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In Xiūshé City No. 2 High School, within the Star Lord Class.

Teacher Du, the homeroom teacher, pointed at Liang Ji's assessment screen and nodded, saying, "It's not too late for him to realize his mistake. If classmate Liang Ji had continued to let his retainers fight head-on, I guarantee they would have been wiped out within sixty minutes."

"As it stands now, classmate Liang Ji has definitely secured one of the full score slots for this assessment."

While the teacher was commenting on Liang Ji's retainers' performance, five more students among the remaining Star Lords were defeated one after another, ending their assessments.

Although homeroom teacher Teacher Du had Liang Ji's assessment screen enlarged to explain and comment to everyone, he was naturally well aware of the assessment progress of the other seven students.

At this moment, he shrank Liang Ji's assessment screen back to its original size and turned to critique the five students who had just failed, pointing out the strengths and weaknesses of their retainers' performance during the assessment and suggesting areas for improvement.

"Fang Xiaohan, your Shadow Serpentfolk retainers have developed very well. It can be said that the limitations of the assessment area restricted their performance this time; otherwise, they would have scored higher."

Fang Xiaohan was among the five who had failed. After the teacher's initial praise, he shifted his tone and continued:

"However, this also fully demonstrates the weaknesses and disadvantages of your Shadow Serpentfolk!"

"You must understand that in the future, when you face enemies and battles, you could encounter any kind of environment. Enemies won't be polite to you; they might even specifically seek out and create environments unfavorable to you for combat and fighting."

"In the school's 'Tactics Course,' there is a chapter on 'Terrain Advantage,' which you have all studied."

"You must apply what you learn flexibly. The content of the 'Terrain Advantage' chapter not only teaches you to create advantageous terrain as much as possible when fighting enemies, but you must also learn to think about how your retainers should respond to battles involving 'Terrain Advantage'."

"Therefore, Fang Xiaohan, before the college entrance examination, you should try to find a way to improve the frontal combat capabilities of your Shadow Serpentfolk retainers."

"I will prepare specific suggestions and send them to you separately later."

"Yes, thank you, Teacher," Fang Xiaohan replied, standing up and bowing to the teacher.

Homeroom teacher Teacher Du nodded slightly and continued to guide the remaining few failed students.

After the critiques ended, fifty-five minutes had passed. Three star-like screens remained in the air. Of the thirty-four students in the class, only the last three were still continuing their assessments, striving for the full score within the sixty-minute limit.

These three were Liang Ji, Peng Yue, and Wang Zhihe.

Homeroom teacher Teacher Du enlarged all three assessment screens and placed them side-by-side in mid-air, allowing the class to observe the performance of the three students' retainers during the assessment.

Liang Ji's Half-Dragonfolk were, as expected, still over a hundred remaining. They had gathered together, using broken shields, giant axes, deep pits, and even the corpses of their comrades to form defenses by any means necessary, resisting the constant attacks of the teacher's Spotted Serpentfolk retainers.

Their goal was to hold on for the last few minutes.

In the other two screens, the scenes were equally tragic.

Peng Yue's retainers, the Ice Soul Serpentfolk, were the most numerous among the three, with over three hundred remaining.

Furthermore, it was unclear what means her retainers had used, but the assessment area in the screen was covered in a large amount of ice, frozen over, turning into a land of ice and snow.

The Ice Soul Serpentfolk fought and killed within this environment, enjoying a significant terrain advantage.

Clearly, Peng Yue had studied the 'Terrain Advantage' chapter of the 'Tactics Course' quite proficiently, and her practical application was excellent.

Homeroom teacher Teacher Du pointed at Peng Yue's assessment screen, nodding in praise and explaining the tactical applications to everyone.

However, no matter how well tactics were used or how strong the terrain advantage was, it was ultimately difficult to overcome the gap in strength.

In the screen, the remaining three hundred-plus Ice Soul Serpentfolk were mostly injured.

The rune armor they wore was also mostly damaged and broken, having lost most of its defensive capabilities.

In fact, the defensive power of these rune armors was not much stronger than the Hegemonic Body defense of the Half-Dragonfolk. Under the terrifying shockwave attacks of the teacher's retainers' spears, they were also broken and torn apart.

Subsequently, their bodies were pierced by spears, their flesh torn, their bones and tendons shattered, and their toxins rapidly invaded, resulting in fatal injuries.

However, unlike Liang Ji's Half-Dragonfolk, who could only suppress their injuries, Peng Yue's Ice Soul Serpentfolk had ways to deal with these wounds. They used ice power to freeze their wounds and applied medicinal powder made from pills to the wounds, which could accelerate healing, restore injuries, and resist the erosion of toxins.

Clearly, among Peng Yue's Ice Soul Serpentfolk, not only had Rune Masters been cultivated, but Alchemists had also been cultivated, allowing them to advance further on the path of "pay-to-win."

With these methods, these Ice Soul Serpentfolk, despite being severely injured, were able to persist longer in combat than the Half-Dragonfolk. Coupled with their rune weapons, their lethality was even greater, having already killed more than thirty of the teacher's retainers, achieving a score far exceeding Liang Ji's.

However, at this moment, these remaining three hundred-plus Ice Soul Serpentfolk had also given up attacking. They piled up the frozen corpses of their sacrificed comrades, forming several broken ice walls with ice and snow, defending arduously and resisting the attacks of the teacher's Spotted Serpentfolk, trying to drag out the assessment until the end.

In the third star-like screen, it was Wang Zhihe's retainers' assessment.

Wang Zhihe also came from a Star Lord family, and his retainers were the special "Swamp Serpentfolk."

At this moment, in this star-like screen, the assessment area for Wang Zhihe's retainers had completely turned into a swamp. Clearly, he had also used means to directly transform the "terrain advantage" into the most suitable environment for his retainers.

In addition, rune armor, rune weapons, pills, and other "pay-to-win" items were all present, allowing him to persist until the end.

However, compared to Peng Yue's Ice Soul Serpentfolk, Wang Zhihe's Swamp Serpentfolk performed slightly worse. Only over two hundred remained, and the number of the teacher's Spotted Serpentfolk they had killed was only over twenty, similar to the lethality of Liang Ji's Half-Dragonfolk.

Moreover, unlike the Half-Dragonfolk and Ice Soul Serpentfolk, who were fully defending, Wang Zhihe's remaining Swamp Serpentfolk were not defending. Instead, they were fully engaged in maneuvering and escaping.

The more than two hundred Swamp Serpentfolk scattered, moving rapidly through the swamp. The teacher's Spotted Serpentfolk, with only over seventy remaining, were also spread out in pursuit.

However, the swamp clearly restricted the pursuit speed of the Spotted Serpentfolk, and the lack of coordinated attacks from their companions reduced their killing efficiency.

Wang Zhihe's Swamp Serpentfolk retainers were using evasion and the sacrifice of their companions to delay the final moments.

Homeroom teacher Teacher Du, pointing at the assessment screen of Wang Zhihe's retainers, did not negate their choice. Instead, he compared their performance to the full defense of Peng Yue's and Liang Ji's retainers and commented, "There is no good or bad choice; what suits you is most important!"

As his words of critique fell, the time reached exactly sixty minutes.

Liang Ji, Peng Yue, and Wang Zhihe's retainers had all persisted until the end.

When Liang Ji watched his remaining hundred-plus Half-Dragonfolk return to Dragon Soul Star with the corpses of their sacrificed comrades, his consciousness returned, and he heard homeroom teacher Teacher Du's voice from the podium: "This mock examination has concluded. Congratulations to classmates Peng Yue, Wang Zhihe, and Liang Ji for persisting until the end and achieving full scores."

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