59: Chapter 59 Abyss Invasion!

Inside the illusion tower, Lu Yin stood in the center of fifty Phantom Assassins, like a monarch in control of life and death.

Twenty newly refreshed Level 35 monsters had just charged out from the darkness. Before they could even let out a complete roar, they were sliced into fragments by a sky full of blade light.

[Points +800]

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Lu Yin's points soared at a despair-inducing speed, leaving the second place on the leaderboard far behind.

On the square outside, the onlookers had lost the energy to exclaim; they just stared blankly at the constantly jumping numbers on the light screen.

When the time reached the twentieth minute, the number of monster spawns reached thirty, and their level rose to Level 40.

At this level of intensity, even geniuses of the caliber of Ye Qingxian and Xiang Cang were beginning to show signs of fatigue.

Ye Qingxian's sword dance remained elegant, but fine beads of sweat had appeared on her forehead.

Xiang Cang was no longer as imposing as he was at the start, and the golden battle aura on his body had become very dim.

As for Baili Qiansheng, he could still rely on his positioning to constantly kite the enemies, but his attack frequency was getting lower and lower.

Only Lu Yin remained calm and composed.

The fifty Phantom Assassins formed a perfect killing array; any monster that stepped onto the stage was annihilated in an instant.

"It seems that except for Lu Yin, the other examinees have basically reached their limits."

"Yeah, but the other prospects are also quite good."

On the high platform, the three big shots conversed in low voices.

But from beginning to end, their gazes were focused on Lu Yin's split-screen view.

At this moment, although Lu Yin's fifty Phantom Assassins were not slow at clearing monsters, they were no longer able to achieve instant kills.

Lu Yin was just about to summon other Death Soldier to fill the damage gap when a sudden change occurred!

The darkness at the edge of the stage suddenly twisted, the space shattered like glass, and a rift spanning the void was violently torn open!

A deep red aura, thick as ink, poured out, accompanied by an aura that made the soul tremble.

The anomaly in the illusion tower caught all the examinees off guard.

The ten examinees, who were originally scattered in independent spaces, were now forcibly gathered on a shattered platform.

Besides the ten examinees, all the monsters from their previous spaces were also present.

In almost an instant, over a thousand monsters surrounded the ten examinees.

"What's going on? Has the exam content changed?"

Xiang Cang swung his broad blade to cleave through a pouncing monster, looking toward the spatial rift with a grave expression.

Ye Qingxian's longsword tapped lightly, and an icy aura spread out, temporarily freezing the group of monsters on the left.

Her cold eyes swept over the rift, her brow furrowing slightly: "This aura... it doesn't seem like a setting of the illusion tower."

The most pathetic was Baili Qiansheng; he had been relying on his agility to maneuver.

Now caught in a heavy encirclement, he was suddenly in a perilous situation.

As for the other examinees who had already reached their limits, their faces turned even paler.

"What's happening? Why can't we withdraw?!!"

Facing the tide of monsters, they instinctively intended to give up the exam.

However, to their despair, the option to withdraw at any time no longer worked, no matter how they tried to select it.

Just as everyone fell into chaos, Lu Yin frowned and scanned his surroundings.

"This aura... is it Abyssal Demons?"

His single sentence immediately shocked everyone present.

"Abyssal Demons?! How could they possibly invade this place?!"

Although the geniuses present had studied information about Abyssal Demons in books, they had never actually seen one.

Just as everyone's hearts were shaken by the words "Abyssal Demons," the rift spanning the void expanded once more.

The deep red mist, like living tentacles, spread toward the platform.

The illusion monsters touched by the red mist let out shrill wails, and their bodies actually began to twist and mutate.

Bloodthirsty red light flickered in their eyes as they lunged frantically at the nearest examinees.

"Watch out! These monsters have been Abyssalized!"

Ye Qingxian gave a sharp cry, her sword stance shifting.

She changed from her elegant Frozen Sword Dance to a sharp defensive stance, with ice lotuses blooming around her, barely managing to withstand the first wave of charging monsters.

But in the next second, those ice lotuses rapidly melted under the erosion of the red mist.

On the other side, Xiang Cang roared as his dim golden battle aura erupted once more.

His broad blade danced wildly, knocking back several pouncing Abyssalized monsters.

However, the monsters' attributes had increased greatly, leaving his arms numb and causing him to stagger backward.

"Damn it! These ghost things are more than twice as strong as before!"

In the most danger was Baili Qiansheng, who used his phantom-like movement to weave through the gaps between monsters, narrowly avoiding several lunges.

"Withdrawal is invalid! It's over! We're trapped!"

An examinee shouted in despair; facing the tide of stronger enemies, their mental defenses were near collapse.

Meanwhile, in the outside world, a commotion also broke out.

On the high platform, the expressions of the three big shots changed drastically at the same time.

Ye Fenghua, Commander slammed the table and stood up, his body erupting with a suffocating pressure that caused the air on the entire platform to freeze.

"The illusion tower is a vital treasure of the human race; how could it be eroded by the Abyss?!"

His eyes were like lightning, staring intently at the expanding rift on the light screen, his clenched fists making popping sounds like beans bursting.

As a big shot from the military, he understood the severity of an Abyss rift appearing here better than anyone.

This was not just an examination accident; it was an invasion event significant enough to shake the foundations of the human race!

"The exam must be terminated immediately!" Hong Feng's voice was like thunder as he turned to activate the emergency stop device.

"Wait." Lin Haina raised a hand to stop him. The usually steady Minister of Education had a livid face yet maintained a startling level of calm.

"The illusion tower space has been contaminated; forcing a termination might trigger a spatial collapse."

He quickly moved to the control console, pulling up dozens of flowing, colorful formation diagrams.

Each diagram corresponded to a core restriction of the illusion tower; currently, over thirty percent of the runes were being corroded by the deep red aura.

"There's a traitor."

Lin Haina's voice was bone-chillingly cold: "The thirty-six spatial locks inside the tower are intact; the rift was torn open from the inside."

He looked at the surrounding proctors and found that they were all wearing incredibly eerie smiles.

As a mythical-grade Third Awakening Forbidden Curse Mage, Hong Feng saw through it at a glance: "It's not traitors, it's mental control."

"This invasion... I'm afraid they've been planning it for a long time."

The moment the three big shots realized the severity of the situation, the entire illusion tower space shook violently.

The spatial rift at the edge of the platform spread like a shattered mirror, and tooth-aching roars echoed from within the deep red mist.

The strength of the monsters eroded by the Abyssal aura surged, and the examinees who were barely holding on were immediately plunged into a desperate situation.

"Jie jie jie, seedlings of the human race, the hope of the future—savor the final fear of your lives."

In the midst of this despair, an eerie laugh that froze the soul came from the spatial rift.

The deep red mist churned and condensed as a distorted figure stepped through the spatial barrier and descended onto the platform.

It was about three meters tall, humanoid in shape, with two goat horns on its head and covered in flowing dark red scales.