Kill one monster, stack one poison, and I alone will poison my way across the world!

Inside the instance.

"Has the drop rate for this crappy dungeon been secretly nerfed?"

A new shield warrior in heavy armor chopped down a level 17 [Mutant Goblin] with a single axe blow. Looking at his pitiful 17 credits, he couldn't help but curse.

"Just going to jail."

An archer nearby put away his longbow, wiped the sweat from his face, and said, "We've been fighting for almost an hour, and we've only managed to collect 500 credits each. At this rate, forget about climbing the rankings; when will we ever accumulate enough credits to live in the top-tier dorms?"

"Top-grade? You're dreaming."

The mage in the team rolled his eyes, downed a bottle of low-level mana potion, and said, "The Heavenly Grade dormitory is a detached villa with a spirit-gathering array and a private training room. With our damage output, I'd be lucky to even get an Earthly Grade dormitory in this lifetime, where four of us squeeze into a suite with a private bathroom."

"Alright, alright, stop complaining. There are still a few goblins ahead, let's finish them off and log off... wait, let's get out of the dungeon and have some food."

The shield warrior raised his shield, preparing to continue the advance.

Sudden.

A loud snapping sound came from the tree canopy overhead.

"What's that noise?"

The monk looked up.

Several huge black shadows fell from the sky and crashed heavily a dozen meters in front of them.

The ground shook violently, sending dirt and fallen leaves flying everywhere.

They were several enormous monsters, with wolf heads, bear bodies, and spider legs, exuding a nauseating stench and a dark purple abyssal aura.

【Abyssal Chimera Beast (Elite Monster)】

[Level: 25]

【Strength: 2400】

[Agility: 2600]

[Stamina: 3500]

【Spirit: 2200】

[Skills: Body Embedding, Fatal Strike]

……

"Holy crap! A level 25 elite monster?!"

The shield warrior's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when he saw the red name floating above the monster's head. "How could something like this suddenly spawn in the wild?"

Before they could even react...

The Abyssal Chimera let out a deafening roar, its thick spider legs snapping forward, and its massive body instantly closed the distance.

It raised its bear paw, covered in black scales, and slammed it down hard on the shield warrior.

boom!

Before the shield warrior could even activate his skills, his black iron shield instantly dented and deformed.

"-28691!"

He was sent flying like a cannonball, crashing heavily into a tree trunk, his health bar instantly depleted.

"Old Liu!"

The archer was terrified and instinctively drew his bow and shot.

An arrow imbued with wind magic struck the Chimera Beast's skin, but didn't even leave a white mark.

"-168"

The pitiful damage numbers appeared.

The chimera turned its head, its scarlet eyes locking onto the archer and the mage.

"Run! Run! This monster's stats are way too high, we can't fight it!"

The mage screamed and turned to run, abandoning even the staff that had fallen to the ground.

The archers scrambled and stumbled as they ran back the way they came.

……

The same scenario occurred simultaneously in multiple locations within the instance.

Dungeon portal area.

The portal, originally intended to allow newcomers to safely exit the instance, was now flickering with an eerie dark purple light.

A dozen or so freshmen, covered in blood, were fleeing in terror toward the portal.

"Quick! We can get out as soon as we enter the teleportation array!"

The warrior at the very front shouted and plunged headfirst into the blue light screen of the teleportation array.

however.

Just as he was about to touch the light screen.

Swah——

Suddenly, a wall of bones made of dark purple thorns rose from the ground, severing him in half.

"-49240!"

The soldier's body fell to the ground, turned into white light and disappeared, leaving only a pool of glaring blood.

"Aaaaaah!!!"

The freshmen following behind were so frightened that they slammed on the brakes, staring in horror at the thorny bone wall that stood in front of the teleportation gate.

On the bone wall stood a girl dressed in a second-year priest's robe.

Xiao Ya.

Her pale gray eyes looked down at the desperate newborns below, the cross staff in her hand emitting a dark purple halo.

"Trying to leave?"

Xiao Ya's voice was hoarse and strained, a twisted smile on her face. "The show has only just begun, how can the audience leave?"

"Who...who are you? Why did you set a trap in the safe zone?!"

A new mage student screamed in despair.

Xiao Ya did not answer, but simply waved her staff lightly.

The soil around the teleportation array churned, and five Chimera Beasts, reeking of a foul stench, crawled out, blocking the new students' retreat.

Just then, several whooshing sounds came from the air.

Three second-year students rushed out of the woods and landed in front of the teleportation array.

"Xiao Ya! Are you crazy? Immediately disarm the traps and stop attacking the new students!"

The squad leader drew his longsword from his waist, and a blazing flame erupted from the blade.

They abandoned their hunting squad of newbies after discovering the anomaly in the instance and rushed over to handle it immediately.

"Oh?"

Xiao Ya tilted her head and looked at the three second-year students.

"You've come at the right time; the Lord needs more offerings."

She snapped her fingers.

Roar--!

Three slightly smaller chimeras suddenly sprang out of the nearby woods and pounced on the enforcement team.

The enforcement team leader's expression changed: "It's an abyssal creature! Form ranks and defend!"

boom! boom! boom!

Flames and dark purple energy erupted in front of the portal.

however.

They only fought for less than a minute.

"Captain! This monster's resistance is too high! My fire spells aren't doing any damage!"

"I can't hold on any longer! Its attacks have a corrosive effect, and my shield is losing health continuously!"

A scream followed.

A member of the enforcement team had his arm bitten off by a Deepsea Hound.

"Retreat! Signal for backup! We can't handle this!"

The captain made a quick decision, throwing out a smoke grenade and leading the remaining two team members in a disheveled escape into the depths of the woods.

Even the second-year hunter team was defeated.

Seeing this, the new students trapped in front of the bone wall were utterly desperate.

"It's over... we can't get out."

"The portal is sealed, and there are those monsters that can kill instantly behind us. We're going to die here!"

"Someone, please save us..."

Several girls with poor mental resilience collapsed to the ground and started crying.

The boys were also ashen-faced, their hands trembling as they gripped their weapons.

Faced with absolute superiority in rank and numerical strength, they are simply a joke.

"Don't panic, everyone!"

Suddenly, a boy carrying a large shield shouted from the crowd.

"We can't just sit here and wait to die! If the portal is blocked, we'll go find someone to help us!"

"Looking for someone? Who? The upperclassmen have all been driven away, who else can save us?"

Someone asked in despair.

The shield-wielding boy swallowed hard, a glimmer of hope flashing in his eyes.

"Have you forgotten that freak from the college entrance exam?"

"Su Chen! Let's go find Su Shen!"

"yes!"

A mage suddenly slapped his thigh, as if grasping at a last straw, "I just checked the leaderboard, and his score has already surpassed five thousand! He can definitely handle these monsters!"

"He's with Lin Shiqing by his side, that S-rank support! The two of them definitely have a way!"

"But...where is Su Shen?"

"Find it!!"

The mage roared, "Find Su Shen across the entire map! If he intervenes, we can survive!"