135: Chapter 135 Perfect Clear! Shocking all sides, retribution to follow!

Zhang Jian glanced at his skills, specifically the few passive ones like [Sword Soul Power] and [Sword Qi Extension].

He discovered that each of them required one epic-grade passive skill to upgrade their quality.

Good stuff!

His eyes lit up, and he put them away solemnly.

He hadn't decided which one to upgrade yet, so he would need to plan carefully later.

As they finished picking up all the loot in the Dungeon, the signal for clearing the stage echoed throughout.

"You have killed the Rank 25 epic-grade BOSS [Soul-Eater Beast], and completed the Hell difficulty clear of [Wild Grassland]."

"The number of team members is fewer than 5, base evaluation increased."

"All team members are challenging higher Ranks, base evaluation increased."

"No casualties, base evaluation increased."

"Clear time is within one hour, base evaluation significantly increased."

"Defeated BOSS summoned minions within 5 minutes, base evaluation significantly increased."

"Challenger HP is lower than 10%, additional evaluation slightly decreased."

"Challenger HP is lower than 1%, additional evaluation slightly decreased."

"Clear time is higher than 30 minutes, additional evaluation slightly decreased."

"The difference between the challenger's Rank and the final BOSS's Rank exceeds 10, additional evaluation significantly increased."

"Upon exiting, you will receive an S+ Rank evaluation and can choose one drop as an additional reward."

"Your team has achieved the Perfect-Grade clear condition for this Dungeon. All loot drops from this Dungeon will be permanently increased by 10%."

Perfect-Grade clear!

The four of them were somewhat emotional.

They hadn't expected to be the first to achieve this in this Dungeon.

The only regret was that they were still quite a distance away from the legendary Limit-Grade clear.

Perhaps it was the BOSS's final self-destruction that caused their HP to drop too much.

Furthermore, the clear time still wasn't fast enough.

Fortunately, they finally had a direction for their efforts.

For the additional reward, Zhang Jian chose the [Shadow Absorption] skill book.

This way, he could once again upgrade the quality of his two legendary rank passive trait skills.

After exiting the Dungeon, Zhang Jian saw the strange phenomenon appearing in the sky once more, along with the stunned crowd from the Professionals Association around him.

With the appearance of the four, the familiar stairs rose again.

The four exchanged smiles and stepped onto them together.

With the experience from last time, their curiosity had diminished somewhat, and they appeared more composed.

The people around them didn't understand what was happening; only President Li Husheng had seen such a scene before, and his eyes were filled with shock.

They actually managed to clear the Hell difficulty with just four people?

And they even received a Heavenly Dao reward, which meant the evaluation was not low.

The few young people led by the yellow-haired lad Li Yong were even more dumbfounded.

Didn't they say that even a 10-person team couldn't handle the Hell difficulty of this Dungeon? Then why did these four teenagers come out so easily?

Inside Galaxy Academy.

A tall, red-haired teenager stood nervously with the Reception Envoy at an elliptical blue light circle.

This was the automatically bound location for the [galaxy badge] worn by every Galaxy Academy student.

He had just received the message from Li Yong and immediately reported it to the academy.

The Reception Envoy had rushed over with him, his eyes filled with extreme urgency.

He was even prepared to cast skills to restore their status the moment Zhang Jian and the others appeared, fearing they might have been left with some aftereffects from the BOSS's attacks.

Yet, they waited and waited, and after a full half-hour, there was no movement.

"Are you mistaken?" the Reception Envoy asked, somewhat displeased.

You Sheng wondered, "That shouldn't be. Li Yong was very detailed, and the names match up. Let me ask again."

Just as he opened his personal terminal, he saw a 60-second voice message sent by Li Yong.

"Open it immediately!" the Reception Envoy urged impatiently.

You Sheng obediently pressed the play button.

Li Yong's excited voice rang out instantly.

"Damn, Brother Sheng, I saw a real Genius today!"

"Four teenagers under Rank 15 actually cleared that Dungeon you went to before!"

"And it was their first time challenging Hell difficulty, and they got a Perfect-Grade evaluation right away. The permanent output increase has already appeared in the Dungeon rules."

"It's my first time seeing a Heavenly Dao reward. Oh my god, this scene is so cool! When can we pull off something like this?"

After the voice message finished playing, You Sheng froze in place.

Did I just hallucinate?

Li Yong said those freshmen actually cleared it in one go?

He looked at the nine grayed-out avatars in his personal terminal and felt deep doubt.

Was the BOSS that killed my nine buddies the same one that the four people in Li Yong's account cleared with a Perfect-Grade evaluation?

The Reception Envoy was overjoyed.

"Well done!"

"I really didn't misjudge you. Zhang Jian, you definitely have elite-grade strength, and perhaps even..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the Reception Envoy's figure flickered and vanished instantly.

He wanted to tell the Dean this good news personally.

A thought he had never had before was born in his heart.

Could it be that the opportunity to break through the Rank limit and make the Professionals of Water Blue Planet stronger lies with those few young people?

As the four gradually absorbed the energy from the Heavenly Dao reward one by one, they descended from the stairs and returned to the ground.

President Li Husheng jolted and immediately went up to greet them.

"Congratulations to the four of you for letting us witness the true face of the Heavenly Dao!"

"From now on, our Ta City also has a Dungeon with increased output, one that can be ranked highly even in Long Province. On behalf of the Professionals of Ta City, I thank you all!"

As he spoke, he bowed to the four.

Zhang Jian didn't change his expression and accepted the courtesy.

If it weren't for the effect of [Star Vault Covenant] earlier, they would have been teleported back by the [galaxy badge].

Even if they could have saved their lives, the Dungeon might not have counted as a normal clear.

They had indeed put in a lot of hard work.

They deserved this gratitude!

President Li Husheng enthusiastically grabbed Zhang Jian's hand, "The four of you are the pride of our Ta City."

"If there is anything our Professionals Association can help with, just say the word."

Zhang Jian pondered for a moment.

"Then I would like to ask you, President, where can I buy legendary rank and epic-grade passive skills? Any attribute increase will do."

President Li Husheng immediately looked troubled.

"We don't have such rare resources here in Ta City. You might have to go to the provincial capital for a chance, but I estimate it's very difficult to buy them on the open market."

Zhang Jian nodded.

It seemed that although President Li Husheng was a Rank 43 Professional of the Second Job Change, he didn't have any very powerful resources.

There was no need to associate with him further.

He was about to leave with the three of them, but suddenly stopped.

"I wonder if you, President, are aware of the actions of Li Zhihai from your association?"

President Li Husheng's expression froze instantly.