Light Knights

Because of the special nature of Shen Hui's world, his name had spread just as widely as Qingxue's.

Qingxue's reputation was naturally positive, while Shen Hui's was negative.

Although they knew that a hero had been born in Shen Hui's world,

and the principal of his school had even given it a high evaluation,

in their eyes, it was still a complete waste of resources.

But now they saw that Shen Hui's name was also among those challenging the third level's rankings.

It was completely beyond many people's expectations.

"Shen Hui actually managed to challenge the third level, and so quickly, too. Looks like he's got something going for him after all."

"Everyone's heard about Shen Hui's world. Maybe he just got lucky. His potential is limited, in the end."

"Now that he's made it to the third level, he might not get any farther."

"Still, Shen Hui's talent should be pretty good. It's just a shame."

"There are countless cases of wasted potential every year. It's nothing worth mentioning. Let's see who can break the old records this time."

"There really are quite a few talented people this year. The ones raised by the major families are even stronger. The Ye Family, Xiao Family, Wang Family, and Zhang Family will probably produce one of the top challengers."

While the teachers outside were discussing things, Shen Hui and the others were watching the fighting in their world.

The third level opened, and a spatial rift appeared.

But this time, it wasn't bandits who emerged.

It was a team of thirty knights clad in silver armor.

They held silver longswords in their hands.

A certain power emanated from their bodies: Holy Light Power.

It was a type of elemental power.

Anyone who possessed this ability was already far beyond the Common.

The difference in their combat strength was enormous.

"Looks like the difficulty really ramps up starting with the third level."

"But they're still no match for our heroes."

The knights charged into Shen Hui's world.

The knight leading them spoke up. "Someone died here under strange circumstances. We've come to investigate on the king's orders. Everyone, stay alert."

"There may be some kind of monster here."

They entered Deadwood Forest, on their guard.

Sadako, who had been prepared well in advance, appeared right in front of them with Teleportation the instant they arrived.

The knights immediately took up attacking stances.

"Someone's there!"

But the next moment, Sadako vanished.

She appeared directly behind one of the knights.

A chill ran down the knight's spine. He immediately turned around and saw a face that filled him with terror.

He screamed and stumbled backward in fright.

But then he came to his senses, swung his longsword, and attacked.

The sword passed straight through Sadako's body.

"Hehehehe~"

A strange, mocking laugh echoed all around them.

Sadako disappeared again and reappeared in the distance.

All the knights saw it.

"That has to be the monster here! Common attacks can't hurt her. Use Holy Light Power!"

These knights were clearly nothing like the bandits.

They immediately figured out how to deal with her.

They imbued their weapons with Holy Light Power, and a faint glow spread across their longswords.

They charged at Sadako and attacked.

Their weapons, enchanted with Holy Light Power, could harm Sadako's spirit form.

But Shen Hui wasn't worried. After all, Sadako could resurrect.

The knights charged at Sadako, but she used Teleportation to dodge.

At the same time, she immediately used mental control, waiting for an opportunity to take control of two knights.

She made them attack each other.

But while Teleportation was on cooldown, Sadako still took damage.

Whenever Sadako was injured, her body grew dimmer.

Although the knights had never seen a monster as strange as Sadako, one that filled them with fear,

and her methods of attacking were so bizarre,

they saw that her body grew dimmer whenever their attacks hit.

They realized their attacks were having an effect. If they kept it up, they would kill Sadako!

A few minutes later, ten knights from the group had died.

Two others had been driven into a frenzy by Sadako's mental control.

But Sadako's body had grown so dim that it was about to disappear.

Just after finishing a Teleportation, Sadako was struck again.

After this attack, Sadako completely dissipated into the air.

The cold, gloomy atmosphere around them vanished all at once.

The knights who had been controlled returned to normal.

They shouted excitedly, "We finally killed the monster here!"

But they hadn't even had time to celebrate

when they suddenly felt that familiar, chilling presence coming from ahead.

"There seems to be something up ahead. Let's go take a look!"

The knights began walking forward.

They hadn't gone far when they saw a dry well.

That familiar, chilling presence from the monster before was coming from here.

And a crackling sound came from inside the well, making their scalps tingle.

The knights looked at one another, then headed toward the well together.

But just as they approached, a pair of pale hands with sharp black fingernails suddenly reached out from inside.

They grabbed a nearby knight and dragged him in.

The knight's scream came from inside, and the others immediately leaned over to look.

They saw a sight that filled them with terror.

The familiar, ghostly figure of Sadako clung to the smooth wall of the well with her fingernails.

She was crawling less than a meter below the mouth of the well.

She tilted her head up, revealing one eerie black eye, and stared fixedly at them.

The knight who had been dragged down lay at the bottom of the pitch-black, seemingly bottomless well, his fate unknown.

The knights' fear immediately flared up.

They had clearly killed her already, so how had she appeared in the well again?!

And just then, a series of footsteps suddenly came from the other side of Deadwood Forest.

They were accompanied by a chorus of oinks.

The knights immediately looked up and saw a group of strange, light-blue piglets ahead.

Behind the piglets followed a pig-headed man with a strange, expressionless smile.

They were the Pig-headed Butcher and the Demon Pigs from the slaughterhouse.

Shen Hui had ordered them to head to Deadwood Forest and provide support.

He had also sent Tomie over from the grasslands.

After all, the challenge had gotten harder, so there was no need for Shen Hui to spread out his forces.

He would gather them all in Deadwood Forest to face the enemy together.

"Th-there are more monsters!"

The knights immediately panicked.

The monsters they had killed before hadn't stayed dead.

And now another group of monsters had appeared!

"Let's fight them!"

The knights gritted their teeth, raised their weapons, and charged at the Pig-headed Butcher.

The Pig-headed Butcher's expression didn't change. He simply tightened his grip on the Butcher's Knife.

Sadako also teleported out of the dry well.

The battle was about to begin!

The knights' attacks couldn't kill the Pig-headed Butcher.

The Pig-headed Butcher dismembered the knights, then buried his head in their corpses and began feasting.

Sadako also appeared and vanished unpredictably, using Teleportation in combination with mind control to slaughter the knights.

Under their assault, the knights soon all died.

Shen Hui pressed the device without hesitation, starting the Fourth Stage!