44: The methods of the powerful

Lin Feng's eyes suddenly narrowed.

"We encountered other people so quickly? And this team composition..."

One Black Iron Level, one Silver-level Nine-star, two Silver-level Seven-star—this combination, under normal circumstances, should be impossible in a college entrance examination.

At this stage, examinees who can reach Silver-level are definitely geniuses among geniuses. How could they team up with Black Iron Level students?!

But this combination indeed appeared before him!

And it successfully piqued Lin Feng's curiosity.

"Corrupted Wing Bat, approach and observe. Pay special attention to that Black Iron Level Three-star, and listen to their conversation as much as possible!"

The Corrupted Wing Sound Bat Alien quickly approached the battlefield three kilometers to the southwest, and the shared vision unfolded clearly in Lin Feng's mind.

The battlefield was a relatively open clearing in the forest, surrounded by giant trees. Broken branches and overturned turf were scattered on the ground, clearly indicating an intense struggle.

At the core of the battle was a massive, exceptionally fierce demon beast—the Thorned Boar!

This boar was nearly four meters long and almost two meters tall at the shoulder, like a moving steel fortress.

Its most striking feature was the purple-black spines covering its entire body, standing erect like steel needles.

These spines were not hair, but actual bone growths, their tips glinting with a cold, eerie light. They were over half a meter long, especially the spines on its shoulders, back, and hindquarters, which were thicker, longer, and denser, forming two intimidating thorny armors.

Its skin was rough, dark brown, covered in wrinkles and healed scars, exuding a brutal toughness and defensive power.

On its massive head, tusks protruded like two curved short blades, and its crimson eyes were full of savagery and brutality... Several wounds on its body were already bleeding.

At this moment, this Silver-level Six-star Thorned Boar was in a berserk state, letting out a deafening roar.

It pawed the ground with its four hooves and charged fiercely, its target the well-dressed young man, protected at the rear, who showed a hint of nervousness but more excitement on his face!

"Young Master, be careful!"

A Silver-level Seven-star burly man, wearing fine leather armor and wielding a double-bladed battle-axe, let out a low roar and stepped forward without hesitation, blocking the young man's path.

His appearance was exceptionally peculiar, as if he were an energy life form; there was not a trace of flesh and blood on his entire body!

The burly man did not directly confront the boar's frontal charge. Instead, he turned his body slightly, and his battle-axe, with a sharp whistle that tore through the air, accurately struck the boar's relatively vulnerable flank... where the spines were shorter and the gaps wider.

"Clang!"

A dull clang of metal striking metal!

The battle-axe struck the scales on the boar's flank, sending sparks flying, leaving only a shallow white mark.

The Thorned Boar's defense far exceeded expectations!

The immense impact numbed the burly man's arm, and he grunted, being forced back several steps.

The boar cried out in pain, its charge trajectory was deflected, but the strong wind generated by its massive body still stung people's cheeks.

"Roar!"

Enraged by the blow, the boar suddenly stopped and turned sharply, its spiny hindquarters, like a battering ram, slammed into another Silver-level Seven-star professional, also a pure energy body, who was trying to flank it.

This professional was agile, and with a clumsy roll, he dodged the spines shot from the boar.

"Useless! You can't even handle a boar! Quickly finish it! If you delay this Young Master from earning points, can you bear the consequences?"

The Black Iron Level Three-star young man held two scrolls, watching the two pure energy-condensed professionals struggle in battle, and angrily scolded them.

Then, with a flick of his wrist, a magic crystal appeared out of thin air in front of him. The next moment, the energy from this magic crystal was instantly absorbed by the two scrolls in his hand, and the aura of the professionals fighting the Thorned Boar instantly increased by half!

"They are indeed contract scrolls that can summon energy clones of professionals!"

Lin Feng thought to himself.

Moreover, the young man's equipment was clearly high-grade, not only layered with armor but also shimmering with the golden light unique to Gold-level equipment.

It was also at this moment that the old man, who had been standing calmly behind the young man like a steady rock, moved.

This Silver-level Nine-star professional did not use a weapon. He merely raised his withered hand seemingly casually and pressed it in the air towards the Thorned Boar, which was somewhat off-balance from its missed attack.

"Buzz...!"

An invisible, high-frequency vibrating force field instantly enveloped the boar's massive body!

This was precisely the professional's signature skill—[Gravity Field]!

"Ow!"

The Thorned Boar let out a distorted, shrill wail, as if all its bones were groaning and grinding!

Its purple-black bone spines, which covered its entire body and were its pride, emitted a teeth-gritting "crack-crack" sound under this terrifying high-frequency vibration, their tips shattering!

Those hard bone spines, in the core area of the shockwave, were like being repeatedly struck by an invisible heavy hammer, breaking and peeling off inch by inch!

Beneath its tough skin, its muscles also vibrated violently, its running motion instantly distorted and stiff, and blood mixed with fragments of internal organs overflowed from its mouth and nose, clearly indicating extremely severe internal injuries!

"Now!"

The Silver-level Seven-star professional with the battle-axe's eyes gleamed. Seizing this rare opportunity, his entire body's energy erupted, and the battle-axe glowed with a scorching red light. With the force to split mountains and crack rocks, he fiercely cleaved at the boar's relatively vulnerable neck, which was exposed due to pain!

"Pfft!"

This time, the axe blade sank deep into the flesh!

The boar's massive body crashed to the ground, twitched a few times, and then stopped moving.

"Well done, Uncle Fu!"

The young man clapped excitedly, as if he had delivered the fatal blow himself, his face full of smugness.

"This Silver-level Eight-star Thorned Boar must be worth a lot of points!"

"What are you still standing there for? Get its magic core and valuable spine materials for me!"

He imperiously scolded the two Silver-level Seven-star professionals, who were purely condensed from energy.

"Yes, Young Master."

The two Silver-level Seven-star professionals showed no resistance, and efficiently began to clean up the Thorned Boar's corpse.

At the same time, the young man also turned to look at the old man behind him.

"Uncle Fu, with this Thorned Boar's magic crystal, your energy clone will be able to last for quite a while longer, won't it?"

The old man behind him looked at the young man with doting eyes.

"Yes, a Silver-level Seven-star magic crystal, although it still can't let me exert my full strength, if it's just to maintain this energy clone, it should be enough to last through this professional college entrance examination."

"However, if I make frequent moves, this Silver-level Seven-star demon beast's magic crystal might only allow me to act three times."

"But don't worry, with Ah Da and Ah Er, even though they are also energy clones summoned through contract scrolls, they are inherently Silver-level. They only need Bronze-level magic crystals to exert eighty percent of their strength. Under normal circumstances, ensuring your safety, Young Master, is sufficient."

The young man shook his wrist upon hearing this.

"This spatial ring in my hand lacks nothing but Bronze-level magic crystals."

When the two Silver-level Seven-star burly men had collected all the valuable materials from the Thorned Boar and placed them in front of the young man, the young man flicked his wrist. As the contract scrolls disappeared, the figures of the two men flickered and also vanished.

"Young Master, let's go. Although we don't need to care too much about so-called spoils of war, the Barren World hides many secrets. Taking this opportunity, we can explore it thoroughly."

"Alright."

The young man said no more and followed the old man, gradually walking away... Through the vision and sound shared by the Corpsewing Bat, Lin Feng took all this in, seeing and hearing everything.

"Summoning energy clones of professionals through contract scrolls? And the energy clones can persist!"

Lin Feng recalled the Corrupted Wing Sound Bat Alien that was observing the young man from above, a bitter smile on his lips.

He realized that he might have run into a 'privileged examinee' with an extraordinary background.

The contract scrolls he held, capable of summoning Silver-level professional energy clones, were probably not something even Qin Yuyan, the 'little rich woman' who could casually give out Silver-level armor, could easily produce.

But this young man not only had them, he had three!

Even the contract scroll he used to summon 'Uncle Fu' must be even more terrifying!

Lin Feng even suspected that the old man's energy clone possessed Gold-level strength!

And the thought of a contract scroll capable of summoning an energy clone of such a powerful individual sent shivers down one's spine!

Carrying such scrolls, wouldn't it mean having a Gold-level professional as a bodyguard at all times!

"Money and power are indeed useful everywhere."

The college entrance examination did not explicitly prohibit relying on external objects to earn points, so the young man's actions, while unethical, were not against the rules... "In previous professional college entrance examinations, there must have been many such privileged young masters!"

"But the admission quotas for top universities are limited..."

"The most pressing task is to explore this complex Barren World and collect more spoils of war..."