Chapter 41 : Chapter 41
Chapter 41: A Regional Dungeon Appears
The cursed phylactery inside Mu Tianxing’s body contained an enormous amount of death energy.
A mere tenth of it was enough to fill forty percent of the Bone Orb’s energy.
Once he sensed that the Bone Orb had reached saturation, Mu Tianxing withdrew his hand.
“It’s been reduced by a full tenth!”
“It really works!”
Mu Tianxing was overjoyed.
A closer look showed that even the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes had faded slightly.
He looked seven or eight years younger.
Mu Tianxing glanced at the still-dazed A’gui, then took out his phone and called a number saved under Luo Yushang.
“Hello. Drop whatever you’re doing right now and come to Tianfeng City immediately.”
“Tell Qin Liang to appoint you as the Mayor of Tianfeng City.”
There was a second of silence on the other end.
“Understood.”
After hanging up, Mu Tianxing muttered in a low voice,
“For the Vice President of Peerless Guild to act as your bodyguard... that really is a first.”
A’gui still had not moved.
Mu Tianxing took a soundproof item out of his backpack, set it on the ground, and sat down beside him.
What was A’gui doing?
He was agonizing over what skill to choose.
Lin Yuan had told him to get a spell.
A flashy one.
Naturally, he had to grasp the true meaning of Lin Yuan’s words.
After pondering for a long while, A’gui finally settled on his spell.
【Bone Throne】 (S-Rank)
Skill Description: Consumes 1000 Mana to condense the power of death into a Bone Throne, dealing 10000 + 200% Spell Power magic damage within a 5x5 area. Mana may be consumed to maintain the duration of the throne (100 Mana per second). For every additional second the skill lasts, its damage increases by 1% (up to 500%). After the skill deals damage, it enters a 1-minute cooldown.
Perfect!
This skill was both a spell and extremely flashy.
When it was not being used, it could keep stacking damage.
Most importantly of all,
it could serve as transportation for his master.
Before the Bone Throne,
the Bone Mammoth was utterly outclassed.
At the thought of Lin Yuan’s astonished expression when he saw the Bone Throne, A’gui grinned smugly.
“Heh-heh-heh-heh!”
That laugh startled Mu Tianxing again.
Thankfully, I was wise enough to put down the soundproof item first.
Otherwise, all the Class-Holders in the residential complex would have been drawn over here.
...
The next morning,
Sun Xu knocked on the door and brought Lin Yuan breakfast.
After eating, the two of them received notice that they had to go to school.
On the way there, Sun Xu stared at his phone and laughed nonstop.
“Brother Lin, have you checked the Class-Holder Forum?”
“That side-profile photo of yours is absolutely slaughtering the competition.”
“The strongest Summoner truly lives up to his name.”
Lin Yuan leaned over for a look.
The comments on the forum had changed greatly compared to yesterday.
Yesterday, more than ninety percent of them had been doubts and insults.
Today, that had dropped by nearly half.
Quite a few people were now speaking up for Lin Yuan,
saying that since he could solo-clear Nightmare Difficulty Skeleton Graveyard,
he would definitely be able to complete his First Advancement mission without issue.
Of course, there were still many people mocking him,
claiming that Lin Yuan had only gotten lucky because his Summoned Beast had mutated and that there was no way he could go far.
After scrolling through the forum for a while, Sun Xu opened the class group chat.
“Brother Lin, the group says the school is going to hire a Senior Combat Instructor to give us systematic training.”
“They’ll teach us movement, skill usage, and teamwork.”
“They also say they’re going to regroup us according to each Class-Holder’s characteristics.”
“A Senior Combat Instructor?” Lin Yuan thought for a moment. “Does that mean there’s an instructor’s fee?”
“Of course there is. A Senior Combat Instructor doesn’t come cheap,” Sun Xu replied with a nod.
The moment he heard that the instructor’s fee would be substantial, Lin Yuan immediately took out his phone and called the principal.
“Principal Chen, it’s me, Lin Yuan.”
“I heard the school is planning to hire a Senior Combat Instructor to guide the students.”
“Yes, I know I don’t need guidance.”
“I just wanted to recommend a candidate to you.”
“A Master-Level Combat Instructor. Since it’s me making the introduction, he can charge only the rate of a Senior Combat Instructor.”
“Good. Then I’ll bring him over shortly.”
After hanging up, Sun Xu looked utterly excited.
“Holy shit, Brother Lin, you actually know a Master-Level Combat Instructor?”
“You’ve really been hiding your depth.”
“I only just met him recently,” Lin Yuan said with a grin. “You know this instructor too.”
Sun Xu looked baffled. He could not think of any Master-Level Combat Instructor he knew.
“Ali, come out. Time to work.”
Lin Yuan snapped his fingers.
Ali appeared before them, clad in silver-white chainmail.
He stood straight as a spear, violin in hand,
like a musician who had stepped out of a painting.
“Master-Level Combat Instructor: Ali.”
The warriors of the Darkborn race were born for battle.
They naturally possessed exceptional combat talent.
Whether in combat experience or combat technique,
they far surpassed ordinary Class-Holders.
And on top of that, there was the terrifying SSS-Rank talent Martial Heavenly King.
Ali’s insight and experience absolutely did not fall short of a Master-Level Combat Instructor.
He might even be able to compete with a Grandmaster Combat Instructor.
“Brother Lin, you can’t be serious, right?” Sun Xu let out a dry laugh.
“If Brother Ali is the one guiding us, one swing of his sword would be enough to kill us ten times over.”
“It’s fine. I’ll tell Ali to control his strength,” Lin Yuan said with a dismissive wave.
“He definitely won’t beat any of you to death.”
“At worst, you’ll just suffer a few broken bones or something.”
The two of them were still about a kilometer from the school when the sky suddenly darkened.
A gigantic statue appeared out of thin air a hundred meters away from Lin Yuan.
The statue was in the shape of a ferocious Zombie with bared fangs and claws.
The moment it landed, the Zombie’s eyes suddenly lit up.
A crimson radiance engulfed everything within a five-kilometer radius.
“Krrrrrk...”
A scalp-crawling grinding of teeth rang in their ears.
At the same time, both Lin Yuan and Sun Xu felt a strange pull and were sucked into a purple portal.
The instant they were drawn inside,
a red alert sounded throughout the Tianfeng City Class-Holder Association.
【Alert! Alert! A Regional Dungeon has appeared in the direction of Tianfeng City No. 1 High School. Please proceed immediately to handle it】
【Alert! Alert! A Regional Dungeon has appeared in the direction of Tianfeng City No. 1 High School. Please proceed immediately to handle it】
【Alert! Alert! A Regional Dungeon has appeared in the direction of Tianfeng City No. 1 High School. Please proceed immediately to handle it】
President Lin Yandong’s expression changed instantly, and he immediately led the elite members of the Class-Holder Association to the scene.
At the same time,
the Enforcement Squad and the leadership of every major Guild in Tianfeng City all moved in response.
A Regional Dungeon—
if the monsters inside broke through their restrictions,
a great many people would die.
By the time Lin Yandong arrived at the scene, Vice Mayor Shen Zhong had already used a Barrier to seal off the entire area around the Regional Dungeon.
“President Lin, you came at just the right time.”
“The subjugation level of this Dungeon is 10 to 20. The personnel limit is 25.”
“Nightmare Difficulty.”
When he said Nightmare Difficulty, Shen Zhong’s expression grew grave.
“At present, two Class-Holders have already been drawn inside.”
“There are still two hours before the Dungeon lifts its restrictions. Organize a progression strike team and send them in immediately.”
“No matter the casualties.”
If they could not clear the Dungeon within two hours,
then the Dungeon portal would lift its restrictions.
The monsters inside the Dungeon would then be randomly teleported throughout the city.
If that happened, no one knew how many people would die at the hands of those monsters.