The Class Teacher's Surprise and Praise

"Tide Calling!"

Just as the Snake-Men were about to Charge, Lin Xiao, positioned above the battlefield, suddenly pointed a finger. A full hundred thousand Faith Points vanished, and he unleashed the Transcendent Power, Taunt.

The next second, the seawater across several hundred meters of shallow sea at the edge of the battlefield was bound by an invisible force. Without any wind, a massive wave nearly three hundred meters long and two meters high rose and surged toward the Snake-Men and Murlocs who had just begun their Charge.

The wave's impact was not particularly strong, but it was enough to scatter the charging Snake-Men into disarray.

Though the amphibious Murlocs were also thrown into chaos, they were naturally more adaptable to such changes than land-dwelling creatures and quickly regained their footing.

Lin Xiao's avatar reacted first. Raising the Bone Blade in his hand, he shouted:

"Lord of Gray Mist, King of Endless Tide, Lord of the Seven Seas above, grant me the power to Execute my enemies!"

Activating Salted Fish Assault, he sliced through the seawater like a shark's dorsal fin and shot forward in a straight line at astonishing speed. He crashed into the Snakemen Leader, who was being carried by the tide and could not steady himself. The Bone Blade in his hand split the air, snake scales, and flesh, plunging deeply into the Snakemen Leader's chest, its tip piercing out through his back.

As he pulled back, the other Murlocs screeched and activated their skills one after another, transforming into streaks of Murloc phantoms as they charged into the Snake-Men.

Over a hundred Murlocs hurled themselves one after another at the twenty-odd Snake-Men. Each Snake-Man endured no fewer than five impacts, and more than half were torn apart on the spot by the fivefold attack of Salted Fish Thrust. Blood splashed into the water, dyeing a broad stretch of beach red.

Within a square Divine Domain roughly six kilometers long and wide, a fierce battle was taking place in the center of a broad canyon.

A large group of around four hundred Kobolds, dressed in leather armor and wielding hoes in their left hands and shovel-knives in their right, had formed a long single-file formation. They were locked in a chaotic melee with an even larger group of Skeletons carrying rust-covered iron swords.

On a raised rock behind the Kobold formation stood an old red-haired, red-skinned Kobold leaning on a wooden staff, with several Kobold guards beside him.

The old Kobold raised his wooden staff. A ball of red light lit up at its tip, swiftly condensing into a basketball-sized Fireball. With a wave of the old Kobold's staff, the Fireball flew over the Kobold defensive line and landed among the Skeletons.

"Boom!"

A heaven-shaking blast erupted as a ring of flames exploded outward, instantly covering an area five by five meters. The Skeletons caught within immediately turned into burning figures, rapidly incinerating into ash and vanishing amid the flames.

"Good!"

Wu Hai, the Class Teacher watching outside the Divine Domain, clapped and praised Meng Hui to Zheng Wenzhuo, the guidance teacher beside him. "Meng Hui has been performing better and better lately. It's extremely rare for him to train Kobolds to this level. Combined with the Kobolds' numerical advantage, he should rank within the top five in the class."

Zheng Wenzhuo nodded.

"He also has a Kobold sorcerer who has initially awakened his bloodline. If he can fully awaken it and become a Kobold Dragon Vein Sorcerer before his lifespan runs out, his future achievements certainly won't be low."

At that, Zheng Wenzhuo sighed. "Unfortunately, that step is far too difficult."

Wu Hai smiled.

"Not necessarily. During this Placement Test—" Wu Hai, who had been speaking eloquently, suddenly furrowed his brow and showed a surprised expression. "What's going on?"

Zheng Wenzhuo asked curiously, "What is it?"

Wu Hai looked both startled and astonished.

"Someone has already defeated all the invaders."

"So fast?"

Zheng Wenzhuo was immediately intrigued. "Who was it? Yuan Hong or Wan Chuan? Or Zhao Erju or Yi Xiaoer?"

"None of them."

With a sweep of his sleeve, Wu Hai and Zheng Wenzhuo vanished. When they reappeared, they were already at the edge of Lin Xiao's Divine Domain, where they saw a large group of Murlocs carrying more than a dozen Snake-Man corpses back to their tribe while chattering noisily.

Wu Hai pointed a finger, and a light screen appeared before them, displaying the current scene.

"Rewind!"

As he softly spoke, the scene on the light screen began to reverse. It quickly rewound to the moment the Portal had just opened.

As time passed, astonishment appeared on both their faces. They exchanged a glance, and Zheng Wenzhuo said, "That skill... its burst power is incredibly high!"

"It's at least extremely Rare quality."

"What a pity it's wasted on Murlocs. That race is too weak and has practically no room for growth."

After a moment of silence, Wu Hai, the Class Teacher, said, "You can't put it that way. At the initial stage, everyone is basically the same. As long as he can use this Rare Card to gain enough of an advantage early on, that will be enough. If necessary, once he becomes a demigod in the future, he can find a way to improve his Kinfolk's bloodline. Or even if he switches to another powerful main combat race later, these can still serve as a secondary combat race. With the Murlocs' reproductive ability and numbers, they would make decent cannon fodder."

Having said that, he stopped chatting and tapped the air with a finger. A light screen appeared, displaying Lin Xiao's information.

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Inside the Divine Domain, Lin Xiao suddenly received a message. Seeing that it came from his Class Teacher, he immediately accepted it. It was rare for him to hear his Class Teacher's laughter. "Lin Xiao, your performance in this Placement Test was excellent. I'm very pleased!"

Speechless, he curled his lips. How vulgar. You were never this pleased before.

Still, complaints aside, he was quite happy. As a student, it was a good thing to receive a teacher's attention, especially for a student like him.

After all, many Rare Cards in the early stages were available only through schools. Even true gods might not have them. Otherwise, why would those true gods send their direct descendants to school? It was precisely to give their descendants a solid foundation. With school resources combined with the resources of their parents or elders, they could go much further.

Lin Xiao's parents, for example, could prepare resources for him all the way until he became a demigod, but that was also the limit of his potential. Without the Golden Finger, it would have been almost impossible for him to become a true god.

At that moment, Wu Hai, the Class Teacher, spoke again.

"So far, no other student has completed the test. Therefore, you are first place in this Placement Test."

Joy rose in Lin Xiao's heart, and an uncontrollable smile appeared on his face.

Wu Hai continued.

"According to the rules I stated earlier, you will receive one random Two-Star Card and one Five-Star Card of a designated type. In addition, you have one chance to attempt an extra trial of extremely high difficulty. Every first-place student in a Placement Test receives this opportunity. You may choose whether to accept it or not."

After a pause, he continued, "The extra trial is extremely difficult. Even Yuan Hong, the top student in the class, has only succeeded once. He failed twice and gave up twice."

Uh! Lin Xiao hesitated briefly, remaining silent as though he were considering it.

To be honest, this was the first time he had heard that there would be an extra trial after the Placement Test. This should have been treatment reserved only for the best students in the class. He had always hovered around twenty-fifth place before, so he naturally had never been qualified to know about it.

His Class Teacher had emphasized the difficulty and danger twice, so Lin Xiao did not dare take it lightly. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Can you tell me the exact difficulty, and what the reward will be if I successfully pass the extra trial?"