Tuoba Wu was also staring at the light screen, his eyebrows almost twisted into caterpillars.
He and number 67 have been vying for the top spot, but until now, number 66 hasn’t appeared on the ranking.
What’s going on?
What is 66 doing?
He refuses to believe that number 66’s superpower is weak.
However, it’s possible... maybe not?
Could number 66 have a more intelligence-based superpower?
In that case, he was assuredly in first place for this round?
Thinking of this, Tuoba Wu became rather pleased, gripping his enormous bow and arrow, and continued happily onward.
...
Three days isn’t too short, nor too long.
There was still an hour left until the assessment ended.
Lin Duoduo anxiously glanced at the light screen in the sky.
Tianmiao’s number still wasn’t showing.
No sign of Tianmiao in the top twenty!
What on earth was happening?
The gap between her and Tuoba Wu, meanwhile, grew wider. As they moved forward, the demons grew stronger, and the points for hunting one became higher. The gap widened, yet the rankings continued to alternate. Whenever she slayed a formidable demon and widened the score gap, it wouldn’t be long before Tuoba Wu’s score caught up again and then surpassed hers.
Tuoba Wu, whistling his self-composed, off-key tune as he went: "Ah~~ Ah~~ I’m the one for first place~ I’m the mightiest Demon Exorcist~~ Everyone come worship me~~~ Ah ah~~" The enormous bow and arrow in his hands still emitted an icy blue glow, without the slightest dimming. Even after such a long hunt, his spiritual power hadn’t diminished in the least, nor was there any sign of fatigue.
Number 72 still held fifth place.
Time continued to slip away.
In the examiners’ internal line.
"Only three minutes left before the assessment ends. Number 66’s score hasn’t increased at all, can I finally say something now."
"You’re not allowed to speak ill of her. That strong and beautiful girl will surely create a miracle." This was the female examiner from the second round, the one Tianmiao gave a candy to.
"There’s just two and a half minutes left. Seems like this superpower user must be the intelligence type. Not suited for combat, huh."
"Then she can go for a secondary Demon Hunting Certificate. The treatment is only slightly inferior to that of the main certificate."
"Hahaha, here I am. This number 66, wasn’t she amazing in the first and second rounds? But when it comes to real combat, she’s at a loss. This time I just don’t believe she’ll..." This was the lead examiner from the first round, always left red-faced, who couldn’t help but jump in looking at the internal data.
There was only one minute left until the assessment ended.
Just as the lead examiner from the first round was chattering on, suddenly the light screen changed.
Everyone’s rankings on the light screen shifted down.
The first place became Tianmiao, and the score behind her number card was jumping wildly, turning into a blur.
"I just don’t believe she’ll..." the lead examiner from the first round was cut off mid-sentence, unable to finish his words. He miserably slapped his own mouth, feeling utterly exhausted and emotionally scarred, thinking to himself he’d never want to host an assessment again. Goodbye then.
"What just happened?"
"What’s going on?"
"Did the light screen break?"
"What the heck are you talking about! Impossible, think before you speak."
"Why is the score still changing, and hasn’t stopped?"
"999999999..."
"The number’s too large, the light screen can’t display it all..." someone murmured, staring intently at the string of data.
"How did she do it?"
"She... she directly captured the top-level demon alive. In the very last minute, she captured that demon. The one that the president and over ten vice presidents once captured together."