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11: Leonhart, ranked first on the combat power list in Chapter 11.Number One on the Combat Power Ranking, Leonhardt

Training Tower, 72nd Floor.

Leonhardt, the man who had firmly held the top spot on the Combat Power Ranking for over two years, stood before the level that had previously caused his defeat, launching another challenge—the 72nd floor of the Training Tower.

”Haaaah—!!”

When the Boss Knight’s HP dropped below 10% and it entered its berserk state, Leonhardt did not hesitate to activate all the buff skills he had saved for this final moment.

These buffs had extremely short durations, and their side effects were catastrophic, but the effects they brought were enough to defy the heavens and change his fate. Especially the skill he activated last—

”Wheel of Life and Death.”

After the skill [Wheel of Life and Death] is activated, if the designated target is not killed within 10 seconds, the caster will suffer the consequences and die on the spot. This was an extremely simple and brutal skill that wagered one’s own life.

Leonhardt had swept through high-difficulty dungeons by relying on extreme operations, extreme hand speed, and extreme tactics, defeating countless Bosses that were theoretically impossible to beat. However, he was well aware that the Boss on the 72nd floor of the Training Tower could neither be delayed by dodging nor defeated by brute force.

The only way to break the deadlock was to deplete its HP in one go during the three-second ”skill switching window” after the Boss entered its berserk state.

To this end, he had rewatched all the footage from his previous failure, analyzed the output curves frame by frame, and calculated the damage expectations and growth gaps. For two whole weeks, he had frantically leveled up, adjusted his equipment, and meticulously pushed every single attribute to the limit.

Perhaps some would question: Critical hits have variance, and damage ranges have upper and lower limits; can such a life-betting maneuver really be calculated accurately?

For an ordinary person, of course not. But Leonhardt was no ordinary person.

His hidden skill, [Vital Strike], ensured that he would always land a critical hit when striking a target’s vital point, and he would deal the maximum damage of his current weapon.

As long as he accurately hit the target’s vital point, his output was almost fixed at the maximum value, without needing to rely on luck.

Therefore, as long as the Boss didn’t have that disgusting mechanism of ”entering phase two when HP is below 1%,” he was set this time.

Leonhardt also firmly believed that this Boss would not have such a sadistic design.

This time, he was sure to win.

Until—

[The speedrun record for the ’Novice Trial’ dungeon has been refreshed]

[Due to insufficient qualifications, your ”Speedrun” title has been revoked]

[All attributes granted by the title effect have been removed]

”...Huh?”

Leonhardt, who was preparing to unleash his full power, froze in place.

Players across the entire server were praising his talent and strength, but Leonhardt never became complacent.

He had always known that one day, the ”Speedrun” title would be taken by someone else, but he hadn’t expected that he would be able to hold onto it for two whole years.

Being stripped of the title was regrettable, but it was far from a devastating blow.

But why did it have to be now?

”Die!!”

The Boss roared, and the Knight in its berserk state raised its greatsword and slashed down at him.

Leonhardt did not dodge.

He knew that even if he dodged this blow, he would struggle to withstand the subsequent combo.

Since there was nowhere to run, then... he would just take it.

He calmly met the attack head-on, and the screen before him immediately faded to gray.

[You have died. You cannot log in to the game for 24 hours]

[”Amulet” item consumed to prevent experience point loss]

Death was not unfamiliar to Leonhardt. Challenging limits was his daily routine.

But dying because his title had been stripped was a first-time experience.

Usually, he looked down on other players, but this time, he had to find out—who exactly was responsible for this.

He logged onto the official community.

He intended to use the search bar to look up the name, but as soon as he entered the homepage, a string of names caught his eye.

”Fu Hao...?”

It was all him.

The community homepage was almost entirely occupied by ”Fu Hao,” and the post titles were either ”Speedrun” or ”Are you crazy?”

[Fu Hao’s 5-second kill compilation of the first level, hilarious collection (+9175 comments)]

[Poll: Do you believe Fu Hao can achieve a speedrun? (+12088 comments)]

[Fu Hao’s gear list for the speedrun challenge (+8221 comments)]

[Updated leaderboard screenshot provided (+4821 comments)]

Leonhardt clicked on the post with the leaderboard screenshot.

”Novice Trial” Dungeon Leaderboard

1st Place: Lv.1 Fu Hao 0:13:47:877

2nd Place: Lv.5 Leonhardt 0:57:09:010

3rd Place: L1:12:36:001

...

”13 minutes? And... Level 1?”

Leonhardt was stunned.

A completion time more than four times faster than his, yet the level was only 1.

”This is impossible, right?”

This classic evaluation, once used by community players to describe his operations, had now come out of his own mouth.

Leonhardt knew every detail of every stage in the ”Novice Trial” like the back of his hand.

In his judgment, even if his current operations, experience, and reaction speed were packaged and reset to Level 1, he still couldn’t complete it in under 40 minutes.

13 minutes? What kind of international joke is this?

”Could it be a bug?”

This sentence, once used by others to question him, was finally spoken by him personally.

He continued to browse the community posts.

[Fu Hao’s gear list?]

This title looked strange no matter how he looked at it.

A novice, a Level 1 player, actually had equipment worth organizing?

He clicked on the post.

Fu Hao’s Gear List

Attack Power: 40 ~ 72

Durability: 30/30

Weight: 30

*Critical Damage +100%

*Attack Power +30%

*Ignore Enemy Defense 30%

*Stun for 2 seconds after hitting the target (Only once per target)

*Gain 1 second of invincibility after hitting the target (Only once per target)

Defense 13...

Defense 20, Damage Reduction 15% (Max 80%)

Defense 12, Movement Speed +25%

Defense 10, Attack Speed +10%

”What the! +10 upgrade?”

Leonhardt finally understood.

The true core of that terrifying 13-minute record lay in this weapon.

”Two-second stun, one-second invincibility... So that’s it, such perverted special effects.”

He instantly figured out the core strategy of the entire run.

Looking at the live stream screenshot attached to the post—

”He seems to be a streamer too?”

Leonhardt usually spent almost all his time immersed in the game, except for eating and sleeping, so he had missed that live stream which had ignited the entire server.

But today, he made an exception.

He wanted to see how this man named ”Fu Hao” had broken his record.

He did not know that even greater shocks were yet to come.

——————

The shock of the Level 1 completion had not yet subsided when the suddenly appearing ”Master of Dungeons” title caused the entire live stream chat to lag.

Just as the viewers were still immersed in joy and shock, a viewer named ”Trial Maniac” sent a donation message.

[”Trial Maniac” donated 50 yuan. — (Big Brother Fu Hao, can you reveal the title effects? Big Brother Leonhardt never revealed them, so we don’t know the information~)]

Because Leonhardt had never revealed his title information, players had been unable to know the specific effects of the ”Novice Trial” hidden title and could only rely on other dungeon titles to speculate.

Now that Fu Hao had obtained this title, everyone finally had a chance to glimpse the truth.

”Ah, thanks for the donation, Trial Maniac! I was planning to share it with everyone anyway, you came just in time. Regarding the title effects...”

Fu Hao pretended to be deep in thought, and the viewer chat immediately boiled over—

- ”Please reveal it QAQ”

- ”Curious to death”

- ”Is it similar to other trial dungeons? Even just a little bit is fine.”

- ”Let’s see the effect first before deciding whether to reveal it.”

- ”Guys, let’s not force him.”

Most viewers were looking forward to him revealing the title effects.

Fu Hao also knew that since he had already exposed that he had obtained the title, he would have to reveal the effects sooner or later—

As a streamer, hiding things would only affect his popularity. And the new title effects were currently the hottest topic.

”However, just saying it directly like this is too boring.”

He suddenly thought of a brilliant idea.

”By the way, did ’Leonhart Forever God’ donate 5000? Did I miss it? I remember he said he was going to change his nickname before?”

He brought up the donation promise that had been temporarily forgotten under the shock of the Level 1 completion.

- ”That’s right, hahaha.”

- ”Haven’t donated yet.”

- ”Yongyuan ran away long ago.”

”If Yongyuan can fulfill the promise within 3 minutes, I will reveal all the title effects~”

[”Fu Hao is Forever God” donated 5000 yuan. — (From today on, Fu Hao is my forever god!! Go Brother Hao!)]

- ”Hahaha”

- ”They actually changed their nickname”

- ”It shouldn’t be an impostor, right?”

- ”Checked the info, it’s real.”

Whether they were ”pushed” by the live stream viewers and Fu Hao’s teasing, or had intended to keep the promise all along, or had completely switched from being a Leonhardt fan to a Fu Hao fan—in any case, the former ”Leonhart Forever God” completed the donation after two-plus minutes.

”Thanks for the donation!? So now, let’s start revealing the title effects, which one should we look at first?”

- ”Look at the speedrun first gogogo”

- ”Master of Dungeons!”

- ”Speedrun”

- ”Speedrun”

- ”Want to know the no-damage clearance effect”

”The speedrun has the highest demand, but I see everyone is also curious about the other titles. Then I won’t dawdle, I’ll reveal them all at once—actually, I really want to see them too!”

Fu Hao released all the title effects at once.

The never-before-revealed ”Speedrun” title, the first-ever ”No-Damage Clearance” title, and even the ”Master of Dungeons” title whose existence hadn’t even been mentioned...

The viewers thought they had already witnessed a miracle, but they didn’t expect that the true shock had only just begun.