Looking down on him is looking down on yourself.

Ye Qingxue stood up, her voice cold and clear: "Wang Hao."

The crowd fell silent for a moment, and everyone looked at her.

Wang Hao also turned his head, and seeing that it was Ye Qingxue, the expression on his face stiffened for a second.

"You've said so much here," Ye Qingxue looked at him, her tone calm, "I distinctly remember that back in the Trial Lair, you bet with Su Mu on a dungeon progress competition, and you lost to him. You even lost a random-quality Soul Skill book."

The air froze.

The people around looked at each other in dismay, and then all turned to look at Wang Hao.

Wang Hao's face flushed red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"I..."

"What about you?" Ye Qingxue didn't give him a chance to speak, "An S-rank Core Card, Martial Soul theme, losing to an F-rank stone card. This matter can be confirmed by simply asking around at Rongcheng No. 1 High School. How much credibility do you think your words have?"

The surroundings completely exploded.

"Wang Hao lost to Su Mu? An S-rank lost to an F-rank?"

"Impossible, right? Wang Hao is an S-rank Core Card user, and his family poured so many resources into him."

"But Ye Qingxue wouldn't lie. With her status, would she bother making up such nonsense?"

"Go ask someone from No. 1 High School. I just saw someone wearing the No. 1 High School uniform over there."

A tall and thin Dungeon Master actually ran to the other side of the crowd and dragged over a student in a No. 1 High School uniform. The student was asked a few questions, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.

"Indeed... Wang Hao lost to Su Mu on the day of the Awakening. The bet was a random-quality Soul Skill book. Everyone in the school knows about this."

The crowd fell completely silent.

Everyone's gaze fell on Wang Hao, their eyes changing from initial trust to doubt, and then from doubt to mockery.

"So what Wang Hao said just now was deliberately smearing Su Mu?"

"He lost the bet himself, and now seeing others entering the Nightmare Lair, he talks bad about them behind their backs."

"Tsk tsk, is that the capacity of an S-rank Core Card?"

"Stop talking, he's an S-rank after all. But losing is losing; losing to an F-rank is indeed a bit shameful."

"More than just shameful, he's still plotting against others behind their backs now. This character..."

Those mocking words pierced over like knives. Wang Hao stood in the center of the crowd, his face turning from red to white, and then from white to cyan. His fists clenched so tightly they crackled, and his nails dug into his palms.

He wanted to retort.

But he had no way to retort.

He had indeed lost to Su Mu. What Ye Qingxue said was a fact. Those who went to No. 1 High School to ask around would also confirm this point.

The only one he could blame was Ye Qingxue.

Why?

Why was she helping Su Mu speak again?

It was like this last time in the academic affairs office, and it was like this again this time. She clearly knew that he had lost to Su Mu, and she clearly knew how precious that Soul Skill book was. Why did she still uncover his scars in front of everyone?

Wang Hao gritted his teeth, his gaze staring fixedly at Ye Qingxue, and then turned to the dark purple light curtain.

Su Mu.

It was all because of Su Mu.

If it weren't for him, he wouldn't have lost face in front of Ye Qingxue. If it weren't for him, he wouldn't have lost that Soul Skill book. If it weren't for him, Ye Qingxue wouldn't have stood on the opposite side of him again and again.

A flash of deep resentment flickered in the depths of Wang Hao's eyes.

He remembered this.

He would remember all of this.

Su Mu did not know everything that was happening outside.

He stood on the battlefield of the 15th wave of the Nightmare Goblin Camp, with patches of broken bones and dark green bloodstains under his feet. The BOSS of the 15th wave had already fallen, but the depths of the rift were still vibrating, and dark purple light gushed out wave after wave.

The 16th wave, the 17th wave, the 18th wave, the 19th wave, the 20th wave.

The last five waves were actually easier than the previous ones.

One for melee reaping, one for ranged area-of-effect attacks.

Little Drill-Wind was responsible for clearing out elites and bosses, while White Bone Demon was responsible for intercepting split forces and clearing the field.

One for single-target burst, one for group suppression. Even though the monsters' quantity and strength were still climbing, under this kind of coordination, there was hardly any pressure.

The 20th wave was completely wiped out.

Nightmare Lair, cleared.

Su Mu stood in place, looking at the mess all over the ground, and slowly let out a breath. He glanced at the time; from entering the Nightmare Lair until now, it had been about twenty-seven minutes.

In the soul space, the experience bar jumped again.

【Level Up: Level 14 → Level 15】

Little Drill-Wind simultaneously rose to Level 15, and White Bone Demon also rose to Level 13.

After the Nightmare BOSS fell, it dropped a huge pile of things.

Su Mu walked over, squatted down, and checked them one by one.

First were the materials.

The dark green Goblin King core, the size of a fist, had rough totem patterns engraved on its surface, emitting a faint green light.

This thing could sell for around 150,000 Alliance coins on the market and was a rare material for making creature cards above C-rank. Next to it were three pieces of Goblin King bone armor, each as thick as a shield, which could be polished into defense-type equipment cards.

In addition, there were more than twenty Goblin Elite eyeballs, a dozen bundles of dark green tendons, and a large bag of animal skin scraps.

Adding everything up, it could sell for at least 300,000 Alliance coins.

Then came the cards. A card exuding a dark golden light lay quietly in the pile of broken bones.

【Name: Goblin King Cavalry】

【Rank: E】

【Level: 1】

【Health: 1800 / 1800】

【Attack: 180】

【Defense: 95】

【Agility: 60】

【Skills: Charge Thrust (Increases attack power by 50% during mounted charge, dealing 1.8x damage to a single target), Bestial Roar (Increases attack power of surrounding Goblin-type creatures by 10% and movement speed by 5%), Savage Collision (Knocks away enemies in front, dealing 0.8x damage and knocking them back)】

【Remarks: Condensed from the remnant soul of an elite cavalry under the Goblin King. Can grow with the dungeon theme, but has a limited upper limit.】

Su Mu glanced at it and casually put it into his soul space.

An E-rank card, with mediocre attributes and ordinary skills. In the hands of ordinary Dungeon Masters, it could be considered a decent supplement, but for him, this card, like those Goblin materials from before, had its greatest value in being sold for money.

As for the concept of "cavalry", he would keep it for the time being, perhaps it would come in handy later.

He took one last look at the mess all over the ground, his mind stirred, and he exited the dungeon.

The dark purple light curtain spat him out.

As soon as Su Mu stood steady, he froze.

There were several times more people outside the entrance than before he went in.

Heads were densely packed, with at least two or three hundred people surrounding the light curtain, their gazes falling uniformly on him. Some were holding electronic manuals to record, some gathered together whispering, and others had clearly just rushed over to watch the excitement.

Su Mu thought he had walked into the wrong place.

He subconsciously glanced around, but did not see Ye Qingxue.

There were quite a few young faces in the crowd, and a few girls wearing Rongcheng No. 1 High School uniforms stood in the front row, holding up their phones and filming in his direction.

"He's out, he's out!"

"Twenty-seven minutes! He stayed in the Nightmare for twenty-seven minutes!"

"Really or fake? An F-rank Core Card stayed in the Nightmare for nearly half an hour?"

"I don't know if he cleared it, but at least he fought past the tenth wave, right?"

"Impossible, the experience after the 10th wave should be enough for him to go from Level 14 to Level 16, but he is only Level 15 now..."

"Then that means just over ten waves. Even so, it's terrifying."

Listening to the discussions around him, Su Mu roughly understood.

These people came over specifically to watch the excitement because he entered the Nightmare Lair.

As for the specific content of their discussion, he couldn't be bothered to listen carefully.

He had farmed monsters all day today, and consecutively cleared three lairs: Normal, Hard, and Nightmare. The Spirit consumption was not small. He just wanted to leave as soon as possible and find a quiet place to rest.

He took strides and walked toward the outer fringe of the crowd.

"Su Mu."

A cold and clear voice came from the side.