92: Battlefield of Geniuses

Lin Feng floated quietly in mid-air, feeling the surging energy within him, once again turbulent from the recent plunder, his eyes as calm as water.

The A-grade Talent, Control of Lightning, after absorbing the purest Thunder Origin of the ‘Thunderstorm Griffin,’ had successfully transformed into the S-grade Talent, Thunder Dominator, instantly elevating Lin Feng’s understanding and control of the Law of lightning to a whole new dimension.

And the permanent increase of 1.0 in his Agility attribute gave his already extreme speed another qualitative leap.

He glanced at his score panel.

“Candidate: Lin Feng”

“Score: 2535”

“Current Ranking: 9854 / 10,000,000+”

“Killing a Level 25 Lord BOSS granted 50 base points, and the first kill reward was doubled, totaling 100 points. Adding the points from clearing regular monsters earlier, the total score is 2535.”

“The ranking has risen to around 10,000, which is an acceptable efficiency.”

Lin Feng’s brain, like the most precise biological computer, calmly analyzed the current situation.

He knew that the Shattered Battlefield was too vast, and the number of candidates too great. Although he possessed an absolute strength advantage, if he wandered aimlessly like a headless fly searching for scattered elite monsters, his efficiency would still be very low.

“Lord-level BOSSes are the key.”

Lin Feng’s gaze pierced through layers of spatial turbulence, looking towards the deeper parts of this Shattered Battlefield.

“Only by continuously hunting Lords can I acquire points most efficiently. Moreover, the Origin of Lord-level lifeforms, both in quality and purity, is far superior to elite monsters, offering the greatest boost to my strength.”

“So, there is only one problem left to solve now—”

“How to accurately find them.”

Lin Feng floated in place, closing his eyes.

His Mental Energy, which had already surpassed the 30-point mark and was as vast as the sea, spread out wildly in all directions from him, like an invisible, highly precise radar wave!

“S-grade Talent — Myriad Things Grow!”

“S-grade Talent — Thunder Dominator!”

...More than a dozen powerful Talents were perfectly integrated by his terrifying Mental Energy at this moment!

Forming a Law map unique to Lin Feng!

In his vision, the entire world underwent a wondrous change.

It was no longer just simple land fragments and Void Realm.

Instead, it was a three-dimensional star chart constructed from countless energy light points of different colors!

Those scattered, faintly glowing white points were regular monsters.

Those grouped together, emitting a dark blue light, were elite monsters.

And those that glowed golden, like lighthouses in the night, radiating powerful Law with unique charm... were undoubtedly the Lord-level BOSSes he was searching for!

“Found them.”

Lin Feng’s lips curved into a cold arc.

On his “Law map,” about fifty kilometers to his southeast, a golden light point filled with the aura of fire and destruction was quietly burning.

And about seventy kilometers to his northwest, another golden light point, filled with the aura of death and extreme poison, was also emitting an alluring glow.

“I'll go southeast first.”

Lin Feng instantly made the optimal choice.

“Boom—!”

The Crimson Lotus Dragon Wings behind him suddenly flapped!

He instantly transformed into a golden-red stream of light, difficult for the naked eye to catch, filled with dominance and majesty, tearing through layers of spatial turbulence and rapidly soaring towards that burning “golden sun”!

...Meanwhile.

Hundreds of kilometers away from Lin Feng, atop the ruins of a massive war fortress filled with metallic and technological aura.

A stern young man, dressed in a silver-white combat suit and holding two high-frequency particle lightsabers with a futuristic technological feel, slowly stood up from the wreckage of a mechanical Dragon, a hundred meters tall and constructed from countless mechanical parts.

At his feet were mechanical parts sparking with electricity and coolant, like mercury, pooled on the ground.

“You have successfully killed ‘Mechanical Tyrannosaurus’ (Lord), gaining 60 points.”

The young man’s ID was ‘Thunder God.’

He was also one of the top Geniuses in this college entrance examination, capable of ranking in the top ten nationwide!

He glanced at his score panel.

“Candidate: Thunder God”

“Score: 3015”

“Current Ranking: 157 / 10,215,487”

“3015 points, ranked 157.”

There was no expression on his face.

“Efficiency is still too slow.”

“Those magic-type Geniuses with ‘large-scale attack’ abilities have much higher scoring efficiency on this battlefield dense with low-level monsters than my ‘single-target assassination’ type.”

“To break into the top ten, or even contend for first place.”

“I must find even rarer ‘World-level BOSSes’ with more generous point rewards.”

He slowly raised his head, casting his hawk-like sharp gaze towards the very center of this Shattered Battlefield.

He knew that was the final battleground for this college entrance examination.

However, just as he was about to set off.

His gaze suddenly sharpened.

Because he saw, on the leaderboard.

That name, Su Qingxue, who he had always kept firmly behind him, yet who had always maintained an extremely slight gap with him... the second place.

Her score suddenly surged at an incredible speed!

Instantly surpassing him, and continuing to climb at an even more terrifying pace!

“...Ice Age...”

Su Qingxue floated quietly above a massive canyon completely frozen by endless glaciers.

She softly uttered four divine incantations filled with “coldness” and “ending.”

“Rumble—!!!”

The next second!

Everything within the entire tens-of-kilometers-long giant canyon!

Whether it was the tens of thousands of abyssal demon worms living there, or the endlessly flowing lava rivers, or even the wildly erupting “volcanoes”... all were completely... frozen in that instant by a terrifying, absolute zero cold current from the extreme north polar ocean!

“You have successfully killed ‘Abyssal Worm’ * 1254, gaining 1254 points!”

“You have successfully killed ‘Abyssal Moth’ * 876, gaining 876 points!”

“You have successfully killed ‘Magma Giant’ (Elite) * 54, gaining 1080 points!”

“You have successfully killed ‘Abyssal Lord’ (Lord) * 1, gaining 100 points!”

“You have completed the ‘Epic’ achievement — ‘One Person Annihilates a Nation,’ your total score receives a triple bonus!”

“...”

Su Qingxue looked at her score, which was rocketing like a firework, and her ranking, which had successfully reached “First.”

Yet, there was no joy on her exquisitely beautiful face.

Only an lingering... confusion and complexity.

She slowly raised her head, casting her cold eyes towards the boundless Void Realm.

In her mind, that solitary figure, bearing the Divine Blade, involuntarily reappeared.

“Lin Feng...”

“Where are you... now?”