Chapter 35 : Chapter 35
Chapter 35: The Stylish Bone Mammoth
Xiao Bin, who had been standing there with his arms folded, suddenly stiffened.
Cleared...?
And not just cleared, but Perfect Cleared.
The voice announcement could not possibly be wrong.
If so, then the one who was wrong was himself...
A clown.
That single phrase appeared in Xiao Bin’s mind.
Compared to Lin Yuan, who was capable of solo-clearing Nightmare Difficulty Skeleton Graveyard,
his own team truly was merely “alright.”
Perhaps that “alright” had only been a polite courtesy in the first place.
When Vice President Chen Ming saw how shaken and dispirited everyone looked,
he sighed inwardly.
To live in the same era as a heaven-defying prodigy really was a crushing thing.
“Let’s go. The Guild Master is still waiting for us.”
“Your path as class-holders has only just begun. Do not let your spirits collapse.”
“Some people are born monsters. Do not compare yourselves to such monsters.”
...
“Truly a heaven-shaking genius!”
In a corner fifty meters away from Lin Yuan,
the Knight big brother’s eyes were filled with dense, unabashed envy.
A short while ago, he had formed a temporary party with several other down-and-out class-holders
to challenge the Normal difficulty Skeleton Graveyard.
But their team had simply been too weak.
They had lasted less than twenty minutes inside the dungeon before coming out again.
While they were resting,
they suddenly heard the regional announcement
and then saw Lin Yuan reappear at the dungeon entrance.
The Knight big brother took one look and thought,
wasn’t this the very same young man who had been standing in line behind him earlier?
The holder of the Sword-Emblem Nightmare Pass.
He was also the protagonist of the post currently displayed on the screen of the phone in his right hand.
《The Strongest Summoner in History—Debate Me If You Dare》
The one who posted it was Sun Xu.
After posting it, Sun Xu had entered the dungeon,
and there was absolutely no way he could have imagined that, with just one casual post,
the thread’s popularity would soar to twenty thousand in less than half an hour.
More than ten thousand class-holders had already left comments beneath it.
These class-holders had all been drawn in by the Sword-Emblem Nightmare Pass.
[The strongest Summoner in history? What cheap grandstanding. That pass in his hand isn’t Photoshopped, is it?]
[Is there even a single Summoner above Level 20? Stop embarrassing yourself here.]
[Someone is impersonating a Nightmare Difficulty Pass holder. @Tianfeng City Class-Holder Association]
[The original poster is brain-dead. Verdict complete.]
Over ninety-nine percent of the comments were mocking the original poster for trying to attract attention.
The Knight big brother had not left a comment.
Because he knew that the pass in that young man’s hand was real.
He tapped open his phone, silently took a screenshot of the regional announcement for clearing Nightmare difficulty,
then uploaded it to the Class-Holder Forum.
After that, he uploaded the screenshot of the Nightmare Conqueror announcement as well.
Once he had finished, the Knight big brother put away his phone
and said to his temporary teammates with a smile,
“Have you rested enough? Shall we go for another round?”
Lin Yuan was a genius, like a blazing sun hanging high in the heavens, dazzling in every direction.
But the Knight big brother was an ordinary class-holder.
With persistence, his own efforts would one day wear through stone滴水穿石? Need natural: like dripping water wearing through stone.
Let’s rewrite that line properly:
His persistence would one day wear through stone, drop by drop.
Need output coherent. let's continue maybe adjust paragraph.
His persistence would one day wear through stone, drop by drop.
...
Beside Cheng Feng, Tian Ye drew in a sharp breath.
“This kid... how did he make such a huge scene?”
“Nightmare Conqueror. That’s so damn incredible.”
He turned his head, just about to say something to Cheng Feng,
only to discover that the man was gone.
At the very moment the Nightmare Conqueror regional announcement sounded,
Cheng Feng had already vanished from where he stood.
At the dungeon entrance,
Lin Yuan himself was momentarily stunned by the regional announcement.
【Nightmare Conqueror】(Title)
【Effect: When you enter any dungeon area, a regional announcement will appear. Inside dungeons, your skills will gain magnificent visual effects. This may be actively disabled】
【After achieving 5 Perfect Clears of Nightmare Difficulty dungeons, Nightmare Conqueror will advance to Nightmare Sovereign. Current Progress: 2/5】
Lin Yuan was still examining the uses of the Nightmare Conqueror title
when a somewhat gentle voice suddenly sounded beside his ear.
“You are Lin Yuan?”
Lin Yuan turned his head.
Cheng Feng had appeared before him with a smile on his face.
“And you are?”
“This old man is Cheng Feng, a professor from the Combat Department of Jingdu University.”
“Professor Cheng, I have long admired your great name. It strikes my ears like thunder.”
Lin Yuan immediately put on a warm, enthusiastic smile.
Damn it. He had just asked who the man was, and now he was saying he had admired him for ages.
What a shameless lie spoken with open eyes.
“Professor Cheng, are you looking for me because of direct admission to Jingdu University?” Lin Yuan asked like an innocent, curious child.
“Indeed.” Cheng Feng went straight to the point.
There was nothing to hide about the matter. It was better to say it openly and honestly.
And with Jingdu University’s reputation, he simply did not believe this kid would refuse.
“I see. Then I’ll think it over.”
Lin Yuan nodded, and his tone immediately became much calmer.
He had only cleared Nightmare Difficulty Golden Fang Ruins yesterday,
and today, a professor from Jingdu University had already come knocking at his door.
That proved that Jingdu University’s people did indeed have a good eye.
But Lin Yuan still had no intention of agreeing right away.
Even among “direct admissions,” the treatment one received could differ as vastly as heaven and earth.
Some students received fifty million in scholarship money each year.
Others received only twenty million.
The moment Cheng Feng heard Lin Yuan say he wanted to “think it over,” he grew anxious.
“What is there to think about? Whether it’s teaching staff or dungeon resources, Jingdu University is the best in all of Xia Country.”
“As long as you agree to direct admission, I can give you SS-Rank seed treatment.”
“Sixty million a year, personal instruction from a Second Advancement class-holder, and four powerful teammates assigned to you.”
“You won’t find an opportunity like that even with a lantern in hand.”
The way Cheng Feng pressed forward now was completely unlike how he had behaved in front of Chen Ming just moments before.
There was only one reason:
what Lin Yuan had done by solo-clearing a Nightmare difficulty dungeon was simply too outrageous.
Solo-clearing it was already one thing.
But he had also Perfect Cleared it.
And on top of that, he had obtained the title Nightmare Conqueror.
If one counted carefully,
the title Nightmare Conqueror
was possessed by only the President and Vice President of Peerless Guild in the entirety of Xia Country.
And now, today, a third person had appeared.
Those first two were both Level 60 bigshots on the verge of Third Advancement.
As for Lin Yuan’s level—
uh... Level 15?
The instant Cheng Feng saw Lin Yuan’s level, his mind went into disarray again.
Had this boy not only awakened yesterday?
Two days? No—one and a half days.
He had reached Level 15 in only a day and a half!
A monster like this
had to be secured at all costs.
“Considering your unusual circumstances, I can go back and ask the principal to improve your offer.”
By this point, the matter had already been laid out plainly enough.
If it had been anyone else, they would have agreed long ago.
But Lin Yuan did not.
“Ah, Professor Zhang from Modu University and Professor Wang from Demon Suppression University have both contacted me as well.”
“They said they were willing to give me SSS-Rank seed treatment.”
“To be honest, Jingdu University is excellent, and I personally would prefer to study there.”
“It’s just that...”
Though he did not finish the sentence, Cheng Feng naturally understood what Lin Yuan meant.
Damn it.
This little brat was shameless!
Professor Wang from Demon Suppression University? Professor Zhang from Modu University?
He knew every one of the professors from those two universities.
There was not a single one surnamed Zhang or Wang who could offer SSS-Rank treatment.
And professors could not even offer SSS-Rank treatment to begin with.
At a minimum, that required someone at the level of Vice Principal or Principal.
The boy was lying without so much as blinking.
Cheng Feng was so irritated he almost laughed.
“You little brat...”
“If anyone else had said that to me, I’d have already punched him straight in the face.”
“There isn’t a single Professor Zhang or Professor Wang in Modu University or Demon Suppression University who can offer SSS-Rank treatment.”
The moment Lin Yuan heard that, he knew his little scheme had been seen through.
But he was not embarrassed in the slightest. He merely shrugged.
“Is that so? Then perhaps I was scammed?”
“Damn those fraudsters.”
Cheng Feng: ...