We Want to Watch Senior Ling Zhan

Hearing King Yama Zhou say that,

the principals around him fell silent again.

That was right.

What did it matter how perfect his handling had been?

As a Jobless Freelancer, he was destined to be unable to clear the Sewage City stage!

The Sewage City stage required candidates to kill one thousand Sewage Poison Crabs just to pass.

And to earn an outstanding grade, they also had to kill the elite monsters appearing in this stage.

The three large Sewage Poison Crabs from earlier could only be considered quasi-elite monsters at best.

They did not count as true elite monsters.

True elite monsters were far harder to deal with than these Sewage Poison Crabs. Their health, defense, speed, and every other attribute were also higher!

And if one wanted to claim first place in this Job Transfer Trial Entrance Examination, their team had to successfully kill the Supreme Poison Crab King that ruled Sewage City.

These mission requirements clearly could not be completed by one person.

"Director Zhou, should I step in and teleport this candidate out of the Trial Stage now?"

The Trial Proctor transmitted his voice.

"No. Let's first see how far he can go," King Yama Zhou said.

Originally, he had held absolutely no expectations for this Jobless Freelancer.

But Ling Zhan's brilliant battle decisions and combat experience from earlier had moved him.

If he had to give Ling Zhan's earlier battle a score, it would definitely be full marks!

That was why King Yama Zhou was curious about just how far such an oddball could go in this trial.

At this moment,

the students who had watched Ling Zhan's spectacular battle

had no intention of delaying any longer and entered the trial one after another.

Ling Zhan's homeroom teacher sent off the last student, watching him vanish into the Teleportation Array.

"Finally, I can catch my breath." Before he realized it, the teacher was drenched in cold sweat.

He had been scared.

After being singled out and criticized by King Yama Zhou, he had nearly ruined his career.

But scared as he was,

the dazzling series of moves Ling Zhan had displayed in the trial filled him, as Ling Zhan's homeroom teacher, with pride as well.

Unlike the others, Teacher Qi had actually always known that Ling Zhan had been hiding his strength. The school had held similar mock trials before, yet Ling Zhan had always performed averagely.

This was probably what they meant by staying silent until one stunned the world with a single cry.

"What a pity..."

Teacher Qi could not help sighing.

He believed that it was not just him. Probably everyone present had already concluded that Ling Zhan's growth limit ended here.

He had already reached the ceiling of the Freelancer class. There was no room left for further advancement.

At this time,

on the field, most people had already stopped paying attention to Ling Zhan.

Only a few younger students, truly conquered by Ling Zhan's astonishing performance earlier, stared fixedly at what he would do next.

After all, they were still young.

Their understanding of the shortcomings of the Freelancer class was not as profound as that of the teachers and principals present.

"Blind worship is understandable."

Outside Water City.

Ling Zhan, who had killed three Sewage Poison Crab Elites, showed no signs of fatigue.

With Thunder Flash enhancing him, his speed had become incredibly fast.

At the same time, he headed toward the inner area of Sewage City.

Along the way, Ling Zhan did not choose to keep fighting the sparse Poison Crab Monsters.

He knew that if he wanted to kill one thousand Sewage Poison Crabs, he first had to find a group of them.

Otherwise, it would take forever for him to kill a thousand Sewage Poison Crabs.

By then, the Honor Student Teams would have already cleared the stage first, claimed the championship, and beaten him to it. It would be far too late!

Since it was a system mission, Ling Zhan had to complete it beyond its requirements!

In this nationwide Job Transfer Trial Entrance Examination, he would definitely take first place!

Heaven did not disappoint those who worked hard.

After Ling Zhan's deliberate search,

he finally found a group of two hundred Sewage Poison Crabs

inside an underground Water Prison near the edge of the inner area!

[Monster: Sewage Poison Crab]

[Health: 300/300.]

[Defense: 100.]

[Attack Power: 73.]

[Potential: White.]

[Status: Irritable, Hungry.]

Upon entering the Water Prison, the underground river's negative effects on challengers became more severe. Health bars and monster descriptions automatically appeared above every Sewage Poison Crab.

Stats such as defense and health were easy enough to understand.

But the matter of "potential" was more particular.

Generally, monsters in trials were assigned potential grades.

The lowest potential grade was white, meaning these monsters were White-Rank Monsters—ordinary in every sense.

The highest was gold, representing the trial's ruler and also its BOSS.

From lowest to highest, monster potential grades were: white, blue, purple, red, and gold.

White represented ordinary monsters, blue represented quasi-elite monsters, purple represented elite monsters, red represented quasi-BOSS monsters, and gold represented the trial ruler.

The large poison crabs Ling Zhan had killed earlier were actually blue-grade quasi-elite monsters.

One thing to note was that Red Name monsters sometimes had a competitive, life-or-death relationship with the trial BOSS.

At this moment, densely packed Sewage Poison Crabs filled every corner of the Water Prison.

"Holy crap! As someone with trypophobia, my heart just skipped a beat!"

"Damn, is Senior Ling Zhan planning to attack that group of poison crabs? He's got some nerve!"

"Are three Sewage Poison Crab Elites no longer enough for Senior Ling Zhan?"

"Is he about to teach us group combat? I'd rather learn Senior Ling Zhan's combat experience!"

"..."

Outside the trial,

when the students saw Ling Zhan, who had been traveling for nearly half a day, finally stop with the poison crab group in the Water Prison as his target,

they finally erupted in excitement.

The Water Prison was enormous, leaving challengers plenty of room to dodge.

After all, there were two hundred Sewage Poison Crabs. It was impossible to wipe them all out at once. Even a five-man team would need to make a plan before coming here and be prepared to kite during the battle.

"This time, dealing with the poison crab group will be much harder than dealing with those three Sewage Poison Crab Elites. Let's see how the kid handles it."

"He's impatient to fulfill the mission requirements of the Job Transfer Trial Entrance Examination."

"More haste, less speed. If he killed them one at a time, it would take longer, but passing would not be a problem. Yet he's taking on a group of two hundred poison crabs all at once—his chances of dying are extremely high..."

"Indeed."

"..."

On the platform,

most of the principals had shifted their attention to other candidates participating in the trial.

Yet a small number of them continued watching Ling Zhan.

Granted, Ling Zhan's performance against those three poison crabs had indeed been perfect.

But a group of two hundred poison crabs and three blue-rank poison crabs were worlds apart in both difficulty and concept.

If Ling Zhan really attacked this poison crab group, failure was inevitable!

King Yama Zhou stared at the screen. Though he had harshly criticized Ling Zhan at first, he said nothing now.

He felt that the kid was not stupid.

But why was he doing something so stupid?

Could it be... that he truly had the strength to kill this group of two hundred poison crabs?

At this moment,

Ling Zhan had no idea what the outside world thought or said about him.

Of course, with Ling Zhan's indifferent personality, even if he knew, it would not affect his battle.

He first examined the surrounding terrain, leaving no corner unchecked.

This included where he could briefly stop to avoid the poison crab group's attacks, which terrain was convenient for casting spells, and so on.

After making every preparation,

Ling Zhan smiled faintly. "It's time to make a move."