11: Chapter 11 Core Area, Kill the Silvertooth Tiger

In the sky above the examination area, hundreds of drones were tracking and filming.

The main subjects of the filming were the students ranked in the top 100 in terms of points.

Meanwhile, the official channel was broadcasting the top ten candidates currently in the rankings.

“The current number one has become Zhou Yang from Jianglan No. 1 Middle School. After teaming up with Wu Shuang from the same school, he has successfully killed two second-order ferocious beasts.”

“Indeed impressive. Zhou Yang's Azure Spirit Wind Rhyme is truly among the best in terms of mobility.”

“Cooperating with Wu Shuang's Purgatory Earth Flame, it's not difficult to kill second-order ferocious beasts.”

“It must be said, the foundation of Jianglan No. 1 Middle School is still profound.”

“As of now, eight of the top ten are students from No. 1 Middle School.”

“...”

In the monitoring room at the back, principals dressed in suits were sitting in chairs behind the screens, conversing.

Two of them were surrounded by the others, clearly the center of the conversation.

They were the principals of Jianglan No. 1 Middle School and Jianglan No. 16 High School.

Principal Gao of Jianglan No. 1 Middle School looked radiant, his whole person incredibly high-spirited.

“Gao Sheng, look, why is Su Mu fighting with other candidates again?”

Gao Sheng was indeed the name of the principal of Jianglan No. 1 Middle School.

The screen was currently showing Su Mu beating up Shen Qinghe and the other two.

At this moment, Gao Sheng had already started cursing in his heart.

‘Holy crap! What's wrong with this Shen Qinghe? Attacking a classmate from the same school?’

In the blink of an eye, Shen Qinghe had been sent flying, and Sun Zan also fell to the ground.

Gao Sheng's mood was like riding a roller coaster.

When the fight with Luo Zhenyue first started, he was incredibly nervous, fearing Su Mu would be eliminated.

He was very happy after Su Mu won.

But a moment later, Su Mu was blocked by Shen Qinghe's trio; fortunately, Su Mu quickly dealt with them.

Gao Sheng had just breathed a sigh of relief when he found Su Mu sitting on the ground.

Gao Sheng immediately realized that after two battles, Su Mu's physical strength and Source Power were heavily depleted.

Gao Sheng's heart tightened.

However, before long, Su Mu began to slaughter in all directions again.

Gao Sheng started laughing ‘hahaha’ once more.

The other principals present looked at Gao Sheng, who seemed to be changing faces, with both jealousy and envy in their hearts.

At Su Mu's home,

Lin Ruoxi kept waving her little pink fists, as if trying to help her Brother Mu kill those ferocious beasts.

“Sister Leng, Sister Leng, look quickly, Brother Mu is so amazing.”

Leng Jing gently reached out and rubbed Lin Ruoxi's head, revealing a sweet smile.

“Xiao Mu has always been very amazing. Ruoxi will also be as amazing as Xiao Mu in the future.”

Lin Ruoxi was very happy to hear Leng Jing's words, her pink little mouth slowly widening into a grin.

“Hahahaha, definitely! I will surely be more amazing than Brother Mu in the future.”

Lin Ruoxi's smooth hair was draped behind her back, and her plum blossom eyes seemed to contain a sea of stars.

Her eyes were fixed on the live broadcast of Su Mu frantically killing ferocious beasts.

‘Xiao Mu is so outstanding, he'll probably be leaving soon, right?’

At the thought of this, a slight ripple arose in the heart of Leng Jing, who usually remained calm.

June 6th, 2036, 14:32 PM.

Half of the time for the Ability College Entrance Examination had passed, and Su Mu had returned to first place.

‘1st Place: Su Mu, 437 points (Jianglan No. 1 Middle School)’

‘2nd Place: Zhou Yang, 372 points (Jianglan No. 16 High School)’

‘3rd Place: Wu Shuang, 368 points (Jianglan No. 16 High School)’

‘4th Place: Li Qin, 279 points (Jianglan No. 16 High School)’

‘...’

Su Mu looked at the current point rankings while eating compressed biscuits, with a water cup placed by his feet.

The Ability College Entrance Examination only lasted eight hours in total.

Although the point gap between the top few was large, from the tenth place onwards, the difference in everyone's scores wasn't very big.

There were even dozens of people with the same score.

This was just the Ability College Entrance Examination for one city; if everyone in the entire province were counted,

then truly, a single point would mean a whole playground of people.

Time!

It was incredibly precious!

Therefore, all candidates would choose food that could quickly replenish energy.

Compressed biscuits, energy bars, chocolate, and so on.

He devoured the compressed biscuits in his hand like a whirlwind and took a sip of water.

Putting the trash into his backpack, Su Mu continued walking forward.

As he walked, he observed the surrounding environment.

Strangely enough, Su Mu felt that these ruins were somewhat familiar.

However, most ruins looked about the same, so Su Mu didn't pay it much mind.

Su Mu was about to enter the downtown area, which was also the junction between the central area and the core area.

The core area of this Ability College Entrance Examination was a building in the center of the ruined town.

The downtown area had the most people and was the place most severely damaged when the ferocious beasts invaded.

Although it was just a small town, there were quite a few buildings.

But now, as Su Mu looked around,

he could no longer find a single intact building. Many buildings were crumbling, as if they would be worn away by the river of time at any moment.

Presumably, the Ministry of Education chose such a format for the entrance exam

partly to

make the students understand the terror of ferocious beasts, to make the ability users remember the humiliation of history, and to let the common people understand the hardships of the war of resistance.

The Huaxia Nation's protection of its common people was the best in the world.

Even if a beast tide invaded, the army would hold the front line to the death.

If a city was still unfortunately attacked by a beast tide, it must mean that the local Huaxia army had already been completely wiped out.

Unlike other countries, where it was once reported that a certain country's army directly abandoned the city and fled upon learning of an approaching beast tide.

“Roar—”

“Awoo—”

While Su Mu was still thinking, low growls and roars constantly came from among the ruins, sounds that inexplicably made one's hair stand on end.

Three ferocious beasts walked out from the ruins as if they had made an appointment.

Two of the beasts were a Blood Moon Wolf and a Hellhound respectively.

There was also one that looked like a tiger, but its size was a good deal larger than a tiger's, and its fur was grayish-brown.

The most eye-catching feature was that this beast had two excessively long teeth.

The teeth were neither white nor yellow, but a metallic gray.

Behind it, a tail like a steel whip lashed up and down, kicking up debris from the ground.

Su Mu recognized this beast; it was recorded in the Encyclopedia of a Hundred Beasts.

‘Second-order mid-grade ferocious beast, Silver-Toothed Tiger.’

This beast had only just been promoted to a second-order mid-grade ferocious beast.

Judging it was actually very simple.

Just look at those two teeth.

If the teeth are white, it's a second-order low-grade beast, the Saber-Toothed Tiger.

If the teeth are silver, it's a second-order mid-grade beast, the Silver-Toothed Tiger.

If the teeth are gold, it's a second-order high-grade beast, the Golden-Toothed Tiger.

Su Mu's eyes narrowed; he was all too familiar with this beast.

In an instant!

Su Mu's entire body erupted with unprecedented lightning ability. Dark lightning was densely distributed, sending all the surrounding gravel and bricks flying.

The tip of the silver-white spear touched the ground as he dragged it, charging straight at the three ferocious beasts.

“Zzzzt—”

The three beasts also pounced towards Su Mu together.

“Roar—”

Second-order beasts already possessed a certain level of intelligence, and the other two beasts were clearly following the commands of this second-order Silver-Toothed Tiger.

With three beasts pouncing together, any other candidate would probably have hesitated.

However, Su Mu didn't show the slightest fluctuation.

His heart was more peaceful than ever before.

Swinging his arm in a wide arc, he swept the spear, sending the two first-order beasts flying.

Then, like a bolt of lightning, he leaped up into mid-air.

His Mastery-level Spear Technique combined with his S-grade lightning ability were all concentrated into Su Mu's B-grade battle skill, the Thunder Cloud Spear.

‘Puchi—’

Before it could even react, a huge hole appeared in the Silver-Toothed Tiger's neck.

Then blood sprayed out.

Su Mu pulled out the spear tip and aimed at the Silver-Toothed Tiger's head again.

“Crack!”

The beast's bones shattered at the sound.

‘Ding! Killed a second-order mid-grade ferocious beast, Silver-Toothed Tiger. Conversion value +25.’

He then killed the other two beasts with the fastest speed.

Su Mu stood in place, looking slightly up at the sky.

Scenes of memories flashed through his mind.

Having just graduated from the third year of middle school, Su Mu had returned home to eat dinner with his parents.

Suddenly!

“Wooo— Wooo— Wooo—”

The alarm sounded; a beast tide had invaded the city they were in.

The whole family hid in the house. Su Mu's home was a self-built villa.

There was a basement, and the family of three hid there.

However, a Silver-Toothed Tiger burst into Su Mu's home.

Seeing the beast about to approach the basement entrance, Su Mu's parents ran out to lure the beast away.

Although the beast was successfully lured away, Su Mu's parents died at their own doorstep.

Fortunately, while the Silver-Toothed Tiger was moving around Su Mu's house, it knocked down a wall that covered the basement entrance.

Because of this, Su Mu became one of the 119 people in the entire town who survived.