The two of them thought the same thing.
Less than ten seconds remained on the countdown to the second round on the big screen.
Most examinees were already preparing for the second round in advance.
On the big screen, Li Zerui stood on the spot, his eyes bright and focused. All kinds of weapon systems had finished charging.
He was merely waiting for the monsters to spawn so he could unleash his firepower in an instant!
Qi Xiaying was no less impressive on the other side.
She had already activated a Domain Skill in advance.
Everything within four meters of her was dyed crimson.
The moment the monsters appeared, the domain would instantly inflict them with a burning effect, allowing her to kill them even faster.
"That girl from the Lan family might have a chance to take first place this round too!"
Someone suddenly noticed the corner of the big screen.
It was Lan Ruoyi's livestream feed.
In the image, the cool and aloof Lan Ruoyi continuously chanted magic incantations.
Then, Rock Balls glowing with purple light gradually formed in the sky and began to float!
"Why are there so many Rock Balls floating in the air?"
"She has a rare Mage System class change—the Gravity Mage!"
"That's a Tier 2 Skill from the Gravity System, right?"
"She hasn't even undergone her Second Turn yet, but she's already mastered a spell like that?"
"This skill gives her such a huge advantage! Once the monsters spawn, she can directly control those seven or eight Rock Balls and smash them down. The instant Area of Effect damage will definitely be terrifying!"
Li Yuanjing and Qi Guoguang noticed this as well.
Their hearts both skipped a beat.
Honestly, with so many Rock Balls crashing down, they would not believe it if someone said it was not Area of Effect damage.
Who would take first place this round suddenly became impossible to predict.
While all the Dongjiang geniuses displayed their own extraordinary abilities.
Lin Yi, whose feed occupied the main screen, took an entirely unconventional approach!
In the image, Lin Yi had already sat down on the polished floor, boredly drawing circles with his finger.
Lin Yi truly found it boring.
He had originally thought that the National College Entrance Examination, especially at Purgatory Difficulty, should at least make him take things seriously.
Who knew it would be like children playing house?
Twenty Goblins with 1,000 HP?
Are you fucking kidding me?
Wouldn't one Blazing Storm instantly wipe them all out?
Where was the difficulty?
So, he could not even be bothered to stand anymore.
He simply sat on the ground.
Inside the Examination Center.
Countless big shots instantly did not know whether to laugh or cry when they saw Lin Yi like this.
"This kid... why do I feel like he isn't taking this National College Entrance Examination very seriously?" Li Yuanjing could not help but complain as he watched Lin Yi in the center of the screen.
Qi Guoguang nodded as well. "Could it be that he has no Area of Effect methods? He knows he definitely won't perform well this round, so he's giving up on himself?"
The moment Qi Guoguang raised that hypothesis.
It immediately gained the agreement of many people.
Although Lin Yi's level was high.
Although Lin Yi could instantly cast Flame Burst.
In a situation where he needed to rapidly kill multiple targets over a large area, he should still be somewhat stretched thin.
Flame Burst required aiming!
Although the spawned Goblins would not move.
Their positions were randomly distributed.
If he frantically instant-cast Flame Burst, he might not need to aim much at first and could still hit them.
But afterward, if he wanted to hit them, he would definitely have to aim.
Trying to kill so many Goblins within two or three seconds would already be impossible.
At the end of the day, that kid was only a Common Profession.
He could not even compare to Rare Professions.
Much less surpass a Legendary Class.
On the big screen.
The countdown reached zero.
The next moment.
Exactly twenty Goblins spawned in every Dungeon in the blink of an eye.
Li Zerui, who had long been ready, immediately unleashed his full firepower.
Explosions rang out without end.
Smoke filled the air, turning the Dungeon into the Molia Battlefield.
On the other side, Qi Xiaying's domain completely encompassed all the Goblin monsters. At that moment, the Passive Skill of the Battle Spirit Master class also began activating frantically.
As long as she dealt damage to a monster a certain number of times, a Glimmer Pattern would form.
The burning from her domain, combined with her own small-scale Area of Effect sweeping attacks.
Produced nearly dozens of times more Glimmer Patterns than before.
Amid the explosions of countless fired Glimmer Patterns and the domain's burning effect, her monster-clearing efficiency was not the slightest bit inferior to Li Zerui's.
Lan Ruoyi was even more straightforward on the other side.
A full ten Rock Balls crashed down with a thunderous roar.
She could already imagine the moment her name appeared on the rankings in the next instant.
However, at that very moment.
On the Examination Center's big screen.
An incomparably blazing orange-red light suddenly appeared.
The light came from the screen in the center.
Countless waves of burning air, carrying bright embers, descended from the sky.
They smashed violently onto those twenty Goblin monsters!
The next moment.
The ground was scorched dark red.
As for the twenty Goblins, they seemed to melt away and vanished outright!
This time, Qi Guoguang could no longer remain seated.
His eyes widened instantly.
The rankings shifted once again.
[Current Test Round: Round Two] [Rank: NO.1, Examinee Lin Yi, Time to Clear Round Two: 0.1 seconds, Points Earned: 1000!]
All the Dongjiang High-Ranking Officials stared wide-eyed.
"???"
"Holy shit!"
"Fuck!"
Some people even directly swore in front of the leaders.
Their usual humble and civilized images instantly collapsed.
Instant kill!
Another instant kill!
And this time, because Lin Yi happened to occupy the center position.
They saw it more clearly than anyone.
Almost the moment those twenty Goblins had just spawned.
A storm formed from countless flames and scorching currents instantly crashed down.
Lin Yi was still sitting on the ground.
He did not even spare those twenty Goblins another glance.
Everything seemed perfectly natural.
With a flick of his hand, destruction descended!
Inside the examination grounds, countless examinees also had their vision blur.
Then, they saw a name suddenly appear again on the otherwise blank rankings.
It was still those familiar two characters—
Lin Yi!
Followed by an unfamiliar and even more outrageous result—
0.1 seconds!!
Fuck! It's him again!!
The fight for first place in the second round had completely lost all suspense the instant the assessment began.
"How the fuck did he do that?!"
"Did some big shot successfully reincarnate or something? Fuck, 0.1 seconds!"
"Lord Lin, please rein in your divine powers! Every time you post results that look like cheating, my heart can't take it!"
Countless examinees were on the verge of breaking down.
They were even considering filing a protest with the proctors.
Could they please stop displaying this leaderboard in the Dungeons of weaklings like them?
Their mindsets were going to explode!
Inside the Examination Center, Li Yuanjing stared at Lin Yi's rank in the upper-right corner of the screen, along with the result behind it.
His heart beat rapidly.
He suddenly thought of something.
More than six hundred years had passed since Great Xia first established the National College Entrance Examination.
Over those six hundred years, had there ever been an examinee who achieved such a result in the second round of Purgatory Difficulty?
If not...
Had he witnessed history in his lifetime?!
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