Chapter 123: Holy Flame Halo

One minute passed quickly.

After the last second of the countdown began.

The silver gate floating in mid-air behind the playground suddenly released an ancient aura, and then the two doors swung wide open.

Seeing this, many freshmen hurriedly communicated their consciousness to it.

Identical blue information panels floated into everyone's minds simultaneously.

【Dungeon Secret Realm: Bear Monster Nest】

【Level: 12~19】

【Difficulty: Selectable: Simple, Difficult, Nightmare, Abyss】

【Number of people required: 1~6】

【Note: In the dim and gloomy forest, ferocious bear monsters reside. Rumor has it that one human isn't even enough to fill the stomach of the weakest bear monster...】

"There really is an Abyss difficulty! But it's actually the Bear Monster Nest dungeon? That's absurd!"

"Bear monsters have thick skin and flesh, and their intelligence isn't low either. This is going to be trouble."

"Sigh, it seems I can't challenge the Abyss difficulty; I'd better honestly choose Nightmare difficulty."

"......"

The moment they saw the dungeon information.

Many freshmen who were originally high in fighting spirit felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on them, and they immediately calmed down.

You have to know—

Except for the college entrance exam dungeon in Suhang Province, which was Cat Demons, the college entrance exam dungeons in other provinces were all similar to Goblins or Gremlins.

This doesn't mean these dungeons weren't difficult; there were still BOSS-level monsters like the Minotaur King or the Goblin King.

It's just that, relatively speaking, the overall pressure brought by the dungeon wasn't that strong.

And bear monsters......

Freshmen who studied the Monster Encyclopedia in high school all knew.

Even the weakest bear monster is over two meters tall.

Their muscles are extremely sturdy, comparable to steel!

Their entire body's fur naturally forms armor-like protection, with extremely strong defense!

What's even more deadly is that bear monsters also possess extremely high intelligence!!

In short, this is a type of monster that is extremely difficult to deal with.

And now, they actually have to enter their nest......

However, although the dungeon is very difficult, many freshmen quickly reacted and disappeared from the playground one after another, entering the dungeon.

'Difficulty: Nightmare-level!'

'Number of people: 1!'

Logically speaking, Suhang University freshmen are all the most outstanding professionals from all over the country.

Abyss-level difficulty, even if challenging.

As long as they team up, they should still be able to pass the challenge.

But geniuses are arrogant; they don't want to receive help from others.

And......

Teaming up will lower their individual weight, even if they finally clear the Abyss-level difficulty.

The final individual score obtained wouldn't be as good as clearing the Nightmare-level dungeon solo.

Therefore, the vast majority of freshmen only chose to solo the Nightmare-level dungeon.

Only special admissions students, and some ordinary freshmen who were extremely confident in their own strength, still chose the most difficult Abyss-level.

"Brother Zhou Yi, good luck!"

After calling out that intimate title.

Jiang Churan's small face turned red, and her graceful figure, carrying the ancient heirloom sword, quickly disappeared from the spot.

"Let's begin......"

Zhou Yi's gaze focused, and he also chose to enter the dungeon without hesitation.

Difficulty: Abyss-level!

Number of people: 1!

For this level above Nightmare, he was also extremely interested.

"I hope this rumored difficulty will allow me to perform to my heart's content......"

A look of anticipation appeared on his chiseled, determined face, and his figure slowly disappeared from the spot.

"Infinite Vision!"

After all the freshmen had entered the dungeon secret realm.

On the ceremonial platform, a mentor with the Mage profession waved their staff.

They released this skill that allows one to watch the performance of students inside the dungeon.

Hum, hum, hum......

One projection screen after another appeared in mid-air.

There were thirty such screens in total.

Unlike ordinary video screens.

These projection screens provided the best viewing experience regardless of which direction the gaze came from.

"The Freshman Grand Competition has begun!"

They saw that on one of the screens.

A Summoner ranked 102nd had just entered the dungeon and immediately summoned his contracted magic beasts.

The sheer number of contracted magic beasts was close to a hundred!

They immediately occupied the entire surrounding area!

It was very clear that this was a Summoner who followed the human-wave tactic.

On the projection screen next to him, an Assassin-class professional ranked 87th held a dagger.

They quickly disappeared from the spot, entering a stealth state.

Bang! Bang! Bang!......

At the same time, in the distance, the tall and hideous bear monsters fell one after another.

"Not bad!"

"The strength of this year's freshmen is indeed strong enough!"

Many mentors' eyes lit up.

There are three dungeon secret realms that can be used for the Suhang University Freshman Grand Competition.

They are usually changed once a year and used in rotation.

And the Bear Monster Nest dungeon is the one with the highest difficulty among these three dungeon secret realms.

In the past, there were situations where freshmen were caught off guard immediately upon entering this dungeon and were eliminated.

But the overall performance of this year's freshmen was quite good.

"Switch a window to Zhou Yi."

At this time, Wu Mang, the Dean of the War Academy, spoke up.

After all, he was the freshman number one he had personally determined.

Although Zhou Yi had wasted more than a month in the Gale Mountain Range, he still wanted to see.

To what extent Zhou Yi could perform in this bear monster dungeon.

【You have arrived at the Bear Monster Nest.】

【You have chosen the 'Abyss' difficulty.】

【You have obtained a 'Return Scroll'; please note that when you are attacked, the Return Scroll will become invalid.】

【Note: The monsters in Abyss difficulty are extremely violent; please pay attention to the timing of using the 'Return Scroll'.】

After the prompt sound, Zhou Yi had already entered the Silver-tier dungeon 'Bear Monster Nest'.

When he came back to his senses, before he had time to look around, a thick smell of blood drilled into his nostrils.

Zhou Yi frowned slightly, only to discover that on the ground of this gloomy forest, white bones could be seen everywhere.

Not far away, a group of bear monsters was currently feeding.

And that thick smell of blood came from the corpse of some unknown animal.

"Roar!!"

The bear monsters, whose feeding was interrupted, seemed extremely dissatisfied and stood up one after another.

Just like the Minotaurs in the college entrance exam dungeon, each bear monster was three meters tall!

Standing up at the same time, they blocked a significant amount of the already scarce sunlight.

Making the surrounding light even dimmer.

Although their height was the same as the Minotaurs, the momentum displayed by the bear monsters was completely incomparable to the Minotaurs.

They were huge in size and sturdy in build.

Their fur, which acted like armor, was stained with bright red blood.

Just standing there gave one an extremely strong sense of oppression!

"As expected of an Abyss-level dungeon; the might of these bear monsters is even stronger than ordinary Flame Demons."

Zhou Yi's eyes flashed, and he also began to release skills synchronously.

"Dawn Blessing!"

"Courage Gift!"

"God's Gift!"

"Guardian Gift!"

"......"

In less than 1 second, Zhou Yi had finished releasing all the buff skills.

"Roar!!"

At this moment, the dozens of bear monsters not far away also charged toward him like armored vehicles, carrying a heavy aura.

Facing such a scene, Zhou Yi did not stop releasing skills.

Instead, the holy light aura on his body became even thicker:

"Holy Flame Halo!"

Boom!!

A dazzling flame halo floated out of thin air behind his head, adding a layer of holiness to him.

"Holy Light Cross!"

A cross condensed from holy light also suddenly emerged.

Boom!!!

The moment after the Holy Light Cross was released.

Dazzling and scorching holy light flames instantly engulfed all the charging bear monsters.

"Roar!!!"

The painful wails didn't last even 1 second.

All the bear monsters were actually burned to nothing by the holy flames!!

Leaving only a pile of ashes on the spot......

— Author's Notes —

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