I, the Necromancer, will crush the gods!

Chapter 170 Who is Jiang Chen? The National Top Scholar

Inside the Divine Dragon Tower, Jiang Chen did not interfere with the trials of the other members of the team.

This is also a good experience for them; they can't always be sheltered under Jiang Chen's wings.

Fang Hongxiu shouted, her left hand gripping her shield tightly, her right hand wielding her knight's longsword with extremely fluid movements, stirring up a powerful storm.

She unleashed a series of skills in quick succession, without a single superfluous movement; her performance was near perfect.

The three Abyss Hounds, mimicking the Dragon Tower, launched a frenzied attack on her, but she skillfully dodged or blocked each attack, greatly relieving the pressure on the healer in the team.

Lin Cai'er had already silently infiltrated behind the Abyss Demon Hound, thrusting out her dagger and unleashing her skills in an instant.

Skill: Fatal Strike!

A muffled explosion rang out, and an abyssal hound fell to the ground.

Lin Cai'er attacked twice in a row, using the skill: Internal Explosion!

A loud bang erupted from the stabbed abyssal hound, which was then blasted away.

Lin Cai'er swiftly and decisively eliminated the two demonic dogs.

"Cut!"

Fang Hongxiu let out a delicate shout and killed the last Abyss Demon Hound.

She was slightly out of breath, her chest heaving noticeably.

At this point, they had completed half of the passage.

The number of Abyssal Hounds is also increasing, from one at the beginning to three now.

However, Fang Hongxiu did not intend to seek Jiang Chen's help; she wanted to test her limits.

In dungeons, it is common to face multiple enemies at the same time, especially in high-level dungeons.

Fang Hongxiu told herself that she was about to enter a top academy and could not easily admit defeat.

She mustered her courage, and the group continued forward.

As expected, the four demonic hounds appeared at the same time, and Fang Hongxiu once again engaged in battle.

Lin Cai'er, meanwhile, remained hidden in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

Liu Cui closely observed the battle, ready to unleash her healing skills at any moment.

Zhang Yang, on the other hand, seemed rather bored.

For a prophet, once all the buffs have been cast, there's basically nothing more they can do.

Among the entire team, besides Jiang Chen, he seemed to have some free time. At this time, a large number of teams had already been eliminated in the preliminary rounds.

The team names turned gray one by one and then disappeared from the light screen.

The rankings of the teams on the screen kept changing, but Jiang Chen's team remained stable in the middle position.

Hong Ki-seok observed the entire preliminary selection process.

"What is Jiang Chen doing? Why is the progress so slow?"

"Other teams have already scored 40 points, while Jiang Chen's team only has 23 points. What's going on?"

"Old Li, can you reveal some information?"

Li Xueru firmly refused the request: "I cannot."

"Besides, this preliminary selection isn't about speed; the most important thing is to pass the test."

"Don't you have any confidence in Jiang Chen?" Hong Jishi laughed and said, "What a joke, Jiang Chen is champion material, the preliminary rounds are nothing to him."

"That's settled then, what's the rush?"

As the person in charge of the Divine Dragon Tower, Li Xueru was fully aware of everything that happened inside the tower.

He knew perfectly well that Jiang Chen hadn't laid a hand on him at all; he'd just been watching the whole thing.

Otherwise, they would have passed the preliminary selection long ago.

Hong Ki-seok watched as more and more teams were eliminated.

"Isn't the elimination rate you set too high?"

Li Xueru said softly, "Not high. Those who were eliminated were basically teams with an average level below 23. Even if such teams weren't eliminated here, they would be the first to be eliminated in the competition."

"There are also some teams whose teamwork is terrible, and there's no point in keeping such teams around." "The goal of the preliminary selection is to select teams that are excellent in all aspects, and the difficulty I set is not high. Even if the team level is low, as long as they have good teamwork, they can pass."

Hong Jishi sighed, seemingly helplessly: "Fine, you talk too much, you win."

Finally, all five Abyssal Hounds appeared at the same time.

Fang Hongxiu shouted, "Control!"

Liu Cui and Zhang Yang made their moves simultaneously.

Both the elder and the prophet possess the same skill: Wind Shackles.

The two of them each locked one of the Abyss Hounds, directly controlling them.

However, their level is too low, and the Wind Shackles can only control them for a relatively short time, only 30 seconds.

But for Fang Hongxiu and Lin Cai'er, 30 seconds was enough.

Fang Hongxiu quickly lured the remaining three Abyss Demon Hounds over, creating an opportunity for Lin Cai'er.

The team works together seamlessly.

Quickly eliminate the five Abyss Demon Hounds.

With Liu Cui and Zhang Yang joining the fight, dealing with the five Abyss Demon Hounds was even easier than before.

Fang Hongxiu also roughly knew her limits.

Her limit is dealing with four Abyss Hounds at the same time without relying on anyone else.

Since Liu Cui and Zhang Yang started participating in the battle, the team's advance speed has increased significantly.

This time, Jiang Chen was truly all alone, with absolutely nothing to do.

Jiang Chen was quite curious about the feeling of standing by and watching, so he followed the group at a leisurely pace.

Jiang Chen's team's ranking began to rise.

They gradually caught up. From the middle, they gradually caught up to the head.

They eventually made it into the top 1,000 in their group.

At this point, more than half of the 3 teams in their group had already been eliminated.

The remaining amount is less than 1.

Six, seven, and eight Abyss Demon Hounds appeared simultaneously.

Fang Hongxiu and the others were too low-level, and the more they fought, the harder it became for them as the pressure increased.

Liu Cui breathed softly, trying to control her condition while also treating her.

The pressure is considerable for her.

Zhang Yang was much the same.

An hour has passed since the auditions began, and everyone's energy levels are starting to drop, requiring them to be replenished.

Zhang Yang drank a bottle of psychic potion, replenishing everyone's energy.

After recovering his energy, Zhang Yang plopped down on the ground. He looked helpless: "I've used up all my mental energy."

Liu Cui also whispered, "I still have 300 mental energy points."

Without mental energy, you can't unleash your skills.

Lin Cai'er also said softly, "I'm almost there too."

Although assassin skills have very low mental energy consumption.

However, Lin Cai'er had to maintain a stealthy and stealthy state, and her mental energy was being rapidly depleted.

Her mental strength attribute wasn't as strong as that of a mage-type class to begin with, so it's not easy for her to have lasted this long.

Fang Hongxiu was also panting: "How about we rest for a while?"

Lin Cai'er shook her head: "Or let Jiang Chen handle the rest. We've played enough and tested everything we needed to."

Zhang Yang raised his hand: "I agree, I agree with both hands and feet."

Liu Cui nodded: "That's about enough."

Hearing her teammates say this, Fang Hongxiu couldn't help but look at Jiang Chen: "Thank you for your help, Junior Jiang."

Jiang Chen waved his hand: "It's nothing."

As he spoke, three skeleton warriors appeared in front of him.

It ran forward with a clicking sound.

Eight more Abyss Hounds appeared ahead.

The skeleton warrior charged forward, and with a swift stroke, a deep-sea hound was instantly killed.

A level 27 skeleton warrior with 30x attribute boost and 22500 in all four stats.

To deal with these weakened versions of the Abyss Hounds, which are only level 27.

They can kill one person with a single cut.

No skills are needed; instant kill is the only word.

In less than a second, the eight abyssal hounds had been killed.

Fang Hongxiu and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment. They had been working so hard, discussing various tactics and strategies.

As a result, it was all over with a single strike against Jiang Chen's skeleton warrior.

This made them laugh at their various tactics.

It's really annoying to compare people to each other.

Lin Cai'er comforted him, "Don't be disappointed. Jiang Chen's skeletons have always been very strong. They can even kill a level 40 high-level demon."

Lin Cai'er's attempt to comfort them backfired, making the three of them even more heartbroken.

Zhang Yang shouted, "Leave me alone, let me go cry for a while."

With Jiang Chen's help, the team's advance speed increased again.

The score began to rise rapidly.

At this point, the scores of the top teams in their group had stopped changing.

Their scores all reached 200 points, meaning they had killed 200 Abyssal Hounds.

As for why the minutes stopped moving, many people can guess the reason.

They have reached the final stage of the assessment: the BOSS battle.

Now it's a matter of who can come out on top.

The BOSS is not someone you can easily defeat.

It tests not only the team's coordination but also their overall combat capability.

Each team has pulled out all the stops to defeat the BOSS.

Jiang Chen and the others finally arrived in front of the BOSS.

"As expected, he's a dog demon."

It has one wing and the appearance of a wolfhound.

It was exactly the same as the dog demon that Jiang Chen had killed before.

As for the attributes, Jiang Chen was too lazy to look at them; there was no need. The Dog Demon, accompanied by nine demonic hounds of varying depths, stood at the end of the passage, waiting for Jiang Chen and the others to arrive.

Fang Hongxiu tensed up again: "Is this an Abyss Demon?"

Lin Cai'er said, "This is called the Abyss Dog Demon, but it's not the real Abyss Dog Demon. The real Abyss Dog Demon is much more powerful."

Liu Cui asked in a low voice, "Can Junior Jiang beat him?"

Lin Cai'er laughed: "He's killed quite a few dog demons."

The group looked shocked.

Fang Hongxiu believed Lin Cai'er's words: "I didn't expect Junior Brother Jiang to be so amazing."

At this moment, the three skeleton warriors had already rushed up to the BOSS.

Nine abyssal hounds launched an attack on the skeleton warrior simultaneously.

The sharp teeth gripped the skeleton warrior's bones tightly.

The skeleton warrior unleashed a burst of skill; a flash of red light appeared on his blade, instantly killing three Abyss Hounds.

Skill: Corpse Explosion!

boom! boom! boom!

Three explosions followed in quick succession. There was no longer any dog ​​demon, only corpses remained.

"You passed the test!"

A dignified voice rang out, and the group was escorted to the outside world.

Jiang Chen's team, which was originally ranked hundreds of places away, suddenly seemed to have taken off like a rocket and rushed straight to the top.

The score has now reached 300 points.

Jiang Chen's team ranked first, making their name stand out.

The remaining teams, even after consistently clearing the level, could only rank behind Jiang Chen's team.

"I never expected that the latecomer would surpass the former."

"How did they do that? They took down the BOSS so quickly." "This Jiang Chen team is interesting. That name looks familiar."

"You forgot? This year's national champion is named Jiang Chen."

"No way, didn't he just finish the college entrance exam? How can he participate in the 20th grade group competition?"

"Maybe he levels up quickly, otherwise how could he become the top scholar?"

A buzz of discussion immediately broke out on the competition field…