Chapter 10: Instant Kill! You Call This a Shield?

Longshan City, Xinye Villa District.

"I understand!"

Wang Meng hung up the phone in his hand, his expression grim.

The next moment, he hurled the luxury mana phone across the room, embedding it deeply into the floor.

"Damn it, you're all dead, and now some idiot comes to bully my son—do you really think the Wang family is easy to trample on?!"

Wang Meng gritted his teeth, picked up another mana phone from the coffee table, and dialed a number.

"It's me! Same target as last time—one leg, price negotiable!"

After hanging up, Wang Meng gazed out the window and said coldly: "Last time I just sent someone to teach you a lesson, but you little brat still haven't learned your lesson—don't blame me for giving you an experience you'll never forget!"

"No matter how many times you protect that idiot, once Quan's transfer order arrives, none of you will escape unscathed!"

……

Longyuan Valley, located east of Longshan City.

The beginner dungeon lies at the outer edge of Longyuan Valley.

At the entrance of the beginner dungeon, countless students awaiting assessment were gathered.

Under the guidance of Longshanshi Sect staff, they orderly registered their information and entered the beginner dungeon.

"Longshan No. 1 High School, Gao San Class 15, Luo Chenyu, Level 1, Tank—uh… go in!"

The staff member, seeing Luo Chenyu's appearance, felt the sheer physical presence he exuded—definitely something.

He quickly recorded the details and let him pass.

After Luo Chenyu left, the staff member suddenly blurted out: "Holy shit, a Tank entering solo mode?"

……

"Ding, enter initial dungeon—Goblin Cave, Solo Mode?"

"Confirm!"

The scene shifted abruptly; Luo Chenyu's vision darkened, and he found himself inside a dim, gloomy cave, the stench of decay making him frown.

The beginner dungeon Goblin Cave contains monsters ranging from Level 1 to Level 4—weak in strength.

The so-called newbie dungeon is meant to let newcomers adapt to combat and get used to fighting.

But for the sake of relative fairness in the assessment, all new recruits may carry only one initial beginner weapon.

Luo Chenyu swung the beginner sword in his hand.

"Find a monster to test!"

To be honest, he was still somewhat excited—this was his first time fighting a monster.

In his past life, he had dreamed of playing virtual online games; now, in this Strange World, it felt like a small wish fulfilled.

After walking a few steps, a green-skinned monster appeared in his view.

Insight Eye.

An initial ability possessed by every professional, allowing them to see monster stats up to 10 levels above their own.

The next moment.

The green monster's stats appeared before him.

【Weak Goblin】

Grade: Simple

Level: LV. 1

HP: 75

MP: 20

Strength: 6; Constitution: 7; Agility: 6; Spirit: 2

Skills: Mighty Strike, Head Bash

……

The goblin stood under one and a half meters tall, its green skin vivid even in the Dark Environment.

Its eyes burned with hatred—this was its monster nature.

All monsters despise humans.

The instant it saw Luo Chenyu, the goblin raised its club and charged forward, shrieking shrilly.

"Little guy, you're bold!"

Luo Chenyu didn't dodge or retreat; with a thought, a transparent 【Steel Shield】 barrier appeared, enclosing him.

Shield durability: 100 points!

"And this is a thing?"

Feeling the information in his mind, Luo Chenyu discovered the 【Steel Shield】 could be manually detonated to damage surrounding monsters.

Boom!

The club struck the transparent shield—no ripple, no tremor—only 12 durability points lost.

Any other beginner would never dare to block the goblin's club.

Only Luo Chenyu, with 100 shield points, would test the goblin's attack strength.

"Test complete—time to send you off!"

Luo Chenyu smirked slightly and activated the shield's self-destruct.

The 【Steel Shield】 shattered, unleashing a surge of energy in all directions; the explosive force hurled the green goblin backward.

-326!

An excessive damage value flashed above the goblin's head; its HP bar instantly emptied.

One strike, instant kill!

"Hiss!"

Luo Chenyu sucked in a cold breath, stunned by the damage value before his eyes.

"Ding! Killed Level 1 ordinary monster 【Weak Goblin】, gained 5 experience points!"

The experience bar twitched slightly, rising by a tiny bit.

One goblin provides 1% experience, meaning 100 goblins are needed to level up.

The difficulty of leveling up is publicly acknowledged on Blue Star.

Besides experience, there are also advancement and class-change trials.

"I can try pulling a group of monsters!"

In Luo Chenyu's original plan, he would clear the newbie dungeon without taking damage, which would guarantee at least an A-rank evaluation.

Now, A-rank can no longer satisfy his ambition!

The monsters in the newbie dungeon won't drop items, but after clearing it there will be a settlement treasure chest — the higher the evaluation, the better the reward.

Luo Chenyu was already itching to try.