Chapter 250

"Looks like we can only count on Shi Mingxuan and the others."

Someone remarked with a sigh.

Compared to Huang Heng, Shi Mingxuan, Zhang Tao, and Fu Long were considerably stronger.

However, since they arrived a bit later, they still hadn't come out yet.

"I heard the dungeon in this Freshman Tournament also opened on Abyss difficulty, and quite a few people cleared it successfully? Is that true?"

A sturdy male student in armor brought up the Freshman Tournament from four days ago.

As a student who hadn't attended in person, he had now experienced the difficulty of an Abyss-rank dungeon firsthand.

He couldn't help but be a little skeptical of this news.

"It's true. I went to watch the Freshman Tournament that day.

I have to say, this batch of freshmen is quite a bit stronger than our year back then!"

A long-haired male student beside him replied.

You could tell he had also just come out of a dungeon—his shield still bore dark red bloodstains.

"Oh? Then who took first place in the end?"

The previously skeptical man immediately grew interested.

"Zhou Yi, a level 19 Holy Knight."

The long-haired male student replied.

"Holy Knight? You've got to be kidding, right? A heavy-armor support class can take first place?"

The sturdy male student frowned slightly.

"The knight is heavy-armor support? If you'd seen him fight, you wouldn't say that!"

As if the object of his reverence had been offended, the long-haired male student immediately grew a little displeased.

"Hmm?"

The sturdy male student's eyes bulged at the words, just as he was about to flare up.

Suddenly, someone pointed at the big screen and said in surprise:

"The Zhou Yi you're talking about—is that the one on the screen?"

On the hall's screen, a new record slowly appeared:

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

"Brother Zhou Yi cleared it!"

"13 minutes 56 seconds! Beautiful!"

Jiang Churan and Zhong Dan on the sofa exchanged a glance, both seeing the excitement in each other's eyes.

One had to know that the second-place Liu Quan, whose time was the shortest, had taken 15 minutes 41 seconds—and had only reached 86% clear progress.

Yet Zhou Yi had fully cleared it in only 13 minutes 56 seconds!

This was enough to show that the other party had passed this dungeon with the greatest of ease.

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

Zhong Dan felt a wave of breathlessness.

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

Even keeping up with his footsteps seemed like a luxury...

"Let's go, we'll go find him."

Jiang Churan was the first to rise and head toward the Return Teleportation Room.

Zhong Dan saw this and quickly gathered her thoughts, following after her.

The two girls rose and left, and the entire hall was thrown into tremendous shock.

"Holy shit?! Someone cleared Abyss difficulty!"

"Zhou Yi? Never heard that name. Could it be a third-year senior?"

"Hiss, 13 minutes 56 seconds! Way too fast!"

"......"

At Suhang University, the sophomore year had the most students between levels 17 and 21.

Next came the juniors, and finally the seniors!

And right now, in the entire first-floor hall, the most numerous were the sophomores!

They also almost all knew the strong students of their own year.

So the instant an unfamiliar name refreshed on the big screen's rankings, the students in the entire first-floor hall instantly erupted!!

They began guessing at Zhou Yi's background one after another.

Some guessed he was a hidden dark horse among the sophomores, others guessed he was a strong student among the juniors.

And still others believed he was that freshman first-place holder from this batch...

"Impossible! I went to watch the Freshman Tournament too!

Zhou Yi's strength is indeed strong, but it's nowhere near enough to kill that level 23 Epic Rank Goblin King!"

The moment this conjecture was raised, someone immediately retorted.

"Exactly. The final BOSS of the Abyss-rank Xiong Guai dungeon is also Epic Rank, sure, but it's only level 19.

Compared to a level 23 Epic Rank Goblin King, it's like one is in the heavens and one is underground!

No matter how monstrous Zhou Yi is, it's impossible for his strength to have risen so much in just the short four or five days since the Freshman Tournament ended!"

This explanation instantly drew agreement from many students present.

They admitted that this batch of freshmen was indeed far stronger than when they themselves had enrolled.

But to say that in just a few short days he had achieved such a huge improvement — they still found it hard to believe.

"The Holy Knight Zhou Yi you all mentioned, the number-one freshman — is he the tall, big-built one whose weapon is a Gold Rank War-Breaking Battle Axe?"

In the crowd, a tall, thin man asked hesitantly.

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

"That's right, him. In all of Suhang University, there's probably only one Holy Knight who carries a battle axe."

The surrounding students who had watched the Freshman Grand Competition all nodded.

Although Holy Knight is a hidden class, there are still about a dozen or so of them in all of Suhang University.

But most Holy Knights carry totems, crosses, or huge shields.

Only Zhou Yi, quite unusually, uses a long-handled battle axe.

"Ah, this..."

The tall, thin man's expression turned strange:

"More than ten minutes ago, I did indeed see a level-19 Holy Knight carrying a battle axe on his back choose to enter the Abyss difficulty solo."

The moment his words fell, the surroundings instantly fell into an eerie silence.

After a long while, someone finally sighed:

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"Looks like this Zhou Yi who cleared it really is that number-one freshman."

Although they were very unwilling to believe it, judging by the current situation, this Zhou Yi who was the first to clear the Abyss difficulty was 99% likely to be that number-one freshman who had shone so brilliantly at the Freshman Grand Competition......

"This is just too outrageous. It's only been a few days — how has Zhou Yi improved so much again?"

Some racked their brains and couldn't figure it out, while others couldn't help sighing:

"We originally thought this batch of freshmen's strength would take at least some time before surpassing ours — who expected them to catch up this fast..."

At the Freshman Grand Competition, when they saw the Dean of the War Academy, Wu Mang, open the Abyss mode for this batch of freshmen, these older students had already realized.

This batch of freshmen was probably far more talented than them!

Their strength would also rise faster! And in the future, they would be able to surpass them!

But they hadn't expected that day to come so quickly.

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

"Just wait — Xuan-ge entered the dungeon after Zhou Yi, so he's a bit slower.