Leaping over the Dragon Gate
The association's rescue team quickly cleared the scene.
Then, all the surviving candidates were guided away from the ancient battlefield. Su Mu followed the crowd, passing through one light curtain after another, and through one passage after another.
He noticed that the secret realm was much larger than he had imagined.
It took nearly ten minutes to walk from the ancient battlefield to the exit. Along the way, we passed several huge spaces, some resembling training grounds, some rest areas, and some warehouses.
He even saw several passageways leading in different directions, marked with words like "Sector 3" and "Sector 7".
One can imagine that this secret realm is actually very large, and there are probably many things he cannot understand.
Then they left the secret realm and returned to the assessment area where more people had gathered.
In the square, hundreds of thousands of examinees were still waiting. When they saw the survivors emerge from the secret realm's exit, a clamor of discussion erupted.
"They're out! The person from the fourth level is out!"
"Wait, the numbers aren't right. 1,065 went in, but only this many came out?"
"Yes, I counted them, and it seems like at least thirty or forty are missing."
"Dead? Someone died in level four?"
"Really? Although Leaping over the Dragon Gate is difficult, very few people have died in history."
"Look at the faces of those people, they all look like they've seen a ghost."
What exactly happened?
The previously eliminated candidates also gathered around. When they heard that the Nest Church had attacked inside, they all gasped in shock.
"The Nest Church? That cult?"
"Did they stumble into the secret realm of the college entrance examination?"
"Thirty or forty people died? My God..."
"Luckily, I was eliminated early." A double S-level candidate's face was pale. "If I were still in there, I'm afraid I would also be..."
"Stop talking, it's too scary."
The public's resentment towards cults and cult dens has deepened.
Then, the scores for the fourth level were tallied.
This time, no points were displayed.
Su Mu's points were displayed as "pending," and when he asked Ye Qingxue, she said the same thing.
Clearly, the recent attack has temporarily halted the score tallying here.
However, to Su Mu's surprise, the rankings were displayed.
He looked at the leaderboard.
First place: Su Mu, Rongcheng No. 1 High School. Total points: To be determined.
Second place: Lin Qingyin. Provincial Capital No. 1 High School. Total points: To be determined.
Third place: Zhao Wuji. Provincial Capital No. 1 High School. Total points: To be determined.
Fourth place: Chen Zixuan. Provincial Capital No. 2 High School. Total points: To be determined.
Fifth place: Wang Muyuan. Provincial Capital No. 1 High School. Total points: To be determined.
Sixth place: Ye Qingxue, Rongcheng No. 1 High School. Total points: To be determined.
Su Mu was taken aback.
Ye Qingxue ranked sixth.
Her previous overall ranking was ninth. Although she only made it to the fifteenth wave in the fourth level, her Snow Queen performed very consistently in the fourth level, with extremely strong control effects, which helped her persist for a long time.
And she made it out alive.
Some of those ranked higher than her performed poorly in the fourth stage, and some were even killed by the Evil Mist Puppet. Her ranking, on the contrary, rose.
Su Mu looked at Ye Qingxue. She had also seen the rankings, her face expressionless, but a barely perceptible glint appeared in her eyes.
While everyone was still focused on the rankings, Su Mu's location was suddenly enveloped in a beam of light.
He looked down and saw the ground beneath his feet begin to change.
The gray-white stone slab split open in the middle, and a passage slowly rose, leading directly from the ground to the sky. At the end of the passage was the enormous archway suspended in the clouds.
Dragon Gate.
That passage was only for him.
The ground beneath everyone else's feet remained completely still, but a path leading to the sky appeared before Su Mu.
Su Mu looked up in confusion.
That previously emotionless voice now seemed to have taken on a touch of warmth.
"Like a fish Leaping over the Dragon Gate. Congratulations Su Mu!"
Su Mu's body was lifted up by a gentle force and slowly rose into the sky.
He followed the passage, step by step, toward the Dragon Gate.
The clouds on both sides of the passage surged, and golden light poured down from the depths of the Dragon Gate, enveloping him in a warm glow.
In the square, hundreds of thousands of examinees looked up, watching this scene.
Shocking.
Absolutely shocking.
The young man in the gray coat walked step by step toward the Dragon Gate in the sky, under everyone's gaze. His figure grew smaller and smaller, farther and farther away, in the golden light, but every step was clear and firm.
"He... he passed the Dragon Gate?"
"Su Mu has crossed the Dragon Gate."
"Not only did they achieve first place in the province, they also surpassed the Dragon Gate ' (a significant achievement)."
Everyone witnessed this.
"He did it. With a one in a million chance, he did it."
The square was silent.
Then, someone started clapping. The applause grew from sparse to dense, from the corners to the entire venue, surging like a tide. Hundreds of thousands of people clapped at the same time, the sound deafening.
Su Mu stood beneath the Dragon Gate and glanced back.
Below, hundreds of thousands of examinees looked up, their eyes fixed on him.
He spotted Ye Qingxue in the crowd. She stood in her place, her white light armor standing out conspicuously. She looked up at him, a slight smile playing on her lips.
For the first time, her face didn't show that competitive spirit, that stubbornness, or that "I must beat you" attitude.
Her gaze was calm and gentle.
It carried blessings, and a feeling that Su Mu couldn't quite explain.
Then, Su Mu turned around and stepped through the Dragon Gate.
The golden light completely engulfed him.