63: Chapter 63: Break the basic level score record! The secret of the hidden level!

In the 20th wave.

Facing a luxurious lineup consisting of seven Level 15 common monsters, three Level 18 leader monsters, two Level 19 elite monsters, and one Level 20 excellence-grade BOSS.

After careful consideration, Zhang Jian directly gave up on obtaining extra points.

Instead of going all out with frantic damage output, he slowed down his pace.

He spent a solid five minutes playing around with his opponents.

"Your [Sword Qi Gale] blocked an attack from an elite monster 10 levels higher than you; progress +5,120."

"Your [Sword Qi Gale] blocked an attack from a BOSS monster 11 levels higher than you; progress +20,480."

Seeing the notification content, Zhang Jian looked delighted.

The effect of doing this was very obvious.

Just a single attack from the BOSS could increase the affix blocking progress by 20,000 points.

He had deliberately traded a few more blows with the BOSS.

After testing and confirming that several of the opponent's attack skills did not have the priority level of True Damage, Zhang Jian completely relaxed.

He dove straight into the pile of monsters and began to enjoy himself.

From time to time, he even lured the monsters on the periphery toward his direction.

He ensured that all the monsters were treated equally and could all land attacks on him.

Watching the progress of the affix constantly rise, he was completely enthralled.

Of course, he didn't forget his actual mission.

At the 4-minute and 20-second mark, he began to clear out the leader monsters one by one.

At 4 minutes and 40 seconds, he killed the elites.

With only 5 seconds remaining, he calmly finished off the BOSS.

"You have gained 96,000 (+739,200) experience points."

"You have cleared the 20th wave and obtained 400 base points."

"You have accumulated a total of 4,540 points."

"You have broken the base stage score record for the [Long Province Professional Unified Examination]."

"You have broken the base stage score record for the [Huaxia Professional Unified Examination]."

"You have successfully cleared all base stages, triggering the hidden stage."

"The hidden stage will open collectively in 1 hour and 32 minutes."

"If the clearance conditions are met, it will open early."

Looking at the screen-filling notifications, Zhang Jian felt a tinge of regret amidst his joy.

He had basically gotten maximum points in the previous stages, but because he spent a little more time on the last one, he failed to get the extra points.

It wasn't perfect enough.

But after doing the math, he felt relieved again.

It was just the impact of one stage; in reality, he only missed out on 80 points.

Compared to the total base of 4,540 points, it was a drop in the bucket, completely not worth mentioning.

And judging by the two consecutive records, he was also the first to clear it.

Given the difficulty of these monsters, he didn't think anyone could have a higher score than him.

As for the content of the hidden stage, as a benefit for early clearers, it had already been revealed.

Shortly, all individuals or teams who triggered the hidden stage would be teleported to their own independent dungeons.

They would face a Level 20 Legendary-grade BOSS.

Seeing this, Zhang Jian's heart stirred.

He was familiar with this kind of thing.

He hadn't just killed one or two of them before.

But as he continued reading, he noticed something was off.

This was a special type of BOSS.

It only had three skills, but they were all passive-type skills.

[Lethal Damage]: Every attack is guaranteed to deal 500 points of True Damage.

[Absolute Defense]: Defense type is fixed as a True Shield.

[Powerful Absorption]: 50% of any damage received will be absorbed.

Looking at these skills made Zhang Jian click his tongue.

If it wasn't True Damage, you couldn't break its defense; if it wasn't True Defense, you couldn't block its attacks.

And no matter what the damage was, half of it would be absorbed.

How was anyone else supposed to play?

He read further and realized that this indeed wasn't meant for candidates to fight or even kill.

Instead, they just had to survive under the opponent's pursuit.

The time limit was 60 seconds.

For every extra 10 seconds survived, they would receive a 10% bonus to their total score.

If they could survive for the full 60 seconds, they could accumulate a 60% extra point bonus.

Zhang Jian felt somewhat fortunate.

He had made the right strategic choice in the last two waves to level up his affix skill.

Otherwise, his original shield value would have been quite pathetic to look at.

But now, his eyes sparkled.

[Sword Qi Gale] (excellence) (+6) LV: 5

During combat, automatically provides a Sword Qi shield effect equal to 1800% of Health. While the shield persists, gain 40% damage reduction. When the shield is broken, gain 4 seconds of Invincibility.

(Remaining for affix quantity upgrade: use this affix to block 801,538/1,000,000 attacks)

(Remaining for affix quality upgrade: 3 Legendary-grade defense-type skill books)

Comparing the BOSS's affixes with his own, Zhang Jian's heart stirred.

In that case, there was a very good chance he could last 60 seconds and get that 60% point bonus.

He began to look forward to the battle with the final BOSS.

...

Inside the meeting room, it was bustling with excitement.

The scores and rankings on the leaderboard were changing almost every second.

Especially as candidates with ordinary classes and average performances fell one after another at the 10th or 11th stage.

Those who could still continue were undoubtedly all talents.

The discussions among the various recruitment representatives had reached a fever pitch.

"This warrior is very calm, and his class talent is good too. Our school wants him!"

"I was quite interested in this mage because he performed well in the last wave, but in this wave, he didn't follow orders and just output damage blindly. PASS!"

It wasn't just the representatives from the various key universities, who served as the backbone, looking for suitable candidates.

As the top few in the rankings cleared the 15th and 16th stages in succession,

And continued to push forward, successfully killing leader monsters several levels higher than themselves,

The recruitment representatives from the Nine Supreme Academies had also entered the talent-snatching phase.

"This support has performed very calmly from start to finish and has great command potential. Our Elemental Temple wants him."

"On what basis does your academy get him? Don't your mages all rely on damage output to steamroll everything? Why do you need a support? This kind of talent is perfect for our Xuanwu Shield Guard Vocational University!"

Bang, bang, bang!

The bearded man from Longyuan Combat Academy slapped the table.

"What's all the shouting about!"

"This support named Wang Fei can enable mages, Archers, and warriors to all display their full strength."

"Wouldn't it be a waste for such a comprehensive talent to go to your specialized academies?"

The others nodded respectively.

But the bearded man's tone suddenly shifted.

"He must come to our Longyuan Combat Academy to be put to his best use!"

His words instantly sparked public indignation.

"Bullshit! Going to your place would be the real waste!"

"Hai Dawei, you brute, you have no idea how to nurture this kind of support talent!"

Their target was none other than Wang Fei, who had already cleared up to the 15th wave.

Although the current progress of his team wasn't the fastest,

Being able to fight steadily all the way with such a team composition was truly not easy.

Wang Fei's performance had also been noticed by the big shots of the various Supreme Academies, piquing their interest.

Especially after they watched the battle footage on the screen for a while,

They found that he was practically all-around!

Not only were the effects of his buffing skills strong, but his own base attributes weren't weak either.

Not only did his expression remain unchanged after taking several hits from monsters,

But there wasn't the slightest delay during his continuous skill casting; the rhythm of the battle was extremely smooth.

If the strength of one's skills represented the effort put in before the unified examination,

Then remaining calm when facing high-level monsters in real-time combat represented a powerful mindset and psychological quality.

With proper nurturing, such a talent would surely achieve extraordinary things in the future!

Especially when placed in academies at the level of the Nine Supremes.

They could guarantee that Wang Fei would reach the Second Job Change within a year, and might even have a chance to sprint for the third job change before graduation!

Just as everyone was competing, someone suddenly interjected.

"Do you think this kind of support will attract people from Galaxy Academy?"

The scene instantly went silent.