52: Freshman Competition

This New Student Grand Competition is actually the first test for new students.

All new students will be placed into a Secret Realm for testing.

If the test results are poor, there won't be any punishment.

However, good test results offer significant benefits.

For example, the reward for placing first in this New Student Grand Competition is a Hidden Profession Scroll.

Upon seeing the Hidden Profession Scroll, even Li Changkong couldn't help but be surprised.

He hadn't expected Shenhua University to be so generous.

While a Hidden Profession can't compare to a Unique Profession, it's far superior to Advanced Professions and Epic Professions.

Ninety-nine percent of Awakened Professions are inferior to Hidden Professions.

After obtaining a Profession Scroll, one can choose to sell it or replace their current profession.

For Li Changkong, the Hidden Profession Scroll was also very useful.

He naturally wouldn't replace his Unique Profession with a Hidden Profession.

However, due to the unique nature of his Unique Profession, he could even possess multiple professions, which would only occupy three skill slots.

If he had too many skills, it would be somewhat redundant for Li Changkong.

But the passive skills of Hidden Professions are often extremely powerful.

A passive skill from a Hidden Profession is countless times better than ordinary skills.

After browsing the entire page, Li Changkong closed his optical computer.

However, Li Changkong had basically memorized some of the introductions within it.

The next day.

Li Changkong woke up on time and, incidentally, woke up Hou Wen, who was still asleep.

This New Student Grand Competition is voluntary, but most students actively participate.

Those who can enter Shenhua University are all prodigies.

In their hearts, they naturally possess an arrogance that others cannot match.

Each of them harbored the thought of winning this New Student Grand Competition.

On the Shenhua University playground, five or six hundred new students had already gathered.

Ninety-nine percent of the new students had already arrived.

Everyone was eager, anticipating the arrival of this New Student Grand Competition.

However, the person presiding over this competition was a long-bearded elder with golden hair, standing with his hair bristling, like a statue.

"This is the Dean of the Gold Institute, Jin Buhuan, and also our school's Vice Dean," Hou Wen said, pointing at the elder on the stage.

Upon hearing the words "Vice Dean," Li Changkong immediately became vigilant.

He had entered the Fire Institute precisely because the Vice Dean had vetoed him.

He wondered if the Vice Dean who vetoed him was the one standing before him.

However, he didn't think too much about it; after all, he couldn't afford to provoke such a prominent figure.

"In this New Student Grand Competition, I hope everyone can showcase their Divine Abilities."

"As for the rewards, you should all be aware of them, and the rules have been sent to your optical computers," Jin Buhuan said, looking at the crowd, first introducing the rules.

The rules were very simple: everyone would receive a scoreboard.

And within the Secret Realm, there were countless monsters.

After killing those monsters, one could obtain a certain amount of points.

The point rule was one point for a Rank one monster, and for every subsequent Rank increase, the points would also increase by one.

If it was an Elite monster, it would be double points.

As for killing a boss-level monster, it would directly yield twenty times the points.

Actually, this rule itself was somewhat unreasonable.

For example, the difference in strength between Rank ten and Rank twenty monsters is not insignificant.

Some people can instantly kill Rank ten monsters, but Rank twenty monsters would require some time.

This would lead to those wanting to gain points only targeting low-Rank monsters.

Perhaps to make the rules fairer, an additional condition for point snatching was added.

As long as one killed or defeated an opponent, they could obtain the opponent's points.

However, because it was within a Secret Realm, losing two Ranks after being killed was a common occurrence.

What surprised everyone was that this New Student Grand Competition allowed team formation.

After all, among the new students, there were also professions like Shield Warrior and Priest.

If they were made to kill monsters individually, it would certainly be unfair.

Upon learning this news, everyone present immediately began discussing.

Teams were formed according to their respective institutes.

Li Changkong glanced at the Fire Institute's side; indeed, there were only a dozen or so people, and the quality was somewhat uneven.

"Brother, want to team up?" Hou Wen asked Li Changkong, patting him on the shoulder.

"No need, I still prefer solo mode. Teaming up is too troublesome," Li Changkong shook his head.

"If I'm solo, I'll definitely be attacked by those team players, after all, you can snatch other people's points."

"No matter what, to save your life, it's best to team up."

Seeing this, Hou Wen quickly advised.

"You're quite nice."

"But I'm really not interested. At most, I'll just drop two Ranks," Li Changkong shrugged, still not agreeing.

"Alright, just be careful. This time, I'm aiming for the championship," the chubby boy said firmly, puffing out his chest.

"Then good luck to you," Li Changkong nodded.

After saying this, he entered the Secret Realm first.

There were also other solo players who entered with him.

When Li Changkong opened his eyes, everything around him had completely changed.

He was near a volcano, surrounded by continuous volcanoes.

And the surrounding temperature was as high as fifty or sixty degrees Celsius.

If an ordinary person came here, let alone fighting, they would probably die after just two minutes.

Fortunately, Li Changkong was not an ordinary person, and his strength was extraordinary.

After slightly adjusting his breathing, Li Changkong began searching for monsters.

In the distance, there was a group of monsters, a group of crimson lizards covered in thick scales.

Name: Lava Poison Lizard

Rank: 20

Skills: Flame Breath, Venom Spray

The Rank wasn't high; it was just that there were many of them.

Li Changkong wasn't afraid at all. He slowly extended his hand and summoned Black Flame.

Black Flame itself was a dual-attribute Dragon of darkness and fire, and upon arriving here, it felt even more at ease.

The comfortable temperature made it let out an involuntary roar.

"That's enough. I called you out to work," Li Changkong said to Black Flame, teasing him.

Black Flame then turned its head and looked at the poisonous lizards.

These lizards were not high in Rank to begin with, and Black Flame immediately charged into the beast horde.

It was almost one grab per lizard; these giant lizards posed no pressure to Black Flame at all.

In just a moment, the swarms of poisonous lizards were reduced to a pile of corpses.