SSS Grade Saint Knight - Chapter 97

Chapter 97: Beyond Nightmare! Abyss Difficulty!

TL: YYang

“So this is our Suhang University’s default top new student? I heard he’s a Saint Knight.”

“Hmm? Isn’t a Saint Knight supposed to be heavy armor support? How did he become the top scorer in Suhang Province? Did they mix up the professions?”

“No mix-up, he’s indeed a Saint Knight! I watched his college entrance exam clearance video, and he’s completely different from other Saint Knights, following a pure violence route!”

“Really a Saint Knight? Let me use my appraisal technique to check… huh? My appraisal technique can’t see his information?”

“I can’t see it either…”

To confirm Zhou Yi’s profession, many new students used their appraisal techniques.

But to their surprise, they couldn’t see any information about Zhou Yi!!

Among the special admissions students, someone also noticed this and was a bit surprised.

“I remember at the special admissions meeting, Zhou Yi introduced himself as Level 13. I’m already Level 14, so even if he hid his information, I should be able to see his level and profession.”

It’s important to know that while level and profession information can be hidden, higher-level professionals can use appraisal techniques to see the hidden information of lower-level professionals.

“Can you see Zhou Yi’s level information?” someone asked Shen Lingfeng.

“No, I can’t.” Shen Lingfeng shook his head.

“Wow, everyone can’t see Zhou Yi’s information, it seems his level has increased.”

“Hehe, it seems Zhou Yi wasn’t being lazy; he must have been out hunting magical beasts to level up.”

The special admissions students suddenly realized.

However…

Even with this realization, they didn’t pay much attention.

After all.

At lower levels, level didn’t matter much, and it was common to defeat opponents of higher levels.

The most important things were combat skills and the timing for skill release.

Even if one wanted to gain free attribute points and skill points or enhance skill damage, taking special pills or potions was much faster than leveling up.

Of course…

If one wanted to enter level-restricted dungeons, it was different, and the level requirement must be met.

However, since everyone was a new student, there was no rush to enter dungeons.

A low level was fine; combat power was the most important.

Like most special admissions students, Shen Lingfeng didn’t care much about Zhou Yi’s level change.

Instead, he focused on the slender figure next to Zhou Yi.

Jiang Churan!

The provincial top scorer from Chuan Province, a genius in swordsmanship!

She was the opponent he feared most in this new student competition.

“Wow, this girl is so beautiful!”

“That figure, that waist-to-hip ratio, it’s simply the golden ratio!”

“Seeing her for the first time, it feels like my heart was hooked.”

At this moment.

Some people noticed the girl next to Zhou Yi.

Her slender, voluptuous figure and pure, charming face stirred the hearts of many.

When they snapped out of it, they realized their foolishness and felt embarrassed.

“She really has the Succubus Bloodline, not only having higher four-dimensional attributes than us but also…”

“Probably gaining more free attribute points and skill points with each level-up.”

“Most importantly, her appearance and figure are just too unfair…”

Many special admissions students who knew Jiang Churan’s background couldn’t help but sigh.

This enchanting power was irresistible to both men and women.

And once this enchantment distracted someone during a battle, it could be almost fatal…

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The new students present were all top talents from various places.

Although the arrival of Zhou Yi and Jiang Churan caused quite a stir, it quickly subsided.

They turned their discussions to the upcoming new student competition.

“Right after the opening ceremony is the new student competition, exciting!!”

“I heard the new student competition, like the college entrance exam, is conducted in a secret realm dungeon. Where is this secret realm dungeon? I can’t see it.”

Some curious new students looked around, trying to find the large entrance to the secret realm dungeon.

“Hehe, apart from the fixed dungeons, the special secret realm dungeons at Suhang University can only be summoned by the vice-principal. Since the teachers haven’t arrived yet, how could the secret realm dungeon appear first?” An informed scion explained.

“I see.” The new students suddenly understood.

The entrance to the secret realm dungeon was also extremely mysterious to them.

This was their first time learning that the secret realm dungeon was summoned.

“The new student competition, I wonder what difficulty the dungeon will be.”

“It should be like the college entrance exam, a Bronze Secret Realm.”

Some students discussed the dungeon’s difficulty.

Similar to the classification of equipment, secret realm dungeons were divided into Bronze, Silver, Gold, Epic, and the hardest, Legendary difficulty!

The higher the level, the more difficult the monsters inside were to deal with!

The majority of students believed that the upcoming dungeon would be, like the college entrance exam, a Bronze-level secret realm.

“We’ll know soon enough. No point in guessing now.”

A sudden comment from somewhere ended the discussion.

At that moment.

In front of the grand and majestic Field No. 1.

The presence of several deans had already arrived, followed by numerous teaching staff.

The once noisy field quickly fell silent.

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Similar to the special admissions meeting, the leader of the faculty was still the dean of the War College.

This was Wu Mang, a third-transfer warrior with Giant Bloodline, standing over three meters tall.

However, unlike last time, the teacher lineup behind him was noticeably larger.

And like Wu Mang, many of them exuded a heavy sense of pressure.

These were clearly deans from other colleges.

Among the faculty, dressed in an instructor’s uniform and possessing a captivating figure, Su Mei was also present.

She scanned the field below, seemingly searching for something.

Upon spotting Zhou Yi in the crowd, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She had been somewhat worried that Zhou Yi might have lost track of time in the Tempest Mountain Range and missed the new student competition.

That would have been quite the blunder…

At the same time, she was relieved to see that he didn’t appear to have sustained any injuries while outdoors.

In fact, his aura seemed even sharper…

“After the new student competition, I must give him a good talking-to!

He went off to the dangerous Tempest Mountain Range without telling me in advance!”

Su Mei made a mental note.

As the teacher who had specially recruited Zhou Yi.

She naturally felt responsible for him and wouldn’t allow him to undertake dangerous endeavors without oversight.

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“Let me introduce myself; I am Wu Mang, the dean of the War College.”

“Today’s opening ceremony is hosted by me. First, welcome to Suhang University.”

“Suhang University is the top university in the country, having achieved…”

On the ceremonial platform, Wu Mang and the deans of various colleges began a brief introduction and speech.

The content was similar to what was shared during the special admissions meeting, primarily introducing the campus rules of Suhang University.

They discussed ways to earn credits and the various secret realm dungeons, sequence rankings, and other topics.

After a simple introduction, they quickly moved to the main topic.

“Now, let’s introduce the new student competition.

The new student competition is divided into two stages. The first stage, like your college entrance exam, is a secret realm dungeon challenge. Your ranking will be determined based on the difficulty of the dungeon you choose and your clearance time. Of course, after the dungeon challenge, we will move to the second stage of the new student competition, the free challenge stage.

In the free challenge stage, everyone has three challenge opportunities to challenge students ranked higher than themselves. The challenged cannot refuse, and if the challenge is successful, the rankings are swapped… To prevent a wheel battle, each challenged participant will have a five-minute rest period after their battle. Most importantly, there are no restrictions of any kind in this new student competition.”

As the words fell from the ceremonial platform, the new students on the field began to murmur:

“No restrictions in the new student competition, that’s great!”

“It means I can use my bloodline secret arts!”

“Good thing I brought a rarer set of equipment; I’ll switch to it later!”

“……”

In an instant, many new students were thrilled!

It was important to know that during the college entrance exam, to ensure absolute fairness.

There were 900 corresponding restrictions.

Besides limiting weapons to Bronze three-star, even some bloodline secret arts and powerful innate skills couldn’t be used.

They had assumed this new student competition would be the same.

Unexpectedly, Suhang University’s new student competition had no restrictions at all!

Of course, many scions were well aware of this.

They had long been prepared.

“Now, we move to the first stage of the new student competition, the dungeon challenge!”

As Wu Mang’s deep voice sounded,

to the side, the dean of the Elemental College, who was also the vice-principal of Suhang University, Zhou Huayang stepped out of the lineup and raised his staff high.

“Silver Secret Realm, open!!”

The next moment, a terrifying wave of magical energy erupted from the rounded crystal core at the tip of the staff!

Boom!!

At the back of the open field, a massive secret realm gate, approximately forty meters high and thirty meters wide, slowly materialized from the void.

Suspended in the air!!

This gate was entirely silver-white, covered with mysterious runes and patterns.

Strangely, at the base of the gate, there were crimson flames burning!

“Is this the gate to the Silver Secret Realm? But what are those flames?”

“I sense an ominous aura from it…”

Looking at the secret realm gate at the back, many new students displayed puzzled expressions.

They knew about the Silver Secret Realm, but those eerie, hell-like crimson flames were something they had never seen before.

Among these puzzled new students, only a few scions seemed to realize something, and their expressions changed drastically.

“This year’s new student cohort is the largest and strongest ever…

To allow the new students to maximize their potential, this time’s Silver Dungeon Secret Realm not only includes easy, hard, and nightmare difficulties.

But we’ve also specially opened an Abyss difficulty beyond nightmare for you!”

Wu Mang’s voice slowly echoed, resonating in the ears of many new students.

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