How Did He Build This Dungeon?

In the scene, monsters surge like a tide in Su Mu's dungeon world.

The ninth wave of monsters has poured out of the crack, 296 level 13 elite goblin monsters, densely covering the valley in front of Flower-Fruit Mountain.

But just when everyone thought Su Mu was about to face a tough battle, the two monsters made their move.

Little Drill Wind sprang up from beside the stone tablet at Lion Camel Ridge, its dark blue figure slicing into the monster horde like lightning.

The short sword was drawn, its cold light flashing, and the skulls of the three elite goblins at the front shattered simultaneously.

Its speed was almost invisible; the blade flashed in the gray-green torrent, and each strike took down at least one monster.

The White Bone Spirit stood at the highest point between Flower-Fruit Mountain and Lion Camel Ridge, and with a gentle flick of her bone whip, grayish-white flames spread out like a tide, covering nearly half of the battlefield in front of her.

The goblin bones in the flames brittled and crumbled into pieces. With a flick of her wrist, she retracted the bone whip, and the flames narrowed into a thin line, precisely sweeping across the monsters attempting to flank her.

The two monsters worked together flawlessly. One engaged in close combat to finish off the enemies, while the other used ranged area-of-effect attacks. The level 13 elite monsters were like paper in front of them, falling one after another.

"These two monsters are strange," a proctor suddenly said, his voice tinged with disbelief. "Their combat skills... are too strong. Ordinary creature cards simply couldn't possess this kind of combat awareness."

"And look at their attributes." Another teacher had already used his Appraisal; although separated by a light screen, the monitoring system of the College Entrance Examination Secret Realm would display the candidates' card data in real time.

On the light screen, the panels of the two cards were magnified.

First image:

[Name: Little Drill Wind]

[Rank: SSS]

[Level: 17]

[Blood: 638000/638000]

[Attack: 55800]

[Defense: 33600]

[Agility: 49800]

[Combat Index: 541800]

[Skills: Intelligence Perception, Mountain-Patrolling Steps, Lion Camel Ridge Glory, Call for Aid]

Second image:

[Name: Corpse Demon White Bone Spirit]

[Rank: SSS]

[Level: 17]

[Blood: 810000/810000]

[Attack: 71200]

[Defense: 41800]

[Agility: 59600]

[Combat Index: 748000]

[Skills: Bone Claw Rend, Command of the Dead, Bone Reassembly, Transformation - Humanoid, Thousand-Faced Transformation]

The air on the platform seemed to freeze.

"Two... two SSS-level cards?" someone asked hesitantly.

"Little Drill Wind has a combat index of 540,000, and White Bone Spirit has a combat index of 748,000. These two combat indices are already close to the level of a level 30 SSS-grade core card that hasn't First Transcendence."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, the first thought that popped into their minds being: these two cards were his core cards.

But the reality is not like that.

The opponent's core card is a rock, although it has now been upgraded to B-rank and has a nice-sounding name.

But it's still essentially a stone.

All those Little Drill Winds and White Bone Spirit can only be non-core cards.

But then I immediately realized something was wrong; this couldn't be.

Embedding an SSS-level non-core card costs 5,000 Soul Power; two cards would cost 10,000 soul power points.

A student who has only been awakened for seven days has a maximum Soul Power of just over two hundred points. Even if he recovers one hundred points through meditation every day, he will only have seven hundred points after seven days.

10,000 points?

Absolutely impossible.

Furthermore, embedding S-grade or higher cards is not as simple as just having Soul Power.

Therefore, the only explanation is that he gradually upgraded these two SSS-level cards from lower levels.

And it has to start from S-rank or below.

But that's even more outrageous.

Seven days to rise from A-rank to SSS-rank?

For a normal dungeon raider to cultivate an A-rank card, it would take at least three to five months of accumulation, as well as a massive investment of materials and Soul Power.

Going from zero to SSS in seven days—what does that even mean?

Furthermore, even if it reaches SSS rank, how do you explain this attribute?

The growth curve of SSS-level cards has its limits. A level 17 SSS-level card will only have a base combat index of 200,000 to 250,000 at most.

The Little Drill Wind has 540,000 and the White Bone Spirit has 748,000, which exceeds the theoretical upper limit of a normal SSS-level card at level 17.

Countless question marks appeared in everyone's mind.

They wished they could rush into the instance right now, grab Su Mu by the collar, and demand, "How did you do that?"

But they knew it was impossible. Impossible now, and impossible in the future.

The most crucial secrets lie in the details of a dungeon master's deck building, the way their Soul Power circulates, and the path they take to develop their cards.

If these proctors were to ask questions, they would be breaking the rules and would not only be expelled from the Dungeon Master Association, but could even face legal consequences.

But if you don't ask, everyone's heart is itching, like a million ants are crawling on it.

Just as everyone was filled with questions, a proctor suddenly pointed to the other corner of the screen, his voice a little hoarse. "By the way... he has more than just these cards."

Everyone looked in the direction he was pointing.

At the edge of the image, beneath the surface of the Jade Wave Pool, two figures can be vaguely seen swimming underwater.

One was a catfish spirit, short and stout with whiskers that reached past its waist; the other was a blackfish spirit, slender with scales as black as ink.

They hide deep underwater, quietly waiting, their presence concealed by the water, easily overlooked if one doesn't look closely.

"These are... two SS-rank cards?" Someone used Appraisal to see the numbers on the panel.

Benbo'erba, SS-rank, combat index 396,000. Babo'erben, SS-rank, combat index 418,000.

Two SS-rank cards.

Before everyone could fully process this information, another teacher pointed to the main peak of Lion Camel Ridge.

At the mountaintop, the translucent golden lion lay quietly on the rock, its dark golden flames flickering on and off, its form ethereal and incomplete.

"There's another one there. Grade A... no, it's only partially embedded, only two-fifths of it is embedded."

The Appraisal scanned the screen, and the Green Lion King's stats popped up.

Although it only possessed two-fifths of the attributes of a fully formed entity, its foundation alone had already silenced everyone.

"The attributes of this Grade A card are ridiculously exaggerated," a teacher said in a low voice.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

Two SSS-level cards, two SS-level cards, and one semi-embedded A-level card. All of them are monsters or beasts, and all of them are highly consistent with his theme.

This is something that money can't buy.

SSS-level non-core cards are practically non-existent on the market, and SS-level cards are extremely rare; even if you have the money, you can't buy them.

More importantly, even if he had an incredible stroke of luck and obtained these cards, how could he possibly embed them all into the dungeon, name and anchor them, and level them up to this level within seven days?

How much Soul Power does this require?

How many trials are needed?

How many adjustments are needed?

The question marks in everyone's heads have piled up into a mountain.