
Within two hundred meters of the Skeleton Graveyard entrance, there was everything for sale.
Lin Yuan even spotted a stall with a stack of Ghost-Repelling Talismans on display.
They were the hand-drawn sort.
One hundred yuan each, and they were actually selling quite well.
“Brother Lin, there are way too many people here.” Sun Xu clicked his tongue in amazement. “There’ve got to be at least a thousand class-holders around us.”
“That’s too few,” Lin Yuan said with a slight shake of his head. “You haven’t counted the ones already inside the dungeon.”
“If you include them, the number would have to double.”
Sun Xu looked left and right, trying to find a team that seemed a little more reliable.
“Hey, Brother Lin, that team over there needs a healer. I’m going to check it out.”
The team Sun Xu had his eye on was a party with an average level of around 12.
Two Warriors, one Mage, and one Archer.
Sun Xu did not want to join them because of their class composition.
It was because every single one of the four class-holders in that team was a woman.
Damn that lecherous bastard.
Lin Yuan rolled his eyes inwardly.
At first, the four female class-holders in the team were somewhat resistant to taking a male Priest.
But the moment Sun Xu showed off his talent and skills, they clung to him so tightly they would not let go.
“Brother Lin, I’m off first!” Sun Xu waggled his brows at Lin Yuan.
He really was the very definition of valuing beauty over friendship.
“Damn it all!” Lin Yuan answered with a raised middle finger.
When he reached the dungeon entrance, Lin Yuan joined the queue.
One could not simply enter a dungeon whenever one pleased.
Members of the Demon Suppression Army and the Class-Holder Association stood guard at the entrance,
checking every class-holder’s identity and pass.
While Lin Yuan was standing in line, a small commotion broke out behind him.
A five-man team boldly cut straight to the very front of the line.
After the members of the Demon Suppression Army and the Class-Holder Association checked their identities, they let them through.
“Why are they allowed to cut in line?” Lin Yuan asked in confusion.
A Knight standing in front of Lin Yuan turned around when he heard that. “First time at Skeleton Graveyard, huh?”
Lin Yuan nodded. “That’s right.”
“That team that just went in is the progression squad of Dawn Sword Guild. Every one of them is an elite among class-holders.”
“A month ago, their team took the Nightmare Difficulty first kill of the Level 10 dungeon Goblin Forest.”
“They’ve probably come today because they want to take the Nightmare Difficulty first clear of Skeleton Graveyard.”
“Did you see the black pass in their hands just now? That’s a Nightmare Difficulty Pass—something you can only get by passing the highest-difficulty examination of the Class-Holder Association.”
“With a Nightmare Difficulty Pass, you don’t need to wait in line no matter which dungeon you enter.”
The Knight looked deeply envious as he spoke.
In contrast, what he held in his own hand was a white pass for Normal Difficulty.
He had an F-Rank talent, and it had taken him nearly two years of stumbling forward just to reach Level 12.
His dream was to reach Level 20 before he turned thirty-five, complete his First Advancement mission,
and then find work as a security guard at an upscale residential complex or a school.
“So the Nightmare Pass can do that too?”
“Why didn’t anyone say so sooner?”
Lin Yuan stepped out of the crowd and walked straight to the very front of the line.
“Hey! Where did this brat come from? Get to the back and wai—”
A Level 14 Warrior with a shield strapped to his back had just started forward to stop Lin Yuan, only for several of his teammates to grab him and hold him back.
Because
Lin Yuan held a black pass in his hand.
“A Nightmare Difficulty Pass!”
That one shout from the Warrior drew the attention of quite a few people.
The class-holders waiting in line all stretched their necks to look forward.
Sun Xu’s team was among them.
“He’s that young, and he already has a Nightmare Difficulty Pass?”
“I’m so jealous. With a Nightmare Difficulty Pass, his teammates must be incredible too.”
“My Brother Lin doesn’t have any teammates.” Sun Xu pointed at the pass in Lin Yuan’s hand.
“Look carefully at that sword emblem. That’s the mark only given to those who passed the assessment alone.”
The moment they heard Sun Xu’s words, those class-holders were instantly shocked.
“Holy shit, it really is a sword emblem!”
“Today really has opened my eyes.”
“A Nightmare Difficulty Sword-Emblem Pass. I can go back and boast about this to my friends.”
Even after Lin Yuan had entered the dungeon, the class-holders outside were still discussing the matter.
Sun Xu smiled faintly and took out his phone.
He uploaded a handsome photo of Lin Yuan holding up his pass, showing only his side profile, to the Class-Holder Forum.
《The Strongest Summoner in History—Debate Me If You Dare》
《Solo-Clearing Nightmare Difficulty Dungeons as Easily as Eating and Drinking—His True Identity Turns Out to Be Him》
Done!
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【Skeleton Graveyard】
Subjugation Level: 1–15
Difficulty: Normal to Nightmare
Monster Type: Undead
【You have entered Nightmare Difficulty Skeleton Graveyard. Skeleton Knight Mosa will launch an attack in 5 minutes. Prepare yourself to face the Undead Army】
【If Skeleton Knight Mosa is not killed within 1 hour, Mosa will open a passage to the Undead Plane and leave this place】
“A defensive one?”
“I like it.”
A dungeon where there was no need to look for monsters was truly too convenient.
He could simply sit still and wait for them to come knocking at his door to die.
“Ali, time to work.”
The summoning skill was activated, and Ali appeared beside Lin Yuan with a violin in his hand.
“Hm???” Lin Yuan was momentarily stunned. “A violin?”
What was this?
Was he planning to become an artist?
With great care, Ali put the violin away, then drew the Refined Iron Sword and assumed a combat stance.
【Battle Start】
When the five-minute countdown came to an end, Lin Yuan heard a chaotic din of footsteps.
More than a hundred Skeleton Warriors came charging straight at him from the front.
【Skeleton Warrior】(Ordinary)
【Level: LV12】
【HP: 6000】
【Attack: 300】
【Defense: 0】
【Skill (Bone Overgrowth): Defense increases by 50】
Among undead creatures, Skeleton Warriors stood at the very bottom of the food chain.
But if you thought that made them easy to deal with,
then you were gravely mistaken.