Chapter 210: Since They're Old Classmates, Help Them with the Quest

Both the Creation Academy and the Flame Emperor Academy failed.

Even though they had cleared the Instance and posted a ranking, for these two Top Academies it was a complete failure.

The failure was obviously a source of amusement, and the trainees outside described their departure with vivid words.

In contrast to Jiang Chen's jubilant return, the people from those academies looked rather disheveled.

"Ha ha, look at them; people from the Top Academy are no different."

"They were so arrogant when they arrived, and just as shabby when they left."

In front of the Dungeon Hall, people were chatting endlessly, as if Jiang Chen's victory were also their victory.

At that moment, the Independent Academy's trainees and the regular trainees united, and Jiang Chen's reputation surged again.

However, Jiang Chen, inside the Instance, was completely unaware of the outside situation; he was obsessed with Speed Run, exiting the Instance each time only to re‑enter immediately, without even paying attention to the performances of the Creation Academy and the Flame Emperor Academy.

Because he believed no one could break his record in this Instance, and even he thought challenging his own record was difficult.

After five consecutive runs, he obtained another Flame Crystal.

Jiang Chen did not rest; he was immersed in the excitement of running the Instance.

Thanks to Lin Zhenzi's privilege, he need not worry about points; entry requires only Hundred Points Reward, and resetting only Five Hundred Points Reward, which is trivial.

This allowed him to run the Instance with high efficiency, and his experience surged.

When the second Flame Crystal was fused, his experience had already reached 93%.

Each run increased experience by roughly 10% around.

Again

One more run would raise him to Level 29.

Jiang Chen, excited, said, "Keep it up!" He even wanted to speed run straight to Level 30.

The trainees outside muttered, "How many times will he run?"

"I don't know; I've been counting for him, and he's run at least eight times."

"More than that, I counted too; including the first two times, it's already ten runs."

"Is he made of iron? Running the same Instance ten times in a row would make me vomit."

"It depends on the reward; this is Hell Difficulty, with super high experience. If I got such a haul, I'd gladly run a hundred or a thousand times!"

"Running solo, the experience and materials belong to that one person."

"The efficiency is still that high!"

Amid the chatter, Jiang Chen emerged from the Instance once again.

At this point he had already reached Level 29.

In less than a day, he rose from Level 28 to Level 29.

If it were someone else, normally taking a month to level up would be considered good.

Jiang Chen did it in just one day.

Starting from Level 29, the experience gain rate decreased again.

It takes about 13 to 14 runs to reach Level 30.

Jiang Chen ran four more times and fused the third Flame Crystal as well.

Before leveling up, he exhausted all Spiritual Power and summoned three Skeleton Warriors.

Because of the repeated runs, his Spiritual Power never fully recovered.

At that moment, the pre‑level‑up Spiritual Power was only enough to summon three Skeleton Warriors.

After fusing the third Flame Crystal, he summoned seven more Skeleton Warriors.

He expanded the Skeleton Warrior count to 190, filling all slots of the Summon Queue.

With Spiritual Power completely drained, he finally felt fatigue.

His body gave a warning; he knew he had to

rest, after all he wasn't a Warrior, and his recovery ability wasn't that strong.

His Spirit could still persist, but his body could no longer hold up.

He found a spot outside the Dungeon Hall and sat to rest.

His body was exhausted, but his Spirit remained exhilarated.

Can't help it; Speed Run is just too fun.

Jiang Chen was somewhat addicted to this feeling.

But he knew the feeling was wrong and shouldn't be like this.

As a practitioner, especially a Mage-Class Practitioner, he must keep himself constantly in a calm state.

No matter what, staying unflustered allows the most correct decisions and the strongest combat power.

Listening to the distant chatter, Jiang Chen listened carefully.

They were all discussing matters about the Creation Academy and the Flame Emperor Academy.

The people here were either from the Independent Academy or regular trainees.

Regarding the geniuses in the Top Academy, there was both admiration and jealousy.

It was a very complex emotion.

Seeing them suffer, for some reason each one felt a bit of schadenfreude.

His Spirit gradually calmed, and Jiang Chen strived to pull himself out of the obsessed state.

Finally he entered the Meditation State.

Spiritual Power began to recover rapidly.

He didn't know how long passed until someone arrived before Jiang Chen.

"Jiang Chen."

A crisp voice sounded.

Jiang Chen opened his eyes and showed a slight smile.

"So it's you."

Lu Qingyu, Feng Xiu, and Han Li stood before him.

Lu Qingyu laughed lightly, "Grand Champion, congratulations!"

"Jiang Chen, congratulations to you."

"Congratulations!"

Feng Xiu and Han Li also congratulated Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen stood up, "How did you fare in the Professional Competition?"

In the Professional Competition, Jiang Chen hadn't seen them.

Lu Qingyu sighed, "Don't mention it,

we didn't even pass the open trial, we just rolled back."

Seeing the three's unpleasing expressions, Jiang Chen stopped asking further.

Feng Xiu said, "Actually it's nothing; after all, we just entered university, our level and gear aren't as good as others, failing the open trial is normal."

Lu Qingyu added, "We might as well come back early and run Instances to level up."

Han Li said, "We're already Level 20 now."

In a few days they've reached Level 20; you can see the three are indeed working hard.

These past days they must have run many Instances.

Before Level 20, the leveling speed wasn't slow.

As long as you can find a suitable Instance, gaining a level a day is normal.

Especially in the Dungeon Hall, as long as you're willing to spend points, you can reset Instances infinitely, ignoring cooldowns.

If you're not afraid of fatigue, leveling is fast.

Jiang Chen said, "You've all received Dungeon Quest assignments, right?"

"Got them!" Lu Qingyu shook her Communicator.

Every newly enrolled trainee receives a Dungeon Quest issued by the university.

From Level 20 up to Level 30, there are a full ten Instances that must be cleared.

The university doesn't limit Difficulty; as long as you can clear the Instance, even Normal Difficulty is acceptable.

Among those ten Dungeon Quests, the only troublesome one is the "Tyrant Desert" Large-scale Dungeon.

The Instance itself isn't very hard; it's just that forming a 40-person team is extremely difficult.

Many people get stuck at this step.

It can be considered a test the university gives its trainees.

Jiang Chen said, "I've taken you to the "Tyrant Desert" Instance before."

It was previously agreed that once they reached Level 20, I'd take them through "Tyrant Desert".

Originally Jiang Chen thought he'd wait until he reached Level 30 before contacting

them.

"Tyrant Desert" Instance is Level 25, and you can enter within ±5 levels.

Level 30 is the limit; once you reach Level 31, you can't enter anymore.

Now it happens to line up; they are also exactly Level 20.

Earlier Jiang Chen had mentioned this to them, but only in passing and without much thought.

Lu Qingyu said with surprise, "That's a Large-scale Dungeon, requiring a 40-person team; we can't find that many people."

They're all freshmen, know few people, and their levels are still too low.

Jiang Chen shook his head, "No need to find others, I'll take you."

The three showed surprised expressions; they knew Jiang Chen wasn't joking and that he could truly lead them.

Feng Xiu still couldn't believe, "You can Solo Run a Large-scale Dungeon?"

Jiang Chen nodded openly in acknowledgment.

Amidst the shock, Jiang Chen led them into the Dungeon Hall, arriving before the "Tyrant Desert" Entrance.

They saw on the Light Screen Jiang Chen's far‑ahead Solo Run Score.

Time: 6 hours 11 minutes 33 seconds

The three were speechless.

Not only did he Solo Run, but he also took first place.

Earlier they had teamed up to run the Mutated Forest Instance, and the top of the leaderboard was Jiang Chen.

Also a Solo Run.

But can a small Instance and a Large-scale Dungeon be the same?

Can Instances below Level 20 be the same as the Level 25 Instance?

Everyone knows that the higher the Instance level, the harder it is to Solo Run.

It's very unrealistic.

Jiang Chen ignored the three's mental shifts and directly formed a party with them.

He acted as Team Leader, and the four entered the "Tyrant Desert" Instance together.

Yellow sand filled the sky, a gust of wind blew, stirring up flying sand.

A huge scorching sun blazes overhead.

The temperature is rising sharply.

"This is the 'Tyrant Desert' Instance

, truly a desert, so hot."

"It stretches endlessly, looks huge, and it's easy to lose one's way here."

"Which direction should we go?"

All three are entering the Instance for the first time, each looking like a curious baby.

Having become accustomed to the scorching heat of the Fire God Palace, the Tyrant Desert's temperature is pleasant and very comfortable.

190 Skeleton Warriors appear densely before them, like an army rushing forward.

"There are monsters in the desert, follow me!"

As for this place, Jiang Chen has long been familiar with it.