135: No one has broken this speed in a hundred years!

The Poisonous Spider King let out a sharp howl.

“My apologies, but I’m in a hurry, so you should be on your way.”

Xia Qi, holding his giant Flame Energy Sword, instantly appeared before the Poisonous Spider King.

Flame Dance!

Boom!

The bursting flames were like a surging Fire Dragon, and before the Poisonous Spider King could even react, it was already split in half.

The raging flames burned, causing a secondary explosion.

The Spider King was instantly killed, dying a much more miserable death than last time.

It didn’t even get to try out its skills.

“Killed Poisonous Spider King, Experience +800,000”

“Obtained Gold-tier Accessory: Spider King Necklace.”

“Obtained Gold-tier Weapon: Spider King Long Spear.”

“Obtained Spider King Core X1”

“Spider King Necklace: Gold-tier accessory, Intelligence +100, Physique +100, Energy Recovery Speed +10%, Usable at Rank 25.”

“Spider King Long Spear: Gold-tier weapon, Strength +150, Physique +80, Spear-type Professional skill enhancement 15%, Usable at Rank 25.”

This haul could only be described as so-so.

Aside from the necklace, Xia Qi couldn't use the Gold Long Spear either.

He quickly glanced at it and put it into his storage space.

Stepping over the physical form of the Poisonous Spider King, Xia Qi walked out of the cave at the bottom of the mountain and entered the mountain forest.

His Mechanical Floating Shield once again protected him, and with his wings soaring, Xia Qi intended to fly directly over this dense mountain forest.

There was only one type of monster here, the Eye of the Demon, so there was no need to travel on the ground.

He would just sweep through the air and be done with it.

Soon, Xia Qi arrived at the City of Ruins.

Looking at the dilapidated giant city, to advance quickly here, he would have to use Four Element Area of Effect Spells.

As his Rank and attributes increased, the power of his elemental skills also grew stronger when cast again.

This time, whether it was Demon Warriors or Demon Archers, they were basically engulfed by Xia Qi's area-of-effect Spell in an instant.

Under these circumstances, where he spared no expense and disregarded energy and stamina consumption, Xia Qi’s map-pushing speed was extremely fast.

He pushed through the entire journey without a word, not wasting a single bit of time.

By the time he approached the central area of the City of Ruins, only five hours had passed since he entered the dungeon.

Demon Warriors fell in swathes, like harvesting wheat.

While casting skills, Xia Qi wasn't idle; he swung his greatsword, hacking and slashing all the way.

He cut down all the Demon Warriors.

Soon, he pushed to the location of the Giant Sinkhole.

The Low-level demons were still as arrogant as ever.

Looking at the unremarkable Xia Qi, it seemed to have not learned its lesson, with mockery and disdain in its eyes.

But it seemed to have forgotten how it was suffocatingly killed by Xia Qi yesterday.

“It seems a new record is about to be set,”

Xia Qi showed a slight smile, not caring about the demon's mockery.

In his opinion, this guy was already asking for death.

With a light leap, he quickly entered the bottom of the sinkhole.

The Low-level demons roared, raising their greatswords and charging forward.

It was still so irritable and reckless, without any technique to speak of.

Having learned from the last lesson,

Xia Qi would not engage in close combat with the current Low-level demons for too long.

Wind, Fire, Thunder, Water – the four great elements bloomed, primarily focusing on attrition and weakening.

At the same time, as soon as the weakening talent's cooldown was over, he would throw it out.

Getting close was impossible.

Once the boss's stamina was almost depleted, Xia Qi would then use sword skills to finish it off, giving the demon no chance to breathe.

This time, compared to yesterday, his Rank and attributes had both improved.

His equipment bonuses were also not low, so Xia Qi’s combat power was stronger; aside from Physique, he could basically suppress the demon.

The demon roared in anger repeatedly, frantically unleashing its Demon Power.

Using it would only accelerate its death.

Demon Power seemed impressive, ignoring pain and greatly increasing strength.

But any ability comes with a price.

The moment the Demon Power dissipated, the Low-level demons were essentially condemned to death.

Under Xia Qi's kiting and extreme output, no matter how the demon resisted, the final outcome was already determined.

Just over ten minutes later, Xia Qi, holding his Thunder Greatsword, cut off the demon's head with a single strike.

The headless demon, filled with unwillingness, once again fell before Xia Qi.

“Killed Low-level demons, Experience +20,000,000”

“Obtained Gold-tier Weapon: Demon Power”

“Obtained Gold-tier Weapon: Demonic Staff”

“Obtained Gold-tier Weapon: Demonic Dagger”

“Obtained Gold-tier Armor: Demonic Boots”

“Obtained: Intermediate Demonic Energy Crystal X5”

“Obtained: Low-level demons Crystal X1”

“Demon Power: Gold-tier Axe, Strength +300, Physique +200, Axe-type Professional skill enhancement 25%, Usable after Rank 30.”

“Demonic Staff: Gold-tier Staff, Intelligence +350, Physique +100, Mage-type Professional skill enhancement 25%, Usable after Rank 30.”

“Demonic Dagger: Gold-tier Dagger, Agility +350, Strength +150, Assassin-type Professional skill enhancement 25%, Usable after Rank 30.”

“Demonic Boots: Gold-tier Armor, Agility +300, Physique +100, Defense Enhanced 10%. Usable after Rank 30.”

“Low-level demons Crystal: An energy crystal containing Demon Power, can be used to make alchemy Dao tools.”

Aside from the Demonic Boots, which he could use at Rank 30, the other equipment would either be sold or given to Yun Qingyue and Yu Qiu.

“The staff can be given to Qingyue, and the dagger to Yu Qiu; I'll keep them for now.”

Xia Qi then checked his experience points: Rank 26 (80.05%).

He was quickly approaching Rank 27.

It was roughly in line with his calculations for experience points.

Normally, if he was willing to spend time clearing the entire map, he should have been able to gain exactly one Rank.

Now, in pursuit of a speedrun, he had probably only cleared about eighty percent of the monsters.

Otherwise, he could have gained more experience.

He exited the dungeon through the portal.

As soon as he stepped out of the dungeon, the familiar sense of déjà vu reappeared.

The dungeon entrance was already packed with people; he couldn't even walk through.

When Xia Qi had just cleared the dungeon, the bells of the Home of Dungeons had rung six times consecutively, and a crowd of people had surged in again.

When they saw the new record on the information stele, each of them gasped in shock.

“Xia Qi, Rank 26, 6 hours 07 minutes 45 seconds.”

Hiss~~

Is this even human?

This clear speed is too terrifying!

The previous clear record hadn't been broken in three years, and now Xia Qi had directly shortened the clear time to six hours.

That's nearly ten hours earlier!

Who could possibly achieve such a terrifying record?

Perhaps only a Prodigy like Xia Qi could do it.

For a moment, almost everyone present subconsciously had one thought in their minds.

This clear record, most likely...

Will remain unbroken for a hundred years!