Chapter 180: First S-Rank Mission! Glory's Number One Rank!

Missions for Magic City Ability University can be accepted on the school's official website.

But after completing a mission, one must go to the Mission Building to submit the relevant mission materials.

So, when Xu Jingming took the high-speed train back to Magic City and entered the school, he hurried straight to the Mission Building without a moment's rest.

"Sigh, this D-rank mission was really tough. Not only did I fail to catch that Tianming Sect cultist, I nearly lost my life too. I can only come back and turn in the mission."

"Haha, that's because you're too weak. The D-rank mission I took is already done, and it gave me a whopping 74 credits as reward."

"Holy crap? That many?"

"Of course. Who told me to be even stronger?"

"......"

Magic University's Mission Building is just a small building, only five stories tall.

Because the school had posted Tianming Sect missions with enormous rewards, the vast majority of Magic University students sprang into action.

As a result, the first-floor hall of the Mission Building, which usually didn't see many people,

was now bustling with constant foot traffic, extraordinarily lively.

The students discussed among themselves, most of the talk revolving around the Tianming Sect.

Xu Jingming listened while lining up at the back of the queue to submit his mission.

Usually the first-floor hall only had three windows, but now, to cope with the students' mission surge, the number of windows had been increased to six.

Even so, each window still had a queue of no fewer than ten people.

"It's Xu Jingming—how did he come back to submit a mission so quickly?"

Most Magic University students recognized Xu Jingming, the S-rank who had shown off his skills during the study tour some time ago and extended Magic University's five-peat glory.

So, the moment Xu Jingming joined the back of the queue, people began murmuring in surprise.

Although Xu Jingming was still only a freshman.

In practice, most people wouldn't treat him as a freshman.

Instead, they'd measure him against the elite powerhouses of junior and senior year.

After all, Xu Jingming's rank and strength spoke for themselves.

And these elite powerhouses generally took on B-rank, or even A-rank, Tianming Sect missions.

At a time like this they should all still be out desperately searching for leads, and wouldn't show up in the Mission Hall at all.

"Could it be that Xu Jingming took a C-rank mission?"

Someone guessed instinctively, but was immediately shot down by the others:

"Are you stupid? A C-rank mission only gives around 120 credits.

Xu Jingming earned 10,000 credits in rewards from the study tour—would he waste his time on a measly hundred-plus credits?"

"Fair point."

The student who had spoken earlier also caught on.

The average reward for a C-rank mission is around 120 credits, which is 1.2 million Great Xia coins.

For ordinary students like them, that was already a lot.

But for a top-tier genius like Xu Jingming, it really didn't amount to much.

"A few minutes ago, I saw Senior Zhang Yue come in and submit an A-rank mission.

Xu Jingming is most likely here to submit an A-rank mission too."

Someone picked up the thread and offered a reasonable guess.

"Senior Zhang Yue? The one who just broke through to Fourth Order recently?"

"That's right. Who else could it be?"

"No way—Senior Zhang Yue is our school's first-tier combat power. Can Xu Jingming even compare to him?"

"Heh, you think Xu Jingming is weak?"

"......"

Zhang Yue is a senior at Magic University who recently broke through from the peak of Third Order to the lower tier of Fourth Order.

And among the entire student body of Magic City Ability University, there are fewer than twenty Fourth Order ability users.

Once one breaks through to Fourth Order, it means that person has entered the school's first tier of combat power.

Xu Jingming, at the lower tier of Third Order, was indeed strong.

But in the eyes of some, he still fell a bit short of that first tier.

Others, however, held the opposite view, and the two sides argued heatedly in low voices among themselves.

With his keen physique, Xu Jingming naturally heard all these voices around him.

He just didn't care, and quietly stayed at the back of the queue.

The line moved fast, and in no time it was Xu Jingming's turn.

"Hello, student. Please show your student ID."

The staff member behind the window was a young woman in her twenties, with bangs, wearing a Magic University work uniform.

Her voice was clear and pleasant, like a spring breeze.

"Sure."

Xu Jingming handed over his student ID.

The young woman took it and swiped it on the machine, and Xu Jingming's mission information immediately appeared on the computer screen.

"Huh? An S-rank mission?"

The bangs-wearing young woman was a little surprised, but she still went on:

"Please submit the mission materials for our confirmation."

Xu Jingming didn't hesitate at all, taking the battle recorder out of his spatial ring and handing it over.

"Please wait a moment..."

The battle recorder was placed on a specialized instrument.

A pale blue light flowed across the surface of the instrument, carefully checking and verifying the recorded contents within.

"Since the Tianming Sect missions began, you're still the first one to submit an S-rank mission.

Once the verification succeeds in a moment, you should be able to take first place on the Honor Rankings."

Taking advantage of this spare moment, the young woman said with a smile.

"Honor Rankings?"

Xu Jingming's sword-shaped brows rose slightly — what was this thing?

Just as he was wondering, the light on the detection instrument stopped, and a mechanical electronic prompt sounded:

"Detection complete, S-rank mission materials submitted successfully, mission concluded, 10,000 credits have been deposited into the student account."

The mechanical electronic prompt ended.

However, immediately after, an incomparably resonant voice rang out through the entire mission hall:

"Congratulations, student Xu Jingming, with student number, has completed the first S-rank mission of the Tianming Sect, and has taken first place on the Honor Rankings!!"

The resonant voice echoed through the hall, and beams of spotlights projected onto Xu Jingming one after another.

At the same time, a pale golden light projected into mid-air above the mission hall, forming a leaderboard:

'First Place: Xu Jingming. Record: S-rank mission (time taken: 67 hours, 23 minutes)

Second Place: Li Cang. Record: A-rank mission (time taken: 65 hours, 32 minutes)

Third Place: Zhang Yue. Record: A-rank mission (time taken: 67 hours, 12 minutes)

Fourth Place: Liu Jian...'

Xu Jingming's name and record bloomed with golden light, towering above the first-place position on the leaderboard.

Everyone else, including Zhang Yue whom someone had mentioned earlier.

All shifted like ocean waves, their rankings each dropping back by one place in turn.

"Completing an S-rank mission causes this much of a commotion?"

Xu Jingming was completely dumbfounded.

This commotion was even bigger than when he broke the punching-power record at the Lei Ting Martial Hall back then!

"This is the special effect exclusive to S-rank missions during the Tianming Sect mission period. Normally, completing an S-rank mission wouldn't be like this."

The bangs-haired young woman wore a faint smile on her face.

Xu Jingming: "..."