Demon Abyss Plane

The students present all sat upright, listening attentively as Tian Wen continued.

"The unified examination is over. Once again, congratulations to the students who remained. You are all elites."

"This next assessment is the real key to widening the gap between you. It may even affect which university you are admitted to in the future."

At the mention of university admissions, Han Wu raised an eyebrow.

His grandfather's final wish had been for Han Wu to go to the Sea of Chaotic Stars at Imperial Capital Academy and search for his missing parents.

Imperial Capital Academy was one of the top universities in Divine Realm Civilization.

"This assessment will be held in a cluster of micro-planes controlled by the school. Relatively speaking, the danger level is not high, but that does not mean there is no danger. You will soon be teleported to Demon Abyss Plane C-793826. The specific exam content will be sent to you by email after you descend." Tian Wen swept his gaze over the students.

Then he announced loudly, "You have one hour to prepare."

The moment his words fell, the classroom exploded into uproar.

"A plane in the Demon Abyss! I heard demonic energy hangs over that place year-round. Once a retinue enters, there's a huge chance it'll be corroded by the demonic energy and become a mindless Demonic Creature. Only Demonic Beasts and undead can survive normally there."

"I also heard that Undead Cataclysms often break out there. The undead crazily attack every living creature they see. Who can withstand that?"

"Whose retinue is made up of Demonic Beasts? Please let me ride your coattails."

The instant Zhang Xiaolong heard Tian Wen announce that the assessment plane was in the Demon Abyss, he could no longer suppress the delight on his face.

His Core Kin were Demonic Beasts, giving him an innate advantage.

In this kind of plane-invasion assessment, one step ahead meant every step ahead.

Zhang Xiaolong could already foresee himself rising to prominence in this assessment.

When that time came, what Han Wu, what Xu Sun—both could get the hell out of his way.

Zhang Xiaolong's era was about to arrive!

Just as Zhang Xiaolong was about to find Qin Shuang to show off and take the opportunity to invite her to form a team, a private communication came through.

The caller's name was not displayed.

With some confusion, Zhang Xiaolong accepted it.

Liu Letian's voice came through. "Xiaolong, it's me."

"Teacher Liu, what do you need me for?" Zhang Xiaolong asked quietly.

"I need you to help me get rid of someone." Liu Letian's voice was filled with hatred.

"Han Wu, right? Even if you hadn't said so, I would've dealt with him." Zhang Xiaolong understood perfectly.

A few days earlier, he had heard that because of Han Wu, Liu Letian had lost five points of divinity to Tian Wen in the unified examination.

That was five points of divinity.

It was enough to nurture even the lowest-ranking demigod.

"Worthy of being the student I think highly of. If you handle this for your teacher, I won't treat you poorly." As Liu Letian spoke, he sent Zhang Xiaolong an email. "This is support from your teacher. Take it first. It'll be useful in your exam."

Zhang Xiaolong accepted the email and opened it. It contained a card sealed with an Extraordinary Lifeform: an Abyssal Dragon.

"An Extraordinary Lifeform: Abyssal Dragon! This is a powerful race comparable to a Heroic Lifeform!" Zhang Xiaolong said excitedly, hurriedly releasing the Abyssal Dragon into his Divine Realm.

Most of the other students were contacting their families, gathering all kinds of items capable of resisting demonic energy corrosion and doing everything possible to improve their chances of survival.

In the blink of an eye, the one-hour preparation time was up.

At Tian Wen's signal, the teleportation began.

The students in the class were teleported to Demon Abyss Plane C-793826, randomly distributed across various regions of the plane.

After descending upon the plane, they also received an email regarding the exam content.

Han Wu opened the email and spent three minutes reading through the information.

He could only blurt out, "Holy shit."

This assessment was simply too brutal for students with weak retinues.

Exam requirement one: Examinees had one opportunity to descend using a retinue incarnation. If the retinue incarnation died, the examinee would descend in their true body. Death of the true body meant real death.

Two, examinees had one opportunity each day to summon their retinue, with each summoning limited to 100 members.

These two rules alone had raised the difficulty of the assessment for students with weak retinues to hellish levels.

Three, assessment rankings would use a task point system. Completing tasks would earn corresponding points and rewards. The task list was as follows.

Task 1: Exterminate the Skeleton Soldier Camp.

Description: A massive Skeleton Race camp was stationed in the Undead Basin. Eliminate over ninety percent of the skeletons and destroy the Skeleton Race's military banner.

Tip: The camp contained between 8,000 and 10,000 Skeleton Race soldiers. The lowest rank was ordinary undead, while the highest rank was Extraordinary Undead.

Task reward: 60 Assessment Points and one random Level 1 sacred relic.

Task 2...

Han Wu saw that the task list contained nearly five hundred densely packed tasks.

Some required exterminating a certain race, some required gathering a certain resource, while others required establishing a force in a particular location.

In short, there were tasks of every kind. Students could choose tasks suited to their own strengths.

When all tasks had been completed, or all examinees had been eliminated, this assessment would end.

Besides that, the rewards for this assessment were listed at the end of the email to encourage students to achieve good results.

First place in the grade: one point of divinity.

Second place in the grade: 1,000 Class Points.

Third place in the grade: 500 Class Points.

Top ten in the grade: 200 Class Points.

Top fifty in the grade: 100 Class Points.

Top one hundred in the grade: 50 Class Points.

Seeing such generous rewards, Han Wu grew excited all over.

Ever since the unified examination, the rewards for every assessment had visibly become more generous.

Even an ordinary assessment offered rewards comparable to the unified examination.

Of course, Han Wu also understood that generous rewards meant a more dangerous situation.

The Demon Abyss Plane was filled with unfathomable dangers. With even the slightest carelessness, one might not even know how one had died.

Caution came before all else. Better safe than sorry.

"Please select which retinue incarnation to descend as." A prompt sounded in Han Wu's mind, urging him to make a choice.

Four options appeared before his eyes.

Seeing those four options, Han Wu cried out in his heart, This round is in the bag.