Shadows Reveal Hidden Light — Wayne Sanders novel Chapter 156

Chapter 156 Who Is the Best Contract Beast?

“So, are you joining?” Nighthowl asked calmly.

“Yes! I’m in!”

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The assassin paid 0.5 credits. At first, he just wanted someone to explore with him. He was only level 16, just an assassin, not someone who could clear dungeons fast

But this was different. Nighthowl said he could guarantee a clear. This was a powerhouse he had to grab onto, no matter what.

As for not improving his skills? Just being a giant baby?

With credits, what couldn’t be improved? He was still low-level anyway. He would treat it as power-leveling.

Soon, Nighthowl recruited three more players using the same promise. Then they entered the dungeon.

It felt just like the old Spider Lady Dungeon runs.

Normally, clearing a Nightmare-tier dungeon gave 1 credit. Now, Nighthowl earned 3 credits per run.

Two hours later, Nighthowl had earned 102 points.

As expected, he was the companion beast who had been with Joanna the longest. He was the most loyal, the strongest, and the most reliable contract beast.

During that time, he fully cleared multiple Nightmare-tier dungeons, obtained three unique items, and forced several dungeons to downgrade.

As more and more players gathered at Dungeon Plaza, they noticed the dungeon rankings.

“Dungeon Clear Rankings: #1 Joanna Lane. Nightmare-tier clears: 35 Dungeon downgrades: 4”

Soon, players from the arena, Skyreach Spire, and Dungeon Plaza started sharing information. They realized something terrifying. Joanna was on every leaderboard.

And the gap was growing larger and larger.

Everyone lost it.

[What is going on with this Joanna? She’s everywhere at the same time. Is this a bug?]

[This is insane, Succubus talent could make others offer her credits, and now she can even make others clear dungeons for her?]

[Is the ranking system broken?]

[Even if someone carries for her, it shouldn’t count as her score! Does she have clones or something? Does she have eleven bodies? One in the Arena, five in Skyreach Spire, and five farming dungeons?]

[Thanks for the invitation. Got beaten up by Joanna’s humanoid summoned beast. She actually sent a summoned beast to fight there.]

[Thanks for the invitation. Just cleared a dungeon. Joan’s summoned beast carried us. Five minutes per run. Costs 0.5 points. Absolutely terrifying.]

[Thanks for the invitation. Just left Skyreach Spire. Joana is already on Floor 40, So, another summoned

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Chapter 156 Who Is the Best Contract Beast?

beast was fighting there? Which one?]

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[Black-and-white hair is in the arena. Silver-haired is farming dungeons. That leaves the golden-haired one; he is probably climbing Skyreach Spire.]

[Three humanoid summons carrying her. Being a Summoner is way too good.]

[That brat has it way too easy. If I’d known, I would’ve picked summoner as my profession too.]

[As a fellow Summoner, I’m ashamed. My summon nees food worth 500 Starcoins just to run one dungeon and still throws tantrums. There’s nothing I can do. You just can’t compare. I’m emotionally shattered.]

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The Battle Queen They Blindly Kicked Out

Chapter 157 Champion on the Leaderboard

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Years later, students from that same program would still remember the fear of being dominated by Joanna.

She completely ruled the leaderboard.

And yet, Joanna herself had no idea how much shock her summoned beasts had caused.

She stepped out of her apartment, waved at Katherine, and immediately applied to move into the villa district.

The process was fast. She secured the right to live in Villa No. 88. All the villas in front had already been taken.

In theory, moving from an apartment to a high-rise, then to a sunroom, and finally to a villa gave someone four extra hours to absorb Dimensional Origin Energy compared to others.

But there was a catch. There were only 200 villas in total. Once they were full, anyone else had to wait until someone was eliminated. That alone caused trouble and conflict.

On top of that, the villa cost 50 credits per day. Only students who were very confident, people who believed they could earn at least 50 credits a day, would move in.

These were the real elites.

On the way to the villa, Joanna checked her basic attributes.

“Vitality 4,961, strength 4,669, agility 4,664, spirit 5,503.”

All four attributes had gone up.

The total increase was 541 attribute points.

She had also gained 5 credits.

Joanna asked Katherine about her gains. Katherine’s increase was indeed higher-about 200 Vitality, 400 Agility, 200 Strength, and 200 Spirit. The numbers were not exact, but it was enough to earn 10 credits.

For someone like Joanna, whose attributes were already very high, the gains were smaller. Her early potential was mostly used up. If she relied only on Dimensional Origin Energy to raise attributes, she would actually lose credits over time.

Thankfully, she still had three contract beasts helping her.

She checked her current credits and froze.

Total: 712. Spent: 60. Available: 652.

That was more than expected.

Joanna opened the system report and discovered that Nighthowl had been forming teams and helping others earn credits.

Impressive, my wolf!

At first, Joanna had kept Nighthowl close to help him adapt to the world. When he first appeared, he looked

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