4.37 Million

Su Mu glanced at the number and said, "I haven't activated wilderness communication yet. I'll add you as a friend when we get back."

Ye Qingxue nodded. "Okay, I'll transfer it to you later."

Su Mu glanced at the experience again.

This time, after clearing the Hell difficulty dungeon, his experience only increased by 15%. The experience required to go from level 17 to 18 is too much; even the five bosses in the 25th wave of the Hell difficulty dungeon were only enough to advance him a little.

And tomorrow is the college entrance examination.

He needs rest and to convert all his resources into combat power. Those materials, cards, and money all need time to be processed. He can't continue grinding here.

"I'm getting ready to go back," Su Mu said.

Ye Qingxue glanced at him, then at the instance behind her.

She was currently level 16, one level below Su Mu. After thinking for a moment, she decided to stay and continue grinding. She would leave later.

Su Mu nodded, without saying anything more.

The two exited the instance.

A crimson light curtain spat them out.

Outside the entrance, the crowd was smaller than before, but there were still thirty or forty people scattered around.

The difference was that some familiar faces appeared.

Several newly arrived students were forming teams; some were organizing their equipment, while others were flipping through electronic manuals.

Several Ye Qingxue of eyes turned to them as they emerged from the Su Mu.

"Those two people came out. Did they come out of the normal or hard mode?"

"I don't know. Judging from their levels, the male's information is unavailable, and the female's is level 16. It's a bit of a waste for a level 16 character to attempt a normal dungeon; it's probably a hard dungeon."

"I'm so envious of that guy for being able to team up with an SSS-rank player. It's so great to have someone to carry you; you level up so fast."

"But the college entrance exam is tomorrow, and he's still studying hard today. He's really pushing himself."

"It's the last day, every little bit helps. In the college entrance exam, a single point can eliminate a thousand competitors; who wouldn't want to improve their score as much as possible?"

The chatter quickly subsided. Most people were focused on their own dungeons and equipment, paying little attention to Su Mu and Ye Qingxue.

The only difference was that in a distant corner, a tall figure leaned against a bone pillar, his gaze dark as he stared at Su Mu's departing back.

Wang Hao.

He watched as Su Mu and Ye Qingxue walked out side by side, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked.

They are really forming a team.

He just arrived.

Upon arrival, I saw Su Mu and Su Mu Ye Qingxue emerging from the instance.

It's conceivable.

The two have been together for the past few days.

The thought of Su Mu and Ye Qingxue entering and exiting the game together brought a smile to Ye Qingxue's face, an expression he had never seen before—a slight blush on her cheeks, a gesture of turning her head away as if to pretend not to care.

He had never seen Ye Qingxue treat anyone like this before.

"Consider yourself lucky," Wang Hao muttered through gritted teeth. "My dad won't allow me to mess with you."

But he quickly took a deep breath and suppressed his emotions.

It's okay. He has his family to support him.

The family has given him a lot of resources these past few days, plus a special card customized specifically for his martial soul, and his level has reached level fourteen. After finishing this part today, he will reach level fifteen.

He must make a name for himself in the college entrance exam tomorrow.

Wang Hao withdrew his gaze and turned to walk towards the dungeon entrance.

Su Mu left the Land of Buried Bones and walked towards the city wall along the route he had come from.

With a thought, a gray-white streak of light flashed out from the Dungeon Space, and the White Bone Spirit appeared beside him.

After landing, the girl in plain clothes slightly turned her head, a bone whip quietly wrapped around her waist. Her deep black eyes swept over the surrounding wasteland before she quietly followed beside him.

Leave the monster-slaying to the White Bone Spirit Demon.

Heading south.

The White Bone Spirit's bone whip appeared and disappeared in the night, each swing taking the lives of a group of monsters.

Goblin Skirmisher, scattered skeletons, and the occasional rotting corpses along the way fell in droves amidst the gray-white curtain of fire. The experience bar slowly rose, and the Momentum Points steadily accumulated.

Su Mu doesn't need commands, he just needs to walk.

Seven hours later, the outline of the city wall appeared on the horizon.

Su Mu paused slightly as he looked into the distance.

The city walls gave him a completely different feeling compared to his first time leaving the city.

At that time, he was just a newly awakened level 6 dungeon master. Standing under the city wall, he felt only its towering height, oppressive atmosphere, and unreachable distance.

Now, he's level seventeen, with Little Drill Wind and White Bone Spirit at his disposal, and he's cleared Hell difficulty, yet he finds this wall even more awe-inspiring.

The gray-black walls rise from the horizon and extend to both sides, stretching out into the distance.

The wall, hundreds of meters high, is covered with runes, and a ghostly blue light meanders like a long dragon in the night.

The cracks of varying depths and the patches, old and new, on the wall were now clearer to him than before. Every crack was left by a monster, and every patch was repaired by humans. This wall had witnessed too many life-and-death situations.

Su Mu withdrew his gaze and first returned the White Bone Spirit to the Dungeon Space.

That's the rule.

You can summon cards to accompany you when leaving the city, but you must recall them when entering the city.

Legend has it that long ago, intelligent monsters with lair-like dens could use mind control to manipulate humans into infiltrating the city disguised as monster cards, thus undermining its defenses from within.

Later, this rule was established: all dungeon raiders must retrieve their summoned items before entering the city.

For those who are mind-controlled, the mind control is lifted as long as they bring the lair monsters into their own Dungeon Space, thus this rule is truly effective.

Su Mu walked through the city gate.

The moment I passed through that pale blue light curtain, the chilling atmosphere of the wasteland behind me was shut out, and the lights and bustling atmosphere of the city rushed towards me.

Instead of going home immediately, he went straight to the West City Gate Professional Service Hall.

There weren't many people in the hall. It was the early hours of the morning, with only the night shift staff and a few dungeon raiders who had just returned from outside the city.

Su Mu walked to the mission terminal and submitted all the collection missions he had previously accepted.

He had already completed most of the basic collection tasks in the Land of Buried Bones, including Bone Essence, Rotten Bone Fragments, Undead Dust, and Complete Skulls, and had enough remaining materials to complete the rest.

Submission complete, contribution points credited.

A total of 1300 contribution points.

Just as he was about to continue operating, a round-faced boy next to him, who was looking at the screen, suddenly let out a suppressed gasp.

"Someone sold it? Someone sold it?"

Su Mu turned his head and glanced at it.

The round-faced boy was staring at an announcement on the screen, his face filled with envy and frustration. The announcement was very simple...

[Rare Collection: Burial Corpse King - Core Soul Flame... Completed. Completed by: Anonymous. Reward: 1 million Alliance Coins + 500 Contribution Points.]

Su Mu raised an eyebrow slightly.

The one million task has been completed by someone else.

He didn't seem to care too much.

I've been trying to get it for so long and haven't succeeded, so it's normal for someone else to have picked it up.

The spawn rate of the Burial Corpse King is extremely low, only appearing in Nightmare and Hell difficulties, and you can only obtain the Core Soul Flame after defeating it.

This kind of thing is something that can only be encountered by chance.

Besides, his gains this time should be quite good.

Su Mu continued his operation, selling all the materials and cards he had obtained, except for the few ghost-type cards dropped from the assassin, to the official authorities in batches.

Eight C-grade class cards... Iron Crown Bone General, Poison Bone Priest, Golden Bone Guardian, two sets of skill cards... Golden Bone Guardian's Steel Skeleton and Shadow Bone Hunter's Shadow Assault, plus a large amount of Hell-level materials, Nightmare-level materials, and various scattered equipment cards and creature cards.

The official purchase price is 90% of the market price, but it has the advantage of a fast process, no disputes, and immediate payment.

He might get a higher price if he sells it to a private shop, but he could also get ripped off, especially since he urgently needs the money and doesn't have time to slowly find a buyer.

Final settlement: 4.37 million.