Chapter 41: First Stage of the Exam, Instant Kill!
"No questions allowed, but what if we don’t understand?"
A few people muttered quietly.
Suddenly, beams of light shot from the Trial Tower, hitting these few people.
They instantly disappeared.
The authoritative voice then said, "Rule violation, disqualified from the exam."
Whoosh!
Thousands of examinees’ faces changed, quickly covering their mouths.
The rules were this strict.
Even barely audible muttering wasn’t allowed.
At this moment, the entire place fell silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Even breathing became cautious.
After years of preparation, being eliminated at the last moment would be too much to bear.
Lin Moyu remembered Principal Lu repeatedly telling them:
During the exam, they must strictly follow the exam rules.
The exam rules were very strict, absolutely no violations allowed, not even the slightest.
He could naturally do this, and glanced at Gao Yang.
He was worried Gao Yang might not manage it.
Not letting him speak was probably worse than killing him.
Sure enough, Gao Yang was forcefully covering his own mouth.
He was also afraid he couldn’t control his mouth.
"This guy at least has some self-awareness."
Lin Moyu inwardly smiled, no longer needing to worry about Gao Yang.
The authoritative voice spoke again.
"The Trial Tower arranges different exam scenarios for different careers."
"Support careers will have non-combat scenarios."
"Combat careers will have combat scenarios."
"After passing the basic exam, each career will get to choose difficulty levels."
"Different difficulties and performances will earn different points."
"Points are both your exam scores and points you can take to higher education institutions."
"In higher education institutions, points are more valuable than gold coins."
"Lastly, about exam rules: you can use your carried equipment normally."
"Besides that, no items can be used. If found, immediate disqualification."
"After entering the Trial Tower, your storage spaces will be sealed."
The voice detailed the exam rules.
With normal intelligence, there shouldn’t be any misunderstanding.
Those who muttered at the start were just talkative, bringing trouble on themselves.
"Now, all examinees, line up to enter the tower."
Everyone queued to enter the Trial Tower.
The order was very good, everyone following the rules.
Even those usually pampered young masters and misses at home didn’t dare misbehave now.
The big exam was the Divine Summer Empire’s most important annual exam.
It wasn’t just in Jiangning Province, but synchronized across all major provinces nationwide.
Over 100,000 people would take the exam on this day.
The empire’s top officials were watching this exam. Anyone who dared misbehave was courting death.
Wang Zihao was also in the crowd.
As the Dynasty Guild’s vice leader, he was usually arrogant. When had he ever queued obediently?
But today, he didn’t dare misbehave at all.
Lin Moyu followed the queue into the tower.
He had removed his blocking badge before departing.
Upon entering the tower, a light shone on him, then he was teleported to an independent space.
As he guessed, the Trial Tower was like a dungeon, sending entrants to different spaces.
At the tower’s top stood several middle-aged people with solemn expressions and powerful auras.
They wore support, warrior, and mage attire, representing various careers.
None were below level 70.
They were the examiners for Jiangning Province’s big exam.
[Lin Moyu, Level 16, Necromancer?]
Lin Moyu’s image appeared before them.
"This is the new career reported by West Sea City’s First High School."
"It’s been a while since we’ve seen a new career. The last one was over 30 years ago, right?"
"Yes, over 30 years ago a new career called Elf Emissary appeared, a control-type combat career, classified as rare."
"Necromancer, from First High’s report, should be a summoning-type mage."
"Let’s see how strong this new career is. Hope it doesn’t disappoint."
"It shouldn’t be bad, at least not weaker than rare careers, otherwise reaching level 16 would be impossible."
"Let’s process it according to rare-grade mage rules for now, and keep records."
After discussion, they determined Lin Moyu’s exam method.
A monster appeared before Lin Moyu.
This monster had a wolf’s head but wore a mage’s robe.
It even held a staff.
It was a mage-type monster.
But its strength was unknown.
A light barrier separated Lin Moyu from this mage monster.
Detection couldn’t penetrate this barrier.
Lin Moyu couldn’t get the mage monster’s information for now.
"Exam task: Kill the Worf Beastman Mage."
No more information was given.
A countdown appeared on the light barrier.
Lin Moyu prepared.
A skeleton warrior appeared beside him.
3... 2... 1
As the barrier disappeared, the skeleton warrior charged at the Worf Beastman Mage.
But Lin Moyu’s Soul Fire was even faster.
It landed on the Worf Beastman Mage’s head almost as the barrier vanished.
The Worf Beastman Mage fell with a scream.
"Dead?"
Lin Moyu was speechless. This strength was too low.
At the tower’s top, the examiners looked shocked.
"What skill is this?"
"Instant kill? How can it be an instant kill?"
"Is there a problem with the data? Was it set up wrong?"
"The setup is correct, set for rare-grade career. The monster level is two levels higher than the career professional."
Different levels and combat careers faced different monsters.
Rare career professionals faced monsters two levels higher than themselves.
High-grade career professionals faced monsters one level higher.
Other career professionals faced monsters of the same level.
Mages faced mage monsters, warriors faced warrior monsters.
The types matched.
Although all could win, instant kills like Lin Moyu’s were unprecedented.