The Taste of Privilege, Skeletons with Hundreds of Thousands of Attack

Lin Mu raised an eyebrow slightly.

The trouble Mu Wanqing had mentioned had arrived sooner than expected.

He couldn't be bothered to waste words with these "student thugs" blocking the way to collect fees.

Walking right past them, he headed straight for the registration staff member.

"Hello, I'd like to register to enter the instance."

The staff member in charge of registration looked at Lin Mu, then at the bald, burly man glaring menacingly from the side.

A troubled expression crept onto his face.

"Classmate... this... Senior Iron Mountain and them..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was clear enough.

"Iron Mountain?"

Lin Mu turned his gaze to the bald, burly man, his eyes calm.

"Do I need to pay him?"

"This... well, it's not exactly Academy policy, it's just..."

The staff member stammered, visibly nervous.

"Since it's not policy."

Lin Mu cut him off.

He slowly pulled from his pocket an ancient-looking token, pitch-black all over, stamped with the character "One."

He set it casually on the registration counter.

Thud.

A soft sound, yet it struck like a heavy hammer.

Slamming hard into the hearts of the staff member and everyone nearby!

"This... this is..."

The staff member's eyes, the moment they saw the token, flew wide open in shock!

The hesitation and reluctance on his face were instantly replaced by sheer terror and reverence!

Thump!

Under everyone's stunned gaze, that LV.20 staff member's legs gave way.

He slid straight off his chair!

His voice, trembling violently from extreme fear, even carried a sob!

"I failed to recognize a true mountain! I didn't know the Heaven Branch Chief was here in person!"

The moment the word "Chief" left his lips, the entire entrance area fell into dead silence!

Everyone's gaze froze solid.

"You're a student too?"

Lin Mu asked the staff member.

"Yes, the school gave me a work-study opportunity..."

"I was wrong! I shouldn't have colluded with them!"

"Please, Chief, don't report this. I swear I'll turn over a new leaf!"

He spoke through tears and sobs, fully aware of Lin Mu's influence.

That bald, burly man called "Iron Mountain"—

His arrogance and bullying froze stiff, like a sculpture encased in ice.

He stared fixedly at the token, his mind a blank slate.

Heaven Branch... Number One... Cloud Viewing Residence... Chief?!

That monstrous prodigy who shattered the Academy's all-time entrance exam record with 140,000 points?!

Gulp.

Iron Mountain swallowed hard.

A chill shot straight from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head!

He recalled yesterday in the square—that Lu Hu, stripped of his Heaven Branch qualification in public, coughing up blood and collapsing from rage.

A terrifying cold instantly engulfed him.

Lin Mu retrieved his token, too lazy to bother with these parasites.

Scum like this existed everywhere, even at Huaxia First Academy!

Bam!

Lin Mu kicked Iron Mountain over.

He spoke calmly to the staff member, who was nearly scared unconscious.

"Now, can I go in?"

"Y-yes! Please, Chief! Right this way!"

The staff member scrambled to his feet, personally opening the highest-priority entry passage for Lin Mu, his posture utterly servile.

Lin Mu stepped toward the shimmering portal.

From start to finish, he remained as calm as a gentle breeze.

Behind him, a group of petrified students stood frozen.

Iron Mountain lay on the ground, his body trembling violently.

What kind of karma had he brought upon himself?

He had provoked a freshman absolutely not to be trifled with!

A flash of light, and Lin Mu's figure vanished into the portal.

He took out that bottle of [Wisdom Enlightenment Potion] and began to modify it.

[Wisdom Enlightenment Potion]

Effect: Upon consumption, enters the "Wisdom Enlightenment" state. For the next three hours, all experience gained from killing monsters is increased by 200%.

"Change 'for the next three hours' to 'for the next hundred million hours'!"

"Change 'experience increased by 200%' to 'experience increased by 900%'!"

Woom--!

The blue potion in Lin Mu's hand suddenly erupted with dazzling radiance!

The bottle shook violently!

The originally clear blue liquid inside had now transformed into a deep, profound blue.

A few seconds later, the light subsided.

The potion bottle returned to calm, but the liquid inside was completely different.

[Wisdom Enlightenment Potion]

Effect: Upon consumption, enters the "Wisdom Enlightenment" state. For the next hundred million hours, all experience gained from killing monsters is increased by 900%.

Lin Mu stared at the new description, his heart pounding wildly.

"Hundred million hours... converted to years, that's over eleven thousand years..."

"This isn't a time-limited buff anymore—this is a permanent passive talent!"

Without hesitation, Lin Mu tilted his head back and downed the entire bottle of this heaven-defying potion.

"Not bad! Full of energy! Burp--!"

He opened his class panel, and the top-left corner displayed his current status.

["Wisdom Enlightenment" State: Experience gain efficiency increased by 900%!]

[Remaining Time: 99999999 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds]

Lin Mu stared at that string of "999..." and forcibly suppressed the ecstasy surging within him.

Inside the dungeon.

Cold, damp, oppressive.

This was the first impression [Abyss Hunting Ground] gave him.

The sky was a dark red, like congealed blood.

The ground was crisscrossed with ravines, and twisted, fleshy vines could be seen everywhere.

In the air, faint roars and whispers constantly drilled into his eardrums.

Lin Mu looked around, his expression blank.

He raised the [Withered Wood Staff] in his hand and gently tapped it down.

"Awaken."

"Bone Army!"

Rumble--!!!

The entire earth trembled at that moment!

Spreading wildly in all directions from Lin Mu as the center!

One, ten, a hundred, a thousand...

Countless [Steel Skeleton Warriors] burst forth from the ground!

They were clad in heavy steel armor, wielding sharp steel spears, with eerie Soul Fire flickering in their eye sockets.

Nine thousand Steel Skeleton Warriors!

A true steel tide!

In an instant, they filled every inch of ground around Lin Mu.

The clang of metal rang out without end.

Then.

Ninety [Skeleton Artillerymen] appeared silently behind the formation.

They raised their cannons in perfect unison, the pitch-black muzzles radiating an aura of death.

"Feel... despair."

Lin Mu chanted softly, stirring gusts of chilling wind around him.

[Death Prayer]!

The formless deathly melody swept across the entire field!

The nine thousand and ninety Bone Army soldiers had their auras surge violently!

Attack, defense, speed—all attributes increased by 9004%!

A terrifying ninety-one-fold amplification!

Lin Mu immediately checked the boosted skeleton stats.

[Steel Skeleton Warrior]

[HP: 9527/9527]

[Attack: 507780-535080]

[Defense: 463190]

[Skeleton Artilleryman]

[HP: 680/680]

[Attack: 666120-776867]

[Defense: 20020]

"Holy shit! Even if a boss stood here and let these skeleton warriors hit it, it probably couldn't break through!"

Lin Mu gave the order directly.

"Go."

"Raze this place to the ground!"

The nine thousand Steel Skeleton Warriors moved!

They turned into nine thousand ghostly shadows charging across the entire [Abyss Hunting Ground]!

Soon, the first wave of abyss monsters appeared on the skeleton legion's charge route.

A dozen or so LV.20 [Abyss Demon Dogs].

But these canine monsters, notoriously troublesome in the eyes of professionals, were as fragile as paper before the Steel Skeleton Warriors, whose attack power had been boosted to over five hundred thousand.

Steel spear thrust!

No second move was needed!

The [Abyss Demon Dogs] were pierced through instantly, scattering into black mist.

[You have slain an Abyss Demon Dog (LV.20). Gained 2000 EXP!] (Base EXP 200 * 10x multiplier)

[You have slain an Abyss Demon Dog (LV.20). Gained 2000 EXP!]

[You have slain...]

Lin Mu's experience bar shot up at an inconceivable speed!

Just from that one wave of contact, his level jumped straight from LV.17 to LV.18!

[Necromancer Lin Mu's level has increased to LV.18!]

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The Skeleton Artillerymen adjusted their aim, raining down relentless artillery fire on the areas dense with monsters.

Every shell that landed cleared out a zone, pouring massive amounts of experience into his account.

[Necromancer Lin Mu's level has increased to LV.19!]

[Necromancer Lin Mu's level has increased to LV.20!]

Less than twenty minutes!

Three levels in a row!

If this leveling speed got out, it would be enough to make every professional on the entire Blue Star question their existence!

Lin Mu couldn't be bothered to command personally.

He issued a vague order to "clear the map."

Then, he sat leisurely on a clean, dry tree trunk.

Watching his experience bar skyrocket wildly.