Chapter 70: While Others Took Exams, He Truly Came to Grind Levels!

Upon seeing the legion of the dead instantly summoned around Lin Yi, Fang Ming was dumbfounded.

Li Zerui was so terrified he almost wet himself.

Originally, the boss-tier monsters within this dungeon already looked ferocious and menacing. Now, resurrected by necromantic magic, they were even more savage than they had been in life.

The kind of sight that would scare young children to tears.

In the proctoring room.

Li Qianye watched as Lin Yi casually summoned an army of over forty boss-tier undead.

His pupils dilated violently!

Holy shit!

How on earth did this kid pull that off?!

Normally, for a Summoner to pull out their summons, they either needed to channel and chant or utilize some kind of special equipment to store them.

Such equipment was exorbitantly expensive.

Yet right now, Li Qianye was certain that every single examinee inside the Noah Ruins had been stripped clean of all gear; not a single piece of equipment was on them.

Did he cast summoning spells instantly, too?!

This was simply too defying of the heavens!

What was even more defying of the heavens was the quality of Lin Yi's summons.

Aside from that warrior-type summon who looked no different from a living human, Lin Yi was genuinely capable of simultaneously controlling so many summons to fight for him!

This was no longer just a matter of overwhelming quantity.

The quality was overwhelming as well!

In the top-floor council hall.

Xiao Xuanyi's expression froze.

Not long ago, he had questioned Lin Yi's ability to control multiple summons simultaneously.

And now, Lin Yi had directly put on a display right before everyone's eyes.

The number of summons he could control simultaneously was not just two or three!

It was thirty to forty!

At that moment, even Xiao Xuanyi's conviction wavered slightly.

What exactly was his limit?

Was this his ultimate trump card?

He turned his head to look at Elder Meng.

The latter's eyes were slightly narrowed, his expression serene.

Judging from his expression, Xiao Xuanyi suddenly realized that this was not the trump card Elder Meng had previously referred to as "beyond imagination."

A shock ran through Xiao Xuanyi's heart.

If previously Lin Yi's aptitude had only made him glance his way,

he now had to completely re-evaluate this young man!

...

Inside the dungeon.

Although Fang Ming opened his mouth, wanting to say something more,

Lin Yi had already run out of patience.

The next instant, Lin You drew her sword, a slash of necrotic sword energy shot forth, and simultaneously, the disaster army surged forward.

"Everyone, don't panic!"

"They... they just look scary!"

"Xu Zhen, Zhang Tao, hold the line!"

"Keep up the DPS, kite them and fight!"

Fang Ming gritted his teeth.

He was trying his absolute best to control his fear.

Yet the oppressive aura emanating from Lin Yi and these forty-odd undead monsters was unprecedented!

Under his command,

two tall, robust individuals who were clearly tank- and knight-class professionals proactively stepped to the front of the group.

Fang Ming also drew a large bow, raining down arrows like a waterfall.

Even Li Zerui, standing in the rear, mustered up his courage and fired off a few cannons.

The situation was critical; there was no longer any room to hold back their hidden cards.

High-explosive shells were unleashed by him in a reckless frenzy.

Instantly, the entire battlefield was filled with billowing smoke and flying shrapnel.

For a moment, the fire suppression erupted through the cooperation of this dozen-man squad actually seemed to pack some punch.

However, reality was cruel.

Though the special effects of thick smoke and blazing fire were maximized,

it was utterly useless.

A roc beat its wings, stirring up a violent gale!

Blasting away the battlefield smoke, Fang Ming and the others instantly felt a profound sense of despair!

Because after unleashing their entire wave of output,

the opposing disaster army had barely lost any health...

At this moment, the overlord-grade bosses around Lin Yi numbered a full dozen or so!

There were also seven or eight quasi-king-grade ones.

And those entirely at the king grade, akin to the Golden-Winged Roc King, numbered two or three.

The disparity in numerical stats could no longer be bridged by any legendary or epic class.

Lin Yi watched as Fang Ming, the head of the opposing group, gave him one look filled with bitter hatred,

then unhesitatingly pressed the red button on the spiritual crystal bracer on his right wrist.

The next moment, his figure vanished.

He voluntarily forfeited this round of the exam and was teleported out of the dungeon.

With their leader Fang Ming gone, the remaining people were even more pathetic.

The vanguard tank-class professionals, Xu Zhen and Zhang Tao, were directly sent flying high into the air by a berserk ancient mammoth.

Lin Yi could even hear the sound of bones cracking.

Fortunately, both men were thick-skinned and heavily armored; though severely injured, they wouldn't be instantly killed.

Mid-air, they simultaneously pressed their red buttons, teleporting out of the dungeon.

"Roar—!"

A mutated giant bear dripping with pitch-black pus raised its paw high, preparing to slam it down onto the completely terror-stricken and paralyzed Li Zerui's head.

If that paw came down, Lin Yi reckoned it would be easier than squashing a watermelon.

He sighed inwardly.

Although this fellow had always looked at him with displeasure,

there was no deep-seated grudge between them.

Furthermore, Li Jingjing had actually been quite decent to him, even paying out of pocket to cover the difference in skill points exchanged for Great Xia currency.

That favor was something Lin Yi could not ignore.

With a thought, the giant bear's claws hovered mid-air,

its expression somewhat dazed.

It seemed confused as to why its master hadn't wanted it to kill this group of weak humans just now.

"Get lost before I change my mind," Lin Yi said in a deep voice.

The next instant, the remaining seven or eight people on the other side felt as if they had received a pardon from heaven, scrambling in a panic to press their red buttons and flee the dungeon.

Li Zerui was paralyzed with fear, trembling all over, and didn't even hear Lin Yi's words.

Yet the next moment, he was teleported away nonetheless.

Clearly, this was operated from the backend by the chief proctor, Li Qianye, who had been monitoring the situation inside the dungeon the entire time.

Standing beside Li Qianye at this moment was a sweating, heart-palpitating Li Jingjing.

Looking at Lin Yi on the screen,

Li Jingjing felt immensely fortunate that he hadn't offended Lin Yi.

Otherwise, even if his son hadn't died today, he probably would have been left half-crippled!

Lin Yi watched with an expressionless face as the group that had arrived so menacingly was instantly wiped out by him.

The disaster army was recalled into the nether space, and Lin You sheathed her sword.

"Are there any other monsters nearby?" Lin Yi asked.

Lin You shook her head. "They have been cleared out."

"Then let's move."

For the next half-day,

Lin Yi rode on the back of the Roc King, touring the entire eastern hilly region.

Lin You rode atop another Silver-Feathered Roc Queen, leading the undead legion as they swept across the entire area.

Half a day passed.

The number of the undead legion under Lin Yi's command had skyrocketed from over forty to more than three hundred,

and it was still continuously growing.

Whenever this legion encountered any monsters, they would ruthlessly trample over them, and those slaughtered monsters would then be resurrected by Lin Yi, becoming new members of the legion.

Other examinees in the same hilly region as Lin Yi

kept as far away as possible out of sheer terror.

As for Lin Yi, even if he ran into other examinees, unless they actively came looking for trouble, he simply ignored them.

This spectacle made even Li Qianye's scalp tingle.

"Others are here to take an exam, but this kid looks like he's genuinely here to fucking grind levels!"

"Not gonna lie, he's shot up to Level 59 over this past half-day..."

Just as his voice fell, another flash of white light erupted from Lin Yi's body on the screen.

He had leveled up to Level 60!

Simultaneously, a series of prompt tones chimed in his mind!

[Ding! Congratulations on reaching LV.60. Detecting that you possess the clearance to enter the Abyss, you are now qualified to participate in the Abyss Descent Layer 0 Trial!]

[You may enter the challenge at any time!]

[Ding! The unique weapon Song of Souls has absorbed enough soul fragments, its grade has increased from Black Iron to Bronze, and all attribute bonuses have been enhanced!]

[Ding! Your summon: Lin You has leveled up to LV.40, her tier has advanced to Top-Grade Overlord, and a new skill slot has been unlocked. Please proceed to activate it!]