Talented, national team appearances
Nine Magic Cards!
Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked.
If it weren't for being in the examination room,
and with the presence of important figures who had witnessed many grand scenes,
they might have all stood up in surprise.
"How is that possible? Doesn't that mean he awakened a talent?!"
Someone shook their head, unable to believe it.
This was a talent.
Since the Great Cataclysm began, in the past five hundred years, Jiangcheng had only a total of fifty-nine talented individuals.
This number even included those who were lucky and acquired talent cards later through other means.
It also included professional practitioners who had talents but had already died.
Currently, fewer than ten professional practitioners who originated from Jiangcheng, survived, and possessed talents remained.
Fifty years had passed since the last talented individual appeared in Jiangcheng!
Everyone had almost forgotten that professional practitioners could even have talents.
Unexpectedly, this year held a hidden surprise.
"No wonder, no wonder."
"I asked the little girl at home last night if she was confident about teaming up with two hidden professions to win the top scholar position in the college entrance examination."
"She replied that she couldn't, saying there was someone even more formidable in Jiangcheng."
"So she was talking about Lin Xuan," someone said with emotion.
Hearing this, everyone frowned.
The one who spoke was no ordinary person; his identity was the President of Jiangcheng's Professional Practitioner Association.
He was the most powerful person, second only to the City Lord and the Deputy City Lord.
However, the implication of his words was...
Did he not know about the talent beforehand?
"I also just received news about the talent from the staff."
"This young fellow is quite cautious in his actions."
Receiving confirmation,
everyone quickly looked at a bald man in the audience.
"Don't look at me. Although Lin Xuan is a student at our school, I didn't know he had awakened a talent beforehand."
The bald man said, lightly wiping the sweat from his forehead.
"This is a talent; he's deeply hidden and can remain so composed even with a talent."
"Indeed, it's just that we don't know what level his talent is."
Everyone discussed, turning their heads to look at the third strongest person in Jiangcheng, who exuded an air of authority without anger.
He was precisely the talented individual from Jiangcheng fifty years ago.
He possessed a B-grade talent, Geomagnetic Fluctuation.
During combat, a magnetic field would form around him, interfering with the enemy's movements.
At this moment, the man being stared at by everyone remained calm and unperturbed.
He pointed to a projection screen in mid-air and laughed.
"Interesting. Although I don't know the level of his talent, it should be related to defense."
"Three elite Frost Giants attacked him, and he endured them to summon a second wave of Skeleton Soldierss."
As his voice fell, everyone looked up.
They saw on the examination hall's projection,
Lin Xuan had already reached the elite area of the examination hall.
And he had even pulled three elite monsters and one BOSS at once.
The BOSS had already been killed, but his Skeleton Soldierss also suffered heavy losses.
Normally, at this point, an Necromancer would need to flee.
But Lin Xuan, along with a Minotaur pet beside him, stubbornly held on for nearly two minutes.
Defensive talent!
Those present stopped speaking, their minds becoming active.
In the circle of professional practitioner talents,
it was generally accepted that defensive talents had higher potential than offensive ones.
The reason for this was that professional practitioners could not be revived.
"A defensive talent, what a pity. If it were an offensive talent, he might have been able to break our Jiangcheng's college entrance examination record."
After a moment of silence, everyone started discussing again.
"Hmph, what's a college entrance examination record? The college entrance examination is just for getting into a good university and eventually joining a large guild."
"This kid has a defensive talent; even if he doesn't take the college entrance examination, a large guild will still want him."
"Who says a defensive talent can't break records? Look at that cow next to Lin Xuan. It has no skills, but with pure strength, it can overturn a five-meter-tall Frost Giant!"
"Many skeletons, a defensive talent, and a strength-type pet, tsk tsk, I feel he can already be booked as our Jiangcheng's top scholar."
"Not necessarily. Lu Qinghan in the Geland Forest examination hall is also not bad. Their team has two offensive hidden professions and one rare warrior profession. Their cooperation has also allowed them to reach the elite area."
"Do the City Lord and Deputy City Lord know about this matter?"
Someone asked, but quickly realized.
The President of the Professional Practitioner Association had already received the news.
How could the City Lord not know?
Thinking of this,
several people present sighed softly.
Fifty years had passed.
Jiangcheng finally produced another professional practitioner.
This would undoubtedly become an object of contention for many forces.
But everyone also knew,
who was the largest force in Xia Kingdom.
At the same time, inside the City Lord's Mansion.
Deputy City Lord Lu Feng and City Lord Luo Hao stood side by side.
In front of them was a glowing teleportation array.
The array flashed.
A silver-haired man walked out from it.
He was wearing a black mage robe.
On his chest was embroidered a burning golden five-pointed star.
...
Lin Xuan, inside the examination hall, did not know that he had caused such a big discussion.
Ever since he discovered that Silly Cow could gain experience,
he had been moving non-stop, heading straight for the core area.
He had now reached the elite area.
Those who could freely perform here could usually get into a B-class university.
Lin Xuan had been a bit overconfident just now.
He directly pulled three elite Frost Giants and a BOSS.
Monsters at level ten already possessed skills.
And the Frost Giant's skill could cause a large-area slow effect.
This greatly countered Skeleton Soldierss.
Which resulted in his first wave of Skeleton Soldierss being wiped out.
Fortunately, his health bar was very thick now.
It had already stacked to over thirty thousand health.
With Silly Cow's attacks, he completed the counter-kill without any pressure.
"My offensive methods are still too lacking. Corpse Explosion can currently only explode skeletons. To upgrade it to explode other monster corpses, it needs to be raised to level seven."
"Still too short on skill points."
"However, after the college entrance examination, I can use the extra skill slots from the Magic Cards to learn Soul Fire or Bone Spike."
With the experience from facing multiple Frost Giants just now,
Lin Xuan let Silly Cow lead the way.
Using its great strength, it instantly attracted the monsters' aggro.
Then the Skeleton Soldierss followed up with attacks.
In this way, he continued to move, stopping occasionally.
Five hours later,
Lin Xuan comfortably pushed through to the core's boss area.
Once here,
the remaining monsters, before the Great Cataclysm, were equivalent to the last question in a math exam.
They were the final screening questions.
"Roar--"
"Thump thump--"
Unlike the elite area just now,
the BOSSes in the boss area were even more aggressive.
Looking from afar,
one could even see several giants fighting each other.
There were still five hours until the end of the martial arts examination.
Lin Xuan was not in a hurry to proceed.
He took out the dry rations from his tactical backpack.
And casually opened his wristband panel.
On the panel, there were personal points and rankings.
Lin Xuan scrolled to the ranking interface.
Current Points: 503
Ranking: 57
First Place: Lu Qinghan, 933
Second Place: Luo Feng, 930
Third Place: Shen Hongying, 930
Fourth Place: Chen...
...
"As expected, compared to fighting alone, teaming up really kills faster."
Lin Xuan finished looking at the leaderboard, with not much fluctuation in his heart.
Although he was currently over four hundred points behind the first place,
he showed no panic at all.
Those high-health BOSSes in the boss area were where he could truly showcase his strength.
And according to the scoring rules,
normal monsters gave one base point, elite monsters three base points, and boss monsters five base points.
The boss area was where he would catch up on points!