Chapter 45: Is He Even Letting Others Play?
Of the 244 examinees who passed the second round, over 60 chose to withdraw.
In the end, only 180 people decided to continue the exam.
Although some chose to quit, passing the second round already proved their strength.
Entering ordinary higher education institutions wouldn’t be a problem.
Those remaining were aiming for the top-ranked institutions.
"Now announcing the rankings after the second round."
1. Lin Moyu, Total points: 1605
2. Zuo Mei, Total points: 470
3. Xia Xue, 270 points
4. Wang Zihao, 265 points
...
Wang Zihao jumped up, shouting, "This is impossible!"
"How can he score so high?"
In 30 minutes, at a rate of one monster every 5 seconds, that’s 12 monsters per minute maximum.
On Hell difficulty, 5 points per monster, that’s 60 points per minute at most.
The absolute limit for 30 minutes would be 1800 points.
And that’s not accounting for time spent fighting.
Generally, 200-400 points was considered good.
Zuo Mei’s 400 points for killing 80 monsters was already excellent.
But Lin Moyu’s 1505 points?
That means he killed 301 monsters.
10 kills per minute, just short of the 12 per minute limit.
Everyone had the same thought: Is this guy even human?
Wang Zihao even suspected Lin Moyu of cheating, but he didn’t dare say it.
Saying that would offend the entire Divine Summer Empire’s upper echelons.
Cheating in the big exam was unthinkable.
No one had ever dared try. It would be suicidal.
The entire exam was under full surveillance. Cheating was impossible.
Outside the exam venue, Principal Lu jumped up.
His old face was even redder than before.
His excited heart, his trembling hands.
The cup in his hand shook non-stop, spilling water everywhere.
"Old Lu, your student is a bit abnormal."
"Indeed, very abnormal."
Lu wanted to curse back, "You’re the abnormal ones, your whole family is abnormal."
He really wanted to know how Lin Moyu did it.
In his memory, no one had ever achieved such a score.
Even the brilliant Su Qianxing only scored 700 points in the second round back then.
Last year, Lin Mohan only got 650 points.
Lin Moyu’s score was higher than both of theirs combined.
Beams of light from the Trial Tower fell on the examinees who chose to continue.
Under the light, fatigue disappeared and spirit power was restored.
In the blink of an eye, their condition was fully recovered.
"Now beginning the third round of exams."
"This round also has three difficulty levels."
"You will face a boss-level monster."
"Normal difficulty, 100 points."
"Nightmare difficulty, 300 points."
"Hell difficulty, 500 points."
The rules were similar to last time.
The previous round tested sustained combat ability.
This round tested individual peak combat ability.
A boss-level monster to be faced one-on-one.
Without support, this was a significant challenge for every career professional.
Lin Moyu was the first to make his choice this time.
"I choose Hell difficulty."
The examiners saw Lin Moyu’s choice and began discussing again.
"As expected, this kid chose Hell difficulty again."
"With his skill strength and summon strength, he’ll definitely be first again."
"Looks like he’ll be Jiangning Province’s top scholar this time."
"Not necessarily, there are still two rounds left, especially the fifth round..."
They had overseen many big exams and seen many come from behind to win.
Although Lin Moyu’s performance was very strong so far, they couldn’t be certain he’d get the top scholar position yet.
Wang Zihao was now over 1300 points behind Lin Moyu.
He had originally aimed for top scholar, but now couldn’t even make the top three.
"First place will be mine. There are still two rounds. I won’t lose."
"After the exam ends, don’t let me catch you, or you’ll be sorry."
Wang Zihao said viciously, also choosing Hell difficulty.
Xia Xue and Zuo Mei also chose Hell difficulty.
Only needing to deal with one monster.
Xia Xue’s Elemental Mage and Zuo Mei’s Infiltrator both had strong burst damage, so they weren’t worried.
After everyone made their choices, the examiners announced the start of the third round.
A huge monster appeared before each person.
It was still a wolf-headed monster, of the Worf Beastman race.
The monster wielded a sword in each hand, like a Sword Fighter career professional.
[Worf Beastman Captain (Boss)]
[Level: 15]
[Strength: 1000]
[Agility: 800]
[Spirit: 500]
[Constitution: 1000]
[Skill: Wind Slash]
Looking at the stats, Lin Moyu felt they didn’t live up to the name.
Though called Hell difficulty, it was greatly weakened.
Probably due to being an exam, it was far from true Hell dungeon difficulty.
It was only slightly stronger than the enhanced elite guard in the Nightmare West Sea Mine dungeon.
Far from a true boss-level monster.
Lin Moyu understood the empire’s approach. If they used true Hell-level monsters, even a small mob would be too much for most career professionals, let alone a boss.
This was an exam to select living talents, not dead ones.
When the battle began, Lin Moyu gave orders nonchalantly.
Two skeleton warriors quickly charged forward, simultaneously unleashing their skills.
Berserk Strike!
Two loud bangs.
The Worf Beastman Captain didn’t even make a sound before falling dead.
Instant kill.
Another instant kill.
The examiners were stunned again.
"Again? Another instant kill!"
"The summons can even use skills."
"And the skill power isn’t small."
"Lin Moyu keeps doing this. It’s too much."
"Is he even letting others play?"