Chapter 73: Blind Box Game

At dusk, Zhou Chu used Void Shuttle to land safely and accurately at his home.

Before long, his phone suddenly rang.

It was his homeroom teacher, Su Chang, calling.

"Zhou Chu, I'm notifying you of the details for tomorrow's College Entrance Exam."

"Since you achieved first place in the joint exam, you don't need to take the written cultural subjects. After the unified grade identification is completed at school, you will be sent to the corresponding exam venue based on your grade level."

"You will know where your exam venue is then."

"This year, the highest grade level, the First Tier, is 13th Level, which is the admission line for Shenxia University. The Second Echelon is 11th Level, and the final tier is 10th Level."

"Moreover, depending on the admission line, the content of the exam will also be different."

After Su Chang briefed Zhou Chu on the relevant details of the College Entrance Exam, she smiled and said, "I heard that you also won first place in the Secret Realm Tower activity. Over these past few days, those points should be enough to ensure you enter the First Tier."

"As long as you perform normally in the subsequent assessments, there shouldn't be any problem with getting into Shenxia University."

"It's getting late, so I won't ramble on. Get a good night's sleep, and be at the school's Identification Auditorium at 7:30 tomorrow morning, sharp, to participate in the identification ceremony."

After finishing the call with his homeroom teacher, Zhou Chu took a comfortable hot shower and lay on his bed feeling refreshed.

At the same time, he probed his consciousness into his Life Soul Artifact.

At this moment, in the storage space, there were nearly 6,000 Soul Fragments, and over 6,000 B-Grade Contract Materials.

He was still over 4,000 short of being able to upgrade his Life Soul Artifact.

Before the Life Soul Artifact was upgraded, Zhou Chu's Contract Pool was currently filled entirely with B-Grade Contract Materials.

He might as well take advantage of this spare time to fuse a few A-Grade Contract Materials for fun.

Thus, Zhou Chu took out 100 B-Grade materials and threw them into the Soul Furnace.

【Ding! Fusion successful!】

【New Contract Material—Undead Mage (A-Grade) has been successfully added to the Contract Pool!】

Generally speaking, the new materials smelted by the Soul Furnace are random.

So, what Zhou Chu fused this time was an A-Grade Contract Material, the Undead Mage.

Zhou Chu flicked his fingers a few times and summoned an Undead Mage from the Contract Pool.

Immediately, a mage wearing a black Magic Robe, with a skeletal face and a purple magic orb floating above its right hand, appeared before him.

This Undead Mage had no legs in its lower body, instead floating in mid-air, the white flames in its eye sockets flickering from time to time, giving off a gloomy and eerie feeling.

【Undead Mage】 (A-Grade)

【Blood Value: 2800】

【Soul Power Value: 3200】

【Attack Power: 800】

【Strength: 50】

【Constitution: 70】

【Soul Power: 80】

【Agility: 50】

【Range: 90m】

【Skill: Undead Ray (Fine Grade): Fires a death ray condensed from undead power at the target, with a chance to pierce through the target and deal 50% damage to targets behind it.】

【Skill: Soul Mark (Fine Grade): Releases a mark on the target that can be converted into Soul Power Value; when the target dies, it will convert into 10% Soul Power Value for the caster.】

【Skill: Shadow Burst (Fine Grade): Condenses a huge ball of undead energy and releases it toward the target area. When the energy ball contacts a target or reaches the designated area, it will undergo a violent explosion, dealing massive magic damage to all enemies within a 5-meter radius.】

【Current Effect: Swiftness (God-Tier)】

Sure enough, A-Grade contract servants are indeed much stronger than B-Grade Skeleton Crossbowmen and Crypt Demons.

Furthermore, this was the only mage-type contract servant Zhou Chu had smelted.

Looking at the skills, the power and effects seemed quite good.

It's just that because it's a spell-type, the Swiftness effect doesn't seem to work.

In this way, it seems much less impressive, though it might be quite effective for clearing the battlefield.

There's no help for it; the materials fused by the Soul Furnace are random.

This randomness just happened to produce a magic-attack-type material.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Chu threw another 100 B-Grade materials into the Soul Furnace.

【Ding! Fusion successful!】

【New Contract Material—Undead Wanderer (A-Grade) has been successfully added to the Contract Pool!】

Undead Wanderer?

Zhou Chu's heart stirred, and he hurriedly probed his consciousness toward the Contract Pool to summon the newly fused Undead Wanderer.

He saw a figure that was slightly illusory and cloaked slowly emerge.

Its face was blurry and indistinct, as if shrouded in a layer of mist, with only a pair of ghostly green eyes faintly visible, flickering with an eerie light.

Its hands hung at its sides, gripping two daggers wreathed in black mist.

【Undead Wanderer】 (A-Grade)

【Blood Value: 3500】

【Soul Power Value: 1500】

【Attack Power: 750】

【Strength: 75】

【Constitution: 85】

【Soul Power: 45】

【Agility: 75】

【Skill: Shadow Assault (Fine Grade): Instantly teleport behind any target within a 20-meter range to launch an attack, dealing double damage to that target.】

【Skill: Soul Extraction (Fine Grade): Release a black chain of Soul Power at a target. If the target is successfully locked, a portion of the target's Soul Power Value can be drained and converted into one's own Blood Value, while simultaneously causing the target to fall into a brief state of weakness, reducing all attributes by 10%.】

【Skill: Death Mist (Fine Grade): Release a large area of black Death Mist. Enemies within the mist will have their vision severely restricted, while one's own attack speed and movement speed are increased by 30% while inside the mist.】

【Current Effect: Swiftness (God Grade)】

……

The Soul Furnace is simply a blind box game.

This time, it fused another Assassin-type contract servant.

Moreover, this servant has both damage and crowd control; under the buff of Swiftness, the attack speed is already heaven-defying, and it also possesses a not-insignificant movement speed.

It is especially suitable for launching a Surprise Attack during battle.

Zhou Chu nodded with satisfaction and withdrew the two contract servants back into the Contract Pool.

He originally wanted to fuse a few more times for fun, but ultimately gave up.

This kind of blind-box-like fusion game is best played in moderation.

He does not yet know the specific assessment method for tomorrow's College Entrance Exam, so he can only improvise once he arrives at the corresponding exam venue.

At critical moments, he will still have to rely on his three God-grade servants.

Zhou Chu then yawned, his eyelids began to grow heavy, and before long, he fell into a deep sleep.

That night, Zhou Chu actually had several dreams, but every dream was very blurry.

Time passed quietly in the dreamscape, and when the first ray of morning Sun shone onto the bed through the gap in the curtains, Zhou Chu slowly opened his eyes.

He stretched, and those dreams in his mind had long since been forgotten completely.

However, at this moment, his thoughts were already entirely focused on the upcoming grade identification ceremony.

Zhou Chu quickly got up, finished washing, ate a simple breakfast, and then headed out toward the school's Identification Auditorium.