Chapter 49: The Bloody World Outside the City

The morning sun cast ten thousand golden rays, and the horizon gradually flushed with a faint orange-red, like a painter’s palette, rich and delicate in its layers of color.

The sun’s radiance illuminated the entire world, and also lit up the hopes and dreams in people’s hearts; in this beautiful moment, everything was filled with infinite possibility and vitality.

Several principals of Qingcheng stood tall atop the city walls, watching this batch of examinees who radiated vitality like the morning sun.

"The college entrance examination trial is finally about to begin. If the novice trial was just for practice, then the college entrance examination trial is truly thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge!"

"Take a guess, how many people from our Qingcheng will be admitted to the Great Xia Academy this year?"

"There were five last year; I guess there will be at least seven this year. Not to mention anything else, as long as those two SSS-rank profession students of that bastard Gao don't have any accidents, their admission to the Great Xia Academy is a certainty."

"You flatter me, you flatter me!" Qingcheng High School principal Gao Zhentian spoke with feigned humility, but the expression on his face was uncontrollably joyful.

"Wang Zhenglin from Experimental High School, the SSS-rank Rainbow Blade profession! He will certainly lock in a spot too. And old Su, Luo Jun from your Yucai High School is also the SSS-rank Shadow Dragon Spear profession; he should also be able to secure a spot at the Great Xia Academy!"

"That’s already four. With two or three more dark horses, I don't think seven spots will be a problem!"

A principal voiced his conjecture, and Principal Su smiled faintly.

"Luo Jun’s goal is not just the Great Xia Academy, but to be the top scholar of Qingcheng!"

The several principals were not in the least surprised upon hearing this; after all, for the past few years, the top scholar of Qingcheng had almost always come from Yucai High School.

However, they all turned their gazes toward Gao Zhentian, for Qingcheng High School had not only produced the record-breaking Zhuge Ni this year, but also a monster like Ye Lin, whose level had reached as high as 16.

Principal Su glanced at Gao Zhentian and said indifferently.

"The combat power of a job-changer doesn't just depend on level; it also depends on equipment and actual combat experience. If a high level meant certain victory, then why hold the college entrance examination trial at all? Wouldn't it be better to just rank them by level?"

"Hmph, does Principal Su know that one force can break ten thousand laws? If the level is high enough, other things don't matter," Gao Zhentian snorted coldly.

The two principals refused to give way to each other, competing in secret.

Just then, with a creak, the massive city gates slowly opened toward both sides like two walls!

This also meant that the college entrance examination trial had begun!

One only needed to cross the ten-kilometer no-man's-land in the wilderness to enter the college entrance examination trial; this was also the first hurdle of the college entrance examination.

As soon as the city gates opened, many examinees rushed out impatiently, among them Ye Lin and Ji Lingyu.

In order to defeat Ye Lin, Zhuge Ni decided to stay in the wilderness to grind levels, so she was also in the first batch of examinees, even charging at the very front.

More examinees remained in the rear, waiting quietly, not in the least bit anxious.

The first batch of examinees to rush out might not reach the entrance faster, but they would certainly encounter ferocious monsters sooner; therefore, if one was not confident in their own strength, they generally wouldn't dare to rush out in the first batch.

If one left in the second batch, the resistance encountered would be much reduced.

Stepping outside the city, a foul, fishy stench rushed toward them.

It was the odor emitted from the monsters, mixed with the smell of fermented blood; many examinees gagged and vomited the moment they smelled it.

Everyone was leaving the city for the first time; they hadn't expected that outside the city and inside the city would be two completely different worlds.

Having lived inside the city for so long, they had even forgotten that this world was surrounded by countless monsters.

Just as these people left the city, a beast’s roar resounded through the sky.

The appearance of the monster broke the originally tense and orderly atmosphere.

It was a giant lizard over three meters tall, its entire body covered in hard gray scales, its eyes flashing with bloodthirsty, fierce light, its long tongue flicking in and out, as if it were a demon that had crawled out from the depths of hell, making one shudder at a single glance.

"It’s a Bloodthirsty Magic Lizard! An 11th-level Bloodthirsty Magic Lizard!"

The examinees were immediately terrified and panicked, fleeing in all directions, wanting to avoid this monster.

Yet the Bloodthirsty Magic Lizard’s speed was astonishingly fast; a single leap covered several meters, and in the blink of an eye, it caught up to several fleeing examinees. Its sharp claws were as keen as steel blades, and with one swipe, blood splattered everywhere.

"Ah!"

A shrill scream resounded across the wilderness.

This sudden, bloody scene left many examinees stunned with fear, to the point that they even forgot to run; they had never expected that they would witness such a bloody scene the moment they left the city.

The several principals on the city wall appeared extremely calm; only by experiencing the baptism of blood could one truly grow up, otherwise, they would forever be flowers in a greenhouse.

Unless a monster of level 20 or above appeared, it was impossible for them to intervene in the assessment.

Watching the examinees either fleeing or paralyzed with fear, one principal couldn't help but shake his head in disappointment.

"This year's batch isn't very good. They’re scared like this by a single 11th-level Bloodthirsty Magic Lizard. With so many people, if everyone threw just one skill, they would have drowned the Bloodthirsty Magic Lizard to death."

Just then, a black shadow rushed against the flow of people toward the Bloodthirsty Magic Lizard; it was none other than Ye Lin.

Ye Lin rushed over, expressionless, carrying the Starfall Heavenly Trace.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

Activating the Yang-Life Blade Technique, four consecutive brilliant starlight flashes passed, and the Bloodthirsty Magic Lizard that had scared everyone into fleeing was shorn of its four limbs, becoming a wriggling meat worm.

"What a terrifying blade! This blade is at least rare-grade equipment!" a principal on the city wall exclaimed.

"Is this that forbidden spellcaster Ye Lin? Level 16 combined with a piece of rare-grade equipment; dealing with an 11th-level Bloodthirsty Magic Lizard is indeed easy, but why doesn't he kill that Bloodthirsty Magic Lizard?"

Just as everyone was puzzled, they saw Ye Lin beckon toward his back.

"Ji Lingyu, come over and finish it off!"

"Coming, Boss!"

Ji Lingyu rushed over excitedly, sword in hand. At this moment, the Bloodthirsty Magic Lizard had long since lost any ability to resist, and with one strike of Ji Lingyu’s sword, he directly ended the Bloodthirsty Magic Lizard’s life.

[Team kill of 11th-level Bloodthirsty Magic Lizard, rewarded with 40 experience points.]

An 11th-level monster should provide 110 experience points; due to the team, the experience points were divided, so it was reduced to 40 points, and the remaining 70 experience points should have been added to Ji Lingyu.

Watching this absurd scene before them, everyone was dumbfounded.

Only then did they understand why Ye Lin had only severed the Bloodthirsty Magic Lizard’s limbs without killing it.

That Bloodthirsty Magic Lizard, which had scared everyone into fleeing, had actually become a tool for Ji Lingyu to grind levels in front of Ye Lin?

At this moment, everyone had an urge: to rush up, hug Ye Lin’s thigh, and ask him if he was still looking for lackeys...