Chapter 81: Schadenfreude

Chapter 81: Schadenfreude

"Chirp?"

Xiao Qing tilted its head, looking at the suddenly appearing light gate, and glanced at its owner in confusion.

"This should be a hidden stage."

"We're quite lucky…"

Wang Chen held Xiao Qing in his arms and said with a smile.

A hidden stage.

Every secret realm has one.

After the challenger clears the stage, there is a very small chance for a hidden stage to appear.

For all job changers, the appearance of a hidden stage is absolutely a dream come true.

Because the monsters in the hidden stage are generally easy, and after killing them, the experience points you get when settling rewards will double, and the rare chances of other rewards will also increase.

"Just need the experience."

For Wang Chen at this stage, experience points are what he needs most.

After all, among all the freshmen, his level is the lowest!

Without any hesitation, he took Xiao Qing and stepped into the hidden stage.

...

...

At this moment.

Outside.

On Xuanyuan Plaza, the first freshman to walk out of the secret realm had already appeared.

He was Meng Yongsheng, the top scorer from the Feng Tian Province!

Currently, Meng Yongsheng was covered in blood, and sword energy surrounded him. Perhaps due to excessive killing in the secret realm, a terrifying murderous aura still lingered, making him look like a killing god.

"I'm the first one out…"

He murmured softly, his sharp eyes scanning around, discovering that on the entire Xuanyuan Plaza, only his solitary figure stood.

Obviously.

He was the first to clear the instance this time!

Strictly speaking.

Meng Yongsheng was not the first one out.

Those candidates who had already died were the first to be teleported out to resurrect.

However, they were now full of shame, hiding in the medical room with no face to come out.

There was no way…

Earlier, they had confidently said that the initial ranking of Xuanyuan Academy was unfair.

But in the next second, they directly failed in the instance.

They were the top 100 in their provinces.

So embarrassing, how could they have the nerve to go out? Naturally, they hid and waited for the freshman assessment to end.

And on the plaza.

At this moment, Meng Yongsheng's mood was extremely joyful!

So satisfying!

So refreshing!

This directly slapped the faces of all the deans and ace instructors of Xuanyuan Academy!

In the initial ranking, he, the top scorer of Feng Tian Province, was ranked second by these deans and instructors.

Although the ranking was not low, with his strength, how could he be ranked second!

In fact, after coming to school yesterday and learning about the initial ranking, Meng Yongsheng felt very aggrieved.

Why?

He was a level 68 dual-blade wind swordsman!

And this Wang Chen was only level 40! He hadn't even enter the second turn!

Because of this.

Many media outlets, after knowing about the initial ranking, wrote some eye-catching marketing articles in newspapers and online platforms.

The titles made Meng Yongsheng furious.

[Shocking! The top scorer of the capital province of Dragon Nation was ranked second!]

[The genius swordsman Meng Yongsheng entered Xuanyuan Academy but was underestimated by the deans!?]

[There's always someone better! The strong rival suppressing Meng Yongsheng is here! He is Wang Chen, the top scorer of South State!]

...

Not to mention Meng Yongsheng himself.

Even the family behind Meng Yongsheng became the talk of others.

The Meng family, the top of the ten great families of Feng Tian Province, had never been so wronged!

They immediately contacted Meng Yongsheng, asking him to fiercely slap the deans' faces in the freshman competition.

Now…

He did it!

He was the first to clear the stage!

He reclaimed his honor!

Thinking of this, he clenched his fists, and a proud look appeared on his cold face.

Humph!

A clown is indeed a clown!

In the face of absolute strength, flaws will definitely be revealed!

It's estimated that the guy named Wang Chen hasn't even passed the third stage yet?

At the same time…

He also sneered at the chief seats, exchanging glances with those deans and instructors who underestimated him, to tell them that their ranking was wrong!

He is the true number one!

Only…

What made Meng Yongsheng a bit strange was that when his gaze met those deans and instructors, instead of seeing shame, regret, or embarrassment in their eyes, he saw a weird smile.

Uh…

What's going on?

Meng Yongsheng frowned, and before he could react, several figures appeared one after another not far away.

It was Cao Wenbin, Shen Miao, Feng Yurong, and other top scorers from various provinces.

"Damn! You are still the fastest!"

"No wonder you're the top scorer of Feng Tian Province!"

Cao Wenbin had some small ties with Meng Yongsheng. They once competed in a national youth combat competition, where Cao Wenbin lost to Meng Yongsheng. They became friends who knew each other through fighting.

Now, seeing Meng Yongsheng, he knew Meng Yongsheng was faster than the other top scorers.

"Huh? Wang Chen hasn't come out yet?"

The mischievous Shen Miao looked around after coming out and muttered when she didn't see Wang Chen.

The other top scorers, hearing this, turned their heads to look around.

Hey!

They really didn't see Wang Chen!

"Has he not cleared the stage yet?"

Huang Fan, the top scorer of Shen State, couldn't help but ask.

"He probably hasn't cleared the stage. If he had, he would have come out earlier than us."

Feng Yurong, the top scorer of Tianbei Province, said.

"Damn! This guy is overrated!"

"The deans and instructors ranked him first, but he couldn't even speedrun a platinum instance?"

Cao Wenbin pretended to be surprised.

"Now he's showing his true colors."

"I told you, how could a level 40 beast tamer be stronger than us!"

"People said the Iron-Faced Asura Liu Sen set difficult questions, and now a level 40 beast tamer got the top scorer. I think this Iron-Faced Asura Liu Sen's reputation is just blown up by others."

Cao Wenbin said with a faint smile.

He had ties with Meng Yongsheng, and now seeing Meng Yongsheng get the first, he naturally had to speak up for him.

Moreover…

He was indeed dissatisfied with the ranking.

"Huh? You all came out? As expected of top scorers…"

Suddenly, more than a dozen figures were transmitted out from the platinum gate.

These were basically the top fifty geniuses of each province.

Their clearance times should be within 20 seconds of each other, not much difference.

"Huh? Wang Chen isn't here? The first freshman isn't out?"

Sure enough.

After these provincial geniuses came out, not seeing Wang Chen, they deliberately mentioned it.

"Haha! It seems the deans and ace instructors' judgment is not that good!"

"Indeed, the top freshman, trapped in a platinum instance, is unreasonable."

"Hehe, now the deans will be slapped in the face by us!"

For a while, these geniuses were all gloating.