Chapter 209: Addicted to Speed Running, An Enormous Gap
The bells in the Dungeon Hall rang again.
The students outside were already used to it.
"No need to say, it’s Lin Moyu again."
"The [Fire God Palace] dungeon must have a new record. Can someone go check?"
"He’s run it so many times, getting more and more familiar. He must be getting faster. Maybe he can get it under 1 hour."
After the bells stopped, someone stood up: "I’ll go look and let you all know!"
He went in but didn’t come out for a long time.
The people outside thought it was strange. "What’s going on? Why isn’t he coming out?"
"Don’t know. Could it not be Boss Lin?"
"I’ll go check."
Another person went into the Dungeon Hall, but also didn’t come back out.
The people outside found it even stranger, wondering what was happening inside.
Then a group of people went in.
A bunch of ’wooden stakes’ appeared in front of the [Fire God Palace] dungeon.
Some were dumbstruck, some wide-eyed, all in disbelief.
Time: 38 minutes 38 seconds.
"This time must be deliberately set."
"This time... is this really Hell difficulty?"
"It’s not even this fast on Normal difficulty, right?"
"I’ve been to [Fire God Palace]. Though the dungeon isn’t big, running from start to finish takes about half an hour."
"Could it be Boss Lin just ran through once from start to finish?"
No one could imagine how Lin Moyu cleared the dungeon.
Space rippled slightly and Lin Moyu appeared outside the dungeon.
Without paying attention to others’ reactions, he entered the dungeon again a second later.
He found that speed running like this was more efficient.
Though the experience was a bit less than fully clearing, the bulk of the experience was still there, at least 80% of a full clear.
But the speed nearly doubled.
Getting 80% of the experience in half the time.
Anyone could do that math.
The only issue was it was more tiring, having to run constantly.
Lin Moyu decided to continue using the speed run method to level up, as the efficiency was clearly much higher.
The Dungeon Hall was left with a crowd of students, their jaws nearly hitting the floor.
In the White God’s courtyard.
Ning Tairan and Bai Yiyuan’s mouths were also twitching unnaturally.
Though Meng Anwen showed no reaction, his constantly jumping eyebrows proved his inner turmoil.
In the two images, Creation World Academy and Phoenix Emperor Academy were struggling with the Lava Giant.
It seemed the battle wouldn’t end anytime soon.
Meanwhile, Lin Moyu had already started a new round of speed running.
Bai Yiyuan muttered, "This kid isn’t content with showing off outside, he has to show off in the university too. Can’t he be more low-key?"
Ning Tairan glared at him. "You were much more high-profile when you were young. You wanted the whole world to know whenever you did anything."
Meng Anwen said, "This record... no one can break it."
Bai Yiyuan slapped his thigh, looking gleeful. "Of course! Look whose student he is. Those kids from the two academies will probably cry when they come out!"
"But it’s good for them to be knocked down a peg. It’ll make them more restrained in the future."
Ning Tairan narrowed his eyes. "Looking at his skill damage, the attack power seems to be based on the corpses."
The god-level experts’ sharp eyes quickly saw the source of Lin Moyu’s skills.
Bai Yiyuan nodded. "Indeed. And fresh corpses at that. If the corpses have been dead too long and lost life force, they’re not much use."
"And monsters like elemental spirits that don’t leave corpses are useless too."
Ning Tairan said solemnly, "Then when he reaches level 30, he can go to the level 35 Goblin Legion dungeon. The monsters there are dense and numerous, all leave corpses, and the experience is good too."
Ning Tairan knew the details of every dungeon in the Dungeon Hall like the back of his hand.
Meng Anwen laughed. "Old Bai already has plans."
Ning Tairan looked at Bai Yiyuan. "You don’t plan to have him level up in the university?"
Bai Yiyuan smiled. "The university is a greenhouse. The flowers grown there are too fragile."
"Then you plan to..." Ning Tairan suddenly realized something. "You plan to go to that place?"
Bai Yiyuan nodded.
Ning Tairan’s face changed drastically. "Are you crazy? Even you only went there after second transition. The brat is only level 30 and you want to throw him in there?"
Bai Yiyuan said bluntly, "He’s already stronger than most level 40 senior career holders. What’s stopping him from going?"
"Besides, he’s my student. How I teach him is none of your business, Old Ning."
Ning Tairan fumed. "Fine, it’s not my business. I don’t care. The brat won’t really die anyway. Even if he dies once to face reality, it’s not a bad thing."
Bai Yiyuan snorted. "Don’t worry. My student won’t die!"
...
Lin Moyu continued his speed running endeavor.
With the previous experience, he was even faster this time.
All monsters were pulled to the Fire God Palace Gardener in one go and blasted.
Then he dragged the corpses to the Lava Giant.
Another round of blasting.
Though it looked like unskilled operation, the effect was surprisingly good.
The Dungeon Hall bells kept ringing.
The shocked people from earlier had recovered.
Their nerves, after repeated stimulation, had become very strong.
They were now immune to the bell sounds.
Even if they saw more surprising things, they wouldn’t find it strange.
A new record for the [Fire God Palace] dungeon was born again.
36 minutes 58 seconds.
Over 1 minute faster than before.
Lin Moyu didn’t waste a second after coming out, entering the dungeon again.
He just flashed in the Dungeon Hall for a moment. If you weren’t looking carefully, you’d think it was an illusion.
Speed running should look like speed running. Don’t waste time.
Finally, large groups of people emerged from the dungeon.
The rival teams from Creation World Academy and Phoenix Emperor Academy, their leaders glaring at each other.
The knight leading Phoenix Emperor Academy was named Sun Zheng.
He wore a set of top-tier gold equipment. His necklace, earrings, and ring were all boss accessories.
The Goblin King’s Ring on his finger glowed brightly.
He was in a good mood and stared at the Creation World Academy people, saying, "We entered two minutes after you, but came out together. We won this round."
Hearing this, the Creation World Academy people showed no expression.
This made Sun Zheng feel strange.
Sun Zheng continued, "Fan Zhaoye, don’t you want to admit it?"
As Creation World Academy’s team leader, Fan Zhaoye knew Sun Zheng and didn’t get along with him.
They had been rivals for many years.
Fan Zhaoye smiled faintly. "I’m not denying it. It’s just that though we entered the dungeon, we stayed in the safe zone for quite a while."
"I knew you were coming and wanted to give you a surprise. I don’t know if Classmate Sun likes it."
Now it was Sun Zheng’s turn to change expression.
He didn’t expect Fan Zhaoye to pull this move.
Dungeons only start timing after leaving the safe zone.
They had been tricked.
Sun Zheng snorted coldly. "Then let’s look at the records and see who’s ranked higher."
"Of course we should look at the records. When they come out, you won’t be able to deny it even if you want to." Fan Zhaoye was very confident, looking composed and self-assured.
The two looked up at the light screen.
Then their expressions froze simultaneously, as if hit by a petrification spell.
Their teammates were confused and also looked up.
Then they too fell into a daze one by one.
[Lin Moyu, Level 28, 36 minutes 58 seconds.]
Lin Moyu’s name glowed brightly.
The result nearly blinded their eyes.
They had fought desperately, exhausting themselves.
But someone else finished in 36 minutes 58 seconds, alone, at level 28.
Looking at themselves, at least level 35.
Full sets of top-tier gold equipment, boss accessories, as luxurious as could be.
And the result...
Their results had come out.
Creation World Academy: 4 hours 33 minutes 26 seconds.
Phoenix Emperor Academy: 4 hours 33 minutes 29 seconds.
Just 3 seconds difference.
Creation World Academy barely won.
Creation World Academy should have been happy. Fan Zhaoye should have been happy.
But after seeing Lin Moyu’s result, he couldn’t be happy at all.
Of course he had heard Lin Moyu’s name. It had spread across the world in the past few days.
Career Holder Tournament, level 20 group team and individual double champion.
In the challenge matches, he cleared five rounds.
One person defeated a mage team of six level 50 career holders.
This kind of achievement was unimaginable for other career holders.
Even though they were Creation World Academy students, even though they all considered themselves top geniuses, they paled in comparison to Lin Moyu.
The gap was too big.
This wasn’t something human effort could make up. It was a fundamental difference from the source.
Even if they didn’t accept it, they could only keep it to themselves.
Perhaps in the future, there would be a chance to catch up.
But not now.
They just didn’t expect the gap to be this large.
Over 4 hours versus 38 minutes.
12 people versus 1 person.
Fan Zhaoye and Sun Zheng felt their faces burning with shame.
Not just them, but their team members, the geniuses of Creation World Academy and Phoenix Emperor Academy, every single one felt humiliated.
What kind of geniuses were they?
A whole team couldn’t match one person.
And someone nearly 10 levels below them at that.
The joy of victory completely disappeared, replaced only by stinging faces.
People outside the Dungeon Hall were peeking at them, making them feel even more embarrassed.
Fan Zhaoye waved his hand. "Let’s go!"
Sun Zheng also listlessly waved his hand. "Back to the academy."