Chapter 39

The examiners kept chatting until they drifted off-topic.

However, everyone was keeping an eye on the changes in points.

Lin Moyu's point changes were the most dramatic; they either stayed the same or shot up like a rocket.

Lin Moyu repeated his old trick, sending his Skeleton Warriors out to attract the attention of the Feline Orcs.

When dealing with Orcs, the fighting method didn't need to be novel; the most important thing was that it was practical.

The Skeleton Warriors drew fire, gathered the monsters together, created corpses, and then used Corpse Explosion to deal area-of-effect damage.

Lin Moyu was already well-versed in this tactic, and the efficiency was astonishing.

Soon, the scattered Skeleton Warriors had lured over all the Feline Orcs within sight.

Then, they began to run circles around the Feline Orc Archers.

Once the monsters were gathered, Lin Moyu issued the attack command to the Skeleton Warriors.

With the skill unleashed, the level 16 Feline Orc Fighters were instantly killed.

Then came a series of Corpse Explosions, and in the blink of an eye, the surroundings returned to calm.

His points increased by 20,000 instantly, reaching 34,605.

In the second stage, each monster could bring Lin Moyu 100 points.

200 monsters meant 20,000 points.

The examiners were already accustomed to this.

"This guy has entered the second stage."

"The monsters in the second stage only increased by 1 level, which doesn't affect him at all."

"This is basically just giving away points. If I didn't lack the authority, I would really want to increase the difficulty."

"Exactly, spawn a few dozen BOSSes for him to kill; that would be fun."

Looking at Lin Moyu's 30,000+ points and then at the others, the gap was truly too large.

As of now, the person in second place was Xia Xue.

As an Elemental Mage, Xia Xue possessed decent area-of-effect skills.

She was the second fastest person at clearing monsters, aside from Lin Moyu.

At this moment, her points had already reached over 7,000.

The hundred monsters from the first round had almost all been killed by her.

Following Xia Xue was none other than Feng Xiu.

This Holy Swordsman had caught up from behind, and his points had also reached 6,000.

From this, it could be seen that the Holy Swordsman was also a class that was good at handling area-of-effect combat.

Zuo Mei and Young Guild Master Wang Zihao were a bit behind.

Zuo Mei was assassinating them one by one; although stable, her efficiency was not high.

Young Guild Master Wang Zihao was more direct, clashing with the monsters head-on.

As for his Berserk skill, it was not yet the time to use it.

Both of their points were increasing slowly, reaching only a little over 5,000 so far.

However, they both had confidence in themselves.

Completing the first stage and breaking 10,000 points was not a problem.

As long as their points could break 10,000.

Level, class, and grades—every item would meet the requirements.

Getting into Xiajing Academy would be a certainty.

The Shenxia Empire's grand exam was nationwide, conducted on a provincial basis.

It took place on the same day and at the same time, and the progress between provinces was similar.

Now, the fifth round of the exam had almost begun in every province.

One Trial Tower after another opened their Battle Spaces.

Anyone who could enter them was without exception a genius.

This was also the most talented batch of candidates in the Shenxia Empire this year.

In the eyes of the Shenxia Empire's higher-ups, these candidates were the future of the Shenxia Empire.

Every year, a batch of strong individuals would emerge from among them, providing fresh blood for the Shenxia Empire.

In the capital of the Shenxia Empire, the renowned Xiajing City.

A huge tower appeared in mid-air.

Countless people in Xiajing City looked up at the sky; no matter which corner they were in, they could clearly see this tower.

This tower did not usually appear; when it did appear, it was the day of the Shenxia Empire's grand exam.

This was the main body of the Trial Tower.

The Trial Towers currently conducting the grand exam in each provincial capital were all its clones.

There were three divine towers in the Shenxia Empire.

The Trial Tower was one of them.

Another one was the Shenxia Tower located at Xiajing Academy.

The third one was called the demon-exterminating tower, which was stationed at the front lines all year round and basically never appeared before the public.

Suddenly, the sky darkened, and the temperature dropped sharply.

Night fell in an instant, and a pitch-black evil radiance descended from the sky, rushing toward the Trial Tower at an astonishing speed.

"Audacious!"

A deafening voice resonated throughout the entire city.

A virtual giant hand appeared in the sky, attempting to block the pitch-black evil radiance.

"Tsk tsk, you can't block it!"

A sinister laugh rang out from within the pitch-black evil radiance, and at the same time, the black light flared up.

A giant demon head appeared in the night sky.

The head had two horns and sharp fangs, looking exactly like the image of a demon described in books.

The two horns emitted a harsh sizzling sound, bursting with black light that shot toward the illusory giant hand.

The black light collided with the giant hand, making no sound, and both vanished into nothingness.

At this moment, a giant eye appeared in the sky, shooting out golden light that headed straight for the pitch-black evil radiance.

The pitch-black evil radiance suddenly split into two, one of which collided with the golden light.

The other one suddenly accelerated dozens of times and instantly rushed into the Trial Tower.

"You are courting death!"

The giant hand appeared in the sky again, firmly gripping the demon head.

The demon head let out a sinister tsking laugh, "This is just a clone, kill it as you please."

"But the little ones in your Trial Tower… tsk tsk…"

With a bang, the demon head was crushed to dust.

Chapter 52: Abyss Power Invasion, Trust God Bai

Three figures appeared beside the main body of the Trial Tower.

Their figures were imposing, standing in the void.

Just by standing there, it was as if they reached the heavens and stood upon the earth.

"I didn't expect those scumbags from the Abyss to come and launch a sneak attack."

"They are all things that can't see the light."

"What do we do now?"

One of them made contact with the Trial Tower to investigate the situation inside.

"The scumbags from the Abyss have snuck in."

"Their target is the candidates in the Battle Space."

"The space inside the tower has been disrupted, and the power of the Abyss has corrupted the rules."

"The land inside the tower was originally taken from the Abyssal soil, which is advantageous to them. I need time to set things right."

"How long will it take?"

"One hour."

At this moment, in the Battle Space inside the tower, the students were fighting hard to kill monsters.

Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, all the monsters disappeared collectively.

Immediately after, the world changed.

The atmosphere instantly became more oppressive.

Wisps of black energy emerged from the ground.

"What's going on?"

"What happened?"

"Why did the monsters suddenly disappear?"

Lin Moyu immediately gathered his Skeleton Warriors, protecting himself.

When the situation was unclear, protecting oneself was the first choice.

"Lin the Dork."

A familiar voice; Lin Moyu saw Xia Xue.

Seeing someone else in the Battle Space, Lin Moyu appeared somewhat surprised.

Not only was he surprised, but Xia Xue also felt surprised.

The Skeleton Warriors made a path for Xia Xue to enter.

Xia Xue asked, "Do you know what happened?"

Lin Moyu shook his head, indicating he didn't know.

Xia Xue said, "I was just killing monsters when suddenly, they disappeared."

"I don't know what's wrong."

Xia Xue was initially somewhat startled, but for some reason, with Lin Moyu there, it didn't seem so scary anymore.

Lin Moyu was too calm, and he transmitted this same aura to Xia Xue.

Immediately after, rays of light lit up in the pitch-black Battle Space.

One candidate after another appeared in the Battle Space.

The number of people was over 100.

Besides the five of them from Jiangning Province, candidates from other provinces had also arrived here.

"Children."

Suddenly, a voice rang out.