First-Class Assessment Result!

After the ten-second countdown, Li Qi shot into the sky, controlling his bone cones and shield as he charged into the Corpse-Eating Bird flock. He continued using the same tactics he had employed on the fourth floor.

As he charged into the flock, the previously scattered Corpse-Eating Birds converged, surrounding him completely.

Within the encirclement of Corpse-Eating Birds, their cries rang out continuously. Blood occasionally sprayed through the air, accompanied by falling corpses.

Three minutes and forty-three seconds later, Li Qi exhausted his psychic power and was killed by the Corpse-Eating Bird flock!

Returning from the Trial Tower space to the testing room in the Virtual Universe, Li Qi lowered his head and stood quietly in place, thinking.

"I was wrong. The fifth floor of the Trial Tower isn't impossible to clear; it's just that the requirements for candidates in every aspect are extremely high. Any weakness makes it difficult to pass.

"Leaving aside anything else, if my movement technique improved by another level, the psychic power I needed to expend would be greatly reduced. It would be easy to achieve a result far better than this."

He recalled what his Third Dad, Ivanko, had said.

"My Trial Tower assessment result this time is 47% completion on the fifth floor. According to what Third Dad said before, 30% completion on the fifth floor is the passing line for a first-class result.

"But whether I can achieve a first-class result depends on the level of the candidates in this batch. As long as my completion rate is no more than 5% below first place, it counts as first class.

"To make Marcel despair, I need a first-class result. Now it depends on..."

Li Qi raised his head and looked toward Marcel at the examiners' table.

"H-How is that possible?!"

Marcel's face was filled with disbelief. "47% completion on the fifth floor of the Trial Tower, a first-class assessment result, only 1% completion behind first place!

"Wasn't he affected? How could he still achieve a result like this? He's only Fourteen. It's impossible for him to have such strong self-regulation!"

"Damn it! I can't keep the Zhaoguang Academy instructor position!"

Seeing Marcel's unnatural expression across from him at the examiners' table, Li Qi smiled. "Haha! Chief Examiner Marcel, you should announce the result now."

Marcel announced with immense reluctance, "The Trial Tower assessment has ended. Candidate Li Qi Royce achieved 47% completion on the fifth floor of the Trial Tower. His assessment result is first class!"

After announcing the result, Marcel pressed the button to leave the Virtual Universe. Once he returned to the real world, he left the testing room with a livid expression.

This scheme against Li Qi had caused him and his family tremendous losses. He had lost the Zhaoguang Academy instructor position.

One had to know that instructor positions at Zhaoguang Academy were extremely important to the star-level families of Zhaoguang City. In the future, their family would receive fewer resources in Zhaoguang City's resource allocations.

Among all the students at Zhaoguang Academy, Zhaoguang City accounted for seventy percent!

Of the remaining thirty percent, twenty percent belonged to Grassland Star and planetary-level tribes, while the final ten percent went to ordinary tribes.

The reason Zhaoguang City could occupy such a large share of the student quota lay in the instructor positions it held at Zhaoguang Academy.

"Ha ha!"

Watching Marcel's retreating figure as he fled, Li Qi felt immensely satisfied. The angrier he had been before, the happier he was now!

As he walked toward the exit of the testing room, he planned to share this good news with his Third Dad, Ivanko.

Inside the high-speed elevator, Marcel, whose face had previously been livid, seemed to have suffered a tremendous mental blow. He leaned weakly against the elevator wall, his eyes bloodshot.

"It's over! It's completely over..."

He kept repeating those words under his breath. Light rose from the communicator on his left wrist, forming a screen with a large headline faintly visible on it.

"New Governor About to Take Office, Six Academies Announce Purge of Corrupt Instructors"

In the chief examiner's office, Ian looked at the score sheet on the screen before him and shook his head slightly. "I told you long ago that Li Qi was highly talented."

Beside the results screen was another screen, with the word "Teacher" displayed at the top.

The waiting area outside the testing room had become noisy. Everyone was discussing the news that the new governor had announced a purge of corrupt instructors.

At the same time, a well-informed star-level powerhouse had obtained Li Qi's Trial Tower assessment result through other channels.

Looking at the score sheet on the screen, the star-level powerhouse shook his head and sighed. "A first-class Trial Tower assessment result. Marcel is finished this time!"

"Can't be helped. His luck is just too bad. The new governor is about to take office, and the six academies have announced that they'll purge corrupt instructors."

Another star-level powerhouse spoke up. He felt that Marcel was truly unlucky, having run straight into the gun barrel.

Originally, he would merely have lost his Zhaoguang Academy instructor position. But now, he would lose half his life!

"The Holk Family has effectively lost a star-level powerhouse. They finally managed to cultivate one, and he's gone in less than ten years."

"Isn't that so? Marcel will probably be made an example of and dealt with severely. Most likely, he'll be transferred to mine alongside those people from the United Training Camp."

Mining!

At the mention of mining, the two star-level powerhouses both fell silent. The Empire's punishment of United Training Camp instructors filled them with fear.

On a native planet, star-level powerhouses like them were absolute overlords, able to enjoy all the wealth and splendor they desired!

But in the Empire's eyes, they were nothing much. Dozens of star-level instructors from the United Training Camp had all been dragged off to mine on other planets.

Using star-level powerhouses for mining was truly extravagant in their eyes!

"Now that the new governor is about to take office, we should behave ourselves from now on and properly cultivate talent for the Empire."

In the end, the well-informed star-level powerhouse broke the silence.

"That's about the only contribution we can make. Since this matter is over, I'll head back first."

The other star-level powerhouse nodded in agreement, then ended the conversation and left with several juniors.

Almost at the same time, many star-level powerhouses whose juniors had completed their tests also rose and left with their juniors one after another.

In their eyes, this spectacle had not been entertaining at all. Instead, it had made them feel the Empire's powerful deterrence!

When Li Qi emerged from the testing room and saw that the waiting area was nearly empty, with only a few people remaining, he was quite surprised. Why had all those people who came to watch the excitement left?

"Third Dad, did all those people leave earlier?"

Arriving beside his Third Dad, Ivanko, Li Qi asked.

"Something major happened, so everyone went back first."

Ivanko's expression was somewhat serious, but then he smiled. "Eleven, you did very well this time. You achieved a first-class result in the Trial Tower assessment."

"Ha ha! I got a first-class result. That Marcel from the Holk Family's face changed the moment he announced my result." Li Qi laughed.

"Heh." Ivanko nodded with a smile. "It'll be difficult for us to see him again in the future."

Li Qi found Ivanko's words somewhat strange and asked, "Why will it be difficult to see him again?"

"You'll understand once you look at the news on your communicator," Ivanko said.

"This?"

Hearing that, Li Qi opened his communicator and took a look. He was immediately startled, a suspicion forming in his heart as he looked at Ivanko.

Ivanko nodded. "It's just as you think. All right, let's go back."

Three days later...