The Purpose of the Imitation (Seeking Support)

"Shoot!" "Keep shooting!"

"Launch all the Flying Snake Spears!"

'Chi the Eighth' looked at the situation on the battlefield and immediately gave the order.

He could tell that if they couldn't launch all the Flying Snake Spears before the enemy reached them, they wouldn't have another chance to use them later.

Thus, bursts of sound like thunder echoed as iron pillar-like Flying Snake Spears were hurled out, at great speed. Round after round, often before the first round landed, the second round of Flying Snake Spears would already be in the air, their density increasing.

The Half-Dragonfolk's Hegemonic Body gave them immense strength and endurance, making rapid, high-volume throws perfectly feasible for a short period.

Under such a dense barrage of Flying Spears, the attacking Spotted Serpentfolk, no matter how much combat experience or skill they possessed, were hit by more and more iron pillar-like Flying Spears.

Especially when these Spotted Serpentfolk advanced into the numerous traps dug by the Half-Dragonfolk, scattering to avoid the Flying Snake Spears became even more troublesome. Finally, some Spotted Serpentfolk had their shield defenses shattered by the successive volleys of Flying Spears, and the projectiles struck their bodies.

At this point, one could see the mottled patterns on the Spotted Serpentfolk's bodies suddenly become extremely vibrant, as if illuminated. These patterned lines connected, resembling runes.

The powerful iron pillar-like Flying Spears shot by the Half-Dragonfolk, when they struck the Spotted Serpentfolk, found it difficult to penetrate their vibrant, glowing rune-covered scales.

Clearly, this was the difference in foundation between a first-tier Retainer from a fourth-tier Star.

All were first-tier Spotted Serpentfolk, but the Spotted Serpentfolk Retainers from the ordinary students' first-tier Stars were synonymous with weakness. However, Teacher Du's first-tier Spotted Serpentfolk from his fourth-tier Star already possessed the Barbarian Body aptitude of being impervious to blades and spears, allowing them to slaughter among the mutated Retainers of top Star Lord students who had spent a lot of money.

Watching the performance of Teacher Du's first-tier Spotted Serpentfolk Retainers, Liang Ji suddenly understood that this mock exam wasn't just testing the Star Lord students' Retainers, but was likely also encouraging the numerous ordinary Star Lord students in the class.

After all, over half the students in the class had the most common Spotted Serpentfolk as their Retainers. In previous trials, they had likely seen the gap between their own Retainers and those of the top Star Lord students.

It was somewhat despairing.

But in this mock exam, their homeroom teacher, Teacher Du, had shown them the growth potential of ordinary Spotted Serpentfolk.

Being ordinary wasn't a problem, and being weak wasn't something to worry about.

Cultivation and advancement were the greatest and best ladders.

As long as they followed the steps of Star Lord cultivation and improved the tier of their Natal Stars, they could naturally continuously enhance the foundation and abilities of their Spotted Serpentfolk, catching up to, or even surpassing, those special Retainers.

While Liang Ji was contemplating this, the assessment on the battlefield continued.

He also noticed that the Half-Dragonfolk's earlier methods of digging pits and piling earth on the battlefield to create various obstacles, while restricting and slowing down the advance of Teacher's Spotted Serpentfolk, had also provided them with more means to dodge and block the Flying Snake Spears.

The Spotted Serpentfolk adapted to the battlefield at the fastest speed and turned the giant pits, deep ditches, and earth piles into terrain that was advantageous to them.

As a result, despite the large number of Flying Snake Spears shot by the Half-Dragonfolk, they could hardly hit the Spotted Serpentfolk, and the damage caused was even less.

"This was a flawed setup..."

"Perhaps, it can't be called a flaw. It's just that the gap in combat experience and skills between the two sides was too large; any setup would likely turn into a mistake, a failed setup."

Liang Ji mused, quickly summarizing the experience and recording it in his study notes.

The most important purpose of the school holding such mock exams was to allow students to see their own strengths and weaknesses, so they could make targeted improvements in their subsequent studies and cultivation.

In the battlefield, the assessment continued.

The Spotted Serpentfolk Retainers being assessed by their homeroom teacher, Teacher Du, finally broke through the range of Liang Ji's Half-Dragonfolk's Flying Snake Spear throws and reached the 'Iron Fortress' they had built.

The large number of Flying Snake Spears brought by the Half-Dragonfolk into the assessment area had not all been launched; a small portion remained.

The speed at which the Spotted Serpentfolk advanced on the battlefield was unexpectedly fast.

The only consolation was probably that the Half-Dragonfolk's volley of Flying Snake Spears had not been without results.

Among Teacher Du's hundred Spotted Serpentfolk, three were killed midway by the dense Flying Snake Spears, and nearly ten were injured.

"These should all be items that add points."

"The peerless power of the Half-Dragonfolk's Hegemonic Body still has some 'reason' behind it."

Furthermore, under the intense barrage of Flying Snake Spears, basically all the shields in the hands of the Spotted Serpentfolk had been destroyed during their advance.

Now, the Spotted Serpentfolk who had reached the 'Iron Fortress' were left with only a single long spear in their hands.

And facing them was an iron wall, built by the Half-Dragonfolk from numerous shield-like iron ingots, over two meters high and nearly a meter thick.

The Half-Dragonfolk's next task was not to fight the Spotted Serpentfolk, but to use this iron wall to obstruct the Spotted Serpentfolk's attack as much as possible and delay the assessment time.

Liang Ji had never forgotten that this mock exam was assessing how long the Star Lord students' Retainers could hold out against the teacher's hundred Spotted Serpentfolk.

Thirty minutes was passing, sixty minutes was a perfect score.

He hadn't expected his Half-Dragonfolk to be able to counter-kill the teacher's Spotted Serpentfolk, so the battle strategy was naturally focused on defense and delay.

"Only ten minutes of the assessment time have passed, still some distance from the passing score, let alone the full sixty minutes."

"I just don't know how long these iron walls can hold back Teacher's Spotted Serpentfolk?"

Liang Ji didn't expect these iron walls to completely block the Spotted Serpentfolk's attack, but delaying them for a while longer was always good.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

In front of the iron wall, Teacher's Spotted Serpentfolk had raised their long spears and were thrusting them at the iron wall, producing crisp sounds.

These long spears were also cast from the metal of Teacher's fourth-tier Star. They were not carved with runes and were ordinary weapons, but they were very hard and sharp.

One could even see the long spears piercing into the iron wall, carving out pits.

However, the iron wall built by Liang Ji's Half-Dragonfolk was thick enough, nearly a meter thick. The pits carved by the Spotted Serpentfolk's long spears were at most twenty to thirty centimeters deep. It would clearly not be easy to break through the iron wall.

Liang Ji breathed a slight sigh of relief. It seemed that at least the passing score could be easily obtained, right?

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