Chapter 144: Clubs 9, Honor Rankings

Chapter 144: Clubs 9, Honor Rankings

Liu Congming... what a "genius"...

His foolish appearance and boisterous personality indeed make it easy to let one's guard down.

But how many idiots could possibly clear a Third Tier Instance like the Final Supernatural School?

Seeing Liu Congming drop his act, Ji Yan didn’t comment, merely saying indifferently, "I’m no psychologist. I just enjoy making wild guesses."

"Bullshit! Wild guesses? You guessed the exact Supernatural Ability of the Misfortune Supernatural Entity inside me!"

"Brother Ji, you think you can fool me like I’m some islander?"

Liu Congming wore an expression of wounded intelligence.

Then he laughed again. "Let me guess—your Talent Trait is at least S-level or higher, right?"

"Wrong. F-grade."

Ji Yan shook his head and turned to the dinner on his desk, starting to eat.

Using his talent three times in a row had nearly drained his Mental State. The feeling was like a sudden bout of low blood sugar—dizzy, weak, and utterly unpleasant.

The toll wasn’t this heavy in the Undead Hospital. It seems the higher the Instance tier, the greater the strain on one’s physical condition.

Moreover, staring consumed more mental energy than touching, all of which indirectly told Ji Yan that Omniscient Understanding couldn’t be abused in this Instance...

"Fine, keep your secrets. F-grade? Why not say E-grade while you’re at it?"

"Whatever. Lights are about to go out."

"Let’s end it here. Time for bed."

"Once the lights are off, the noise from those Supernatural Entities outside gets unbearable. Good luck falling asleep then!"

Liu Congming tossed out a few remarks before flipping onto his bed.

Ji Yan took a sip of water, swallowing his food. "Having a Misfortune Supernatural Entity around is like strapping a time bomb to yourself."

"I don’t want to die in my sleep and wake up in an Abandoned Instance."

Liu Congming chuckled. "Relax. The Blood Gu Supernatural Entity inside you wouldn’t let you die."

"That thing might be useless, cowardly, and downright pathetic, but at least it can warn you before danger strikes!"

"Like those words it wrote on the wall earlier—'misfortune' and 'beware'—wasn’t that just telling you to watch out for me?"

"We’re roommates. I don’t mean you harm, but the Misfortune Supernatural Entity’s abilities are beyond my control. So, you’ll have to figure it out yourself."

"If you want to get rid of me, either advance to the Advanced Class or Plunder a second Playing Card and ditch that Spade 1."

Liu Congming’s reminder jogged Ji Yan’s memory.

In the bathroom, when he’d nearly fallen, it was the Blood Gu Supernatural Entity that had controlled his body to grab the pipe in time...

Mid-conversation, Ji Yan’s right hand suddenly lifted without warning.

Slap!

Before either could react, a solid slap landed on Liu Congming’s face.

"Damn! No need to get violent over a couple of words, right?"

Liu Congming clutched his stinging cheek, feeling like his teeth had loosened.

Ji Yan glanced at the blood threads spreading across his hand and understood. "I’m not the one who got violent."

"But a certain Cunning Little Girl didn’t appreciate your slander."

It was the Blood Gu Supernatural Entity that had controlled his hand to deliver that slap.

Liu Congming quickly realized his mistake and changed his tone: "Cunning Little Girl, don’t take it to heart! My mouth just runs away with me sometimes!"

"Just pretend I was spewing nonsense."

No sooner had he finished speaking than more blood threads crawled over Ji Yan’s right hand, which slowly rose again.

Liu Congming hastily backed away in fear. "Alright, alright, I’ll shut up!"

But the Blood Gu Supernatural Entity wasn’t planning to slap him again. Instead, it extended a finger and scrawled a few crooked, blood-red characters on the bed board:

"Elder Sister… Clubs 9… Unlock… My shackles…"

Ji Yan’s brow twitched.

Staring at the words, he was utterly baffled and couldn’t help but say, "Just because you're nesting in my body doesn't mean I can read your thoughts."

"Cunning Little Girl, there’s no need to be so shy and cryptic. You can just say it plainly."

As soon as Ji Yan finished speaking, the blood characters began to writhe like living things.

The text shifted: "Not shy… I… weak… trapped…"

"Unlock… shackles… I’ll help you… graduate…"

Now Ji Yan understood.

The Blood Gu Supernatural Entity was giving him her Strategy Guide!

"So you’re saying if I find the playing card [Clubs 9] and Plunder it, I can restore your power?"

The blood characters didn’t change further but quickly evaporated—tacitly confirming his interpretation.

Ji Yan’s eyes gleamed. With this, the direction for strategizing against the [Blood Gu Supernatural Entity] became clear.

Liu Congming had also seen the blood writing but shook his head. "Don’t celebrate too soon."

"The reason no one wants the [Spade 1] playing card is precisely because the [Blood Gu Supernatural Entity] is too hard to strategize against."

"That’s why most players discard this card as soon as they get another one!"

"Worse, many playing cards are incompatible with [Spade 1] because the [Blood Gu Supernatural Entity] is maliciously rejected by other Supernatural Entities—no one knows why."

"As a result, the [Spade 1] card gets passed around among Players like a hot potato."

Liu Congming looked at Ji Yan with pity. "Honestly, you’re just unlucky. Out of 54 cards, you had to draw the worst—"

Before he could finish, Liu Congming suddenly clapped a hand over his mouth.

He saw Ji Yan’s right hand twitching ominously again.

"Never mind, I’m really going to sleep now."

Liu Congming climbed into bed and pulled the covers over himself.

Ji Yan could tell Liu Congming knew a lot more and pressed for details.

"What do you know about the [Clubs 9] playing card?"

After a pause, Liu Congming spoke anyway: "[Clubs 9]—that Supernatural Entity is vicious, and it already has an owner."

"That guy… you really don’t want to mess with him. He’s ruthless, with four playing cards in his possession and four Supernatural Entities parasitizing within him!"

"He’s dominated the [Ordinary Class] by completing almost all the Side Missions but refuses to advance to the [Advanced Class] and start the second stage of the Instance Plot."

"Why?" Ji Yan asked.

"Wants to be king of the [Ordinary Class], obviously!"

Liu Congming shrugged.

There are only two ways to advance from the [Ordinary Class] to the [Advanced Class].

One is for a Player to accumulate four playing cards.

The other is for a Player to directly pass the exam stages held by the four [Supernatural Teachers].

Many players choose to slowly accumulate four playing cards.

Because everyone knows, the exam stages held by the four Supernatural Teachers—Spade, Clubs, Hearts, and Diamonds—are hellish!

So far, the "Honor Panel" reveals that only 10 players have passed the Supernatural Teacher exams since the instance began.

Among them, only one player has passed the Diamonds Supernatural Teacher exam!

This record has remained unbroken for a full 290 days!

And the Final Supernatural School instance has only been open for 333 days.

Clearly, that player is already an ancient legend, likely now roaming fifth or even sixth-tier instances!

Ji Yan merely glanced briefly at the honor rankings on the game panel before closing it, showing little interest.

"Ruthless players?"

"Have I dealt with few of them? The Dragon Player, the Tiger Player—weren’t all these ruthless players sent by his own hand to the Abandoned Instance?"

Ji Yan wasn’t intimidated or deterred by Liu Congming’s words.

To survive and advance in the instance, players clash—and it all comes down to who’s more ruthless!