20: Zhang Baipao

At the entrance queue for the Martial Exam Trial.

Everyone stared at the points leaderboard in stunned silence.

"How is this possible? Lin Chen only went in 10 minutes ago!"

"The wristband must be broken. How could he have hunted a Second-Stage exotic beast in such a short time?"

Qin Yu looked at the ranking on the points wristband and immediately roared with jealousy:

"This Lin Chen must be cheating. I'm from the same city as him."

"He was only in the Martial Master Realm a month ago. How could he possibly be killing Second-Stage exotic beasts now?"

People nearby began to voice their doubts.

Even a top-tier Genius at the Late Stage of the Martial Artist Realm couldn't possibly kill a Second-Stage exotic beast so quickly!

Hmph!

Suddenly!

A cold snort rang out.

The pressure from a Martial King Realm expert silenced all the queuing students.

"The points wristband won't make mistakes. In this world, nothing is impossible!"

"If you are trash, don't question others."

The Chief Examiner Lu Hui was seen floating above everyone's heads.

He swept his contemptuous gaze over the people present and shouted angrily.

"Go and work hard to kill exotic beasts. The federal elite universities only want Geniuses. If you're trash, get lost and go home early!"

After speaking, Lu Hui withdrew his Aura.

With a flash, he instantly vanished.

Huff~

Only then did everyone catch their breath.

"Chief Examiner Lu is known as the devil instructor of Modu Martial University. That Aura just now was too terrifying."

"Since Lin Chen couldn't have cheated, then his talent is truly terrifying!"

"He must be an S-rank Genius, or even an SS-rank Genius!"

An A-rank Genius can fight across one Realm!

An S-rank Genius can fight across two Realms!

And so on; an SSS-rank Genius can fight across four Realms!

Hiss~

A series of gasps filled the air.

Chen Lanxin was still looking for partners.

Looking at Lin Chen's points.

The next moment, she felt extremely regretful, and even a hint of jealousy~

"The leaderboard changed again!"

1st Place: Lin Chen – 2000 points

...

Students who had already entered the trial area also looked at the leaderboard with shocked expressions.

First-Stage exotic beast area.

Bang!

An Early Stage First-Stage Black Armored Pig was pierced through the head by three purple flying daggers and collapsed powerlessly.

The three flying daggers hovered silently above the head of a young girl wearing a purple combat suit with a graceful figure.

"Finally killed it! Relying on my Mental Energy flying daggers, I can even hunt Intermediate First-Stage exotic beasts alone."

Li Zixuan happily collected the life core and subconsciously looked at the points board.

"Lin Chen..."

Li Zixuan froze instantly.

Her mind flashed back to a figure fighting the Unicorn Wolf King alone.

"Is it you? ..."

Li Zixuan felt extremely conflicted.

That youth had once saved her life, and she had always assumed he had been eaten by the Unicorn Wolf King.

After that night.

She had stayed at that outpost for over half a month.

Hoping to see him again, but Lin Chen never appeared again.

"Have you already become this strong..."

Li Zixuan looked into the distance with a complicated expression...

Another part of the First-Stage exotic beast area.

Five figures in black combat suits were besieging a Late Stage First-Stage exotic beast.

One Late Stage Martial Artist, four Intermediate Stage Martial Artists.

The exotic beast was already covered in hideous wounds and was at the end of its rope.

"Young Master Mo, hurry, kill it."

Seeing this, Chen Mo did not hesitate and decapitated the exotic beast with one slash.

The rule of the Martial Exam Trial is that whoever makes the final kill gets the points.

Chen Mo excitedly pried out the exotic beast's life core.

He tossed it directly to one of them.

"Many thanks, Young Master Mo."

"Follow me from now on, and do things for me in the academy, and you won't lack resources."

Chen Mo was very proud.

As an heir to a Martial King Family, he never lacked such low-level life cores.

Last time, in order to get Li Zixuan.

He took her hunting at night, wanting to take advantage of the situation, but Lin Chen had killed his way in halfway through!

At the thought of Lin Chen, a trace of anger appeared in Chen Mo's eyes.

"It was too good for you to be torn apart by the Unicorn Wolf."

At this moment.

"Young Master Mo, look at the leaderboard quickly. Someone is leading by so many points!"

Chen Mo suspiciously opened his wristband to look.

In an instant, the veins on Chen Mo's body bulged, and his eyes turned bloodshot with bloodlust.

"It's Lin Chen!"

"It must be you. You actually aren't dead yet."

"Good, good. Heaven has given me a chance. I will torture you to death!"

Chen Mo roared with his eyes splitting.

"Young Master Mo, who is this Lin Chen? Do you have a grudge against him?"

One person asked.

Chen Mo immediately regained his composure, his expression sinister:

"Just a dying man. Let's continue."

...

Lin Chen did not know how much shock he had brought to others.

He looked at the Second-Stage exotic beasts here with glowing eyes.

They were all energy points.

A single Early Stage Second-Stage life core was worth more than 30 million on the market!

Lin Chen began his crazy hunting spree in the Second-Stage exotic beast area.

With his purple lightning Domain boosted, an Early Stage Second-Stage exotic beast could be killed in seconds with one bolt of lightning.

Intermediate Stage Second-Stage exotic beasts only needed two more slashes.

Late Stage Second-Stage exotic beasts were relatively rarer.

When he encountered them, Lin Chen would unleash his full power and resolve the battle in a few minutes.

Behind him.

Duan Peng and Jiang Yueru were already numb.

They hadn't found a single living exotic beast along the way!

All they saw were corpses of exotic beasts everywhere.

Most of the exotic beast corpses were severely damaged, as if they had suffered a crushing attack.

Too brutal!

Both of them had the urge to turn around and leave immediately.

It felt like there was a prehistoric beast ahead.

Duan Peng looked at the data on the points leaderboard that Lin Chen was crazily updating, his eyes dull.

"This Lin Chen is too perverted."

"He won't even let us have a sip of soup."

Duan Peng sighed while looking at the piles of exotic beast corpses.

Jiang Yueru's cold eyes were also moved at this moment.

"Let's split up from both sides. He shouldn't have hunted the exotic beasts near the edges yet."

The three areas of the Martial Exam Trial were actually all on the same mountain.

There was a high-voltage grid in the middle separating them, and even Second-Stage exotic beasts dared not cross it.

The two of them helplessly rushed quickly toward the edge of the trial area.

On the other side, Lin Chen didn't even know how many exotic beasts he had hunted.

The Second-Stage exotic beast area was huge, and Lin Chen kept his Mental Energy coverage within a thousand-meter range.

For some Early Stage Second-Stage exotic beasts, he only needed to wrap his Mental Energy around three flying daggers to solve them from a distance!

By now, he had probably only hunted a third of the Second-Stage exotic beast area.

Looking at the astonishing number of life cores in his space ring, Lin Chen was very excited.

Continue hunting!

What Lin Chen didn't know was.

Thousands of meters in the sky, three figures stood in the air.

They were observing Lin Chen's every move.

From the moment he hunted his first Second-Stage exotic beast, he had attracted the attention of these people.

Among the three, one was the bearded man Lu Hui, who was also the Chief Examiner of this Martial Exam Trial.

"Little Lu, what do you think of this Lin Chen?"

An old man wearing a grey robe, with a head full of white hair and a ruddy complexion, asked.

"Old Li, this youth should be an Intermediate Mentalist."

"Plus, he has comprehended the Perfection level Cultivation Technique and grasped a trace of the power of heaven and earth."

"An Intermediate Mentalist corresponds to the Martial Master Realm. As long as one masters a Perfection level Cultivation Technique, one can comprehend a Domain!"

Lu Hui looked at Lin Chen with satisfaction.

"Not bad. This youth should have reached the level of an SSS-rank Genius."

"He is the second Genius to reach this level in the Federation in a hundred years; the other one is Wang Feiyu!"

Old Li looked at Lin Chen below with great joy as well.

At this moment.

The last of the three also spoke.

He was wearing a federal military uniform, had an extremely sturdy build, and a hideous scar on his face.

"Old Li, I think we should just let this kid come to our military department. His killing intent is so heavy; he's a good seed for a soldier."

"That won't do, Old Mo. This is a top-tier Genius that our Modu Martial University found with great difficulty. Your military department already has Wang Feiyu; you can't snatch him from us."

Lu Hui, who was on the side, immediately retorted.

"That also depends on his choice. The way you two elite universities cultivate Geniuses is too gentle. Such a militant person can only soar if they go to the army."

General Mo Zhanhai said with a chuckle.

"An SSS-rank Genius is a matter of great importance. Before he grows up, don't make too much noise. Let him settle down in the academy first."

At this moment, Old Li said with a smile.

"Yes."

The two on the side replied respectfully.

They seemed to respect Old Li very much.

Just then, Old Li suddenly looked toward the outer area of the Trial Mountain, his expression changing slightly.

Lu Hui and General Mo Zhanhai also narrowed their eyes and looked toward that location.

"These bugs have finally appeared."

General Mo Zhanhai said with a scornful curl of his lips.

"Just waiting for them to come and cause some trouble. They've been hiding too well usually."

Lu Hui also said with an intrigued expression.

"Don't take it lightly. This year, a Genius like Lin Chen has appeared."

"Little Mo, Little Lu, you two go down and make arrangements."

"Okay, Old Li."

Immediately, both of them left quickly.

Only Old Li remained in the sky.

"Little guy, how far can you go?"

Old Li looked at the incident occurring in the Trial Mountain below, yet still said calmly.

Below in the Second-Stage exotic beast area.

A giant Hundred-Eyed Poison Spider fell under Lin Chen's blade.

Huff~

"There are no more exotic beasts in this area. Let's count the harvest."

First-Stage life cores: 316

Second-Stage life cores: 144

First-Stage exotic beast Materials: 216 units

Second-Stage exotic beast Materials: 126 units

Subtracting the ones hunted during the Dreamland Traversal earlier, he had actually hunted 92 Second-Stage exotic beasts this time.

Among them, 52 were Early Stage Second-Stage, 24 Intermediate, and 16 Late Stage.

Because his Domain was too overbearing, many of the exotic beast corpses and Materials were destroyed, so the exotic beast Materials were much fewer.

Lin Chen looked at the points leaderboard again.

1st Place: Lin Chen – 82000 points

2nd Place: Duan Peng – 7500 points

3rd Place: Jiang Yueru – 6000 points

4th Place: Sun Jun – 3360 points

5th Place: Chen Mo – 850 points

...

23rd Place: Li Zixuan – 560 points

...

"The first place is without suspense."

Lin Chen also saw two familiar names on the points leaderboard.

"I didn't expect the two of them to come here too."

Lin Chen sighed.

Lin Chen just sighed slightly, then continued to move toward the area ahead.

Suddenly!

Lin Chen's Mental Energy sensed a group of people wearing white robes acting suspiciously a hundred meters ahead.

About 30 people.

They all had eerie red secret patterns on their faces.

"Heretics!"

Lin Chen couldn't help but exclaim in his heart.