23 hours later.
Only three minutes remained before the Fourth Examination began.
Having ended the simulation two hours early, the four of them had quickly familiarized themselves with their enhanced abilities through twenty full hours of intense combat.
Compared to before, they could now crush their pre-enhancement selves in simulated battles.
Ye Lin could also fight the other three on his own. Even with a simulated version of himself added to their side, he could pull off a last-second victory against all four.
But despite their massive increase in strength, none of them could help feeling nervous about the Fourth Examination.
Perhaps because Li Tianyang still hadn't replied, He Zheng couldn't resist tapping his wristwatch twice more as they waited anxiously.
"Ye Lin, do you think Li Tianyang might be dead?"
"I'm starting to wonder if the system would still say he's in the examination even if he died in there."
Putting away the dagger floating in his hand, Ye Lin raised an eyebrow.
He also wondered whether Li Tianyang had died. According to Huang Liang's speculation, there was no way Li Tianyang should have been inside for so long.
But checking was easy enough. They just had to look at the Leaderboard.
Li Tianyang's information had been displayed there before, and he couldn't disable his ranking after entering.
Bzz.
As the thousand-meter screen of light unfolded, An Ke and Huang Liang also looked up at the Leaderboard. They wanted to know whether Li Tianyang was dead, too.
Yet the instant they saw the very top of the Leaderboard, surprise flashed through everyone's eyes.
"What the fuck?"
"Where did everyone on the Leaderboard go?"
"Why are more than half the teams tied for first missing?"
He Zheng's eyes went wide. He rubbed them, seemingly unable to believe what he was