CHAPTER 33: CHAPTER 33: SPEEDRUNNING ABYSS DIFFICULTY, FIRST PLACE ON EIGHT LEADERBOARDS

Gahaha!

Two demon children were gesticulating wildly, letting out an unpleasant laugh, seemingly mocking Fang Zhou for foolishly wasting his Spiritual Power.

Seeing this, Fang Zhou pointed his Magic Staff and said, "Explode!"

With a loud boom, under his urging, the two Bone Spears embedded in the Arrow Tower exploded directly.

This was the explosive attribute newly added to the Skeleton Flying Spear after absorbing the Fireball Skill, and it didn’t take long before it was put to use.

Caught off guard, the Arrow Tower where the two demon children stood was directly demolished by the force of the explosion.

With a series of wails, they fell from mid-air, crashing heavily into the camp.

Unfortunately, the Abyssal Demons had tough hides and a strong Life Energy.

Although the two Abyss Demon Children were severely injured, they didn’t lose their fighting capability.

However, without the Arrow Tower for cover, they couldn’t cast spells at Fang Zhou wantonly as before.

Without interference from the demon children, soon, 40 skeletons assembled.

Fang Zhou waved his Magic Staff, and they surged towards the Little Inferior Demon camp like a tide.

Roar!

Under the command of the demon children, six Little Inferior Demons raised their steel forks, firmly blocking the wooden fence.

The steel forks in the hands of the Little Inferior Demons could cause significant damage to the unarmed skeletons.

And with only bare hands and separated by a fence, the skeletons could only be passively attacked.

The two demon children also slyly hid behind the fence, occasionally launching Desecration Beams at the Sea of Skulls, each shot rendering a skeleton incapable of fighting.

However, the sheer number of the Sea of Skulls still left the Little Inferior Demons at their wits’ end.

Under Fang Zhou’s command, the 40 skeletons fearlessly focused on destroying the camp’s wooden fence.

With the cooperation of the Skeleton Flying Spears, after sacrificing seven skeletons, a breach was finally torn open on the left side of the wooden fence.

Fang Zhou keenly seized the opportunity and swiftly directed the remaining skeletons to the breach.

A Little Inferior Demon immediately stepped forward, attempting to plug the gap with its body, but Fang Zhou seized the chance and pierced through its chest with a Skeleton Flying Spear, killing it instantly.

The death of the first Little Inferior Demon led to a domino effect that followed.

Fang Zhou excelled at overwhelming the few with the many.

It wasn’t long before the tide-like Sea of Skulls poured completely into the camp.

The remaining few Little Inferior Demons huddled together, resisting desperately.

Fang Zhou, who was focused on the historical speed rankings, saw the opportunity had come and no longer restrained his Spiritual Power.

He directly activated the [Calm and Relaxed] skill, which had reached the [Skilled] level, and his Spiritual Power spontaneously recovered by twenty percent.

Then, several Skeleton Flying Spears were formed and whistled towards the Little Inferior Demon Battle Group.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

In the demons’ eyes filled with despair, the Little Inferior Demons in front were pierced by the Skeleton Flying Spears.

Although some were not vital areas, the ensuing explosion easily claimed their lives.

With the final death wail of the last demon child, Fang Zhou exhaled lightly.

Abyss Difficulty, truly terrifying.

Even with his powerful strength, well-rounded skill setup, and so many skeleton cannon fodders, it took all his might to clear the level.

I wonder what methods Ye Fan, Gu Zhiqiu, and the others will use to clear it?

As the entire camp turned into ruins, a pleasant notification sounded.

"Mission complete, time taken 6 minutes 30 seconds, clearance rating [Perfect], reward of 6 contribution points."

"First time clearing [Little Inferior Demon Camp] Abyss Difficulty, first clearance reward of 8 contribution points."

"Congratulations Junior Sergeant Fang Zhou, you are the first in your grade to clear the [Little Inferior Demon Camp] Abyss Difficulty. You receive a first-clear ranking reward of 20 contribution points and an achievement blessing: Simulation Battlefield loot drop rate +1% (accumulated 5%)."

"Congratulations Junior Sergeant Fang Zhou, you cleared [Little Inferior Demon Camp] Abyss Difficulty in 6 minutes 30 seconds, ranking 1st on the historical speed leaderboard. Expected ranking reward this month of 12 contribution points."

"Triggered loot drop, obtained [First Level Blue Gemstone] *1, exchangeable for 10 contribution points."

Listening to a series of pleasant notifications, Fang Zhou exhaled lightly.

Fighting from simple to Abyss Difficulty nonstop was no small challenge for him.

But thankfully, the result was very satisfying.

For all four difficulty dungeons, he was the first-grade clearance and historical speed champion.

Such performance would surely secure him a spot in the seed list.

Fang Zhou then reviewed the gains from these 4 dungeon runs.

Not counting the consumed Fireball Skill Books and the First Level Blue Gemstone temporarily without use, his net gain in contribution points was 110, already surpassing what he earned painstakingly developing a new skill.

Fang Zhou smiled.

The first-clear of the Simulation Battlefield doesn’t consume attempts, which means he still has one more challenge left today.

Just now, the technical staff of the military academy informed him that the Middle Rank Apprentice’s Simulation Battlefield would only open tomorrow.

Fang Zhou planned to strike while the iron was hot and raid the Abyss-level [Little Inferior Demon Camp] again.

After once again paying 4 contribution points as a ticket, he skillfully walked into the Teleportation Gate.

A familiar lawn, a familiar camp, familiar eight demons.

With familiar wails, Fang Zhou once again cleared it with ease.

"Mission complete, time taken 6 minutes 20 seconds, clearance rating [Perfect], reward of 6 contribution points."

"Congratulations Junior Sergeant Fang Zhou, you cleared [Little Inferior Demon Camp] Abyss Difficulty in 6 minutes 20 seconds, ranking 1st on the historical speed leaderboard. Expected ranking reward this month of 12 contribution points."

This clearance was 10 seconds faster than the last, making Fang Zhou’s hold on the first position in historical speed even more unshakeable.

The only regret was that there wasn’t a loot reward drop this time.

Truly an enjoyable battle journey.

I’ll continue tomorrow, Fang Zhou thought as he glanced back at the Teleportation Gate and exited the Simulation Battlefield.

...

Exiting the Simulation Pod, Fang Zhou was startled by the bustling training ground.

A group of cadets tightly gathered around his Simulation Pod, their eyes filled with fanaticism.

"Fang Zhou’s out!"

"Male idol, I want to bear your skeletons!"

"Master Fang Zhou, I’m beautiful and sweet-voiced, can fight and heal! Take me to the next team battlefield!"

Uh... Fang Zhou looked at these excited classmates with a face full of black lines.

Luckily, Bai Xiaochan quickly burst through the crowd and rescued him.

She stood akimbo, shouting at the crowd, "Alright, alright, everyone back off a little.

Fang Zhou has fought for so long and must be very tired, let him rest a bit more."

The cadets of the Sea City Military Academy were quite disciplined.

They obediently dispersed, although their gazes, whether intentionally or not, were still full of admiration and awe towards Fang Zhou.

Among nearly ten thousand freshman cadets, fewer than a thousand could clear the normal difficulty [Little Inferior Demon Camp].

And even fewer, only a handful, could clear the hard difficulty.

This fully demonstrated the difficulty of [Little Inferior Demon Camp].

Yet none of this seemed to apply to Fang Zhou.