「At the same time.」
In a territory full of rolling hills.
Hua Yuyin’s brow was tightly furrowed.
Her left arm was broken.
It had been snapped by her own bear men.
Several of her own bear men had actually been Charmed and started attacking their allies.
The remaining forty-some Succubi were snickering, constantly whispering things to the bear men.
These bear men were currently in their bear State, with broad shoulders, thick backs, and heavy paws that could kill a Succubus with a single swipe.
But now, half of them were under the Succubi’s control.
Hua Yuyin couldn’t understand it at all.
’These bear men are in their bear State right now, how can they still be Charmed?’
’We’re not even the same species, how can this Charm possibly work?’
But it was the truth.
The injury to Hua Yuyin’s arm was excruciating; she could no longer fight.
Her Resistance to medicine had also maxed out. No matter how much more she took, she wouldn’t achieve any Recovery.
’What do I do now?’
But the Succubi clearly weren’t giving her Time to think.
More and more bear men charged at her.
Some of the other bear men were tightly bound by whips, several of which had already been strangled to death.
Hua Yuyin clutched her broken arm tightly and let out a deep sigh.
Finally, she looked up at the sky.
"I give up! Requesting instructor assistance!"
SWISH!
In an instant, Chief Instructor Wu Ziming appeared before her.
With a single move, dozens of Succubi were lifted into the air.
The next moment, they all exploded.
Like fireworks of red flesh and blood.
Wu Ziming reached out a hand, healed Hua Yuyin’s arm, and then vanished.
Hua Yuyin sighed.
Her exam was over.
「Elsewhere.」
This was a plains territory.
Wei Jinlong was laughing.
His Beastman subordinates were also laughing.
Everyone was laughing loudly.
Wei Jinlong, in particular, was laughing with a hint of bliss, as if he were in paradise.
Five Succubi surrounded him, calling him "Big Brother" with every breath.
Wei Jinlong eagerly responded, completely ignoring the five whips coiling around him.
The whips quickly bound him tight.
Wei Jinlong felt like he was suffocating, but he gulped and said, "Should we... go back to my room to play?"
The Succubi laughed even louder.
SWISH!
Chief Instructor Pang Zhangming appeared.
A flash of blades.
All the Succubi in the territory were reduced to chunks of flesh.
Wei Jinlong stared blankly at the pieces of Succubus on the ground as his senses returned.
"Thank you, Instructor..."
Pang Zhangming glanced at him and disappeared.
Wei Jinlong clenched his fists, his face bright red.
’Damn Succubi...’
Wei Jinlong was out of the test.
「Meanwhile.」
Zhao Chi had already received the notification.
[Eighth Stage Cleared]
[Defeated] 80 Succubi
[Time] 18 minutes, 27 seconds
[Score] 91 points
[Total Score] 561 points
[Rank] 3
Seeing this rank, Zhao Chi was truly surprised and delighted.
’Third place in the whole grade?’
’I passed so many people again?’
He quickly opened the grade rankings.
[Live Test Rankings]
[1st Place] Class 9: Zhou Lue
[2nd Place] Class 10: Yuan Zhao
[3rd Place] Class 4: Zhao Chi
[4th Place] Class 1: Hua Yuyin (Eliminated)
[5th Place] Class 8: Wei Jinlong (Eliminated)
’Huh?’
’So only three students passed the eighth stage.’
Besides Zhao Chi, only Zhou Lue and Yuan Zhao were left.
Those two had been the top contenders predicted by the students before the test began.
Zhao Chi sat on the ground, extremely excited.
This meant that even if he quit now, the lowest he could place was third in the grade.
He would get at least 50 Learning Points, plus 2 Copper Treasure Chests.
Plus, there were guaranteed Learning Points for clearing each stage. He had cleared 8 stages now, so he had 36 guaranteed Learning Points.
In these four hours of Time, he had earned more Learning Points than he had accumulated in the past two years.
Pretty damn good.
But he only gave it a quick glance.
After all, the battle Gu Qing and the others had just fought was incredibly fierce.
Zhao Chi had to check on them first.
Up ahead, the women were sprawled on the ground.
After killing the last five Succubi, they were all too exhausted to stand.
They hadn’t gotten enough rest after the previous stage, and now they had fought for nearly 20 minutes. Everyone was exhausted.
Gu Qing sat on the ground, her chest heaving.
Strands of black hair, damp with sweat, clung to her face.
Tang Ruan had collapsed beside her, breathing in great gulps of air.
The other women nearby were also tired, but those two were especially exhausted.
Because their Morale was extremely high, their motivation was through the roof, and they had fought by racking up kill after kill.
They had long since stopped caring about how tired they were.
What’s more, many of the women had been in a dangerous State just now. The two of them had been racing against Time, leading the others to kill the Succubi as fast as possible.
Gu Qing looked at Zhao Chi with a smile. "My Lord... I was originally going to leave those five for you to play with, but they didn’t know their place and tried to Charm you at the end. I had no choice but to have everyone kill them."
Zhao Chi nodded. "I understand. It’s hard for men to resist the Charm of a Female Succubus. Good thing you were decisive, or I might have issued the wrong command."
Gu Qing chuckled. "It’s good that My Lord understands. When I have the chance, I’ll catch a couple for you to play with."
Zhao Chi was exasperated. "No need. What would I do with a Succubus? Having you all is more than enough."
Gu Qing covered her mouth and giggled. "My Lord, you sure know what to say. Haha, how did we do this time?"
"More than just ’did okay’! We’re in third place now!" Zhao Chi said happily.
"Wow! That’s great~" Gu Qing said with a surprised and delighted laugh.
Tang Ruan, her head tilted, added, "Awe... some... Haaa~"
Zhao Chi said, "Don’t talk. Rest up and drink some water."
Gu Qing smiled, still catching her breath. "We drank it all long ago."
"Drink mine."
Zhao Chi handed over his bamboo cup.
It was the warm water Gu Qing had prepared for him that morning, though it had cooled by now.
Gu Qing smiled. "Thank you, My Lord."
She opened the lid of the bamboo cup and took a few large gulps. GULP, GULP.
"My Lord, give the rest to Tang Ruan. She was running around like crazy just now, she must be very thirsty."
Zhao Chi nodded and passed it to Tang Ruan.
Tang Ruan sat up. "Hehe, thank you, My Lord. Thank you, Sister Gu."
There was only one cup of water.
He couldn’t provide for the other women.
But everyone understood. After all, Gu Qing and Tang Ruan had contributed the most and were the most exhausted.
Besides, the test would be over soon—an hour at most. They could drink their fill then.
Zhao Chi sat down next to them.
The Succubi this time were actually very tricky.
Luckily, Gu Qing and the others were women and had some Resistance to same-sex Charm. Otherwise, Zhao Chi absolutely would not have passed this stage.
The Succubi themselves had poor Combat Power.
They were far weaker than not just the Earth Puppets, but even the Naga Warriors.
At best, they were comparable to the Ghosts.
𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
However, their Charm and restraints were truly powerful. Needless to say, pretty much everyone had experienced the Effect of their Charm.
And half of the women had experienced the power of those binding whips.
The Female Soldiers’ Leather Armor looked like it had been hacked with a knife, covered in deep marks, with little Durability left.
Although their skin wasn’t directly damaged, they had basically all been bound to the point of sprains, or even broken bones.
The Female Craftsmen’s injuries were even more severe.
They had no Leather Armor, and their soft, delicate skin couldn’t withstand the tight constriction at all. The whips had left numerous wounds on them all.
They had all now either taken medicine or been healed by Gu Qing.
While bound, everyone struggled with all their might, but they couldn’t break free with their 6 points of Power.
The Succubi had said that not even a stone man could break free, and that they could bind a Steel Golem until it warped. It was probably all true.
This stage had consumed several dozen more High Level Life Pills.
But that was fine. He still had about 100 left to use.
Zhao Chi opened his class group chat.
There was only one topic of conversation: him.
Lu Yi: [Zhao Chi is in third place!]
Yang Xiong: [Third in the entire grade!]
Duan Yun: [I’m shocked. Why? How did Zhao Chi pass? Both Hua Yuyin and Wei Jinlong were eliminated, but Zhao Chi managed to pull through? This is incredible!]
Yang Xiong: [It’s not just incredible, it’s totally badass!]
Wang Lie: [When did Zhao Chi get so strong?]
Yin Lan: [The last two months, maybe? His last three mock exams seemed pretty good. He even got first in our class on the last one, and first on the theory exam too.]
Yang Xiong: [But Cao Feng said he was cheating. Haha, true gold fears no fire.]
Li Xun: [Where’s Zhao Chi? Why hasn’t he said anything for the past two stages?]
Lu Yi: [He must be using the time to rest. These last two stages were really hard, so he probably didn’t have much time to recover.]
Yang Xiong: [Did you guys see the grade-wide group? Everyone’s asking who Zhao Chi is. He’s probably going to be famous after this.]
Duan Yun: [That’s good. It’s about time someone from our class stood out. I thought it would be Cao Feng or Lu Yi, but it turned out to be this kid Zhao Chi.]
Yang Xiong: [Duan Yun, stop pretending. Everyone knows you’ve been holding it in, but you did pretty well this time too.]
Duan Yun: [Haha, I guess I did alright.]