Chapter 81: Setting New Records Again—How Is That Possible

He spent the whole day in the Dungeon Hall, and Jiang Chen also gained a lot.

On the next morning, Jiang Chen's mental state had fully recovered.

Effortlessly summoning four Skeleton Warriors, he raised his Skeleton Warrior squad total to 120.

After quickly finishing a simple wash, Jiang Chen unhesitatingly used a Teleport Stone, instantly arriving from his dormitory at the Dungeon Hall.

Outside the Dungeon Hall was a bustling scene, as usual.

A multitude of adventurers, like vendors at a market, kept searching for suitable parties.

There were ordinary students from Shenlong University as well as students from various academies.

Although they were all members of Shenlong University, there seemed to be obvious differences among them.

Those ordinary trainees usually entered Shenlong University through the college entrance exam, while academy students had more complex backgrounds, some being elite cultivated within the academy.

They came from prestigious families, possessed outstanding bloodlines, and received abundant resources from childhood.

Among their peers, their levels had long surpassed ordinary students.

When others were still preparing for the Major Exam, their levels were already above 20, even higher.

Thus they were more proud; some even looked down on ordinary trainees, and even academy students like Lei Ren, let alone Jiang Chen, a National Top Scholar, were not regarded.

In Shenlong University's history, these National Top Scholars and Provincial Top Scholars were indeed not as good as academy students when they first entered the university.

Their starting points were relatively low; their levels, knowledge, equipment and skills were inferior to academy students, and the only possible parity might be in their professions.

However, as time passed,

Some outstanding ordinary trainees would also join various academies, gradually catching up, but those not outstanding could only remain ordinary trainees.

The existence of academies indeed separates geniuses from ordinary trainees.

Jiang Chen understood this instantly, but he didn't care.

After all, it didn't affect his leveling progress.

Moreover, he had no intention of teaming up; he preferred solo challenges.

Jiang Chen entered the Dungeon Hall and went straight to the entrance of the Spider Nest Instance.

The cooldown had just ended, saving him 40 points.

He unhesitatingly chose the Nightmare Difficulty instance and quickly entered it.

Skeleton Warriors followed out.

Jiang Chen knew the map of this instance like the back of his hand; re‑entering, everything was familiar, exactly the same as last time, a fixed map.

"Given that, I can speedrun it; about 20 minutes should suffice."

Jiang Chen silently estimated in his mind, gaining a certain grasp of the task's difficulty.

However, in this run, Jiang Chen didn't opt for a speedrun; he decided to optimize the route.

He avoided distant spots, deliberately choosing nearer caves, letting the Skeleton Warriors lure out all the spiders inside and eliminate them one by one.

Thus, he could gain most of the experience while saving a lot of time, achieving maximum efficiency.

According to his calculation, this method could nearly double the instance completion speed.

At most only 50 minutes, he could clear the instance smoothly.

And he could obtain about 70% of the experience value.

He devised this strategy last night; it seemed quite feasible.

Jiang Chen followed the Skeleton squad forward, occasionally the Skeleton Warriors surged out with large numbers of spiders.

Explosion sounds rose and fell, echoing throughout the Spider Nest.

His experience value kept climbing.

When he reached halfway, Jiang Chen's body already glowed with the light of leveling up.

All this was within his expectations, so after Meditation ended, he consumed 80% of Spiritual Power and summoned four more Skeleton Warriors.

He knew he would level up midway.

After this level‑up, Spiritual Power fully recovered again.

Jiang Chen did not summon Skeleton Warriors; he conserved Spiritual Power to face the final BOSS. Yesterday the Spider King's skill had damaged the Skeleton Warriors.

Such a thing must not happen today.

The upgraded Skeleton Warriors were stronger, their Four-dimensional Attributes had reached 6200. Their attack power was also greater.

With Jiang Chen's Corpse Explosion Technique, he pushed forward.

In just 40 minutes, the party had reached the end of the instance.

Skeleton Warriors quickly cut through the blocking spider webs, revealing the passage inside.

Once you pass the passage, you reach the Spider King's location.

Jiang Chen didn't rush in, but stood in a nearby cave.

Click click.

The sounds grew denser; besides the Skeleton Warriors' noises, there were many insects crawling.

A few Skeleton Warriors ran over, followed by over a thousand Small Spiders.

They rushed into the passage, heading toward the Spider King's spot.

"As long as these Small Spiders can be dragged near the Spider King..."

If that were the case, Jiang Chen could directly use Corpse Explosion

to basically instant‑kill the Spider King.

The idea was good, but the actual result was unsatisfactory.

The Small Spiders seemed to fear the Spider King's aura.

They all stopped at the entrance of the passage, refusing to go in.

Jiang Chen saw the situation and knew his idea had failed.

At least it wasn't effective in the Spider Nest Instance.

Soul Burn flashed, then came a few bouts of violent explosions.

The Small Spider at the entrance was cleaned away.

Jiang Chen passed through and summoned all the Skeleton Warriors out.

120 Skeleton Warriors with Four-dimensional Attributes up to 6200 brandished their big Blade and rushed at the Spider King; that posture, if the Spider King possessed any wisdom, would definitely scare him to death.

The Spider King opened its mouth, ready to spit web.

Skill: Soul Burn!

Skill: Slow Curse!

The two skills were released one after another, and the Spider King instantly erupted in an earth‑shaking scream.

This time, Jiang Chen gave the Spider King no chance to spit web.

The Skeleton Warriors also didn't leap onto it, but all concentrated on its legs.

Each spider leg was evenly assigned fifteen Skeletons.

Not one more, not one less; the allocation was very even.

Red Light flickered on the Blade.

Skill: Rage Power.

The Spider King screamed, and the thick carapace on its legs was completely sliced apart, revealing the flesh inside.

Jiang Chen's Soul Burn had never ceased since it started.

It attacked the Spider King's soul time after time, giving it no chance to cast any skills.

The Spider King's Spirit Attribute was weak, so Soul Burn's effect was excellent.

Up to now, Jiang Chen has not yet encountered a monster that could resist Soul Burn.

This kind of Spirit‑level attack ignores defense, making it hard to withstand.

The Skeleton Warriors circled the spider legs, attacking like hammering iron.

Moreover, the attack points were almost

all the same.

Finally, accompanied by a massive roar, the Spider King's leg was severed, and its huge body instantly fell to the ground.

It had no power to resist, far worse than last time.

Its scream continued, and the countless surrounding caves began to quake, with countless Small Spiders crawling out from all directions.

"This will only make you die faster."

When the Small Spiders were all present, a series of explosions followed.

Corpse Explosion truly qualifies as Divine Skill; the Spider King, in under two minutes, died miserably under the Corpse Explosion.

Its entire body no longer had any good flesh; although these Small Spiders had low vitality,

they couldn't be held back by sheer numbers.

Jiang Chen consumed almost half of his Spiritual Power, and in under two minutes eliminated the Spider King.

"A bit wasteful, huh."

Afterwards Jiang Chen thought his tactic was a bit wasteful.

All that Spiritual Power only bought him roughly an extra minute.

Otherwise he could have summoned two more Skeleton Warriors.

After all, there are only 120 Skeleton Warriors now, and the Summon Queue already has 190 empty slots, with 70 positions still waiting for him to fill.

In the Dungeon Hall, the bell rang.

People outside the hall rushed in one after another.

Setting records always sparks others' curiosity and surprise.

"Someone set a record again."

"Who's the Boss this time?"

"I don't know which Instance they were running."

Hundreds of people rushed into the Dungeon Hall, then found that shining Light Screen.

There, one could clearly see which Instance had been record‑broken.

"It's the Spider Nest."

"Turns out it's only a Level 20 Instance."

"Wait, I have a bad feeling; could it be that classmate from yesterday?"

"Don't

"Say, it's actually possible. I just saw him go in this morning."

A new record appeared in the Light Screen.

The previous First Place moved down one slot, and the new record appeared at the top.

"Jiang Chen, Level 19, Necromancer Summoner, 47 minutes 22 seconds"

"Wow! It's really him."

"He just set a new record in the Mutated Forest Dungeon yesterday, and today set a new record in the Spider Nest Instance."

"The key is he solo‑ran it; that's just terrifying."

"How did he do it? Is the Necromancer Summoner class that strong?"

"No, I think besides being strong in class, he might also have talent."

Sss!

Everyone gasped.

Talented Professions are indeed extraordinary beings, at least in their eyes.

Talented Professions that emerge nationwide each year are few enough to count on one's fingers.

"Damn Talented Profession, he's just lucky."

A voice full of jealousy rang out.

They looked toward the voice.

Hundreds of eyes simultaneously fell on Lei Ren.

They had also just arrived at the Dungeon Hall, and as they approached, they heard many people discussing Jiang Chen.

Instantly, they felt extremely annoyed...