Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Compared to the previous student’s Divine Realm where only a few dozen Desert Lizardmen were left, the Divine Realm of this student was very well developed. Nearly 300 Swamp Lizardmen had surrounded the two-headed crocodile, constantly hurling short spears at it, while dozens of Swamp Lizardmen Archers repeatedly shot wooden arrow after wooden arrow.
About one kilometer away from the battlefield, there was a huge swampland floating island on which there was a huge Swamp Lizardman tribe.
There were close to 300 Swamp Lizardmen outside the tribe who were currently attacking the Swamp Twinhead Crocodile, while inside the tribe, there were several times as many Swamp Lizardmen living their lives. The battle outside the tribe wasn’t affecting them.
Living in this huge swamp was a massive tribe of Swamp Lizardmen composed of more than a thousand members—this was about twice the size of Lin Xiao’s Divine Realm. At a plane that mortals couldn’t perceive, a golden figure was overlooking the battlefield outside the tribe.
This golden figure was slender and had an extremely handsome visage. The red prismatic crystal on his forehead seemed particularly conspicuous.
On the battlefield, the Swamp Lizardmen had surrounded the Swamp Twinhead Crocodile. A steady stream of arrows showered from the sky. At this moment, the thick crocodile skin of the Swamp Twinhead Crocodile was covered in arrows. Blood was flowing all over the ground, dyeing a large area of the swamp red.
When the received damage arrived at a certain limit, the ferocious beast that had shed huge amounts of blood could no longer hold on and fell heavily to the ground.
When he heard the announcement that he had passed the test, Yuan Hong showed a confident smile on his face, but it soon became gloomy as he disappeared with a cold snort.
Different Divine Realms faced different tests, but the difficulty was basically the same.
If the enemy were large in numbers, their individual power would be weak. But with small numbers, their individual power would be massive. For instance, one single entity of a massive monster like the Swamp Twinhead Crocodile was enough to pose a huge threat to a frail Divine Realm.
Lin Xiao lingered in his Divine Realm for a while. First, he spent 27,100 points of Worship Value to upgrade his 271 Murloc Spawns to level-1 Murloc Fighters.
Then, he spent 22,000 points of Worship Value to upgrade 44 Murloc Fighters to level-2 Murloc Warriors. Each upgrade performed required 500 points of Worship Value.
As of now, all the remaining 282 Murlocs in the Divine Realm had been upgraded into Murloc Fighters level 1 and above. Among them, 44 had been upgraded to level-2 Murloc Warriors, arriving at the power cap of the race of Greymist Murlocs. Except for under special circumstances, they couldn’t be further upgraded.
Although their numbers were far less than before, their overall strength wasn’t too much worse than before the battle.
Leaving the Divine Realm, Lin Xiao didn’t immediately return to the Overworld. Instead, he went to the Divine Artifact Palace dedicated to his class. At this moment, there were already six figures inside.
The golden light that he morphed into fell from the sky and reverted back into himself. Six pairs of eyes turned to look at him at the same time. When they saw that it was him, they all revealed surprised expressions.
In the past, whether during combined classroom or placement tests, his grades always hovered around 25th place. This time, for him to have arrived so early after completing the test, anyone else would have been shocked.
However, their surprise only lasted for a moment as they withdrew their gazes. Sitting at the corner of the hall and holding a prop that resembled a magnifying glass while looking at a metal sphere that was seemingly made of delicate parts, his classmate, Zhao Erju, smiled at him and lowered his head back to continue studying that strange object.
Lin Xiao smiled back at him. Likewise, he found a corner in the hall and snapped his fingers. A chair appeared out of nowhere underneath his feet, and he proceeded to sit down.
Although this palace itself was a Divine Artifact, it wasn’t the kind of superpowerful artifact that the common people would have in their minds. Instead, it was a multipurpose auxiliary Divine Artifact. The Divine Artifact was exclusive to all the teachers at schools in the Overworld and had no fighting power.
After waiting in the hall for a while, students returned one after another after passing the test. Whispers also began to arise in the hall as people gathered around to discuss the test.
After waiting for about two hours, Lin Xiao heard the crisp sound of a bell ringing, indicating that the designated time for the test had ended. A dozen rays of golden light projected in from the outside, and all the remaining students appeared. At the same time, class teacher Wu Hai and tutor Zhen Wenzhuo also came into view.
A familiar deterrence that belonged to the teacher emerged within the hall. The whispers in the hall vanished instantaneously. Lin Xiao, likewise, quickly got to his feet.
Wu Hai’s eyes swept across the hall, pausing on Lin Xiao for a brief moment before sweeping past him, and said in a deep voice, “Firstly, I have a piece of bad news for you. Yan Huan has dropped out of school.”
“Huh?!”
Everyone was stunned, but immediately, their expressions became unclouded once again.
It was unexpected, yet completely reasonable.
Lin Xiao knew that this was going to happen sooner or later. After all, that person had been an elite in the top five of the class two months ago. All of a sudden, he dropped to first and second place from the bottom. Besides, the finals would be held next month. Time was simply too tight for him to conduct any redevelopment. Hence, it was inevitable that he would be eliminated in the future.
Instead of letting that happen, he would be better off dropping out of school early and trying out some other methods.
Just like what Lin Xiao’s mother had said, if one couldn’t study, they should just go home and receive their parents’ assistance to grow quickly. Unbound by school regulations, they could use all kinds of cards without restrictions to help them grow.
If not, he could join a private company or a team. Based on his past results, there would be companies who would be willing to take the risk of investing in him.
But whatever the case was, his future was destined to be limited. Being able to become a demigod was already the maximum. Without some kind of miracle, it was unlikely that he would become a True God.
After announcing this news, the class teacher returned to the main topic and said, “The placement test has ended. Out of the 49 of you in the class, 42 have passed the test. Seven students were unable to complete the test and thus will be assessed with a fail.”
These seven people were similar to Yan Huan. Though their performance wasn’t as bad as his, their grades had been poor all along. They belonged to the type that had no future.
The path toward being a True God was very cruel. It was like an entire classroom was running. Should one fall behind, it was very difficult to catch back up.
Generally, students who were ranked below the middle reaches of the class, that is, the 20th place and below, according to the norm of the previous years, 90% of them would not be able to enter university.
Those between the 11th and 20th places belonged to the group who have the opportunity to be admitted to ordinary universities. Bear in mind that although they had the opportunity, they might not be able to. If one was unlucky and performed poorly, it was entirely normal that they would fail to get accepted.
Only those in the top ten had a high probability of being admitted to a university, but only ordinary universities.
It was rather difficult to get into a key university or a prestigious university. One could say that only two to three people would be able to do so in an entire class.
At that moment, class teacher Wu Hai continued, “Let me first talk about a joyous occasion. In the placement test this time, we had a dark horse in our class. Lin Xiao exceeded my expectations by becoming the first in the class to pass the test. He is in the first place for this placement test. Very well done.”
In an instant, he felt 50 gazes falling onto him at the same time. The Mind Energy contained in a few of them was particularly powerful.
He looked over with a smile on his face and shrugged his shoulders.
His eyes met with the few top students in the class. There, he found the expected surprise, dissatisfaction and slight hostility.