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Chapter 368: Rankings! Group Battle at Dream Island!
Chapter 368: Rankings! Group Battle at Dream Island!
Time ticked by, moment by moment.
From the morning's competition to the approaching dusk, the first day of the Provincial Exam quietly passed.
In the broadcasting room, the three exhausted commentators took a deep breath, and Wang Luo, facing the live camera, said:
"Phew, dear viewers, as night falls, I'll be taking a break with the other two commentators and saying goodbye to all of you for the day!
During the night, the Beastmasters who have been fighting all day will be able to rest and recover under the protection of the Student Bracelet's Shelter Light, ready to face the challenges of the next day!
Before we leave this exciting day of assessments, let's take one last look at today's Exam Credit Rankings!"
Instantly, the live broadcast showed the current Exam Credit Rankings.
And the first name that caught everyone's attention was the one who had made the Jianghai Provincial Exam the most eye-catching session, second only to the Mundane Capital Academy and the Imperial Capital Advanced Academy.
【Top 1: Student No. 0001, Su Ping, Current Credits: 2298!】
"After a day, the top spot is still firmly held by Su Ping. It's no wonder that Dream Island is indeed the most crucial area for our Jianghai Provincial Exam!
And right behind him is Yan Fan in second place, with a score of 1345 points! Although there's a gap between him and Su Ping, if there are no unexpected events, this young Beastmaster from Iceplain Academy should be able to secure the second spot."
Indeed, the rankings on the first day had not changed from start to finish!
The top spot in the Jianghai Province's Provincial Exam still belonged to the same name.
2298 points!
This ranking not only silenced all the speculations and doubts from the outside world but also left the nearly one thousand students still undergoing assessments within the Secret Realm speechless.
Over two thousand points!
If measured by the standards within the Secret Realm, Su Ping had single-handedly eliminated over a hundred competitors of the same level, killed over two hundred Overlord-Class Beasts, and even taken down more than ten Sovereign-Class Beasts.
In fact, it was indeed close to that.
On this first day, from the first-person perspective, all viewers clearly saw how Su Ping rode the Boulder Mountain Spirit to find the remaining six Sovereign-Class Beasts. Then, the bizarre green-blue Demon Wolf was also killed by Su Ping using some unknown means.
The reason it took nearly a day was that after each battle, Su Ping, as seen in the footage, prioritized stability. After each fight, he would rest for a while, waiting for the strange green-blue Demon Wolf to fully recover its condition.
But even so, it was more than enough!
The lead was like a sheer cliff, and for most of the day, no one else dared to enter Dream Island again.
However, their strength was even inferior to Cheng Cheng's.
Those who had the strength, upon hearing that even Cheng Cheng from the Xi Jing Province Advanced Academy was instantly killed by this strange Origami Figure Companion Beast, chose to wait.
Instead of rushing in, they left directly, apparently preparing to secure the Exam Credits from the beast packs and resources around the Provincial Exam Secret Realm, stabilize their rankings, and then enter Dream Island again.
Otherwise, like Cheng Cheng, who had the potential to enter the top ten, might miss out on the opportunity to go to the capital due to a moment of carelessness. Therefore, although some were confident in their strength, facing a mere Companion Beast shouldn't be something to fear, but in the face of their future, they chose to play it safe.
"That's right, currently, the situation at the top of the Provincial Exam is extremely clear, especially for Su Ping, who is leading by a wide margin!
I, Wang Luo, am also honored to witness the birth of a true genius Beastmaster alongside the other two commentators and all of you viewers!
Let's see if the 19-year-old Su Ping can maintain this dominant lead over the next two days. We'll stay tuned for tomorrow!"
With that, the live broadcast ended.
The Beastmasters and commentators were all human, and although all three were of the Sovereign Rank, their physical qualities were quite remarkable. Still, even for them, a full day of commentary was exhausting.
In the provincial exams, the first day alone eliminated over sixty percent of the participating students, but there was still a fixed rest period for those who remained.
Not only did this allow the contestants to rest, but it also gave the audience a break to summarize the results of the exams in various places.
The facts also proved that the more popular the provincial exams were, the more exciting they were.
Leading the charge was the internal situation within the Mundane Capital Advanced Beastmaster Academy.
Within the Mundane Capital Academy and the various other academies, the number of participating students was a mere thousand.
However, the intensity of competition was undeniably high!
On the first day, the top three positions were occupied by Ye Zhou in first place and Qin Xiaoxue in second, which was not unexpected. But the third-place position was one that no one could have ever imagined.
It was none other than Dongmuxuan, who had barely managed to rank within the top twenty in the trial tower of the academy!
It was evident that many chose to remain low-key within the academy, only to astonish everyone during the actual exam. Dongmuxuan was undoubtedly one of the most impressive among them.
Spatio-elemental, as one of the superior elements, shone brightly in Dongmuxuan's hands.
With the backing of the Dong Family and his apprenticeship under the Skyhunter King, the strongest Imperial-rank professor in the Mundane Capital Academy, Dongmuxuan's beastmastery skills with spatial-elemental pets were truly remarkable.
The Weave Air Spider and Break Air Mirror's spatial weaving and shattering were an unstoppable combination, and although Dongmuxuan's pets didn't exhibit any signs of advanced techniques, their speed in spatial-elemental battles was unparalleled.
However, throughout the entire battle, Dongmuxuan only commanded these two pets, and the relatively inconspicuous crystal earthworm never once took action.
But due to the speed advantage of spatial-elemental pets, Dongmuxuan's exam points even surpassed Qin Xiaoxue's at one point, reaching second place in the Mundane Capital Academy!
Qin Xiaoxue, too, finally displayed a portion of her true strength in front of many.
The wooden pet, now evolved into the Crown Wolf King, served as her mount and controlled the battlefield, need not be mentioned.
Even the peculiar wood-elemental fairy blossom pet barely took any action, but the mutated ancient life tree had already taken care of everything.
Some compared this pet to Su Ping's peculiar demon wolf on online forums.
Both pets were so skilled that it was difficult to find any traces of their actions.
And similarly, once enemies got too close to either of these two pets, they would silently perish.
However, the method of death caused by Su Ping's peculiar demon wolf was poison assassination, while Qin Xiaoxue's ancient life tree was even more terrifying, as it completely severed life force and bestowed instant death.
Aside from the Mundane Capital Academy's exams, the hottest and most-watched exams were from the Imperial Capital Academy.
The reason was simple; in this exam, the Imperial Capital Academy produced two dragons.
In the Dragon Realm, every appearance of a dragon would attract countless gazes.
After all, on the entire Blue Star, dragons were known as one of the strongest races and the true core pets of the Dragon Realm, so it was normal for them to attract attention.
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Moreover, after the first day's exams officially ended and all participants turned off their first-person perspectives to rest, a well-intentioned person created a ranking of individual combat power for the pets that had appeared so far!
At the same time, it also became the most frequently visited post among those who had been watching the videos of the various provinces' top students' pets in battle non-stop.
Among them, the top-ranked pet was undoubtedly the Imperial Capital Academy's first-place student, Chen Zhan's Azure Dragon.
Of course, this Azure Dragon wasn't the mythical divine beast from ancient legends but a wind-elemental divine dragon.
Although this Azure Dragon was only an Imperial-rank potential elemental-transformed juvenile and not a Holy Spirit-rank, its displayed strength and the nurturing skills of its beastmaster, Chen Zhan, were unparalleled.
Wind was the force of unbridled freedom.
The battles and might of dragons in the wild laid the foundation for the current Dragon Realm, and the worship of dragons was an innate sentiment among countless beastmasters.
So, this is the reason, the first one, and there are also quite a few people questioning it:
"In a direct confrontation, killing a Sovereign-class Beast after skipping ranks is enough to rank first? Chen Zhan's Wind Dragon seems a bit inflated."
"Indeed, I beg you all to stop staring at these top academies and take a look at Jianghai Province's Provincial Exam! Su God's Green Demon Wolf and Origami Swordsman, which one isn't more impressive than this Dragon?"
"To be honest, it's true. We won't comment on Su God's Origami Figure because it's too bizarre, and we'll have to continue observing its true strength. But Su God's Green Demon Wolf, in one day, killed six Sovereign-class Beasts in one-on-one battles! The whole of Jianghai Province is in an uproar!"
Some supported this view, while others naturally opposed it:
"Above, what Companion Beast can compare in combat power to a Dragon of the same rank? I also watched Su Ping's two Companion Beasts, and they do have some combat power. But isn't the Green Demon Wolf's third-place ranking already impressive?"
"Exactly! That Demon Wolf is indeed powerful, but the problem is that we don't know how often Su Ping's Boulder Mountain Spirit has taken action! Moreover, the Demon Wolf didn't kill them all in a one-on-one battle. After killing one, it rested for a long time. Can't you see that?
So, I feel that the ranking of Su God's Demon Wolf is quite reasonable. Didn't you see that even Xie Qiong's Bone Dragon could only rank fourth? It was surpassed by a Necromantic Great Dragon. This ranking is actually quite objective and high."
Some agreed, while others disagreed:
"Even so, how can Ye Zhou's Frost Cicada rank second? Ye Zhou's Ringed Tiger fought multiple Sovereign-class Beasts, but isn't that the Ringed Tiger's achievement? Why is the Ringed Tiger ranked seventh, while Su God's Origami Swordsman is ranked eighth?"
"The Time-attributed Companion Beast, Frost Cicada, can experience the near future for a short time and simultaneously transmit these experiences to the Ringed Tiger. Although the Ringed Tiger seems to be the main frontline fighter, in reality, it's all because of the support from Frost Cicada in the background!
So, the Ringed Tiger can glimpse into the near future and prepare accordingly, which is connected to Frost Cicada. At the same time, Frost Cicada can control the battlefield, causing Companion Beasts to have a chance of forgetting their memories, including the use of skills, which is why Ye Zhou's opponents performed so poorly.
Don't ask how I know; I'm from Mundane Capital Academy and a student of Temporality. Ye is our senior in the same group."
Obviously, as the undisputed top student of Mundane Capital Academy, many are aware of Ye Zhou's situation.
"In summary, as a neutral bystander, I feel that Chen Zhan's Azure Dragon is ranked too high. The others are within reason, but Su God's Origami Figure is a bit hard to say."
"I personally feel that the Origami Figure almost always finishes battles in an instant, especially against Cheng Cheng, where it could instantly defeat three Peak Overlord-class Companion Beasts with a single sword. Although its cross-rank challenge record is only one, its eighth-place ranking is definitely not that low."
"Cheng Cheng: Can you stop using me as a background character? I'm also a prominent figure in the Xi Jing Advanced Academy."
"Why are you all arguing here? Just wait for the final exam when we'll fight on the stage, and then we'll know for sure."
"That's how it is online. If you don't like it, get out!"
"..."
Obviously, such debates indeed never seem to end.
But in just one night, amidst the discussions about the strengths of the various participating seeds displayed today, the topic shifts once again.
The next day, early in the morning, the Sheltering Light that had encircled them disappeared, and the second day of the Provincial Exam was about to begin anew.
However, what everyone following online did not expect was that the Jianghai Province's Provincial Exam would encounter some special circumstances early in the morning.
As soon as they arrived, Wang Luo, who had just reached the commentary platform, greeted everyone formally before shouting:
"Incredible! Within the Mystic Realm of the Provincial Exam, all the other participants in various parts of the realm are heading towards the direction of Dream Island!
After a night, these participants finally realized Su Ping's massive lead in points. Have they realized the importance of capturing Dream Island to secure the top spot? Facing the countless incoming participants, how will Su Ping respond?!"
(End of Chapter)
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