56: Chapter 56: A Horrifying Record!

Atop the high platform, Hong Feng, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them, a sharp glint flashing through his aged eyes.

"0.5 seconds?"

The smile on Lin Haina's face froze slightly as he looked closely at the glaring number at the very top of the leaderboard.

The curve at the corner of Ye Fenghua, Commander's mouth deepened, but he said nothing, his gaze merely focusing more intently on the direction of the illusion tower.

After a brief, dead silence, the entire square erupted into a discussion more heated than any before.

"0.5 seconds? How is that possible!"

"Even for a Mythic Class, this is just too ridiculous, isn't it?"

"Lu Yin? I've never heard of this name before!"

Bai Luer cried out in excitement amidst the crowd, drawing glances from those around her.

But she didn't care at all, her beautiful eyes fixed tightly on the name that had suddenly reached the top of the leaderboard.

"This guy!"

Zhao Gao also stared at that name, an extremely sinister look appearing in his eyes.

Just as the entire venue was in an uproar over Lu Yin's 0.5-second result, Lu Yin, inside the illusion tower, had already entered the second round.

This time, there were also ten monsters, only their levels had increased.

But for Lu Yin, this made no difference.

He didn't even move his feet; the ten Phantom Assassins flashed like ghosts, instantaneously slaying the monsters that appeared in the second round.

[Lu Yin (Level 19), Round 2! Time: 0.5 seconds! Points: 60!]

The leaderboard refreshed, and Lu Yin's name remained hanging high at the top.

"Another 0.5 seconds?!"

"Is... is there a bug in the illusion tower?!"

The clamor in the waiting area grew even louder; if the first time was shock, the second time was pure horror.

0.5 seconds meant that almost at the same moment the monsters appeared, they were instantaneously annihilated.

This kind of efficiency had already exceeded the conventional understanding of an "instant kill."

On the high platform, the three big shots had varying expressions.

Hong Feng, who had been leaning lazily against the back of his chair, had unknowingly sat up straight.

He stared at the glaring "0.5 seconds" on the leaderboard, his fingers unconsciously tapping on the armrest.

He then signaled to a nearby proctor, who immediately handed over a display device.

Inside the device, multiple split-screen views were displayed, all showing the top-ranking examinees.

Hong Feng's gaze quickly swept across the screens, finally locking onto the one showing Lu Yin.

In the image, Lu Yin was just standing quietly, with the ten Phantom Assassins guarding him like ghosts.

[Lu Yin (Level 19), Round 3! Time: 0.5 seconds! Points: 120!]

In the next second, the numbers on the leaderboard burned into everyone's vision like a brand.

In the waiting area, the originally noisy discussions gradually fell silent, replaced by a nearly stagnant sense of suffocation.

One instance of 0.5 seconds might be a coincidence, twice might be an accident, but three times in a row...

This could no longer be measured by common sense!

"A monster..." an examinee murmured, his voice dry.

On the high platform, Hong Feng stared at the youth in the display who remained standing still, his gaze sharp as a hawk's.

In the screen, Lu Yin hadn't even made any commanding gestures.

The ten assassins, emitting a dark aura, completed a precise slaughter the moment the monsters appeared, as if they possessed their own consciousness.

"Assassin-type summons, huh? But this damage... interesting..."

Afterward, Hong Feng turned his attention to the other screens.

Xiang Cang was a burly man.

His entire body was wreathed in golden battle qi, and he held a massive long-handled broadsword.

With every swing, he unleashed a majestic blade light, severing all the monsters before him.

Then there was Baili Qiansheng, a tall and thin youth whose weapon was a sniper rifle.

Every shot fired a bullet that whistled through the void.

He never missed a shot; every monster hit suffered a critical strike to their weak point, and the damage numbers were equally terrifying.

In another screen, Ye Qingxian was not to be outdone.

Dressed in white, she looked ethereal and beautiful, holding a longsword covered in frost.

Her posture was light and her movements graceful, with cold air overflowing as the sword light flowed.

Every strike of her sword froze the hideous, roaring monsters.

[Ye Qingxian (Level 20), Round 4! Time: 4 seconds! Points: 240!]

In the next instant, the leaderboard scrolled.

Currently, Ye Qingxian's results placed her first on the leaderboard; the four rounds had taken her only 10 seconds in total.

Almost at the same time, Xiang Cang's broadsword tore through the air, his golden battle qi sweeping across the entire battlefield like a wild tide.

He let out a roar, and wherever the blade light passed, the monsters were all turned into fragments.

[Xiang Cang (Level 20), Round 4! Time: 4.5 seconds! Points: 240!]

Baili Qiansheng remained calm, the sniper rifle in his hand like an invitation from the God of Death.

Standing at a distance, every bullet accurately struck a monster's weak point, without a single wasted movement.

Before the monsters could even get close to him, they were all dead.

[Baili Qiansheng (Level 19), Round 4! Time: 5 seconds! Points: 240!]

However, just as their rankings had stabilized, the top spot on the list suddenly changed.

[Lu Yin (Level 19), Round 4! Time: 0.5 seconds! Points: 240!]

When that familiar 0.5 seconds appeared, all the examinees were stunned.

For Ye Qingxian and the others to clear a round in four or five seconds was already astonishing enough.

But Lu Yin hadn't slowed down at all despite the increase in the monsters' attributes.

Instead, he had caught up from behind and entered the same round as them.

"After the fifth round, besides the attribute increase, the number of monsters will also increase. I don't believe he can still maintain a result of 0.5 seconds."

"Exactly, and the monsters won't spawn in a concentrated manner, so the time to clear will inevitably increase."

Some examinees who understood the examination mechanics whispered, drawing agreement from many.

And while many eyes were focused on the leaderboard.

The fifth round of the illusion tower had quietly begun.

The scene before everyone's eyes suddenly changed; the open battlefield turned into a ruin filled with broken walls and debris.

Visibility was obstructed, and the number of monsters had increased from ten to twenty!

"The quantity has increased, and this little fellow only has ten summons. He definitely won't be able to maintain that 0.5-second record."

The three big shots, including Hong Feng, were all watching the images on the device and couldn't help but speak softly.

And just as they spoke, several people in the images moved simultaneously.

Xiang Cang roared, his golden battle qi erupting like a volcano.

He no longer held back, his broadsword dancing wildly.

The blade light formed a destructive whirlwind, shredding the monsters swarming from all directions along with the broken walls!

The efficiency was amazing, but it was clearly not as easy as before.

[Xiang Cang (Level 20), Round 5! Time: 10 seconds! Points: 480!]

Baili Qiansheng frowned slightly, his figure moving quickly through the ruins.

The firing frequency of the sniper rifle had clearly increased, and he even used charged attacks, allowing bullets to penetrate the bodies of multiple monsters simultaneously.

His rhythm remained precise, but dealing with the siege of twenty monsters clearly required more time for positioning and aiming.

[Baili Qiansheng (Level 19), Round 5! Time: 14 seconds! Points: 480!]

Ye Qingxian's pretty face tensed slightly, and the ice sword in her hand burst with an even more brilliant blue light.

She pushed her movement technique to the limit, leaving behind a series of afterimages.

The tip of her sword pointed out, and icy aura spread in a fan shape, freezing several monsters at once.

But clearing all twenty monsters still cost her a significant amount of energy.

[Ye Qingxian (Level 20), Round 5! Time: 9 seconds! Points: 480!]

Although the times for the three of them had doubled compared to the fourth round, their results were still considered top-tier under the dual pressure of quantity and environment.

However, everyone's gaze remained firmly fixed on the name at the top of the list.