63: The difficulty is increased to the extreme, Xia Qi moves!

“Congratulations to the students who are still on the field. Reaching this point means you are already qualified to enter a higher education institution.”

“However, don’t celebrate too early. There are still differences between higher education institutions.”

“Whether it’s the strongest Shengjing University or the worst regional key university, it all depends on your choices from now on.”

“Now, we will announce the results and rankings of the third round of examinations.”

First Place: Xia Qi, Jiangcheng No. 1 High School, Total Score: 3600.

Second Place: Yu Qiu, Tongcheng No. 1 High School, Total Score: 2310.

Third Place: Yun Qingyue, Jiangcheng No. 1 High School, Total Score: 1785.

Fourth Place: Tang Yuan, Xicheng Fourth High School, Total Score: 1460.

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(Note: The first round’s scores have been added here.)

“What a pity. The gap in the second round was too large. Even a perfect score in the third round couldn’t catch up to Xia Qi.”

Yu Qiu was somewhat annoyed at this moment, regretting that she shouldn’t have played it safe and chosen the difficult difficulty in the second round, but should have directly chosen nightmare difficulty.

If she had, it would still be unknown who would win first place.

Now that she had lost the initiative, even if she got high scores in all subsequent rounds, she might not be able to surpass Xia Qi’s total score.

This is the cruelty of the college entrance examination; every choice affects one’s future prospects.

“I hope this examinee named Xia Qi runs out of steam or makes a mistake.”

Although such a thought lacked the demeanor of a strong person, Yu Qiu couldn't care less about that right now.

She truly yearned to achieve first place in the entire province; she wanted to prove herself in front of her family.

For this day, she had been training for fifteen years, starting to practice assassination techniques at the age of three.

Only she knew in her Heart-Nature how arduous the suffering in between had been.

Fifteen years of sharpening a sword, just to bloom on the day of the college entrance examination.

But Xia Qi’s existence was like a high wall, causing her dream of pursuing first place to gradually shatter.

“Next, the fourth round of examinations will commence.”

The majestic voice interrupted the thoughts of the remaining examinees, and the remaining examinees gradually came back to their senses.

“The difficulty of the fourth round of examinations will continue to increase, and the danger level will be higher. I hope you are mentally prepared.”

“Now, you can choose to continue or give up.”

“With your current scores, the vast majority of examinees have already crossed the threshold of higher education institutions; there’s no need to force yourselves further…”

The inciting voice appeared again, but the Heart-Nature of examinees who had made it to the fourth round was already very difficult to shake.

This time, not a single examinee chose to give up.

Thus, the majestic voice no longer persuaded them, but instead cast a radiance to fully restore everyone's condition, and then the voice continued to sound.

“The rules for the fourth round of examinations are as follows.”

“All examinees will face a small beast tide.”

“The total time limit is ten minutes. This beast tide consists of 1000 monsters.”

“Surviving within ten minutes counts as passing.”

“Each monster killed grants five points.”

“If all are killed, the final score will be doubled, totaling ten thousand points.”

After stating the rules, all examinees except Xia Qi gasped.

No one had expected that, compared to the first three rounds, the difficulty of the fourth round of examinations would increase so dramatically.

Ten minutes, one thousand monsters.

Not only do they have to consider passing, but also survival, and even more so, points.

Damn, doesn’t this mean they’re 100% going to be eliminated?

At the same time, the terrain in each examinee’s room was changing, and a lush green grassland appeared before everyone.

Visible to the naked eye, on a hillside less than a hundred meters away, a group of green-skinned monsters were glaring menacingly at all the examinees.

These were very troublesome Level 15 monsters: Goblin monsters.

According to the monster formations, for every ten-monster squad, there were six Goblin warriors and four Goblin mages.

Melee and ranged.

With such a combination, let alone a thousand, even a hundred, most examinees would not be able to withstand them.

Xia Qi finally perked up. Although these monsters were all common monsters,

under such a massive quantity, the quantitative change had already led to a qualitative change.

“Finally, an interesting examination has arrived.”

Xia Qi, who had been sitting cross-legged, finally stood up. In this round of examinations, it would be a bit troublesome to rely on Frenzy Lightning to blast them away one by one.

Compared to the first three rounds, the fourth round of examinations tested the examinees’ survival abilities.

Facing overwhelming odds requires adapting to the situation.

When facing a beast tide, the primary consideration is how to survive.

After all, only by surviving can one have a chance to counterattack.

Of course, examinees confident in their strength can also choose to meet the attack head-on. This round is also one where the score ranking can be reversed.

For Prodigy students, a comeback might just be in this round.

Deep within the Trial dungeon, the Great Examiners already had smiles on their faces.

They were all staring at Xia Qi.

“Didn’t expect it, did you? The content of this year’s fourth round of examinations has changed.”

“Now let’s see how you can deal with it.”

“This beast tide of one thousand, I really don’t believe you can instantly kill them all.”

“However, Xia Qi should have no problem passing. His strength is still very strong.”

“Hmm, who knows, after this round, there might be a dark horse examinee who will make a comeback.”

Just as the Great Examiners were discussing with dark humor, the fourth round of testing began.

Buzz~

The moment the examination began, the Goblin warriors on the hillside blew their horns in unison, revealing crimson eyes and cruelly looking at the examinees.

On the green grassland, the green-skinned Goblins seemed to blend with the environment, baring their fangs and brandishing their weapons as they began to charge.

Hehehe!

Humans, all should die!

Bloodthirsty and cruel, these creatures, with an inherent darkness, inexplicably harbored deep hatred for humans.

“Ah~ I give up, I give up!”

Facing such a large number of ferocious monsters, many examinees immediately couldn't bear the suffocating pressure and chose to give up the examination.

Don't let the Goblins' small stature fool you; their speed is not slow at all, and they possess a certain level of intelligence, understanding teamwork.

To survive in such a beast tide, anyone with eyes could see it was almost impossible.

Thus, as soon as the examination began, half of the examinees couldn't withstand the pressure and chose to give up.

And the other top examinees were not having an easy time either.

Yu Qiu’s eyes flickered. She was an assassin profession, and her talent was also related to assassination. Facing a large number of monsters, she was actually at a great disadvantage.

But as soon as she thought this was a chance for a comeback, her heart hardened.

No matter what, she had to kill as many monsters as possible!

Finally, when it came to Xia Qi, several Great Examiners gathered in front of his screen, watching intently.

They all wanted to know how Xia Qi, who had been far ahead in the first three rounds, would cope with the fourth round of examinations.

On the screen.

Xia Qi finally moved.

“Thunder Breathing!”

His eyes shone with colorful light, and after exhaling a puff of white Qi, Xia Qi’s figure transformed into a dazzling bolt of lightning.

To the immense astonishment of the Great Examiners, he plunged into the so-called beast tide.

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