16: Chapter 16: Battle Power Soars by 580,000! Bai Ze and Taotie Both Level Up!

[Deity: Lin Feng]

[Divine Rank: Tier 2 Deity]

[Divine Office: Chaos Overlord]

[Divine Territory Area: 403,000 square kilometers (75% Barren Land, 24% Primeval Ancient Forest, 1% Breeze Plains)]

[Resource Output: None]

[Faithful Followers: 1,158 Taotie Sub-entities (Tier 2), 1,000,000 Fat-Wool Sheep (Tier 0), 1,000,000 Iron-Hoof Cows (Tier 0)]

[Core Lords: Taotie Juvenile (Tier 4), Bai Ze Juvenile (Tier 3)]

[Divine Privilege: Absolute Devour (Tier 2)]

[Comprehensive Combat Power: 321,000]

[Divine Power Reserve: 62,010 drops]

Combat power had skyrocketed to over 300,000!

"Ding! The Taotie has absorbed enough flesh and blood essence, Divine Privilege 'Absolute Devour' has automatically upgraded to Tier 2!"

"Ding! Bai Ze is about to break through from Tier 3 to Tier 4. The upgrade process requires consuming some chaos purple qi. Do you authorize this?"

The upgrade speed was much faster than expected.

It was probably because of the several high-intensity battles today, which had forced out all the potential of his species.

chaos purple qi was indeed hard to come by, but to cultivate the best support, Lin Feng didn't care about this bit of consumption.

"Authorize immediately, allow Bai Ze to break through!"

"Ding! Command received, allowing Bai Ze to consume chaos purple qi to initiate the breakthrough!"

A cold, mechanical voice rang in his mind.

Inside the divine territory, Bai Ze knelt respectfully on the ground: "Thank you, Overlord, for the reward!"

Immediately after, blinding white light erupted from its entire body, and the surrounding purple mist began to surge madly into its body.

Advancing was a long process.

Lin Feng simply cranked the time flow of the divine territory to the max, adjusting it to one to one hundred.

Two hours passed in the outside world.

"Ding! Reporting to the host, Bai Ze has successfully entered the Tier 4 ranks!"

Done!

Lin Feng immediately cast his divine sense into the Chaos Territory.

High in the sky, Bai Ze was spreading its wings and soaring.

Its body size was a whole circle larger than before, and with its wings spread, it looked like a heavy fighter jet.

The snow-white feathers all over its body exuded an inviolable, sacred majesty.

"Thank you, Overlord, for bestowing this power."

Sensing Lin Feng's divine sense descending, Bai Ze landed obediently on the edge of a cliff and bowed its head in gratitude.

"Serve me well, and there will be no shortage of benefits for you in the future."

Lin Feng mobilized his divine power, condensed a blurry giant face in mid-air, and casually gave a warning.

Just as he finished speaking.

The Taotie, which had been sleeping in a nearby valley, suddenly rolled over, making a grumbling sound in its mouth.

This ancient, fierce beast that could swallow an entire grassland in one bite was actually acting jealous!

Ever since Bai Ze arrived, the Taotie clearly felt it had fallen out of favor and was acting like a wronged little puppy, trying to curry favor.

Lin Feng was speechless.

He couldn't be bothered with this simple-minded creature and turned his mind to communicate with the system: "System, now that Bai Ze has reached Tier 4, has it comprehended any new divine skills?"

"Reporting to the host, data is being parsed!"

"Tier 4 Bai Ze has automatically unlocked a brand new passive skill — Fortune Blessing!"

[Fortune Blessing: As the absolute embodiment of auspiciousness, Bai Ze can reverse misfortune. Itself and surrounding friendly units will receive a layer of high-level luck enhancement.]

Fortune?

These two words sounded a bit abstract.

"System, speak human, what is the specific use of this skill?" Lin Feng asked.

After a detailed breakdown by the system, he finally understood.

The so-called Fortune Blessing was, simply put, a super aura that increased luck for everyone!

For example, on a battlefield with thousands of troops, the arrow rain shot by the enemy would normally accurately hit his own species.

But once protected by the Fortune aura, the enemy's arrows would inexplicably miss.

Or, facing the lightning ultimate move previously released by Gu Ze, as long as the luck was good enough, the falling lightning would perfectly avoid the heads of friendly units.

"That's truly perverted!"

Lin Feng gasped.

This was definitely a lifesaver for unlucky players!

The most terrifying point was that this was a passive skill!

As long as Bai Ze was alive on the battlefield, the aura effect would never disappear.

When it came to a battle between two armies, if his side hit every shot and the enemy missed everything, how could this battle be fought? It was a complete dimensionality reduction strike!

In addition to the new skill, Bai Ze's old skills had also been greatly strengthened.

The active skill that cleared all negative status effects now had its cooldown compressed from one minute to ten seconds!

The true damage against dark-type and undead-type creatures had soared to thirty times!

"Very good."

Lin Feng closed Bai Ze's details page with satisfaction.

With two Tier 4 trump cards in hand, tomorrow's Ten-School Joint Exam would definitely be as stable as Mount Tai.

"Ding! The Taotie has finished digesting all the flesh and blood essence, and its foundation has been enhanced."

"Ding! Divine Privilege [Absolute Devour] has successfully upgraded to Tier 2!"

The mechanical voice continued to broadcast.

"The privilege skill also upgraded?"

Lin Feng felt a surge of joy and quickly opened the skill panel.

"Absolute Devour (Tier 2): Create a death black hole within a radius of three kilometers, forcibly instantly killing all life forms below Tier 2. Each activation consumes 10,000 drops of divine power!"

The attack radius had expanded from one kilometer to three kilometers, and the level cap for instant kills had also been raised by one tier.

Lin Feng curled his lips into a smile.

This kind of divine skill that ignored defense and killed instantly had practical value that completely crushed all the flashy tricks on the market.

At this moment, the territory's comprehensive combat power was approaching the 600,000 mark.

As long as he saved up 1,000,000, he could leap to become a Tier 3 Deity and stand on equal footing with the homeroom teachers of the senior year.

However, what he heard in the principal's office today made him completely sober up.

The path of godhood was long and endless.

Only by reaching Tier 5 could one be qualified to step onto the Outer Realm Battlefield as a grunt.

Not to mention the legendary, high-and-mighty Tier 9 True God.

In the eyes of true peerless powerhouses, Tier 3 or 4 didn't even amount to a fart.

What Ten-School Joint Exam.

To put it bluntly, it was just a stepping stone on his path to ascending to the supreme divine throne!

...

Early the next morning, before dawn.

Lin Feng was awakened by the noise outside the villa.

Today was the big day of the Ten-School Joint Exam, and holographic projection screens were flashing non-stop in the streets and alleys of the entire Xinghai City.

They were all looping the promotional videos for the exam.

The streets were full of people, and the noise came in waves.

He couldn't get back to sleep, so Lin Feng sighed, simply put on his clothes, and went out early.

Strolling to the breakfast stall at the street corner, the guy selling pancakes was skillfully packing food for customers.

"Sigh, it's the once-a-year Ten-School Joint Exam again."

"I'm really envious. If only I could have gone up there to compete back then, I wouldn't have ended up selling pancakes here."

The stall owner muttered and complained while spreading the batter.

Lin Feng walked to the stall and casually ordered a few breakfast items to fill his stomach.

"Haha, you're dreaming."

"With your measly cultivation, you still want to get involved in this level of god-tier fighting?"

"Out of the ten high schools in the city, only the top ten students from each school are qualified to take the stage!"

The diners at the tables nearby heard the stall owner bragging and laughed out loud.

"Laughing at me? Aren't you guys the same as me?"

The stall owner immediately got annoyed upon hearing this, "Those who can go to participate in the joint exam are all top geniuses who are guaranteed to enter first-class deity universities. Aren't they a hundred times better than you?"

"A bunch of guys who can't even touch the entrance ticket, the pot calling the kettle black!"

Lin Feng listened to the bickering around him and shook his head helplessly.

In his previous life on Earth, there was also something called the college entrance exam.

However, the Main World's joint exam carried much more weight than the one on Earth.

On Earth, no matter how heaven-defying one's exam scores were, or how good the university was, after graduation, one would most likely still go to work for a big boss.

At most, one would be a high-level wage earner with a slightly higher salary.

But the Main World was completely different.

As long as one got into a top university, one could soar to the sky and become a true deity.

In this world, deity rank represented all power and wealth.

Therefore, no matter how rich or powerful a family was, they would scrape together every penny to send their children to school to grind it out.

They were aiming for the threshold of a first-class university.

"Little brother, you look young, you must be in high school too, right."

The stall owner handed the packed pancakes to Lin Feng and advised him earnestly, "Look at these top students broadcast on TV today, you must take them as role models!"

"Spend more effort on cultivation, even if you can't make it to the ten-school arena, at least don't end up like me, out here in the wind and sun."

Facing the stall owner's kind heart, Lin Feng was at a loss for words.

"Uh... I will work hard, thanks."

After paying, Lin Feng took the breakfast and turned to leave.

On the giant screens on both sides of the road, the latest news about the joint exam was still scrolling.

The giant glass curtain walls of several department stores in the city center had also all been changed to the live broadcast preview interface.

Lin Feng carried the soy milk, eating as he walked.

Suddenly, a pitch-black luxury hover car parked steadily on the curb beside him.