Chapter Fifty-Three The Final Challenge

  This damage has already reached an overflowing level, directly killing the LV4 Grave Beast in one hit!

  Shen Shao's experience points rose to 30, and a golden light burst forth from his body as he successfully leveled up to Ordinary Level LV2. Hu Si Ming obtained 40 experience points, bringing his total to 171/200, nearing the edge of leveling up.

  Almost at the same time, the tomb guardian statues that had been chasing up finally chopped down the water element, and a long row of them poured out from the gaps between the giant stones and the corridors. However, without the fastest running Lingguan beast, these ordinary statues were no match for the two of them.

  After gradually shaking them off with speed, the two of them finally breathed a sigh of relief.

  "If I'm not mistaken, didn't that last hit just trigger a talent too? What an intense feeling!"

  Yan Shao Ou turned his head back and asked casually.

  "It's not as powerful as you think." Hu Si Ming glanced at the attribute bar of the school emblem and explained, "To put it bluntly, it's just attaching flames to your weapon, reducing the target's armor. When you launch a normal attack, there's a certain chance to trigger a critical hit. You've basically seen the effect, it's not bad, but it consumes flame energy quickly. Just now, I only used it for a short while, and 20 points of energy were consumed from what I collected in the Flame Temple!"

  "Is there still a limit?" Yan Shao was somewhat surprised and asked: "What if the flame energy is used up?"

  Hu Shiming shrugged and said, "Can a car still run without gas?"

  "I see." Yu spoke few words but seemed a bit worried and asked: "Then, is there any way to recover the flame energy?"

  "It's simple, either find a place like the Flame Temple with abundant flame energy and no one to manipulate it; or learn skills related to flames yourself. Every time you release it, your talent can absorb part of the scattered energy to replenish itself."

  "So it was."

  Yan Shao nodded slightly, which was a sign of further understanding of Tian Fu.

  "Right, I haven't checked what that LV4 guy dropped yet."

  As soon as he thought of this, Hu Siming immediately took out the treasure chest containing the fallen equipment. After lightly opening it, the two of them were shocked to see a super small lion-headed monster. Its height was only 40 centimeters, but its shape was exactly the same as its true form. However, due to its greatly reduced size, its originally ferocious appearance now looked like that of a cat, and it seemed cute.

  Lion-Body Human-Face Messenger

  Special Effects Animal Messenger.

  Health 75 points, movement speed 300 points, with a vision range of 350. Has six inventory slots, can help transport items and tools, immune to most magic.

  After being killed, it can be revived for 175 Universal Points.

  In the battlefield of compulsory courses, this special effect messenger can be temporarily shared with all team members.

  Note: The first unified exam souvenir.

  "It's actually an animal messenger!"

  Hu Si Ming was somewhat surprised, not expecting this LV4 monster to drop something like that. Its attributes were exactly the same as those of an ordinary animal messenger, and it would even cost universal points to revive after being killed... aside from showing off on the battlefield in compulsory courses, what other use did this thing have?

  Yan Shao's eyes also looked a bit disappointed.

  After remembering that the other party had not gained anything substantial since the unified exam began, Hu Shiming handed over the letter and asked: "Do you want it?"

  Yan Shao hesitated for a moment, waved his hand and said: "In the battlefield of compulsory courses, messengers can be used to transport equipment and save time. But in the academy, this thing is useless except for some special cases. I took it also occupies space, so let's put it with Hu Ge first. If I need it in the future, I'll come back to borrow it."

  "Easy to say."

  For a moment, Hu Siming didn't think of the use of the messenger in the college, so he didn't refuse and casually threw the lion-bodied human-faced messenger into the tenth storage grid.

  Killing the tomb beasts and sending out animal messengers were just minor episodes. Almost reaching the central part of the first floor of the mausoleum, Hu Sui Ming and Yan Shao Ou encountered a sand dune trap here. If they accidentally fell into the quicksand, they would directly sink underground. On the only passable road, mummies would occasionally emerge from the ground to launch a surprise attack. Relying on their healing skills, the two carefully pushed forward, narrowly escaping this ordeal.

  During the crossing of the sand dune trap, Hu Si Ming successively killed three ambushing mummies, and the optional task was also completed smoothly, obtaining 100 universal points. Moreover, each mummy provided 15 experience points, which allowed him to level up to 2 smoothly.

  As the golden halo rose, the experience energy absorbed earlier was fully released, completing the body strengthening.

  School emblem hint: Level up!

  Current level, ordinary unit LV2.

  Maximum HP limit +10 points, maximum MP limit +5 points, attack power +1.

  The upgrade brought a strengthening that lifted Hu Si Ming's maximum life value limit to 250 points in one go. The attack power also increased from the previous 27-29 to 28-30.

  Officially broke through the 30-point mark!

  Although it's a bit disappointing that there is no increase in the three attributes, the improvement in attack power and maximum HP is also good. The only pity is that the degree of strengthening is somewhat small.

  No matter what, being able to advance in the unified exam is a happy thing. However, the difficulty of the Sand Dune Trap has added a bit of unease to Hu Si Ming and Yan Shao Ou's hearts. Compared to the previous Blade Maze and Flame Temple, the difficulty of the Sand Dune Trap seems too low. The academy wouldn't be so kind as to give them an easy pass. The only possible explanation is that the final challenge of the first layer of the tomb has extremely high difficulty.

  "Rumble!"

  As the countdown began half an hour later, another aftershock occurred in the tomb.

  The previous strong earthquake had already made the underground mausoleum precarious. After this fatal aftershock, the third and second floors of the underground were almost on the verge of collapse, with broken walls and rubble everywhere. Even the top floor of the mausoleum was not spared, with deep cracks appearing all over the stone walls of the passageway. Water droplets seeped in from the cracks on the ceiling of the passageway, and the water stains were getting bigger and bigger.

  The apocalyptic scene inside the mausoleum triggered a sense of crisis in both of them. After speeding up, they spent more than ten minutes and finally reached the end of the first floor of the mausoleum.

  "Is there still fifteen minutes?"

  Hu Si Ming took a look at the countdown and felt slightly relieved.

  All challenges in the tomb before had no time limit exceeding ten minutes. So, it's definitely not a problem with time, but rather difficulty.

  The end of the first floor was also a dungeon, just like the previous two floors. However, as soon as the two of them boldly walked in, something strange happened. The stone beam above the entrance to the dungeon suddenly collapsed, completely sealing off the path they had taken to get there. Then, the stone wall on the left side of the dungeon slowly sank into the ground, revealing a terrifying monster that was sealed behind it - the Beetle King.

  This was a behemoth that had once been sealed as a totem, with a body size similar to a light truck. It had huge compound eyes and sharp forelimbs, and its back was covered in a thick layer of grey-green armor plating. Although it was still asleep now, there was also an outer layer of seal-encrusted railings locked around it, but Hu Sui Ming and Yan Shao Ou still instinctively felt fear.

  Battle Alert: The final challenge of escaping the tomb has begun.

  Beetle rage!

  Note: The passage back to the surface was destroyed in the first big quake. To escape back to the surface, you must go through a hidden exit next to the passage. But opening the hidden exit will also break the seal that holds the ancient monster Beetle King and cut off the magic supply. Escape back to the surface before being caught up with and killed by the Beetle King!

  The hidden exit will open in ten seconds.

  For the first time, the battlefield prompt gave a detailed explanation.

  At this point, Hu Shiming and Yan Shao'ou still didn't understand where they were going. What awaited them next was a death race. Whether they could survive and return to the ground, achieving a perfect evaluation, depended on their final effort.

  3, 2, 1!

  As the last second passed, the stone wall on the right side of the underground palace rumbled and slowly sank into the ground, revealing a hidden exit leading to the surface. At the same time, however, the seal that held the Beetle King captive also lost its magical power. The enormous, truck-sized terrifying creature was freed from its suppression and began to awaken from its slumber.

  The escape begins!

  Even before the ten-second countdown ended, both of them had already taken turns using probing skills on the Beetle King. Unfortunately, the absolute disparity in strength made it impossible for them to detect anything. The only information they could obtain was that the Beetle King belonged to an ancient monster. It took the two of them a lot of effort just to kill one LV4 Grave Beast, let alone this completely unknown Beetle King, and there was no possibility of resistance at all.

  Or rather, the college placed it here, and it was never meant for freshmen to kill.