Chapter 145
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Volume 3 + Chapter 145: Notorious Reputation
At a lake deep within the Ruins Forest, a team was locked in fierce combat with the strongest Water-attribute magical beast—the Frenzied Deepwater Crocodile.
The battle had reached its climax.
The team’s mage was casting spells to restrain the ferocious beast.
“Frost Breath, freeze my enemy solid!!”
Upon completing the incantation, icy energy erupted from the mage’s staff, spreading across the lake’s surface and freezing it solid.
“Roooaaar!!”
The Frenzied Deepwater Crocodile hadn’t even managed to leap from the water before being trapped by the freezing cold.
However, magic of this intensity couldn’t hold the beast for long.
Thus, the mage continued chanting, unleashing a second-stage spell.
“Pillar of Frost!”
Gathering the lake’s frigid energy, he formed a towering ice pillar that erupted from the surface, sending the crocodile flying.
Once separated from the water, the enraged beast’s combat ability dropped drastically, left flailing helplessly midair.
These two consecutive spells had nearly drained the mage’s mana reserves.
He’d given everything to create this opening for his team leader—the next strike would decide this battle’s outcome—
“Now’s your chance, Captain!!”
“Leave the final blow to me!!”
The waiting swordsman charged forth, his body wreathed in green light—a buffing holy spell cast by their team’s priest.
Like the mage, the priest had poured nearly all remaining holy power into enhancing the swordsman, sacrificing any capacity for further combat to empower this decisive attack.
All their hopes now rested on the swordsman.
Dashing across the frozen lake at blinding speed, he gripped his sword tightly, eyes locked onto the airborne crocodile.
With a battle cry, his blade left its sheath—
“Tornado Guillotine Slash!!”
His two teammates held their breaths.
The sword’s energy pierced through the Frenzied Deepwater Crocodile. With a final roar of defiance, the defeated beast crashed down, smashing through the ice to float belly-up on the water’s surface.
It was over.
“We won, we actually won!”
“We defeated the Frenzied Deepwater Crocodile—the strongest Water-attribute beast!!”
“This is the power of friendship, effort, and victory!!”
The team members embraced each other, weeping with joy.
Originally an overlooked underdog team, their miraculous chemistry after forming this trio had allowed them to defeat the water attribute’s apex predator.
With the Frenzied Deepwater Crocodile’s badge in hand, their names would undoubtedly appear on the monthly exam’s honor roll.
“Now we can finally turn things around!”
“Captain, we’ve achieved our counterattack!”
“Mmm, we should head to the designated gathering area soon, right?”
“Right!”
The other two nodded enthusiastically.
After a brief rest, the team prepared to depart.
Possessing even one top-tier attribute badge would guarantee them a respectable final ranking.
Hearts pounding with excitement, the trio set off toward the map’s marked gathering zone, already anticipating their teachers’ praise.
The future looked bright—
“Eh? Who’s that?”
A petite girl stood blocking their path ahead.
Upon closer inspection, they immediately recognized her.
There wasn’t a single student unaware of her identity during this exam.
Xia Yi – Lawrence, the girl who’d vowed to solo this monthly trial.
“What’s Xia Yi doing here?”
“Yeah, why’s she blocking our way?”
The captain frowned. “We’re not even acquainted with her, so why is she staring at us like…”
“Good afternoon~”
Xia Yi cheerfully greeted the approaching trio.
Before they could process the situation, something bizarre occurred—several figures emerged behind Xia Yi.
It was Brand’s team.
Their expressions looked anything but friendly.
A sense of foreboding gripped the water team members, who instinctively stepped back, considering whether to take a detour around Xia Yi.
But then more figures appeared behind them.
And to their left. And right!!
They were completely surrounded.
……
“NOOOO!! Our symbol of friendship—the Frenzied Deepwater Crocodile badge!!”
Ignoring the heartbroken captain’s wails, Xia Yi casually picked up the coveted badge.
With this, she only needed two more badges to complete her collection of top-tier attribute emblems.
“Just two left now,” Xia Yi remarked.
“You all had your badges stolen too! How can you just stand there helping this tyrant?!”
The bereft captain accused the surrounding students.
The other teams could only shrug helplessly—what choice did they have…
Every single one present had been defeated by Xia Yi and stripped of their badges.
“Care to join us?” Xia Yi asked the grounded captain.
“Are you kidding? You steal my badge then expect my help? Dream on!!”
“Every team that joins us will have their final scores adjusted to match everyone else’s. This ensures no one falls behind or faces expulsion due to poor rankings. Most importantly… Our goal is to zero out everyone else’s scores. Don’t you want to drag down those stronger than you?”
“This…”
“Or you can refuse. In that case, I’ll make sure your team scores below all others. Then yours will be the only team punished for poor performance.” Xia Yi smiled sweetly.
“You—you’re utterly despicable! You’re as wicked as the dragon race itself!!”
The captain’s face paled as he finally understood why the others were cooperating.
Nobody wanted to be the team facing punishment.
What choice did they have?
After all, no one could defeat this monster.
“I… accept.”
“Excellent.”
Xia Yi nodded in satisfaction.
She’d shifted strategies entirely.
Initially, she’d had Brand lure other teams back for her to defeat.
While effective at first, problems emerged—not everyone trusted Brand’s claims.
Moreover, the process proved inefficient.
Thus, Xia Yi adopted a new tactic, ambushing teams at choke points.
This “gate-camping” strategy ensured she could systematically strip every team of their top-tier attribute badges.
“Oh, another team’s approaching. Everyone get ready—once they’re close, we surround them and reset their scores to zero!”
……
At the designated gathering area on the Ruins Forest’s outskirts.
“Teacher Biden, the exam’s almost over. Who do you think will come out on top?” The Combat Department instructor made small talk.
“Well… everyone seems quite capable. It’s hard to predict the final outcome.”
Biden stroked his beard with a smile.
These were empty pleasantries, of course. He couldn’t care less about who’d rank first.
His real interest lay in who’d place last.
The answer required no thought whatsoever.
Biden could hardly wait to see that delinquent student Xia Yi’s devastated expression when she received her failing marks!
sketchyqueen
now this is peak content. literally a full competition tie for dead last and only one winner is crazy. xia yi is a true dragon queen in the making! hoard the wealth! also, is it now 5 chapters a day? absolutely thrilled if true, totally fine if this was just a few day off thing 😀