The virtual realm.
In a clearing somewhere in the heart of the forest.
Tan Yong sat on the corpse of the ferocious beast, his eyes fixed on the leaderboard in front of him.
Beside him stood a massive, towering rock golem, faithfully fulfilling its duty of guard.
"A difference of less than 20 points? That's still too little."
Tan Yong frowned and muttered to himself.
The current rankings are as follows:
1st Place: Tan Yong, 754 points
2nd place: Guo Xinyi, 738 points
3rd place: Lü Gang, 732 points
4th place: Li Pengyun, 725 points
5th place: Kang Liang, 467 points
"Those people behind us are chasing us too closely!"
Tan Yong's eyes flickered slightly.
Kang Liang, who is in fifth place, can be ignored, but Guo Xinyi, Lü Gang, and Li Pengyun should not be underestimated.
The one with the biggest score difference among the three was less than 30 points.
If we relax even slightly, we will be overtaken very quickly.
"As expected of Ningjiang Academy's admissions exam, it's teeming with geniuses. I've encountered so many formidable opponents so easily!"
"but..."
A hint of doubt suddenly flashed in Tan Yong's eyes.
Before coming to Ningjiang City, he specifically collected information on all the strong competitors among this year's candidates.
The most important focus is on the other four owners of third-tier pets besides him.
Currently, three of them occupy second to fourth place, closely following him.
But what about the last person left?
Tan Yong focused his attention and quickly found Lin Ze's name on the leaderboard.
"125th place? That's such a low score!"
...
"Less than 300 points?"
Guo Xinyi looked at Lin Ze's ranking on the leaderboard, a hint of doubt appearing on her delicate face.
"Isn't this person's pet beast a third-tier beast? How come it got so few points?"
After thinking for a moment, she shook her head.
"Forget it, there's no need to care about guys ranked over 100. My only target is Tan Yong. I only need 16 more points to catch up with him and then overtake him!"
"Let's go, Emma, we've rested enough, it's time to continue the hunt."
The steel-patterned baby dragon lying on the ground let out a soft cry, straightened up, and affectionately nuzzled Guo Xinyi's cheek with its head before following her into the depths of the forest.
...
laugh!
The sound of air being torn apart suddenly exploded.
A thorny vine struck like lightning, lashing the thunder-patterned insect in mid-air like a whip.
The Thunder-Patterned Insect let out a mournful cry and fell to the ground, a bloody wound now appearing on its body, from which dark blood gushed.
A short while later.
The beetle then becomes toxic, convulses a few times, and dies.
"hiss!"
The Poison Ivy Demon, having slain its enemy, excitedly waved its vines.
"here you go."
Li Pengyun offered a casual compliment, but his eyes remained fixed on the leaderboard.
"Lin Ze... He should be the strongest among the five of us, so why are his ranking and score so low?"
"Could it be that my information was wrong, and this person is simply not as good as he claims to be?"
...
"Hmph, 125th place. This guy is a complete waste of space. It's a disgrace that I was ranked alongside him. He's just lowering my own standards!"
Lu Gang stared at the leaderboard and gave a contemptuous sneer.
He had assumed that the rumored geniuses who passed the extremely difficult internship assessment must be incredibly talented.
Unexpectedly, he turned out to be a spineless coward.
They showed their weakness when faced with such a competitive assessment.
They couldn't even make it into the top 100.
They've completely disgraced the title of genius.
"It's a shame that Chen Xuan and the others got beaten black and blue by this guy. They're really useless."
"Well, this useless guy will have a chance to get revenge later. For now, let's focus on the assessment."
"Just wait, the position of top freshman will definitely be mine!"
Sensing its master's excitement, the armored dragon snake beside it flicked its forked tongue, raised its head high, and emitted a sharp hiss.
Lü Gang laughed heartily and reached out to touch the pet's head.
However, he suddenly stopped halfway through reaching out, and the laughter abruptly ceased.
Lu Gang stared wide-eyed at the leaderboard, his face filled with astonishment.
81st place: Lin Ze, 353 points.
It only lasted for a moment.
Lin Ze's score jumped by more than 50 points.
They broke into the top 100 in one fell swoop!
"This guy killed a Tier 3 ferocious beast?"
A look of surprise and uncertainty appeared on Lü Gang's face.
Only third-tier ferocious beasts are worth more than 50 points.
However, the moment the thought crossed his mind, Lin Ze's ranking on the leaderboard changed again.
68th place: Lin Ze, 387 points.
And this is just the beginning.
Almost every few seconds thereafter, Lin Ze's ranking jumped up a notch.
The score skyrocketed.
In less than a minute, Lin Ze's score soared to over 400 points.
His ranking has improved to sixth place, less than 10 points behind Kang Liang in fifth place.
"H-How is this possible!?"
Lu Gang stared at the leaderboard in disbelief.
His expression changed from surprise and bewilderment at the beginning to shock and disbelief.
In less than a minute, the score jumped by more than 150 points.
He wouldn't have believed it if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes.
Could it be that Lin Ze encountered several Tier 3 ferocious beasts at the same time?
Even so, how did he manage to deal with multiple third-tier ferocious beasts so quickly?
That's impossible!
at the same time.
All the examinees in the forest noticed the strange changes on the leaderboard.
Everyone was stunned as they watched Lin Ze's score soar like a somersault.
"Holy crap, what's going on?!"
Why are the scores increasing so quickly?
"Lin Ze? Which high school's hotshot is he?"
"That's incredible! They've already climbed to sixth place?"
Even Tan Yong, Guo Xinyi, and Li Pengyun were stunned.
They were just wondering why Lin Ze's ranking was so low.
In the blink of an eye, this guy made a meteoric rise, climbing from over a hundredth place to sixth in less than a minute.
This speed is even faster than if someone took medication!
"What exactly happened?"
A confused thought simultaneously crossed the minds of all three.
Just then, Lin Ze's ranking on the leaderboard jumped up again.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, his name directly surpassed Kang Liang's, ranking fifth.
5th place: Lin Ze, 489 points.
Wow!
This caused a sensation among all the candidates.
"Wow, they're already in fifth place?"
"Is this some kind of exaggeration?!"
"My God, how did they do that?"
"Could this person have stumbled into the lair of some ferocious beast?"
Countless test takers gasped in disbelief.
Some were curious, some were shocked, and some were envious.
Some people were surprised and impressed by this.
"Brother Lin is amazing!"
Liu Siyan stared at Lin Ze's name on the leaderboard with bright eyes.
"I knew it! Brother Lin would definitely make it to the top of the leaderboard!"
Zhang Xiaoyun clapped her hands excitedly.
Somewhere in the heart of the forest.
Guan Ning stared at the leaderboard with bright, sparkling eyes, a radiant smile spreading across her face.
She never doubted Lin Ze's abilities from beginning to end.
At the same time, they knew that this was just the beginning.
"The first place is definitely going to be my brother's!"