Chapter 54: A Crushing Display! First in the Province!
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Although Lan Ruoyi had been struggling somewhat at first, she had still managed to hold her own. As long as she found her rhythm and an opening, and figured out the logic behind the monsters’ attacks, she would eventually find a chance to damage the Goblin King.
But now that these invisible, backstabbing cheap shots had appeared, all her rhythm and plans were thrown into chaos.
Worse still, the assassins’ damage was terrifyingly high.
When an assassin struck from behind and landed a surprise attack, it dealt additional damage.
Her health plummeted. In the end, Lan Ruoyi could only grit her teeth and burn through every last drop of the mana she had just recovered.
The gravity field surrounding her rapidly shrank to almost nothing. She herself even began to float, fleeing the encirclement of the goblin horde at astonishing speed.
This was the Gravity Mage’s third-tier spell, Weightlessness.
It consumed a tremendous amount of mana. Originally, she had intended to save it for the Goblin King—to hurl it high into the air and then smash it brutally back down, dealing massive damage.
But now, she had no choice but to use the skill as a life-saving measure.
Meanwhile, in the other instances—
“I forfeit!”
“I forfeit!!”
Zhao Kai’s health had fallen to just one point!
And surrounding him were dozens of elite monsters from the Goblin Royal Guard, mercilessly whipping his corpse long after he should have been dead!
Although none of these monsters possessed forced-control skills, just like in most fighting games, being attacked still caused a certain degree of hit-stun.
And humans were not monsters. Monsters possessed powerful resistance to hit-stun and immense toughness.
Zhao Kai had neither.
Under so many overlapping attacks, his entire body convulsed as though he were having a fit. He lay on the ground, twitching incessantly, utterly unable to move.
At that moment, the instance’s built-in health-lock system became the most horrifying form of torture.
“Help!”
“I forfeit!!”
“I’m not taking this exam anymore! I quit!”
“I’ll never choose Inferno difficulty again!”
Zhao Kai had never imagined that the sarcastic remarks he had directed at Lin Yi before the exam began would come back like a boomerang.
And strike him squarely in the face.
His results in the first three rounds had already been disastrously bad, and this round offered no time to rest.
The moment the Goblin King and the elite goblins of its guard appeared, his health had been reduced directly to one point.
“Candidate Zhao Kai, are you voluntarily abandoning this round of the examination? If you withdraw, you will receive no points for this round!”
A cold voice echoed down from the sky.
It was another confirmation from the examiners, who had been monitoring all the candidates continuously.
In the end, Zhao Kai forfeited the round.
This meant that he had completely failed the examination.
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If he had not tried to show off and had chosen Nightmare difficulty instead, clearing all four rounds would not have been a problem. The total score he could have obtained would certainly have been higher than what he had now.
Situations similar to Zhao Kai’s occurred among the candidates who had chosen Inferno difficulty in all twenty-two examination venues across Skysea City.
Large numbers of candidates could not withstand the intensity and torment of Inferno difficulty and voluntarily withdrew from the examination.
In the end, only candidates such as Li Zerui—those who were genuinely a cut above their peers—continued to struggle on.
“That’s awful…”
“Look, even Li Zerui and Qi Xiaying are covered in wounds!”
“Only that monster Lin Yi can face this round so effortlessly…!”
“The disparity between people really is enormous.”
The last remark came from Qi Guoguang.
At that moment, on the giant screen, nearly every candidate who had chosen Inferno difficulty was teetering on the brink of life and death.
Even those who had not been beaten down to a single point of health were covered in injuries.
Ten minutes had been allotted, yet barely half a minute had passed.
The remaining nine and a half minutes would be unbearably long for them.
And simply enduring until the end was meaningless.
They still had to kill the Goblin King.
Otherwise, even if they dodged every skill and took no damage at all, it would not count as clearing the fourth round.
There was, however, one exception.
At the very center of the giant screen was the instance Lin Yi had entered.
It was the very picture of peace and harmony.
Why?
Because whether it was the Goblin King or the snarling goblin royal guards, every one of them had become a lifelike ice sculpture.
Frozen in place, unable to move!
The others were frantically maneuvering around the battlefield.
Lin Yi, meanwhile, simply stood where he was without moving an inch.
Maneuvering? Why bother?
If I immobilize all of you, why would I need to dodge your skills?
“Fire, wind, and ice! Three elements!”
Li Yuanjing felt his breathing grow rapid.
During the four rounds of today’s examination, Lin Yi had given him too many shocks and too many surprises.
Besides the fire element he had displayed at the beginning and the wind element he had revealed in the third round, the boy could actually use ice magic as well!
And the skill he was using was none other than a fourth-tier ice spell: Blizzard!
A vast snowstorm swept across the entire instance. Countless droplets of mist on the ground condensed into solid ice, penetrating deep into the marrow of every goblin monster!
The damage of ice spells was equally impressive.
Their number of hits was low, and their numerical damage was not particularly high.
But their control effects were immediate!
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At first, every monster caught within the blizzard had its movement speed drastically reduced.
Then they were immobilized where they stood.
Now they had been frozen completely into ice sculptures.
Lin Yi did not waste any time. He immediately ended the monsters’ suffering.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
A fourth-tier fire spell, Flame Storm, came crashing down again and again!
Scorching flames collided with frigid ice and snow. Snowflakes flew in every direction while sparks erupted through the air.
The visual spectacle was astonishing!
And the damage was just as overwhelming!
The dozens of elite goblins guarding their king had been reduced to a sliver of health by the time the second Flame Storm struck.
When the third one descended, they died instantly.
As for the Goblin King, its frozen state vanished after the fourth Flame Storm crashed down.
Its health also plunged by a massive amount.
This was the passive effect of the sixth-tier ice spell Bone-Chilling Cold.
After Lin Yi used fire magic to shatter the ice, the spell directly reduced the Goblin King’s maximum health.
So even though its health was far greater than that of its underlings, under the bombardment of four Flame Storms, combined with damage based on a percentage of its maximum health, it could do nothing but let out a miserable shriek before dropping dead on the spot.
Only a little more than thirty seconds had passed since the fourth round began.
With overwhelming force, Lin Yi cleared the fourth round!
The remaining nine and a half minutes were nothing more than dead time for him.
In the conference hall of the Examination Affairs Center, not a sound could be heard.
The silence was so profound that one could hear a pin drop.
Only after Lin Yi instantly killed the Goblin King did Li Yuanjing rise to his feet first.
Clap, clap, clap!
He began to applaud.
Then everyone else who had witnessed the scene became overwhelmed with excitement as well. They stood and offered Lin Yi the most enthusiastic applause and cheers.
A perfect score in the first round.
A perfect score in the second round.
And perfect scores in the third and fourth rounds as well!
A flawless all-around powerhouse!
The province’s top scorer this year—fully deserved!!!!
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Where did everyone go for fun during the May Day holiday?
Your long-suffering author has been stuck at home writing, hoping to build up enough chapters so that I can go out and enjoy myself later too, sob.
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