Four rounds of leveling rewards-a reward explosion!

Six in the morning.

The number of players online began surging again.

Since it was the weekend, many players had gotten up early to grind levels.

There were also plenty of office workers who still had to work overtime on weekends. They got up two hours early to squeeze in some gaming before clocking in at eight.

So there were quite a few players online.

Outside Cloudside Town, in a level 10 wilderness zone.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

The four strongest players in the Troubled Times Guild, each with a rare C-rank talent, went all out to leave monsters barely alive before delivering them to Wang Junjie for the finishing blow.

As he easily cut down one monster after another, Wang Junjie's experience bar climbed at a blistering pace.

Slash!

Wang Junjie raised his sword and cut down a Demonized Toad, then opened his status panel. Seeing his experience bar at level 9, 85%, he beamed smugly.

"Hmph, Ling Xiao, even when I give you a chance, you're still useless!"

"Let's see how the hell you plan to overtake me and reach level 10 first!"

Just as Wang Junjie finished speaking, something happened.

A loud system announcement suddenly rang out overhead-

[System announcement] (Cloudside Town): "Ding! Congratulations to player Wind Soughs Sadly on completing his class advancement! As the second player in Cloudside Town, Beginner Village No. 116 on the Great Xia Server, to reach level 10 and complete class advancement, he has earned the second-place leveling leaderboard rewards: 90,000 in cash! +2 prize draws! +90 reputation! Title acquired: [Leveling Maniac]!"

"What?!!"

The smug smile on Wang Junjie's face vanished as he heard the announcement.

"Impossible!"

"That's impossible!"

"He was a whole level below me just now! How could he reach level 10 before me and even finish his class advancement in the blink of an eye?"

While Wang Junjie was still struggling to make sense of it, something else happened.

Several more announcements descended in succession-

[System announcement] (Cloudside Town): "Ding! Congratulations to player Skinny Monkey on being the third to reach level 10 and complete class advancement! Rewards acquired..."

[System announcement] (Cloudside Town): "Ding! Congratulations to player Pang Dahai on being the fourth to reach level 10 and complete class advancement! Rewards acquired..."

[System announcement] (Cloudside Town): "Ding! Congratulations to player Gentle Evening Breeze on being the fourth to reach level 10 and complete class advancement! Rewards acquired..."

Buzz!

Wang Junjie felt as though lightning had struck him.

He staggered several steps backward, nearly falling flat on his ass!

"Motherfucker!"

"Are they cheating?!!"

"I've got four powerhouses with C-rank talents helping me level! How could they possibly be faster than me? Huh? They must be cheating!!!"

Beside him, the strategist Troubled Times Zhuge nudged his glasses with his index finger and studied the leveling leaderboard. "Mo Shou Cheng Gui's ID is still on the leaderboard. That means he hasn't left the beginner village for a Level 3 Main City yet."

"And his level keeps rising, too. That tells us one thing."

"Mo Shou Cheng Gui carried them to level 10!"

"Mo Shou Cheng Gui! Fuck you! First you stole my boss, and now you've ruined my plans!!" Wang Junjie's face flushed crimson with rage, his whole body trembling.

"You really have a fucking death wish! I'm going to fucking kill you!!"

With that, Wang Junjie opened WeChat and furiously sent Su Yingxia a message...

Meanwhile.

Offline.

Su Yingxia was still crouching outside Lin Mo's door, completely oblivious.

She had already waited several hours for him.

During that time, she had sent Lin Mo hundreds of messages, but every one had disappeared into the void without a reply.

"Damn you, Lin Mo! Did you go abroad for a late-night snack? You've been eating forever! It's already light out, and you're still not back!"

"You won't even reply! You've kept me waiting so long!"

"Hmph! You used to reply to my messages instantly!!"

Despite her anger, Su Yingxia reconsidered. As long as he doesn't log in, I've done my job anyway!

It's been so long. Wang Junjie must have killed the boss by now, right? I can get another two million from him! Nice!

Just as Su Yingxia happily prepared to ask Wang Junjie for the money, something happened.

His message arrived first.

"Fuck! Su Yingxia, you bitch! How dare you betray me! I'm going to kill you!!"

Su Yingxia's expression immediately changed.

She had no idea what had happened. "Junjie, what's wrong?"

"Stop playing innocent!" Wang Junjie was livid. "You ungrateful bitch! Just you wait! If I don't fucking destroy you, I'll take your surname!!!"

Su Yingxia's heart jolted. She was both confused and frightened.

But when she tried to message Wang Junjie again to ask what exactly had happened, she discovered that he had blocked her!

What's going on?

Did I do something wrong...?

As she struggled to understand, an ominous feeling welled up inside her...

Cloudside Town, the Class Advancement Hall.

To suit his talent, Ling Xiao had advanced into a tank class: Knight. He planned to go all-in on defense and become a Nuclear Blast Tank!

Xia Wanwan had advanced into a Mage. Her D-rank talent, Icebound World, which increased ice skill damage by 10%, meant she was destined to follow the path of an ice mage.

Skinny Monkey had become an Assassin.

Pang Dahai had become a healer: Priest.

The moment they completed their class advancements and received recognition in the system announcements, everything changed.

Ling Xiao and Xia Wanwan hugged each other tightly, crying tears of joy.

"We did it!"

"We did it!!"

Watching the ill-fated couple finally get to stay together after so many hardships, Lin Mo couldn't help feeling moved.

While Lin Mo had been helping them level, Ling Xiao had already told him the truth:

He and Xia Wanwan had known each other since childhood. They had been together through kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school, and university-true childhood sweethearts!

But after they entered university, disaster struck.

One weekend, they went out together. On their way back that evening, Xia Wanwan's stunning beauty caught the attention of a group of street thugs.

To protect Xia Wanwan, Ling Xiao drew their attention and was beaten up by the thugs.

To save him, Xia Wanwan used the eyebrow razor she carried with her to slash one of the thugs across the neck.

Terrified and panicked, the two fled the scene.

Later, the thugs somehow tracked them down at Ning'an University. Citing a grade-one disability, they threatened to report Xia Wanwan to the police and have her sent to prison.

Unfortunately, there had been no surveillance cameras at the scene that night.

The thugs all insisted that Xia Wanwan had attacked first and deliberately injured them.

Just when Ling Xiao and Xia Wanwan were at their wits' end, someone stepped in.

Wang Junjie settled the matter with just a few words. The thugs even addressed him as "Brother Jie," treating him with the utmost respect.

Afterward, Wang Junjie used the incident to threaten Xia Wanwan, demanding that she become his girlfriend. If she refused, he would have the thugs report her to the police!

Xia Wanwan would rather die than agree.

Wang Junjie didn't actually want to send her to prison. He just wanted to sleep with her.

That was how Xia Wanwan's wager ended up on the campus confession wall: among all student players at Ning University, she would become the girlfriend of whoever reached level 10 first.

In Ling Xiao's words:

"Gaming is what I'm good at."

"This is my only chance to beat Wang Junjie!"

Wang Junjie had also agreed that if he lost, the matter with the thugs would be dropped, and he would stop pestering Xia Wanwan.

Why had this struck such a chord with Lin Mo?

Because he had once gone through something similar himself!

One weekend a year ago, shortly before graduating from university, Lin Mo and Su Yingxia had gone to see the sea together.

But on their way back to the hotel that evening, they had encountered a group of thugs.

To protect Su Yingxia, Lin Mo had picked up a rock and seriously injured one of them.

That had been the bravest moment of Lin Mo's life!

Back then, he had been timid and afraid of trouble.

But if anyone dared to bully Su Yingxia, he would risk his life for her!

Yet, ironically, just a week after that incident, Su Yingxia had broken up with him...

"Heh..." Remembering it left Lin Mo disheartened.

Just then, Ling Xiao approached Lin Mo and said with heartfelt gratitude, "Thank you, Mo Shou Cheng Gui!"

"As promised, I'll give you my leveling reward. I'll add the remaining thirty percent to the original seventy-you can have all of it!"

As soon as he finished, Xia Wanwan added, "I'll give you all my rewards too!"

Only Skinny Monkey and Pang Dahai hesitated.

"Brother Gui, can I keep thirty percent?"

"Even twenty percent would do..."

Lin Mo smiled calmly.

"Sure," he said generously.

And just like that, Lin Mo received 274,000 in cash!

Along with seven prize draws!