26: Demon Soul Stone Golem

In the middle of the exam.

The largest screen in the conference room displayed a real-time map.

The exam center directors from various locations gathered together, looking at the dense clusters of red dots on the ground.

One red dot after another went out; in just half an hour, over three thousand red dots had already extinguished.

This meant that over 3,000 examinees had already died.

Everyone had a heavy expression on their faces.

Such a loss was incredibly heartbreaking.

Chief Examiner Ning Que tapped on the table, drawing everyone's attention: "Everyone, this is a good thing."

"Over the years, university internships have always weeded out a large number of students; we are simply moving this process forward, and it also saves a vast amount of teaching resources."

"An elite force strategy is the way to go!"

"This batch of examinees is experiencing blood and fire; if they grow up, they will surely become a true iron army!"

"What's even more striking is that so quickly, as many as one hundred and thirty-five teams have entered Zone Nine."

"And there are even six teams that have entered Zone Eight."

The entire room was shocked.

They had divided the exam grounds from the outer ring to the center into Zones Ten through One, with the difficulty of each zone increasing exponentially.

If rushing into the ninth zone required courage, then rushing into the eighth zone so quickly required not just courage, but strength!

The core teams of the Four Great Families all consisted of S-Rank or higher classes at levels thirty or forty; it wasn't hard for them to rush into the top eight zones.

What was the situation with the other two teams?

Everyone hurriedly crowded around... Xu Le was leading Li Yang straight toward the core.

Along the way, if they encountered monsters, they fought; they had no intention of taking any detours.

"Brother Le, why did we stop?" Li Yang asked in confusion.

"Something's wrong, there are many magical creatures here."

Through the Mind Link, Xu Le sensed dense signal points; although they weren't linked, each one was like a firefly in the dark night, shining brightly.

"Huh?"

Looking at the wasteland, Li Yang saw nothing but scattered rocks and wild grass, making him wonder if those magical creatures were invisible.

Xu Le had the same suspicion, but he didn't waste time and directly cast "Divine Eye."

[Soul Stone Golem]

[Rank] Level 36

[Health] 60,000/60,000

[Mana] 10,000/10,000

[Strength] 800

[Agility] 100

[Physique] 1,600

[Spirit] 400

[Talent] Demonic Qi Contamination 4, Rock Shell

[Skills] Earthquake Trample, Earth Spike, Demonic Stone Descent

Xu Le: "..."

He had to admit, seeing that terrifying health pool, he felt a bit overwhelmed.

The only weaknesses of those stone golems probably lay in their Agility and Spirit.

They could take a beating.

But they were slow, and their Spirit attribute was low.

Thinking about how there hadn't been many magical creatures along the way, while there were huge numbers of them here, it would be a pity not to take a few down.

But if they really were to do it, that health pool was just too terrifying.

It was likely that the exam organizers hadn't cleared these creatures because they felt they weren't very dangerous yet were difficult to clear, so they simply gave up on them.

"Brother Le, do you see any members of the Demon Race?" Li Yang's eyes were blurred from looking, but he still couldn't see a single trace.

"Aren't they all right there?" Xu Le pointed at the rocks all over the ground.

"Uh... are we fighting?" Li Yang wiped his forehead, still unable to see clearly.

"We're fighting! When Heaven gives and you don't take, you will suffer the consequences instead."

Xu Le summoned his four contracted beasts and cast a "Mental Shock" at the nearest rock himself.

-10,440

A red number in the tens of thousands floated up from the stone golem.

Li Yang's jaw dropped, and his scalp felt numb at the sight.

It was one thing for the rocks to be able to stand up.

Ten thousand points of damage was already terrifying, but the stone golem's health bar only decreased by 1/6.

How the hell are we supposed to fight this?

Xu Le was prepared; he commanded the Little Yellow Chicken to split into nine Clones, and then ten "Flame Shockwaves" blasted into the stone golem.

Unlike the mental attack, these Spell attacks were significantly weakened after damage reduction.

-8,000.

-2,600.

-2,600... dense damage numbers floated out.

The attacked stone golem had just stood up when it lost another 31,400 health.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh... The other stone golems had clearly not been attacked, but they all stood up and rushed toward the two... walking over slowly.

The earth shook.

The ground thudded loudly under their steps.

But that speed... could really only be described as walking slowly, only a hair faster than a turtle crawling.

Xu Le's eyes lit up; although he knew Agility didn't equal speed, seeing how slow the stone golems were, he felt completely at ease.

"Meteor Fire Rain!" × 10

Ten fire clouds enveloped the stone golems, and a dense rain of fire began to fall.

Red numbers floated up from the stone golems.

Because their bodies were massive, a single stone golem might be hit by several fire rains simultaneously, with several numbers floating up at once.

Woof, woof, woof... The Little Dog's hundred-plus Clones roared and charged forward.

Just as they were about to bite the first low-health stone golem, it suddenly moved.

It bent its legs, kicked off hard with both feet, flew high into the air, and crashed into the front of the pack.

Demonic Stone Descent!

The five Clones that had charged fastest, along with the hiding Little Snake, were hit by the massive body.

-1,600. × 5

-480. (Little Black Snake)

The five dogs and one snake were knocked into the air; before they could even land, the stone golem stomped its foot hard on the ground, hitting them with another new skill.

Earthquake Trample!

-980. × 5

-320. (Little Black Snake)

Even with high damage reduction, they lost quite a bit of health in a short time.

However, whether it was the Little Dog Clones or the Little Black Snake, they only lost an insignificant chunk of health, making Li Yang drool with envy.

If he had charged up just now, he probably would have been gone.

But although that stone golem was brave, it only had a sliver of health left after all, and it was soon sprayed to death by the Little Yellow Chicken's basic attacks.

[Experience Points +20,890]

[Points +2]

Just one magical creature had added so much experience and points; Xu Le was very satisfied.

He directly brought all the stone golems into his attack range.

Li Yang shouted as he prepared to charge, but Xu Le pulled him back.

"Don't charge."

"These stone golems are slow; if you charge in, you'll just get hit by their skills instead."

"Just like this, let them walk slowly while we retreat slowly."

Xu Le wasn't in a hurry either, kiting them as he fought; whenever Mental Shock was ready, he would fire another one off.

True, with his ultra-high damage reduction, charging in with the Demon-Breaking Blade to hack at them would definitely be faster and safe.

But that has no style!

Being cool is a lifelong pursuit.

As a mage, charging in with a blade would ruin his image... In the hall.

The alarm for Zone Seven sounded.

Everyone turned their gazes toward Ning Que.

Ning Que didn't keep them in suspense or play around; he directly clicked to enlarge the screen.

The map showed two figures appearing, followed by a dense crowd of chasing stone golems.

Someone instantly started cursing: "Is this team missing a brain cell? The Soul Stone Golems' weakness is so obvious, can't they see it?"

"Exactly, they've already lost three teammates, yet they still haven't learned. Their mindset is no good either, looking back while they run."

"So stupid it makes me want to cry, I want to go run a few laps for them."

...Many people were scolding, but more people thought it didn't look right.

It was just that they didn't understand Xu Le's duo's goal either, so they watched patiently.

They couldn't really be planning to farm Soul Stone Golems, could they?

"No, they didn't lose three teammates; there have always been only two of them."

Just as that person finished speaking, they saw the leading stone golem fall, shattering into pieces of rock.

Then, like a chain reaction, the stone golems began to fall one after another.