Chapter 202: The Competition in Progress…
It had been three days since Chen Ran and the others arrived in the Netherworld.
In these three days, his Team 4 had gradually shown amazing monster-grinding strength. No Netherworld creature along the way could escape their killing. No matter what kind of Netherworld creature it was, faced with restrictions, containment, support, burst, and summoned beast meat shields, it was hard to escape death.
In just three days, with an increasingly fast pace, Chen Ran and the others had completed 25% of the task volume. This was still an exploration without knowing the terrain of the Netherworld. As the progress approached, and the few delicate girls became more and more adapted to the environment here, when the intensity of the monsters behind became stronger and stronger, with this seemingly complete lineup, any kind of Netherworld creature would definitely not be a problem.
A group of female team members also tasted the benefits of working under Chen Ran. There were stories to listen to, support buffs, physical recovery, and local specialties brought from various places. The days in the Netherworld were like a vacation. Under Chen Ran’s support, a group of girls clearly felt the improvement of their strength. And Dongfang in the team even unknowingly broke through to the astonishing sixth tier after waking up from a sleep, and could finally barely summon a seventh-tier creature. In this way, the improvement of the team’s strength was even more obvious.
When the only thirteen-year-old Dongfang reached the sixth tier, all the girls in the field were shocked. Although summoners had a realm that was easier to improve, this improvement was indeed amazing. Thirteen years old and sixth tier, what kind of concept was this? How many people in the world could achieve it?
At least, Cheryl admitted that she couldn’t reach it. At her age, she was only at the fourth tier of strength.
Because of Dongfang’s sudden power, the power of the phantom beast enhanced by Chen Ran became even stronger, and it could replace any insufficient position in the team. It was precisely for this reason that it brought too many changes to the team. The efficiency of grinding monsters in a team became faster and faster. With the increasing tacit understanding of cooperation, everything about the task could be executed with just a look.
And all of this was brought by Chen Ran. Powerful ability improvement, just-right cooperation, and the most appropriate attack method. Any Netherworld creature was not worth mentioning in front of them. But because of this, it always felt like there was a lack of challenge…
And the only benefit that these days brought to Chen Ran was that he had increased his leveling blood essence value by 20%. He felt that although leveling up here was efficient, it was still a bit slow. After finishing the whole field, he estimated that he could level up once, reaching the new qualitative change of level 50…
In another corner of the Netherworld, where Team 1 was located. At this time, it was a centralized rest time.
For this team of kings in everyone’s mind, the atmosphere in the team was not as harmonious as imagined.
The swordsman president in the team threw out a small bag and said grandly, “I alone solved twenty-three ghost warriors and mages of at least the fifth tier today, a full 30% more than yesterday.”
The knight president on the other side sneered and threw his bag over. “Heh, there is a gap between people after all. Big brother, I killed three more fifth-tier ghost warriors than you.”
“What are you arguing about? Shut up, all of you!” A bag was thrown in front of everyone, and its weight was obviously heavier than the previous two. The white knight Seiya pointed his thumb at himself and said, “I killed thirty today. I didn’t even come to show off to you. Today is my victory again. You still won’t obediently listen to me.”
The knight president was not happy. He said with a gloomy face, “Young man, you’d better learn some manners. When I started picking up girls, you hadn’t even grown hair yet. You have to understand that I am still the president of the Knight Department, your boss!”
“I am the captain here. You lost the bet. At that time, I beat you down with my real ability, and your position will be mine sooner or later,” the Heavenly King Seiya stared at the knight president, sparks flying between their eyes.
“Students, stop arguing. We finally have a rest. There are still many tasks ahead,” the tutor who acted as a peacemaker came out, pushed the two away, and looked helpless.
It was not easy to lead this team. The relationship between the top three figures in the team was not good. When the team was proceeding, there would always be some small accidents, and then there would always be a reason to argue into a ball.
Later, they finally found a suitable solution, which was to kill alone.
The two presidents and the rookie king Seiya all had strong single-kill abilities. It was temporarily proven that the efficiency of the three separated was much better than the efficiency of the three together. And the tutor took the other two students to hunt ghost warriors, but their efficiency was barely better than Seiya’s, but there were three of them…
Under such circumstances, they completed 23% of the task volume. The tutor’s self-feeling should not be slow.
During the break, the white knight Seiya sat alone by the fire gnawing on dried meat. Except for the specially selected sixth-tier water mage who quietly sat beside him.
The girl had a long flaxen braid, and her appearance was somewhat clear and virtuous. She blushed and asked Seiya, who was eating.
“Captain, I have a question I want to ask you.”
“Go ahead, I’m listening,” Seiya said generously.
“Um… there were so many candidates at the beginning. Why did you choose me?” the girl looked hopeful, her fingers intertwined and hidden between her legs. If an onlooker saw it, they would easily see that this girl was a little nervous.
Seiya didn’t turn his head, so he naturally didn’t know the girl’s performance. He continued to eat his food and answered, “In terms of lineup, you are very suitable for this team. And your ability is not bad, you have some talent. I think you can completely handle this task.”
“Really?” An almost general answer, but the girl was still happy. Her eyes flickered, and she continued to ask, “Is there no other reason? Actually, there were a few girls who were more powerful and prettier than me who were more suitable for this position…”
“Other reasons?” Seiya suddenly remembered the real reason why he chose this girl. He turned his head and answered very well, “Mmm, this team is already strong enough. If I choose someone too powerful, there will be no suspense. Leave a chance for others. Moreover, your best ability is obedience, unlike the other two guys who don’t give me any face. And the last one is a fence-sitter, not very useful. Among the few students, I can only trust you.”
Hearing the words about her ability, she was a little embarrassed and angry, but the girl still clearly understood her true strength. Moreover, she was also a few years older than Seiya. She filtered out the unpleasant words and listened to all the pleasant ones.
The girl looked around, lowered her head, and whispered, “Captain, why don’t we go sit by that tree over there? There’s no one there…”
“No, I’ve been fighting all day, and I’m a little tired. I have to continue tomorrow, to make those two idiots completely convinced. You should rest early too,” Seiya stood up, patted the girl’s shoulder with the attitude of a captain to show his care and trust for the team member, then yawned, and after finishing his food, rolled directly into his sleeping bag to rest.
The girl sitting in place pouted, hatefully twisting the ghost grass on the ground one by one.
Team 2…
The president of the magic department and Colin sat together, discussing the next action.
Colin said carefully, “Captain, your map is still effective. It doesn’t take any effort to find monsters. Even the tutor praised your guidance. The monsters found are also within our ability to deal with.”
“Heh, don’t you see who I am?” the older president of the magic department smiled proudly. “No one expected that I would secretly bribe a contestant who had participated in the Netherworld Challenge before. He specially got a map that was backed up at that time, and recorded the distribution map of the Netherworld creatures here. I spent a lot of money to get it. And now, we have arrived at the most suitable place for fighting monsters. Every day, we act with high efficiency. Plus, both of us are super-fierce mages, and the others were also carefully selected by me. Isn’t the task volume going up quickly?”
“That’s right, that’s right. Boss is mighty,” Colin echoed shamelessly.
The president of the magic department patted Colin’s shoulder, who was very good at doing things, and said solemnly, “Don’t worry. After I graduate, my position as president in the school will definitely be taken over by you. Regardless of strength and brains, you are the best candidate. Plus my word, as long as Cheryl doesn’t compete with you, there will be absolutely no problem with this position. Our magic department is a big department, and there are plenty of opportunities. At that time, whichever beautiful senior or junior sister you want to date is just a matter of a sentence. My current girlfriend was hooked by me like this. Mmm, anyway, in a word, do a good job, and the benefits won’t be missing for you.”
“Yes, captain,” Colin looked obedient.
The head of the magic department at the side stood up and shook his clothes. “Speaking of which, the current efficiency can be even faster. We are only at 30% efficiency now. Work harder and leave the other teams far behind. As long as we win the competition, there will be many good rewards from the imperial city. A good future is definitely not a problem.”
“That’s right, that’s right. Captain is mighty!”
In an indoor magic video hall of the academy, bits and pieces of the students’ lives were being broadcast.
Every once in a while, during some prime time, the academy would contact the tutors in the Netherworld and observe the battle situation in some teams through the positioning of the bracelets. The environment of the Netherworld was refreshing to a group of junior students, and two hours a day became a necessary pastime for current students.
Regarding the completion volume of the few teams now.
Team 1 23%, Team 2 30%, Team 3 17%, Team 4 25%, Team 5 19%, Team 6 20%.
To some people’s surprise, Team 2 showed the most amazing monster-fighting efficiency, far leaving the other teams behind.
The magic video also played a video of them eliminating Netherworld creatures. Faced with powerful Netherworld creatures, an eighth-tier warrior tutor went up to tank, and a fire and a lightning seventh-tier magic student took turns to bombard, which was very satisfying to watch. As long as the two cores had sufficient magic power, it would be a highly efficient slaughter.
