195: Chapter 0195 Points Explosion

Moreover, the score was fluctuating every minute, and the speed of fluctuation was getting faster and faster, showing a trend of far surpassing Li Size's surging points.

Li Size was confused in his heart. What exactly happened?

Even cheating couldn't achieve such a rapid accumulation of kill points, unless one possessed the strength to single-handedly form an army!

He vaguely realized that his previous suspicion of Barmont cheating was wrong; this person was a true Genius!

He wondered what method Barmont was using.

Among the Wizard factions, the Alchemy System, Summoning System, and Necromancy System are the easiest to achieve one-man army status. He wondered which one Barmont belonged to.

Judging by the growth rate of the score, Li Size vaguely felt that Barmont must be of the Necromancy System:

Slowly accumulating strength in the early stage, once it reaches a qualitative change from a quantitative change, it becomes an unstoppable force!

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Secret Realm, Arnold was trembling with rage as he watched the score on the leaderboard where both Li Size and Barmont had surpassed him.

He kicked over the solid wood table in front of him, shattering the gem-inlaid magic crystal cup on the floor into pieces. His scarlet eyes were filled with unwillingness and fury:

"Li Size! You lowly peasant! How dare you step on my head?"

"When we leave the examination hall, I will make you wish you were dead! I will use all of my father's power to make you and your blacksmith shop disappear completely!"

The Patrol Officers beside him were so scared they huddled together, not daring to breathe loudly. They could only watch him roar like an out-of-control beast, yet no one dared to step forward to dissuade him.

Deep in the forest, Barmont watched Li Size's score suddenly surge. The number of necromantic servants behind him was jumping wildly according to the mental contract:

250, 255, 262...

He clenched his fist and then calmly looked ahead. A trace of bloodthirsty excitement flashed in his scarlet pupils:

"Li Size, you truly are my worthy opponent! But it's a pity, you no longer have a chance now!"

He turned and continued collecting Magic Monster corpses, stepping on the decaying leaves. The path beneath his feet had already extended eight kilometers deep into the forest.

The number of necromantic servants broke through the 300 mark in the mental link, and the numbers on the score panel flickered almost every second.

His father's military strategy told him:

Even a tiger uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit!

Enslaving more necromantic servants is the only way to completely leave Li Size behind!

The growth rate of necromantic servants became faster and faster: 350, 400...

For every Magic Monster corpse that fell, a new necromantic servant joined his Ranks.

Barmont's steps pushed deeper: ten kilometers, fifteen kilometers, twenty kilometers.

In the shadows of the forest, his figure was like an emissary of the God of Death, commanding an ever-growing undead army.

The numbers on the score panel flickered more frequently, climbing almost every second, rapidly widening the gap with Li Size.

At the same time, on the public leaderboard in the Secret Realm examination hall, Li Size's score suddenly stagnated, immediately sparking discussion:

"Did Li Size get killed by the Magic Monsters lured by the Patrol Officers?"

"I heard someone saw cheaters ganging up on him!"

"Maybe he encountered a First Ring Magic Monster, leaving him no chance for rescue!"

Some even asserted that he had given up on the exam, especially seeing Barmont's score skyrocketing every second; this sentiment grew louder.

The candidates and invigilating teachers who had bet on Barmont winning were secretly delighted.

Although Jackson, who had bet on Li Size, felt uneasy, he was still unwilling to believe that Li Size would fall just like that.

He gritted his teeth and turned to hunt the Magic Monsters around the city even more frantically, as if trying to prove something.

On the other side, Li Size had retreated to the giant rock at the edge of the forest, frowning deeply as he watched Barmont's score on the leaderboard fluctuate faster and faster.

Barmont's score was still climbing at a rate of nearly a hundred points per second; that stable growth curve was like a dull knife, repeatedly cutting at his nerves.

"I previously thought Arnold was the biggest opponent, but I didn't expect the truly ruthless character to be hiding behind."

He muttered to himself self-deprecatingly, and the handful of sorcery bullets in his palm fell rustlingly due to the force he exerted:

"I still underestimated the heroes of the world..."

The wind swept up the stray hairs on Li Size's forehead, revealing the sharpness in his eyes. He quickly accessed the knowledge about the Necromancy System stored in his mind:

Felina had once told him that 1 point of Mental Energy could, at most, enslave 100 high-Rank Zero Ring necromantic servants.

Barmont, as a top provincial Genius, probably had 7 to 8 points of Mental Energy—meaning his limit was 800.

Li Size tapped the air with his fingers, calculating:

"800 high-Rank Zero Rings, each killing 1 Magic Monster per minute, resulting in 8000 points per minute?"

"No, the Magic Monsters have different Ranks..."

"But even with a conservative estimate, his growth rate is terrifyingly fast."

He gritted his teeth:

"I must bring out my real skills; I can't rely on tricks anymore."

Turning to look at the distant outline of the city, Li Size's eyes became firm.

The Ministry of Education in the Secret Realm promised:

As long as the score is high enough, Materials are unlimited!

This was to give research-oriented talents who were not skilled in combat a fair opportunity!

But where in the world is there absolute fairness? If it were absolutely fair, it would precisely be unfair to those who had already put in the effort.

However, regardless of fairness, this mechanism was exactly Li Size's opportunity!

"Mechanical Alchemy army..."

"drone Swarm Tactic!"

His heart pounded fiercely:

"I lacked Materials and energy before, but now I have both—enough to pile up an army!"

Half an hour later, Li Size rushed into the Materials Exchange point in the city.

But he did not exchange for Materials first; instead, he first rented a Laboratory for 24 hours and buried himself in the final sprint of the Laboratory.

His research on the gatling sorcery machine tool and the three major module machine tools for drones was actually nearing completion before the major examination.

It was just that Felina and Gelia both felt that Alchemy Machinery was useless under the new examination rules and had asked him to put it aside temporarily.

They hadn't expected that after Li Size entered the Secret Realm examination hall, events would unfold dramatically, and the situation would eventually turn into a decisive battle for the title of Genius between Li Size and Barmont.

And at this moment, the only thing Li Size could rely on to turn the tide was the drone Swarm Tactic!

He had already overcome all the technical problems for the gatling automatic production line sorcery machine tool; the technical accumulation was sufficient, and now only the final step remained:

"[Consume 40,000 Energy Points, Pay-to-Win Analysis for 'gatling Automatic Production Line sorcery machine tool Blueprint']"

His 500,000 Energy Points instantly decreased by a small segment.

This was the result of converting all the gold coins from the recent sales of the little sorcerer donkey and arms sales, roughly 10,000 gold coins, into Energy Points before entering the examination hall.

Looking at the massive amount of Energy Points, he secretly rejoiced:

I wonder if this counts as cheating?

This feeling of clearly cheating but having no one able to catch me seems quite nice, doesn't it?

While lost in thought, the broken concepts and ideas Li Size had before seemed to come alive, assembling into machine tool parts, and then becoming part of the blueprint.