109: Joint examination begins

“He really thinks he’s something, just the first place in the Newbie Grand Competition, and he’s already so arrogant.”

“He’s been so late, I think he’s deliberately putting on airs.”

“This guy just got to the Academy and already offended the Crown Prince. I think his death is not far off.”

… …

From the students in the distance, whispers could be heard.

“Sorry, I had some things to attend to, so I’m late this time.”

As soon as he arrived, Li Changkong said to everyone with a slight apology.

Although what they said was indeed a bit unpleasant, Li Changkong knew that he was at fault for making them wait so long.

Hearing these words, the expressions of several people softened slightly.

“Alright, alright, you are all students of Shenhua Academy.”

“This time, we are not dealing with our internal people, so I hope you can direct your anger outwards, not inwards.”

Jin Buhuan’s face was not good when he heard those words, and he coughed heavily.

Seeing that the Dean had spoken, everyone naturally stopped mocking.

“Have you been in the Training Room these three days? I looked for you several times but couldn’t find you.”

Fire Rongrong, who was in the crowd, suddenly spoke.

Upon hearing this, everyone’s gaze immediately focused on the two of them.

Especially after hearing that Fire Rongrong had looked for Li Changkong several times, their expressions became even stranger.

This top beauty had always presented herself as aloof.

She was even more unsmiling towards her pursuers, but she actually said she had looked for Li Changkong several times.

In everyone’s eyes, this was almost an incredible thing.

If it hadn't come directly from her own mouth, everyone would have absolutely believed that this was impossible.

“Yes, I was practicing some skills.”

Li Changkong nodded faintly in response.

Seeing Li Changkong’s indifferent attitude, everyone around him felt even more envy, jealousy, and hatred.

The eyes of some among them seemed to want to devour Li Changkong.

“Rongrong, are you very familiar with him? Why haven’t I heard you mention him before?”

Just then, a slick-haired man walked out from the crowd, his expression somewhat displeased.

“Am I familiar with you? What does my familiarity with him have to do with you?”

Fire Rongrong snorted disdainfully upon hearing this and continued.

Upon hearing this, a hint of gloom flashed in the man’s eyes, but it was quickly hidden.

However, this scene was captured by Li Changkong.

He subconsciously felt a trace of vigilance towards this man.

Someone who can hide their anger is certainly not a simple character.

“I was just asking.”

The man chuckled dryly and continued.

“What time is it now? You are still saying such things. Wang Fan, if you really have the strength, then use your hostility against the students from other academies.”

Jin Buhuan glanced at the man and shook his head helplessly.

This Wang Fan was also an extremely prominent existence among the new students, and he happened to have joined the Gold Institute.

Therefore, Jin Buhuan also understood Wang Fan quite well, but he did not particularly like this Genius.

Yesterday, Wang Fan was like a profligate son, compared to Li Changkong, it was simply heaven and earth.

Up until now, he still wanted to trick Li Changkong into joining the Gold Institute.

After all, Li Changkong’s talent and strength had been fully displayed before.

If he was properly cultivated, he would surely achieve great things in the future, and perhaps even secure a great talent for the Empire.

Jin Buhuan didn’t say too much and quickly led everyone into the teleportation array.

With a flash of white light, they quickly appeared in a strange world.

And in this world, many students from various academies were already waiting.

Among the top ten academies in the entire Dragon Empire, each academy could have ten to twenty slots.

For academies ranked lower, the number of slots would decrease accordingly.

Basically, for the bottom fifty academies, each academy could only send one student.

This time, a total of 300 students participated in this Hundred Academy Joint Examination.

These 300 students would be divided into sixty small teams and enter the battlefield.

At that time, they could obtain certain points by killing monsters.

The stronger the monster, the higher the points obtained, naturally.

Unlike previous competitions, this Hundred Academy Joint Examination actually encouraged students to kill stronger monsters.

Therefore, those weaker monsters basically wouldn’t give many points.

However, if the monster was stronger, the reward points would be several times, or even hundreds of times, that of weaker monsters.

If it was just a point competition, then many people actually had some monster-farming skills or techniques.

What they were competing for now was the strength of individual power, not monster-farming skills.

It could be said that those selected were absolutely elite existences.

An old man now stood on the square’s platform, and after seeing everyone arrive, he coughed softly.

“Greetings, teachers and students! I also welcome everyone to participate in this Hundred Academy Joint Examination.”

“I believe everyone is already very clear about the rules of the Hundred Academy Joint Examination, so I will not elaborate further.”

“I also sincerely hope that all students can achieve a satisfactory result.”

The old man looked at the people in front of him and spoke loudly.

Li Changkong felt a sense of familiarity with this old man, as if he had met him somewhere before.

The old man had purple hair and a powerful voice; when he spoke just now, the entire square was covered by it.

His voice was like a great bell, entering the ears of every student, and it was exceptionally majestic.

“Normally, you shouldn’t not recognize him. He is the legendary Thunder King.”

“And the last college entrance examination was hosted by him. In a sense, he can be considered our Master.”

Hou Wen reminded him at the side, which made Li Changkong react.

Thunder King’s strength naturally needs no elaboration; his fame can be said to be known by everyone.

He didn’t expect that he would actually come to host this Hundred Academy Joint Examination.

Behind Thunder King, there was also a teleportation array.

“You can first enter this teleportation array. You only need to enter it to be randomly assigned teammates.”

“Because of the danger of the real battlefield, everyone also needs to pay more attention.”

Thunder King said a few polite words at the end and then exited first.