Scholar, Fuck You!

[Black-Evil Giant Ape]

[Level: 6]

[Strength: 14.8]

[Spirit: 12.3]

[Constitution: 14.5]

[Skill:...]

Su Luo stared at it in mid-air with a strange expression.

"Monster Tide... it's been a long time."

Song Shige, standing nearby, reached out and grabbed the half-gorilla, bringing it close to his eyes. He quickly scanned its Attributes, but without further analysis, he forcefully shoved its remaining arm into absolute darkness, outside the path of its path.

Just like their fingers before them, the gorilla's arm vanished silently the instant it touched the edge of darkness, its cut surface as smooth as a mirror. No matter or energy returned.

Song Shige still held on to what he was holding. "It seems the rules apply to them too. If necessary, you can just throw out the tough monsters."

"Does it provide experience points?" Su Luo was more concerned about this question. His experience bar was specifically kept at the 99.99% limit, and even a tiny bit of experience intake could lead to leveling up.

Song Shige tossed the remains to Guizishi, who was standing nearby. Guizishi swiftly swung his knife, ending the unfortunate monster's life, while keeping a close eye on his own screen.

"No," Guizishi confirmed, "The experience bar hasn't changed at all."

Su Luo and Song Shige both breathed a sigh of relief. If the monsters here could provide experience, it would be a huge hindrance for those of them who were deliberately Suppression their levels.

Both of them are probably close to reaching the level of level 9 Elites, and if they go all out, they can easily level up to level 9.

When a monster dies, it explodes into suspended debris.

Song Shige stepped forward and picked them up.

[Tinder Shards x10]

[First wave ended]

[The next wave starts every twenty minutes]

[Consume 2 Tinder Shards to unlock the next wave early?]

Su Luo leaned closer to take a look. Song Shige was holding Tinder Shards and approaching the altar of the [Tinder].

[Invest [Tinder Shards] to upgrade [Tinder] quality?]

"A very clear path design. Timed wave attacks, monsters drop exclusive resources [Tinder Shards]. Resources can be used to accelerate the process or to strengthen the core [Tinder]. Currently, it seems to be a standard Cycle of accumulation and strengthening. As for the way to interact and compete with other teams... it hasn't been shown yet," Su Luo said.

"Hmm," Song Shige nodded, his gaze sweeping over the panel, "We'll decide how to use these ten fragments after we discuss it. But look at this [Guardian Rankings], it's quite interesting."

Su Luo pulled up the ranking list and looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar format, feeling a pang of nostalgia. It felt like something from a long time ago, but in reality, it had only been a little over two months.

[Top 1--Wanggu Chao Ketu (100%)]

[Top 2 - Tali Lang (100%)]

[Top 3 -- Jiang Mengrui (100%)]

[Top 4 - Shan Yixian (100%)]

[...]

[Top 8 -- Jing Yunxin (100%)]

[...]

[Top 10 -- Guizishi (100%)]

This leaderboard only has ten slots, so level six Sanctuary have no chance of making the list. As a temporary leaderboard for the battlefield, it only includes Sanctuary have entered the battlefield.

The two level-seven Sanctuary were only ranked at the bottom. It's understandable that Guizishi's shelter was rushing to finish its work, but Jing Yunxin's Sanctuary halfway to level seven and had complete functions, yet it was only ranked eighth.

Su Luo looked at Guizishi: "Congratulations, congratulations, you're still number one!"

Guizishi: "..."

All the people mentioned before the password, except for Jing Yunxin, are all people with Forbidden Class!

There are also two people who didn't even bring the Sanctuary in; he can't say for sure.

Su Luo then looked at Song Shige and repeated what he had said not long ago, "'Currently, no one in the entire world should possess a Level 8 Sanctuary.'"

Song Shige: "..."

"Tali Lang himself claimed in the World Channel that his Sanctuary, so the abundance of resources in his area is understandable. But what's going on with Chao Ketu, who didn't even acquire any special traits, yet had a higher initial ranking?"

"Can his area provide all the rare and exotic materials Sanctuary? And he hasn't even broken the limit yet. Can he really beat those high-level monsters and get high-quality treasure chests to open for materials?" Song Shige was genuinely puzzled.

"Who knows?" Su Luo stopped dwelling on it and said, "I'll repeat what that [Fairy] said, and you can compare them carefully."

Having said that, Su Luo manipulated the vibrations of the surrounding air, trying to Perfect simulate the words she had heard earlier:

"Mu Hongyuan, Central Lands, Occupation: [Fairy]."

Her voice was clear and pleasant, already at an extremely high level of imitation. But after speaking, Su Luo frowned slightly, and began to subtly adjust the muscles in her throat and the structure of her vocal cords, repeating the words again with her modified vocal organs.

"They're different. The timbre, the frequency, even the pauses are different; the feeling is different too..."

"Isn't it incredibly catchy?" Su Luo asked.

"Yes," Song Shige replied, and Guizishi and even Jing Yunxin nodded in agreement.

She only said one sentence, but everyone heard a different 'Perfect version'.

This isn't Spell cast intentionally; it's more like a passive... cognitive distortion. It forces the audience to receive information Optimization by their own aesthetic preferences.

It's either Talent or professional skill.

This is top-quality roast chicken.

Su Luo turned and approached the altar, her consciousness sinking back into the inner space of the [Tinder].

Consciousness returned to the brightly lit hall, where several figures were already gathered around the round table.

As soon as Su Luo sat down, he saw Shan Yixian's figure materialize and appear. He immediately initiated a voice chat. The two quickly exchanged information and confirmed that, apart from the slightly different types of monsters they encountered, all other rules, including the function of the Tinder Shards, the wave intervals, and the lack of experience points, were completely identical.

Su Luo down and glanced at the panel.

[First Wave]

[World Remaining Groups: 99.99%]

Some groups were eliminated in the first round.

This poet can't even beat a level 6 monster?

The requirement for qualifying for the District War is that someone in the zone kills a level 6 Elite monster.

Anyone in the area who successfully kills a level 6 Elite monster is eligible to participate. Players of other classes are also welcome to participate.

But isn't it a bit much that even the professional players in the password-protected registration District War can't beat level 6 monsters?

While Su Luo was learning Alchemy in the dream Library, she had Xiao Luo wait outside for the others.

Three minutes passed quickly.

Gai Li swaggered into the hall, glanced around, and then connected with Su Luo via video call:

"Hey, Scholar, damn it!"

The profanity silenced Su Luo at the outset.

Gai Li even used Chinese.

Gai Li's voice was languid. "I suggest you go for the next wave; the earlier you start, the faster you'll develop."

"... Thank you for your suggestion. Which wave have you reached?"

"The fourth wave. Starting it early will consume 20% of the fragments harvested in that wave. The previous waves are all trash, easily defeated. I estimate that if you just keep grinding, you can reach the tenth wave in a minute." Gai Li's voice remained lazy.

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