55: Chapter 55 The Joint Entrance Examination Ends, First Place by a Wide Margin

"Yes! Charge in!" Lu Hai reacted instantly. He turned around, raised his long sword high, and let out a roar of victory to the hundreds of remaining believers behind him.

"Everyone, follow me and charge! Take the Core Area, and we are the champions!"

"Charge!"

The surviving coalition believers erupted with shouts of relief after escaping death, dragging their exhausted bodies to launch the final charge toward the gap.

The dawn of victory seemed to be right before their eyes.

However, at the very moment they were about to charge into the gap, a sudden change occurred!

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

Heavy and rhythmic footsteps came from the deep darkness of the gap, as if thousands of troops were assembling.

Immediately after, taller and more burly black figures stepped out from the gap.

They were also Goblin Tyrants, but the magic flame armor on their bodies was as brand new as ever, flashing with a cold, sinister luster. The huge magic flame battle axes in their hands burned with even more vigorous black-red flames.

One, two, ten, one hundred...

A steady stream of Goblin Tyrants surged out like a tide. In just a few breaths, they completely blocked the huge, hundred-meter-wide gap created by the energy bomb, leaving no space at all.

A steel wall, even thicker and more desperate than before, stood before everyone once again.

"I underestimated you all, but you didn't think this would be enough to defeat us, did you?"

A slightly hoarse but mocking voice came from behind the newly formed Goblin defensive line.

Everyone looked toward the sound and saw that on a high rock behind the defensive line, a Goblin Marksman wearing a dark green cloak and holding a purple-black longbow, the Goblin Arrow King, was slowly revealing his form.

Behind him, fifty Arrow Kings, equally well-equipped and with sharp auras, appeared quietly like ghosts, their cold gazes locking onto Lu Hai and the others charging at the forefront.

At the same time, at the very back of the Goblin army, those four hundred Goblin Shamans raised their totem poles once again.

Hum—

Earth-yellow protective shields once again enveloped all the newly appeared Goblin Tyrants.

The battlefield, which had just been deafeningly noisy, instantly fell into dead silence.

The charging team came to an abrupt halt, and everyone stood frozen in place as if under a binding spell.

"This... how is this possible?!"

The smile on Lu Hai's face froze instantly. He widened his eyes, unable to believe everything he was seeing.

Lin Xiaoxiao and Qin Yao behind him were equally stunned.

Qin Yao, due to overdrawing her divine power, swayed and nearly collapsed to the ground.

That earth-shattering blow just now, that blow which condensed the lives of thirty thousand believers and all her divine power, actually... actually only caused such a small result?

The opponent didn't even have their formation disrupted and just casually filled the gap like that?

On the battlefield.

The Goblin Arrow King looked down at the dispirited "geniuses" below, his eyes looking as if he were watching a group of ants that didn't know how to live or die.

He didn't give these people much time to think or despair.

He slowly raised his hand and issued a cold order to the fifty Arrow Kings behind him.

"One round of volley, send them on their way."

The fifty four-star Goblin Arrow Kings moved at the sound, uniformly taking the longbows from their backs, drawing the strings, and nocking the arrows.

Hum!

Fifty armor-piercing arrows flashing with ghostly green light pointed directly at the remnants of the coalition below, who had completely lost their fighting spirit.

A breath of death instantly enveloped the entire battlefield.

"No! Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

Lu Hai finally woke up from the huge shock and despair. He felt the terrifying energy contained in those fifty armor-piercing arrows—the breath of death that was enough to instantly pierce through his most proud Griffin Knight defense.

He let out a desperate roar, his voice filled with unprecedented fear.

However, it was too late.

The Goblin Arrow King's cold voice echoed at the entrance of the canyon like the pronouncement of the Grim Reaper.

"Fire."

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!

The sharp sound of breaking air connected into one. Fifty ghostly green arrows seemed to ignore the distance of space, turning into fifty streams of death, instantly crossing hundreds of meters and accurately shooting into the formation of the coalition remnants.

"Puchi!"

"Puchi!"

The sound of flesh being torn rang out one after another.

Those knights in heavy armor, those mages with elemental shields, were as fragile as thin paper in front of these armor-piercing arrows.

The attack power of the Goblin Arrow Kings could be called the best in the world among all believers of the same rank.

The arrows easily pierced through their defenses, passing through their chests and heads, bringing up sprays of hot blood.

In one encounter, just a single volley.

Over a hundred believers were killed instantly before they could even scream, their bodies turning into points of light and dissipating in the air.

This terrifying lethality scared all the survivors out of their wits.

The remaining coalition believers completely collapsed. They threw away their armor, crying and screaming, escaping toward the rear regardless of anything, hating that their parents didn't give them two more legs.

The formation was in chaos instantly.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

Lu Hai's eyes were splitting with rage. His few remaining Griffin Knights were focused on in that last volley and were all killed.

He had now truly become a commander with no troops.

"Lu Hai! Lin Xiaoxiao! Cover my retreat!"

Qin Yao shouted weakly. Her Star Spirit Envoy had already fallen into a deep sleep due to exhaustion, and she was at her most vulnerable moment.

Lin Xiaoxiao didn't say a word, immediately summoning the last few defensive robots to block in front of Qin Yao, while she also boarded an aircraft, preparing to flee.

Although Lu Hai was full of unwillingness and humiliation in his heart, he also knew that the situation was gone.

If they didn't leave now, the three of them would be left here forever today, becoming stepping stones for Fang Chuan's climb to the top.

"Want to leave?"

Above the high rock, the Goblin Arrow King sneered.

"Second round, target, those metal lumps and the aircraft."

Another fifty armor-piercing arrows whistled out.

"Boom! Boom!"

The defensive robots Lin Xiaoxiao used to cover their retreat were instantly shot into parts and exploded loudly.

Another arrow accurately hit her aircraft, directly piercing the aircraft's engine.

"Ah!"

Lin Xiaoxiao let out a scream, and she and the aircraft spiraled down from mid-air, trailing black smoke.

"Xiaoxiao!"

Lu Hai and Qin Yao were shocked and quickly stepped forward to catch her.

"You all, don't think about running."

The Goblin Arrow King's voice carried no emotion, and the Arrow Kings behind him drew their longbows again.

The third round of arrow rain was about to descend.

The shadow of death completely enveloped the three SSS-level geniuses.

They never imagined that one day, they would be defeated so thoroughly, so miserably, that even escaping became a pipe dream.

Just at this critical moment.

A grand voice resounded throughout the entire Meteor Wasteland.

[Ten minutes remaining in the assessment time, all candidates please be aware!]

[Ten minutes remaining in the assessment time!]

This voice was no different from the sound of heaven to the three of Lu Hai, Qin Yao, and Lin Xiaoxiao.

Behind the Goblin Arrow King, the fifty Arrow Kings who had already drawn their longbows paused slightly and looked at the Goblin Arrow King in unison.

The Goblin Arrow King paused, and Fang Chuan's oracle sounded in his mind.

A moment later, he slowly lowered his longbow, looking at Lu Hai and the other three as if they were stray dogs: "The master has ordered. Eliminating you directly is too easy on you. Take this fear and humiliation that you will never wash away for the rest of your lives, and roll out of the exam venue like mud!"

Lu Hai and the three, having escaped death, were ashamed and angry to the point of wanting to die upon hearing this. They helped each other and, without looking back, used all their strength to flee from this nightmare land they would never forget.

...

Deep in the Core Area.

Fang Chuan had just finished a battle.

In front of him, a Nine Nether Serpent over a hundred meters long, covered in pitch-black scales with a combat power as high as 12 million, had its huge head hanging down powerlessly, its life force extinguished.

And beside the giant snake's corpse, Fara was half-kneeling on the ground, gasping for air.

The lionheart battle armor on his body was now riddled with holes, and there was even a huge gap in his chest, deep enough to see the bone, with golden blood constantly seeping out.

To be able to force Fara, who possessed a five-star bloodline and over 10 million combat power, to the bottom of his health bar, the strength of this Nine Nether Serpent was unquestionable.

"Well done, Fara."

Fang Chuan patted Fara's lower leg to encourage him.

This Nine Nether Serpent was the fourth boss Fara had killed. Although the passive effect of the Chaotic Cloak Fist Technique raised Fara's combat power to nearly 14 million, Fara's health bar was almost empty, and Fang Chuan was not prepared to continue.

Fang Chuan looked at his point panel.

[Candidate: Fang Chuan]

[Points: 43,815,400]

[Ranking: 1]

This number was more than ten times that of the second-place Lu Hai.

"Time is almost up, time to go out."

Fang Chuan glanced at the countdown, which had only a few minutes left, and with a thought, he recalled Fara, Yi, the Goblin Arrow King, and all the Goblin army back to his Divine Kingdom.

Afterwards, he took a step and his figure disappeared from the Core Area.

...

Control Center.

When Lu Hai, Qin Yao, and Lin Xiaoxiao fled the Core Area entrance in a sorry state, everyone fell silent.

Especially the Head of the Lu Family, who looked at his grandson on the screen, looking like a stray dog, and his old face had completely lost its color.

Lost.

Lost completely.

Lost miserably.

Three SSS-level geniuses joined forces, even gathering the power of over a hundred candidates, but the final result was being blocked at the door by one person, beaten until they threw away their armor and fled in a sorry state.

"Congratulations, Principal Yao Guishan. Not only did you win the championship, but you also took the top two spots." The situation was settled, and Principal Xiao Mi of No. 3 High School looked with some jealousy at Yao Guishan beside him, who was already grinning from ear to ear. "How exactly did your No. 1 High School cultivate such a monster as Fang Chuan?"

Yao Guishan's mood at this moment was even more refreshing than drinking ice water in the dog days of summer.

Yao Guishan's pores were all relaxed at this moment.

He sipped his tea leisurely, squinting at the Head of the Lu Family who was about to faint, and added quietly: "Old Lu, it seems that the so-called genius your family piled up with countless resources is indeed just an expensive toy that looks good but is useless. For a true gap-level genius, you still have to look at our No. 1 High School."

The Head of the Lu Family was trembling with anger at these words, and unable to catch his breath, he almost fainted on the spot.

Just then, the bell for the end of the exam rang.

[The Three-School Joint Exam is officially over!]

[The final point ranking is as follows:]

Everyone's eyes instantly focused on the largest screen in the center.

The final ranking was projected.

1st Place: Fang Chuan (No. 1 High School), Points: 43,815,400

2nd Place: Lu Hai (No. 1 High School), Points: 3,150,000

3rd Place: Qin Yao (No. 2 High School), Points: 3,080,000

4th Place: Lin Xiaoxiao (No. 3 High School), Points: 3,020,000

5th Place: Zhang Chao (No. 1 High School), Points: 2,110,000

6th Place: Liu Ruyan (No. 1 High School), Points: 2,050,000