Chapter 20 dungeon completed.
"No--!!!"
Li Mingyuan's horrified roar came to an abrupt halt.
Jun Xiangbei's sword, imbued with "resentment and protection" and all his own power, pierced his heart with unparalleled precision—or rather, the very core of him as the embodiment of rules.
There was no splatter of blood, only a piercing sound like shattering glass.
Li Mingyuan's body trembled violently, the ferocious expression on his face froze, and the pupils behind his gold-rimmed glasses instantly lost focus. Dark cracks spread rapidly from the point where he was stabbed all over his body.
"Crack... Crack..."
He looked down in disbelief at the sword in his chest, then suddenly looked up, staring intently at Jun Xiangbei, his lips moving as if he wanted to say something.
But in the end, his body, like a weathered statue, shattered inch by inch, turning into scattered blackish-gray ashes, and with a long sigh of relief mixed with resentment, completely dissipated into the air.
The key boss, Li Mingyuan, has been defeated.
The cold system notification sounded, but it brought little joy.
Almost at the same moment Li Mingyuan vanished, the figures of the six ghost students who had fought desperately to protect him also flickered and swayed violently, like candles in the wind!
They had forcibly gathered the wronged souls by relying on their deepest obsessions. Now that their obsessions had been removed, their own energy had been exhausted to the extreme in the fierce confrontation with the teachers and the backlash from the rules.
"Yan Ruxuan!" Yue Qingqing exclaimed in shock. Yan Ruxuan's headless body was growing fainter and fainter, as if it would merge into the surrounding darkness at any moment.
Sun Yifan's contorted body was almost falling apart again, and the figures of Li Fei and Tan Nianci, back to back, were becoming so blurred that they were almost invisible. The stitches around Guo Wangfei's body made a cracking sound as they were unable to bear the weight, and the moisture on Xu Ziyi's body was rapidly evaporating...
"Thank you..." Yan Ruxuan's ethereal and relieved voice seemed to resonate directly in everyone's hearts.
"Thank you, you've finally freed us..."
A few lines of comments floated across Jun Xiangbei's live stream:
"Their figures are fading! Is this... them disappearing completely?"
"They're free...they're finally free from suffering."
"But it's so sad, they don't even have the chance to be reincarnated."
“Live well, carrying our share…” Sun Yifan’s broken voice continued.
"Hurry up." This was Guo Wangfei's final urging.
Li Fei and Tan Nianci exchanged a smile, their figures completely transforming into specks of fluorescent light.
Xu Ziyi nodded slightly to the players, then turned into a cloud of cold water mist and vanished without a trace.
The wronged souls that had been formed from pain and resentment in the six realms were thus completely annihilated.
"No—!" The female teacher let out a shrill scream. Li Mingyuan's death and the final dissipation of the ghostly student seemed to have driven her into complete madness.
"You have destroyed all of this, destroyed the order of happiness, you will all die, all of you will stay and be buried with us!"
The remaining teachers were also exhausted and severely injured due to Li Mingyuan's death and the fierce battle just now.
But at this moment, driven by the female teacher's madness, they unleashed their final ferocity, struggling to pounce on the players, determined to prevent anyone from leaving.
However, just as this chaos and despair were drawing to a close—
At the end of the corridor, where there were originally cold walls, the space distorted, and a soft and stable milky white light gate, like the morning star rising in the darkness, slowly emerged and expanded.
The portal exuded a reassuring aura, completely out of place with the eerie and terrifying atmosphere of this instance.
[The key boss has died, and the core rules of the dungeon have collapsed. Happy Campus (a C-level punishment dungeon) will be closed soon.]
The passage is now open. Please leave before the countdown ends!
[Countdown: 60, 59, 58...]
The system's prompts were like heavenly music.
A way out is right in front of us!
The viewers in Xin Yuan'er's live stream were overjoyed:
The gate is open!
"Run! You only have one minute!"
"Finally, I can leave this awful place!"
"The passage, it's the passage!" Xin Yuan'er was the first to jump up, pointing at the light gate and shouting excitedly.
"Go!" Jun Xiangbei gave the order immediately without hesitation, suppressing the strange emotions he felt over the disappearance of the ghost students.
Now is not the time for sorrow; we must seize this opportunity for survival, bought with enormous sacrifice.
Despite their exhaustion and pain, the players sprinted toward the portal.
"Don't even think about running!" The female teacher's face was twisted to the extreme. One of her arms suddenly stretched out infinitely like rubber, with sharp nails, and crossed the chaotic battlefield to accurately grab Yue Qingqing, who was slightly behind.
"Qingqing, be careful!" Bai Muling exclaimed.
Yue Qingqing was terrified, her face turning pale as the ghostly claw was about to grab her shoulder.
Just at this critical moment, a figure suddenly bumped into Yue Qingqing from the side.
It was Di Wenzhou who took the brunt of the claw attack with his own back!
"Pfft!"
The claws dug into his flesh, and Di Wenzhou groaned as blood gushed from his back. But he used the force of the blow to push Yue Qingqing forward.
"Run!"
Almost simultaneously, the stiff-faced dormitory manager let out a strange, chuckling laugh, his figure contorted, and he instantly teleported to the vicinity of the portal.
The administrator spread his arms, trying to block the passage with his body, and his huge, rusty scissors slashed at Xin Yuan'er, who was running at the front!
The chat in Xin Yuan'er's live stream was filled with shock:
"Holy crap, this administrator can teleport?!"
"Wait, how can a C-rank dungeon have teleportation abilities?"
"Lucky winner, watch out for the scissors!"
"Go to hell!"
Xin Yuan'er yelled, his survival instinct kicking in. He did an extremely unseemly but effective roll, narrowly slid under the scissors, and at the same time, he turned back and threw out his last smoke bomb to distract the opponent.
"Northern God, Boss Zhuge, hurry!" Xin Yuan'er rushed to the gate of light first, but did not go in immediately. Instead, he turned around anxiously and shouted.
Jun Xiangbei, protecting the injured Di Wenzhou and Bai Muling, also approached the light gate.
However, just when everyone thought they were about to escape and ascend to heaven—
Another male teacher set his sights on Zhuge Jin, who had the weakest aura and was the last one standing.
He seemed to realize that Zhuge Jin was the key figure behind all these changes, and a hint of extreme resentment flashed in his eyes.
The viewers in Zhuge Jin's live stream were extremely anxious:
"Oh no! Zhuge Jin has fallen behind, and that male teacher is heading straight for him."
"The prophet's ability is too overpowered; his combat abilities are probably limited."
"We're doomed. Zhuge Jin is just a fragile prophet. Can we even win?"
"You anomaly! Stay here!" the male teacher roared, his entire body twisting and deforming like a melting wax figure, shooting towards Zhuge Jin like an arrow released from a bow.
The speed is far greater than before!
Faced with this sudden and deadly attack, Zhuge Jin didn't even have time to make an effective evasive maneuver.
Beneath the white veil, his pupils suddenly contracted.
Is this... the end?
No!
Just as the black shadow was about to engulf Zhuge Jin—
A cold, aloof figure, moving with a resolute speed, suddenly turned back.
You are heading north!
Without even thinking, Jun Xiangbei reacted in a way that he himself couldn't understand, pushing Di Wenzhou, whom he was supporting, toward Bai Muling, and then, with lightning speed, rushed back in the opposite direction.
"careful!"
With a cold, low shout, Jun Xiangbei grabbed Zhuge Jin's waist, which was swaying slightly due to weakness, and pulled him back sharply.
At the same time, the longsword in his other hand burst forth with its last light, fiercely slashing towards the approaching black shadow.
"boom!"
The sword light and shadow collided violently, producing a dull, loud sound!
Jun Xiangbei felt a sweet taste in his throat, a metallic sweetness that surged up, but he forced it back down.
In order to rush back to the rescue, he endured the attack of a teacher who was dying, and was now at his last gasp.
But he managed to block the attack.
The black shadow let out a resentful screech, and was mostly destroyed by the sword light, with the remaining part forced to reveal the male teacher's disheveled figure.
"Go!" Jun Xiangbei showed no reluctance to fight. He grabbed Zhuge Jin and, using the recoil from the collision, rushed toward the light gate that was right in front of him at top speed.
His arms were firm and strong, and through the thin white fabric, one could clearly feel the slenderness of Zhuge Jin's waist...
A strange emotion surged through his cold chest, causing him to unconsciously tighten his grip on the other person's arm.
The viewers in Jun Xiangbei's live stream joked:
"That look in Bei Shen's eyes...something's up!"
"He was holding me so tightly, I bumped my head."
"Stop banging! Hurry up! Time is running out."
"We'll be able to leave soon."
Zhuge Jin leaned against Jun Xiangbei's chest, the cool scent emanating from the other man lingering around his nose, mixed with a hint of blood.
He could feel the unusual energy core pulsating within Jun Xiangbei's chest cavity.
Beneath the white veil, a hint of triumph flashed in Zhuge Jin's eyes.
The final stretch of distance will be reached in an instant.
"Hurry up and go in!" Xin Yuan'er anxiously waved from inside the portal.
Jun Xiangbei, with Zhuge Jin in his arms, and Bai Muling and Yue Qingqing, who were with Di Wenzhou, stepped into the milky white light gate almost simultaneously.
Just before his figure was completely swallowed by the portal of light, Zhuge Jin turned his head slightly, and the white veil seemed to pierce through space.
He glanced once more at the corridor, marked by signs of battle, where the resentment was gradually dissipating.
Goodbye, "happy" campus.
At that moment, Zhuge Jin clearly sensed that the "Prophet Zhuge Jin" persona within him had reached a perfect 100% as he stepped through the portal and completely left the instance.
[Actress "Prophet Zhuge Jin" portrayal accuracy: 100%]
[Character development is complete, abilities are being solidified...]
[Congratulations, host, on successfully embodying the alias "Zhuge Jin".]
The light completely engulfed their figures.
Behind them, the teachers' impotent rage and roars faded into the distance, along with the rumbling sound of the entire instance space beginning to collapse and crumble...
Author's Note:
This story will be available for purchase on October 3rd, and there will be a lot of updates then [heart emoji]. Please give it your support!
This dungeon is almost finished. Next, I'll write a few chapters about the world's lore, and then move on to the next killing dungeon. [doge emoji with rose in hand]
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