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Chapter 262 Reward
Boom boom boom boom! !

Dark clouds filled the sky above the "Arena," where a black dragon coiled and spewed forth clusters of sword beams from its mouth.

"hold head high--"

Under the torrential rain, the entire venue was overwhelmed and trembled violently.

The carved stone floor was shattered, dust billowed up, and thick smoke rose into the sky.

In the center of the arena, Gamir could be faintly seen still struggling to hold on, but the dragon wing phantom he was blocking in front of him was riddled with holes, and the small silver round shield was gradually becoming dull and losing its luster.

Another seven or eight seconds passed.

Finally, Gamir couldn't hold on any longer.

Bang! !

The dragon wing phantom shattered, the silver shield cracked, and Gamir roared, "Ah!!"

Bah! Bah! Bah!

Countless sword beams pierced through his body.

"Dragon Dance" is Wang Xi's strongest trump card at this stage. It consumes a lot of energy, and even a four-star gold-framed title like Gamir, who is good at head-on combat, cannot withstand it.

Furthermore, since this is a challenge in the "arena," Gamir, as the "defender," has absolutely no option to "surrender" or "run away."

So he had no choice but to tough it out.

Gamir, riddled with holes, shakily straightened up. He looked up one last time at the Xuanlong soaring in the sky, then coughed up blood: "...Incredible power, I lost."

Immediately, he fell straight backward.

thump!
He collapsed in a huge, ravaged crater, lifeless, surrounded by countless white flying swords, each less than a foot long.

It's like a burial ground filled with white chrysanthemums.

The scene remained silent for several seconds.

Immediately afterwards——

Wow! ! !
On the circular stands, the illusory figures of "spectators" stood up one after another, shouting and cheering wildly.

The screams and roars were deafening.

Wang Xi landed slowly, and the lightning-streaked clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, revealing the hundred-meter-long black dragon hidden within them, which then disappeared.

"call……"

He exhaled, feeling dizzy and extremely weak.

"The 'Dragon Dance' was incredibly taxing; after only a few dozen seconds, the magic power in the Inner Ink Lake was completely depleted... If Gamir had held on any longer, he would have had to expend his life force to force the spell, otherwise he would have suffered a backlash."

'Fortunately... I won.'

A smile appeared on Wang Xi's slightly pale face.

He listened to the cheers rising higher and higher around him, and looked up to see colorful confetti flying everywhere. It seemed to be the "arena's" reward for him passing 50 levels.

wow——

A gray fog began to spread, and my vision blurred.

The venue, which had been ravaged by the "dragon dance," was completely transformed, and the "spectators" in the stands disappeared, replaced by important figures such as Principal Zhang and Mr. Zhu.

They all stood up at that moment, their gazes, some surprised and some admiring, all turning towards them.

"Hahahaha..." Deputy Director Wei laughed heartily, his tone full of satisfaction: "Wang Xi, congratulations on successfully passing the 50th level! Amazing, truly amazing!"

"Dean Rosa originally predicted that you would stop at level 35, but who would have thought that you would break through all the way to level 50!"

"At such a young age, with such achievements, even across the entire Nine Provinces, he is an extremely rare talent!"

Ms. Rosa looked over with a displeased expression.

These "elders" would only chat about it privately, but they actually leaked it to the person involved.

This must have been so embarrassing for her.

Noticing Rosa's sharp gaze, Wei Zhengyang was taken aback, and then hurriedly whispered, "Sorry, sorry, I got excited and spoke without thinking."

"It's no wonder Director Wei is so delighted to encounter such an outstanding new generation, especially as the head of the overseeing bureau for the 'Arena' disaster zone."

Mr. Zhu Yi smiled.

Since he spoke, Rosa was accommodating and didn't say much, just waved her hand.

"Wang Xi, go to the passageway to receive your award. You must be tired after a series of intense battles, so get some rest."

Zhang Yinglong stood with one hand behind his back, his posture upright, and spoke in a rather gentle manner.

Perhaps because of Wang Xi's previous performance, he worried that the young man still wanted to "stubbornly" continue the challenge, so he deliberately added a sentence:
"From level 50 onwards, it's the 'Disaster Hunt' difficulty level. With your current strength, it's a bit of a stretch... You can challenge it again after you've had some time to recover."

"I understand Principal Xie's warning."

Wang Xi looked obedient and bowed his head respectfully.

He actually has a good understanding of his own limitations.

If Gamir is already this tough, then going further down the line will likely mean facing five-star title opponents from various templates, or even skeleton-level opponents.

Wang Xi had absolutely no confidence.

Exiting here is just right.

Moreover, he had indeed expended a lot of energy, and his mana was depleted, so there was no point in continuing the challenge.

After bowing to Principal Zhang and the other important figures, Wang Xi decisively turned around and headed back the way he came.

...

...

Inside the passageway, a spacious hall had been added.

Every few meters, there is an iron torch embedded in the wall, and candlelight chandeliers hang from the ceiling, so the environment is not too dark.

Hundreds of people gathered here.

All of them are Kunwu Camp trainees who participated in this training course.

At this moment, the crowd was buzzing with discussion, creating quite a commotion.

"...Hey! Ji Xin, Chu Yichen, I've finally found you. How did it go?"

Feng Lingyun found her two roommates, took out a blue wild card, flicked it with her finger, and with a ding, shared her achievement with a face full of joy: "I really didn't expect that I would get a blue card as a reward after only reaching level 18."

"Huh?" The two were quite surprised.

Ji Xin raised an eyebrow: "Such good luck? I made it to level 25 and only got one dark green card, and it's a low-value equipment card..."

"More or less." Chu Yichen shook his head. "I barely made it through level 27. My physical and magical energy was too depleted, and I really couldn't hold on any longer... I just got a blue card."

There is no harm without comparison.

Feng Lingyun felt a surge of joy.

His record was worse than the other two, but his reward was just as good.

Then, something occurred to him, and he looked around: "Right, where's Wang Xi?"

However, Feng Lingyun never saw the last roommate in the crowd.

"Cao Pang and Sun Chenglu have already finished their battles, could he still be inside challenging others?"

"Uh, it's hard to say..."

Chu Yichen and Ji Xin exchanged a glance.

At this moment, Cao Pang, Sun Chenglu, Li Youqing, Zhao Leng'an, and other outstanding students at the top of the Kunwu Ranking gathered together to review their previous challenges.

After a brief discussion.

As the most outstanding geniuses of the four academies, they looked at each other in silence.

The scene fell silent for a moment.

"Hmm...it seems we're all stuck at level 40."

Sun Chenglu leaned against the wall, rubbing his chin.

"Moreover, everyone's opponents are different. I encountered 'Cerberus,' Cao Pang was 'Shadow Hunter,' and Li Youqing and Zhao Leng'an were 'Plague Bringer' and 'Poison Dragon' respectively..."

At this moment, Akizono Shizuka, the exchange student from Shimabara, smiled awkwardly, smoothed her hair, and said:

"Ahem, sorry, I was eliminated on level 38."

"Sun, you guys are very strong." The tall young man named Michael crossed his arms and spoke with admiration. "I failed the challenge at level 39, and I haven't even encountered the elites at level 40 yet."

"It's alright, your battle record is already among the best, and the Kunwu Ranking points that everyone can get are not much different."

The woman with long black hair, Li Youqing, comforted her.

Then, she shook her head and sighed, "Level 40 is indeed difficult. All the opponents are powerful individuals, and with our current strength, it is still difficult to defeat them."

"It's alright." Zhao Leng'an had a good attitude and smiled. "Anyway, it's only my first time challenging, there will be other opportunities to improve my record later..."

"By the way, have you guys seen Wang Xi?"

She looked around, a puzzled expression on her face.

"We've been out for quite a while now, hasn't he come out yet?"

Sun Chenglu looked thoughtfully towards the entrance of the passageway and said in a deep voice, "He should... have passed level 40."

"Um?!"

The elites were taken aback for a moment, then realized it was very likely.

After all, Wang Xi had cleared the level first three times in a row, giving the impression that he was handling it with ease. Perhaps he really had cleared all 40 levels.

Otherwise, why haven't they come out yet?

"Now everyone is just waiting for him."

Cao Pang put his hands in his pockets, spoke, then shook his head:
"I never expected that this guy would have the last laugh..."

Just saying.

Then everyone saw a figure slowly walking out of the passageway; it was Wang Xi.

His face was still a little pale and his breathing was unsteady, clearly indicating that he had exhausted himself.

"Wang Xi!" Zhao Leng'an immediately went up to him, looking curious: "Did you defeat the elite level?"

"Well, we won by luck."

Wang Xi nodded.

Although Zhao Leng'an had expected this, he still looked surprised: "Amazing! We were all stuck at that level, and you were the only one who made it through this group training!"

"Just luck."

Wang Xi looked at the group of elites and nodded in greeting.

"I'll go collect my reward first, then we'll talk later."

"Yes, yes, go quickly."

Zhao Leng'an didn't press the matter further and even kindly pointed out a direction.

As Wang Xi walked through the crowd, all the students couldn't help but cast their gazes at him.

After his figure disappeared through a small door on the side of the passageway, everyone involuntarily moved closer, seemingly wanting to see what kind of reward would be given.

Soon, a student with a square face exclaimed:
"Dark Blue Cards! So many!"

It's not surprising that they received the Deep Blue Card reward; Cao Pang and the others almost all had one.

but……

many?

What do you mean?
The next second, a deep blue light burst forth from the small door. Before the light had completely dissipated, another burst of deep blue light erupted.

This cycle repeated itself five times.

As the disaster zone born from the numbered Diamond 4 maze, the "Arena" has an energy level of 130, which is a red disaster, but it can only produce wild cards of dark blue quality at most.

This is its upper limit.

Only mazes, disasters, and disaster zones numbered 5 or higher can produce higher quality wild cards.

To get five deep blue cards in a row, especially "Arena" Disaster Zone exclusive cards... this is...

That's really unbelievable!

Sun Chenglu suddenly realized something, and his expression changed slightly: "The number of levels he has passed is definitely more than 40!"

Li Youqing, Zhao Leng'an, and the others were slightly taken aback.

Before they could think it through, gasps of surprise rose from the crowd, and a female student's voice suddenly rose: "5...50 levels?!"

"I saw it! The animal-face relief of the award ceremony displays the number '50'!"

"what?!"

"Are you sure you read that correctly?"

"Absolutely right! It's '50'!"

"This is impossible..."

"Wow, someone actually managed to beat 50 levels?!"

"I can't even get close to level 30, how hard would level 50 be?"

"Haha, why don't you go ask Cao Pang and the others?"

Hearing the discussion among the students, Cao Pang's face stiffened, and even Sun Chenglu and Li Youqing fell silent.

Zhao Leng'an and Zhou Ziming exchanged a glance, their mouths slightly agape.

They are wrong.

How wrong!

Wang Xi's claim of "winning by luck" doesn't mean he was an elite player who won all 40 levels...

It's 50 levels!
Damn it, this is ridiculous...

Wang Xi's true strength is clearly a whole level above the elites present!
Are these students from the same cohort?
...

...

On the way back.

Wang Xi sat by a window seat on the Giant Silver Shuttle, playing with the five deep blue cards in his hand.

Zhao Leng'an across from him and Zhou Ziming beside him kept glancing sideways. Even some students from other colleges who were sitting further away couldn't help but turn their heads to steal a look.

"Alright, stop showing off."

Zhao Leng'an snorted twice and said jokingly:

"I knew you were amazing, managing to clear 50 levels without a sound and collect so many Dark Blue Cards in one go..."

She picked up the lemon juice on the table and drank it all in one gulp, then immediately put on a "pain mask": "Ugh, it's so sour!"

Wang Xi smiled and said, "Senior, you misunderstood. I was just checking their information."

As he spoke, he pretended to scan back and forth with his monitoring wristwatch, which beeped loudly.

In fact, he already knew about the five deep blue cards through Caius.

— "Divine Illusion" and "God Descending to Earth".

These are two limited-edition Deep Blue skill cards.

The former refers to Gamir's ability to conjure golden dragon wings and tail, while the latter refers to his ability to "explode" after being enveloped in golden light.

Wang Xi never expected to receive these two cards.

The remaining three are "Chimera (Juvenile/Follower Card)", "Golden Scepter (Equipment Card)" and "Rotting Corpse Explosion (Skill Card)".

Wang Xi felt that he wouldn't really need these three cards, but he could use them to fulfill his contract with Bai Qimeng and prioritize selling them to the Shanshan Consortium.

This can be seen as a statement of my own position and sincerity.

In addition to this, he actually received an unexpected reward in the secret chamber of the passageway—

A mysterious resource called "Primal Aether".

It is only the size of a broad bean, and its overall shape is a transparent triangular pyramid with a shimmering rainbow halo.

It's not simple at first glance.

Although it was only a tiny drop, Wang Xi carefully preserved it, planning to consult Dean Rosa after returning to Kunwu Camp.

...

...

Two hours later.

The group of students finally returned to Kunwu Camp in the northern suburbs of Zhongzhou Dragon City.

The giant silver shuttle came to a smooth stop in the square.

As soon as they stepped off the gangway, many students exclaimed in surprise and began discussing the Kunwu Ranking on the sword monument.

Wang Xi also looked towards the sword stele.

The rankings have changed dramatically—

First, Wang Xi (714 points)

Second, Cao Pang (381 points)

Third, Sun Chenglu (379 points)

Fourth, Li Youqing (376 points)

Fifth, Zhao Leng'an (373 points)

……

The first place team is significantly ahead.

The golden name "Wang Xi" was like a star hanging above the heads of the students, something they could only look up to but never reach.

Wang Xi didn't linger. After a brief glance, he headed towards the student villa area on his own.

He had anticipated the changes in the Kunwu Ranking and his state of mind remained largely unaffected.

Right now, he has more important things to do.

That means going back to combine cards!
'The Fairy Tale deck already has two Prestige Epic cards. If I could combine 'Divine Illusion,' 'Avatar,' and 'Dragon's Breath' to create…'

Wang Xi's eyes sparkled with anticipation.

'Perhaps I can craft a deep purple card!'

(End of this chapter)