28: Chapter 28 Am I blind!?

After successfully rescuing Su Xiaoxiao from Zhou Tianren's fly-like harassment.

Chen Xi wasted no time in bringing the two girls back to the trial grounds.

Time was extremely tight for what lay ahead.

He had to clear another dungeon that dropped S-rank lightning-element materials within these next three days.

He also needed to craft the class core card required to advance Su Xiaoxiao's Ice Thunder Battle Method.

This was to ensure Nirvana would be in peak condition to face the Freshman Challenge Tournament!

The arrangements of fate are always full of such coincidences.

Just as Chen Xi was carefully filtering for suitable lightning-element dungeons in front of the massive virtual light screen.

A portal emitting icy blue cold air flashed with light right beside him.

Several figures, looking slightly disheveled, walked out from within.

Immediately after, an incredibly familiar voice reached Chen Xi's ears.

"Oh! God Yan! You are truly amazing! If it weren't for you, I'm afraid we really would have been done for in that godforsaken place this time!"

The one speaking was none other than Lin Feng, captain of the Shenfeng Battle Team.

At this moment, he was fawning over Yan Zidong, who stood beside him, showering him with desperate flattery:

"I truly regret it! I should have recruited you into the team much earlier! And kicked that trash support Chen Xi out!"

"Exactly, exactly!"

Fang Yue, standing nearby, quickly nodded and bowed in agreement:

"That Chen Xi, besides standing in the back throwing useless cards, what else can he do? Saying he had zero utility in our team is actually giving him too much credit! Unlike God Yan, who is a total carry!"

Yan Zidong, surrounded by the group like stars around the moon, maintained his usual arrogant demeanor, looking down on everyone.

Although there was no expression on his face as he listened to the flattery from Lin Feng and the others.

His slightly raised chin fully exposed his immensely smug inner thoughts.

Yan Zidong spoke to Lin Feng and the others in a scolding tone:

"Hmph! Your strength is truly too poor! Slow reactions! Low damage output! Terrible coordination! I honestly don't know how you people managed to climb to the third rank in the entire grade with this level of skill!"

"Listen up! After we go back, we must properly re-plan our dungeon tactics! Otherwise, with your current state, let alone winning the championship at the Freshman Challenge Tournament, I'm afraid you won't even make the top ten!"

"Yes, yes, yes! God Yan, you are right! We won't rest today! We'll go straight back to the base room to reflect and plan properly!"

Lin Feng and the others looked like scolded elementary school students.

Nodding and bowing, they repeatedly agreed.

Just then, the corner of Lin Feng's eye happened to catch a glimpse of someone not far away.

The figure he least wanted to see at this moment, yet also the one he most wanted to ruthlessly humiliate.

— Chen Xi standing in front of the virtual light screen, along with the two stunningly beautiful girls beside him.

A malicious, mocking smile instantly appeared on Lin Feng's face, which was slightly pale from exhaustion.

He deliberately raised his voice and said sarcastically:

"Yo! Isn't this our former teammate? What? You came out of the dungeon so quickly? Could it be... you couldn't even beat the first wave of mobs and just ran away?"

Fang Yue, standing nearby, immediately chimed in:

"Of course they couldn't beat it! Captain, just think about it, even our Shenfeng Battle Team with an all-star lineup, under the leadership of God Yan, took so long to clear the Frost Dragons Lair! With their bizarre setup, how could they possibly clear it!"

Just as the members of the Shenfeng Squad were preparing for another round of collective ridicule directed at Chen Xi.

Yan Zidong, who had been silent in the team, suddenly let out a soft sound of surprise.

His gaze passed over Chen Xi and landed firmly on the cold-tempered, blue-haired girl behind him.

"Xiao Xiao? You... why are you here!?"

Lin Feng and the others finally realized.

Their gazes simultaneously turned to Su Xiaoxiao, who had been watching them with a cold expression from the very beginning.

So... so the third person in Chen Xi's team was actually... actually Su Xiaoxiao, the other Ace DPS from the former Nightfall Team!?

A flash of undisguised jealousy instantly crossed Lin Feng's eyes!

He, too, had once sent an invitation to recruit Su Xiaoxiao!

But he had been ruthlessly rejected by her!

He could never have imagined that Su Xiaoxiao would reject his elite team, ranked third in the entire grade, only to join a pile of trash assembled by a loser.

He looked Su Xiaoxiao up and down with a gaze full of curiosity and scrutiny.

Then, deliberately in front of Su Xiaoxiao, he pointed at Chen Xi and began to belittle him frantically:

"Xiao Xiao! You must not be fooled by this guy named Chen! This person is useless, other than making empty promises and bragging! Look at his team setup, two supports? How could such a team possibly clear a level 20 hell-difficulty dungeon! I advise you, take my advice and leave this hopeless team quickly!"

Looking at Lin Feng and the others, Chen Xi couldn't help but show an expression as if he were looking at fools:

"I say... before you say these things, shouldn't you take a look at what you are actually saying?"

However, Lin Feng took his words as a sign of having a guilty conscience.

He stepped forward even more aggressively and demanded:

"What? Did I say something wrong? Do you still want to claim that you have already cleared that level 20 hell-difficulty dungeon?"

Chen Xi smiled upon hearing this:

"Yes, that was yesterday."

"Pfft—!"

Hearing this answer, Zhang Xinyu, who was standing nearby, laughed out loud directly:

"How is that possible! Brother Xi, stop bragging! We saw with our own eyes yesterday that you entered that level 20 hell-difficulty dungeon—the Frost Dragons Lair! How could a dungeon of that difficulty be cleared in just a few hours?"

"Exactly!"

"You don't even draft your lies before bragging!"

Li Murou finally felt a hint of impatience at their incessant ridicule.

She put her hands on her hips and retorted loudly:

"Is clearing it in a few hours hard? Not only did we clear it, but we also broke a record in the process!"

However, her retort.

In the ears of the Shenfeng Squad members, only earned them even more unscrupulous mockery.

"Broke a record? Hahahaha!"

"Little sister, do you have some misunderstanding about the words 'hell-difficulty dungeon'?"

Looking at this bunch of unreasonable guys, Chen Xi completely lost the patience to continue talking nonsense with them.

He pointed to the massive dungeon information light screen not far away and said coldly:

"If you don't believe me, go see the clear record for the Frost Dragons Lair yourself!"

"Watch and see! I want to see what kind of nonsense you can make up!"

Lin Feng and the others were still in a state of disbelief.

They looked up at the massive light screen with smug faces.

While watching, they waited for the screen to scroll the information to the clear record for the Frost Dragons Lair dungeon.

In their view, Chen Xi's statement was utter nonsense.

"I'll just watch here and see how you keep up this act."

"Captain Lin, look! The record for the Frost Dragons Lair is out."

Soon, the sharp-eyed Zhang Xinyu immediately spotted the record information above.

When their gazes landed on the clear record at the very top of the leaderboard.

The mocking smiles on everyone's faces froze instantly at this moment.

【Dungeon Name: Frost Dragons Lair (Hell Difficulty)】

【Current Clear Record Holder: Nirvana Battle Team】

【Captain: Chen Xi】

【Members: Li Murou, Su Xiaoxiao】

【Final Clear Time: 5 hours 2 minutes 36 seconds】

In that instant, the entire world seemed to have gone quiet.

Lin Feng, Zhang Xinyu, Fang Yue, Sun Lin, and even Yan Zidong...

The expressions on the five people's faces became incredibly colorful!

Shock, horror, disbelief...

All sorts of emotions, like an overturned palette, were frantically interweaving on their faces!

Fang Yue trembled all over, and in a tone of extreme disbelief, asked word by word:

"Lin... Captain Lin... am I... blind?"