Invitation

Su Mu turned his head. Ye Qingxue stood beside a wooden stake at the edge of the crowd, her white light armor still stained with a few drops of dark green goblin blood. Her face was even paler than before, and the bluish tinge under her eyes was even more pronounced.

But her back remained ramrod straight, like a small white poplar tree in the snow.

She looked at him, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "What level have you reached?"

Su Mu thought for a moment, then didn't hide anything. "Twenty."

Ye Qingxue paused.

She opened her mouth as if to say something, but then swallowed her words back.

Those cool, clear eyes lingered on Su Mu's face for several seconds, as if trying to confirm whether what he said was true or false.

Twenty waves.

The Nightmare Goblin Camp has a total of twenty waves. Reaching wave twenty means you've cleared the game.

And she, the SSS-rank Snow Queen, was defeated by the BOSS after fighting up to the twentieth wave.

Su Mu has cleared the level.

He's better than her.

Ye Qingxue felt her heart skip a beat.

Her first thought was disbelief, but she quickly dismissed it.

Su Mu doesn't lie. Throughout his three years of high school, he never lied about anything. If he said twenty waves, he meant twenty waves.

But she really couldn't understand it.

It is an SSS-level core card, an SSS-level theme, and a perfect fit for the deck.

Su Mu is an F-rank stone card, from a special theme, with no prior experience to follow. How did he manage to clear the level?

Ye Qingxue pursed her lips, her voice slightly unnatural. "You... cleared the game?"

Su Mu nodded, then, as if remembering something, casually said, "This shouldn't be too difficult for you, right?"

As soon as the words left his mouth, he knew he had made a mistake.

Ye Qingxue's expression froze for a moment.

A faint blush rose to the tips of her ears, and her cheeks flushed slightly. She clenched her fists, her lips moved, but she said nothing.

Su Mu felt somewhat embarrassed looking at her.

He didn't mean what he said just now.

He was just thinking that with Ye Qingxue's SSS-level Snow Queen attributes and level, clearing the Nightmare Goblin Camp shouldn't be difficult.

But he forgot... that both his Little Drill Wind and White Bone Spirit had SSS-level stats and their growth rates were higher than the other's. Furthermore, his level was higher than Ye Qingxue's, making clearing the level easy.

Ye Qingxue only has one SSS-level core card; the quality and quantity of his other cards are far inferior.

"That's not what I meant," Su Mu tried to explain.

Ye Qingxue didn't look at him, but turned her head away, her voice muffled. "I know."

After saying that, she turned her head away. Then she started walking towards the entrance of the nest.

A dark green light screen lit up in front of her. She selected Nightmare difficulty, and her figure was swallowed by dark purple light.

Su Mu was originally preparing to leave.

But he paused.

He suddenly remembered something.

Ye Qingxue has just challenged the Nightmare difficulty level.

Now I'm going straight into the nightmare.

Each of those scrolls is worth hundreds of thousands, and they can reduce the cooldown time of dungeons.

If he teams up with Ye Qingxue to farm the Land of Buried Bones, Ye Qingxue will provide cooldown removal items, while he will provide the monster-killing efficiency of Little Drill Wind and White Bone Spirit. Both of them can obtain a lot of experience and materials.

Moreover, the monster density in the Land of Buried Bones far exceeds that of the Goblin Nest, allowing you to level up your Years Like a Blade skill much faster.

This is much more efficient than him running around and doing it all by himself.

And they have more experience than that.

It's a win-win situation.

Thinking about this...

Su Mu stopped and stood at the edge of the crowd, waiting for Ye Qingxue to come out.

While we waited, people kept getting closer.

"Dude, did you really get into Nightmare mode? What wave were you on?"

"I heard you soloed this? Your core card is F-rank?"

What's your name? Which school do you go to?

Su Mu didn't want to waste time on these things. He simply replied, "I went in and tried, but I couldn't beat them, so I came out."

Upon hearing this, some people showed expressions of "I knew it," some patted him on the shoulder to show their understanding, and a few thought he was quite honest and offered him water and dry food.

"It's alright, we're already grateful to be able to even enter the Nightmare Lair. We don't even dare to enter the Nightmare Lair."

"Bro, you're pretty honest, unlike some people who claim they've beat the game even though they've never played it."

"Yeah, you have a great personality, we can team up in the future."

Su Mu casually agreed, glancing at the entrance to the nest every now and then.

Several girls from Rongcheng No. 1 High School gathered around him at some point. One of them, with her hair in pigtails, blushed and asked him, "Excuse me, which class are you in? I've never seen you before."

Before Su Mu could answer, another short-haired girl next to him blurted out, "You're quite pretty. Interested in getting your contact information? We could run dungeons together sometime."

Su Mu politely shook his head. "Thank you, but no need."

The girls exchanged glances but didn't press the matter. They simply stood a short distance away, whispering amongst themselves and glancing in his direction every now and then.

Su Mu didn't pay any attention.

Twenty minutes later, the dark purple light screen lit up again.

Ye Qingxue came out from inside.

Her condition was worse than before she went in.

Her face was deathly pale, her breathing was rapid, and her forehead was covered in fine beads of sweat. She walked more slowly than before, her shoulders slumped slightly, and she exuded an undeniable weariness.

She wasn't in a good mood either.

Just now, she reached the twentieth wave, but still fell to the boss. She had even less health than the last time, and she was still far from clearing the level.

Su Mu, on the other hand, has already cleared the level.

She saw Su Mu as soon as she stepped out of the light screen.

The boy stood at the edge of the crowd, and several girls were gathered around him looking in his direction. One of them even mustered up the courage to walk over and, blushing, handed him a bottle of water.

Ye Qingxue's mood inexplicably worsened.

She didn't know why either. She attributed it to the fact that she hadn't succeeded in clearing the dungeon earlier.

Just as she was about to walk away from the crowd, Su Mu walked towards her.

Ye Qingxue paused in her steps.

She didn't leave.

Su Mu stood before her and cut to the chase. "Ye Qingxue, I want to discuss something with you."

Ye Qingxue raised an eyebrow slightly. "What is it?"

"The Land of Buried Bones," Su Mu said, "I want to team up with you to farm there."

Ye Qingxue paused for a moment, then shook her head. "The level 15 Land of Buried Bones Grounds isn't cost-effective for soloing. Plus, the cooldown is too long; you have to wait twelve hours without clearing items. Even if you do, it's still not efficient enough for one person."

"So the two of us will do it together," Su Mu said.