Chapter 79: High-Level Monster, Hell Three-Headed Dog!

At the exit of the Top Scholar Secret Realm.

Ceng Canqi stood here in battle formation with three priests and over a dozen professional medical personnel.

Although today was only the sixth day since the Top Scholar Secret Realm opened, with over twenty days left until the end, people had been severely injured by this time in previous years, so they had to be cautious.

"This year's group of top scholars is quite impressive; it's already the sixth day, and not a single one has come looking for help yet," Ceng Canqi said with a smile.

Priest 1: "Indeed, we were already busy by this time in previous years. It's clear that the strength of this year's batch of top scholars is extraordinary."

Priest 2: "I hope they all go smoothly; that way, we can have an easier time too."

Priest 3: "Indeed."

Just as the few were chatting, a large group of people rushed over in a flurry.

Ceng Canqi’s heart tightened instantly; in this situation, someone must have been injured!

"What happened? Who is injured?" Ceng Canqi asked.

"This... we can't really say who is injured." The group placed the tall, thin man, who had been scorched into a charred corpse, in front of Ceng Canqi.

"Damn it!" Ceng Canqi was also startled. "Injured this severely? Did they run into a high-level fire-attribute monster? Priests! Priests, come quickly!"

Seeing the three priests working together to begin treatment, the burns on the tall, thin man’s body began to recover, and the newly grown skin was as tender as a baby's.

"Phew! Thankfully, it's just one; it's still much better than previous years," Ceng Canqi breathed a sigh of relief.

But the next second, over a dozen wriggling lumps of flesh were carried in front of Ceng Canqi.

"What is this? Low-level Slime monsters?" Ceng Canqi frowned.

"No, Teacher Ceng, this is Wu Shaoqi and the others..." one top scholar said with a lingering fear on their face.

"What?!" Ceng Canqi’s eyes widened, nearly popping out of their sockets. "You mean, these dozen lumps of flesh are all people?"

Under Ceng Canqi’s astonished gaze, the few people in front slowly nodded.

Everything went black before Ceng Canqi’s eyes, and he nearly fainted on the spot.

He had just said that this year's top scholars were quite impressive, and in the blink of an eye, the so-called top scholars had turned into balls of meat?

The three priests were also dumbfounded.

Priest 1: "What is the situation? How did they get crushed into such a miserable state?"

Priest 2: "Were they flattened by some giant monster? This is too pitiful."

Priest 3: "Indeed."

To restore over a dozen lumps of flesh back into over a dozen living people—the workload was simply terrifying.

Ceng Canqi hurriedly requested several more high-level priest healers to be transferred from Shencheng.

After seeing the dozen lumps of flesh, their eyes lit up; if they could pull this off, it would undoubtedly be a major highlight on their professional resumes!

Soon, the exit of the Top Scholar Secret Realm was bustling with intense activity.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Ye Lin and Mi Xue were also busy with intense activity.

The two had chased in the direction the Treasure-Seeking Golden Toad had fled, but they found nothing; let alone the Treasure-Seeking Golden Toad, they didn't even see a single hair of the toad.

"It was still too easy on those bastards!" Ye Lin frowned deeply.

If it weren't for Wu Shaoqi and the others causing trouble, that Treasure-Seeking Golden Toad would never have been able to escape from his hands.

The Treasure-Seeking Golden Toad had already been startled once; now, it could be hiding anywhere in the secret realm, and finding it again would be harder than reaching the heavens.

"Forget it, stop looking! Level up first!"

Helpless, Ye Lin could only abandon the idea of continuing to pursue the Treasure-Seeking Golden Toad.

The Top Scholar Secret Realm was so vast that relying on the two of them to find that Treasure-Seeking Golden Toad was no different from looking for a needle in a haystack.

Ye Lin took Mi Xue and began to push horizontally toward the depths of the Top Scholar Secret Realm.

After awakening his second profession talent, Ye Lin preferred using small skills like Fireball.

After all, forbidden spells required chanting and had a certain skill wind-up; whether it was humans or monsters, they would be on guard.

But using Fireball directly could be done instantly, and the instantly cast Fireball would reach the power of a forbidden spell under the effect of Extreme Sublimation, making it extremely useful for playing the pig to eat the tiger and launching sneak attacks.

After quickly dealing with the monsters blocking their path, the two continued to explore deeper into the Top Scholar Secret Realm.

Soon, they encountered several more batches of terrifying monsters.

The closer they got to the center of the secret realm, the more numerous and powerful the monsters became.

Gradually, level 30 monsters began to appear; facing level 30 monsters, Ye Lin’s expression became extremely grave.

Because a level 30 monster was no longer something that could be easily killed in one hit by a forbidden spell; it required two!

"Alright, let's stop here for today!"

Seeing the bright moon hanging high, Ye Lin stopped his steps.

Although his mana had not been exhausted, his spirit had begun to tire.

Even though he possessed an undying body, Ye Lin still needed normal rest.

He lit a campfire and then had Mi Xue keep watch for him; this girl had followed behind him and freeloaded so much experience, so keeping watch for him was only right.

To fall asleep quickly, Ye Lin picked up the Star Meteor Heavenly Scar and gave his head a hard knock with the back of the blade; in an instant, he possessed the sleep quality of a baby.

Listening to the steady breathing coming from Ye Lin, Mi Xue couldn't help but mutter.

"What a weirdo."

Growing up, almost every man who approached her, except for her father, had bad intentions; nine out of ten were lolicon.

But Ye Lin was different from those men; Ye Lin didn't see her as a woman, and didn't even see her as a person.

Mi Xue felt that in Ye Lin’s eyes, she was just a fairly useful humanoid tool.

As she thought, Mi Xue’s thoughts drifted away; she kept her eyes open, staring blankly at Ye Lin’s sleeping face.

However, in the dark of the night, there were three pairs of crimson eyes staring at them from afar.

Mi Xue suddenly shivered, as if she had sensed something, and turned her head abruptly, but she saw nothing.

"Strange, is it my imagination?" Mi Xue frowned.

She had clearly felt just now as if something was spying on her.

The next second, Mi Xue suddenly sensed an extremely dangerous feeling!

"Ye Lin, look out!"

She had no time to react otherwise, subconsciously hugging the sleeping Ye Lin and throwing herself to the side.

Sizzle!

Mi Xue felt some liquid land on her back, and immediately after, an extremely intense burning sensation spread across her back, as if someone had splashed sulfuric acid on her.

Mi Xue gasped in pain.

Ye Lin was also startled awake at this moment; he looked at Mi Xue’s back and discovered that the clothing on her back had been completely corroded by a thick, green, foul-smelling liquid, and even her originally fair and delicate skin had been deeply corroded.

Ye Lin frowned and looked at the monster in the darkness.

His gaze suddenly sharpened, and his expression became much graver.

"This is... a high-level monster! Hell Three-Headed Dog! Cerberus!"