Chapter 317: Welcome Back SSS-level Rotten Corpse King Xiao Ni to the Order Realm

Chapter 317: Welcome the Return of SSS-level Corpse Monarch Xiao Ni to the Domain of Order

"Acquired awakened ability: Void Black Coffin.

When used on powerful ghosts, it can trap them in a narrow void black coffin, sucking out all air to crush them to death. Lv.1

The team leader can assign the owner of this awakened ability."

"Acquired awakened ability: Corpse Siege.

Summon hundreds of corpses to fight. The corpses cannot be destroyed until the caster's mana depletes. Lv.1

The team leader can assign the owner of this awakened ability."

Wu Chong exclaimed excitedly, "Wow, two awakened abilities right from the start! Only an SSS-level Boss could yield such rewards!"

Richard smiled, "Or perhaps it was Wu Yue's threatening presence that was more effective."

The team leader for this mission was Jiang Huaizhi. Blaze's members looked at him and immediately stated,

"We have no need for these abilities."

Each of them already excelled in their own awakened abilities, so these would just collect dust.

Wu Yue shook her head, "I don’t need them either. I haven’t even fully mastered the awakened ability I just obtained."

After some thought, Jiang Huaizhi assigned the Void Black Coffin ability to Wu Yue.

Jiang Huaizhi said, "Yue Yue, this powerful single-target lockdown/execute skill will give you better survivability."

He assigned Corpse Siege to Jiang Qian, who was stunned. "It’s mine?"

Jiang Huaizhi nodded, "Yes, this can serve as an AoE ultimate. You don’t have one yet."

Jiang Qian beamed, "Awesome! With this paired with my healing, I can solo raid Bosses from now on and officially become a hexagonal warrior."

As the defeated corpses collapsed, their heads burst open, revealing high-grade crystals.

**"Congratulations to the team for obtaining 300,000 SS-rank diamond shards."**

**"Congratulations to the team for obtaining 300,000 SS-rank diamond cores."**

Even the Boss’s head produced:

**"Congratulations to the team for obtaining 80,000 SSS-level iridium purple crystals."**

Wu Chong danced around the loot, "Wow, this is my first time seeing SSS-level iridium purple crystals! This is insane! How many 10-star S-tier gear could these crystals enhance at once?"

Richard remarked, "I had a feeling something was unusual about that Boss’s head. No wonder the drops are extraordinary."

Jie Chen added, "That’s the benefit of an SSS-level story dungeon. Power-leveling before the kill yields bountiful rewards."

Jiang Qian cheered, "Bro, with so many high-grade crystals, can we use them for resource exchange instead of making my sister marry—"

Jiang Huaizhi gave him a withering look, and Jiang Qian realized he’d let his excitement loose his tongue.

He immediately shut his mouth and lowered his head to examine the crystals.

O crystals, o crystals, why are you so purple?

Jiang Huaizhi looked at Shen Que, "This time, your team will provide six people, and the Jiang family will provide two. Since Qian has awakened his abilities, we'll cut our share by one.

The Jiang family takes one-seventh, and the rest goes to your Blaze."

Shen Que scoffed coldly, "Tch, who do you think Blaze is? We're leaving."

With that, he turned and walked away.

Wu Chong exclaimed, "Hey, we were just here to accompany Yue Yue! As long as she's happy, we're satisfied!

If we wanted resources, we’d run dungeons ourselves! Besides, you helped our captain too!"

Richard added, "If not for the Jiang family's efforts, Shen Que's parents wouldn’t have returned home. We owe you big time."

Jie Chen remarked, "This spot’s not bad. Hit me up next time there’s a fight this satisfying."

Fu Yanqi said, "To witness Spirit Contractors truly using their abilities—incredibly powerful. No wonder the grandmaster said Wu Yue holds greater legacy importance. This trip was worth it."

Jiang Huaizhi watched as the members of Blaze walked past him one by one, his gaze settling on Wu Yue, who hung back.

Jiang Huaizhi asked, "You sure you won’t come home with us?"

Shen Que, who was at the front, immediately whipped his head around.

Wu Chong needled, "Captain, why’d you stop all of a sudden?"

Shen Que’s tone was icy, "Shut up. Can’t you see someone hasn’t left yet?"

Wu Chong made a show of looking around, "Who?"

"Bam!"

"Ah!"

A fist to the face shut him up good.

The Blaze members paused, waiting for Wu Yue. She shook her head, "I’m staying with Blaze."

Shen Que barely hid a smirk and turned to leave.

Richard followed him, "Not worried she’ll bail?"

Shen Que gritted his teeth, "Why are you following me? Those three are unreliable. Go keep an eye on her. If she really leaves with the Jiang family, don’t bother coming back."

Richard shrugged and turned back.

Wu Yue asked Jiang Huaizhi, "What was Second Brother talking about earlier? What resource exchange? Who is Yu Hua-jie marrying?"

Jiang Huaizhi glanced at the live broadcast screen. Behind it, Jiang Yuhua’s heart jumped to her throat.

She pulled out her gun, racking it with a sharp "click."

Jian Suiyu looked at her in surprise—was she actually about to waste him as soon as the dungeon ended?

But Jiang Yuhua didn’t so much as look his way, making a beeline for the dungeon entrance instead.

Jiang Mubai’s voice dripped with mockery, "Reading too much into it, aren’t you? Getting delusional?

Clearly, my sister is going to kill Jiang Qian, that loudmouth."

Jian Suiyu turned to look at Jiang Mubai, "Anything with 'white' in its name always has a dark side."

Jiang Mubai smiled, "I'll take that as a compliment."

After organizing the materials, copying the recordings, and leaving the main monitoring room, Jian Suiyu went to meet up with Shen Que and the others who had exited earlier.

Jian Suiyu raised an eyebrow, "You're not waiting for her? She's finally worked through her issues. You'll regret this later."

Seeing that Wu Yue hadn’t come out yet, and even Jiang Yuhua brushed past him in a hurry to find Wu Yue, Shen Que heaved a long sigh,

"You go."

Jian Suiyu, "What about you?"

Shen Que gritted his teeth, "...I've got my pride too."

Having been completely played, he was waiting for Wu Yue to come and make it up to him!!

"Pfft—" Before Shen Que could act, Jian Suiyu followed Jiang Yuhua to find Wu Yue.

As soon as Jian Suiyu regrouped with Wu Chong, Jie Chen, Richard, and Fu Yanqi, he noticed their excited looks bouncing between the Jiang family members.

Jian Suiyu, "What are they talking about?"

Richard, "Jiang Yuhua is arranged to marry the eldest son of the Li family in exchange for the largest Starfall Ore deposit discovered in the past decade.

Wu Yue asked if she liked the guy, and Jiang Yuhua said that's not important.

Her three brothers tried to persuade her, but Jiang Yuhua told them to back off or she’d shoot them all."

Fu Yanqi, "They're all stubborn to the bone."

As they spoke, Wu Yue walked over to them.

Jian Suiyu, "Finished talking?"

Wu Yue nodded, her gaze shifting slightly.

Jian Suiyu, "Shen Que already left on his own."

Wu Yue hung her head dejectedly, "Oh, I made him mad."

Jian Suiyu handed her the recording of Shen Que in the dungeon while she was away, "He’s waiting for you to make it up to him."

Wu Yue watched as she walked, laughing when she saw Shen Que saying he’d marry her even in death, then her eyes welled up when she saw him later speaking about her worries.

Jian Suiyu, "He didn’t confess to you immediately because he was afraid of making things harder for you.

Actually, not long after returning from the north, he flat-out told you he liked you."

Wu Yue said softly, "Mm, let’s go."

...

"Zzzzt—"

"Welcome back, SSS-level Rotting Corpse King Xiao Ni, to the Order Realm."

....

Before leaving for the last time, Wu Yue checked the black coffin again and indeed found the door's swirling vortex beneath it.

Just like the previous dungeon, the door had fully absorbed its energy and was completely spent.

Boarding the Blaze shuttle, they headed back.

Wu Yue stood outside Shen Que’s door for a while, without a word or knock, her head lowered as if lost in thought. Just as she turned to leave, the door opened from inside.

Wu Yue allowed herself a small smile and she turned around.