58: Chapter 58 Wei Donglai's Rebirth and Wang Fei's Unwavering Demeanor!

Wave 10 begins.

Monster information for this wave appeared before Wei Donglai's eyes: two Level 10 common monsters and one Level 10 boss monster.

He took a deep breath, his eyes brimming with Battle Intent!

For the past two years, he had been defeated by this very wave.

This year, he would not fail again!

The Legendary skill [Cursed Flame], which had already been upgraded to Level 5, was currently the skill with his longest casting range.

Combined with a top-tier ring he had just purchased that further increased his casting range, it was truly like adding wings to a tiger.

The moment the three monsters showed their heads, Wei Donglai waved his staff.

-700!

A bone-corroding flame drifted above the boss, and its expression instantly became one of extreme pain.

Furthermore, the damage it received was exactly the same as the damage Wei Donglai had dealt to the common mobs earlier.

This was precisely the power of penetration damage—it completely ignored ordinary defense!

The boss monster also discovered that despite shaking its head wildly, it could do nothing against this blazing little flame.

With a roar, it prepared to rush over and fight Wei Donglai to the death.

One step, two steps.

Wei Donglai calculated calmly.

The moment the boss monster crossed a certain threshold, he immediately waved his staff again.

A massive fireball descended from the sky, slamming ruthlessly into the enemy's body.

[Explosive Fireball]!

-1800!

The boss monster's body swayed, and its health bar instantly dropped by a small chunk.

Once this excellence-tier skill was upgraded to its maximum level, it was originally supposed to add 300% of Spell attack power as damage.

However, after being boosted by his talent, it surged directly to 600%.

Wei Donglai couldn't help but marvel; it was truly a case of turning the mundane into the miraculous!

This burst of two consecutive skills also dealt a significant blow to the boss monster.

By the time it reached Wei Donglai, its health was already down to barely half.

The other two common monsters followed closely behind their leader.

Seeing the three monsters about to cluster together, Wei Donglai felt a surge of joy.

Grouping up is exactly what I wanted!

Facing the boss's high-raised warhammer, he did not dodge.

Instead, he gritted his teeth and took the hit head-on.

-200!

Though he felt the pain, his hands were not slow.

At the moment the opponent attacked, he had already released the skill he had long been planning.

[Endless Sea of Fire]!

Instantly, countless red glows rose from the ground, enveloping the entire area where the three monsters stood.

-1200!

-1200!

-1200!

All three monsters were hit simultaneously, and a massive damage number floated above their heads.

The boss monster's health bar slid down once more.

The two common monsters were also heavily wounded.

But even so, he still hadn't managed to kill even one of them.

Wei Donglai entered a full combat state; green numbers constantly floated above his head as he moved his feet rapidly.

+70!

+70!

Relying on the recovery effect of the curse feedback,

he replenished the health lost from the attack just now in just a few ticks.

While dodging the boss's pursuit, Wei Donglai kept his eyes on the cooldown of [Explosive Fireball].

The skill's original cooldown was as high as 15 seconds, but under the talent's bonus, it was shortened to 7.5 seconds.

So as soon as the cooldown was up, he released it again.

He instantly killed the Level 10 monster closest to him.

With only two monsters left, Wei Donglai breathed a sigh of relief.

His eyes were still fixed on the countdown timer.

4 minutes 50 seconds.

4 minutes 40 seconds.

While his skills were on cooldown, he used basic attacks to slowly wear down the monsters' remaining health.

As soon as a skill recovered, he struck decisively.

Relying on another cast of [Cursed Flame] on the other small mob,

and waiting for the two monsters to draw close together again for a second wave of [Endless Sea of Fire],

the ubiquitous, spreading flames finally killed all the monsters.

At this point, the countdown had just reached 4 minutes 35 seconds.

"You have cleared the tenth wave, gaining 200 base points."

"You succeeded within 10% of the standard time, gaining an additional 20% point bonus."

"You earned 200 points this stage, with a cumulative total of 1,320 points."

Seeing the notification appear, Wei Donglai, whose nerves had been tense throughout the entire battle, finally let out a breath of relief.

Fortunately!

He had managed to beat the clock and get the extra point bonus.

Furthermore, in all ten of these waves, he had successfully killed the monsters and cleared the stage within 30 seconds.

Based on his current score alone, he had already surpassed his results from last year and the year before.

This gave Wei Donglai a sense that his hard work was finally paying off.

Surely, his current points must be ranked first in Long Province!

Wei Donglai thought happily to himself.

...

Compared to Zhang Jian's easy and even somewhat boring battle, the situation on Wang Fei's end was much more complicated.

After choosing the team mode, the other members were a combination of two Archers, one Mage, and one Warrior, which was a fairly comprehensive damage-dealing lineup.

In fact, for the first five waves, the four of them just attacked casually and cleared them quickly.

They didn't really need Wang Fei to apply buffs.

In the following two waves, the number of monsters still wasn't large.

However, the four of them had already begun to show problems with poor coordination.

Wang Fei wanted to take command, but he was just a Support after all and didn't have much of a say.

Instead, the others lacked any formation and ran around wildly, not giving him much chance to perform.

Fortunately, the four's damage output was still sufficient; by relying on brute force, they still managed to get the extra point bonuses.

Perhaps things will get better once everyone gets used to it, Wang Fei comforted himself.

However, starting from the eighth wave, things on the field started to go a bit wrong.

The Mage, who claimed to have the top-tier class [Apostle of Extreme Frost], was the first to speak up.

He demanded that Wang Fei pour all Support resources onto him, ignoring the others to serve him exclusively.

The other three only had rare classes, and their strength was indeed slightly inferior to his.

They had originally thought that having a strong player in the team meant they had found a carry, so they were willing to take a bit of a loss.

But they didn't expect this.

The Mage was getting a good deal and still acting entitled.

He demanded that when the others dealt damage, they couldn't kill the monsters directly.

They had to leave the final sliver of health for him and lure the monsters together so he could finish them off in one go.

Clearly, he wanted to rely on having a much higher damage output than the others to get the highest contribution ratio in the team.

But his behavior was truly unsightly.

It was a case of eating the meat himself and not even leaving a drop of soup for anyone else.

This, naturally, sparked public outrage.

The other three simply ignored him and began to fight for themselves.

The Warrior stopped luring monsters for the ranged classes and found a single monster to focus his damage on.

The two Archers seemed to know each other; they grouped up and coordinated their attacks, wanting to raise their contribution ratios as quickly as possible.

Seeing this, the Mage gave a cold snort and snatched a monster for himself to start dealing burst damage.

With everyone fighting their own battles, Wang Fei didn't even know who to buff anymore.

With such a chaotic combat rhythm, it was naturally impossible to finish the battle within 30 seconds like the previous waves.

In the end, it took them a full 2 minutes and 20 seconds to kill all the monsters on the field one by one.

If the monsters in these two waves hadn't been relatively weak, they might not have even gotten the extra 10% points.

The more Wang Fei thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

He could no longer keep a low profile.

...

The second day of the exam!

Wishing all the big shots taking the exam to live up to expectations and grow stronger with every battle!