Chapter 38: Chapter 38: Ascending the Rankings!
A few people were waiting in the dungeon hall.
This wait lasted for several hours, and it was almost lunchtime, yet there was no sign of Lu Ran coming out!
Oddly enough, Lu Ran’s communication device remained online.
This indicated Lu Ran was fine, but he hadn’t been kicked out of the dungeon due to overtime.
Which meant Lu Ran was still climbing the tower!
"How many levels does this guy plan to climb in one go?" Lei Tai asked in surprise.
However, none of them knew what Lu Ran’s current status was, nor did they know how many levels Lu Ran had reached.
At this moment, inside the Endless Tower.
Lu Ran looked at the staircase leading to the next level in front of him.
He pondered, "Next up is the 50th-floor juncture, didn’t expect such high efficiency in climbing and fighting my way through!"
Moreover, each cleared level now yields four to five hundred thousand experience!
Lu Ran did some simple calculations and, for the time being.
From the first level to the current forty-ninth, not counting the upcoming fiftieth level, Lu Ran had already accumulated over twelve million experience!
This had pushed Lu Ran’s level to the 22nd!
Bear in mind, Lu Ran was only level 19 when he entered the dungeon!
The further you go, the experience required for leveling up increases geometrically; leveling up three times before lunch had far exceeded Lu Ran’s expectations.
Bear in mind, he had only awakened his profession a few days ago!
Many other newbie professionals hadn’t even reached level ten yet!
The fiftieth floor before him was a significant juncture.
Every ten levels represent a major threshold; the boss attributes and health on these levels would receive a massive boost compared to the previous nine floors.
This is why Yu Qingcang was stuck on the 60th floor for so long.
It’s also why Nanami’s climb to the 61st floor caused a global sensation.
The difficulty gap between the 60th and 59th floors is enormous!
Taking a deep breath, Lu Ran stepped onto the stairs.
Although the difficulty gradually increased, the pressure slowly came on as well, but he wasn’t nervous at all, he hadn’t used Blood Spear yet!
The fiftieth floor was much larger.
The dome was much higher.
Lu Ran had gotten used to it, raising his eyes to look, in the middle not far away, the boss of the 50th floor stood quietly there.
[Level 50 Golden Flame Holy Lion (Fiftieth Floor)]
It was a lion the size of a small mountain.
Its body was covered with golden fur, as if surrounded by flames.
The golden holy light was somewhat dazzling.
Lu Ran didn’t have many means, directly used Undead Touch to avoid the boss rushing over too fast for him to react, causing him to fall into its trap.
Then, wave after wave of Skeleton Soldiers started being summoned.
Those surrounding it attacked, others exploded, and the Golden Flame Holy Lion’s health continued to drop.
As the battle commenced, Lu Ran also saw the Golden Flame Holy Lion’s health bar.
A whopping 2 million health points!
This was quite exaggerated, no wonder those high combat professionals found it so tough to challenge higher floors.
Furthermore, they couldn’t control the boss with infinite Undead Touch like Lu Ran could, needing to maneuver, dodge, defend, and other operations to find an opportunity to attack the boss.
But this process was much simpler for Lu Ran.
Lu Ran’s Corpse Explosion dealt base magic attack damage at 300%, but since the Golden Flame Holy Lion was a divine series creature, the damage reduction was substantial.
Corpse Explosion could only deal slightly over 2000 damage.
So, it would take about a thousand Skeleton Soldiers exploding, which was simple for Lu Ran.
With his current mana value, forget about a thousand soldiers, even three thousand could be summoned!
Thus, Lu Ran used his year-long single life hand speed to frantically summon undead, summoning them and then throwing them into Corpse Explosion.
Meanwhile, he occasionally replenished Undead Touch to ensure the Golden Flame Holy Lion stayed put, unable to run around.
After just a few short minutes.
Boom!
With the final round of Corpse Explosions, the Golden Flame Holy Lion’s health bar emptied, collapsing onto the ground in humiliation.
[Congratulations on clearing Endless Tower’s 50th-floor, gaining 500,000 experience]
Lu Ran pursed his lips, pondering, "That was pretty easy."
Then.
Lu Ran suddenly received a prompt:
[Congratulations on entering the Global Endless Tower Rankings at 28th place, would you like to display your personal information?]
What?
Lu Ran was taken aback, somewhat caught off guard.
He made it onto the global rankings already?
Entered the top 30!
With the lesson learned previously, Lu Ran chose to refuse to display, hiding his information.
"Wasn’t it supposed to start from 30th place? Why did it jump directly to 28th?" Lu Ran muttered to himself.
Originally planning to continue, since Blood Spear was still there.
But since he entered the rankings, Lu Ran hesitated.
Thinking it over, he could come back anytime anyway.
Might as well go out and ask the presidents if entering the rankings had any impact.
And unbeknownst to Lu Ran.
At this moment, in the dungeon hall.
No, more accurately, countless dungeon halls worldwide were boiling over!
"Am I seeing things? An Undead Mage ranked in the Endless Tower!"
"What’s up with this Undead Mage? How did he do it?"
"Why him? Do Undead Mages have any life recovery abilities? How did he not die while clearing the fiftieth level?"
"I recall the 50th-floor boss was the Golden Flame Holy Lion? Isn’t that precisely a divine series boss that counters Undead Mages?"
"Damn, I’m an Undead Mage too, how can I not figure out how to clear the fiftieth floor?"
...
Instantly, the world was in an uproar.
In the Black Fire City dungeon hall.
The three presidents looked at each other.
You look at me, I look at you, now it’s clear, no need for blind guesses, we know how far Lu Ran has gone.
But...
"I expected this little guy to be fierce, but didn’t expect he’d head straight for the global rankings on his first attempt!" Ye Hongyi murmured quietly.
"I didn’t expect it either, too fast!" Liu Xinxin lamented.
"At least this kid remembered to hide his personal info, well done, well done, worth praising." Lei Tai said with satisfaction.
On the leaderboard.
28th place: ?; Profession: Undead Mage; Level: ?; Country: Huaxia; Guild: ?; Floor: 50.
Aside from profession, nationality, and floor count, it was all question marks!
Completely revealing nothing!
A chorus of praise rose from those around:
"It’s gotta be us Huaxia people, impressive!"
"This is the first time the Undead Mage profession appeared in the Endless Tower rankings, right?"
"Haha... brought honor to us Undead Mages, who still dares to say we’re ordinary?"
"This big shot, might he be the owner of Hades’ Crystal Skull?"
"Looks like it, he hid his personal info too."
"Seems he’s a mysterious big shot who doesn’t like to show off."
...
Amidst countless discussions, Lu Ran exited the Endless Tower.
Outside, the three presidents and Qin Wuyao immediately gathered around.
"You wouldn’t believe, just now I..." Lu Ran excitedly started speaking.
"Let’s talk outside." Ye Hongyi interrupted Lu Ran directly.
The group moved to a corner of the plaza outside.
All of them looked at Lu Ran with peculiar expressions.
"Kid, you really are... making a splash, huh." Ye Hongyi said with a mix of laughter and tears.
"I didn’t quite expect it either, you directly ranked 28th, and that’s global ranking! An Undead Mage at level 19!" Ye Hongyi exclaimed.
"Well, actually, I’m level 23 now." Lu Ran reminded.