SSS Grade Saint Knight - Chapter 179

Chapter 179: Set Off! Destination, Qingjing University!

TL: Rui88

The next day.

Zhou Yi had washed up and packed early, and then had walked out of the villa.

He had gone with Jiang Churan to the dungeon building.

It was worth mentioning that, after almost two months of growth, the Gale Wolf Xiao Hui had already matured.

Its level had reached 14, and its physique had been enormous!!

Of course…

As an epic-grade Gale Wolf, Xiao Hui’s speed had been unmatched!

Its charge speed had been even faster than that of Jiang Churan’s level 17 Black Calamity White Veined Tiger!

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“Wuu~~, the Nightmare-level goblin dungeon was really too difficult!”

“Indeed, I had tried twice, and I hadn’t managed to clear it successfully.”

“If Nightmare-level was this difficult, I couldn’t imagine how perverse the Abyss-level difficulty must be!”

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When October had arrived, many second-year and third-year students, who had chosen their courses later, had also returned to school.

At that time, it had been Sunday, although it had only been about 8:30 in the morning.

But the entire first-floor lobby had already had quite a few people.

At that time, many had been sitting on the sofas, complaining about the dungeon’s difficulty.

Although they had been veterans, their levels had generally been only around 19 or 20.

Of course, this had been the normal level for most students at Suhang University.

Besides these veterans, on one of the sofas, the fully armed Song Xialan, Liu Yang, and others had also gathered there.

“Eh, who are these people? A newly-formed combat squad? Not to mention, that girl is pretty.” Someone had noticed Song Xialan and the others, and had curiously asked a companion.

“A newly-formed squad? You could say that.” A companion nearby had laughed and said:

“They were the combat squad representing our school in the National University Freshman Exchange Competition.”

“Hiss? Our batch of freshmen?” The lean young man who had spoken earlier had instantly widened his eyes.

Under his appraisal technique, he had easily deduced that the levels of these people had all been at level 18.

The highest even had reached level 19!

One had to know that this had been the average level for second-year students!

And this group of freshmen, who had registered only three months ago, had actually achieved this! It had been simply terrifying!

“I remembered that our expedition team in that batch had only reached level 16 at most, wasn’t it? Truly, the younger generation was to be feared…” the lean young man muttered.

Just as he had been feeling shocked about this, suddenly these people had all stood up simultaneously, and had looked towards the lobby entrance.

He had also subconsciously looked over.

He had seen that at the lobby entrance, two people had walked in.

These two, one male and one female, had been only 18 or 19 years old.

The young man had had a resolute appearance, had worn a set of black light armor, and had had a fearsome-looking long-handled giant axe slung diagonally across his back.

The entire person had seemed to radiate a cold killing intent, and even a glance from afar had made people feel a chill in their hearts.

If that young man had given off an overwhelming sense of oppression, then the girl by his side had been an entirely different extreme.

She had had a charming appearance, and her silver leather armor had outlined her impressive body curves.

Apart from her ample chest, her pair of thighs had been long and straight, seemingly imbued with endless allure.

Just as she had walked in, she had attracted the gaze of many young men in the lobby.

“Brother Yi has arrived, huh?”

“Brother Yi, good morning!”

“Zhou Yi, good morning~~”

“Little Ran, good morning.”

“…”

Upon seeing these two, the people in the expedition team had quickly greeted them respectfully.

Then, while saying something, the group had walked towards the other side of the lobby.

It wasn’t until the group had disappeared from view that the lean young man had come back to his senses, exclaiming:

“Tsk tsk, I hadn’t expected that among the new batch of students, there would be such a beautifully charming girl.”

The lean young man, a third-year student, had thought that he had seen quite a few beauties on campus.

However, compared to this young lady, all those girls had paled in comparison.

“Hehe, don’t even think about that girl; she’s already taken!” his companion warned.

“Who? The young man beside her just now? His aura is indeed impressive.” The lean young man had curiously guessed.

“Not just impressive? Look up at the screen! He is none other than Zhou Yi, the number one!” the companion replied.

“Zhou Yi?! So it’s him!”

The lean young man had subconsciously looked up and had indeed seen on the screen the record for the single-player clearance of the goblin dungeon at Abyss-level difficulty, with Zhou Yi’s name.

And he had long since heard of that name.

Not only had that person refreshed the clearance record for the goblin dungeon at Abyss-level difficulty, but in the following short span of just over a month, he had compressed the clearance time to 7 minutes and 12 seconds.

This had made others who wanted to break the record feel utterly despairing…

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On the other side.

When the time had reached nine o’clock, Wu Mang had appeared on time.

And Zhou Yi and the others had promptly entered the goblin dungeon at Abyss-level difficulty.

They had crushed their way through, and had quickly reached the BOSS stage.

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“Suppressing Talisman!!”

After several minutes of intense battle, inside the dungeon, the Spirit Master Song Xialan had written out of thin air with fingers as slender as scallions.

Soon, a crimson talisman had been conjured into existence by her hand.

Then, it had pressed toward the Goblin King in the middle of the Fountain Square!

“Roar!!”

The Goblin King itself had been covered in various wounds.

The sudden suppressing talisman had further drastically reduced its strength, and it had instantly let out a roar.

But, being already at the end of its rope, even its roaring had seemed so feeble…

“Rising Dragon Sword!!”

At that moment, Jiang Churan’s graceful figure had swept past the Goblin King’s body like a gust of wind.

Whoosh——

A pitch‑black sword‑light had flashed by.

Under the suppressing talisman, the Goblin King, whose strength had plummeted, had not even had time to react or defend, and a fine head had been thrown off.

Splat——

Fresh blood had gushed out wildly from its neck like a fountain, spraying up three or four meters high!!

Thus, this Abyss‑level Goblin King had once again fallen at the feet of Zhou Yi and his group.

“8 minutes 56 seconds! Improvement again! The clearance time has broken into under eight minutes!” Upon receiving the dungeon clearance information, Jiang Churan’s eyes had brightened.

Before this, their best record had been only 9 minutes 36 seconds.

“Hehe, a few days ago I had increased the level of my taunt skill by one. So for the first few waves of goblins, my aggro effect had been much better.” The warrior Cai Hua, carrying a giant shield, had run over happily, boasting.

“Hmph, if it weren’t for my Fireball, even if you had taunted, what good would it do? There would be no one to deal damage!” Liu Yang, who had been holding a staff, had also come up at that time.

“Who said there wasn’t? With Brother Yi unleashing a Holy Storm, isn’t it far more effective than your Fireball?” Cai Hua had disdainfully said.

“Ahem ahem, I can’t compare with Brother Yi anyway!” Liu Yang had coughed dryly and had not retorted.

After all, Zhou Yi’s magical skills had indeed been much stronger than his…

“Alright, enough fooling around, prepare to return.” Zhou Yi, who had put away his equipment, had also walked over with a smile.

After more than a month of coordination, the atmosphere of the entire team had improved considerably.

Such banter and chatter had gradually become the norm within the team.

Seeing that the team leader had spoken, Cai Hua and Liu Yang had immediately fallen silent.

They had all taken out their return scrolls and had begun chanting.

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“Not bad, the clearance time has broken into under eight minutes!”

“This time, even I could find nothing to criticize about your performance!” In the first‑floor lobby, Wu Mang had stood before everyone, his face expressing great satisfaction.

Of course, if one insisted on finding any shortcomings, one could still find some.

But in just a little over a month, a team that originally had no coordination at all had been able to gel to this extent, which had been quite impressive.

To advance further, it would have required spending a great deal of time painstakingly coordinating through time…

“A full 52 days, a total of 14 training sessions; your performance had impressed me greatly!” Wu Mang had not held back at all and had directly praised them.

After a pause, he had said again:

“This afternoon, the preliminary selection for the National University Freshman Exchange Competition would conclude, and the final seven winning universities would soon be announced.”

“Once the seven universities emerged, the final grand finals, including our three major universities, would immediately follow.”

“I had already received notice that the final grand finals were scheduled for November 1st! The location was at Qingjing University.”

“Although the final is on November 1st, we had to go there in advance to register and familiarize ourselves with the surroundings.”

“Therefore, four days later, that is, on October 25th, we would set off for Qingjing University!”

After his words had fallen, and after a brief silence, everyone had instantly burst out with a wave of excitement:

“Wonderful! The grand finals are finally about to begin!”

“After training so hard for so long, we had been waiting for this moment!”

“Qingjing University, huh, I’ve never been there; I wonder what it would be like.”

“…”

Whether excited or expectant, each person’s face had carried different emotions.

“The grand finals are about to begin, huh…” Zhou Yi’s heart had also been slightly stirred with excitement.

He had been very much looking forward to the ultimate grand finals that had gathered the top freshman talents from universities nationwide!!

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Soon, the time had come to October 25th.

On that day, Dean Wu Mang, as the team leader teacher, along with several ordinary mentors from the War College, the Elemental College, and the Weapon College, had set foot on the teleportation magic array that led to Qingjing University…