After switching jobs to Navelette, the school beauty turns out to be Funina!

The gold lettering at the very top of the stone tablet, which originally read "Thunder Team 14 minutes 21 seconds," was instantly shattered.

Instead, several enormous, glaringly red, blood-red characters appeared!

Congratulations to the team: The Flower Watering Duo!

[Clearance Rating: SSS!]

[Time taken to clear the level: 0 minutes and 58 seconds!]

Dead silence.

Absolute silence.

The Coke in the beer-bellied man's hand fell to the ground with a "plop," the dark brown liquid splashing all over his spotless trousers, but he was completely unaware of it.

His mouth was agape, his jaw nearly dislocated, and his eyes were practically bulging out of their sockets.

Fifty-eight... seconds? !

It hasn't even been a minute?!

Is this a raid? Or is it a shopping trip?!

"I...Is my vision blurry?" The beer-bellied man rubbed his eyes, trembling, and looked again.

Still 58 seconds.

Furthermore, the team details show the damage output percentage:

Jiang Chen (Pressure Judge): 99.9%

Xia Qingyu (Speaker of the Throne): 0.1%

That 0.1% is probably because Xia Qingyu's summoned crab accidentally pinched a small monster by the roadside.

The entire hall erupted in uproar; only one thought remained in everyone's mind.

Jiang Chen, whom they mocked as a burden... just what kind of monster is he?!

The light from the dungeon portal gradually dimmed, but the atmosphere at the scene was like a powder keg that had just been lit, exploding until nothing was left.

58 seconds.

This number is like a slap in the face to everyone who was just mocking and ridiculing.

Especially that beer belly, who no longer cared about the Coke stains on his trousers, pointed tremblingly at the stone tablet, his lips shaking as if he were tap dancing.

"This...this machine is definitely broken! Cheating! This is cheating!"

The beer-bellied man screamed hysterically, trying to mask his inner terror.

"That's the Shadow Wolf King! An 8th-level boss! Even a fully armed special forces team would be badly injured if they went in. How could these two newbies, who just changed classes, possibly be up to that?!"

Although the surrounding students were also quite shocked, they couldn't help but waver after hearing these words.

"Yeah, that's outrageous, less than a minute?"

"Could it be that Xia, the school beauty, used some kind of forbidden scroll given to her by her family?"

"Possibly, after all, it's an SSS-level class, so it might have some kind of instant-kill mechanism."

Just as everyone was discussing this, the portal rippled again, and two figures slowly walked out.

Jiang Chen stood with his hands in his pockets, looking refreshed, as if he had just taken a stroll in the park.

Xia Qingyu, walking beside him, had a somewhat blank expression, clutching the whiteboard staff tightly in her arms, as if she had just undergone a worldview reshaping surgery.

"Oh, everyone's here?"

Jiang Chen glanced around at the crowd, who seemed frozen in place, before his gaze finally settled on the man with the beer belly, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"Uncle, does the bet from earlier still stand? If you've forgotten, I don't mind helping you remember."

His beer belly turned a deep liver color, and he pointed at Jiang Chen, finally managing to utter a sentence after a long pause.

"You...you must have used some kind of prohibited item! I'm reporting you to the Professionals Association!"

"Report?" Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow, about to speak, when Xia Qingyu suddenly stepped forward and blocked his way.

The girl's previously dazed expression turned exceptionally sharp, and her heterochromatic eyes flashed with anger.

"Mr. Wang, please watch your words. The entire recording of this instance is stored in the association's cloud backup. If you suspect us of cheating, you are welcome to request access to the surveillance footage."

"But before there's any evidence, if you dare to slander my...my teammates again, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Although Xia Qingyu is usually a gentle school beauty, when she was protecting her own, the aura of an SSS-level professional made the beer-bellied man subconsciously take two steps back.

"I..." the beer-bellied man tried to argue.

"That's enough!"

A powerful shout interrupted the farce.

On the stands, the few big shots who had remained silent until now could no longer sit still. Leading them was an old man dressed in a mage's robe with a golden badge pinned to his chest.

He is the director of the admissions office of the Imperial Capital Academy, and also a fifth-level Grand Mage with a level of 60.

The old man completely ignored his beer belly and strode up to Jiang Chen and Xia Qingyu, his eyes filled with the eagerness of an eighty-year-old bachelor seeing a stunning beauty.

"Boys, I am Li Changfeng, the director of the admissions office of Imperial Capital University."

The old man tried his best to make his smile appear kind and approachable, but his trembling beard betrayed his inner excitement.

"I saw the dungeon clear log just now. It was perfect! Absolutely a work of art!"

He turned to look at Jiang Chen, his eyes filled with a hint of inquiry and amazement.

"Especially this Jiang Chen, although your class panel shows you as A-level, I, Li Changfeng, have lived for over sixty years and have never seen an A-level mage solo a Nightmare-level dungeon in one minute."

"If I'm not mistaken, the water element concentration that erupted just now exceeded that of many third-tier professionals, right?"

Jiang Chen's heart stirred.

Sure enough, an expert's skill is immediately apparent. Although these old foxes couldn't see through the system's disguise, their exaggerated data performance was undeniable.

"You flatter me, Elder Li." Jiang Chen smiled politely.

"Probably because of my special constitution, that skill... well, it takes up a little bit of health."

Wasting blood?

Li Changfeng was taken aback, then suddenly realized.

"So that's how it is! The special mechanism of converting health into damage? No wonder!"

"This kind of profession usually offers extremely high potential for growth, but the side effects are also enormous; a slight misstep can lead to sudden death. I never expected you to handle it so perfectly, young friend. Truly, the younger generation is formidable!"

The old man instantly conjured up a logically consistent theory in his mind, and even looked at Jiang Chen with a hint of regret and admiration—this kid is risking his life!

Jiang Chen blinked but didn't say anything.

Risking your life for damage?

It really is a matter of risking one's life, but I have 30,000 lives, so using a little won't hurt.

"No need for further words!" Li Changfeng waved his hand, his heroic spirit soaring.

"Xia Qingyu, Jiang Chen, on behalf of Imperial Capital Academy, I formally extend a special recruitment invitation to you!"

"As long as you agree, tuition will be waived, you'll receive a ten million yuan scholarship annually, and you can freely choose your advisor. We can even... apply for special life science resources for Jiang Chen to compensate for the side effects of his profession!"

These words caused an uproar in the room.

The Imperial Academy! That's the number one holy place in the country! A place where countless people would kill to get in, and now they're actually going to "pack up" these two and take them away?

And even Jiang Chen, who is "A-level", receives this kind of treatment?

The beer-bellied man next to him was completely dumbfounded. He wanted to say something, but found that no one paid any attention to him.

Xia Qingyu turned to look at Jiang Chen, her eyes sparkling.

"Jiang Chen, do you want to go?"