6: In the dictionary of Tianhai people, there is no such word as "deserter"!

With those words, Shen Pan turned and rushed toward the rest point in his memory.

If there really was a beast tide, even without relying on killing the dungeon boss...

...he could still quickly secure an s-rank score!

Jiang Ruolai watched the rapidly departing figure with some confusion.

Making Shen Pan get food for everyone alone—isn't this the legendary school bullying?

If it were her, being made to run errands and carry so much food every day, she would have stopped pretending long ago and started cursing!

Jiang Ruolai slowed her pace with her hands behind her back.

Walking toward the dungeon boss, a skill point crystal was still quite enticing.

"Slap!"

After just a few steps, Jiang Ruolai suddenly slapped her forehead.

"Oh no! I forgot about the System mission—an Epic-Rank Talent!"

If Shen Pan unfortunately failed, her current main quest would be stuck!

Without her cheat, she might really end up like her future self, casually wiped out by an Otherworld Immortal!

She absolutely couldn't make such a losing deal.

Jiang Ruolai decisively activated another speed-boosting item given by her best friend and chased after Shen Pan's back.

"Whatever, if there really is a riot, I'll just take Shen Pan away at the critical moment."

...A while ago.

"We finally got an A-rank score. The monsters in this entry assessment are too strong!"

In the strongest team of the First Middle School, a girl with an excellent-rank Priest profession complained.

The five of them actually spent fifty minutes just to barely kill 300 monsters.

And that was with two Epic-rank Profession big shots leading the team!

The captain, Guo Lei, was also panting heavily.

He looked at his trembling hands and the nearly depleted spiritual energy in his body, questioning his life.

How could a bunch of unranked rookies like them kill a thousand monsters!

Is this s-rank score even achievable by humans?

Don't be fooled by their team's previous slaughter; that was because they used skills and physical strength without worrying about consumption.

They were rushing for time.

Now, it would be lucky if they could kill two hundred monsters in the remaining time!

He Tong and Lü Gui, who were working harder because they were disliked for switching schools, didn't even have the strength to speak now.

"This happens to be a rest point. Everyone, take a break and recover.

If nothing unexpected happens, we should be the first team to secure an A-rank score."

And no other team will be able to overtake them... Guo Lei thought.

"Hmm? To run into people from the First Middle School, how unlucky."

A five-person team wearing the Second Middle School uniform had just walked in and looked at the First Middle School's main team, which had maliciously poached players.

Guo Lei frowned at the people from the Second Middle School, thinking they were former Classmates of the two newcomers again.

But to his surprise, another five-person team came in behind them. He had seen the two-meter-tall man leading them before.

It was the guy who had a very loud voice in the hall and almost started a fight!

"He Tong, Lü Gui! How dare you two show your faces here!

The class monitor also participated in the assessment. If it weren't for your betrayal, she might have been able to make a run for first place!"

The two, who were already exhausted, immediately became anxious.

You could call them greedy, but you absolutely couldn't call them traitors!

They called it taking off early to serve the country in the future!

"Hmph! We have a clear conscience. Isn't leveling up the same everywhere?"

"As for you, School Beauty Jiang's simp, can't you see she doesn't like anyone at all?

Maybe her usual chats with everyone are just polite formalities and a facade."

"Don't slander the class monitor! And who are you calling a simp!!!"

"If you're not a simp, why are you so agitated?" He Tong laughed, feeling he had won a point.

"Sigh!"

Seeing that a real-life fight was about to break out, Guo Lei sighed helplessly.

At first, he also didn't like how the two newcomers had abandoned their original class.

But during these forty-plus minutes of combat, the two of them had performed excellently.

Brave in combat and resilient, they were very qualified teammates. In his heart, he had already accepted them, so he prepared to stand up for them.

As more and more teams arrived at Rest Point No. 2...

...they all looked strangely at the luxurious group of over a dozen people, all starting with Rare-rank professions, who were arguing like children.

But they didn't actually come to blows.

Guo Lei, who was not good with words and had been shut down by the insults, retreated to the second line with a dark face, letting his teammates take over.

"I wonder if Shen Pan has withdrawn from the assessment.

An Arcane Master is truly a cut above the rest!"

The three Epic-rank Professions of this year all had life-saving items given by the supervising teachers, which would automatically eject them from the dungeon in case of mortal danger.

Of course, they could also be manually activated to exit.

Their principal had long ago analyzed Shen Pan's likely approach: get a D-rank score and immediately leave using the item!

"Thump! Thump-thump!"

At that moment, a slight vibration came from the ground, and the sound of a large group of monsters migrating seemed to come from the distance.

"Wait a minute, did you hear the roar of Iron-Armed Apes?"

"More than that, the Wind-Chasing Wolf's throat-slitting howl is too obvious, and there are Steel-Backed Bulls!"

The dozens of examinees resting showed looks of terror.

They all stopped what they were doing and looked at the dense swarm of monsters not far away.

The estimated number exceeded a thousand!

"So the entry assessment dungeon also has a beast tide setting? We probably can't outrun them, right?"

"Bullshit! Something went wrong with the assessment. Anyone still breathing, come and help!"

The three top teams, who had long since stopped arguing, looked at each other, seeing solemnity in their eyes.

Except for those with special items, one must stay for two full hours to exit the assessment!

Among the fifteen of them, there were two Epic Ranks, five excellent-ranks, and the other eight were all combat-type Rare professions.

As for the examinees from the other schools, not a single one was excellent-rank; they had to step up and hold the front!

"Dammit, I knew meeting you guys from the First Middle School would be bad luck. Luckily, that kid Shen Pan didn't join the team, or Old Wang would have scolded me to death."

The class monitor of Class 2, who had an excellent-rank profession, walked out of the simple rest point without a hint of fear in his eyes.

The big man, who was the vice-monitor of Class 1, also smiled and looked at the two "former traitors" with intense Battle Intent.

"Want to have a contest to see who kills more monsters? You two can combine your scores!"

Lü Gui cursed with a face full of disdain.

"Compare my ass! We're either Shield-bearers or Hard Supports, how the hell do you have the nerve to say that!"

By tacit agreement, no one mentioned abandoning the dozens of people here and using their powerful professions to break through and escape on their own.

Every year, various dungeons and Secret Realms are born in Tianhai City.

Various exotic beasts assault the city.

It is a land where Epic Rank powerhouses are stationed year-round, the army is ready to fire at any moment, and everyone dares to fight against disasters.

In the dictionary of Tianhai people, there's no such word as "deserter"!

"Rumble!"

Over a thousand monsters surged toward them; the distance between the two sides was less than two hundred meters.

"Waaah~ so many monsters, we're dead!"

As the small beast tide formed by the monsters drew closer, some examinees with only Green-rank Fine professions couldn't withstand the pressure and nearly collapsed to the ground.

They were just children at Level 1 or 2!

But even so, no one ran around causing chaos in the formation.

Guo Lei bumped fists with another Epic Rank teammate who didn't like noise and took the lead at the very front with his team.

He roared, "Prepare to face the enemy!!!"