I gain permanent defense when attacked; even gods and demons can't hurt me.

Meanwhile, behind the bushes not far from Lin Yuan.

A makeshift team of three professionals huddled in the bushes, their faces filled with terror.

They came from the neighboring city of Jianghai, and their composition was quite good: a level 11 warrior, a level 10 mage, and a level 10 archer.

"Holy crap! What's going on?"

The warrior swallowed hard, his hand gripping the greatsword trembling.

"Why are we encountering a small horde of beasts as soon as we come in?"

Something's not right!

The archers behind him had sharp eyes and pointed ahead.

"Those monsters aren't just wandering around randomly; they seem to have been attracted by something!"

"Shall we go take a look?"

The three of them cautiously crept over.

When they pushed aside the last layer of bushes and saw what was before them, they froze instantly.

All that could be seen in front of us was an open space.

A man dressed in dark gold, menacing armor was walking as if he were strolling in a park.

Around him, a dozen ferocious monsters, their eyes bloodshot, launched a suicidal charge against him.

However, the man didn't even lift a hand, letting the monsters bite and ram him!

Strangely, no damage numbers appeared above the man's head the moment the monsters bit him.

On the contrary, those monsters!

Even just touching that man, even if it's just biting his trouser leg.

"Bang!"

The next second, their fully healed bodies will explode into white light!

There wasn't even time to let out a scream!

"this"

The soldiers in Jianghai City nearly popped their eyes out.

"What kind of skill is this? Is it a damage reflection skill?"

"But this damage is outrageous! That wild boar had 1800 HP! It was gone in one hit?"

"He... he didn't lose a single drop of blood?"

Since they weren't in a team, all they could see was Lin Yuan's bright red name and level above his head.

【Lin Yuan lv21】

As for health and mana bars? You can't see them at all!

But looking at his relaxed and carefree demeanor, he hardly seemed like someone being besieged.

It's more like those monsters committing suicide!

"Level 21"

The archer gasped, his voice trembling.

"My God, we're still basking in the glory of killing a level 12 monster."

"They've already started grinding monsters?"

"Is this what it means to be a top-tier genius?"

The three of them exchanged a glance and saw the despair in each other's eyes.

Are these people really taking the same college entrance exam as them?

"I've heard of this Lin Yuan!"

The female mage suddenly remembered something, covered her mouth and whispered, "Isn't he that freak from Tianhai City next door, the one who soloed the Hell dungeon?"

"He's reached level 21 in just half a month since awakening, breaking the national record!"

"We didn't expect to be so lucky, we actually ran into him as soon as we came in."

"Do you think he'll agree if we go up and extend an invitation?"

"With such a powerful figure leading the way, we're definitely going to take off!"

"As for points, just give us a little something to go around!"

The other two teammates looked at him like he was an idiot.

"Are you stupid?" the soldier said, giving him a slap in an annoyed tone.

"Team formation requires splitting points equally!"

"This guy is clearly a lone wolf; his goal is most likely to be the top scorer in the country. Why would he possibly take on a burden like us?"

"And didn't you see those monsters died instantly? He doesn't need teammates at all!"

"Let's change direction, so he doesn't spot us."

The soldier lowered his voice, his face covered in cold sweat.

"If this monster is in a bad mood and takes us all in, we'll have no one to turn to for help!"

The three of them retreated silently, like startled quails.

Lin Yuan, however, paid no attention to these few little karami.

He glanced at the bracelet.

"There are too few monsters on the outskirts, and their levels are too low, so my points are increasing too slowly."

"We need to go deeper into the area."

"I heard there are high-level elite monsters in the core area?"

"I hope the monsters there have a lot of health, so they don't die from just one touch; that would be so boring."

Lin Yuan's mind stirred.

The range of the monarch's force field has expanded!

20 meters!

boom!

The jungle further away was in complete uproar!

As Lin Yuan continued to delve deeper, the monsters' levels gradually increased from the initial level 10 to level 13 and then level 15.

Ironback Bear (lv15), Shadow Leopard (lv15), Rampaging Boar (lv14)

These monsters generally have around 2000-3000 HP.

Although some monsters can't be killed instantly, it usually only takes two hits at most.

The first hit left him with very low health.

He died instantly after being hit a second time.

Lin Yuan was like a ruthless bulldozer, rampaging through the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts.

Two hours later.

Lin Yuan stopped in an open space and casually swatted the last venomous spider that had tried to ambush him.

He glanced at the points ranking on his wristband.

Current points: 518

Current ranking: No. 1 nationwide (tentative)

"500 points."

Lin Yuan nodded in satisfaction. With this score, he should be able to put a significant gap between himself and many others.

It's important to know that most ordinary test takers nowadays still have scores hovering in the tens of digits.

Those who can break 100 are all geniuses from various regions.

Lin Yuan, on the other hand, has increased his profits fivefold!

This is because the monsters were not densely distributed in his location, and because he did not fully activate his Monarchic Stance at the beginning.

Lin Yuan looked at the even deeper, dense forest ahead.

"It's still not fast enough."

"There aren't enough regular elite monsters. I need to find a boss, or a larger pack of beasts."

Just as Lin Yuan was preparing to go deeper into the area...

Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps came from the woods to the side.

Immediately afterwards, a five-person team rushed out in a flurry of activity.

Upon seeing the composition of these five people, Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow.

All of them are rare professions!

【狂暴战（lv15）】、【元素法师（lv15）】、【圣言牧师（lv14）】、【暗影刺客（lv15）】、【神射手（lv15）】。

In previous years, this level of talent and ability would have made them the top contenders in their respective cities.

Even if you're unlucky and don't get the top score, getting into a top university is a sure thing.

This is the confidence that comes with high rank and high profession.

However, at this moment, these chosen ones looked extremely grim as they witnessed the scene before them.

Because they discovered that all the strange creatures within a radius of several hundred meters had vanished!

Instead, there was a figure in the distance wearing dark gold armor, surrounded by a dense swarm of monsters!

"Hey! You there!"

The leading berserker couldn't help but shout, his tone filled with dissatisfaction.

"You've pulled all these monsters away, so what are we supposed to fight?"

"Eating alone isn't something you should do, is it?"

Lin Yuan stopped and glanced at them indifferently.

"Enter the instance, each according to their own means."

"I have the ability to pull monsters, that's my business."

"Any objections?"

The berserker was taken aback, then a sinister glint flashed in his eyes.

"Fine! You said it, let's see who uses the most methods!"