The Mock Exam Begins (Seeking Support)

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was time for the school's mock exam.

Homeroom teacher, Teacher Du, had already sent out a notice that this mock exam would be held on his Natal Star. He would specifically cordon off an area to test the retainers of each Star Lord student.

The specific assessment method was the same as in previous years: each Star Lord student would send out one thousand Tier 1 retainers to enter the assessment grounds on the homeroom teacher's Natal Star.

There was no need to worry about students being unable to field a thousand Tier 1 retainers. Even if they had maintained the lowest, most basic level of development for their Natal Star and retainers, after several months of development, their Natal Star would have already developed for tens of thousands of years, and they could have easily produced one to two thousand Tier 1 retainers.

If a student genuinely couldn't field a thousand Tier 1 retainers by this point, it would only indicate that there were serious problems with their Natal Star and retainers. They should immediately report it to the teacher for a thorough check-up to see if anything could be salvaged.

Then, homeroom teacher Teacher Du would send out one hundred Tier 1 retainers of his own to battle and fight against the students' retainer teams.

The students' retainers' survival time would determine their scores. Surviving for thirty minutes would be considered passing, while surviving for an hour would be considered a perfect score.

For those with the same survival time and score, the ranking would be determined by how many of the student's participating retainers remained and the number of the teacher's retainers they had slain.

As for the students' retainers completely counter-killing and annihilating the teacher's retainers within the assessment time, such a legend had never occurred in any of the ten high schools in Xiūshé City.

After all, those who could serve as homeroom teachers for the Star Lord classes in various high schools were at least Tier 4 Star Lords, possessing Sixth-Rank Golden Core cultivation. Their Natal Stars had been upgraded to Tier 4, and their retainers had also been upgraded to Tier 4.

Even though they used Tier 1 retainers for the assessment, their numbers were only one-tenth of the students', and many restrictions were imposed.

For example, remote attacks were not allowed. Otherwise, the teacher feared that several waves of remote attacks during the assessment would annihilate the students' participating retainers, which would be too damaging to their confidence.

For example, formation arrays were not to be used to form battle formations for combat. Otherwise, they also worried about instantly killing the students' retainers.

And so on.

However, even so, the fundamental difference between Tier 1 retainers on a Tier 1 Star and Tier 1 retainers on a Tier 4 Star was too vast.

For retainers of students who had become Star Lords less than a year ago, it was basically impossible for them to counter-kill and annihilate the teacher's assessment retainers.

One day, on Dragon Soul Star, in the center of the Half-Dragonfolk village, which had been expanded several times, in front of the Heavenly Emperor Temple.

The Half-Dragonfolk retainers, led by 'Xi the Eighth', were holding a grand sacrificial ceremony.

The current number of Half-Dragonfolk retainers had reached over twenty thousand, approaching the current limit of thirty thousand for their Natal Star. Among them, the number of Half-Dragonfolk who had awakened their bloodline, gained intelligence, and advanced to Tier 1 exceeded seven thousand.

At this moment, from these over seven thousand Tier 1 retainers, the strongest thousand were selected to form the expeditionary force. Led by the warrior chieftain 'Chi the Eighth', they lined up in the village square to receive the baptism and blessings of the tribal sacrificial ceremony.

"Warriors of the Dragon Soul Tribe, go forth! Go and accept the Heavenly Emperor's trial!"

The priest 'Xi the Eighth' pointed to the starlight portal that had opened outside the village and shouted loudly.

As the retainer tribe grew, Liang Ji bestowed upon them the name 'Dragon Soul Tribe'.

"Ten thousand victories!"

'Chi the Eighth' raised his battle axe and shouted.

The battle axe in his hand had become larger and thicker compared to two or three generations ago, looking like a warhammer.

This was because the Half-Dragonfolk tribe had not cultivated any Rune Masters and could not craft Rune Artifacts. Their original weapons could no longer keep up with the growth of the Half-Dragonfolk, forcing them to adopt a compromise.

They forged their battle axes to be increasingly large, like warhammers, by adding more metal. Their shields were also forged to be larger and thicker, like massive ingots of iron.

Of course, the flying spears used in the 'Flying Snake Spear' skill had also become larger and thicker, resembling iron pillars.

In any case, these Tier 1 Half-Dragonfolk had all cultivated the Hegemonic Body and possessed unparalleled strength. Using these warhammer-style battle axes, ingot-style shields, and iron-pillar-style flying spears was not a problem at all.

"Ten thousand victories! Ten thousand victories! Ten thousand victories!"

Behind 'Chi the Eighth', the warriors following him on this expedition also raised their warhammer-style battle axes and shouted.

Their height was around two meters. Two or three generations ago, they would have been able to contend for the position of warrior chieftain 'Chi'.

However, with the continuous growth and development of Dragon Soul Star and the Half-Dragonfolk retainers, Half-Dragonfolk around two meters tall were now only considered elite warriors in the tribe.

"Ten thousand victories!" "Ten thousand victories!" "Ten thousand victories!"

The other over six thousand Tier 1 Half-Dragonfolk participating in the sacrifice also cheered loudly.

"Depart!"

With a command from 'Chi the Eighth', he immediately led the way towards the starlight portal.

The expeditionary warriors, each carrying a massive battle axe, shield, and flying spear, or even more than one set, looked as if they were carrying small mountains as they entered the starlight portal.

For this mock exam, every Star Lord student had made thorough preparations.

Behind the starlight portal was a plain. There were no signs of the homeroom teacher Teacher Du's retainers or other students' retainers around.

This mock exam was to assess the true situation of each student's retainers, and teaming up was not allowed.

'Chi the Eighth' led his tribesmen and warriors into the plain and immediately felt the difference from Dragon Soul Star. The sky was higher, the ground was harder, and the vitality and spiritual energy between heaven and earth were more abundant.

Here, their bodies felt more comfortable, and their strength could erupt more powerfully.

This was on the homeroom teacher Teacher Du's Natal Star, a Tier 4 Star. It contained a Tier 4 Spirit Vein, so naturally, it was many times stronger than Liang Ji's Natal Star, Dragon Soul Star, in every aspect.

However, these Half-Dragonfolk did not have much time to enjoy the differences in their surroundings.

Liang Ji had already received a message from his homeroom teacher Teacher Du, informing him that his retainer assessment team would launch their attack in thirty minutes.

Therefore, his Half-Dragonfolk warriors only had thirty minutes to prepare.

This was also the school's last opportunity for the students' retainers to weaken the assessment teacher's retainers before the test.

After all, thirty minutes was enough time for many students' retainers to make sufficient preparations.

Just like Liang Ji's Half-Dragonfolk retainer team, under 'Chi the Eighth's' command, they took down the ingot-style shields they carried and chose terrain around them to directly pile up iron walls, building an iron wall fortress for defense.

At the same time, they dispatched warriors to quickly dig around, disrupt the terrain, excavate large pits, dig deep trenches, and pile up earth mounds, doing their best to create obstacles to slow down the enemy's advance and create an environment favorable to themselves.

A new test is about to begin, everyone continue to work hard!