It is now basically confirmed that Ling Yi and Meng Yue are the ones who cleared the Abyss.
Ling Yi is exceptionally strong, but is Meng Yue really that simple?
Since Liu Wenshan and his group investigated Ling Yi, they must have investigated Meng Yue as well.
Ling Yi's identity information is relatively simple: his parents died in the dungeon, he's an orphan, and just an ordinary person. But Meng Yue's identity is very strange.
Based on the available information, Meng Yue's parents, like Ling Yi's parents, were also professionals who died in the dungeon.
However, unlike Ling Yi, Ling Yi's parents died unexpectedly in the instance after Ling Yi turned 15.
Meng Yue's parents died in the instance when she was 4 years old.
However, after Peng Bahai and his team conducted an in-depth investigation, they discovered that Meng Yue's parents were not her biological parents; Meng Yue was someone they had picked up while hunting monsters in the wild.
It is already quite incredible that a baby would appear in the wild and not be killed or eaten by monsters.
Even more incredibly, in the more than ten years since Meng Yue's adoptive parents died, there has been almost no information about Meng Yue.
Information about Meng Yue was not recorded again until she entered high school Meng Yue the age of 15.
There is absolutely no record of where Meng Yue went during those 11 years, how she survived, or what she went through.
This is too bizarre.
Not only was no information found about Peng Bahai, but no information was found about Army Commander Zhao Hong or Liu Wenshan either.
With the technology and professional capabilities of this world, as long as people live in this world, they will inevitably leave their mark.
But Meng Yue, in these 11 years, has left no trace whatsoever.
Just like those 11 years, it vanished from the world out of thin air, only to return again.
Compared to Ling Yi, Meng Yue is the more mysterious one.
There must be a great secret about Meng Yue.
To this end, Peng Bahai specially arranged for some professionals to secretly keep an eye on Ling Yi and Meng Yue under the guise of protection.
Unexpectedly, Meng Yue vanished into thin air right under their noses.
How could this not infuriate Peng Bahai?
During this period, Peng Bahai has encountered a series of misfortunes.
Earlier outside the city, his men lost track of Ling Yi and Meng Yue. Later, when Ling Yi and Meng Yue reappeared, his men followed them for a short while but unexpectedly encountered wild monsters.
Those who were tracking Ling Yi and Meng Yue were killed by wild monsters, their entire force wiped out. They only managed to send back a message saying they had encountered a powerful wild monster, and then there was no further news.
The most troublesome thing is that Ling Yi and Meng Yue are the Abyss Clearers.
Or rather, Peng Bahai least wanted Ling Yi and Meng Yue to be Abyss Clearers.
There was nothing he could do; it was his own fault for disliking Ling Yi, and for Ling Yi flipping the table earlier, almost getting him into trouble!
But now, no amount of Thunder will help; we should think about how to handle the situation next!
By this time, the Combat on the other side of the arena had ended, and only Ling Yi remained standing on the arena.
No one dares to go on stage to challenge Ling Yi anymore.
Although a forced reduction of 100 HP won't kill a professional, getting injured still hurts, and coughing up blood is also uncomfortable!
Moreover, Ling Yi clearly held back; otherwise, it wouldn't have been as simple as losing 100 health points and being knocked away.
Ling Yi glanced at the principal of Dafeng City No. 1 Middle School beside him and said, "Principal, shouldn't we announce the results?"
This step, the harvest, was very satisfying.
Health increased by 3 million, attack increased by 250,000, and defense increased by 100,000.
Although no new entries were added, increasing the base attributes is sufficient.
With Ling Yi's status stat bonuses, even a small increase in attributes results in an extremely powerful attack and defense boost.
The principal swallowed hard, unsure of what to say for a moment.
With so many Big Shot around, how could he possibly have decision-making power?
So he looked towards the stands.
" Ling Yi is the winner of this arena competition." Just then, Liu Wenshan, the military commander, stood up from the stands and announced loudly to the crowd.
"Mayor Peng, please arrange for the remaining arena matches to continue," Liu Wenshan said to Peng Bahu.
Ling Yi is in first place, but the rankings of the other contestants haven't been determined yet!
Although it's no longer important to them, the formalities still need to be followed.
"Young friend Ling Yi, would it be possible to have a private chat?" Liu Wenshan finally asked, looking at Ling Yi.
"Okay!" Ling Yi nodded.
Ling Yi knew he was going to make money again.
He has 1000 Level-Up Pill. If he sells a hundred or two hundred of them, he can earn a few hundred billion gold coins, which he can then use to buy a large amount of equipment from the shop or auction house to Disassembly Equipment Essence.
Ling Yi jumped off the stage, patted Wang Qiang on the shoulder, and said, "I'm giving you a task: help me collect some equipment with skill attributes. The grade doesn't matter, the more the better."
The chubby boy, Wang Qiang, nodded excitedly and said loudly and earnestly, "Yes, boss."
Ling Yi nodded in satisfaction. Putting everything else aside, Ling Yi really liked the little fat boy's attitude.
The next moment, Ling Yi's Ying Yi and appeared in front of Liu Wenshan.
"This isn't the place to talk, let's go to the conference hall!" Liu Wenshan looked at Ling Yi, who had suddenly appeared in front of him, and felt a mix of emotions.
This is clearly a Teleportation skill, not a Teleport scroll or Teleport Stone.
With this one move alone, Ling Yi is already in an invincible position.
Teleportation -type skills are extremely rare.
Or rather, the skills of professionals are actually very rare.
When all professions first awaken, they generally only have one skill, and only a very few professions are able to awaken two skills.
To acquire skills later, you can either kill monsters to obtain them or purchase them from the auction house.
However, most of the skills available at the auction house are extremely expensive, making them unaffordable for ordinary professionals.
A Mage's Fireball costs a million gold coins, and Lightning costs ten million gold coins.
The key issue is that skill scrolls are available but not in the market.
Ultimately, it's because the monster drop rate is low, and the skill level of professional players is too high.
A few minutes later, Liu Wenshan, Zhao Hong, Guan Xiaoyun, the four commanders of the Gao Yao Army, and Ling Yi arrived at the principal's conference room of No. 1 Middle School.
" Ling Yi, you and Meng Yue are the ones who cleared the Abyss in the Nether Forest, right?" Liu Wenshan asked bluntly.
"No!" Ling Yi shook his head in denial.
Whether it's true or not is unimportant, whether Ling Yi admits it or not, well, it's not important either, but Ling Yi won't admit it directly.
" Ling Yi, you don't need to be so wary of us. We have no ill intentions towards you. Besides, being Abyss Clearer can only benefit you, not harm you."
Ling Yi still shook his head.
"The incident involving Wu Zhiping and Wu Ming is just an isolated case." Liu Wenshan sighed. He thought it was the incident involving Wu Zhiping and Wu Ming that made Ling Yi so wary.
But he couldn't say much about it.
If he were Ling Yi, he probably would have done the same.
The Great Qian Empire has actually done a very good job, but ultimately, this is a world where the strong rule.
The strong always deserve certain privileges.
Unfair? There's no such thing as true fairness in this world.
Ling Yi remained noncommittal to Liu Wenshan's words, simply shrugging and saying nothing.
Liu Wenshan also decisively dropped the topic.
" Ling Yi, I want to buy Level-Up Pill. Name your price!"
"I'm only selling 20 Level-Up Pill," Ling Yi said slowly.
Everyone understood what Ling Yi meant; that is, Ling Yi had more than 20 pills.
"Each Level-Up Pill starts at 2 billion. I'll sell to whoever offers the highest price," Ling Yi continued.
Everyone frowned immediately, their faces turning grim.
They all underestimated Ling Yi's appetite.
This kid is trying to make them bid against each other!
Two billion gold coins is no small sum. If they were to actually bid for it, they would be the ones who suffer losses, while this kid would get it for nothing.
"Kid, you're pushing your luck. 2 billion per piece is already a lot; we can't raise the price any further," Zhao Hong said coldly.
"I only have 20," Ling Yi glanced at him, then continued, "And I don't necessarily have to sell them to you."
"We might not necessarily make a move right now!"
Everyone wanted nothing more than to slap this kid to death; how could they not understand the implication?
They were very unhappy about being threatened by a junior.
The key point is that Ling Yi's statement makes perfect sense.
Although they were military leaders and their strength was considerable, there were beings even stronger than them.
Countless powerful figures are probably heading to Dafeng City now!
The longer it drags on, the more people will arrive, and the lower their chances of getting Level-Up Pill.
Liu Wenshan took a deep breath and said, "Young friend, let's forget about bidding. Just name your price. If we can accept it, then we're all happy. If not, then we can come up with another plan."
"10 billion per pill." Ling Yi demanded an exorbitant price.
"Kid, you've gone too far." Liu Wenshan's beard trembled with anger.
"10 billion is impossible. Although we are the military leaders, it is impossible for us to come up with so many gold coins in a short period of time," Gao Yao, the military leader of the Southern District, in a cold voice.
" Ling Yi, let's go for 2.5 billion per coin. That's our Limit. Besides, too many gold coins are just a bunch of numbers," Guan Xiaoyun said seriously.
Ling Yi knew that 2.5 billion was indeed roughly the Limit for these people.
Perhaps he could add a little more, up to 3 billion.
Seeing that Ling Yi remained silent, Gao Yao grew anxious. He had just received word that the other military leaders would arrive in Dafeng City in two hours.
Moreover, Xiang Cangqiong was also on his way to Dafeng City.
Once these people arrive, I'm afraid these 20 Level-Up Pill won't be enough to go around.
"So, that's 2.5 billion gold coins, plus 10 Legend equipment pieces!" Gao Yao said.
Upon hearing the word "equipment," Ling Yi's eyes lit up.
For him, his purpose in earning gold coins was simply to acquire equipment.
Why not have them all switch to new equipment?
After a quick mental calculation, he said, "3 billion gold coins for one Level-Up Pill."
" Ling Yi, 3 billion is too high," Liu Wenshan said, frowning.
"You can use equipment to offset the gold coins!" Ling Yi said.
"Use equipment to offset gold coins? How so?" Guan Xiaoyun asked.
" Epic Grade equipment can be exchanged for 10,000 gold coins, the Myth equipment for 100,000 gold coins, and Legend equipment for 1,000,000 gold coins."
Just as Zhao Hong was about to say something, Ling Yi continued, "No level restrictions, no class restrictions, no affix restrictions, no attribute restrictions."
The group exchanged glances, their previously angry expressions suddenly turning strange.
The Myth and Legend equipment is hard to come by, but they know of a dungeon that drops a very low-quality Epic Grade item with an extremely high drop rate.