At this moment, Bai Jie, unable to bear being looked down upon like this, revealed a sinister expression and said:
"Little brother, you've gone too far."
"Are you still betting or not?" Ye Bei didn't respond to her words but asked directly.
"Bet!" Bai Jie said fiercely.
She didn't think she and her group would lose, because she understood Summoners best, and she knew very well what Summoners without resources were like.
Not only were commoner Summoners' summoned beasts weak, but the Summoners themselves were also fragile, lacking defensive and offensive skills to protect themselves, making them easy targets to die in dungeons.
She only hoped Ye Bei would stay alive.
After all, she wanted him alive, not as a corpse.
Ye Bei's insult had enraged her, so she would definitely make him her male pet, humiliating him tenfold or a hundredfold to vent her anger.
"Then prepare the stakes! Don't try to weasel out of it when you lose!" After Ye Bei finished speaking, he turned and left.
Not long after,
Ye Bei returned home.
At this time, he was the only one at home.
His parents had disappeared more than a decade ago while searching for materials in the Desolate Lands, and his older sister had gone to Jing University a few years ago.
Now, the whole house felt very empty and cold.
After a simple meal, Ye Bei began his usual martial arts practice.
After finishing, he washed up and went to sleep.
...
Early the next morning,
led by their respective homeroom teachers, the newly class-changed students all arrived at the trial square in the west of the city.
"Students, today is your first time entering a dungeon. Ensuring your own safety is the most important thing."
After giving a few instructions, the teachers allowed the students to freely choose their dungeon difficulty.
Ye Bei and Dahu were also preparing to head to the dungeon entrance.
Just then, several people walked over from the distance.
It was Yuan Teng and his group from yesterday, along with a level 1 newbie clad in golden equipment and carrying a long saber.
However, Bai Jie didn't come. Yesterday, Ye Bei had called her a public bus, so she naturally wouldn't come looking for more insults today.
When the surrounding students saw this level 1 newbie radiating golden light, they immediately caused a commotion.
"Wow, look who that is! Why is all his equipment glowing?"
"Holy crap, that's all gold equipment! He must have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth! Level 1 and already wearing a full set of gold gear."
"Wuwuwu, please take me in! All my equipment is white."
Hearing the envious words of the many students, the corners of the group's mouths were harder to suppress than an AK-47, and their eyes were filled with arrogance.
Clearly, they were basking in the pride of a successful display of wealth.
A moment later, the group walked up to Ye Bei and Dahu.
Yuan Teng sized up Ye Bei and his summoned beast, then sneered:
"A pile of broken equipment from head to toe! Ye Bei, you might as well admit defeat now and go be Miss Bai's dog."
"Look at my younger brother Yuan Xiao. He's a top-tier rare profession – Shadow Blademaster – and has a full set of gold equipment. What do you, a mere Summoner, have to win?"
Hearing this, Ye Bei didn't even raise his eyes, saying indifferently:
"To beat you, I don't need any good equipment."
As soon as Ye Bei said this, Yuan Xiao's brow furrowed fiercely, greatly angered.
He hadn't expected this small commoner Summoner to dare disregard him, a top-tier genius.
Yuan Xiao looked at Ye Bei's eyes, his smile not reaching them, and said:
"Ye Bei, you're very arrogant... When I stand at a high place in the future, needing you to look up to me, I hope you can still be this arrogant."
Having said that,
Yuan Xiao directly walked towards the trial dungeon entrance.
Then, at the entrance, he chose the normal difficulty and entered the dungeon.
This stunned the surrounding crowd.
"What's going on? Why would such a strong person choose normal difficulty? Is he afraid of dying?"
"Isn't it obvious? He wants to start from normal difficulty and clear each level all the way to nightmare difficulty."
"I understand! Everyone can only enter the novice trial dungeon once, and they can only clear it from low to high difficulty, not the other way around. So, first choose normal difficulty, then gradually clear higher difficulties to get a higher ranking."
While everyone was discussing,
Yuan Teng walked towards Ye Bei with a contract in hand, sneering as he said:
"Ye Bei, do you dare to sign this Heavenly Dao Contract? Once signed, you can't go back on our bet."
Hearing this, Ye Bei didn't hesitate at all and took the contract.
After carefully reading through it and finding no issues,
he directly pressed his palm onto the contract, activating the power within his body.
The next second,
the paper turned into specks of light in mid-air, and the contract was established.
Seeing this, the surrounding crowd was somewhat surprised.
"Whoa, that guy is an incredibly powerful 'Shadow Blademaster' and has a full set of gold equipment. Ye Bei actually dared to bet?"
"What's there to be afraid of? There's no loss if he loses. At most, he just becomes Miss Bai's dog. I'd like to be Miss Bai's dog too."
"You must be starving! You actually want to be a public bus's dog."
After signing the contract, Ye Bei ignored Yuan Teng and his group.
Instead, he and Dahu headed towards the dungeon entrance.
"Brother, let's enter the same dungeon. I can protect you then," Dahu said with a憨厚 smile.
But Ye Bei shook his head slightly and said:
"The contract clearly states that we can only solo the dungeon, so I'll enter the dungeon alone."
Ye Bei understood Dahu's good intentions.
But in reality, Dahu teaming up with him wouldn't be of much help and would only delay both of their leveling up, which wouldn't benefit either of them.
So, it was best for them to enter separate dungeons and solo them.
"But..." Dahu was still a little worried.
However, Ye Bei waved his hand and said:
"It's okay, my summoned beast is very strong, you know."
"Alright!" Dahu thought about the powerful goblin he had seen yesterday and nodded.
Then, the two of them entered their respective dungeons.
...
Three golden suns hung high in the sky.
The scorching sunlight poured down on the desert, and heat waves rose into the sky, making the whole world seem like a giant furnace.
It looked similar to the deserts outside.
However, the deserts outside were endless and boundless.
But the desert within the dungeon had boundaries.
Because about two or three kilometers away, Ye Bei saw gray mist obscuring his vision.
"This normal-grade dungeon should be about five or six kilometers in diameter, which is considered a relatively large normal-grade dungeon."
Ye Bei roughly surveyed the dungeon and then walked forward.
The tall Holy War Goblin, clad in silver plate armor, followed beside Ye Bei, its eyes scanning the surroundings.
"Mas...ter... be careful!"
The Holy War Goblin spoke stiffly and woodenly.
Then, it directly strode towards a sand dune in front, its giant axe slamming down fiercely on the dune.
And within that sand dune, there was movement.
Whoosh!
A large amount of sand was kicked up, and then a giant scorpion directly pounced out.
[One-Eyed Sand Scorpion]
[Rank: Normal Grade]
[Level: 2]
[Skills: Flame Jet, Poisonous Stinger]
"This monster can really hide," Ye Bei said with a sigh.
He hadn't actually noticed the existence of this One-Eyed Sand Scorpion before.
But fortunately, the Holy War Goblin was very敏锐 and easily discovered it, which also gave Ye Bei a strong sense of security.
The next second,
the Holy War Goblin's vision was completely obscured by the sand kicked up by the One-Eyed Sand Scorpion, but it didn't even close its eyes.
It continued to move forward without hesitation.
The axe still fell towards the One-Eyed Sand Scorpion.
Seeing this, the One-Eyed Sand Scorpion felt a huge sense of crisis and instantly used all its means.
While a stream of flames spewed from its mouth, the poisonous stinger on its tail also rapidly stabbed towards the Holy War Goblin.
The next second,
a slight collision sound rang out. The flames and poisonous stinger struck the Holy War Goblin's plate armor, leaving not even a scratch and causing no damage to the Holy War Goblin.
But the Holy War Goblin's axe had already reached the top of the One-Eyed Sand Scorpion's head.