Four kings—an explosive, overwhelming blast.
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Shen Yunling's assessment was progressing with extraordinary smoothness. Golden arrows continuously formed in his hands, each arrow piercing precisely through the vital points of a demon. The arrows sliced through the air, the demons dissolved into light, and his score soared rapidly.
Moreover…
He glanced around; the number of demons was considerable, which meant all were points to be gained!
As long as he eliminated them all, he would rank among the top in this assessment.
Perhaps, he could not only match Jiang Qingyu but even surpass her—it was not impossible.
“Luck is sometimes part of strength,” Shen Yunling said with a relaxed expression, pleased. He began to condense the arrows of light in his hands again.
But at that moment, a golden beam suddenly shot up from afar.
The radiance was dazzling, accompanied by faint Buddhist chants echoing, illuminating the entire horizon.
Shen Yunling’s brow instantly furrowed, and his motion to form arrows paused slightly.
Something was off.
This power was unfamiliar yet formidable—not the familiar Greek divine brilliance, nor Jiang Qingyu’s usual moon-based spells.
Who could it be?
Before he could figure it out, an abrupt change occurred.
The demons surrounding him seemed to respond to some summons and all turned to flee in unison.
Shen Yunling: ???
What? The demons actually just ran away…ran?
Wait—he quickly realized that the points that should have been his were now slipping away!
His face darkened instantly. Without hesitation, he shot arrows, but the demons fled swiftly, already beyond his range.
Damn it!
“Chase them!”
He was determined to claim these points. He had to achieve excellence in this exam, or he would miss the opportunity to secure a coveted spot and would have no explanation for his father.
Who was behind this? Could it be Jiang Qingyu?
Shen Yunling looked toward the distant golden light, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes.
She must have summoned some new divine being again.
“I’ll remember this score!”
…
On the other side, Jiang Qingyu was stunned.
She had been using the power of the Twin Moon God to hunt demons, but suddenly, her prey just ran away?
They fled without even looking back.
Her eyes flickered as she immediately suspected Shen Yunling’s involvement.
Perhaps, the Shen family had given him some new trump card?
Noble-born youths like them always had unexpected resources.
“To reach this level…” she pondered, “Could it be the legendary artifact, the ‘Pact of the Gods’?”
No, this was just a final exam; the Shen family wouldn’t deploy resources of that caliber for such an event.
Then who was it? Who had been playing the fool until now?
Jiang Qingyu thought for a moment, then a sudden idea struck her.
Could it be Su Fu?
“Impossible.” She immediately dismissed the thought. Su Fu couldn’t have been pretending all this time.
Yet… her grip on her weapon tightened unconsciously.
She had heard of precedents—people awakening astonishing talents at critical moments.
If Su Fu failed this exam, her fate would be no different from death.
Could she really have summoned some powerful deity?
If so, Su Fu might just be her greatest rival in this test.
With that, she surged forward, racing toward the direction of the demon horde.
Moonlight flowed around her, her form like a silver gale.
Speculation was useless; the truth would soon be revealed.
…
At this moment, the monitoring room fell into complete silence.
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“Wait… what is she doing?” Jiang Yuqing’s voice trembled. “The Demon’s Calamity skill was only used to attract fire?”
“Were we all wrong?”
They had assumed the most powerful humanoid deity’s skill would be something formidable, but it turned out to be merely a lure?
Then what about the other seemingly ordinary skills? Could they also conceal some mystery?
They had been discussing how mediocre these skills seemed, but now realized they might have been completely mistaken.
The once laughing group now silently stared intently at the towering golden light on the screen.
Lin Wenyu’s gaze swept rapidly over the data panel, showing that 90% of the demons in the arena were gathering toward Su Fu.
He said incredulously, “Is Su Fu crazy? She’s attracting all the demons with her skill—how is she going to survive?”
“This is basically suicide!”
On the screen, red dots representing demons surged like a tide toward a solitary blue dot.
The dense red dots nearly flooded the entire screen, a terrifying scene.
These were all the demons in the entire arena; even Jiang Qingyu or Shen Yunling would have retreated facing such odds.
“What is she doing now?” Jiang Yuqing frowned. “Just standing there to die?”
In the footage, Su Fu remained calm, her posture composed to an unfathomable degree.
Even Zhou Nanyuan, usually laid-back, grew serious watching this, but Su Fu appeared utterly unhurried.
She was even… straightening her collar?
“Could it be that she’s paralyzed by fear?” Jiang Yuqing muttered.
…
Su Fu dared to act so confidently because she had every reason to.
This was the “Ling Mountain Branch: Lesser Demon Path” exam paper—named for a branch of Ling Mountain—and who was the deity she had summoned?
The seasoned demon-slaying disciples who journeyed from the Eastern Tang all the way to the Spiritual West Mountain!
This exam was tailor-made for her.
Not to mention, she had summoned four deities!
According to the memories of her previous self, summoning even one deity in a D-level exam paper was remarkable; two was extremely rare.
But she had four!
So why hesitate?
Su Fu lightly flexed her wrist as she watched the vast demon horde surge, blotting out the sky.
But in her eyes, these were no terrifying demons.
They were… points delivered on a silver platter.
Divine power surged, and four figures circled around her—Golden Cicada Reincarnation, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Marshal Tianpeng, and General Juanlian!
Four ultimate trump cards!
What was there to wait for?
Of course…
To blow them all sky-high!
“Great Sage, the Ruyi Jingu Bang!”
The Great Sage’s silhouette behind Su Fu suddenly solidified.
The Divine AI screen unfolded in the void, data streaming down like a waterfall.
Before she finished speaking, a golden light condensed in her hand.
Sun Wukong’s figure slowly formed behind her, his ethereal voice seeming to come from ancient times.
“Let Old Monkey lend you a hand!”
Su Fu grasped the golden staff; its shadow swept across like a golden lightning bolt cutting through darkness.
The demons before her were as fragile as paper, easily torn apart.
One by one, the demons dissolved into light, their points flowing rapidly into her account.
[Score +50]
[Score +50]
[Combo Triggered]
[Score +100]
More demons swarmed, but could not approach.
Su Fu wielded the staff, each swing accompanied by demon screams and light dissolving.
Her figure darted freely through the horde; scores piled up like a snowball, surpassing Shen Yunling within seconds.
As a new wave of demons descended, Su Fu remained calm—
“Marshal Juanlian, the Flowing Sand Crossing Technique!”
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The Sand Monk’s silhouette appeared behind her, his demon-subduing staff turning into a blue light flowing toward Su Fu.
In her mind, the incantation of the Flowing Sand Crossing Technique appeared; she recited it without hesitation.
Flowing sand rose, weaving a giant net midair.
The descending demons, like moths to a flame, collided with the net and instantly dissolved.
[Score +50]
[Score…]
“Next is the Second Master!”
“Marshal Tianpeng, the Nine-toothed Rake!”
Marshal Tianpeng’s figure almost impatiently solidified, while a nine-toothed rake gathered in Su Fu’s hand.
“Old Pig has been starving for this!”
The rake swung, shaking the earth.
Demons swarmed as if they were wheat ready to be harvested, turning to light in great swathes.
[Score +200]
Su Fu single-handedly decimated thousands; the four deities’ silhouettes circled her as she alternated between the rake and the golden staff, wielding them with fierce momentum.
She recalled a song from her previous life.
“May I ask where the road lies? The road lies beneath our feet…”
Accompanied by Su Fu’s singing, the deities’ images became increasingly solid.
…
Outside the arena, the examiners were stunned into silence.
On the Divine AI’s screen, the data stream on the right flickered wildly; the estimated completion time for the exam was rapidly decreasing.
[Estimated completion time: 2 hours]
[Data updating…]
[Estimated completion time: 1 hour]
[Data updating…]
[Estimated completion time: 15 minutes]
[…]
“Impossible!” Lin Wenyu suddenly stood up, the chair screeching sharply.
The Divine AI’s predictions were based on vast data simulations.
Now, this near-perfect system was wildly revising its estimates.
What did this mean?
It meant Su Fu’s displayed strength had far exceeded the system’s initial expectations.
In other words, the Divine AI believed that within just fifteen minutes, or even less, Su Fu could annihilate all demons.
And then conclude the exam.
This was the Divine AI’s recognition of Su Fu.
Zhou Nanyuan unconsciously clenched his fingers on the table.
As the Ministry of Education’s Chief Inspector, he had seen countless so-called geniuses.
Chen Mingyuan of Lingyou No.1 High could summon the avatar of Thor during the exam.
Li Shuang of Beichen No.5 High pressured three noble prodigies with her bloodline during a D-level exam.
But…
His gaze fixed on the figure surrounded by four deities on the screen.
None of them had come close to Su Fu’s level.
Amidst the golden light flooding the sky, countless demons dissolved into points under Su Fu’s onslaught.
She was sweeping through the entire arena in an almost overwhelming fashion.
As for the other candidates?
Zhou Nanyuan’s gaze passed over other monitoring feeds.
Shen Yunling and Jiang Qingyu were at the front, closest to the center of the golden burst, rushing at full speed.
Most of the others trailed behind, relentlessly pursuing the demons.
But when he saw the constantly ticking timer on the data panel, he fell silent.
This exam’s outcome was already decided.
He suddenly wondered how the other candidates would react when they arrived and saw this scene.