Chapter 1132

Su Sheng looked at the System Notification in surprise, wondering what the situation was.

System Notification:

Congratulations, player, for completing the Fourth Rebirth mission; as the first player to finish the Fourth Rebirth, you have triggered a hidden trial.

Mission Name: Heart of Bondage

Requirement: cooperate with your pet to kill 1,000 Elite Monsters within the Huangcheng area, and the final kill must be made by the pet.

Reward: Unknown

???!

Su Sheng saw this System Notification and was utterly confused. What the heck?! The first to complete the Fourth Rebirth mission?!

Didn't Shen Wang that old guy already finish the Fourth Rebirth mission? He's already gone back and led a few Dungeons.

What's going on?

And… this mission is really frustrating!

I just farmed 5,000 Elite Monsters until I was sick of it, and now the mission makes me farm Elite Monsters again? Even though it's only 1,000, it's still enough to make me sick, and it even requires the final kill to be done by the mythical lion—what kind of nonsense is that?

Still, Su Sheng is now even more curious about Shen Wang's side—wasn't the first to finish the Fourth Rebirth mission that old guy?

With that in mind, Su Sheng opened a Private Chat and directly contacted Shen Wang.

"Shen Wang, what are you doing?!"

After a moment, Shen Wang replied, "I'm doing a small mission before hitting the road, what's up?"

Su Sheng, slightly puzzled, asked, "Are you sure you've completed your Fourth Rebirth mission?"

"I have, I've already taken the full‑time job and my title changed to the Fourth Rebirth title, the reward is in hand, what's the problem?" Shen Wang seemed puzzled by why Su Sheng suddenly asked.

Su Sheng also recalled that when Shen Wang was bragging beside him before, his nickname was attached to the Fourth Rebirth title.

Then Su Sheng silently sent the mission screenshot to Shen Wang; after all, it's not a big deal, he'd already told him about his own promotion mission, so this little mission isn't a problem.

Anyway, they're the same type: killing Elite units. When he previously farmed monsters, he also killed them together with the mythical lion. Although the mission requires solo completion, the pet counts as part of the player's own means; as long as no other players help and the kill contribution is 100% his, it counts as solo.

The only difference is that the final blow must be delivered by the mythical lion.

After Su Sheng sent the screenshot, Shen Wang was silent for a long time.

Su Sheng waited a while without a reply and grew puzzled: where did Shen Wang go, why ignore me, maybe he started the mission?

Forget it~

With that, Su Sheng didn't think further and turned to the next Elite unit; although he'd just farmed 5,000 Elite units and felt a bit nauseous, what could he do? He kept farming.

Just as Su Sheng found a suitable target and was about to act,

a Private Chat message suddenly rang.

Su Sheng opened the message in surprise and glanced at it: Shen Wang…

"You really suck!!!"

"Aaaah!!!"

"You must compensate, soothe my wounded soul?!"

A long string of messages kept coming one after another.

Su Sheng looked on with a puzzled face, what's happening?

Shen Wang that old guy went crazy?!

But when Su Sheng couldn't help but try to block Shen Wang's Private Chat, a screenshot suddenly arrived.

It was Shen Wang's mission content.

Full‑time follow‑up… deliver a token back to a certain location.

"??!"

"Didn't you already finish the promotion mission?!"

Su Sheng stared bewildered at the screenshot Shen Wang sent.

"I did finish it, and also didn't— I rescued that mission NPC, delivered it to Huangcheng, the full‑time mission reward is in hand, my Fourth Rebirth title is also in hand."

"But that NPC later gave me an errand mission, asking me to go back to my full‑time spot and deliver a token; it's in a remote village on the small‑town map, and it takes about three hours of game time to get there."

"And the Fourth Rebirth reward is already in hand; this mission's reward is just 1,000 Gold Coin! I didn't really care!!"

"Heaven knows this still counts as part of the full‑time mission!"

"So you really suck!"

"If I run back and deliver this, it'll be mine!!"

Looking at Shen Wang's messages, Su Sheng finally understood why Shen Wang was "going nuts", that's the reason!

But thinking about it, who can blame him?!

Shen Wang is, after all, the Chairman of the Universal Guild; a 1,000 Gold Coin mission that takes over three hours isn't worth his time, so he only goes back when he's idle and bored… like now, Xingchen is leading a team to cause trouble, Su Sheng is still on a mission, the Vanguard squad is short on manpower, Shen Wang is temporarily free, and then he went to do this mission.

This is normal; although Su Sheng hasn't triggered many missions himself, many players share their mission experiences on the game forum, and Yan Huang is a Zhu Meng Junjie who possesses an Innate Mission Holy Body!

So Su Sheng knows that many early small missions give a meager reward, tasteless yet a pity to discard, so it's normal that Shen Wang doesn't care about this little mission.

Even if it were Su Sheng, he'd probably not mind this follow‑up errand mission, since the Fourth Rebirth reward is already in hand.

But that's exactly why Shen Wang feels even worse!!

Hidden Trial, Hidden Trial! Just hearing the name tells you the reward must be something great!

"What if you consider speeding up, in case the second‑place full‑time also gets a good reward."

Su Sheng, smiling, replied to Shen Wang.

"No need for you to say, I'm already at full speed!!"

Shen Wang's Private Chat shot back immediately.

Su Sheng laughed as he closed the Private Chat with Shen Wang; speed doesn't really matter now, the whole competition is just between him and Shen Wang at level eighty.

Hmm... that's not right.

My dedicated task is done, and...

Su Sheng, with his Suanni, cleanly and swiftly killed the Elite Monster in front of him. For this kind of Elite Monster, Su Sheng has been grinding it continuously for over two months, so it's a walk in the park; the only surprise was that this monster didn't count toward the task count!

Because when the monster's HP dropped to ten percent, Su Sheng triggered the Hunting effect and slashed it, leaving no final blow for the Suanni.

But a flash of golden light!

Su Sheng leveled up!

Level 81!!

Alright, now Shen Wang is at level 80 himself. Hehe, I'll gladly be your Eternal Second.

Su Sheng's experience was already at 99% of the level‑80 cap, and after killing an 83‑level Elite Monster at Fourth Rebirth stage, he naturally leveled up!

Without further thought, Su Sheng calmly continued grinding monsters.

Previously, the five thousand Elite units took Su Sheng over a month to grind; now it's only a thousand, which is just a few days' work.

Just right, judging by this I can estimate that the other three members of the Vanguard Squad will also be close to level 80 after I finish grinding. Of course, that assumes Xingchen's operation with Morning Star goes smoothly; Xingchen is expected to gain a level directly. Previously Huang Mingxin and Li Wenwan were clearly lagging, but because those Bangzi Nation players were arrogant, Yanhuang Guild got lucky in the loot mission and captured a Main City, gaining a level, which let the two catch up quickly.

Now that Su Sheng thinks of it, he feels a bit sorry; that's a whole level!

I lost almost a hundred million!

All I can pray for is that their class‑change tasks aren't as tormenting as mine!

After all, I've already experienced the difficulty of that Dungeon on the Eagle Sauce Server; the second stage would be really hard without Fourth Rebirth!

But the Vanguard Squad has three members left: Xingchen, Huang Mingxin, and Li Wenwan. Aside from Huang Mingxin, who is a Holy Light Priest—a regular class—Xingchen and Li Wenwan are both Hidden Classes.

If their class‑change tasks are also torturous, the Dungeon's timing will have to be postponed further!

Su Sheng, while pondering all sorts of things, mechanically grinds monsters as if by muscle memory. Having farmed so many of these monsters, it's a walk in the park with no pressure, except...

After the Hunting Skill triggered repeatedly several times, Su Sheng grew frustrated; once the monster's HP fell to ten percent, he stopped attacking and directly commanded the Suanni to act as the executioner.

Su Sheng is also helpless—what a troublesome Hunting Skill!

It's understandable that the trigger chance is pitifully low when fighting a boss, but why was the trigger chance also touching when I previously farmed those five thousand monsters?

Now I need the Suanni to deliver the final blow, yet the Hunting Skill goes berserk, triggering consecutively.

But stopping at ten percent means wasting more time; however, I'm not short on time now. Moreover, after Fourth Rebirth, Su Sheng's stats have risen sharply, so the speed isn't that slow.

After a while of killing, Su Sheng ordered the Suanni to strike, and watching the Elite Monster's HP drop, he suddenly thought of something.

When dealing with that undead bone dragon before, the Hunting Skill didn't work because the opponent was at Fourth Rebirth, but since it was a lord‑level foe, the failure was understandable.

When I previously farmed those five thousand Elite Monsters, I was still at Third Rebirth; the Hunting Skill could trigger, but the targets were Fourth Rebirth Elite Monsters, so the lower trigger chance was due to that, right?!

Now the trigger chance is so high because I've reached a Fourth Rebirth panel, and against Elite Monsters with the same Fourth Rebirth panel, the chance rises, right?!

Su Sheng, while controlling the Suanni to slay the Elite Monster before him, thought of this situation.

And it's not just that the probability is high; Su Sheng can only be speechless—why didn't the Hunting Skill's trigger chance get disclosed?

Keep killing!

Su Sheng is already looking forward to the reward from this Hidden Trial, but he's still frustrated remembering that at level 75 he didn't trigger the skill trial.

Su Sheng asked others; aside from Lu Zhe, all other Hidden Class players in the guild triggered the skill trial at 75.

As for Lu Zhe, his skill trials occur every 10 levels. Though there are few skills per trial, it doesn't mean Lu Zhe's class is weak; it might be too strong, hence the restriction.

A case like Su Sheng's—skill trials every five levels earlier, but none at 75—is unprecedented even within Yanhuang Guild's Hidden Classes.

A moment later, a Private Chat pinged.

Su Sheng instinctively thought it was Shen Wang, that old kid, coming after completing a task to vent to me, wondering if this second Fourth Rebirth player got a reward.

Opening the Private Chat, he found it was Huang Mingxin.

"A‑Sheng, Xingchen succeeded over there; he leveled up, so we can catch up quickly."

Seeing Huang Mingxin's Private Chat, Su Sheng's expression brightened.

Did it happen?

But it's not surprising; back when Morning Star was among the top ten guilds, it was solidly third. That was because it lacked corporate backing. If it had a corporate sponsor, catching up to the Universe Guild might be possible, but crushing the second‑place Dawn Guild is beyond doubt.

Now the target is just a United Server, and we've borrowed so many Siege Tools from Yanhuang and Universe; if we still can't take it, it would tarnish Morning Star's reputation.

Su Sheng opened the friends list and saw Xingchen's name still grey.

Eh?!

Not back yet?

How did Huang Mingxin know?

Just as Su Sheng was wondering, Huang Mingxin sent another Private Chat.

"Some of the people who respawned from Morning Star said that when they came back, Xingchen had already entered the core of Chengzhu fu's territory with siege bombs and pets."

"That works; if Xingchen succeeded, it's easy. We need to secure this task quickly; if my guess is right, it's probably a task similar to the one at Wutong Town."

"If we could add another fixed level‑80 Dungeon, that would be absolutely delightful!"

Su Sheng's mood is also good.

At that moment, another Private Chat came through.

Su Sheng saw it wasn't a reply from Huang Mingxin and thought of something.

Su Sheng opened the other Private Chat and, indeed, it was Shen Wang, that old kid.

He went on a frenzy in the Private Chat for a while.

Su Sheng silently muted the messages and then kept grinding monsters.

While Su Sheng kept grinding, Xingchen finally finished and returned with the Morning Star members; they suffered 7,000 casualties, far worse than Yanhuang's earlier loss, but they still captured the Main City.

It can't be helped; Morning Star forced a city breach, whereas back when Yanhuang acted, Bangzi Nation's crazy players opened the City Gate themselves, so Morning Star's losses are understandable.

Nevertheless, with ten million Loot Points, Morning Star isn't at a loss; if nothing unexpected occurs, Xingchen will probably exchange for the guild's combined skill.

I just don't know what skill Xingchen got from the exchange.

As the game time was nearly up, Su Sheng finally opened Shen Wang's private chat, and from among all those messages, Su Sheng felt a deep resentment.

The second-place Fourth Rebirth player got no reward.

No wonder Shen Wang felt resentful.

Then Su Sheng replied with a cheap expression and closed the private chat, letting you little brat, who previously showed off in front of me, see if you can still show off now.

Just as he was about to log off, Su Sheng suddenly slapped his forehead!

"Holy crap! How did I forget this…"