Chapter 216: Don

Longguo, Jingdu University.

Dungeon Center

At this moment, the Dungeon Center was more frenzied than ever before, even more lively than the New Year.

"Holy shit holy shit holy shit!!!"

"Fifty-nine seconds?! Did I go blind?!"

"This is insane! The whole world's gone mad!"

"Under one minute! This is a Hell-tier raid! Did the Big Devil just teleport straight onto the boss's face and start slashing?!"

"What the fuck! Back in my day, my team spent ten minutes clearing the first wave of ghouls—I'd barely landed a few swings when the Big Devil's team already cleared it?!"

Hummm—!!!

Just as everyone plunged into wild celebration.

Lin Mo led the way, stepping out of the rift with Ye Kong and the rest of the Long Xu Class.

All eyes fixed on Lin Mo.

No words. No chants.

Clap clap clap—!!!

Everyone spontaneously began applauding.

The applause thundered, echoing long within the Dungeon Center…

This was the highest tribute to an absolute powerhouse!

At the front of the crowd.

Guhe, Xu Wenchang, and Han Xue hurried forward.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Guhe's face flushed crimson with excitement.

He even pinched his own thigh hard.

"Ouch… Not a dream!"

Guhe sucked in a sharp breath, yet grinned like a child.

"I've lived half a century, and today I've finally seen something truly astonishing."

"Fifty-nine seconds…"

"This is the first time in human history a raid has been cleared under one minute…"

Xu Wenchang stood beside him, continually marveling:

"Lin Mo, Lin Mo, you kid keep shattering my worldview again and again…"

Han Xue looked at Lin Mo and, for the first time ever, smiled.

"Lin Mo, well done."

"Back then, I led the Long Xu Class and crushed the prodigies of every nation."

"Everyone thought that was the most glorious moment Longguo had seen in recent times."

"But now it's clear they were wrong."

Han Xue shook her head gently.

"This year, with you here, they probably won't even dare look our Longguo in the eye."

"As your teacher… I'm proud of you."

Hearing the icy Empress Han Xue deliver such an unprecedented praise in public,

the surrounding students erupted.

"Lin God! Take my knees!"

"Big Devil! You're my only adoptive father!"

"Need someone to carry your bag? Need someone to serve tea?"

Listening to the wild shouts around him,

Lin Mo smiled modestly.

"Teacher Han, you flatter me too much."

"This fifty-nine-second record isn't just my achievement."

"Ye Kong, Dawei, Xiao Han—they all contributed greatly inside."

Hearing this,

Ye Kong, standing behind Lin Mo, instantly blushed.

"Class leader… please don't say that."

"If you keep talking like this, I won't know where to hide my face."

Ye Kong sighed helplessly:

"Following you into raids, I feel my profession shouldn't be called 【Space Walker】—it should be 【War Correspondent】…"

"Hahahaha!"

Ye Kong's self-deprecating remark sent the entire crowd into roaring laughter.

Even the usually stern Guhe couldn't help chuckling.

After the laughter faded,

Guhe turned to the other students of the Long Xu Class.

"Enough."

"Today's raid is over. Head to the leveling zones and push your levels hard!"

"The World Arena is about to open—don't slack off for a second!"

"Aim to reach level 40!"

"Yes, Principal!"

Ye Kong and the others shouted in unison, then quickly departed.

Guhe called out to Lin Mo:

"Lin Mo, go change into clean clothes, then come with me."

"Old Nie from the Tian Shu Office is waiting to see you—and your father, Lin Tianhao."

Hearing this,

Lin Mo grew serious.

Tian Shu Office!

That was the highest center of power in all of Longguo.

Very few were allowed inside.

And his elusive, ever-vanishing father was waiting for him too.

Come to think of it, he hadn't spoken to his father in days—he missed him dearly.

Lin Mo nodded.

"Alright, Principal."

"I'll get ready right away."

…

On the other side of Blue Star.

America, the Adams family's secret private island.

Within the lavish estate, Adams family youths celebrated everywhere.

By the pool,

Watanabe Junichi knelt on the cold floor like a stray dog.

He trembled violently.

Several Adams family youths stood with arms crossed, looking down at him as if he were trash.

On a nearby leather sofa,

Carter lounged lazily against the backrest.

One hand swirled a wine glass, the other toyed with a delicate short blade.

At that moment,

a young man in a black suit hurried over to Carter's side.

"Lord Carter."

The youth spoke in a hushed tone.

"New intelligence."

"The record for Shadow Bone Forest was just broken by Longguo ten minutes ago."

"Clear time…"

"Fifty-nine seconds."

"…."

Upon hearing this, Carter's expression darkened instantly.

It wasn't just because he'd just reported to his family's elders the good news that Yingshuo had broken Longguo's record—only to be slapped in the face repeatedly.

More importantly…

It's this clearance time.

59 seconds!

As a core combatant of the Adams family, his strength was naturally formidable.

He also clearly understood what this clearance time meant for the group dungeon.

Fuck, this is a joke.

Even if someone truly found a dungeon exploit, it would be impossible to clear a group dungeon in under a minute.

Remember, group dungeons all have five stages.

Even if you removed all mechanics, turned the monsters into stationary targets, and gathered the world's top 35th-level elites, it would still be impossible to achieve this time.

"Dragon Nation…"

Carter squinted and murmured:

"What secret weapon are you hiding?"

The next moment.

He stood up.

Watanabe Junichi sensed something amiss and turned his head.

He saw Carter's utterly grim expression and couldn't help but shudder.

Shit, we're done for.

Dragon Nation has taken all three records.

"C…Carder Lord…"

"You can't treat me like this… I'm still useful, very useful! I can fetch you any woman you're interested in!"

Slap! Slap! Slap!

Carter ignored him and merely clapped his hands.

"Everyone, pause for a moment. Let's add a little extra entertainment to tonight's party."

"You've probably never seen it with your own eyes, have you? Let's all watch—Yamato people's traditional art: seppuku!"

"Holy shit, I've never seen that before."

"Yamato people really are ruthless. I like it."

The young men all stopped what they were doing and gathered around.

Clang—

Carter casually tossed a short blade in front of Watanabe Junichi.

"Lord Carter… please… please give me one more chance…"

"I don't want to die… I really don't want to die!"

Watanabe trembled violently.

The young Adams family members around him burst into laughter and whistles.

"Do it!"

"Aren't you supposed to revere bushido? Don't make me look down on you!"

"Cut! Let me see what color your guts are, hahaha!"

Hearing the cruel shouts around him,

Watanabe Junichi's hand trembled as it reached for the short blade.

But his instinctive terror of death made him recoil as if shocked.

He couldn't do it!

He didn't want to die!

"What a waste."

Carter sighed impatiently and gave a nod to a nearby young man.

"Go, help him."

"Understood, Lord Carter."

The young man sneered and strode forward.

He grabbed Watanabe Junichi's hair and forced his head up.

With his other hand, he calmly picked up the short blade on the ground.

Pthssss!

Not a single hesitation.

The sharp blade pierced Watanabe Junichi's abdomen instantly!

The young man even cruelly gripped the hilt and dragged it sideways with force!

"Ooooh!!!"

"Perfect!"

The Adams family youths erupted in cheers.

Carter coldly stared at the corpse beneath his feet, then grabbed a clean white towel and disdainfully wiped the blood specks from his shoe tips.

At that moment,

the young man who had just brought the news stepped up to Carter again.

"Lord Carter."

"We've just received the family's highest directive."

"The Elders' Council is convening an emergency meeting."

"The topic… concerns Dragon Nation's extraordinarily abnormal dungeon-clearing times over the past three days."

Upon hearing this,

Carter casually tossed the bloodstained towel onto Watanabe's corpse.

"Understood."

"Prepare the helicopter."