The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　Dark took out the "magic needle" to record the magic power and quickly discovered traces left by someone, which made him frown.

　Starting from the twenty-first floor, it theoretically falls within the hunting range of the third-year students.

　However, there are definitely some overlapping monsters in the second and third grades.

　This means that second-year students will have to compete with third-year students to earn points from these monsters.

　He was certainly not afraid of competing with third-year students, but the problem was that those students had been hunting between the twenty-first and thirtieth floors from the very beginning, giving them a clear advantage.

　Of course, the deeper you go into the dungeon, the larger the floors become. It's very difficult for a small three-person team to hunt down all the designated monsters on an entire floor.

　Even Dak did not completely clear the twentieth floor.

　Therefore, even if you enter the twenty-first floor at this point, you can still find some specific monsters.

　However, the number of clusters would certainly not be ideal. Lost in thought, Dark looked up at the floors above.

　"Should we go back up to find a floor no one has been to, or continue down?"

　After a very short period of thought, Dak decided to proceed.

　He used the "door key" to go directly to the reception room on the 22nd floor.

　After confirming that someone had already entered, they went to the reception room on the twenty-third floor.

　This time, no traces were found, but it cannot be confirmed that no one entered.

　It doesn't matter, let's get to the advanced level first.

　Dak mounted "Bilijion" and sped towards the interior of the twenty-third floor.

　During this period of hunting, he mainly used high-star magical spirit cards, rather than relying on the short-term power obtained through "evolution".

　Currently, the most useful magical Pokémon isn't the flying "Stardust Dragon" or "Charizard," but rather the legendary Holy Swordsman—[Vilizion].

　But the "Viligeon" has its limits; the real predator is still the "Fossil Pterosaur"!

　"call--"

　The moment I stepped into the twenty-third floor of the world, a fierce gust of cold wind blew in.

　Dark instinctively shrank his neck and saw that "Vilijion" showed a slightly uncomfortable expression.

　"This twenty-third floor is actually a glacial world... Ice is an attribute that Dark is not good at."

　Moreover, Ice-type is not only effective against Dragon-type, but also against Grass-type.

　"Viligeon" and "Stardust Dragon" are not very effective in this glacial world.

　Dark glanced once more at the endless expanse of smooth ice and knew that the speed advantage of "Viligion" would be extremely difficult to utilize in this environment.

　Fortunately, he has enough roster depth.

　If "Vilizion" and "Stardust Dragon" are not suitable, then look at "Charizard Dragon" and "Aerodactyl".

　Fire type is strong against Ice type. Rock type is also strong against Ice type.

　Dark switched directly to the "Charizard Dragon," then sacrificed to summon the "Fossil Aerodactyl," and flew rapidly into the depths of the glacier.

　His latest trump card is the "Fossil Ape-Dragon," a creature with a full twelve stars. In this glacial world, it will surely become an invincible overlord.

　But shortly after Dark entered the world of the 23rd floor, a team of third-year students was teleported to the 23rd floor and subsequently entered.

　Unfortunately, that was the third-year students from the Noble Academy.

　One of the team members was Mary Bond, a senior student whom Dark knew very well.

　"Keep it up, everyone! We'll rest after we clear the twenty-third floor!" Senior Ma Li encouraged them, focusing intently on twisting the rope, rekindling their slightly low spirits.

　The trio then entered the glacial world on the twenty-third floor with great momentum!

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　So sometimes, when bad luck strikes, even drinking water can cause problems. The third-year aristocratic academy team had barely entered the glacial world on the twenty-third level when they discovered that others had already entered.

　After entering this place, Dark did not conceal himself and hunted monsters along the way, leaving many traces.

　Upon closer inspection, Ma Li and the other two realized that someone had entered this floor first, but not for very long.

　"Change direction."

　Instead of giving up, the three made a decisive decision to change direction and continue their exploration.

　The glacial world on the twenty-third level is so vast. Even if someone were to enter first, it would be impossible to clear out all the resources, especially since that person had only been on this level for a short time.

　The three of them roused themselves, rushed in, and began their hunt.

　They had previously entered the twenty-fourth level, but that level was extremely dangerous due to a volcanic eruption and flowing lava, which slowed down their hunting speed and prevented them from widening the gap with other teams.

　Now that we've moved to a different floor, we naturally need to work twice as hard to increase our hunting speed.

　But shortly after Ma Li and her two companions entered the glacier world, another team entered the twenty-third level of this place.

　“Someone has already entered, but they were at most ten minutes earlier than us.” After carefully examining the traces, the three members of the third-year Fool’s House figured out their own thoughts.

　"Let's stay here. The ice-based home field suits us perfectly; there's no need to change."

　The three exchanged a glance, nodded to each other, and then flew off towards the other one.

　Dark hadn't expected that as soon as he entered the twenty-third floor, two teams would follow him, one after the other.

　Fortunately, he continued straight ahead without changing direction, thus avoiding an immediate collision with the two teams.

　"The twenty-third floor is primarily ice-based, and the designated ice-type monsters include the 'Iron Claw Ice Bear,' 'Clown Penguin,' 'Ice Shark,' 'Glacier Fish,' 'Ice Fang Mammoth,' and 'Frost Vulture'..."

　"Ice sharks and glacier fish live in water beneath the ice, making them difficult to hunt. Ironclawed ice bears and ice-toothed mammoths are not numerous. If possible, it would be best to find a colony of clown penguins."

　After a moment's thought, Dark set his sights on the "clown penguin".

　Clown penguins are social creatures, with a group of at least twenty or thirty. Once you find one, you'll earn a huge amount of points.

　However, the "Clown Penguin" is extremely crazy and difficult to deal with, making it quite challenging.

　This glacial world is vast and sparsely populated, so hunting here inevitably means wasting most of your time traveling.

　But hunting non-stop is unrealistic, so Dark wasn't anxious.

　He flew at high speed in his "fire-breathing dragon," flipping through the contents of the "magic book," and quickly found several ice-type quest bosses.

　One of the mission bosses is named "Clown King Penguin," which is clearly a high-level form of the "Clown Penguin."

　"If we can find the 'Clown Penguin,' it basically means we can definitely find the 'King Clown Penguin' on this floor!"

　Dak's spirits lifted, and he quickened his search.

　In this dungeon battle, he also has a unique advantage.

　His "Greedy Slime 2L" possesses a special finishing move - "Greedy Nature"!

　Therefore, once he finds any one of the "Clown Penguins," he can use "Greed" to find more (Clown Penguins).

　In this way, even in this vast and sparsely populated glacial world, he can greatly shorten the time spent searching for monsters and hunt down all the "clown penguins" within a certain range.

　His speed and efficiency far surpass those of ordinary people. However, such methods are not uncommon in dungeon battles. All participants in this competition come prepared, naturally bringing items that can improve hunting efficiency in the dungeon.

　Therefore, it is impossible for Dark to gain a significant advantage over others by relying on such a small method.

　His advantage is accumulated through a variety of factors, not just by relying on this one method.

　Shortly thereafter.

　Dak Dimon found a group of five "clown penguins" by a glacier.

　He beamed with delight and immediately ordered a [Fossil Pteranodon (Sword Beast)] to launch a surprise attack.

　The five "clown penguins" fought desperately, with the last two even self-destructing. But in the end, they only left a few scorch marks on the skin of the [Fossil Aerial Dragon (Sword Beast)] before turning into points.

　One "Clown Penguin" is worth 250 points, so five of them would be worth 1250 points.

　As Darke calculated his points, he landed. Then, he cut off a tuft of magically glowing hair from one of the intact corpses of the "Clown Penguin."

　Then he summoned "Trash Slime," evolved it into "Greedy Slime 2," and gave it the tuft of hair to analyze.

　"Greedy Slime 2" immediately used "Greed Obsession". Then, it quickly identified three directions with "Clown Penguins".

　Dak randomly chose a direction and rushed off, and then it was a clean and efficient hunt.

　The evolution of "Greedy Slime 2L" lasts for fifteen minutes. During these fifteen minutes, Dark's hunting speed reaches its limit, which means that the second-year noble academy's points begin to rise rapidly again.

　But fifteen minutes later, the "clown penguin" had completely disappeared from the vicinity, and...

　"My luck was so-so, I didn't run into the 'Clown King Penguin'," Dark muttered somewhat discontentedly.

　It was more than an hour later when he finally found the "Clown King Penguin".

　In the past hour or so, his hunting efficiency has not been high; he has only managed to maintain a pace similar to that of his peers.

　But after hunting down an Icefang Mammoth, he found a Clown King Penguin sitting there in a daze atop a glacier.

　This quest boss was not with its pack. But as Dark found it, he also encountered another team that had entered the twenty-third floor after him.

　Third year, Noble Academy

　Darke immediately recognized the team and then breathed a sigh of relief.

　The Academy Cup is a competition between departments, not between grades. Since we've encountered a team from the same department, let's let them have this boss.

　Therefore, Dark raised his hand, waved to Mali and the other two a hundred meters away, and then commanded the "fire-breathing dragon" to turn around and leave.

　But as soon as he turned around, he saw the Fools' House procession rapidly approaching from another direction.

　It's perfectly normal to encounter other teams in dungeon battles.

　Edwin Clarissa had given a detailed explanation of how to handle such a situation during an internal meeting of the House of Lords.

　He did have quite a few methods.

　But all Dark heard was the phrase "strike first, strike hard." "The Fossilized Aerial Dragon, wielding the Ancient Sword."

　Almost immediately upon discovering the Fool's House party, Dark casually issued a command to the [Fossil Pterosaur (Ancient Form)] flying beside him.

　He didn't communicate with the House of Nobles team on the other side, nor did he intend to greet the House of Fools team that was rushing over; he simply issued an order.

　And after this command was issued.

　The "Clown King Penguin" sitting on the top of the glacier in a daze was pierced through in an instant by the "giant sword" that suddenly condensed from below it!

　—Ten thousand points have been credited to my account.

　After confirming that the "Penguin" had been instantly killed by the "Ancient Sword", Dark urged the "Charizard" to fly over at a leisurely pace, preparing to collect the materials left behind by the "Penguin".

　On the back of the "Clown King Penguin" grows a snowflake shuriken formed from condensed ice crystals. After its death, this thing will condense to the size of a palm and contain extremely high purity ice elements. With a little carving, it can become an ice-type magical item that can amplify the power of ice spells.

　Moreover, its shape is like a snowflake, incredibly exquisite and beautiful. If I were to give this to Senior Winnie Skadi… I might be able to get something good in return.

　With a casual thought, Dak put the palm-sized "snowflake shuriken" into his pocket.

　Only then did the teams from the third-year Noble Academy and the third-year Fools Academy land around him one after another.

　“Junior Brother Dak”.

　Senior student Ma Li led the way, smiling brightly.

　The other two students from the aristocratic college next to her were also laughing.

　to the opposite.

　The third-year students of the Fools' House over there were not so happy.

　I finally encountered a quest boss and was about to get 10,000 points, but they were gone in the blink of an eye, and even stolen by another department.

　This back-and-forth resulted in a difference of 20,000 points.

　If you want to hunt monsters that give you 200 points, you need to hunt a full 100 to accumulate enough.

　So, of course, they couldn't be happy at all. But what's done is done, and the lost points can't be recovered. One of the Fool's House members glared fiercely at Dark before decisively calling to his companions and turning to leave.

　"Smart move."

　Dark smiled dismissively.

　Senior Mary glanced over there and said, "That's Benjamin Leopold from the third-year Fools' House. He used to be an unknown guy, but somehow he suddenly became very powerful."