Lin Yi's Name Will Resound Throughout the Province From Today Onward!

On the other side, Qi Xiaying wasn't faring much better either.

Her target had always been Li Zerui.

The two knew each other, and their relationship wasn't bad.

If anything, it was as subtle as the dynamic between Lin Yi and Jiang Ya over these three years of high school.

But the gap between Qi Xiaying and Li Zerui was far smaller than that between the former pair.

In this first round, purely from a burst damage perspective, the dozens of Glimmer Patterns she'd been storing up could erupt all at once and secure her victory.

She was the one who had her heart set on first place.

Yet a name—Lin Yi—suddenly appeared on the leaderboard.

It stunned her for a moment.

It even scared her silly.

Hesitation leads to defeat.

In that split second of distraction, three or four of the twenty-six Glimmer Patterns she'd been restraining with Spirit Power dissipated!

By the time she snapped back to reality, it was too late.

On the other side, Lan Ruoyi, inside her own exam instance, also saw that name on the leaderboard.

Lin Yi!

Wasn't that the Level 42 Class User who'd been waiting with her at Entrance No. 1?

He'd already cleared the first round this fast?

What terrifying damage!

As for Zhao Kai, who had once looked down on Lin Yi, he was practically spitting blood right now.

Because he was already starting to regret it.

Purgatory Difficulty wasn't quite suiting him...

The Goblin in front of him had only lost a sliver of its health.

All his skills hitting that Goblin felt like scratching an itch!

The examiners were insane!

Why give them such high dual resistances? Who could even break through that?

Even monsters in instances didn't have resistances this high!

Compared to Zhao Kai, everyone from Jiangcheng First High School's Class 8 who knew Lin Yi was acting like they'd been injected with adrenaline.

Especially Zhang Shan.

Right now, he was standing his ground under the assault of four or five Goblins, unmoving!

A Knight class could go the damage route.

Or, of course, the protection route.

During the registration phase of this National College Entrance Examination, Class Users had to choose their role orientation.

Damage, Protection, Support.

Pick one of the three, then take the corresponding test.

Since it was the National College Entrance Examination, it naturally covered all Class Users.

You couldn't exactly make a Priest who only had healing skills prove their worth by killing monsters!

So Zhang Shan chose the Protection role.

Right now, he felt like he was brimming with power.

He could hold off five or six more monsters and still stand firm.

All because this guy was bragging nonstop to the examiners overseeing his zone.

"Hey!!"

"The one ranked first right now? That's my bro!!"

"Haha! He's really my bro, I'm not lying to you!!"

"A'Yi, you're freaking awesome—first in the whole province!!"

The exam rules didn't actually forbid candidates from shouting in their own instance.

After all, each instance space was independent and wouldn't affect other examinees.

So this guy's yelling left all the invigilators speechless.

They wanted to say, yeah, yeah, we get it, the one in first is your buddy, but what does that have to do with you?

Inside Lin Yi's instance space.

He was a little bored.

He plopped down onto the ground.

Then he looked up at the scoreboard above. He had just earned 1,000 points.

That score was way too specific.

It made him wonder if he'd gotten a perfect score.

Well, he wasn't sure about a perfect score, but he was sure he was first.

Because right next to the scoreboard hung the ranking list.

Now, about twenty-odd seconds had passed since the first round began.

The ranking list finally had more than just Lin Yi on it.

Gradually, one name after another appeared on the list.

[NO.1, Examinee Lin Yi, First Round Clear Time: 2.36 seconds, Points Earned: 1000!]

[NO.2, Examinee Qi Xiaying, First Round Clear Time: 23.27 seconds, Points Earned: 877.6!]

[NO.3, Examinee Li Zerui, First Round Clear Time: 24.88 seconds, Points Earned: 861.1!]

[NO.4, Examinee Xu Jia, First Round Clear Time: 28.79 seconds, Points Earned: 812.1!]

[NO.5, Examinee Lan Ruoyi, First Round Clear Time: 34.03 seconds, Points Earned: 759.9!]

The list only showed the top ten.

These ten who made the cut were the true elites of the entire Dongjiang Province.

In this year's National College Entrance Examination, among over a hundred thousand examinees!

The same list also appeared in the top right corner of the big screen at the Examination Center.

Even the usually calm Li Yuanjing and Qi Guoguang were starting to lose their composure.

The two exchanged a glance, both seeing shock on each other's faces.

Li Yuanjing spoke up, "Why hasn't his footage been pulled up yet? It's been so long!"

Hearing the big boss's question, the staff member who had just promised to have Lin Yi's footage ready in two minutes immediately shuddered.

Sweat poured down his back!

To be honest, only a few dozen seconds had passed.

Less than a minute.

Even if you push me, I can't do anything about it!

It takes time!

But what could he do? The other guy was a top leader, so he could only swallow his grievances!

"R-report! Almost! Almost there!"

"I'll go push them again!"

The man scurried off in a flash.

Li Yuanjing looked at the list and saw his youngest son only managed third place. He let out a bitter laugh.

"I never imagined Zerui would make such a big mistake in the first round..."

Qi Guoguang also sighed. "Xiaying's the same. She lost four or five Glimmer Patterns."

"Looks like that kid really shook them up..."

Li Yuanjing: "No kidding! Didn't you see the gap between him in first place and your granddaughter in second? It's a total chasm!"

"Two seconds versus over twenty—that's nearly a tenfold difference!"

"When the replay comes out, let's see how that kid pulled it off!"

Tianhai City, outside the first examination hall.

After the exam started and all examinees had entered, the place was still packed with people.

A large number of Tianhai City locals had come to each exam site to watch the excitement.

There were also teachers, parents, and some Education Department staff from other base cities across Dongjiang Province, here to see off their students and children.

Most of these people would pick up their students and kids after the exam ended.

And outside all 22 exam halls in Tianhai City, a giant spirit crystal display screen was set up.

The display screen showed the current exam progress in real time, along with related ranking information.

Suddenly, a line of large text appeared on the screen.

[This year's exam, first round concluded!]

[First round rankings released!]

The next moment, names began appearing on the leaderboard!

Because the outdoor leaderboard had an enormous screen, it was large enough to display the rankings of the top hundred examinees from the entire province.

After seeing the leaderboard—

Outside the 22 exam halls in Tianhai City, countless people cried out in shock!

The entire crowd erupted!!

"Look, that first place!"

"A name I've never heard before!"

"Lin Yi? Is there a major Class User clan with the surname Lin in our Dongjiang?"

"There is one, but it's not a major clan. Who the hell is this Lin Yi??"

"Is no one looking at that insane clearance time?"

"Holy shit, two seconds?"

"Yeah, and second place is already over twenty seconds!"