159: Chapter 155 Two New Runes!

Outside Fallen Dragon Valley.

Over a hundred elite soldiers from the Demon Suppression Army surrounded the valley entrance.

The atmosphere was heavy to the extreme.

General Yuan Muzhi and several other powerhouses stood in the front, their eyes locked on that space portal.

Time ticked away, second by second.

Lu Yuan had been inside for over ten minutes.

The portal at the entrance still showed no activity.

A thin layer of cold sweat seeped from General Yuan Muzhi's forehead.

"Senior Lu... Can Lu Yuan really succeed?"

Lu Zhentian was silent for a moment.

He spoke slowly, his voice low and firm: "Rest assured, if even he cannot clear this dungeon, then no one in this world can."

These words were quite overbearing.

But no one present questioned it.

Because it was the truth!

They had all witnessed Lu Yuan's strength.

That young man had created too many miracles.

How long had it been since he changed classes?

Less than a month.

He had soared from level 1 to over level 40.

He had killed four Overlord-level BOSSes alone.

Each of his Magic Pets was absurdly strong.

If such a monster couldn't clear it...

Then truly, no one in this world could clear it.

"I believe Little Yuan will definitely succeed," Li Muyao's voice suddenly rang out.

As soon as she finished speaking, the portal in front of them was suddenly swallowed by black light.

Immediately, everyone held their breath.

"Demon Challenge mode!"

"Lu Yuan cleared it."

"And the rating reached SSS rank!"

"Holy shit!"

Everyone was stunned.

The key was that it had only been ten minutes.

For a dungeon of this difficulty, even a powerful team would need at least an hour.

Lu Yuan entered the dungeon alone.

Yet he cleared it in just over ten minutes.

And he even achieved an SSS rating.

It was too exaggerated!

Everyone also breathed a sigh of relief.

He cleared it; Lu Yuan should be able to bring Cheng Niannian back now.

But, the crowd waited for a long time, and the spatial portal still had no fluctuations.

"What's going on?"

"Why hasn't Lu Yuan come out yet?"

Principal Wu Long clenched his fists, feeling somewhat nervous.

"He... must have activated the Demon Challenge," Li Muyao said in a low voice, staring at the portal swallowed by darkness.

As a mother, she naturally understood her child best.

Given Lu Yuan's personality, since he triggered the Demon Challenge, he certainly wouldn't let it go.

The hearts that had just settled back into everyone's stomachs instantly jumped back into their throats.

Everyone present began to feel nervous again.

No one blamed Lu Yuan for his recklessness.

They just stood there quietly waiting.

"Ten minutes. If Lu Yuan hasn't come out after ten minutes, I will take action."

Lu Zhentian put on the "void touch," a terrifying light flashing in his cloudy eyes.

Principal Wu Long and the others looked at each other and nodded heavily, agreeing to Lu Zhentian's crazy idea.

Forcibly tearing open the dungeon barrier indeed carried risks.

Especially under "Demon Challenge mode," the risk would further increase.

But, taking the risk for Lu Yuan was worth it!

He was not just a genius.

He was the future of humanity!!

He was hope!

"Look at the leaderboard!" A Demon Suppression Army soldier suddenly pointed at the giant light screen in the sky and shouted.

Everyone looked up in unison.

On that blank leaderboard, a line of text was slowly appearing:

[Fallen Dragon Valley (Nightmare-level) Leaderboard]

[1st Place: Lu Yuan — Time: 13 minutes 21 seconds — Rating: SSS!]

The whole place was deathly silent.

Everyone widened their eyes, staring fixedly at that line of text.

As if they couldn't believe their eyes.

13 minutes and 21 seconds?

Nightmare-level dungeon?

SSS rating?

And he started the Demon Challenge!

What the hell... is this something a human can do?!

"Holy—shit—!!!"

It was unclear who shouted it first.

Immediately after, the whole crowd exploded!

"13 minutes?! He cleared a Nightmare-level dungeon in 13 minutes?!"

"This speed... did he one-shot the BOSS?!"

"That's a level 45 Nightmare dungeon!!!"

"And this madman also started the Demon Challenge... that means he swept through the Demon Challenge mode in just two and a half minutes?"

General Yuan Muzhi was stunned.

Then, he laughed.

He laughed more heartily than ever before.

"Hahahaha! Good! Good! Good!"

"I knew it! This kid would definitely succeed!"

Principal Wu Long and Principal Kiran looked at each other, both seeing deep shock in the other's eyes.

Lu Zhentian and Li Muyao didn't speak.

The two just looked at the name on the leaderboard, the corners of their mouths slightly raised.

The pride in their eyes, however, was already overflowing.

Hum!

The space portal at the entrance of the valley began to fluctuate violently.

A slender figure slowly walked out of the darkness.

Lu Yuan!

In his arms, he was holding a young girl with twin tails.

Cheng Niannian was curled up in his arms, already asleep.

Behind Lu Yuan, five figures walked out of the portal one after another.

Little Skeleton was the first to walk out.

When its new form—covered in black patterns, with bone horns on its head, and a bone tail swaying behind it—appeared before everyone's eyes, the whole place fell into dead silence again.

"Is... is that Little Skeleton?!" a Demon Suppression Army soldier asked, stuttering.

"How did it become like this?"

"Evolved?"

"Evolved again?!"

"I really don't know how this guy Lu Yuan trains his Magic Pets!" The Magic Pet instructor from Star Academy felt a bit dazed.

No one could answer his question.

Because everyone was completely stunned by the terrifying aura of Little Skeleton.

It was a kind of... aura that made people feel difficult to even breathe!

It was countless times stronger than before!

General Yuan Muzhi stepped forward and patted Lu Yuan's shoulder heavily.

"Good kid! I really didn't misjudge you!"

"Clearing a Nightmare dungeon in 13 minutes, this achievement is enough to go down in history!"

Principal Wu Long also came over, full of emotion:

"My Star Academy, to be able to produce a monster like you..."

Lu Yuan was surrounded by a crowd and shook his head helplessly.

He had no intention of chatting with these people.

"This harvest is greater than imagined."

"Most importantly, the Slime leveled up to level 40, and the Goblin also leveled up to level 20."

"I can choose two new runes again."