33: No, this is the difficulty level of level five?
After Song Ming selected the five-level difficulty, the surrounding space immediately shifted.
He appeared on a grassland, with a door emitting a hazy white light in front of him.
A prompt immediately popped up in front of him.
“The second stage of the exam will begin in 5 seconds, please prepare yourselves, candidates!”
The countdown ended.
Suddenly, a figure emerged from the light door.
It was a monster with a bear's head, clad in armor.
Song Ming used Appraisal Technique.
“Bearman Warrior (Elite)”
“HP: 12000”
“Rank: 14”
“Strength: 210”
“Agility: 120”
“Spirit: 50”
“Physique: 230”
“Defense: 210”
“A Rank 14 elite monster, is this all there is to five-level difficulty?”
Song Ming was truly speechless.
Even compared to the monsters in a hell-level dungeon, it was too weak.
However, he immediately understood why.
The college entrance exam, after all, had to cater to the majority of people.
If the monsters within were set too powerful, not only would there be high casualties, but the passing rate would also drop significantly.
This was not what the country wanted to see.
Prodigies like Song Ming were, after all, a minority.
As he was thinking, the Bearman Warrior roared and charged at him, raising the large axe in its hand.
However, before it could even take half a step, a dark aura suddenly swept across its body.
Its entire body instantly disintegrated, vanishing from its spot.
Eighteen seconds later, another monster emerged from the light door.
It was also a Rank 14 Bearman Warrior, and it was also instantly killed by one of Song Ming's skills.
“It's simple, but this method is too inefficient!” Song Ming complained.
One monster every 18 seconds, for a total of exactly 100 monsters in the end.
Killing them one by one was a waste of Qi.
Thinking of this, Song Ming directly cast a Holy Shield Aura on himself.
Immediately, a shield emanating Holy Light protected him.
Later, he felt it wasn't safe enough, so as soon as the Holy Shield Aura's cooldown ended, he would immediately add another layer to himself.
He continuously added nine layers in this manner.
By this time, 18 seconds had passed.
A Bearman Warrior roared as it rushed out of the light door and chopped its axe onto the shield.
However, the shield remained completely still.
The Bearman Warrior's attack was no different from a tickle.
Nevertheless, the Bearman Warrior tirelessly chopped its axe onto the light shield, axe after axe.
A shield that could absorb 200,000 true damage.
With its axe dealing just over 500 damage, it would take at least 400 swings to break one shield.
And there were ten of them.
That would mean over 4000 swings.
Even Pinduoduo isn't that insane.
Meanwhile, Song Ming sat calmly inside the shield, not immediately attacking the Bearman Warrior.
It wouldn't be too late to harvest them once the number of monsters that appeared increased.
Another three minutes passed like this.
The Bearman Warriors gathered outside the shield reached ten.
Each one diligently swung its axe, fiercely chopping at the light shield.
Song Ming, meanwhile, sat bored in place, occasionally adding another Holy Shield Aura to himself.
However, he waited at least another thirty seconds, yet still no more Bearman Warriors emerged from the light door.
“Is the maximum number of Bearman Warriors that can exist in the scene ten?” Song Ming looked at the ten Bearman Warriors.
Then he snapped his fingers.
Annihilation Aura activated.
The ten Bearman Warriors instantly died, leaving no ashes behind.
Inside the top floor of the Tower of Trials.
All the examiners had expressions as if they had seen a ghost.
“It's one thing to instantly kill one monster, but he can instantly kill ten at once!”
“What kind of skill is this? I've never heard of any Aura skill that can achieve this level.”
“This child… is invincible!”
“What do you say, should we increase the strength and number of monsters for him?”
Everyone turned their gaze to the chief examiner, Wang Zhuo.
Wang Zhuo was also astonished that an Aura Master's combat power could be so strong.
It was no weaker, and perhaps even stronger, than those legendary combat professions.
Noticing everyone's gaze, Wang Zhuo cleared his throat, slowly closing his mouth which had been wide open in shock.
“How about this, for the last fifteen minutes, arrange for him to face Rank 16 reinforced elite monsters, each worth 25 points!”
“Good!” Everyone nodded in agreement.
After all, Song Ming's performance had far exceeded their imagination, so increasing the exam's difficulty was appropriate.
Afterward, the examiners stopped paying attention to him.
It was simply because the monsters were instantly killed as soon as they appeared, offering no spectacle at all.
It was more interesting to watch other candidates fight.
Situ Xing, who was in second place, was not as composed in dealing with the monsters.
His profession was Berserker.
Wielding a greatsword as tall as half a man in both hands, after a few clashes with the Bearman Warrior, he severed the bear's head with one swing.
Every time a monster appeared, he gave his all, quickly ending the battle.
However, such battles also greatly depleted his stamina.
But his eyes were exceptionally firm.
“As long as I can kill all the monsters that appear within thirty minutes, then the first-place position will still be mine!”
Feng Yue, in third place, also held the same thought.
In the first stage of the exam, the higher the floor, the more monsters appeared, which was not conducive to her performance as an assassin.
But now it was different; as long as she could end the battle within 18 seconds, she could continuously create a one-on-one scenario, allowing her profession to be perfectly utilized.
Withdrawing the dagger from the Bearman Warrior's neck, Feng Yue once again hid in the shadows, quietly awaiting the appearance of the next monster.
“One hundred monsters, come on, I can definitely do it!”
After a round of observation, the examiners were quite satisfied with the performances of Situ Xing and Feng Yue.
At the same time, they couldn't help but sigh.
This was the performance of normal Geniuses.
Everyone was giving their all.
Unlike Song Ming.
If it weren't for him, the provincial top scholar would definitely be one of these two.
The examiners all turned their gaze back to Song Ming.
It wasn't a big deal not to look, but when they did, they were so angry their teeth itched.
“He's not here for an exam, he's here to play, isn't he!”
“What kind of good person reads comic books during an exam!”
“Not only is he reading, he's also eating melon seeds!”
“What comic is he reading that's so engrossing? It makes me want to read it too!”
This couldn't be blamed on Song Ming, because this exam was simply too boring for him.
He could only pass the time by waiting for the monsters to gather, while pulling out the melon seeds and comic book he had bought on a whim.
He kept these in his pocket precisely for situations like this.
However, Song Ming's actions thoroughly infuriated the examiners.
Other candidates were working themselves to death fighting monsters.
But he, on the other hand, was eating melon seeds and reading comic books, yet his scores were still far ahead.
He couldn't be more leisurely.
One examiner finally couldn't help but say, “Lord Wang, should we warn him? This is an exam hall, not his home!”
“Exactly, or why don't we just release all the monsters at once? Let's see if he can still be as leisurely as he is now!”
“As long as it's not cheating, he can do whatever he wants in there; we have no right to interfere!”
Wang Zhuo laughed heartily.
His gaze towards Song Ming was filled with undisguised admiration.
“This little fellow always manages to surprise me!”