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"Run! The bloodthirsty minotaur is about to catch up!"
"Among all martial arts, speed is the key! I don't need to run faster than the bloodthirsty minotaur. I just need to run faster than the others!"
"Damn it, why are we so unlucky? The first batch of candidates have already entered the entrance. How come there's still a bloodthirsty minotaur waiting here?"
A dozen candidates, their faces pale, were running for their lives.
Chasing them from behind was a minotaur, holding a two-handed battleaxe, its body a deep red, standing upright.
This minotaur was about three meters tall, its muscles bulging like blood-stained granite, sending chills down one's spine. Its level was a staggering fifteen!
At the back of the group was a young couple, holding each other's hands tightly and running with all their might.
If they were eliminated here, they would lose their chance to take the college entrance examination. Of course, they wouldn't give up.
But as they ran, the girl suddenly slipped and fell to the ground.
"Jenny!" The boy let out a cry, his face turning pale.
If he turned back to save his girlfriend, they would both lose the chance to take the college entrance examination. But if he kept running now, without his girlfriend's burden and with her blocking the bloodthirsty minotaur, he would surely make it to the entrance.
Between his beloved and his bright future, the boy was torn.
"Ah Bing, you go ahead. Don't worry about me!" The girl's eyes were misty. She knew she couldn't escape.
"Okay!"
This was the last straw. Ah Bing ran away without looking back.
Watching Ah Bing's retreating figure, Jenny felt as if something in her heart had shattered.
Facing the bloodthirsty minotaur that was pressing down on her like a mountain, she gave a bitter smile and closed her eyes, as if accepting her fate.
But just then, an angry voice rang out.
"What the hell is this King's Game? All minotaurs deserve to die!"
Whoosh!
A flash of cold light, and the starlight flew everywhere.
Ye Lin, who was hunting monsters, slashed with his sword, cleaving the minotaur in two and killing it instantly.
Jenny was stunned, staring blankly at Ye Lin, who was holding the Starfall Heaven Trace, until he left with his sword.
"Jenny, I'm so glad you're okay. We can go to the same university again." Seeing the bloodthirsty minotaur dead at Ye Lin's sword, Ah Bing returned, excitedly hugging Jenny.
But at this moment, Jenny pushed Ah Bing away coldly. What she had just witnessed had made her see through this man completely.
"Sorry, I suddenly don't really want to go to the same university as you."
"Cherish me, and you deserve to have me!"
Jenny turned and left without a second thought.
Meanwhile, similar scenes were repeating outside the city walls. Many monsters were killed in an instant.
Some monsters that looked like sheep would hear the devil's whisper in their ears.
"Pour the spicy salt from my mother's house, hot rapeseed oil, and a little vinegar. Soul juice, pour it on!"
As soon as the words "pour it on" were spoken, the monster that looked like a sheep would be beheaded with a single slash.
Some candidates were being chased by monsters and jumping around in panic when suddenly a starlight flashed, and the monster was split in two. They didn't even see who had done it.
Some candidates were stopped by a strange person who asked them how they found the monsters. It was simply crazy.
They were too busy avoiding the monsters to dare to actively look for them.
On the city wall, several school principals and important figures from Qingcheng were all stunned.
The college entrance examination trials happened every year, and they had watched countless of them, but this was the first time they had seen such a scene.
The college entrance examination trial takes place every year, and they have witnessed countless such trials. Indeed, there are powerful candidates who choose to level up before entering the examination area, but this kind of situation where someone is brandishing a sword and hunting down monsters everywhere is something they have never seen before.
"Alas, if this child were not a forbidden spellcaster, how wonderful it would be! If he were not a forbidden spellcaster, our Qingcheng would have truly produced a real dragon!" One of the school principals shook his head in regret.
A transmuter who can sweep through monsters in the wild, once they grow up, will surely be a powerful force that can suppress a region. But forbidden spellcasters don't even live past the age of 25.
"It's okay. At least the number of candidates from our Qingcheng who enter the college entrance examination trial this year is much higher than in previous years." Another principal nodded.
Thanks to Ye Lin, the number of candidates who were attacked by monsters and couldn't enter the college entrance examination trial this year has significantly decreased.
Wherever Ye Lin went, no monster could escape his sight. He was like an automatic floor sweeper, clearing all the monsters within the examination area.
At this time, those candidates who waited for the others to leave the city first before coming out, looking at the empty area outside the city, also showed a smug expression on their faces.
A young man waving a fan grinned.
"See? I said it would be better to come out later. The fast-charging monsters have been dealt with, and we can walk much more easily now."
Many people following behind him also nodded in agreement. They had already walked half of the ten kilometers from the city to the entrance of the college entrance examination trial, and they hadn't encountered a single monster.
Sure enough, it's better to leave later!
On the other side, Ye Lin also stopped.
"It seems... there really aren't any monsters left."
It was only four o'clock in the afternoon, and it seemed that all the monsters in the examination area had been cleared by him. At this point, his level remained at 18.
[Name: Ye Lin]
[Occupation: Forbidden Spellcaster]
[Level: 18 (2.33%)]
[Strength: 180 (+300)]
[Dexterity: 270]
[Willpower: 540 (+659)]
[Occupational Talent: Endless Spell, each level-up of a forbidden spellcaster unlocks a new forbidden spell.]
[Skills: Forbidden Spell? World-Ending Thunderbolt, Instantaneous Dance, Burning Cycle, Hellfire Incineration, Immortality, Eternal Frosty Gaze, Necromancy, Yangshou Swordsmanship, Eternity of Geng Metal...]
"The higher the level, the more difficult it is to level up. Forget it, let's go into the examination area!"
Ye Lin shook his head. The experience points needed to go from level 1 to level 16 were not much different from those needed to go from level 16 to level 18. There was still a long way to go to level 19. It would be more practical to directly enter the examination area than to waste a lot of energy sweeping the remaining few monsters.
The portal for the college entrance examination trial was like a huge light gate, quietly floating in the sky, emitting a soft glow.
As he approached the portal, he could feel a mysterious force fluctuating. It was the fluctuation of spatial magic, capable of instantly transporting a person to another place.
Ye Lin stepped in, and the scene before him disintegrated. When the scene reformed, he found himself in a huge square made of bluestone.
Around the square, ten towering stone pillars stood, each engraved with ancient runes, exuding a sense of antiquity and mystery.
In the center of the square, there was a huge stone tablet, on which the five characters "College Entrance Examination Trial Ground" were engraved, the characters ancient and elegant, like dragons and snakes dancing.
"Is this the college entrance examination trial ground?"
Ye Lin looked around and saw that the square was densely packed with people, making his scalp tingle.
"So many people!"