161: Thanks to you, I have the chance to talk to him!

After the battles with the Demon Race, Barbarian Race, and Celestial God Race, the equipment harvested was extremely impressive.

Especially from the Celestial God Race, most of it was high-star legendary equipment!

This shows that among the Myriad Worlds, the Celestial World's richness ranks among the top.

Even the equally powerful Demon World lagged considerably in terms of equipment.

Ye Ze took out five pieces of assassin-class seven-star legendary equipment…

“Let’s forge a set of assassin equipment.”

Currently, Mantis, Squirrel, and Zero all have very little equipment, so Ye Ze decided to get an assassin set first…

He would give it to whoever it suited.

As for the other low-star equipment, he handed them all to Panda for processing.

“Suit Manufacturing Machine—to manufacture five pieces of legendary 7-star suits, required Source Power: 700 points!”

Seeing this prompt, Ye Ze was stunned.

It’s over!

He had no Source Power now!

Originally, the jade purification bottle still contained two-fifths of the sweet dew water, equivalent to 40,000 Source Power, which made Ye Ze not take the consumption of a few hundred points seriously at one point.

But now, in order to banish the Demon King, he had to provide Source Power to White Lin, causing all the sweet dew water to be used up!

As a result, he didn’t even have 700 Source Power left!

“Suddenly, I feel so poor…”

Ye Ze’s face was full of helplessness, deeply feeling the pain of having no Source Power.

“Tomorrow, I must hurry and get some Source Fragments.”

Suddenly, Ye Ze remembered his evil ghost mask; after coming out of the Qianyuan Mountain Secret Realm, he seemed to have some surplus…

Ye Ze took it out and found that the evil ghost mask still had: 2515 points of Source Power!

“Just enough!” Ye Ze’s face lit up with joy.

It was like the pleasure of remembering one’s hidden stash of money in some corner in a previous life.

With the Source Power in place, he directly began manufacturing the suit!

700 Source Power was deducted, and before Ye Ze, five streaks of crimson-gold light shot up into the sky, illuminating the entire hotel, making it even more splendid.

At the hotel reception, three young female receptionists couldn't help but show surprised expressions.

They had undergone professional training at the Central China headquarters, but even they were shocked by the soaring crimson-gold light.

“What beautiful light, what are they doing?”

“It seems to be coming from the Sunstone Suite. Should we go ask?”

“Are you stupid? Chief Wei personally brought him here. Even if he blew up the hotel, it wouldn’t be our place to ask!”

The three young women in professional attire chattered, curiously looking up at the light emanating from Ye Ze’s room.

It wasn’t until a while later that the light gradually disappeared.

Before Ye Ze, five pieces of equipment shimmering with crimson-gold light floated.

Five parts: a long blade, light armor, a cloak, shoes, and a ring.

It was another brand new assassin-class suit:

Red Shadow!

Surprisingly, this suit effect could directly increase dark-element abilities.

“Red Shadow Suit Effect: Dark-element ability amplification 100%, level increases with user’s level.”

100% dark-element ability amplification!

To put it simply, originally 20 points of mana could only summon one Shadow Doppelganger, but now it could summon two!

Shadow Strike, Shadow Evasion, and even abilities related to darkness like the Dark Grimoire, all had their effects doubled!

“The effect is pretty good!” Ye Ze was quite pleased and decisively handed this Red Shadow suit to Squirrel.

At that time, if he merged with Squirrel, the suit could also be used by Ye Ze.

The five crimson 7-star legendary equipment pieces shrunk several times, worn by Squirrel, making Squirrel look more like an assassin.

It also made Squirrel’s four-dimensional attributes break through a thousand points from around seven hundred.

“The remaining equipment…”

Ye Ze looked around; there wasn’t much high-star legendary equipment left, and forging low-star suits would be too much of a loss.

It would be better to wait until he acquired more high-star equipment before manufacturing suits.

Moreover, he didn’t have much Source Power left.

Ye Ze put aside the idea of continuing to manufacture suits.

He then lay his head on the pillow and fell into a deep sleep.

Perhaps the intense two-day and one-night battle caused Ye Ze to sleep very soundly.

The next day.

It wasn’t until noon that Ye Ze woke up from the bed, which was less than five hundred square meters.

Looking at the time on his phone, Ye Ze thought to himself, ‘I’m late’!

He had originally planned to go watch the college entrance examination, but at this time, it was probably almost over.

“Never mind, I’ll go check out Lin Yuan City first.”

“It’s also on the way to the Pollution Land, where I can hunt Demon Kings and try to find more Source Fragments!”

While thinking, Ye Ze got dressed and out of bed, and also picked up the breakfast the hotel had placed in the living room.

He then soared into the sky on the Demon Dragon.

Currently, China is not in a period of war, so theoretically, one cannot ride mounts in urban areas.

But yesterday, Wei Zheng told him that based on his military merits, he had been awarded the Eclipse Medal, one of its privileges being the Freedom to ride mounts without restriction!

The Demon Dragon spread its wings and flew high.

Ye Ze ate breakfast on the Demon Dragon’s back.

With the Sky King’s ability, the Demon Dragon could control the airflow, preventing the strong high-altitude winds from blowing on Ye Ze and his breakfast.

Before long, they arrived near Lin Yuan City.

Currently, Lin Yuan City was enveloped by a barrier set up by the headquarters, used to keep out unauthorized personnel.

Ye Ze landed early and was about to walk into Lin Yuan City when he noticed many parents and onlookers waiting outside the perimeter.

“It seems the college entrance examination isn’t over yet.”

The headquarters had already issued an order that during the college entrance examination, unrelated personnel were not allowed to enter Lin Yuan City.

Therefore, apart from officials, invigilators, and headquarters-appointed personnel, parents and others could only wait outside Lin Yuan City.

But even so, it couldn’t stop everyone’s excited mood.

After all, for most people, the professional college entrance examination was still a turning point that could change their lives.

In addition to trying their best to get into good universities with abundant resources, the performance ranking during the examination was also very important, as it concerned national resource rewards.

Performance rankings were roughly divided into five categories: D-level, C-level, B-level, A-level, and S-level.

The higher the level, the more national resources were rewarded, including high-level equipment skills, and various professional resources, such as Summoners’ summoned beasts, etc.

Initially, Ye Ze’s goal was to try his best to achieve an S-level rating.

An S-level rating represented the highest standard of cultivation; the nation would cover all expenses for an S-level recipient’s four years of university!

And even all expenses related to professional advancement…

For example, if a Summoner bought a summoned beast at the exchange, the nation would reimburse the full amount, provided you were S-level.

But full reimbursement was only theoretical.

If it were the current Ye Ze, Panda alone would be enough to empty the entire Demon Suppressing Army Treasury and the exchange… who could afford to reimburse that?

Moreover, for the current Ye Ze, the college entrance examination ranking was no longer important.

But going to see it now was still quite interesting.

At this moment, rows of Demon Suppression Army soldiers were also stationed at the entrance of Lin Yuan City, standing by in full alert.

Seeing Ye Ze approach, a resolute Demon Suppression Army soldier raised his hand to stop him:

“You’re late, no entry!”

Clearly, Ye Ze’s obviously high school student face was instantly recognized by the Demon Suppression Army as a test-taker.

For the Demon Suppression Army, this situation was not uncommon, as every year during the college entrance examination, there would always be a few individual students who were late for various bizarre reasons!

Getting into the wrong examination hall, oversleeping, arriving at the arena but forgetting their weapons, etc… the reasons were varied.

Despite such an important examination, they were still careless, so the Demon Suppression Army soldier before him had no sympathy for late test-takers.

The same applied to Ye Ze, whom he mistook for a latecomer.

“Don’t think about pleading. Prepare to self-fund for next year’s college entrance examination.”

Ye Ze smiled helplessly. Although he was technically a test-taker, being late was not something he needed to worry about.

Just as Ye Ze was considering whether to call Wei Zheng or Wu Ming,

A military officer, greatly alarmed, rushed over!

This officer was the Captain of this Demon Suppression Army squad, who had just returned from a patrol.

Unexpectedly, in a moment of inattention, he saw one of his soldiers stopping Ye Ze.

This officer had participated in the campaigns against the Freedom and Lionheart nations and was very aware of Ye Ze’s status and strength…

Therefore, upon seeing his subordinate stop and lecture Ye Ze,

His mind went blank, and he felt as if the sky was falling.

“Captain? You’ve finished patrolling so quickly…”

Seeing the Captain rushing over, the soldier who had stopped Ye Ze asked curiously.

The Captain quickly stopped him, “Don’t call me that, you’re the Captain!”

“Huh?” The soldier was stunned for a moment.

Immediately after, the Captain of the city guard squad saluted Ye Ze respectfully and with standard posture:

“Officer Ye! It was all a misunderstanding just now!”

After saying that, he slapped the soldier’s head hard and said, “If he said anything nonsense, please don’t mind it…”

Ye Ze waved his hand and smiled, indicating he didn’t mind.

The Captain then repeatedly invited Ye Ze into Lin Yuan City.

“Captain, who is this…?” The soldier who had stopped Ye Ze was slow to react, his expression puzzled.

Ye Ze’s face was simply too young; ordinary people wouldn’t think of him as a powerful individual.

Seeing that Ye Ze didn’t take offense, the Captain breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the soldier in front of him with some helplessness, saying with a tone of disappointment:

“Thanks to you.”

“Otherwise, I probably wouldn’t have had a chance to speak with him in my entire life…”

“Go back and read more international news! Look at the medal recipients awarded by the headquarters!”

With that, the Captain shook his head and left, leaving the soldier with an involuntary chill down his spine.

…

Upon entering Lin Yuan City, he found that after reconstruction, the city indeed had a brand new look.

In the center of the city, slightly closer to the East Gate, was a gigantic, illusory arena!

This open-air arena secret realm was also the college entrance examination venue.

Looking around, it was somewhat similar to the competitive arena Ye Ze participated in in the Star Spirit World, but here there were more competition modes…

At this moment, in the arena, two small teams were engaged in team-based PK.

Also known as ‘Team Competition’.

The college entrance examination consisted of three assessment components: individual assessment, team competition, and Abyss practical combat.

Individual assessment tested personal combat ability through methods such as trial puppets.

Team competition, as the name suggests, involved professionals forming five-person teams to battle against other teams.

After all, most battles on the battlefield were team battles, and the ability to adapt to team combat was an important criterion for evaluation.

Unless, for someone like Ye Ze, team combat held little significance.

Finally, there was Abyss practical combat.

The strength of a professional’s practical combat ability was an important grading standard!

After all, for China, the threat of the Abyss has never diminished, especially with the increasing number of Pollution Lands worldwide.

The individual assessment time was the earliest and had already concluded; only the team competition and Abyss practical combat remained.

Currently, the team competition also seemed to be nearing its end.

What Ye Ze saw was exactly the semifinals.

Within the arena, there were two battlefields, and in one of them, Ye Ze saw Liu Anran’s figure.

However, with Liu Anran’s abilities as a Space Warlock, reaching the semifinals was completely logical.

Liu Anran had even been diligently leveling up recently, having already broken through to a second-order Space Warlock, so winning the championship was not impossible.

In addition, her teammates were much stronger than they were in the training camp:

Besides Luo Yao, Painter Chu River also joined Liu Anran’s team, along with Wang Jingyu, a swordsman from West China, and Chu River’s girlfriend, the Elf Archer Tang Wei.

Judging from the current battle situation, the team’s overall combat power was top-tier!

Liu Anran’s team’s opponents were Bai Wei from East China and Fu Wanjun’s team from South China.

Both had been the top freshmen in their respective regions, and their strength was even greater after teaming up.

However, facing Liu Anran, the damage unleashed by Bai Wei and Fu Wanjun was quickly avoided by spatial teleportation.

Immediately after, Chu River threw out three paintings.

Two level-40 fierce beasts, and one… Martial Saint Panda!

This one was the Panda painting Chu River had drawn back then, but unfortunately, it was only Martial Saint strength at the time, so the one drawn was even weaker.

But at this moment, facing Bai Wei and Fu Wanjun, the painted Panda completely crushed them!

Originally, the Martial Saint Panda’s attributes were nearly six hundred, but Bai Wei and Fu Wanjun were only second-order professionals, with attributes just over three hundred.

They didn’t even have skills, truly just relying on attribute suppression.

Watching the painted Panda flash and knock out Bai Wei with left and right hooks, Chu River’s face lit up with joy:

“Brother Ye really didn’t lie to me!”

“It’s so strong just based on attributes!”

At the same time, Liu Anran waved her hand, teleporting the swordsman Wang Jingyu to the backline of the enemy team!

A swordsman, combined with spatial teleportation, posed an imaginable threat to the squishy professionals in the backline!

Finally, only Fu Wanjun remained, unable to turn the tide, failing to advance and falling in the semifinals.

Outside the arena, seeing Liu Anran’s team win easily, many invigilators and even officials sighed:

A team with a Space Warlock at its core is still too strong!

“Liu Anran’s team, advancing to the finals!”

As the official Wu Ming announced, everyone inside and outside the arena cheered.

However, Liu Anran and the others did not celebrate; instead, they vigilantly looked at another battlefield in the arena.

The other semifinal match was almost a personal show by Zhu Xiao, the top freshman from West China and a Beast Blood Warrior!

Zhu Xiao, who was once instantly killed by Ye Ze, now had vastly different strength, having made a qualitative leap.

“You actually absorbed Dragon Blood!”

Opposite Zhu Xiao, Duan Tianchen from Central China was greatly shocked.

Beast Blood Warriors could absorb the essence blood of fierce beasts to gain corresponding abilities.

“You’re ruthless…”

Now, with his hands transformed, Zhu Xiao’s attacks were almost like a giant dragon’s claws, unstoppable.

He alone managed to repeatedly push back Duan Tianchen’s team.

Zhu Xiao snorted coldly, his expression arrogant: “Now, I am no longer the me of the past!”

“You guys are not worthy of being my opponents!”

At this point, the figure who defeated him in the training camp reappeared in Zhu Xiao’s mind, and he roared furiously:

“I have only one goal, and that is to take revenge on Ye Ze!!!”