Chapter 114

Even four years ago, the only SSS-rank professional in Sangyu City, leading four SS-rank examinees, could only fail on the 24th floor!

If you don't count his talent, Li Yao seems to be just an A-rank professional, right?

The same thought popped into the minds of all the principals.

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Watching everyone's expressions, Meng Meng Yanghai just smiled faintly and said nothing more.

As a professional who successfully raided the tenth floor of the Tower of Heaven, Li Yao is not as simple as you think.

He just wants to know now:

If a guy like Li Yao appears in that place, what kind of waves will he stir up?

At this moment,

Trial Cube, 15th floor.

Li Yao looked at the battlefield ahead, leaning boredly against the Predator.

The Martial Exam is even more boring than imagined.

All the monsters encountered so far could be easily handled by relying on the Void Mantis and the Immortal Thunder Mouse, one attacking and one supporting.

The reason he summoned the Void Predator

Was just to prevent emergencies, using the [Space-Cutting Belt] to swap the positions of the two chess pieces to avoid capsizing in the gutter and suffering battle losses.

Soon, the four monsters on the fifteenth floor had their lives taken by the Void Mantis.

[Kill successful!]

[Obtained Martial Exam points ×800]

[Examinee's points detected to have exceeded the threshold; obtained qualification for the National Martial Exam Top Ten Competition!]

"Hmm?"

Li Yao was stunned. What the heck is that?

[The Top Ten Competition is held in a wild city setting. Life or death is irrelevant; examinees have the right to refuse participation.]

As the voice faded, two selection boxes appeared in front of Li Yao.

[Participate]

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[Refuse]

Although Li Yao was puzzled, he didn't hesitate at all and chose to participate.

[Submission successful!]

[After the Trial Cube raid ends, please do not leave the Martial Exam secret realm.]

[Note: After the examinee leaves the Trial Cube, all skill cooldowns will reset to zero. Please do not be stingy with your skills because of the competition.]

The prompt ended.

Li Yao was silent for a long while, then whispered:

"Top Ten Competition."

In other words,

The Trial Cube is actually just an entry ticket.

Li Yao was secretly surprised and became interested.

The condition Senior Xue mentioned at the time was the top ten in the National Martial Exam.

This must be this so-called Top Ten Competition, right?

Just by imagining it, he knew how many top professionals would gather there!

It really fits that saying:

SS-ranks walk everywhere, S-ranks are as common as dogs.

I wonder if I'll be able to see the legendary SSS-rank professionals when the time comes.

Li Yao thought to himself while stepping into the passage leading to the next floor.

For now, let's get as many points as possible.

The points obtained from the Cube trial are not just for the Martial Exam score.

When entering the Martial Academy, points can be exchanged for contribution values of various academies according to a ratio.

It counts as the startup capital provided by the Federation to freshmen.

Li Yao didn't want to waste it.

Entering the sixteenth floor,

Li Yao was startled by the scene before him.

"So many?"

What came into view were dense swarms of over a thousand spider-type monsters.

"Human-Faced Demon Spiders?"

Even without an appraisal skill, Li Yao recognized the name of this monster.

Black carapace all over, human head and demon body; once they appear, they come in extremely large numbers!

A notorious monster in textbooks.

Small in size, large in number, skills are hard to hit, and their carapace has physical defense comparable to steel!

Physical-type professionals of the same level have a nine-in-ten chance of dying when encountering these monsters.

Even magic-type professionals, due to mana limitations, find it hard to hold out until all the Human-Faced Demon Spiders are killed!

Every year, countless professionals in the wild lose their lives to these monsters.

Li Yao also realized the Federation's good intentions at this moment.

Raiding to the 16th floor, he had encountered almost every type of monster.

It tests a professional's all-around capabilities.

This is also why the Martial Exam allows team participation.

After all, not everyone is like Li Yao, possessing several summoned beasts of different types.

Ordinary professionals, whether in the wild or in dungeons, mostly need to group up to solve problems.

Different professions perform their own duties to handle various predicaments.

"Blue Bird."

Li Yao called out softly.

The Blue Bird was summoned from the chess piece space.

Li Yao didn't even need to give an order.

"Boom!"

A giant ice wall spanning the entire Cube space suddenly appeared,

Isolating all the Human-Faced Demon Spiders.

Immediately after, the Void Mantis quickly opened up distance, casting the [World is at Your Doorstep] attribute onto the Blue Bird.

In an instant,

The entire Cube space turned into a world of ice!

Sixteenth floor,

Seventeenth floor,

Twenty-second floor.

Knowing that there was a Top Ten Competition after the Trial Cube, Li Yao finally got serious.

The Void Mantis and Blue Bird, with the support of the Immortal Thunder Mouse, fired at full power.

In just over ten minutes, Li Yao stepped onto the twenty-second floor.

At this moment, a familiar figure appeared before his eyes.

Airtight armor, iconic giant hammer several meters long.

"Man-Butcher Cavalry?"

Li Yao asked in confusion.

Same scene, same monster, but the difference was that behind the Man-Butcher Cavalry on the twenty-second floor stood dozens of strangely shaped monsters.

The aura emanating from them was not far off from boss-level monsters!

"This is a perfect replica of the entire Man-Butcher Legion!"

Li Yao frowned slightly.

Starting from the twentieth floor, the intensity of each level of the Trial Cube underwent a qualitative change.

The previous level was just one lord-level monster, and now it had become the entire Man-Butcher Legion.

This level of intensity would definitely cause even top-tier SS-rank professionals like Shang Shang Zijin to return in defeat.

"If it follows this span,"

Li Yao's eyebrows relaxed, and a faint smile hung on his face.

In a few more floors, he would probably encounter monsters like the Dark Wings.

"A Martial Exam like this isn't too boring."

Just then,

"Roar, roar, roar!!"

The Man-Butcher Legion led by the Man-Butcher Cavalry, all the monsters raised their heads and let out pre-battle roars.

For a moment, Li Yao felt as if he were on an ancient battlefield; the entire Cube space was filled with a scarlet mist.

Li Yao stood in the center of the killing intent without changing his expression.

Watching the four chess pieces that were about to ignite their own momentum to help him drive away the killing intent,

Li Yao smiled faintly.

"No need for pre-battle rituals."

"Go."

"Solve this so-called Man-Butcher Legion."

As the words fell,

The Blue Bird's [Glacial Storm] began to brew.

The Immortal Thunder Mouse turned into a streak of lightning and shot toward the Man-Butcher Legion.

The next second, it had already appeared in the very center of the legion.

[Ultimate! Ten Thousand Thunder Prison Draw]!

With the Immortal Thunder Mouse as the center, everything within a ten-meter radius was instantly baptized by thunder.

The Immortal Thunder Mouse, relying on the movement speed buff from [Thunder Armor], shuttled continuously among these monsters.

Shocking damage values appeared above each monster's head.

[-]

[-]

[- (Weakness Attack)]

The entire Man-Butcher Legion seemed as if time had frozen, all stunned in place.

The Void Mantis had already appeared in front of the Man-Butcher Cavalry.

Attacking enemies in a stunned state, every slash of the Void Mantis triggered a weakness attack.

[- (Weakness Attack)]

[- (Weakness Attack)]

The combination of basic attacks and Tasting Fear directly shaved off a huge chunk of the Man-Butcher Cavalry's health!

Just as this group of monsters was slowly waking up,

The earth cracked, and countless earth spikes shot into the sky!

The range of the [Rupture] skill changes with the size of the Predator; with the Predator's current size, the range was enough to cover the entire Man-Butcher Legion.

While causing massive damage, all monsters were knocked into the air.

Before they could land,

A harsh, strange scream rang out, and all the monsters fell into a silenced state, unable to use any skills.

After doing all this, the Predator didn't forget to take a bite out of the Man-Butcher Cavalry.

Over one hundred thousand true damage was shocking.

Anyway, the monsters inside the Trial Cube have no physical form, so even if they are eaten, they cannot increase health values.

It's better to use it to deal damage.

After a series of control skills were finished,

The coverage of the Glacial Storm had already filled the entire Cube space.

An ice wall suddenly appeared,

Directly separating the four chess pieces from the Man-Butcher Legion.

After waking up, the Man-Butcher Cavalry looked at the ice wall in front of it and was momentarily stunned.

Close the door after using the skill?

Subsequently, monstrous rage surged into its heart.

It commanded the Man-Butcher Legion to destroy the ice wall with all its might.

Countless skills emerged, and the entire ice wall was trembling.

Li Yao stood behind the ice wall, looking at it with interest.

I wonder how long it will take for this Man-Butcher Legion to break the ice wall?

Obviously,

The ice wall forged with four thousand spirit attributes could not be broken by this Man-Butcher Legion.

In just a few dozen seconds,

The ice wall stopped vibrating.

Li Yao gave an order,

The ice wall dissipated.

The Man-Butcher Legion had only their leader, the Man-Butcher Cavalry, left, sitting limply on the ground.

The health bar above its head was also less than one-third.

After handing it over to the Void Mantis, Li Yao turned and walked toward the passage leading to the next floor.

When he reached the entrance of the passage, the Man-Butcher Cavalry was buried at the hands of the Void Mantis, and the passage door opened.

At the same time,

When Li Yao was raiding the Man-Butcher Legion, everyone in the leadership seats couldn't sit still.

They knew Li Yao was strong,

But they didn't expect Li Yao to be this strong!

Perhaps the Man-Butcher Legion didn't count for much to high-level professionals like them,

But for a professional who wasn't even level 25 yet, the difficulty was imaginable.

Ordinary examinees, let alone the entire Man-Butcher Legion, might not even be able to handle a single monster if it were pulled out!

Yet in front of Li Yao, they couldn't even last a minute!

He could even deal over one hundred thousand terrifying damage to these super-strong monsters?

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Just then, the image on the floating screen changed again.

No way!

How long has it been?

Cleared the twenty-third floor already?

Now, Li Yao had easily broken into the twenty-fourth floor, and the opponents had changed from one lord-level monster to three.

Moreover, the attributes of the three lords complemented each other to a certain extent, exerting an effect where one plus one is greater than two.

That SSS-rank professional from back then had failed on this floor.

However, in the face of absolute strength, these monsters had only one outcome: being killed one by one by the four chess pieces!

Upon reaching the twenty-fifth floor, after seeing the monsters in front of him, Li Yao realized that it wouldn't take much time to defeat them.

So he stopped hiding his strength, activated [Shackles], joined forces with the chess pieces, and killed them directly in less than a minute.

"Th-this is Li Yao's strength? Too terrifying." Jin Hemao's mouth couldn't close; looking at Li Yao, it was as if he were seeing a rare treasure.