Chapter 52: Black-Gold Title

Jun Yin's current level was 60; he had already reached level 60 three days before the college entrance exam, but he had not dared to accept the second class advancement quest.

According to the predictions of the family elders, his second class advancement quest as someone who had changed class into an epic-tier profession would be far more difficult and extremely dangerous than the first, so they had him accumulate more strength, obtain some suitable equipment and a few titles, before undertaking the second advancement.

Yet he never expected to encounter an opponent who had already completed their second class advancement right here at the prefectural exam!

Hearing Jun Yin's question, everyone around looked at Lu Zheng on the stage in shock, but Lu Zheng did not answer Jun Yin and simply continued displaying his titles on his own.

The next title—purple-gold: Demon Slayer!

"Another purple-gold title! I originally thought that Jun Yin, an epic-tier professional, was already invincible in Tianyang Prefecture—I never expected there would be an even greater expert!"

"Two purple-gold titles and one gold title—the title bonuses alone reach eight thousand points! My god! Is this the difference between a genius and an ordinary person!?"

"What are you thinking? This is clearly a contest between genius and genius—we ordinary people can only look up in awe."

Two purple-gold titles were already enough to leave everyone feeling stunned; they only recognized purple-gold, but did not know the meaning behind these two titles.

And when the next title appeared, the discussion instantly exploded.

Purple-gold title: Dragonslayer!

Upon seeing this title, even Wang Jun and Yang Dong, who were Lu Zheng's underlings, could not hold it in anymore.

"Holy crap! Boss actually slew a dragon!"

Wang Jun exclaimed in disbelief.

Beside them, Dongfang Niaoniao said in horror, "How is that possible! A dragon is at minimum level two hundred, and at least lord-tier quality or above. Even if he's already completed his second class advancement, how could he possibly kill such a powerful entity!?"

Compared to Dongfang Niaoniao, Jun Yin, as the son of the prefect, knew much more; he was also well aware that obtaining this title required two extremely stringent conditions.

First, one must solo-kill a dragon.

Second, one's own level at the time of the kill must be lower than the dragon's level.

A dragon was a powerful creature with high physical resistance, high magic resistance, strong physical attacks, strong magical attacks, and virtually no weaknesses—to solo-kill a dragon was truly something out of fantasy.

Moreover, Lu Zheng had only just completed his second class advancement—there was absolutely no reason he should be able to kill a dragon!

The crowd's doubts and shock did not affect Lu Zheng at all; he continued displaying his titles.

When the black-gold color was revealed, the crowd did not even need to look at the contents—on the basis of that color alone, they were completely dumbfounded.

Top-tier title—black-gold!

Across the entire Alliance, counting all professionals together, those who possessed black-gold titles could be counted on one hand; without exception, they were all among the Empire's Top One Hundred. And now, a mere high school graduate actually possessed a black-gold title—who would believe that!? And when everyone saw the content displayed by the title, they fell into complete silence. Godslayer!!! Jun Yin's eyes went vacant, and he muttered to himself.

"Godslayer, godslayer—he, he actually slew a god! With a mortal body, he struck down a god!"

After seeing this title, everyone fell silent, including the many high-ranking officials of Tianyang Prefecture who were in the observation hall watching the students' examination results. At their head was the Prefect of Tianyang Prefecture—Jun Yin's grandfather, Jun Xiaotian.

When Lu Zheng displayed his first gold title, Jun Xiaotian and the others had pulled up Lu Zheng's information; upon learning that he was actually the sole direct disciple of the Dragon Blood War God Fu Cangli, they were not particularly shocked by the purple-gold titles he subsequently obtained.

Although a purple-gold title was indeed very rare, having a Saint as his backing, combined with his own sufficiently powerful talent, made obtaining a purple-gold title not incomprehensible.

After the second purple-gold title appeared, Jun Xiaotian could not help but sigh:

"It seems the Dragon Blood War God has truly put his heart into this child—completing his second class advancement, two purple-gold titles, with this level of strength, he is virtually guaranteed a spot in the top three of this year's entire Alliance. My grandson cannot compare."

Beside him, Li Meixi, the Saint-tier guardian of Tianyang City, also looked at Lu Zheng on the screen and sighed with emotion: "Watching each generation of young people grow stronger than the last is something worth rejoicing over. With talents like Lu Zheng and Jun Yin in this generation, the overall caliber surely won't be too poor. We are one step closer to our counteroffensive against the Abyss!"

At this moment, Lu Zheng's third purple-gold title, 'Dragonslayer,' appeared, and the expression on Jun Xiaotian's face could not help but abruptly change.

"Slay a dragon!? How is that possible? Has a dragon appeared in our prefecture recently? You can't mean that Fu Cangli took his disciple to Dragon Valley to kill a dragon and then came back?"

Only those with sufficient strength could understand what a dragon meant; even the most ordinary dragon had attributes exceeding those of a typical same-level rare-tier professional. Otherwise, Fu Cangli's Dragon Blood War God profession, which was only a half-dragon transformation, would not have been an epic-tier profession.

A dragon was such a powerful creature—how could it possibly be killed by a mere high school graduate!? Li Meixi, on the other hand, wore a thoughtful expression and suddenly spoke up:

"Lord Prefect, do you still remember that Dark Demon Dragon that appeared in Black Stone City before?"

Jun Xiaotian reacted and nodded, saying, "The Roof Ridge Mountain dungeon mutated, producing a Dark Demon Dragon and an unidentified monster with a head resembling a goat's. The two monsters perished together, and the dungeon disappeared. You're saying that this kid was there at the time, picked off the weakened Dark Demon Dragon for the kill, and survived."

"It should be something like that. Fu Cangli is the guardian of Fengdu City and cannot leave Fengdu City without authorization. Dragon Valley is so dangerous that he couldn't possibly bring a disciple there either. In all of Tianyang Prefecture, the only appearance of a dragon's trace was in that bizarre incident. He is, in all likelihood, simply a lucky child!"

"Of course, being able to survive under those conditions and still pick off the Dark Demon Dragon for the kill is also a demonstration of strength—bold yet careful, nothing more needs to be said!"

Li Meixi's assessment of Lu Zheng was still quite high, but she did not believe that Lu Zheng's personal strength alone could kill a dragon. Even if that dragon had been weakened, it was still a true adult dragon.

Jun Xiaotian also nodded in agreement: "If that's the case, then it makes sense. He had only just awakened a few days prior at that time, right? Being able to deal damage to a weakened Dark Demon Dragon is already extremely impressive, and to seize the opportunity to land the final blow—that kind of composure, my grandson cannot match."

Just as these words were spoken, Lu Zheng's final title, the black-gold title 'Godslayer,' was revealed. The smile on Jun Xiaotian's face vanished, replaced by eyes full of sheer disbelief.

Godslayer!?

First slaying a dragon, then slaying a god—this mere high school exam candidate was defying the heavens!

The smile on Li Meixi's face also froze. Slaying a dragon could be explained away as picking off a weakened kill, but slaying a god—even if the Dragon Blood War God Fu Cangli personally took action, could he even accomplish that!? (End of chapter)