Chapter 14: Rapid Advancement in Rank, The Second Summoned Beast

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Gu Chen paid no attention to the sycophantic flattery surrounding him and walked straight out of the plaza.

“You didn’t want me to play with you before?”

“Well, funny enough, now I’m not playing with you.”

Gu Chen wasn’t narrow-minded, but he was by no means a generous person.

Repay evil with kindness? Then how should one repay kindness?

At that moment, a youth clad in a mage’s robe rushed up and directly blocked Gu Chen’s path.

“Brother Yu, you remember me, right? I’ve switched to mage. How about we team up for the next dungeon run?”

“A mage? That’s nothing,” Gu Chen said disdainfully.

“No, I’m a mage! A frontline class! How dare you look down on me?”

“Is being a mage so cool?”

“I’ve got a rare staff; three Fireballs can take down a level 1 guard. Think I’m cool or not?”

“No,” Gu Chen replied with contempt.

The other was stunned; being ignored like that made him furious.

“Gu Chen, why so arrogant? You just cleared the hard dungeon. Do you really think you’re strong?”

“I’m a mage! Countless players scramble to team with me, and you actually refuse? You’re done for. Soon, you won’t be able to beat higher-level dungeons. You’ll regret it.”

Getting worked up so quickly?

Gu Chen scoffed and walked away without looking back.

Lin Yuan followed behind, frowning in dissatisfaction.

“Isn’t that guy crazy? Just because you won’t team up with him, he flips out?”

“Typical,” Gu Chen smiled. “In his eyes, teaming with him is my honor. I got a bit of success, and now I’m arrogant. I’m the ungrateful one.”

“Those who tried to cozy up to me before—though they showed no reaction when I ignored them—they all secretly begrudge my success.”

“The better I do, the more miserable they are. But no matter how miserable, they won’t show it; they don’t want others to know they regret it.”

Lin Yuan glanced at the crowd whispering and pointing at Gu Chen. He mused, “Basically, they just can’t handle it. Is it really that hard to acknowledge someone else’s excellence?”

Gu Chen was indifferent. “They’re just a bunch of clowns.”

“If I’m worse than them, they step on me. If I surpass them, they envy me. So, there’s no need to pay attention to them.”

“When I get an SSS rating with you guys, only then will they realize what they missed out on—especially that mage just now, who thought it was my honor to team with him, ha.”

“When we clear the Hell-level dungeon next time, his regret will be magnified infinitely. He’ll blame himself for not treating me well or teaming with me immediately.”

“But what’s done is done. If he’d stayed firm, I might’ve respected him. But someone who sucks up and then gets angry when ignored—I truly despise him.”

“Exactly!” Lin Yuan glanced back at the figure behind them. “He doesn’t want us? Fine. We don’t want him? He’s ungrateful. Pfft, what a loser!”

Leaving the dungeon plaza, Gu Chen headed back to the school dorm, while Lin Yuan went straight to a nearby stir-fry restaurant to get meals for both of them.

A few minutes after Wu Ziyi came out, he transferred 100,000 yuan into Gu Chen’s account, then hailed a cab and left.

Lin Qingqing and Su Ran immediately went out to borrow money; there were less than three hours until 2 p.m.

Two hundred thousand was still quite a burden for them.

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Back in the dorm, Gu Chen first claimed the experience reward given for breaking the dungeon record.

[Experience +500]

[Level Up]

[Level: LV.6 (53/1880)]

[Strength: 67]

[Agility: 66]

[Constitution: 68]

[Spirit: 69]

[Summoned Beast: Dracula LV.6 (Epic)]

[Talent – Currently can acquire two Dark Bloodlines]

Upon reaching level 5, the second summon slot unlocked, meaning he could now summon a second beast.

Unexpectedly, breaking the record granted him an extra 500 experience points.

Combined with the experience gained from defeating the Black-robed Steward and the second wave of guards, he just leveled up.

Therefore, he could now acquire two Dark Bloodlines through talents.

But Gu Chen didn’t rush to activate the talent, since the summoning book issue hadn’t been resolved.

This time, clearing the hard dungeon earned him a hard dungeon treasure chest and a historical record gift box.

The chest usually contained random equipment or items, while the gift box was different—it was more likely to drop items matching the player’s class.

If he could get a summoning book, it would save a lot of trouble.

After all, Gu Chen only had about 120,000 yuan on him. Even if Lin Qingqing and Su Ran borrowed money, his total assets would be just over 300,000 yuan—only enough to buy relatively low-grade summoning books.

If he got some good equipment, maybe he could trade it for a summoning book at the exchange.

So, Gu Chen opened his personal space.

[Dungeon Treasure Chest (Hard): Opening grants one equipment or item below Excellent grade]

[Historical Record Gift Box: Opening grants one equipment or item corresponding to the current class]

Glancing over, Gu Chen opened both rewards.

[Opened Dungeon Treasure Chest (Hard), obtained Hurricane Warhammer*1 (Excellent Grade)]

[Opened Historical Record Gift Box, obtained Summoning Book*1 (Fine Grade)]

Whoa!

A summoning book!

Gu Chen’s eyes lit up—just what he wanted.

[Skill Book: Succubus Summon]

[Level: 5]

[Grade: Fine]

[Effect: Sign contract with a Succubus]

If Gu Chen risked all his money, he could probably trade for an Excellent-grade summoning book at the exchange.

But on second thought, a slightly lower-quality summoned beast wouldn’t be a big problem.

Even a Fine-grade beast, once fused with Dark Bloodlines, could become Epic grade and even boost his stats significantly.

Besides, the Succubus is an energy entity, highly immune to physical attacks—a rare kind of summoned beast.

With Dark Bloodline fusion, it would definitely become very powerful.

“Then it’s you,” Gu Chen said, picking up the summoning book and learning it.

The book glowed brilliantly, forming a formation, and a shadowy void appeared in the summoning space.

[You have successfully signed a contract with the Succubus]

[Summoned Beast: Succubus]

[Grade: Fine]

[Level: 6] (matches summoner’s level)

[HP: 2980]

[Attributes: Strength 46, Agility 56, Constitution 43, Spirit 58]

[Talent: Dream Entry]

[Skill: Mental Bind LV.1]

[Summoned beasts can equip gear; when a summoned beast dies, equipment may drop]

[If summoned beast dies, cannot be summoned again within 24 hours]

The Succubus, as an energy entity, has low Strength but high Spirit among its four attributes.

Besides its innate physical attack immunity, it had few other highlights; a level 6 Succubus was even weaker than level 3 Dracula.

But since it was Fine grade, expectations shouldn’t be too high.

Gu Chen then opened the talent interface, activated the ability, and immediately acquired two Dark Bloodlines.

[You have obtained: Dark Bloodline · Descendant]

[You have obtained: Dark Bloodline · Progenitor]

Combined with the [Dark Bloodline · Royal Blood] acquired at level 4, he now had three Dark Bloodlines.

After careful thought, Gu Chen decided to use the Progenitor Bloodline to raise the Succubus’s grade to Epic, then use the Descendant Bloodline for a bloodline awakening.

As for the Royal Bloodline, he planned to apply it to Dracula, advancing it to Legendary rank.

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