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Chapter 686: Chapter 686: Upgrade

Doomsday City, the northern breeding ground.

Endless monsters were gathered in the center of the breeding ground. As Zeus drank potions to replenish his mana, he watched the players below beat the monsters’ Vitality Points to the very last shred before standing up and releasing powerful area-of-effect magic attacks.

“Guild leader, you only need 2% more Experience Points to catch up with Song Jian and become the number one on the Glory List!”

Zeus’ face flushed with excitement, becoming the number one on the Glory Level List had always been his dream. If he succeeded, the Pantheon becoming the number one power in Doomsday City would be just around the corner.

“Why did the City of Hope Alliance develop so fast? Isn’t it just because Song Jian has always been holding the number one spot on the level rankings? If I become number one on the level rankings, the Pantheon will also become number one!” Zeus thought confidently.

The players below, handling the monsters, had already been replaced twice. Over eighty percent of the members from the Pantheon were helping Zeus level up.

“Almost there, the guild leader is about to become number one!”

“Haha, our hard work over the past week hasn’t been in vain!”

“It seems Song Jian’s experience has never increased. Doesn’t he care about the top spot on the level list?”

“Of course he cares, it’s just that they aren’t as united as we are, and no one is willing to help him level up!”

“Hahaha, that’s right, it’s our Pantheon that is the number one power in Doomsday City!”

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At that moment, a player casually glanced at the level ranking and was immediately dumbfounded, not even reacting when a monster charged at him.

“Dude, what are you doing? Are you trying to get killed, getting lost in thought at a time like this?” Another player immediately lured the monster away and yelled at the stunned player.

“Look at the level ranking! Damn it, there must be a bug in the game!” The player yelled, his face full of shock and horror.

Almost everyone opened up the Glory Level rankings, their eyes glued to the screen.

There were no changes in the level rankings from before; Zeus was still in second place, and Song Jian was still in first.

However, at this point, Song Jian’s level had changed. It was no longer level 31 but had jumped to level 35, a whole four levels higher!

“Impossible! How could he have leveled up four levels at once? There must be a BUG! Is there a game GM? I want to report this!”n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

“How could this game have a GM? He must have mastered some method that we don’t know!”

“How did he suddenly increase four levels? How did he do that?”

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Players from the Pantheon were immediately in an uproar, the sudden shock too much for them. They had been pulling monsters and killing them tirelessly for a week, and just when they were about to succeed, they were once again slapped down by their opponent.

Even Zeus was dumbfounded, his face full of shock. He didn’t know what went wrong and why the other party could instantly raise four levels.

“How could this happen?” The nearby priest furrowed his brows, considering all possibilities.

“Damn it, he’s playing us!” Zeus roared in anger.

He was so close, just 2% Experience Points away from surpassing Song Jian and becoming number one in the level rankings. Now, Zeus felt that if he continued and caught up to Song Jian’s level, would Song Jian instantly level up another four or five times, slapping him back down from the sky to the ground?

With this in mind, even Zeus felt somewhat disheartened, and the other players could only heave sighs of defeat.

Everything they had done now lost its meaning. After being silent for a while, Zeus finally spoke with a haggard expression, “Tell everyone to disperse, let our brothers rest.”

“Guild Leader, are we not chasing anymore?” The nearby priest asked, “There’s no way he can do this a second time, so we… ”

“Even if it’s only once, the gap has now widened to four levels. That’s not just a 4% difference…” Zeus said, “Do you know how big a four-level gap is?”

The priest remained silent. After level 30, the required experience for leveling up increased exponentially. Just a 1% or 2% difference required them to chase for hours. Now, the gap was four levels. It was chilling even to think about, let alone catch up.

In the end, the Pantheon members dispersed quickly, and the leveling operation came to a failed end, with everyone feeling the sting of failure.

From then on, no one spoke of surpassing Song Jian to become the top name on the Glory List.

Inside Song Jian’s Manor Castle, Wang Qi sighed as he watched Zeus’s rapidly increasing combat experience. He knew the importance of being the number one on the Glory level list, but it seemed that Song Jian didn’t care about it.

Perhaps, with his current strength, Zeus couldn’t defeat Song Jian. However, many ordinary players didn’t know this. The level list was the most realistic ranking, and once the number one spot was snatched, many players, even those from the City of Hope Alliance, would become disappointed in Song Jian.

“Better think of a solution for Brother Song getting caught up,” Wang Qi said quietly.

“Sigh, it’s too hard. With all those people grinding for experience, it’s practically cheating!” someone shook their head and said.

“What’s the use of talking about it now? Besides, with the guild leader’s current rate of growth in strength, going to kill monsters to level up isn’t very realistic. It’s better to let him adapt to his improved control as soon as possible!”

“Forget it, let’s prepare for our trip to the Valley of the Undead tomorrow. There’s a calamitous poison fog there, and if not managed properly, our numbers will be reduced significantly!”

At that moment, Song Jian received a system notification that he had received the rewards for passing the assessment tasks, instantly raising him four levels and granting him 10 additional free attribute points.

Song Jian slightly smiled and immediately added the free attribute points to his mental attribute. Now, Song Jian’s mental attribute had been raised to 129 points, and with just a thought, all the actions within the Manor Castle appeared in his mind.

Having received all assessment task rewards, Song Jian still had sixteen skill points left, but many of his skills in the game needed to be fully proficient before skill points could be used to upgrade them. So, all those skill points could only be put aside for now.

“You guys, quick, look at the level list!” someone suddenly exclaimed.

“What, has Zeus surpassed Brother Song?” Wang Qi sighed as if already predicting it, opened the level list to take a look, and instantly wore a shocked expression on his face. “Holy crap, Song Jian, what did you do?”

“Little Jian Brother, are you cheating?” Li Ke’er shouted loudly.

Everyone stared dumbfounded at Song Jian, who was slowly walking in the courtyard to adjust to his body. How did his level suddenly rise to level 35 in such a short period?

“How did you do it?” Wang Qi asked blankly.

“Didn’t I say, don’t care about the level list? Even if he takes the top spot, he won’t be there for long,” Song Jian laughed.

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