BXBX NOVEL Chapter 70 - 70 Heading to the Central Area
He winced at the overwhelming barrage of monster data and, noticing many flying type monsters, hurriedly entered the building.
Before the city fell, this building must have been a huge shopping mall; now it housed countless monsters.
As he approached the stairwell, about a dozen Goblin monsters were wandering on the stairs. Hearing his footsteps, they almost instantly turned towards him.
“Hey, they’re all old friends, huh?”
Zi Liyuan greeted them with a smile, as a dark grey summoning array appeared before him, nearly filling up the stairwell corridor over several floors.
Before the Goblins could react, a swarm of frenzied Skeleton Warriors rushed out from the summoning array and swung their bone swords at the group of
Goblins.
“Although we’re all bottom-tier cannon fodder, the attributes of the frenzied Skeleton Warriors are quite decent now,” Zi Liyuan noted with a rare smile as the Skeleton Warriors butchered the Goblins.
Every time he leveled up in the dungeon, the Skeletons were just used as cannon fodder. Now, being able to bully the monsters within the dungeon was truly no simple feat.
With the Skeleton Army leading the way, Zi Liyuan descended the stairs while checking the information in the scores column.
Scoring conditions for the first phase within the first 10 days of the dungeon.
(1)? For every too regular template monsters killed, gain 1 point,
(2)? For every 30 elite template monsters killed, gain 1 point;
(3)? For every 10 rare template monsters killed, gain 1 point;
(4)? For every 5 hero template monsters killed, gain 1 point;
(5)???? For each elite BOSS monster killed, gain 1 point;
(6)???? For each rare BOSS monster killed, gain 10 points;
(7)???? For each hero BOSS monster killed, gain too points.
(Note: Points can be stolen from one another; find out how on your own!)
Not only killing monsters but acquiring resources as well can increase points, but it was the final reminder that made Zi Liyuan frown.
“I hope no one tries to provoke me, otherwise…”
Cold lights flickered in Zi Liyuan’s eyes-he was not one to show mercy, and he was determined to dominate this martial examination and become the national champion!
“Oh man, I’ve killed so many monsters from the rooftop down to the lobby, and you’re telling me there’s not even a bit of experience or loot to drop? Does the martial exam dungeon have to be so stingy?”
The Skeletons cleared their way as they moved; any monster in sight was charged and hacked to death. From the rooftop stairwell all the way down, at least thirty-something floors-slaughtering hundreds of monsters-only resulted in an increase of 1 point in his score, without any other rewards.
Wasn’t this a waste of his time?
Upon reaching the ruined streets, he saw clusters of monsters, and this time they weren’t Goblins.
“Big dogs? Gnolls? Bats? Are those tentacle monsters?”
Scanning the chaotic street, he saw a heap of disordered monsters. These creatures were not living harmoniously, with different species fighting one another, and a glob of flesh with seven or eight tentacles attached to the exterior wall of a building, attacking other monsters on the street.
[Rotten Tentacle Mass (Elite BOSS)]
[Level]: LV20
[Attributes]: Physical Damage 80, Physical Defense 25, Health 5000
[Skills]: Tentacle Lash, Tentacle Regeneration, Devour Flesh
[Combat Power]: 120
“Such a weak BOSS, is it really so easy to earn 1 point?”
With a wave of his hand, the summoning array appeared once again, and this time he only summoned a hundred Crossbow Skeletons.
A hundred crossbow bolts fired at the tentacle monster in a volley.
Under the coverage of the attack aura, each bolt could inflict 100+ damage, and the BOSS instantly turned into a porcupine before “splatting” down from the wall, hitting the ground and scattering into countless flesh and blood meatballs.
“This thing is truly disgusting, it seems I really need to head to the central area soon.”
Shaking his head, he casually dismissed all the Skeletons back to the Netherworld, and in the next instant, the summoning array appeared once more, and from the grey fog of death, a large group of Skeleton Knights charged out.
At the same time, Zi Liyuan summoned his now strongest trump card—The Hell Demon Marionette.
He mounted the Hell Demon Marionette’s neck and directed the Skeleton Cavalry Corps to charge forward, opening a path; all the monsters along the way were trampled into meat paste by the Skeletal Horses.
For those minor BOSSes that blocked the way, Zi Liyuan would graciously endow them with a Death Shadow Arrow.
A Death Shadow Arrow dealing about 26,000 damage could instant-kill these elite minor BOSSes at Level 20-30.
Who told them to have health not exceeding 20,000+?
As the Skeleton Cavalry Corps blazed a trail, Zi Liyuan didn’t bother to finish off the small fry not crushed by the Skeletal Horses, as they were simply not worth the points; he’d rather head to the central area for BOSS hunting to accumulate points faster.
Professional players also appeared along the way, but they had the good sense to hide in the nearby storefronts at the sight of the massive Skeleton Cavalry
Corps charging past.
Nobody wanted to be kicked out of the instance on such an important day by a freak so early in the game.
Zi Liyuan’s brazen mode of travel was well known, and the examinees all kept a safe distance, but the monsters didn’t, and due to the significant number of monster casualties, this even attracted nearby BOSSes to start converging in his direction.
Of course, Zi Liyuan noticed the anomaly, and in addition to summoning the Skeleton Knights and the Hell Demon Marionette, he also summoned hundreds of Vulture Skeletons to scout the area.
The fact that BOSS monsters were converging toward him actually delighted him.
Having to look for BOSSes to kill would waste time going door to door, but now the BOSSes were coming to him en masse, increasing his efficiency, right?
However, the information relayed back by the Vulture Skeletons also soured his expression, as a portion of the BOSSes had been sniped by others!
Among the tens of millions of candidates in his cohort, he was not the only powerful one, and there were more than a few First Order professionals.
Using their powers, soloing a Level 20 elite minor BOSS was not hard at all. “Forget it, elite BOSSes aren’t worth much anyway, I should just focus on moving forward.”
Shaking his head, the bosses in this instance weren’t exclusive to him; if someone else was capable enough to snipe them, it wasn’t worth it for him to send out free instance-exit tickets now, was it?
After all, it was only the first day of the martial trials, professionals didn’t have many valuable items yet, so why not wait until after 20 days when they’ve fattened up a bit before slaughtering them? That’d be far more satisfying, right?
To ensure he could clinch the top national rank, Zi Liyuan was not just intent on going to the central area to grind BOSSes for a massive amount of points, but he also had his eyes on those professionals who would be heading there too.
To be absolutely sure, he planned to seek out those powerful classmates later on, hoping to foster good karma through generous connections.