"Ding! You have arrived at the outer perimeter of the Tree Sea Secret Realm instance. Duration: three days."
"Ding! This area has a Rank restriction (Lv1-Lv29). Item usage is prohibited."
Jiang Yuan materialized from a flash of white light, his feet touching the ground.
"So this is the College Entrance Exam's instance Secret Realm?"
He looked around. In every direction were giant trees as thick as houses and a hundred meters tall. Looking up, he saw an unbroken canopy of giant tree crowns, a sea of green to his eyes, with only the ground being an eerie black.
"Where did this bring me?"
"I don't sense any other mental fluctuations. This area should only have me."
"I wonder where Chen Hao was teleported to."
Jiang Yuan muttered to himself.
"Hiss, hiss..."
A giant chameleon python slithered down from a giant tree, flicking its tongue, and opened its gaping maw, lunging at Jiang Yuan!
Jiang Yuan didn't even turn his head, striking back with a punch.
"Splat!"
Like a watermelon exploding.
The giant chameleon python's head, as large as a millstone, completely burst open!
"Ding! You have killed a First-Order Vicious Beast - Giant Chameleon Python (LV3). Experience +30."
"Points +1."
"For now, I'll just head in this direction."
Jiang Yuan randomly chose a direction and walked forward...
On the Martial Dao High School's athletic field, it was empty.
However, a giant light screen floated in mid-air, displaying all the students' names, followed by their points, arranged from highest to lowest, constantly changing.
Jiang Yuan, 1.
Xia Qinghou, 0.
Qin Nansun, 0.
Luo Xi, 0.
Lin Qingyan, 0...
"Oh? This student named Jiang Yuan killed a Vicious Beast so quickly. Not bad, not bad."
Principal Principal Liu He said with a chuckle.
The Dean said, "He seems to be that ordinary class student who caused a stir a while ago. It's said he's already a First-Order Martial Artist."
Teacher Zhang said with some pride, "He's a student from our Class Three. His Martial Skill proficiency is very high."
"That's not what I asked."
The Vice Principal said, "The initial ranking doesn't mean anything. We still need to see what happens later."
Everyone nodded.
As they spoke, the ranking changed again.
Lin Qingyan moved to first place with 3 points.
Xia Qinghou, Qin Nansun, and Luo Xi also gained points.
Conversely, Jiang Yuan was suddenly pushed out of the top ten.
Principal Liu He stroked his beard and said, "I wonder if any student will be able to clear the instance this time?"
"The girl from Beijiang City who awakened an SS-Rank Talent might have a chance."
"It's a bit difficult. I heard that this instance was personally set up by the Minister of the Education Bureau. The deeper you go, the higher the Rank and difficulty of the Vicious Beasts, with even a Third-Order mutated boss at the end..." The Vice Principal said.
"It's simply Hell difficulty."
Principal Liu He exclaimed.
"No choice. Since a freak cleared the instance in just two days the year before last, the Education Bureau urgently adjusted the difficulty." Teacher Zhang said with a wry smile.
"Haa, choo!"
A blue-haired girl eating ice cream at a dessert shop couldn't help but sneeze.
The Dean, a burly figure with bulging muscles in a tight suit, heard this and said, "I remember, besides her, the last person who could clear the instance in the College Entrance Exam was that great figure who awakened an SSS-Rank Talent thirty years ago, wasn't he?"
Principal Liu He nodded, a proud expression on his face, "Back then, I even taught him skill and theoretical classes."
Teacher Zhang looked at the Vice Principal beside him, "Is the Principal talking about that person?"
The Vice Principal nodded.
"That's right, it's him."
Teacher Zhang's face showed awe.
Although he heard that person once stayed in Nanjiang City for a period, he never expected him to have attended this Martial Dao High School.
Recalling the existence regarded as a legend by countless people, a trace of admiration and reverence couldn't help but show in Teacher Zhang's eyes.
SSS-Rank Talent, legendary profession, reached the King Realm at thirty-six.
Now forty-seven, he is already one of the top powerhouses of Great Xia, hailed as the foremost person below a demigod.
One of Great Xia's Three Gods and Nine Kings, the North King, Bei Zhenyuan.
"It seems there hasn't been any news of him for a long time."
The Vice Principal said, "He, alone with his blade, guards north of the Great Xia Wall, suppressing the largest abyss to the north. It's been ten years now, hasn't it...?"
Principal Liu He lamented, "Yes, the hardships involved are beyond our imagination. It can be said that without his sacrifice, we wouldn't have our current peaceful life."
"No news from him is good news for Great Xia. If there is news from him, it means that the abyss has a major problem, and peace is in peril."
These words were filled with a sense of melancholy and emotion.
"Behind peace, there are always people carrying the burden forward. I truly hope these children can also understand this point sooner and grow up quickly..."
Principal Liu He said, shaking his head, "Let's not talk about this. We should go back first. The instance map is quite large, so even students with insufficient strength shouldn't be eliminated so early..."
He hadn't finished speaking.
A flash of light appeared on the array of the athletic field, and a figure emerged.
"Don't eat me, don't eat me, don't eat me..."
Chen Hao maintained a kneeling posture on the ground, his face streaming with tears and snot.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have taken your eggs, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
Principal Liu He: "..."
Vice Principal: "..."
Dean: "..."
Teacher Zhang secretly turned his head, pretending he wasn't a student from his class...