Chapter 59: Bonus Exam Begins! This Kid Definitely Still Has More in Reserve!

Hearing the reminder, Lu Zheng showed a speechless expression.

He hadn't even exerted himself yet—he had only let his divine pet put on a display—and it was already about to collapse. This dungeon was far too unstable! Still, he immediately retracted the skill effect, stopped casting, and recalled the Nine-Headed Undying Bird back into his summon slot.

Then, the next moment, he was teleported straight out of the dungeon.

As if they were afraid he'd unleash another ultimate move the next second and crash the dungeon entirely.

This situation left the students in the waiting area dumbfounded.

Two assessments: in the first, Lu Zheng got tired of playing and ended it himself out of boredom; the second was even more absurd—the officials, worried that Lu Zheng would destroy the dungeon, forcibly ejected him.

Good grief—if that was the case, why not just keep him out of the exam from the very start?

The psychological blow to the other students was simply too great!

Lu Zheng, having been "forcibly disqualified," was still a bit bewildered when his second assessment score appeared on the large screen.

The final level for the second assessment was 112, total kills: 8,200! First assessment score: full marks; second assessment score: full marks; Alliance Exam final score: full marks;

Ranked: first place! Even though the Alliance Exam had only just begun at this point, with nearly four thousand examinees and fewer than a thousand having finished, all professionals across the nation were already certain and convinced that the national top scorer had been born! His score was one that no one could surpass.

At the very least, among this cohort's examinees and among all past examinees from previous years, not a single person could be mentioned in the same breath as him! "Hello there, let me introduce myself—my name is Ji Zirou! I'm from Tiannan Commandery!"

Looking at the purple-haired girl who had appeared before him with a face full of smiles, Lu Zheng collected himself and replied politely:

"Hello, I'm Lu Zheng, from Tianyang Commandery."

Ji Zirou smiled and said, "I've heard your name long ago. My grandmother and Elder Fu are good friends—Elder Fu asked my grandmother to look after you."

Hearing this, Lu Zheng couldn't help but pause in surprise.

Then he remembered that Fu Cangli had previously mentioned having a good friend in Tiannan City who served as vice city lord—it seemed that was Ji Zirou's grandmother.

"Then please pass on my regards to your grandmother for me first!"

"You'd better go in person! I'll be waiting for you at Zhennan University!"

With that, Ji Zirou returned to her own seat.

After all, this was the waiting area—everyone had their own assigned seat, so a quick greeting was fine. Disrupting order would definitely result in being held accountable.

Lu Zheng didn't pay too much attention to this matter. After showcasing his divine pet today, whichever university took him in would surely not slight him. After all, possessing a divine pet was essentially equivalent to being a legendary-level professional.

To date, the entire Daxia Alliance had only one true legendary-level professional—that is, Daxia's sole demigod-level powerhouse above level 400! In this respect, Lu Zheng's appearance signified the birth of a second demigod.

If someone like him were slighted, that would be what's truly unreasonable.

Back in his seat, Lu Zheng turned a blind eye to the thousands of gazes cast his way from all around, closing his eyes to feel the attribute point feedback brought by his summoned beasts leveling up.

His four-dimensional base attributes had long since all broken past ten thousand. Single-digit attribute points fed back by low-level summoned beasts provided what could be called a very marginal improvement to him, but little by little, grains of sand became a tower—one beast feeding back single digits meant a thousand beasts feeding back four digits!

By now, the summoned beasts under his command already exceeded one thousand, and most of them were not low in level.

As his Summoner class level increased, the probability of obtaining high-quality summoned beasts through the summoning art had been greatly enhanced. Immortal-grade spirit pets and legendary divine pets were too much to hope for, but once he advanced to the third tier, those he kept would at the very least have to be elite beast pets. Ordinary-quality beast pets wouldn't even qualify as cannon fodder anymore.

The Alliance Exam's full day of assessments finally concluded. The outcome held no surprises—Lu Zheng's score became the total first place without any suspense. But everyone also knew that this score was still the power Lu Zheng had displayed while under restrictions.

Even though the results were already out, this was unfair to Lu Zheng.

The officials then announced a notice for the top twenty to undergo an additional assessment, and the dungeon for the assessment had already been determined: the Holy-level dungeon, Demon Domain.

Demon Domain randomly spawned a Holy-level demon as the dungeon BOSS at irregular intervals. It contained a large number of demonic creatures, but true demons were not numerous—only a little over a hundred, each above level two hundred. The rest were corrupted creatures, with the lowest combat power also above level sixty.

The assessment method for the additional exam was simple: within one hour, the twenty examinees could use all methods that did not involve external assistance to kill monsters.

After one hour, rankings would be calculated based on who killed the most, the highest levels, and the most experience points gained! After passing this dungeon assessment, the true final national overall rankings would be determined.

Who would take first place was still without suspense, but everyone still held great expectations for Lu Zheng's performance.

After eating lunch, the twenty examinees gathered and were brought together to the entrance of the Demon Domain dungeon.

Also entering the dungeon with them were twenty fifth-tier professionals, on one hand to ensure these people's safety, and on the other to broadcast the entire battle of the twenty participants live, ensuring the fairness of the assessment.

The fifth-tier professional assigned to film Lu Zheng was named Hua Jing, a wind-element mage. Upon entering the dungeon, she reminded him:

"The Holy-level demon BOSS has already spawned. Try not to approach the most central area. Demons are a kind of higher-order creature—even though you have combat power rivaling an ordinary Holy-level professional, try your best not to provoke such monsters. It's too dangerous."

Lu Zheng nodded in agreement.

This was a real dungeon—killing monsters yielded experience points, and the monsters were of high quality, densely packed and not low in level, perfectly suited for his summoned beasts to level up. Although most of his summoned beasts had already been assigned to other dungeons, he still had some on hand.

Crescent Eagle, Three-Tailed Spirit Fox, Nine-Headed Undying Bird, Abyssal Green Snake, Six-Winged Frost Centipede, Cloud-Riding Crane, Howling Moon Gray Wolf, Ice Fury Lion, Lightning-Rune Demon Tiger, Holy Light White Deer, King Kong Gorilla, Fire-Tail Inferno Horse!

He was currently level 100. By a standard Summoner's measure, he should have eleven summoned beasts, and someone with his background would surely find ways to acquire one or two extra summon slots, so displaying twelve summoned beasts was quite reasonable.

In the higher-ups' view, he was keeping one or two summoned beasts in reserve as hidden cards.

Of course, none of this was important.

Twelve summoned beasts were released all at once—the lowest quality was two-star rare tier, and the lowest level was also above one hundred.

Lu Zheng stood atop the head of the level 120 Nine-Headed Undying Bird and waved his hand.

"Kill!"

The next moment, a sea of fire descended upon Demon Domain as the dozen-plus powerful summoned beasts paired up in twos and charged out in different directions.

In an instant, all kinds of large-scale, high-damage spell skill effects filled the live broadcast screen. The professionals watching the broadcast grew excited, as if enjoying a visual feast! Xue Mingzhen was also quite shocked seeing the twelve summoned beasts in the footage.

"Six rare, five immortal-grade, one divine pet! Is this his true strength? No—this kid has endured and held back for so long; he's absolutely not the type to expose all his trump cards. This guy definitely still has more in reserve!" —Please follow and read, and please vote with recommendation tickets!

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