Chapter Eighty-Two: Slaying the Dark Serpent, Shattering the New Record

The vitality of the black giant serpent was simply overwhelming. Yang Feng felt that even if he exhausted his spiritual power, he might not be able to kill it; by then, he would be right back at the beginning. Suddenly, an idea struck him.

“Turn it over for me!”

With a single command, all the Raven Warriors exerted their strength.

Boom!

A deafening crash echoed as the black serpent was flipped onto its back, exposing the soft, white flesh of its belly. Without the protection of its black scales, the Raven Warriors were finally able to launch their attacks. Each strike inflicted tremendous damage on the serpent. It thrashed violently, but no matter how it struggled, it could not right itself.

Soon, blood streamed in torrents, staining the entire swamp scarlet. The serpent’s struggles grew weaker and weaker. After ten minutes of relentless assault from the Raven Warriors, the black giant serpent was finally slain.

[Black Giant Serpent slain, experience +200,000]
[Obtained Bronze Weapon: Venom Fang Dagger!]
[Obtained Bronze Equipment: Serpent Scale Armor!]
[Obtained one Black Giant Serpent Demon Core!]
[Venom Fang Dagger: Bronze Weapon, Combat +30, Defense +30, usable by professions above level 15.]
[Serpent Scale Armor: Bronze Equipment, Defense +50, usable by professions above level 15.]

Yang Feng glanced at the two bronze items and stowed them in his storage bag. He checked his experience points and found his bar had risen from thirty percent to sixty percent—an increase of nearly thirty percent. If he cleared the dungeon once more, he would reach level 20.

Just as Yang Feng successfully slew the black giant serpent, the dungeon hall suddenly rang with the sound of bells. The chimes echoed throughout the entire hall, three times in total, and everyone inside heard them.

“Could it be that someone has set a new dungeon record?”
“It’s been ages since the record was broken!”
“Let’s go see who set the new record!”
“I didn’t see any elite team enter the dungeon earlier!”

In an instant, crowds surged into the dungeon hall. Fortunately, the hall was large enough to accommodate a thousand people.

At that moment, a brilliant beam of light burst from the Dark Swamp dungeon, and a new clearance record appeared on the crystal orb. Everyone present stared at the newly displayed record, faces filled with disbelief.

“How is this possible?”

“One person soloed the dungeon—and on hard mode?”
“Although it’s only a low-level dungeon for level 20, it’s still not something one person can clear alone!”
“Not only did he solo the dungeon, but the key is the clearance time—less than an hour!”
“That’s a new record—ten minutes faster than the previous best!”
“How did he manage it?”
“This person called Yang Feng—his profession is a Cursesmith!”
“What kind of profession is a Cursesmith? I’ve never heard of it before.”
“I haven’t either. Is it a newly released profession?”
“Yes, it must be new. I’ve never heard of it before!”
“Could the Cursesmith be a legendary class?”

As the crowd debated fervently, Yang Feng appeared at the dungeon’s exit.

“He’s out!”
“That’s him!”
“Hey, how did you solo the dungeon?”
“Some have soloed hard mode before, but no one has ever broken the record!”
“Brother, can you carry me through the dungeon?”

The moment Yang Feng stepped out, everyone rushed to surround him. Seeing the noisy crowd, a twitch flickered at Yang Feng’s lips. He glanced at the new record on the crystal orb and immediately understood what had happened.

Ignoring the crowd, Yang Feng paid the points to remove the dungeon cooldown.

In the next instant, Yang Feng re-entered the dungeon.

“He’s entered again?”
“Is he going to solo it again?”
“He just finished, and now he’s back at it—doesn’t he get tired?”
“Don’t crowd around—don’t scare him off!”
“I still don’t know which shameless guy—a level 25 profession—asked a level 19 to clear the dungeon!”

As Yang Feng entered the dungeon again, the crowd dispersed.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yishu, within the crowd, was utterly shocked.

“This Yang Feng is incredible!”
“Could it be true that he scored 100 contribution points in the exam?”

Just as Yang Feng entered the dungeon, his phone vibrated.

He picked it up and saw a message from the mission center.

[Congratulations on setting a new record in the Dark Swamp dungeon. Reward: 2,000 points, 10 contribution points.]
[Note: Contribution points can only be obtained once!]

Yang Feng paused in surprise. So, setting a new dungeon record not only awarded points, but also contribution points. Unfortunately, contribution points could only be earned once. It was a reasonable restriction to prevent exploitation; experienced teams could control their completion times and endlessly refresh records to rack up contribution points. The academy would never allow such abuse, so this rule was set.

Still, earning contribution points was a reason for joy. But Yang Feng ran dungeons only to level up.

With a command, the Raven Warriors charged out. Over a hundred Raven Warriors rampaged through the darkness, crushing the monsters once more. With previous experience, Yang Feng no longer lost his way, and his speed of slaying monsters was even faster.

In less than thirty minutes, Yang Feng reached the dungeon’s end. The Raven Warriors swarmed forward and killed the mutated beasts at the swamp’s edge.

Boom!

A column of water shot skyward as the final boss, the Dark Giant Serpent, crawled out.

Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!

Skill: Fireball!

The barrage of explosions stunned the Dark Giant Serpent. A massive crater appeared on the ground, and the serpent was already a mangled, bloody mess.

“Turn it over!”

The Raven Warriors surged forward and flipped the serpent onto its back. No one had ever used such a method to clear a dungeon, nor had anyone summoned so many pets. With the serpent’s massive body, flipping it was thought impossible.