CHAPTER 203: CHAPTER 165: MYSTERIOUS MERCHANT! (TWO IN ONE, 6/9)_1

"Quick, look! This kid named Chen Mo has already reached the sixth floor!"

"How long has it even been?"

Everyone immediately checked Chen Mo’s remaining survival time.

"He made it to the sixth floor in less than two minutes? How is that possible!?"

"Yeah, he can’t be *that* lucky, always finding the next staircase right beside him, can he?"

"That’s not the issue. Even if we assume he’s incredibly lucky and the next staircase is always nearby, every floor has Layer Guardian Elites. The fifth floor even has a level 10 silver-grade BOSS as its gatekeeper! And he reached the sixth floor in under two minutes despite all that? Doesn’t killing monsters take time? Did he just instant-kill everything?"

"Exactly, it’s too far-fetched! Never mind his travel speed; just killing the monsters should take more than two minutes!"

Everyone gazed in disbelief. While others were still on the first floor, Chen Mo alone had already reached the sixth.

The more unbelievable and incomprehensible Chen Mo’s performance was, the more it convinced them that Earth’s higher-ups were pulling some strings.

The Aliens were now thoroughly convinced of this. Simultaneously, they felt Chen Mo wasn’t very intelligent.

What a foolish child they’ve chosen. His performance is outstanding, yes, but he’s overdoing it. Even we Aliens understand China’s own ancient saying, ’going too far is as bad as not going far enough,’ better than he seems to.

「Inside the dungeon.」

Chen Mo had no intention of keeping a low profile. He continued to perform with astonishing speed.

Seventh floor, eighth floor...

His floor indicator barely stayed put for more than ten seconds before updating.

While everyone else was still on the first floor, he had already reached the tenth floor.

Even the teachers from Seaside Second Middle School went from initial pride to utter bewilderment. They were thrilled with Chen Mo’s excellent performance, but this... this wasn’t just good; it was heaven-defying!

His speed was unreasonably absurd.

Even if they entered the Mysterious Dungeon with their current strength, unrestricted by the level 10 limit, they knew they couldn’t possibly be faster than Chen Mo!

"What’s the deal with Chen Mo? Why can he clear the levels so quickly? Could there be an error in his information?"

The moment Liu Funan finished speaking, Shen Rulong felt a wave of déjà vu. Where have I heard that before?

Ah, yes. He remembered that during the last joint examination, someone had questioned the speed at which Chen Mo and Yan Yingyue killed monsters, suspecting a data error.

"Is there something odd about this kid?"

"What’s odd? We all personally saw him awaken as a Skeleton Mage; there was nothing strange about it. But this performance is indeed puzzling."

As Shen Rulong and Liu Funan spoke, the nearby Aliens overheard them.

Of course! Everyone knows he’s a Skeleton Mage; he can’t just suddenly switch classes. So why is he putting on such an intense performance? Is it amusing? Does he take us from the Yongming Star System for monkeys to be toyed with?

「Tenth floor.」

Chen Mo encountered a level 10 Golden BOSS. Moreover, it was a level 10 Golden BOSS with Attribute Enhancement.

A typical level 10 Golden BOSS had around seventy million Health. This one, however, had its Health increased fivefold, to over four hundred million.

That amount of Health wasn’t much at all.

Each of Chen Mo’s Skeleton Monsters already had an attack power exceeding forty thousand, even without Undying Worship or the Amplification Divine Ring active.

With 3,400 Skeleton Monsters firing a single volley, the damage dealt to this BOSS would easily be in the hundreds of millions.

With Undying Worship active, their attack power would soar to around eighty or ninety thousand, and they attacked twice per second.

The damage per second—not even counting critical hits or the doubled damage from Chen Mo’s talent, which triggers on his first attack—was more than enough to kill it instantly.

The BOSS, one might say, was rather pitiful.

On Chen Mo’s side, a dense horde of Skeleton Monsters spread out in a line. The BOSS, in contrast, stood completely alone.

It appeared so small, weak, and helpless.

With a mere thought from Chen Mo, the Skeleton Monsters instantly fired two arrows each. WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! A dense volley of arrows rained down.

The BOSS perceived only a black curtain sweeping towards it. Before it could even react or dodge, it was riddled with arrows, resembling a porcupine, and collapsed to the ground with a THUD.

[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: You successfully killed the Guardian of the tenth floor of the Mysterious Dungeon. You may choose one of the following three rewards! Additionally, you can consume 1 bravery point to clear a Global BUFF or grant your team a Global BUFF.]

[Reward One]: Increase remaining time by two hours!

[Reward Two]: Current reward rank increased by one tier!

[Reward Three]: All team members’ attributes increased by 15%.

No wonder they couldn’t obtain a high-rank title even after accumulating bravery points up to the twenty-fifth floor. It seems they used all their bravery points to deal with Global BUFF problems.

Chen Mo chose to save his bravery points and simply selected the reward rank increase.

[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: Upgrade successful! The reward obtainable at the end of this Mysterious Dungeon is now A-Class!]

[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: You have successfully defeated the Guardian of the tenth floor of the Mysterious Dungeon. You have gained two bravery points. Current bravery points: three. At the end of the Mysterious Dungeon, based on your total bravery points, you will receive a title reward of various ranks.]

If I keep choosing rewards like this and don’t spend any bravery points, will I be able to max out everything by the 25th floor?

And if I do max everything out by the 25th floor, I wonder if there will be any additional rewards after that?