"I really don't believe it; there truly isn't an area where Special Beasts gather here," Shen Han also competed with the Secret Realm.
Finally, while Shen Han was constantly running and searching for groups of Special Beasts on a large scale, he discovered a team of people ahead.
"Stop, which school are you from?" The team consisted of 5 people. They seemed to know each other, so they should be from the same school.
The five people surrounded Shen Han, "The five of us would like to borrow Brother's points. Brother wouldn't refuse, would he?"
It seemed that many people had already started forming teams to fight other examinees. After 9 hours of hunting, many people already had a considerable number of points. At this time, choosing to take points from other examinees was a good strategy.
Shen Han didn't waste words. Nightshade Dark Breath was immediately activated. By the time these 5 examinees reacted, except for one who had a Dark Element Special Ability, the other 4 had already been directly Sealed.
Lightning Sky Curtain covered the 4 examinees who couldn't use any skills, instantly adding over 600 points to his account. As for the Dark Element examinee, he was sent to another location to refresh by a Netherworld Pierce.
This five-person team each had around 200 points, so their strength seemed good. Fortunately, they still had about 14 hours to continue increasing their points.
10th hour: [No. 38, Shen Han, Points: 993] Shen Han finally slowly made his way back up.
He glanced at the scoreboard.
[No. 1, Lu Yanlin, Points: 1420]
[No. 2, Lu Jingheng, Points: 1378]
[No. 3, Liu Ruyan, Points: 1372]
The top few were very close. If he could encounter the previously 'fat' five-person team or a group of Special Beasts, Shen Han would quickly surpass them.
At the 12th hour, Shen Han encountered another robbery. This time, it was just one person.
"Classmate, leave half your points. You still have 12 hours to hunt Special Beasts," the other party arrogantly said to Shen Han.
Having seen many people like this, Shen Han didn't want to bother with pleasantries and directly attacked.
Thunder Rending Sky directly struck towards the opponent.
A Flame Bomb attacked.
Thunder against flame, the two directly collided in mid-air, and many surrounding trees were cut in half by the shockwave.
"Hmph, if you don't know what's good for you, don't blame me for using my full strength," the opponent formed a hand Seal, a green light flashed, and countless wooden thorns shot out, "Let you taste the power of my Qing Mu Ci (Azure Wood Thorns)."
The Qing Mu Ci (Azure Wood Thorns) covered a very wide area, almost blocking all directions Shen Han could dodge. Besides retreating, there seemed to be no other option, and the opponent felt a surge of triumph.
Lightning Teleport. Amidst a blue-purple light and shadow, Shen Han superimposed a Space Element Teleportation. With two Teleportations superimposed, he vanished without a trace.
Qing Mu Ci (Azure Wood Thorns) was the opponent's strongest strike, and few could escape it. He never expected Shen Han to disappear. While the opponent was stunned, a Netherworld Pierce from behind sent him to another location to refresh.
"You, very good. My name is Han Dang. We'll spar again if we get the chance."
Shen Han checked the ranking list. This person named Han Dang was even ahead of him, with 1143 points. This time, he made a big profit.
[No. 2, Shen Han, Points: 1564]
He directly jumped from 38th to 2nd place. At this time, Lu Yanlin was still in 1st place, already close to 1600 points.
"Watching Shen Han's competition, if you have a weak heart, you really can't handle it," Principal Wang Siyuan wiped the sweat from his forehead when he saw the soaring ranking.
Starting from the 15th hour, many examinees had already withdrawn from the exam, either because they were exhausted and no longer had the Mental Energy to continue fighting, or because they were repeatedly robbed of points and were automatically teleported out after falling below 1 point.
16th hour,
[No. 1, Lu Yanlin, Points: 2238]
[No. 2, Shen Han, Points: 2189]
[No. 3, Liu Ruyan, Points: 2043]
[No. 4, Luo Tingyun, Points: 2001]
... With one-third of the time remaining, the top tier of examinees had basically been determined. They rarely fought among themselves. They were basically Geniuses from various Families. Fighting each other at this time would be cutting off each other's future, and the implications would be more than just National Higher Education Entrance Examination rankings.
Therefore, the further it went, the more everyone focused their energy on hunting Special Beasts. Unless there was a very great hatred between schools or between students, fighting and snatching points at this time would be an act of destroying someone's future without leaving them any way out.
If anonymity were allowed in this virtual Secret Realm, it is estimated that there would still be many acts of snatching points from each other. Everyone came to participate in the National Higher Education Entrance Examination with their real names. If you ruin someone's future, you can't run away from the temple if you run away from the monk. Examinees also have a bottom line in what they do.
Large-scale mutual fighting and snatching of points between examinees occurred between the 12th and 15th hours. After that, such fighting gradually decreased, and everyone refocused their energy on finding Special Beasts.
In the next 17th to 23rd hours, the rankings did not change significantly.
Shen Han almost ran all over the Secret Realm space, thinking there were no places where Special Beasts gathered, but finally, in the last hour, he found a group of powerful Special Beasts.
There were eighty or ninety second- and third-tier Special Beasts of various types: Late Stage second-tier Thunder-Patterned Frogs, Dark Night Stink Rats, Early Stage third-tier Earth-Splitting Bears, Violent Rabbits, and Middle Stage third-tier Mountain-Drilling Oxen.
It was already the last hour, so there was no room for hesitation. He would catch as many as he could.
Nightshade Dark Breath was quietly activated, covering the Special Beast group. Some Middle and Late Stage third-tier Special Beasts immediately became alert, but it was already too late. Unfortunately, more than a dozen Dark Night Stink Rats with Dark Element Special Abilities escaped, but the others were basically Sealed.
Lightning Sky Curtain was activated at the right time. Shen Han gathered all his remaining Mental Energy to launch this attack, striving to take down more Special Beasts.
Outside the venue, there were 10 minutes left until the end of the exam.
At this time, the rankings:
[No. 1, Lu Yanlin, Points: 3038]
[No. 2, Liu Ruyan, Points: 3001]
[No. 3, Shen Han, Points: 2989]
[No. 4, Luo Tingyun, Points: 2897]
[No. 5, Lu Jingheng, Points: 2895]
... At the Provincial City Experimental High School, all the teachers had smiles as calm as ancient wells.
"It seems to be another harvest year. The top five in the province are basically from our school."
"We can arrange an early celebration."
"Congratulations, Head of the Lu Family. Both young masters can enter the top five in the province this year. It's truly gratifying." Many other Families also came to the Lu Family to congratulate them.
In the Secret Realm examination hall, Lu Yanlin looked at the shining first place in front of his name, feeling satisfied. There were only 3 minutes left, so there shouldn't be any changes. The people behind him were at least thirty or forty points behind me, and three minutes wouldn't be enough for them to close that gap.
Last minute,
[No. 1, Shen Han, Points: 3088]
Shen Han calculated that there were still over 60 Special Beasts caught, which could yield at least 130 points, but he only got 99 points. Half of them escaped! Shen Han was slightly dissatisfied, but his Mental Energy was also almost depleted. He could no longer muster any strength.
"Exam over!"