27: conflict

Bang! Bang! Bang...

The HP of one Soul Stone Golem after another was depleted, and their massive bodies crashed onto the ground, shattering into pieces.

Those loud thuds felt as if they were striking the hearts of everyone watching.

Everyone stood up, craning their necks to look at the disheveled figures on the screen.

Were those figures disheveled? No!

Those figures were incredibly cool, deeply etched into the minds of everyone.

"Check!"

"Hurry and check what classes those two are! Which school are they from?"

The words snapped everyone out of their daze.

Everyone looked at Ning Que excitedly.

"The exam isn't over yet, this goes against the rules!"

As Ning Que said this, everyone sat back down, dejected.

However, they quickly craned their necks again, watching the scene on the screen, afraid of missing any exciting moments.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Ning Que felt like ants were crawling all over him, so he cleared his throat and added:

"However, just looking up their names without interfering in the actual exam should be fine."

Everyone stood up immediately, afraid of being even half a second late.

Ning Que entered a string of command runes, and the information for the two of them popped up.

[Examinee] Xu Le

[Rank] 30

[Class] Contractor

[Points] 36.5

[School] Jiucheng Second Middle School

[Examinee] Li Yang

[Rank] 25

[Class] Heavy Shield Guard

[Points] 33.5

[School] Jiucheng Second Middle School

"Are you kidding me! Those two guys who are so fierce on screen, you're telling me they are an F-Rank Contractor and a B-Rank Heavy Shield Guard?"

"Director Ning, is this information accurate?"

"Director Ning, is it possible those Soul Stone Golems are just acting for us?"

...

Ning Que himself was stunned.

He had also seen the flying Little Yellow Chicken and the dogs everywhere, and had imagined countless SSS-Rank hidden classes.

And this was it? He would have been better off not looking!

Now he just wanted to grab Xu Le and Li Yang and ask them what was going on.

"Wait, look closely, the two examinees haven't lifted a finger the whole time; it's the contracted beasts that are powerful."

"What kind of Contractor can contract over a hundred contracted beasts? You believe that?"

"Could it be an outstanding descendant from a big Family in another district sent here to smurf?"

"Such outstanding talent, would your Family be willing to throw them here to smurf?"

...

The argument continued endlessly, but on this day, the names of Xu Le and Li Yang became famous throughout the exam center and were destined to become famous throughout the entire Ninth District.

...

"Ooh—"

The last Soul Stone Golem fell to the ground unwillingly, and the scene was suddenly cleared.

Xu Le hurriedly directed the Little Dog Clone to pick up the dropped equipment and Skill books.

There were three Skill books.

One was "Rock Armor," and one was "Descent from Heaven," both restricted to defensive classes, so Xu Le threw them directly to Li Yang.

"Brother Le, I..."

Li Yang wanted to refuse, but was directly interrupted by Xu Le: "We are brothers, don't say such things."

Li Yang pursed his lips. If it were before, he would have thought about using Credits to compensate.

First, the debt of saving his life, then the help in the exam, and now, gifting him Skills.

'Sigh, I can only repay this with my life in this lifetime.'

Looking at Xu Le again, his eyes had become determined: 'I will pledge my life to serve him in this life, and I will never betray him!'

[Ding, Li Yang voluntarily wants to become your servant. Do you accept?]

"What the!"

Xu Le was startled, unable to care about the last Skill book, and looked at Li Yang strangely.

Li Yang felt guilty and his eyes drifted: "Brother Le, what is the last Skill book?"

Xu Le sighed slightly, thinking of his talent's "All Ascend to Heaven" trait, and then thinking of Li Yang's desire to become stronger. While he was hesitant, the System's prompt sounded again.

[Ding, detected that Li Yang is also of human bloodline, does not meet the requirements for accepting a servant.]

Xu Le breathed a sigh of relief. He really didn't want to turn a brother into a servant, so he looked at the last Skill book.

[Skill] Earth Spike

[Quality] Common

[Learning Requirement] Magic-based class, Rank ≥ 30

[Skill Description] Consumes 120 mana to create an Earth Spike under the target, dealing spirit × 1.5 damage. Cooldown: 120 seconds.

"Another means of attack."

Without any hesitation, he chose to use it immediately.

The "Earth Spike" Skill, after the talent bonus, had its damage increased from spirit × 1.5 to spirit × 4.

Among the loot, there was also an Epic-grade warrior armor, which could add 120 points to dual defense and 6000 points to HP.

However, it required Rank 35 to wear.

Xu Le also threw it to Li Yang. As for the rest of the equipment, they were all common goods, so he would just throw them into the shop.

I have to say, the drop rate in the Fallen Zone is really high.

The two continued to walk forward.

After clearing out a batch of monsters, they saw examinees for the first time.

It was a five-person team, currently surrounding and killing a Magic Bull.

In the very front was a golden, burly student, followed by four long-range support classes.

That burly student didn't hold a shield; he was holding two axes, hacking fiercely at the Magic Bull's head without any intention of dodging or blocking.

Li Yang watched with toothache, feeling as if he were that golden, burly man, being constantly butted by the Magic Bull's horns; it looked painful just watching.

Song Jie, who was being butted, had unspeakable suffering. Behind him were all long-range classes; if he dodged, the four behind him would likely be wiped out by a single charge from the Magic Bull.

But if he didn't dodge, his HP wasn't high either; if the Magic Bull used an execution Skill, he would be finished immediately.

Seeing Xu Le and his companion, he hurriedly shouted: "Brothers, can you heal or help tank for a bit? I'll split the points with you half and half."

"Sure!"

Xu Le had originally planned to pass by, but after hearing this, he threw a [Life Recovery] Skill at Song Jie.

Whoosh!

Song Jie felt a warm current, and his HP, which was originally less than 1/10, instantly refilled.

'What the!'

'What kind of Skill is that? It almost refilled me in one go.'

While he was thinking this, the Magic Bull let out a mournful cry and fell directly to the ground.

Song Jie hurriedly picked up the dropped items and ran to Xu Le.

"Thanks, brother."

"I just got 1.2 points; there are five of us, so that's 6 points in total. I'll split half with you, that's 3 points."

As he said this, he transferred 3 points directly to Xu Le.

[Warning, you are performing an unauthorized operation.]

[If you continue, you may be disqualified from continuing the exam. Do you wish to continue?]

A mechanical voice came from both of their bracelets simultaneously.

The two hurriedly separated and stopped the operation at the same time.

Losing the qualification for the exam for three points would be a huge loss.

Song Jie was a bit embarrassed: "Sorry, I can't give you the points. But I can't take advantage of you for free, the loot belongs to you."

Saying this, he handed over the equipment and Skill books he had picked up.

[Skill] Savage Charge

[Quality] Epic

[Learning Requirement] Melee class, Strength ≥ 200, Physique ≥ 120

[Skill Description] Consumes 180 mana to charge at the enemy, dealing Strength × 1.5 damage.

The equipment was similar to the one Li Yang had obtained earlier.

Xu Le thought for a moment and said: "I could have won even without helping you, I only want the Skill book."

Song Jie's teammates gathered around at this time, mocking coldly: "You yourself know you could have won without helping, so how do you have the face to take the Skill book?"