Chapter 63: The Hellhound Cerberus
The sharp gaze of the Moon Fox collided with Chen Mo’s calm and unruffled eyes.
“Heh!” The Moon Fox let out a self-mocking laugh. For a moment just now, she had almost felt that Chen Mo’s eyes resembled those of the terrifying vampire from the afternoon. But on second thought, she realized that was impossible. That vampire was undoubtedly a powerhouse at the very pinnacle of the world; there was no way he could be her student. It was absolutely impossible.
The Moon Fox asked with concern, “Chen Mo, you’re the last promising student of our Class F. How come your score in today’s instance hasn’t improved at all? I suppose you were too exhausted from playing this afternoon, right?”
Chen Mo felt a wave of relief wash over him. He’d been scared out of his wits, thinking the Moon Fox had truly recognized him. He’d already imagined the worst possible outcome.
“Heh heh heh!” Chen Mo pretended to be embarrassed. “Yeah, I played with my little sister until nearly five in the afternoon and almost arrived late. I wasn’t quite in the right state of mind during the instance challenge just now. I’m sorry, Instructor—I promise I’ll do better next time!”
The Moon Fox nodded. “Don’t blame yourself. I can understand how you feel. Do your best. Tomorrow is the class promotion match. You are my ace; you must bring honor to Class F!”
“Yes, Instructor.” Chen Mo felt a hint of gratitude toward the Moon Fox. Having grown up lacking a mother’s love, there were moments when he sensed a touch of mature feminine warmth from her.
The Moon Fox turned and walked to the very front of the formation, announcing loudly, “There are still five minutes left. Everyone, you’re free to move about!”
Phew!
Chen Mo let out a deep breath and could finally put away the data.
He quickly switched to his Demon King ID, opened the instance store, and selected Hell difficulty.
His gaze landed swiftly on the Bard in his character pack.
[Bard, Constitution: 50 (Strength: 10, Bone Structure: 10, Dexterity: 30); Spirit: 50 (Spell Power: 20, Qi Pool: 20, Meditation: 10); 100% chance to awaken a skill; Points required: 1,000,000]
Today, Chen Mo had farmed 300,000 points from the General, leaving him in high spirits. His total points had reached 1.28 million!
Without a moment’s hesitation, Chen Mo immediately clicked to purchase the Bard.
Ding!
[Confirm purchase of character pack: Bard? This will consume 1,000,000 points.]
[Confirm]
Ding!
Purchase successful. Obtained character: [Bard]
Awakened attack skill: [Powerful Arrow]
[Requires weapon: Bow and arrow]
[Lock onto a single target and fire a powerful arrow, dealing 150% physical damage with a 20% chance to inflict a devastating critical hit for 300% physical damage. No cooldown. Consumes 100 mana.]
[Note: Bard’s basic archery; can be used in combination with other archery skills.]
Congratulations! You are the first player in the world to purchase the Bard character pack and will additionally awaken two basic Bard skills!
One movement skill:
[Double Jump]
[While airborne, utilize an updraft to perform an additional jump. Cooldown: 10 seconds. No resource cost.]
One support skill:
[Blessing of the Wind]
[Requires instrument: Flute]
[Increases your own and your teammates’ movement speed by 50% for 10 seconds. Cooldown: 60 seconds. Consumes 100 mana.]
Additionally, you will receive a Bard’s Lucky Treasure Chest!
As expected, a pink treasure chest materialized out of thin air, radiating a brilliant pink glow. Due to character protection, only Chen Mo could see the lucky chest.
Chen Mo swallowed nervously. Pink light! That meant the equipment inside had to be at least A-rank Legendary!
Rubbing his hands together with a hint of excitement and anxiety, Chen Mo opened the pink lucky chest!
[Congratulations, you have obtained A-rank Legendary equipment: Devil’s Wind Chimes]
[Devil’s Wind Chimes]
[Quality: A-rank]
[Slaughter Value: 0/1000]
[Randomly summon a demon. Duration: 30 minutes. Cooldown: 24 hours. No resource cost.]
[Note: Devil’s Wind Chimes can absorb the souls of corpses. Once a certain amount is accumulated, it can be upgraded.]
Whoa, Chen Mo’s eyes went wide. A-rank equipment! This was too powerful! Summon a demon! And it could even devour souls to level up. In other words, the more he killed, the higher the level of the Devil’s Wind Chimes.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Suddenly, the Devil’s Wind Chimes erupted with a dazzling brilliance, the radiant light breaking through all constraints and enveloping the entire instance hall!
Hundreds of classmates panicked in confusion. “What’s going on? What happened?!”
The Moon Fox instructor was also startled by the sudden pink radiance. “Everyone, don’t panic! Don’t run around!”
She tried to locate the source of the pink light, but it was so blinding that she couldn’t pinpoint its origin.
At that moment, the elven maiden appeared and sweetly announced, “Free time is over! In five seconds, you will all be teleported out of the instance hall.”
Cold sweat broke out on Chen Mo’s back. Luckily, the instance time was up; otherwise, if the Moon Fox had found the source of the light, it would have been completely over for him!
Every second of the countdown felt like an eternity!
Thankfully, the Moon Fox had instinctively headed for Class A first. In her mind, only Class A could possibly produce A-rank equipment or skills.
One!
With the elven maiden’s countdown, everyone was teleported out of the Sphere of Evolution.
Library plaza.
The students whispered among themselves, still discussing the sudden pink glow that had just appeared.
The Moon Fox’s expression turned stern as she said, “Silence!”
Hiss!
Instantly, the entire plaza of two thousand students fell silent.
The Moon Fox’s icy gaze swept over the students of all five classes, lingering especially on Class A.
“Just now, a pink light appeared in the instance hall. If my guess is correct, it means an A-rank piece of equipment has been born! In this school, every student is equal. We will protect each student’s life and personal property. So, if any of you has obtained the A-rank equipment and is afraid of being found out by others, please return to your dormitory and send me a text message letting me know who it is. That way, you will receive special attention from the school—even be promoted straight to an official member of Cloud and Mist. Of course, I also hope that whoever obtained the A-rank equipment or skill doesn’t get any clever ideas about keeping it secret. Tomorrow, when the Sphere of Evolution opens, I will personally inspect every student’s data. If I discover you were hiding it out of selfishness, don’t blame me for being merciless!”
All the students glanced around, eager to find out who had obtained the A-rank equipment. Thus far, only three pieces of A-rank equipment had been publicly acknowledged worldwide.
The first ranked second: Musashi Miyamoto’s [Demon Blade], which could summon demons and even came with its own skin, allowing Musashi to transform into Demon Blade Musashi, multiplying his combat power tenfold—a weapon known as the world’s mightiest.
The second belonged to India’s number one, Kalkateya: [Bhuta Rakshasa], a summoning item capable of bringing forth the Indian demon Bhuta Rakshasa, who would open his gaping maw to devour human flesh, growing ever larger with each corpse, without end!
The third was in the hands of a man named Long Tian in the China region. His weapon, Stone Dragon Sword, unleashed an illusory stone dragon with every strike—ferocious and awe-inspiring, it could shake the hearts of enemies. Long Tian was the greatest enemy of the Shadow Legion; with the Stone Dragon Sword, he founded the largest guild of the Zhi Army—Hao Tian Guild! This was also the only guild to openly contend with the Shadow Legion and establish their own stronghold!
A pattern could be seen: at this stage, as these are still beginner instances, most A-rank equipment spawned are summoning items. If they were other types—offensive or support—the current level of strength would be insufficient to wield them!
The Moon Fox knew that whoever had obtained the A-rank equipment would certainly not reveal themselves here. She said in a deep voice, “All right, dismissed! Evening self-study proceeds as usual tonight!”