Chapter 188

"It seems we can only count on people like Shi Mingxuan."

Someone sighed.

Compared to Huang Heng, the strength of Shi Mingxuan, Zhang Tao, Fu Long, and others was even more formidable.

It was just because they arrived a bit later that they hadn't come out yet.

"I heard that the dungeon from the freshman competition also opened the Abyss difficulty, and quite a few people cleared it? Is this true?"

A robust boy wearing armor mentioned the freshman competition from four days ago.

As a student who hadn't been there in person, having now personally experienced the difficulty of the Abyss-level dungeon,

he couldn't help but be skeptical about this news.

"It's true. I went to watch the freshman competition that day."

"I have to say, the freshmen of this cohort are much stronger than our cohort was back then!"

A long-haired boy next to him replied.

It could be seen that he had also just come out of the dungeon, and there were still dark red bloodstains on his shield.

"Oh? Then who ended up taking first place?"

The person who questioned earlier became interested.

"Zhou Yi, a Level 19 Paladin."

The long-haired boy replied.

"Paladin? Are you mistaken? A heavy auxiliary profession can also take first place?"

The robust boy frowned slightly.

"Paladin is a heavy auxiliary? If you had seen his battle, you wouldn't say that!"

Seeming to have been offended regarding the object of his admiration, the long-haired boy was somewhat dissatisfied.

"Hmm?"

The robust boy's eyes widened upon hearing this, and just as he was about to flare up,

someone suddenly pointed at the big screen and said in surprise:

"Is the Zhou Yi you're talking about the one on the screen?"

I saw a new record slowly appearing on the lobby screen:

'First, Zhou Yi, Abyss difficulty, time spent 13 minutes 56 seconds, final clearance progress 100%.'

"Brother Zhou Yi cleared it!"

"13 minutes 56 seconds! Beautiful!"

Jiang Churan and Zhong Dan on the sofa looked at each other, both seeing the excitement in the other's eyes.

You have to know, Liu Quan, who ranked second, took at least 15 minutes and 41 seconds, and only reached 86% clearance progress.

And Zhou Yi completely cleared it in only 13 minutes and 56 seconds!

This was enough to show that he had passed this dungeon very easily.

"Zhou Yi's strength is simply too strong."

Zhong Dan felt a sense of suffocation.

Although she was also a special admissions student, she felt that in her lifetime, she no longer hoped to surpass Zhou Yi.

Even following in his footsteps seemed like a pipe dream...

"Let's go, let's go find him."

Jiang Churan stood up first and walked toward the return teleportation room.

Seeing this, Zhong Dan also quickly put away her thoughts and followed.

The two girls stood up and left, while the entire lobby was filled with great shock.

"Holy crap?! Someone cleared the Abyss-level difficulty!"

"Zhou Yi? Why haven't I heard this name? Is he a senior in his third year?"

"Hiss, 13 minutes 56 seconds! Too fast!"

"..."

In the entire Suhang University, the second year had the most students between Level 17 and 21.

Next was the third year, and finally the fourth year!

And now, in the entire first-floor lobby, the most numerous were the second-year students!

They almost all knew the powerhouses of their own grade.

So, the moment an unfamiliar name refreshed on the big screen, the students in the entire first-floor lobby were in an uproar!!

They speculated about Zhou Yi's background one after another.

Some guessed that this was a dark horse hidden in the second year, some guessed that this was a powerhouse in the third year.

And others thought that the other person was the freshman first place of this cohort...

"Impossible! I went to watch the freshman competition too!"

"Zhou Yi's strength is indeed strong, but it hasn't reached the level of being able to kill that Level 23 Epic-tier Goblin King!"

Once this conjecture was put forward, someone immediately refuted it.

"Indeed, the final BOSS of the Abyss-level Ogre Dungeon, although also Epic-tier, was only Level 19!"

"Compared to the Level 23 Epic-tier Goblin King, it's simply heaven and earth!"

"No matter how monstrous Zhou Yi is, it's impossible for his strength to have improved that much in the short four or five days since the freshman competition ended!"

This explanation instantly drew agreement from many students present.

They admitted that the freshmen of this cohort were indeed much stronger than they were when they entered the school.

But to say that they had achieved such a great improvement in just a few days, they didn't quite believe it.

"Is the Paladin Zhou Yi, the freshman first place you are talking about, tall and using a Gold-tier Po Jun Battle Axe as his weapon?"

In the crowd, a tall, thin man asked with some hesitation.

This person was none other than the male student who had been accompanying Shi Mingxuan earlier.

"That's right, it's him. In the entire Suhang University, he's probably the only Paladin who carries a battle axe."

The surrounding students who had watched the freshman competition all nodded.

Although Paladin was a hidden profession, there were about a dozen of them in the entire Suhang University.

However, most Paladins carried totems, crosses, or huge shields.

Only Zhou Yi used a long-handled battle axe in a very unconventional way.

"Ah, this..."

The tall, thin man's expression was strange:

"Ten minutes ago, I did see a Level 19 Paladin carrying a battle axe choose to enter the Abyss difficulty solo."

As soon as the words fell, the surroundings fell into an eerie silence.

After a long while, someone sighed:

"It seems that this Zhou Yi who cleared it is indeed that freshman first place."

Although they really didn't want to believe it, judging from the current situation, this Zhou Yi who cleared the Abyss difficulty first was 99% likely to be that freshman first place who shone brightly in the freshman competition...

"This is too outrageous. Only a few days have passed; how did Zhou Yi improve so much again?"

Some were puzzled, and others couldn't help but sigh:

"I originally thought that the strength of this cohort of freshmen would take at least some time to surpass us, but I didn't expect them to catch up so quickly..."

At the freshman competition, when they saw the Dean of the War Academy, Wu Mang, open the Abyss mode for this cohort of freshmen, these seniors realized.

The freshmen of this cohort probably had much better talent than theirs!

Their strength would also improve faster! They would be able to surpass them in the future!

But they didn't expect this day to come so soon.

"Heh, freshmen want to surpass us? Not so fast!"

"Just wait, Brother Xuan entered the dungeon after Zhou Yi, so he was a bit slower."

— Author's Notes —

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