Speedrun Shilipo on Normal difficulty

The appearance of the Shili Slope dungeon was very similar to the Newbie Trial Secret Realm.

Hills, rivers, dense forests.

However, compared to the wide and freely explorable Newbie Trial Secret Realm,

Shili Slope was a single main path leading to the end.

The space was not large.

Someone once measured it.

If there were no monsters, it would only take about fifty minutes to walk through.

It was only slightly larger than Monaco, a small non-continental country before the Great Cataclysm.

The path was simple, and the space was limited.

The monsters inside were also simple.

The first half consisted of Peach Demons, and the second half was Willow Ghosts.

Seeing the five of them, including Lin Xuan, appear, the Peach Demon shrieked and waved its branches, lashing out at them.

"Frost Missile!"

"Sword Slash!"

"Ground Split Charge!"

"God's Grace Protection!"

Skills were unleashed one after another.

Although it was their first time cooperating,

They were all top-tier Newbie Professional.

Their skill coordination was quite smooth.

The Normal difficulty dungeon posed no challenge to them.

Lin Xuan commanded his Skeletons.

He summoned Silly Cow and also the Frost Giant from the Martial Arts Exam.

After the Martial Arts Exam, he had contracted the Frost Giant's corpse.

After the contract, Lin Xuan named it Stone Xiaoxiao.

These days, the Frost Giant's level had also reached fifteen.

As for Silly Cow, its level had already reached twenty, and it had unlocked its second skill—Earth Shatter!

It was also a crowd control skill.

Combined with their skills and the Skeleton Soldiers's true damage,

They easily pushed to the first BOSS without even using Corpse Explosion.

The Peach Demon Leader.

Professional's detection skill books were rare and expensive.

And most people were reluctant to let a detection skill occupy a skill slot.

So, everyone couldn't detect the Peach Demon Leader's health and skills.

However, the textbooks had summaries from others.

"Leaders will have one more skill than regular monsters; the Peach Demon has an additional Charm skill."

"This skill deals no damage, but when accumulated to a certain extent, it will cause the Professional to temporarily lose their sanity and attack teammates."

"However, Charm can be dodged, or its debuff can be transferred."

"Red Charm targets male Professionals; females can step forward to absorb it. Blue Charm targets female Professionals; males can step forward to absorb it."

"Males absorbing Blue Charm will not accumulate Charm value, and similarly, females absorbing Red Charm will not accumulate it."

After explaining the Peach Demon's mechanics to them, Lin Xuan recalled Silly Cow and Stone Xiaoxiao into his contract space.

Although both contracted beasts were humanoid BOSSes, Lin Xuan truly didn't know what gender they were…

"No problem." They had all read the strategy before coming and nodded in agreement.

Then, they spread out and took their positions.

Lin Xuan commanded two Skeleton Soldierss to assist Shen Hongying in engaging the BOSS.

Ordinary Skeletons facing a BOSS-level Peach Demon Leader would undoubtedly be defeated!

But Shen Hongying was very adept at drawing monster aggro.

When the BOSS attacked the Skeleton Soldierss,

Her two sets of consecutive kicks landed on the BOSS's branches, drawing its attention to her.

Su Xiuxiu, in the back, was also very skilled, instantly casting Holy Protection and Blessings on Shen Hongying.

Lu Qinghan and Chen Yao, seeing this, also began to unleash their skills.

Lin Xuan, on the other hand, found himself idle.

"Should I… also learn a ranged attack skill?"

Lin Xuan felt a bit speechless seeing this.

Although he had a thick health bar, he was truly a full-spirit, burst-damage Necromancer.

If he had learned skills like Soul Fire and Bone Spear, his output wouldn't be low either.

"After today, I'll try to upgrade that Magic Card that expands skill slots."

While he was thinking, the BOSS battle was already nearing its end.

Although it hadn't been long since the engagement,

Lin Xuan's Skeleton Soldiers's special effect, which dealt damage based on a percentage of the target's lost health, was simply too overpowered.

【Ding! You have successfully defeated the Peach Demon Leader in the Shili Slope dungeon!】

The kill notification sounded in their ears, and they stopped their actions.

"It died just like that?"

"It seems the Charm skill didn't even get a chance to be cast."

They all felt relieved, especially Shen Hongying, who stretched her body nearby.

"Lin Xuan, it's so easy to team up with you."

"Alright, let's open the treasure chest." Lin Xuan smiled and walked to the BOSS's corpse.

"Roll for it or what?" Chen Yao asked from the side.

"Let's Roll. We're all somewhat acquainted, so there's no need for bidding."

"Of course, if there's something truly suitable for someone and of high quality, try to compensate your teammates."

Lin Xuan was quite an old hand at games back on Earth.

He was very clear about these customs.

After discussing it with them,

He opened the panel and found the dice in the team interface.

Ding.

It finally landed on five points.

"Oh my, five points."

"Haha, I rolled a six."

"I got two."

Everyone called out their scores one after another.

Then Lin Xuan checked the information.

Shen Hongying had the highest score with six points.

"Hong Ying, you open it."

"Received, Captain." Although Shen Hongying had the face of an older sister, she was genuinely playful.

Especially when she was with Lin Xuan, she would put away her fiery temper even more.

Chen Yao looked a bit bewildered.

Was this still Shen Hongying, the female devil of the courtyard?

Clatter—

The treasure chest opened, and a pile of items scattered onto the ground.

Everyone glanced at them; the best item was a pair of blue bracelets, and there were no other particularly good items.

Lin Xuan then initiated the Roll system again.

Whoever had the highest roll would take the equipment.

Once everything was distributed,

Lin Xuan obtained a green longsword, which he placed in his backpack, and then they continued forward.

The latter half consisted of level twenty monsters, Willow Ghosts.

Willow Ghosts were a bit more troublesome than Peach Demons.

Lin Xuan's Skeleton Soldierss were often entangled by willow branches, unable to move.

There was no fire mage in the team.

They could only rely on Chen Yao, the Sword Cultivator, to cut the willow branches with his skills.

Later on, Lin Xuan also grew a bit annoyed.

He summoned Skeleton Soldierss a few more times, and whenever they got entangled, he would cast Corpse Explosion.

In this manner, they quickly arrived in front of the final BOSS.

The Leader Willow Ghost.

"The Willow Ghost doesn't have the complicated Charm skill like the Peach Demon."

"However, the Willow Ghost will continuously summon regular Willow Ghosts. We should try to stick together and not get separated by the summoned Willow Ghosts."

"Hong Ying, you don't need to draw aggro for this one. Just stay nearby and protect Qinghan and Xiuxiu."

Lin Xuan assigned their positions, summoning Silly Cow and the Frost Giant Shi Xiaoxiao.

Stone Xiaoxiao was nearly ten meters tall in the Martial Arts Exam Secret Realm.

After being contracted by Lin Xuan, its body shrank by half.

But its five-meter height, combined with its rock-composed body, still exuded a strong sense of oppression.

At level ten, Stone Xiaoxiao unlocked the skill, Frost Rock.

It could condense a block of ice rock in its hands and throw it.

The damage was very high.

Lin Xuan commanded the two contracted beasts and the Skeleton Soldierss to attack the BOSS.

The others, meanwhile, cleared the summoned regular Willow Ghosts nearby.

Soon, the BOSS fell under their combined assault.

Defeating the guardian BOSS meant completing the dungeon.

Chen Yao, who was usually silent, now looked at his panel information and couldn't stay calm.

"One hour and thirty-five minutes, nearly thirty minutes faster than the fastest speedrun record!"

After Chen Yao leveled up to twenty yesterday morning, he practiced new skills while researching dungeon strategies.

His thought was to test the waters today, gather some equipment, and then find people to go outside the city.

As a result, their first run easily broke the Normal difficulty record!

"Lin Xuan, Lin Xuan, I still underestimated you." Chen Yao thought silently, looking at Lin Xuan.

"Why are you looking at me? We're just waiting for your roll."

"Oh, oh." Chen Yao reacted, rolled the dice, "Three points."

"Alright, this time both Hong Ying and I got five points. Hong Ying already opened last time, so I'll open it."

"Let me open it one more time, Captain." Shen Hongying patted the treasure chest, very reluctant to leave it.

"The Peach Demon felt off last time, but I have a feeling this one will drop something good."

"Stop messing around. Watch from behind what good luck looks like."

Lin Xuan found her like this somewhat amusing.

She was just like those black-faced teammates who talked tough in games in his previous life.

"Just one more time, just this one more time. If it's still bad luck, I won't participate in opening treasure chests today." Shen Hongying gave him a pleading look.

Lin Xuan rubbed his nose, looked around, and seeing that the others had no objections, he nodded.

Shen Hongying's face lit up with joy at the sight.

Click!

The treasure chest opened!

An orange light burst forth!

Orange!

Everyone was instantly stunned!

Common White, Fine Green, Rare Blue, Excellent Red, Epic Purple.

"Then what's orange?"