32: Second phase of exams begins
Then, the examiners were shocked again when they saw this scene.
Two level 22 elite monsters were instantly killed again.
Even a level 20 Legendary Professionals would have to put in some effort to deal with these two elite monsters.
It was absolutely impossible to be as easy as Song Ming made it look.
"This is like he's cheating!"
"All the equipment on this kid is purple, and there's even one red item. Is it because of the equipment?"
"No, he didn't even use the equipment on him!"
"Then his skill is too outrageous!"
"Should we let him continue?"
The examiners all turned their gaze to Wang Zhuo.
Wang Zhuo was also quite surprised.
It had been a long time since he had seen such a promising young Genius.
And he was an auxiliary Profession.
Perhaps he had awakened some powerful talent.
"No need. After all the candidates finish the first stage of the examination, we will directly begin the second stage of the examination!"
The examiners all nodded in agreement.
Thirty minutes later.
All candidates had completed the first stage of the examination.
"There are a total of 3120 candidates from East Ring Province. 2031 passed the first stage of the examination, and 1089 were eliminated."
"The detailed results have been published."
"The first stage of the examination has ended. Next, the second stage of the examination will commence."
A majestic voice rang out.
The candidates who were not eliminated at the scene immediately saw a leaderboard appear before their eyes.
[First Place: Song Ming, Time: 25s, Points: 110]
[Second Place: Situ Xing, Time: 2 minutes 15s, Points: 90]
[Third Place: Feng Yue, Time: 3 minutes 14s, Points: 70]
...
Song Ming ranked first with a clearance time of 25s.
If it weren't for the 1.5-second cooldown of Annihilation Aura, he probably could have been even faster.
As for the second and third place, their times both exceeded two minutes.
There was no possibility of them surpassing him.
In the first stage of the examination, one point was awarded for each floor of the Tower of Trials cleared.
The first place with the shortest time received an additional 100 points.
Second place received 80, and third place received 60.
And so on.
From sixth place onwards, everyone received ten points.
At this moment, Situ Xing looked at his ranking in disbelief.
His clearance speed of 2 minutes and 15 seconds was only second place.
"The first place only took 25s?"
"Where the Hell did this pervert come from?"
"Even if the monsters in the Tower stood still for me to kill, I wouldn't be this fast."
"Are these results wrong!"
He wasn't the only one who thought so.
Everyone else also looked shocked when they saw the results leaderboard.
Feng Yue looked at the first-place result and slightly clenched her fists.
Wang Yang, who luckily passed the first stage of the examination, was also astonished by Song Ming's results.
"Good heavens, as expected of the man who soloed a Hell dungeon!"
Ma Lou even shouted excitedly, "Holy cow, my idol is awesome! 25s to clear, who else can do that!"
Song Ming looked at his unrivaled results.
"Should I be a bit more low-key? Otherwise, I might be too discouraging to others!"
Just as he was thinking this, the majestic voice immediately rang out.
"All candidates, please pay attention. The second stage of the examination is about to begin."
"You will be randomly teleported to a scene where there will be a large number of monsters."
"Survive within the allotted time and kill as many monsters as possible!"
"If you encounter danger, just shout 'give up'!"
Immediately after, the specific requirements for this examination appeared before the candidates.
Before the examination began, there were five difficulty levels for candidates to choose from.
They were levels one to five, with level one being the lowest and level five the highest.
The higher the difficulty chosen, the more points would be obtained.
At level one difficulty, killing one monster yielded one point.
Level two yielded two points, and level five yielded five points.
The time limit was thirty minutes.
That is to say, candidates not only had to survive for these thirty minutes but also had to kill as many monsters as possible.
After reading the requirements, the top-ranked candidates pondered for a while.
Most of them chose level five difficulty.
After all, one monster here was equivalent to five monsters in level one difficulty.
Moreover, they also wanted to surpass Song Ming in the second stage of the examination.
So, level five difficulty was the best choice for them.
Song Ming was the same.
He chose level five difficulty without hesitation.
Because killing monsters gave more points.
In the top-level space.
Seeing Song Ming choose level five difficulty, all the examiners had an expected expression.
"As expected, he chose the maximum difficulty."
"I wonder if the second stage of the examination can test this kid's limits."
"I doubt it. With his purple equipment and that skill, I'm afraid first place will be his again this time."
"Do you think this kid will kill all the monsters in the scene?"
...
There were at most one hundred monsters in the scene.
Almost no one could kill all one hundred monsters in a level five difficulty scene.
But at this moment, the examiners were all a bit unsure.
Perhaps Song Ming really could kill all one hundred monsters!
...
Outside the examination hall.
The college entrance examination results were also being broadcast live across the national network.
At this moment, almost all people of the Great Xia Country were paying attention to these results.
Since only the first stage had just ended, there were a dozen candidates nationwide tied for first place with 110 points.
"It seems this year's Top National Scorer must be Wang Heng, the third young master of the Wang Family in the capital!"
"That's right, Wang Heng is a very rare Legendary Profession, and I heard he even reached level 19 before the college entrance examination. Basically, the Top National Scorer is a sure thing."
"Hey, Divine Xia Academy is really arrogant, they didn't even directly accept him!"
"Divine Xia Academy only recruits 50 people nationwide each year. Only the top fifty in the national college entrance examination can enter Divine Xia Academy. I've never heard of anyone being directly admitted without taking the college entrance examination!"
"Hey, does anyone know this person named Song Ming? Which Family is he from?"
"Don't know. Probably just lucky. East Ring Province has always been at the bottom of the national rankings!"
On the forum, many netizens were fiercely discussing the final ownership of the Top National Scorer title.
Similarly, the principals of various middle schools and the bigwigs of the Education Bureau in East Ring Province were all gathered together.
Closely following the college entrance examination's developments.
When they saw Song Ming ranked first in the entire East Ring Province, they all had surprised expressions.
"Shangguan, you're amazing! You secretly cultivated such a Genius!"
"Yes, it looks like the Provincial Top Scorer is probably secure!"
"Shangguan, you're really lucky. Third Middle School is going to prosper now!"
Many principals who knew Shangguan Sheng congratulated him one after another.
Even the leaders of the Provincial Education Department smiled and exchanged pleasantries with Shangguan Sheng.
This made Shangguan Sheng extremely excited.
His face was flushed, and he was so excited he almost jumped up.
"Shangguan Sheng, tell us confidentially about this Song Ming. Do you have confidence he can get into the top twenty nationally?" one leader couldn't help but ask.
After all, their East Ring Province had been at the bottom for years, and now with this Song Ming, they might have a chance to get rid of the embarrassing situation of being at the bottom.
Shangguan Sheng's expression became somewhat reserved when he heard this.
"Leader, you're joking!"
"What? No confidence? Alas, is it true that I'm asking too much?" That leader said with a somewhat dejected expression.
"I'm saying, who the Hell are you looking down on? Song Ming will definitely be this year's Top National Scorer!" Shangguan Sheng said with a heroic spirit.
Leader: "Huh?"
Everyone: "..."