All players: Become a Dharma King, with unlimited skill stats.

After leaving the teaching building, he walked towards the mission hall of the Foreign Languages ​​Department while opening his own entry system.

After successfully advancing, he automatically leveled up and can now draw one more time.

[Using 1 chance, currently drawing a gold-tier affix....]

[Draw successful! Congratulations! You have obtained the legendary gold skill attribute: Steal]

"This name doesn't sound very ethical..."

"However, since it's a gold-tier attribute, it can't simply be like the thief profession, where you steal things, right?"

Without much thought, An Bai directly assigned this entry to the Fireball spell.

Explosive Fireball: (Details omitted). Steal: Upon hitting an enemy, it triggers a random stealing effect, including items, attributes, buffs, etc. If the target is successfully killed, the stolen items are permanently retained.

Just as he expected, they were even able to steal back their attributes!

Moreover, it can be kept permanently.

"Not bad, not bad. Next time we encounter a tough boss like the Bull King, we can use Ghost Command Spells to burn its attributes while simultaneously using Steal to steal its attributes. Its strength will drop even faster."

Upon arriving at the mission hall, An Bai immediately looked for missions that could earn him S-rank credits.

[S-Rank Quest: Find a willow branch left behind by the Goddess of Healing. Level requirement: 20-60]

[S-rank mission: Find the legendary treasure in Wanfeng Mountain that is predicted to respawn in three days according to divination. Level requirement: 20-40]

[S-rank mission: Bring back ten human eggs of the Pink-lipped Spring-hunting Insect. Requirements: Level 20-60, and Abyss Pass still available.]

[S-Rank Mission: Challenge the Abyss Lava Cavern Secret Realm and retrieve the Heart of the Secret Realm for the school. Requires level 20-40. Opens every Wednesday at 12:00 PM and lasts only two hours.]

【…】

At a glance, An Bai discovered a most serious problem.

That means he probably can't even take on thirty S-rank missions in total!

S-rank missions only become more frequent after level 40.

Most of the S-rank quests available at level 20 require luck or take a long time to complete.

Currently, the most suitable challenge seems to be the Abyss Lava Cave Secret Realm.

"But it's only Monday today, so we'll have to challenge the secret realm the day after tomorrow."

"Fine, I'll go grind some dungeons then."

Although there were still many A-level missions that would have been suitable, An Bai decided to give them up in order to accumulate S-level credits as quickly as possible.

After all, S-level credits cannot be redeemed with ten A's.

Arrive at the school's main hall.

An Baifa discovered that the rules for running dungeons here were very simple, there was only one.

All students can run any dungeon in the school for free. Once they pass a dungeon, they can continue to run it, but they cannot run the same dungeon repeatedly. They must wait three days after failing the dungeon before they can try again.

"Does this mean students shouldn't aim too high?"

"If you insist on challenging a dungeon you can't beat, you'll have to go back and calm down for three days before coming back."

An Bai went straight to a level 20 dungeon.

Lightly touch the monitoring crystal on the light gate with your fingertip.

Level 20 Dungeon: Edge of the Underworld

Recommended Level: 25

[Current record: Inferno difficulty, solo, 32 minutes 21 seconds]

"Hey, are you alone? You need to be at least level 25 to solo this dungeon!"

A burly man carrying a giant axe saw An Bai approaching and, upon seeing his level, couldn't help but speak.

"The lava monsters inside are inherently poisonous and fire-based; even if you're a fire mage with fire affinity, you can't avoid it..."

An Bai didn't answer, but directly started the dungeon and decisively chose the Purgatory difficulty.

The challenge in this instance is not complicated; it only depends on the number of players and the time allotted, which is perfect for him.

As his figure disappeared, murmurs of snickering echoed around him.

"He's only level 20 and he dares to go in? Did he click the wrong button?"

"Last year's top scorer, the sword fanatic Liu Fengzi, couldn't even clear Inferno difficulty on his first try with three fire-resistant priests. Does he think he's some kind of legendary Tiger King from back in the day?"

"By the way, who is this person? He looks quite unfamiliar."

"I just checked, his name is An Bai, he's this year's top scorer in the country, and I heard he was already in the twentieth grade before entering university."

"Tsk tsk tsk, no wonder, every year there are always a few 'geniuses' who are all talk and no action, who really think that the dungeons here can compare to those in remote towns."

The others here showed no envy or admiration for the title of national champion; instead, they were dismissive of him.

After all, everyone here is a genius.

They all felt that the reason they didn't win the top scorer title back then was simply because of the nature of their profession, which caused them to be weak in the early stages.

……

Before the dizziness from the teleportation had subsided, a chilling aura swept over them.

An Bai stepped onto the cracked, black, and dry earth. Strange, viscous liquid, a mixture of white-gray and purplish-red, flowed from the cracks, emitting a smell reminiscent of corpses.

"Is this the edge of the underworld?"

The atmosphere here made him feel a little creeped out and very uncomfortable.

However, after summoning the Ghost Dragon pet Leng Leng to possess him, these feelings completely disappeared, and he even felt a unique sense of familiarity, like returning home.

"Come to think of it, it seems the Demon King was born in the underworld."

"The cold, detached creation used the Demon King's body, which is why it seems so at ease here, isn't it?"

An Bai murmured something.

Meanwhile, the instance has been fully opened.

He soon spotted a group of headless knights clad in heavy, purplish-black armor in the distance.

The knights stood in a cone formation, led by an even larger leader, three meters tall, whose head was ablaze with black flames.

[Black Knight King lv20]

[Rank: Purple Boss (Purgatory)]

[Attributes: 3000 million HP, 58000 Attack, 60000 Defense.]

[Skills: Charge Aura, Penetration Aura, Guardian Aura, Fearless Aura, Netherworld Protection, Nether Spear Throw]

[Special: The more Black Knights around you, the higher the bonus.]

Forehead....

"this one?"

An Bai looked at the newly spawned dungeon boss and couldn't help but mutter a complaint to himself.

Perhaps I really have become a bit arrogant.

But there's no way around it; anyone who has fought bosses with billions or even billions of HP before will find other regular bosses of the same level rather unappealing.

While pondering, An Bai didn't waste any time and directly threw a blazing fireball at them.

boom--

[Successfully defeated sixty level 20 Black Knights!]

[Successfully defeated the dungeon boss, Black Knight King, level 20!]

[Congratulations on successfully completing the level 20 dungeon, Netherworld's Edge (Purgatory Difficulty)! You have gained a large amount of experience points, triggering an experience boost effect!]

Congratulations! You have reached level 22 (current experience 144%)!

Congratulations! You have reached level 23 (current experience 44%)!

[Triggered Tier 1 Mage passive skill: All attributes +750, Fire affinity +15!] x2

[Triggered Fire Mage Mastery passive: Spirit +50, Spirit +10%, Innate Aptitude +0.3!] x2

[Congratulations on breaking the dungeon record: Solo, Purgatory, 2.05 seconds, bonus reward: 1 Golden Dungeon Chest!]

……