40: Chapter 40: The Final Epic Buff Before the Big Exam!

For the next few days, Lin Feng simply stopped going to school altogether.

During the day, he dove headfirst into the major shopping malls in the city center, buying supplies like crazy.

At night, he stayed indoors, focusing on adjusting the ecological structure of his Chaos Territory.

The massive sum of 100 million was being spent as fast as flowing water.

Correspondingly, Lin Feng's comprehensive combat power was skyrocketing at rocket speed.

During this time, his optical computer received an email from Tang You.

The little rich girl's words were filled with undisguised pride, claiming that her Phantom Color Spirit Dragon had successfully reached Tier 4, and she insisted on competing against him in the exam hall.

The girl was poorly informed and still thought Lin Feng's trump card was only Tier 4.

Besides Tang You, he heard that Gu Ze and Chu Yun weren't idle either, spending every day holed up in the simulation rooms, grinding away.

Gu Ze's Titan Thunder Bear was just a thin layer of paper away from reaching Tier 4.

Once it broke through, surviving the fifth wave of the Big Exam would be a sure thing.

By dumping resources, Chu Yun finally managed to cultivate a Tier 3 leader in his Kobold tribe, but whether he could safely pass the threshold would still depend on luck.

In short, the Big Exam was imminent, and everyone was giving it their all.

Lin Feng, naturally, wouldn't drop the ball.

Holding a 300x time accelerator in his hands, a single day of development in his territory was equivalent to over half a year for others.

In the blink of an eye, two-plus months passed by.

There were only two days left until the All-Alliance Big Exam!

Every street and alley in Xinghai City was under martial law.

The Alliance Guard and military armored vehicles were patrolling 24 hours a day without interruption.

This was the same principle as blocking roads and prohibiting honking during the college entrance exams on Earth.

But in the Main World, the security level was set to the maximum.

Lin Feng stood on the third-floor balcony looking down.

In just over ten minutes, three or four fully armed military convoys rumbled past.

During the Big Exam, anyone who dared to gather and cause trouble would definitely be executed on the spot.

The extent of the Alliance's importance placed on this selection was evident.

"You have a new email."

His smart bracelet's green light flashed; it was a message from Tang You.

"The joint exam is at the Municipal Hall the day after tomorrow. I'll come pick you up in the morning."

To eliminate any possibility of cheating, all hundred-plus thousand candidates in the city had to gather at the Municipal Hall for unified simulation.

The invigilation lineup was terrifying.

Mayor Zhao Tingfeng, General Yan Xiao of the military, and a special envoy parachuted in from the Imperial Capital.

Three major figures were invigilating on the same stage.

With this kind of setup, even the most powerful aristocratic families couldn't hope to pull any tricks.

The Municipal Hall would be set up with a thousand specially made simulation pods.

With over a hundred thousand candidates taking turns, the winners and losers could all be decided within a single day.

"Alright, thank you for the trouble."

Lin Feng typed a reply on his keyboard.

Having a car pick him up was far better than squeezing onto a bus himself.

He had heard that the Big Exam had a total of ten waves of monster sieges.

He wondered just how insane the intensity of the final few waves would be.

A few days ago at Tang You's house, the simulation pod had forced a shutdown after only the sixth wave, so he hadn't been able to measure the limit at all.

With his current foundation, whether he could sweep through and clear it was hard to say.

He was just pondering this.

"Ding! Chaos Territory has successfully cultivated a Tier 3 leader!"

"Ding! Bai Ze has absorbed a massive amount of spiritual herbs and is applying for a breakthrough! Requires consumption of chaos purple qi!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for meeting the combat power requirement, officially advancing to a Tier 4 Deity!"

A series of shrill mechanical sounds exploded in his mind.

On the eve of the Big Exam, his combat power had ushered in another epic surge!

Lin Feng was overjoyed, his divine sense instantly sinking into the Chaos Territory.

After more than two months of brutal 'gu' cultivation.

On the vast wilderness, over a thousand Tier 3 mutant leaders had successfully emerged!

These monsters were all local tyrants; he didn't know how many of their own kind they had chewed up to climb to this position.

Each leader brought a group of lackeys, occupying their own hills, tearing at each other to grab territory.

Lin Feng felt very gratified.

Letting the low-level creatures slaughter each other was indeed the fastest shortcut to grinding combat power.

For a normal person to cultivate one Tier 3 leader, they would have to spend massive amounts of resources and time slowly grinding it out.

Lin Feng, on the other hand, bought a pile of the cheapest cannon fodder and threw them into the field.

Relying on the 10x evolution passive, he had forcibly raised a thousand-strong supervisory team!

Although these monsters fought fiercely among themselves, they held absolute fanaticism and loyalty toward Lin Feng, their Creator.

He opened the panel to take a look.

Two months ago, his combat power was only over 4 million; now it had directly doubled, skyrocketing to over 8 million!

Breaking through the 5 million threshold meant that Lin Feng had completely stepped into the ranks of Tier 4 Deity.

"Ding! Bai Ze's foundation is full, ready to advance to Tier 5! Approve consumption of chaos purple qi?"

"Ding! Host has advanced to Tier 4 Deity, issuing one advancement gift package!"

"Open it immediately!"

Lin Feng rubbed his hands together, not hesitating at all.

"Ding! Congratulations on obtaining: One Divine Beast Phoenix Awakening Card!"

"Ding! Congratulations on obtaining: One Flame Volcano terrain card!"

"Ding! Congratulations on obtaining: A quantity of chaos purple qi!"

This wave of rewards was simply heaven-defying!

Lin Feng dealt with Bai Ze's upgrade first.

"Approved. Well done, this is your reward."

He gathered a blurry giant face in the high sky and waved his hand, scattering all the chaos purple qi he had just drawn.

"Thank you, Master! This subordinate will swear absolute loyalty until death!"

Bai Ze excitedly prostrated on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly.

Without this thing, it would never break through the Tier 5 barrier in its lifetime.

A brilliant light shone, and Bai Ze was enveloped in a holy cocoon of light, beginning a long transformation.

Having settled Bai Ze, Lin Feng stared intently at the Phoenix card in his system inventory.

Legend has it that the Divine Beast Phoenix controls the World-Extinguishing Karma Fire, burning everything to ash.

Furthermore, it can be reborn from the flames, possessing an immortal body.

This was absolutely a nuclear-level weapon of mass destruction!

"Hint: The Phoenix's arrival requires an extremely pure, high-temperature fire-type terrain! The higher the temperature, the more perfect the potential release!"

Fire-type terrain?

Lin Feng scanned his territory.

There were indeed a few ordinary active volcanoes, but the temperature clearly didn't meet the Divine Beast's requirements.

That's right! Didn't the gift package just give him a Flame Volcano card!

Rumor has it that the Flame Volcano flows entirely with Samadhi True Fire, and the temperature is terrifyingly high.

It was a perfect match to use as a nest for the Phoenix.

"System, place the Flame Volcano!"

Lin Feng chose a desolate lava basin and directly shattered the card.

Boom!

A heatwave capable of burning the sky and boiling the sea swept in all directions.

A giant volcano, crimson all over and spewing terrifying tongues of fire, rose from the ground.

The moment it appeared, the temperature within several hundred miles instantly increased more than tenfold!

Nearby vegetation instantly withered, ignited, and turned into flying ash.

Not even a single living creature managed to escape.

This temperature was at least ten thousand degrees!

It was completely a forbidden zone for life!

With the environment created, Lin Feng decisively shattered the Phoenix Awakening Card.

A dazzling golden light gathered above the firmament.

Fire danced across the sky!

A divine bird with a phoenix crown on its head and a tail dragging colorful clouds bathed in raging fire and spread its wings to fly high.

As its wings flapped, it scattered countless destructive sparks. Touching even a little could burn through rock.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully awakening: Tier 4 Phoenix!"

Since the host reached Tier 4, the summoned Divine Beast also started at Tier 4!

The system added some trivia: According to the "classic of mountains and seas", the Phoenix is the supreme divine bird that combines the Imperial Bird, Luan Bird, and Feng Bird.

Absolutely orthodox bloodline!

As soon as the Tier 4 Phoenix was born, its peerless ferocity instantly covered the entire field.

The thousand-plus Tier 3 leaders that had just broken through the siege were all terrified, lying on the ground shaking frantically, prostrating themselves in worship of the Creator's great power.

In the mountains far away, Taotie turned over without even lifting an eyelid, clearly used to such big scenes.

Bai Ze was busy upgrading and didn't have time to pay attention.

The sky where Zhulong was located darkened for a moment, then immediately brightened again, just as a way of saying hello.