"That's a bit absurd!"
"This year, Dongjiang produced a super dark horse right in the first round of the exams!"
"Dark horse? This is a damn Celestial Horse!"
Countless people were talking about it.
From this day onward, the name Lin Yi had thoroughly entered the sight of most people across Dongjiang!
Meanwhile, at the Examination Center.
"Deputy Director Li, is this kid's 1,000-point score a perfect score for this round?"
A subordinate asked.
Li Yuanjing nodded.
"As long as the Goblin monster is killed within ten seconds, the score is perfect."
"After ten seconds, ten points are deducted for every additional second."
"Once the score drops to 500, no further points are deducted. As long as the Goblin is killed within the three-minute time limit for this round, they will receive the guaranteed passing score of 500."
"I drafted this rule with Old Ye back then."
The Old Ye Li Yuanjing mentioned was the head of Dongjiang Province's Education Department—
Ye Heng.
However, he was currently in the Imperial Capital attending a meeting.
"It's been so many years since anyone scored full marks on Purgatory Difficulty..."
Qi Guoguang sighed with emotion as well.
A nostalgic look appeared in Li Yuanjing's eyes too.
"It isn't difficult for geniuses from top-tier base cities like the Imperial Capital and Shanghai to score full marks in the first round of Purgatory Difficulty. But Dongjiang hasn't produced such an astonishing talent in the past ten years."
"This kid has set a precedent for the past decade."
The screen in the large conference room suddenly flashed.
At last, they were about to play the recording of Lin Yi's performance in the first round.
Everyone was curious how Lin Yi had managed to pass the first test in just two seconds.
The playback began.
The entire recording was about as long as Lin Yi's clearance time—only four or five seconds.
Yet after watching it, everyone in the conference room was dumbfounded.
"Play it again." Even Li Yuanjing found it unbelievable.
He immediately had his subordinates replay it.
When the second playback began, Li Yuanjing added, "Slow it down!"
Under the slow-motion effect, everyone finally saw what Lin Yi had done.
Actually, it was nothing much.
The instant the Goblin monster appeared, five or six enormous basin-sized Fireballs appeared in front of Lin Yi.
Like a rapid-fire barrage, these Fireballs bombarded the Goblin monster in a straight line at an extremely high frequency.
The Goblin monster's health plummeted at a horrifying rate!
Just over two seconds later, its health was depleted.
When the Goblin disappeared, there were still seven or eight Flame Bursts in midair, flying straight into the distance!
"That's the Fire Element Mage's Tier 2 Skill, Flame Burst, right?" Li Yuanjing suddenly realized.
The first time, the footage had gone by too quickly.
He had even thought Lin Yi had used some Fire Element Spell he did not understand.
How had it looked like a fire dragon?
Only now did he realize that it was not a fire dragon. Lin Yi had simply created countless Flame Bursts in an instant, and their continuous bombardment had created that effect.
Qi Guoguang nodded. "It's Flame Burst."
"This kid has already completed his Second Turn. It isn't strange for him to have mastered a Tier 2 Skill."
Li Yuanjing picked up the conversation. "What's truly strange is how he could cast so many Flame Bursts with such terrifying efficiency, right?"
Qi Guoguang nodded solemnly.
As the superior spell of Fireball.
Flame Burst not only dealt higher damage, but also possessed an effect Fireball did not have.
When dealing damage, it ignored 40% of the target's Magic Resistance.
With the Goblin monster's exceptionally high Magic Resistance, even he would give up the higher-tier Triple Flame Spear and choose Flame Burst instead.
He could definitely kill the monster more efficiently that way.
"Does he have some kind of Quick Chant skill?"
Qi Guoguang shook his head. "Even after a Mage's passive skill High-Speed Chant reaches Tier 2, it could never have such an exaggerated effect."
"To use nearly twenty Flame Bursts within two seconds, there is only one possibility."
"This kid's Flame Burst is instant-cast!"
"Moreover, his Mana is extremely abundant, enough to support him casting Flame Burst so many times in such a short period!"
Li Yuanjing understood what Qi Guoguang meant as well.
"When he awakened his class, he must have awakened some talent along with it, right?"
Qi Guoguang affirmed, "Yes. And this talent should allow him to instant-cast spells, perhaps even improve his skill consumption!"
"Then it's no surprise. No wonder he could reach this level in just thirty days!"
To everyone present.
The impact of instant-casting a Tier 2 Flame Burst was limited to the fact that Lin Yi was so young and had so little experience as a Class User.
Having only awakened his class for one month at eighteen.
This level of combat power was outrageously abnormal.
But that was all.
Soon, the playback ended.
The large screen once again displayed the candidates on the priority watch list.
However, Lin Yi's feed had now been moved directly to the center.
Li Zerui and Qi Xiaying, the two previous favorites to win, could only be shifted to the sides and yield the central position to Lin Yi!
"If I remember correctly, the second test is about quickly killing multiple targets, right?"
"That's right."
"The first test examines an output-oriented Class User's ability to quickly kill a single target—their burst damage."
"The second test examines burst damage against multiple targets."
"Honestly, the second stage is much harder than the first. Most Class Users only have one small single target skill after their First Turn and practically no group combat capability."
"Even if they do, it is usually just an attack on the main target that causes some splash damage to the area around it."
"A total of twenty Goblins that cannot move or attack will appear in the second round. Their physical and magic defenses are both around 300, and they have only 1,000 health."
"For certain Legendary Classes, if they have genuine Area of Effect skills and methods as early as their First Turn, they will definitely have a huge advantage in this round."
Li Yuanjing had actually been pricking up his ears and listening to the discussions behind him the entire time.
An imperceptible smile curled at the corner of his lips.
His son Li Zerui's class had nothing else, but it had an abundance of wide-area firepower coverage skills.
The rocket projectile he had used earlier was actually an Area of Effect explosive attack.
Perhaps he would take first place this round!
As for Lin Yi, although Li Yuanjing thought highly of him, based on his understanding.
A Mage, a Fire Element Mage, even with a Tier 3 Skill.
Triple Flame Spear was only somewhat wider in range.
With three Flame Lances striking down, it could hit at most three Goblins.
And a true Area of Effect skill was the Fourth-Tier Blazing Storm.
Could this kid possibly know such a High-Tier Skill at his current level?
Qi Guoguang, seated beside Li Yuanjing, naturally noticed what his old friend was thinking.
Heh.
It wasn't just your Zerui who had Area of Effect skills.
My granddaughter has them too!
Just wait and see. No matter what, she had to take first place in this second test and win one back.
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