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

The streets of the central royal city present an extremely eerie scene.

Ahead, Su Chen walked leisurely through the ash cemetery, his hands in his pockets.

Occasionally, he would raise his hand and throw out a fireball, or casually summon a few snake guards.

"boom!"

Several Abyss Demon Assassins that had just pounced out of the ruins didn't even have time to scream before they evaporated into purplish-black poison gas in mid-air.

Behind them, forty-nine fully armed senior students, a group that would cause a sensation in the outside world, looked like a group of tourists visiting historical sites.

The tower shield was tucked behind his back, and the staff was used as a walking stick.

They didn't even bother to set up the most basic defensive formation.

"Hey Zhang Ming, do you think the drop rate for monsters in the royal city has increased?"

Chen Shan stepped on the ashes, peering curiously at the spot where the monster had just evaporated.

"nonsense."

Zhang Ming pushed up his glasses. "With fifty people in a team, the drop rate is naturally higher. Those level 60 elite monsters just now dropped black iron-grade equipment."

"That felt so good..."

The assassin was heartbroken, "If he left it out there, it could easily sell for tens of thousands of gold coins."

After passing through a collapsed arcade, the view ahead suddenly opened up.

A magnificent staircase of white bones appeared before them.

At the end of the stairs stood the central palace gate, tightly entwined by abyssal vines.

And below the steps.

A figure as tall as an iron tower blocked the way.

It was a terrifying giant who was nearly five meters tall.

He had no head; a pale, burning flame of his soul burned at his neck.

In his left hand he held a massive, dark gold tower shield covered in spikes, while in his right hand he dragged a cleaver the size of a door panel.

Just by standing there, a tangible abyssal pressure swept over like a tsunami.

"roar--!"

The soul fire at the headless giant's neck suddenly flared, unleashing a deafening roar.

The sound waves materialized, directly carving a trench half a meter deep into the ground.

The forty-nine bosses behind were forced to retreat by the sound wave, their health bars dropping by a significant amount in an instant.

"Holy crap! That pressure! It's definitely a boss!"

Zhang Ming reacted extremely quickly, immediately casting a [Reconnaissance] spell.

A few seconds later.

A long string of data flashing with a dark gold light popped up in the team channel.

【The Fallen Commander of the Royal Guard - Baal (Gold-Rank Boss)】

[Level: 55]

【Strength: 75000】

[Agility: 62000]

[Stamina: 150000]

【Spirit: 45000】

[Skills: Death Cleave, Royal Guard Charge, Indiscriminate Purge]

……

Dead silence.

The forty-nine people who were just discussing the drop rate suddenly became like ducks with their necks being choked, unable to make a sound.

Chen Shan stared intently at the "150000" stamina value on the panel, his eyes almost bleeding from their sockets.

"150,000 stamina... considering the BOSS's built-in health bonus, that's at least a billion HP, right?!"

"Seventy-five thousand units of power?!"

One knight's legs trembled violently. "If that damn strike landed, even a level 70 tank would be turned into mincemeat, shield and all!"

Li Huo'er's voice was filled with despair, "This is simply a numerical monster with no weaknesses! Is this really something that a current-stage job advancement user can fight?!"

Fear once again took over their minds.

They were numb to watching Su Chen easily defeat small monsters, but when faced with a super boss whose attributes were so inflated that they defied the laws of physics, their pitiful sense of security vanished instantly.

"Su... Su Shen..."

Zhang Ming swallowed hard. "This monster's attributes are too abnormal. Should we retreat first and discuss a strategy?"

"Discuss countermeasures?"

Su Chen turned his head and asked a question in an extremely calm tone.

"I'm in a hurry."

The voice just fell.

Baal below the stairs has already launched an attack.

"boom!"

The burst of agility, reaching a staggering 62,000, turned the five-meter-tall iron tower into a dark golden afterimage.

[Skill Activation: Death Cleave!]

[Skill Activation: Imperial Guards Charge!]

The cleaver tore through the air, carrying a suffocating aura of death, and locked onto Su Chen directly.

Before the blade even arrived, the ground had already begun to crack wildly.

Su Chen didn't even blink.

He simply raised the staff in his hand slowly.

A blinding flash of light suddenly appeared at the tip of the staff.

Boom! ...

A massive, dark red fireball, over ten meters in diameter, instantly materialized and crashed directly into the bone-chopping blade in mid-air!

The instant the two come into contact.

The fireball struck Gustav's massive body without any obstruction.

"boom!"

A huge mushroom cloud rose into the air above the bone staircase.

"laugh--!!!"

The poison damage calculation begins as the fireball explodes.

A green number, even longer than the width of Gustav's health bar, suddenly exploded from the mushroom cloud.

Five billion!

"Awooo—!"

The soul fire at Baal's neck flickered violently, followed by an extremely shrill scream.

next second.

Its powerful physique, boasting a strength of 150,000, couldn't even withstand 0.1 seconds of true damage from 5.4 billion.

It was corroded from the inside out, turning into a pool of foul-smelling green water.

Boom!

The massive, dark gold tower shield lost its support and slammed heavily onto the bone steps with a dull thud.

[Successfully defeated the Fallen Commander of the Royal Guard, Baal (Gold-tier BOSS), EXP +7200000

A huge amount of experience points popped up on the panel.

Several dark golden rays of light shimmered in the black water.

A gentle breeze was blowing.

Deathly silence returned once more before the staircase of bones.

Chen Shan opened his mouth wide, his jaw almost dislocated.

Zhang Ming gripped the staff tightly in his hand, his whole being resembling a stone sculpture weathered for a thousand years.

Li Huo'er stared blankly at the pool of black water on the ground that was still steaming.

The forty-nine people were completely silent.

"That's a legendary boss with a triple buff!"

Chen Shan's voice trembled with a hint of a sob, "Is this supposed to be fighting a boss? This is clearly just clearing out mobs!"

"What the hell am I expecting...?"

Zhang Ming slumped to the ground, dejected. "I actually dared to think I could get him to step back and discuss a solution..."

"Seven million experience points... is that enough to fob off a beggar?"

Su Chen stood in front of the steps, looking at the pitifully small experience bar.

A gentle breeze swept by, and a deathly silence fell before the staircase of bones.

Forty-nine senior students stood frozen in place, their minds completely blank.

They looked at the green water, then at Su Chen standing at the front, and even forgot to breathe.

Right there in this almost frozen air.

In the team, an assassin player wearing leather armor suddenly moved.

He was closest to that pool of green water.

Looking at those golden orbs of light, an uncontrollable greed flashed in his eyes.

He rushed out of formation and reached out to grab the dark gold-grade tower shield.

"stop."

An extremely calm voice rang in his ears.

The assassin player's finger had already touched the edge of the orb of light.

He froze, turned his head, and met Su Chen's emotionless eyes.

"I mentioned it before I entered the library."

Su Chen stood at the bottom of the steps, looking at him calmly. "You are forbidden to touch anything. You can only take the completion record. All the loot is mine."

Being stared at by Su Chen made the assassin player feel a chill run down his spine.

But when he glanced at the alluring golden equipment on the ground and then at his forty-eight companions behind him, his courage grew a little stronger.

He gave an awkward laugh, but didn't pull his hand back.

"Su, God Su... don't be so heartless."

The assassin player swallowed hard, forcing a smile, and said, "You didn't even pick up the black iron-grade equipment on the ground. This is just a few gold-grade items that dropped. I doubt you'll need them. I'll sell them and give you half of my credits, okay?"

That's all.

He made a snap decision and picked up all the orbs of light with a single wave of his hand.

In his view, everyone was a student of Sky Dome Academy, and no matter how strong Su Chen was, he would never break off relations over a few pieces of equipment that Su Chen didn't need.

Moreover, there are fifty people here, and the law does not punish the many.

however.

Su Chen didn't even lift his eyelids.

Do you really think I'm just a wage slave?

They've ripped me off with stolen equipment, and they even have the nerve to negotiate with me.

Su Chen raised his staff.

"boom--"

A blazing fireball suddenly ignited out of nowhere.

It covered a distance of more than ten meters and crashed directly into the assassin player's chest.

"Bang."

A very faint muffled thud.

The assassin player's smirk froze instantly.

He lowered his head and stared blankly at his chest.

There, a hole the size of a bowl appeared.

The flesh at the edges didn't bleed; instead, it was instantly carbonized into charred powder.

Followed by.

A bright red real damage number floated up above his head.

"Click..."

The assassin player's body is like a sand sculpture that has been weathered for thousands of years, starting from the hole in the chest and quickly spreading throughout the body.

One second later.

He transformed into a pool of thick green water, which scattered across the white bone staircase.

[Note: Team member 'Li Qiang' has died.]

The system's cold, mechanical voice suddenly rang out in the team channel.

The dark gold-grade tower shield still lay quietly in the black water.

Dead silence.

The silence was even colder than when the BOSS was instantly killed.

The remaining forty-eight people stared wide-eyed, their blood freezing in their veins.

died.

Li Qiang is dead.

It wasn't killed by a monster.

They were instantly killed by Su Chen, the "classmate," "junior," and "God Su" in their eyes, with a basic fireball that he didn't even pronounce!

"He...he killed someone..."

A female mage's legs buckled, and she collapsed to the ground, her teeth chattering uncontrollably. "In a dungeon... death is truly death!"

"How dare he... how dare he kill someone outright?!"

Fear, an unprecedented fear, like a cold, giant hand, gripped everyone's heart tightly.

Zhang Ming and Chen Shan exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

As top students at Sky Dome Academy, those who have never killed anyone are actually a minority.

but.

To be able to kill one's own classmate so decisively... such methods are not something an ordinary person can possess.

They finally realized something extremely terrifying.

The man who stands in front of the steps and can deal 5 billion damage with a casual strike can not only instantly kill a Dark Gold-level BOSS, but also crush them all as easily as crushing an ant!

Su Chen did not look at the pool of green water.

He turned around and looked down at the group of soon-to-be graduates who were already trembling with fear.

I'll say it one last time.

Su Chen's voice wasn't loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly.

"The rules we agreed on beforehand are that I'll guide you through the game, and you'll only get the completion record."

"Besides that, who dares to touch anything on the ground?"

Su Chen's gaze swept over the pile of ashes, his tone icy cold.

"If Li Qiang were accidentally killed by a monster, who would agree and who would disagree?"