129: Chapter 129 Winning the First Match

Facing the greatly strengthened Believers, those veteran Qi Refining Realm foreign races could barely put up a fight.

As for those cheap knockoffs who had been hastily promoted, they were completely unable to withstand even a single blow from Lin Xiao's Believers.

Medium Grade Magical Artifact armor could only block piercing and slashing damage; it could not effectively mitigate shockwave damage.

With just one collision, a large number of the counterfeit foreign races were shaken to the point of spitting blood, suffering significant injuries from a single blow.

Looking down from the sky at this moment, one would see an extremely satisfying scene. Wherever the smaller, multi-colored faction passed, the earthy-yellow color was rapidly wiped out.

It was just like playing a match-three game.

In just a brief moment, a small section of the earthy-yellow area was swallowed by the multi-colored faction. As time passed, the area occupied by the earthy-yellow color continued to shrink.

In the front row of the spectator stands, watching the foreign race Believers their Families had spent massive amounts of resources to build up being slaughtered so rapidly, the expressions of the Elders and consecrated experts turned extremely grim.

"We admit Young Friend Lin's strength. This round can be considered his victory. We ask the Principal to step in and temporarily suspend the assessment."

"Yes, yes, yes, we admit Young Friend Lin's strength. We ask the Principal to quickly step in and stop the assessment!"

This was no longer an assessment; it was entirely a one-sided personal showcase for Lin Xiao's Believers. The earlier it ended now, the smaller their losses would be.

These Qi Refining Realm foreign races, as well as the Medium Grade Magical Artifact-tier weapons and armor they wore, were all pooled together by their respective families using divine power points.

They couldn't let that brat get all of this for free!

"Terminate the assessment? Have you all forgotten that this is currently the school's class placement assessment? Everything is recorded throughout by the recording token. If I step in now..."

"...wouldn't that break the rules? Those who don't know the truth might think I'm intentionally opening a back door for a student. Are you trying to ruin the reputation of the school and myself?"

"Earlier, you were all repeatedly claiming to act for the sake of the school and myself. Now you're no longer considering the school and me?"

The boomerang had hit them back so quickly; the Elders and consecrated experts felt incredibly uncomfortable at this moment.

"We were also considering that there are still many students waiting behind him, which is why we thought of slightly speeding up the assessment's progress. Please forgive our lack of thorough consideration, Principal."

Outside the school, the parents watching Lin Xiao's Believers slicing through the enemies like vegetables had incredibly colorful expressions on their faces.

"Second-order Believers chasing down and slaughtering Qi Refining Realm foreign races twice their number—am I dreaming? Although Lord Lin's Believers used quite a few tricks at the start of the battle..."

"...it shouldn't be this easy. That's the Qi Refining Realm we're talking about!"

"I used to hear people on the internet say that truly powerful Divine Beings can defeat enemies of a higher realm. Before today, I always thought that was complete nonsense..."

"If you ask me, you guys are just being overly dramatic. Look at how much Lord Lin spent to secure such an advantageous match."

"With so many divine power points poured in, if they only fought to a draw, wouldn't that money have been wasted?"

Half an hour later, including the ten thousand foreign races pinned down by the Puppet Legion on the side, a total of thirty thousand foreign races were completely wiped out on the spot.

Aside from a small number of Believers who got injured due to carelessness, the vast majority of the Believers had simply consumed too much of their Internal Energy.

After consuming a few [Qi-Replenishing Pills], their depleted Internal Energy was immediately restored.

Although the assessment was basically over, Lin Xiao was in no rush to leave. Not only did he need to collect the thirty thousand sets of Medium Grade Magical Artifacts on the ground, but the city in the distance was also his spoil of war.

Although he likely wouldn't have much use for it, handing it out to his subordinates as a reward was also a decent option.

Seeing Lin Xiao release a massive number of Believers to begin cleaning up the battlefield, the Elders and consecrated experts immediately grew anxious.

These Medium Grade Magical Artifacts were pieced together by their respective families at great cost. Thirty thousand sets cost a whopping 60,000 divine power points!

Although the cost was still within an acceptable range when split among the families, it did not mean they were willing to just gift these Magical Artifacts to Lin Xiao.

"The result is decided. Principal, shouldn't you step in and bring Young Friend Lin out?"

"With how the young friend is cleaning up, who knows how long it will take. I indeed should step in and help..."

Principal Li Qingyun nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

Lin Xiao, who was cleaning up the battlefield inside his Divine Realm, felt a sudden shift in his senses. In the next instant, he immediately recalled all the Believers he had sent out.

Seeing Lin Xiao's figure appear in the examination ground below, the Elders and consecrated experts all let out a small sigh of relief.

Fortunately, that kid hadn't had time to collect more. The losses were still within an acceptable range. But before the smiles could fully bloom on their faces...

...they saw Principal Li Qingyun reach his hand into the Void Realm ahead. On the giant screen, an arm as massive as a mountain appeared out of thin air in the sky.

After the arm appeared, it casually scooped a few times outside the city. Nearly half of the foreign race corpses, mixed with soil, were scooped up into its palm.

Principal Li Qingyun showed a satisfied smile and pulled his hand back. Yet, nothing could be seen in his palm. He reached out into the Void Realm once more.

The remaining foreign race corpses were also scooped up into the sky by the giant hand.

Reaching out a third time, the giant hand targeted the city. Gripping along the edges of the city, it pulled with sudden force.

The entire city was uprooted. When Principal Li Qingyun withdrew his hand this time, a small stack of cards flew out from his hand, coming to a steady halt in front of Lin Xiao.

"These are your spoils of war, young friend. Next, do you plan to stop here, or continue with the next round of challenges?"

Looking at the Family Elders and faction enshriners, whose expressions were uglier than if their own sons had died, Lin Xiao found it quite amusing.

He smiled and accepted the cards, then answered with a beaming face.

"Earlier, I thought the assessment would be very difficult. Now that I've actually taken it, the intensity feels like it's still within an acceptable range."

"Since the Believers haven't suffered any significant losses either, let's keep the momentum going and continue with the assessment."

Hearing Lin Xiao act so smug after getting such a bargain, and thinking of those thirty thousand sets of Medium Grade Magical Artifacts, a Family Elder finally couldn't help but speak up.

"Young friend, the assessment is one thing, but can the equipment on those foreign races be returned to us? After all, thirty thousand sets of Medium Grade Magical Artifacts is not a small amount."

"To reward your efforts, we don't mind that those foreign races died. But these pieces of equipment were all bought by our Families using divine power points. Do you think you could...?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao put on a look of sudden realization. He walked over, grabbed the Elder's hand, and shook it.

"Oh my, so the Medium Grade Magical Artifacts on those foreign races were provided by you all. I was wondering how demigods could afford such things."

"Everyone is truly so considerate of my assessment. Doesn't this mean my assessment is actually a bit over the standard?"

"Since Senior is distressed over the weapons and armor, why not take back the equipment you've distributed while there's still time?"

"That way, it will be much easier for me during the assessment. As for the previous equipment? Didn't the Principal say before the assessment that any captured resources belong to the individual?"

"Does Senior have an objection to the Principal's arrangement?"

Lin Xiao's combination of deflection and counter-attack instantly froze the speaking Elder in his tracks.

Have them take back the Medium Grade Magical Artifacts? How could that be possible!

Didn't they just see those twenty thousand fully-armed Believers lose? Asking them to take back the weapons and armor was no different from asking them to just admit defeat!

As for shifting the blame to Principal Li Qingyun? What a joke! A Third-order Deity was someone even their Families were unwilling to offend directly.

After calculating back and forth, it seemed they had no choice but to swallow this bitter pill in the end...