38: Top of the charts!

Chapter 38: Ascending the Leaderboard!

The group waited in the Dungeon Hall.

They waited for several hours; it was almost lunchtime, but Lu Ran still hadn't come out!

Yet, Lu Ran's communicator remained online.

This indicated that Lu Ran was fine and hadn't been kicked out of the dungeon for exceeding the time limit.

This meant Lu Ran was still pushing through the levels!

"How many levels is this guy planning to clear in one go?" Lei Tai asked, astonished.

But none of them knew Lu Ran's current situation or how many levels he had cleared.

At this moment, inside the Endless Tower.

Lu Ran looked at the staircase leading to the next level.

He mused, "Next is the Level 50 threshold. I didn't expect to be so efficient in clearing all these levels!"

Moreover, now, each cleared level brought in four to five hundred thousand experience points!

Lu Ran did a quick calculation, just for the current situation.

From the first level to the current forty-ninth level, not counting the impending fiftieth level, Lu Ran had already accumulated over twelve million experience points!

This had also raised Lu Ran's level to Level 22!

One must know that Lu Ran was only Level 19 when he entered the dungeon!

The experience required for leveling up increased exponentially the further one went. To gain three levels before lunch was already far beyond Lu Ran's expectations.

After all, it had only been a few days since he awakened his profession!

Many other new Awakened still hadn't even reached Level 10!

The fiftieth level before him was a major threshold.

Every ten levels marked a major threshold; the BOSS's attributes, health, and all other aspects on that level would receive a significant boost compared to the preceding nine levels.

This was also why Yu Qingcang was stuck at Level 60 for so long.

It was also why Little Japan's Nanasheng reaching Level 61 caused a Global sensation.

The difficulty gap between Level 60 and Level 59 was enormous!

Taking a deep breath, Lu Ran ascended the stairs.

Although the difficulty was gradually increasing and the pressure was slowly building, he wasn't nervous at all; he still hadn't used Blood Spear!

The fiftieth level was much larger in area.

The dome was also higher.

Lu Ran was already used to it. He looked up, and in the center not far away, the Level 50 BOSS stood quietly.

[Level 50 Golden Flame Sacred Lion (Fiftieth Level)]

It was a lion with a body like a small mountain.

Its entire body was covered in golden fur, seemingly wreathed in flames.

The golden holy light was somewhat dazzling.

Lu Ran didn't have too many tactics. He directly started with Undead Touch to prevent the BOSS from charging over too quickly, leaving him no time to react and potentially capsizing in the gutter.

Then, an endless stream of Skeleton Soldiers began to be thrown out.

Some surrounded and attacked, others used Corpse Explosion, and the Golden Flame Sacred Lion's health continuously dropped.

As the battle began, Lu Ran also saw the Golden Flame Sacred Lion's health bar.

A full 2 million health points!

This was already very exaggerated; no wonder it was so difficult for those high-combat Awakened to clear higher levels.

Moreover, they didn't have Lu Ran's ability to endlessly cast Undead Touch to control the BOSS. They needed to move, dodge, defend, and perform other operations to maneuver and find opportunities to attack the BOSS.

But this process was much simpler for Lu Ran.

Lu Ran's Corpse Explosion damage was 300% of his base spell attack power, but because the Golden Flame Sacred Lion was a Holy-type creature, the damage reduction was significant.

Corpse Explosion could only deal a little over 2,000 damage.

So, calculated, it required a thousand Skeleton Soldiers to Corpse Explosion, which was very simple for Lu Ran.

His current mana, let alone a thousand, could even produce three thousand!

Thus, Lu Ran, with the hand speed of someone who had been single for eighteen years, frantically used Summon Undead, summoning them and throwing them over for Corpse Explosion.

In between, he also had to periodically replenish Undead Touch to ensure the Golden Flame Sacred Lion stayed put and took hits, unable to run around.

After just a few short minutes.

Boom!

With the final round of Corpse Explosion, the Golden Flame Sacred Lion's health bar was emptied, and it fell to the ground in humiliation.

[Congratulations! You have cleared Endless Tower Level 50, gaining 500,000 experience points.]

Lu Ran pouted and mused, "It was still quite simple."

Then.

Lu Ran suddenly received a notification:

[Congratulations! You have entered the Endless Tower Global Leaderboard at 28th place. Would you like to display your personal information?]

Huh?

Lu Ran was startled, somewhat slow to react.

He had already made it onto the Global Leaderboard?

He had entered the top thirty!

Having learned from past experiences, Lu Ran immediately chose to refuse displaying his information, hiding his details.

"Didn't it start from 30th place? How did it directly jump to 28th place?" Lu Ran muttered.

He had originally planned to continue, after all, Blood Spear was still available.

But because he had entered the leaderboard, Lu Ran felt a bit hesitant.

After thinking about it, he could always come back in at any time.

He decided to go out first and ask the Three Guild Leaders if entering the leaderboard would have any impact.

What Lu Ran didn't know was that at this moment.

No, to be precise, in countless Dungeon Halls across the Global, chaos had erupted!

"I'm not seeing things, am I? An Undead Mage has entered the Endless Tower ranking!"

"What's going on with this Undead Mage? How did he do it?"

"How did he manage that? Do Undead Mages have any healing abilities? How did he clear fifty levels without dying?"

"I remember the Level 50 BOSS is the Golden Flame Sacred Lion? Isn't that a Holy-type BOSS that perfectly counters Undead Mages?"

"Damn it, I'm an Undead Mage too, but I can't figure out how to clear Level 50!"

...

In an instant, the Global was stirred.

In Black Fire City's Dungeon Hall.

The Three Guild Leaders exchanged glances.

They looked at each other. Well, now they didn't have to guess; they knew how many levels Lu Ran had cleared.

It's just that...

"I thought this little guy would be fierce, but I didn't expect him to go straight for the Global Leaderboard on his first try!" Ye Hongyi clicked her tongue in amazement.

"I didn't expect it either, too fast!" Liu Xinxin exclaimed.

"But this kid still remembers to hide his personal information. Good, good, commendable." Lei Tai said with satisfaction.

On the leaderboard.

Twenty-eighth Place: ?; Profession: Undead Mage; Level: ?; Country: Huaxia; Guild: ?; Levels Cleared: 50.

Except for profession, nationality, and levels cleared, everything else was a question mark!

Nothing could be seen!

Sounds of countless people praising him came from around:

"It has to be our Huaxia people, awesome!"

"Is this the first time the Undead Mage profession has appeared in the Endless Tower rankings?"

"Haha... He's brought honor to us Undead Mages! Who dares say we Undead Mages are ordinary now?"

"Could this big shot be the owner of hades' crystal skull?"

"Looks like it, he also hid his personal information."

"It seems he's a mysterious big shot who doesn't like to show off."

...

Amidst the discussions of countless people, Lu Ran exited the Endless Tower.

Outside, the Three Guild Leaders and Qin Wuyao immediately crowded around him.

"You guys don't know, just now I..." Lu Ran said excitedly.

"Let's talk outside." Ye Hongyi directly interrupted Lu Ran.

The group moved to a corner of the plaza outside.

They all looked at Lu Ran with strange expressions.

"You, kid, really... burst onto the scene." Ye Hongyi said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"I also didn't expect you to directly push your rank to twenty-eighth, and that's a Global rank! You, a Level 19 Undead Mage!" Ye Hongyi exclaimed.

"Uh, I'm Level 23 now." Lu Ran reminded her.