57: First level, instant kill!

Xia Qi glanced at Wang Changyuan in the distance. Last night, Wang Changyuan had specifically instructed everyone on the school bus.

During the college entrance examination, they must follow the rules of the examination.

This was the provincial capital; their rules were extremely strict and absolutely could not be violated.

"Wang Changyuan is quite a serious and responsible principal."

Xia Qi praised him silently in his heart. At least the students of Jiangcheng No. 1 High School would not commit such a low-level mistake.

The solemn voice rang out again.

"Next, I will inform everyone of the examination rules."

"The examination venue is the Trial dungeon in front of you."

"Like wild dungeons, Trial dungeons also have difficulty levels, and different difficulty dungeons will yield different points."

"And these points will be your examination scores."

"The number of points will determine which university you can ultimately enter. We hope candidates will choose the examination difficulty carefully."

"Finally, to add other rules, you may use equipment carried with you during this college entrance examination."

"However, besides equipment, no other items or Dao can be used. If discovered, it will be treated as cheating, and your college entrance examination qualification will be revoked."

After repeating the rules clearly and completely three times, the solemn voice disappeared.

Unless one had hearing problems or intellectual deficiencies, they could understand the examination rules.

Even after receiving all the information, the students remained neatly in place, not daring to utter a sound.

After all, no one wanted to end their future like those fools earlier, just for speaking out.

Thus, in an extremely quiet atmosphere, the time silently arrived at nine o'clock.

"Now, all candidates, line up and enter the dungeon!"

As the words fell.

Everyone lined up and entered the Trial dungeon one by one.

The order was good, and no one dared to overstep.

No matter if you were a rich second-generation or a rich young lady, as long as you were a candidate participating in the college entrance examination, you had to quietly follow the rules.

Family background seemed to become a mere decoration at this moment during the college entrance examination, allowing everyone to face the competition on the same starting line.

Su Yuanchen was naturally among the crowd.

He suppressed his urge to cough, his gaze darkly fixed on Xia Qi.

He had failed in the Yun Family's marriage proposal, and he had endured that.

But Yun Qingyue's attitude towards that kid Xia Qi was becoming increasingly unusual, and the more he saw it, the more he couldn't stand it.

Damn it, how can a poor guy like you get the woman I couldn't get?

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. If looks could kill, Su Yuanchen would have killed Xia Qi thousands of times over.

However, this was the college entrance examination site, and even as the young master of the Su Family in Jiangcheng, he dared not act recklessly in the slightest.

He could only stare at Xia Qi helplessly.

Slowly moving forward with the team, Xia Qi soon entered the vortex.

The shielding badge was useless here, so Xia Qi had already put it into his storage space early on.

After entering the vortex, a beam of light shone down, and then he was teleported to an isolated room.

Inside the room, a proctor shrouded in black mist was waiting for him.

[Xia Qi, Jiangcheng No. 1 High School Class Four, Rank 20, Mage]

As the identity information appeared, the proctor looked at Xia Qi in front of him with some surprise.

A Rank 20 candidate, so conventional tests would definitely not suffice.

"Student, please wait a moment."

The proctor immediately reported the information.

In a space deep within the Trial dungeon, several middle-aged men with solemn expressions and astonishing Aura were observing the examination screen.

They were the Great Examiners in charge of this college entrance examination in Xijiang Province, and not a single one of them was below Rank 70.

"Examination point 16151 requests access."

"Granted."

Immediately after, Xia Qi's information screen was transmitted.

"Hmm? A Rank 20 Mage? There's actually a candidate who can reach this level in a month!"

"Are you mistaken? Is he not a repeating student?"

"No, this is the data from Jiangcheng No. 1 High School. This candidate is undoubtedly an Awakening from this year."

"That's quite impressive then. The Awakening is also an S-Rank Lightning Talent. We haven't seen that in many years."

"Since that's the case, let's test his strength. We hope he doesn't disappoint us."

"Process according to the high-difficulty Mage Trial and make a good record of the information."

The few of them discussed it and determined the level of Xia Qi's examination.

Soon, the proctor in the room received the information and disappeared.

In his place was a fierce monster.

"Examination point task: Kill the Vicious Beast Ice Bird."

As the information prompted, the monster's appearance was fully revealed.

This was a two-meter long, flying Vicious Beast with ice crystal wings all over its body.

It was just unknown how strong it was.

The detection spell was blocked by a transparent wall, so no information about the monster could be obtained.

At this moment, a countdown appeared on the wall inside the room.

Xia Qi's eyes were sharp, and the power of lightning was already flowing throughout his body.

"3... 2... 1."

As the countdown ended and the transparent wall disappeared, the Ice Bird let out a high-pitched cry, flapping its wings and charging towards Xia Qi.

Xia Qi had already accumulated energy. The moment the wall disappeared, a Purple Extreme Wild Lightning had already struck the top of the Ice Bird's head.

Boom!

The Ice Bird was struck by the extremely violent purple lightning, its ice crystal feathers scattering everywhere, and it screamed, plummeting directly from mid-air to the ground.

"Dead?"

Xia Qi let out a breath of turbid air, a little speechless. He hadn't even exerted himself, so why was the monster already dead?

At this moment, the Great Examiners who were observing Xia Qi's room were stunned.

"Did I see that right? Instantly killed?"

"Is Lightning Talent that terrifying? This difficulty was set too low."

"Is the data wrong? I always feel that the Ice Bird shouldn't be this weak."

"The data is correct. It's set according to the candidate's Rank and Talent. The Ice Bird's Rank is five Ranks higher than the candidate's."

Candidates of different Ranks and professions faced different monsters.

Candidates like Xia Qi, with S-Rank Talent and having reached Rank 20, faced monsters five Ranks higher than themselves.

A-Rank Talents, on the other hand, faced monsters 1-2 Ranks higher than themselves.

Talents below A-Rank faced monsters of the same Rank.

Furthermore, depending on the profession, the monsters faced would also differ.

For example, warriors would face melee monsters, while mages would face ranged monsters.

Monsters like the Ice Bird, which could cast elemental ranged attacks, were considered one of the most difficult types among Rank 25 monsters.

A normal person, even if they could win against it, would have to use all their means and put in a lot of effort.

They wouldn't be able to instantly kill it like Xia Qi did.

However, they couldn't have imagined that while the information in the Awakening database stated S-Rank Talent, the current Xia Qi possessed several SS-Rank Talents.