Qi Xiaying did not fare much better on the other side.
All along, her goal had been Li Zerui.
Not only did they know each other, they were also on fairly good terms.
If she had to put it into words, their relationship was as subtle as the one between Lin Yi and Jiang Ya during their three years of high school.
It was just that the gap between Qi Xiaying and Li Zerui was far smaller than the gap between the latter two.
In this first round, purely in terms of burst damage, if Qi Xiaying unleashed the dozens of Glimmer Patterns she had been saving all at once, she could have secured victory.
She was the one most determined to take first place.
Yet a name called Lin Yi suddenly appeared on the rankings.
It instantly shocked her.
It even frightened her senseless.
Hesitation meant defeat.
That momentary lapse in concentration caused three or four of the twenty-six Glimmer Patterns she had been restraining with her Spirit Power to dissipate!
By the time she came to her senses, it was already too late!
Meanwhile, Lan Ruoyi also saw that name on the rankings in her own examination Dungeon.
Lin Yi!
Wasn't he the Level 42 Class User who had been waiting with her at Entrance No. 1?
He had actually cleared the first round so quickly!
What terrifying damage output!
As for Zhao Kai, who had previously looked down on Lin Yi, he was practically coughing up blood right now.
Because he was already starting to regret it.
Purgatory Difficulty was a little unsuitable for him...
Because the Goblin in front of him had only lost a thin layer of health.
All his skills landing on this Goblin felt like nothing more than tickling it!
The examiners were freaking insane!
With physical and magical resistance that high, who could possibly hurt it?!
There wouldn't even be monsters with such high resistance in Dungeons!
Compared to Zhao Kai's side, everyone from Class Eight of Jiangcheng First High School who knew Lin Yi was as excited as if they had been injected with stimulants.
Especially Zhang Shan.
At that moment, he stood on the spot, taking the attacks of four or five Goblins without budging an inch!
The Knight class could follow an offensive path.
Of course, it could also follow a defensive path.
During the registration stage of this National College Entrance Examination, Class Users were required to choose their intended duty.
Offense, defense, support.
They had to choose one of those three roles, then take the corresponding test.
Since this was the National College Entrance Examination, it naturally covered all Class Users.
You couldn't possibly test a Priest who had only obtained healing skills on how quickly they could kill monsters, could you?!
So Zhang Shan had chosen the defensive role.
Right now, he felt as though his entire body was brimming with strength.
He could hold off another five or six monsters without issue.
All because this guy was wildly showing off to the examiners in charge of his area.
"Hey!!"
"The one ranked first right now is my brother!!"
"Ha ha ha! He really is my brother, I wasn't lying to you!!"
"Ah Yi, you're fucking incredible! First in the whole province!!"
The examination rules really did not forbid candidates from shouting loudly inside their own examination Dungeons.
After all, every Dungeon space was independent and would not affect the other candidates.
Thus, this guy's shouting left the invigilators speechless.
They really wanted to say, yes, yes, yes, we know the person in first is your buddy, but what does that have to do with you?!
Inside Lin Yi's Dungeon space.
He was a little bored.
He plopped down onto the ground.
Then he looked at the score display overhead. He had just received 1,000 points.
That score was suspiciously round.
It made him wonder whether he had gotten a perfect score.
Well, he wasn't sure if it was perfect, but he was sure that he was in first place.
Because the rankings were displayed right beside the score panel.
A little over twenty seconds had passed since the first round began.
The rankings were finally no longer occupied by Lin Yi alone.
Gradually, one name after another appeared on the list.
[NO. 1, Candidate Lin Yi, First Round Completion Time: 2.36 seconds, Points Earned: 1000!] [NO. 2, Candidate Qi Xiaying, First Round Completion Time: 23.27 seconds, Points Earned: 877.6!] [NO. 3, Candidate Li Zerui, First Round Completion Time: 24.88 seconds, Points Earned: 861.1!] [NO. 4, Candidate Xu Jia, First Round Completion Time: 28.79 seconds, Points Earned: 812.1!] [NO. 5, Candidate Lan Ruoyi, First Round Completion Time: 34.03 seconds, Points Earned: 759.9!]
The rankings only displayed the top ten.
The ten people who made the list were the true elites among the more than one hundred thousand candidates in Dongjiang Province for this year's National College Entrance Examination!
Such a ranking list.
Also appeared in the upper-right corner of the giant screen at the Examination Center.
Even Li Yuanjing and Qi Guoguang, calm as they usually were, could no longer remain composed.
The two exchanged a glance and saw the shock on each other's faces.
Li Yuanjing spoke up and asked, "Why is it taking so long? Why haven't you pulled up his footage yet?"
Hearing the big boss's question.
The staff member who had just promised to retrieve Lin Yi's footage within two minutes immediately shuddered.
He was drenched in sweat!
Honestly, only a few dozen seconds had passed.
Not even a minute.
There was nothing he could do even if they rushed him!
It took time!
But what else could he do? The other party was a high-ranking leader, so he could only swallow his grievances!
"R-Report! Right away!! It'll be ready right away!"
"I'll go urge them again!"
The man ran off in a flash.
Seeing that his younger son could only take third place on the rankings, Li Yuanjing could only smile bitterly.
"I never expected Zerui to make such a huge mistake in the very first round..."
Qi Guoguang also sighed. "Xiaying was the same. She even lost four or five Glimmer Patterns."
"Looks like that kid gave them quite a shock..."
Li Yuanjing said, "Of course! Didn't you see the huge gap between him in first and your granddaughter in second?"
"Two seconds versus over twenty seconds—that's nearly a tenfold difference!"
"Let's watch the replay later and see exactly how that kid did it!"
Outside Tianhai City's First Examination Venue.
After the exam began and all candidates had entered.
The area was still packed with people.
Many Tianhai City locals came to every examination venue to watch the excitement.
There were also teachers, parents, and Education Department staff from every other base city across Dongjiang Province.
Most of them would wait until the National College Entrance Examination ended before taking their students and children home.
Outside all twenty-two examination venues in Tianhai City stood enormous Spirit Crystal display screens.
They displayed the current examination progress and relevant ranking information in real time.
On the display screens.
A line of large text suddenly appeared.
[The first round of this year's examination has ended!] [First-round rankings announced!]
The next moment, names appeared on the rankings one after another!
Because the outdoor rankings were displayed on enormous screens, they could show the rankings of the top one hundred candidates in the province.
After seeing the rankings.
Outside Tianhai City's twenty-two examination venues.
Countless people cried out in shock!
The entire crowd erupted!!
"Quick, look at first place!"
"That's a name I've never heard before!"
"Lin Yi? Does Dongjiang have any major Class User family with the surname Lin?"
"There is one, but it isn't a major family. Who exactly is this Lin Yi??"
"Is no one seeing that absurd clear record?"
"Holy shit, two seconds?"
"Yeah, second place is already over twenty seconds!"
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