Villain: After I died, all the heroines cried themselves to sleep.

An ambush designed by three S-class students working together.

It can be said that they are caught between a rock and a hard place.

Any other freshman would have been defeated on the spot in the face of this scene.

Unfortunately, their opponent was Luo Chuan.

click!

The dagger, which struck later but arrived first, was blocked.

A regular hexagonal ether barrier stood before us.

Immediately afterwards, six ether swords bloomed like lotus flowers, rotating around Luo Chuan and severing all the shadow bindings.

Finally, Luo Chuan pointed at the humanoid beast.

Six ether swords shot out, combining into a sharp cone that slammed into the opponent, forcing him back.

Looking back at the other attacker, he saw that he had already vanished without a trace.

"return."

Luo Chuan waved his hand, and the six swords returned to their positions, guarding him.

"impossible."

Chen Mubai twitched the corners of his mouth, his expression somewhat distorted.

"I've confirmed that you can currently control a limited amount of ether. You just shaped it all into flying swords to attack me, so why are you still able to create more ether for defense?"

"Of course, it's because those are all just tricks to fool you."

With a casual flick of his wrist, Luo Chuan caused the twelve longswords that had previously shot towards Chen Mubai to vanish.

Looking at those longswords again now, you'll find that they were actually hollow inside.

"Only in this way can we force the other two hiding in the shadows to come out, right?"

Luo Chuan looked at the opposite bank of the river with a half-smile.

Besides Chen Mubai, there were also Song Haitang, the humanoid beast he had forced back, and Zhou Yi, who had escaped using Shadow Escape.

"Hey, you're way too strong!"

Zhou Yi scratched his hair in annoyance.

"My [Ghostly Shadow] can hide in the shadows, and you were able to detect that? And Song Haitang's [Hundred Refinements], apart from Lin Du's slash, no one has been able to force her back, and you actually did it."

"Lin Du was also my defeated opponent. If he can do it, why can't I?"

Luo Chuan chuckled and shook his head.

"Your attack does hurt a bit, but it's still not as strong as Lin Du's slash."

Song Haitang touched the muscles in her lower abdomen.

Luo Chuan's combined attack with six swords only left a bluish-purple bruise on her abdominal muscles.

"Then you can try again."

Luo Chuan made a sword-finger gesture, and six more ether swords took shape.

Together with the original six swords, they crisscrossed around him, forming a sword formation.

"Heavenly Lock Sword Formation - Modified"

Luo Chuan had already figured out the Heavenly Lock Sword Formation.

Replacing Luo Tian Shen Zi's Heavenly Gang Sword Light with Professor Rhodes's Aether Sword is not difficult.

However, its power and variability will be greatly reduced.

But for Luo Chuan at this stage, it's more than enough.

"go."

Luo Chuan gave a soft shout, and twelve longswords were drawn in formation.

Seeing the flying sword coming fiercely, Zhou Yi flashed into the shadows.

Song Haitang, on the contrary, shouted loudly and faced the challenge head-on.

She took a step forward and clenched her fist to smash the flying aether sword.

Clang!

Her fist collided with the Aether Sword, producing a sound like steel.

But in the next instant, Song Haitang felt pain and withdrew his fist.

A trickle of blood stained her fist.

Song Haitang's expression changed slightly.

She was actually breached by Luo Chuan's Ether Sword!

The remaining flying swords followed closely behind.

Song Haitang dared not be careless any longer.

She dodged and weaved, using her solid martial arts foundation to avoid the sharpness of the flying sword while simultaneously striking the blade from the side.

Song Haitang punched the Ether Sword again and again, as if he were forging iron.

The power of each punch increases, each punch surpassing the last.

Until the very last punch.

"Drink!"

Song Haitang shouted and his punch created a violent sonic boom.

Boom!

The powerful impact sent all the Aether Swords flying.

"Is this what they mean by 'forging oneself into steel'—getting stronger and more powerful by repeatedly using the same move?"

Luo Chuan attempted to recall the Aether Sword.

"Hey, it's not that easy!"

Zhou Yi's voice came from the darkness.

Dozens of black straps emerged from the shadows, briefly binding the Aether Sword.

Immediately afterward, a figure darted out and pounced on Luo Chuan.

Luo Chuan had a premonition, and turned around to kick him away.

However, the sensation on my feet felt somewhat strange.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a shadow.

"Didn't expect that, did you? That was my shadow clone!"

Zhou Yi seized the opportunity, leaping out from the shadows behind Luo Chuan and stabbing him in the back with his sword.

"We succeeded!"

No.

Luo Chuan suddenly found himself holding an ether sword.

He immediately used the move "Su Qin Carrying the Sword" to steadily block Zhou Yi's dagger.

"Hey! Where did you get that sword?"

Zhou Yi shouted angrily.

He clearly bound all twelve of Luo Chuan's Ether Swords.

"Why not just dismantle the ether and then reunite it?"

Luo Chuan said matter-of-factly.

Ether is even more malleable than other elements.

Of course, forcibly recycling in this way will consume a lot of spiritual energy.

But he no longer needs to conserve his spiritual power.

Luo Chuan deflected Zhou Yi's dagger, then thrust out his longsword, aiming straight for Zhou Yi's vital points.

"Song Haitang, save me!"

Zhou Yi shouted for help in a very straightforward manner.

Song Haitang lived up to his expectations, leaping up like a dragon crossing a river, charging straight at him.

Luo Chuan had no choice but to release the Ether Sword in his hand.

Just as the two men were delighted, thinking that Luo Chuan had been forced to retreat,

Luo Chuan suddenly raised his sword finger.

His gaze sharpened.

"Heavenly Lock Sword Formation - Modified"

"The Twelve Earthly Branches - Rooster (酉)".

In an instant, the twelve ether swords around them resonated in unison.

hum-

The sound of the sword echoed through the sky, like a rooster crowing at dawn, its call resounding for thousands of miles.

The terrifying sound waves rippled like the tide, causing the surrounding space to vibrate and forming an extremely strong repulsive field.

Zhou Yi and Song Haitang, who were in the midst of it, felt as if their eardrums were ruptured and their whole bodies were being crushed and rejected, with their flesh and bones resonating with the sound of the sword.

It was as if they were being subjected to the torture of having their flesh and bones cut off.

"Ugh!"

Zhou Yi was the first to give in, letting out a miserable howl.

A defensive barrier popped out of the bracelet, enveloping him, and then he was teleported out of the simulated battlefield.

Song Haitang tried to hold on, but the sound of the sword's cry penetrated deep into her bones, with extremely strong penetrating power, which she could not resist with her physical body.

Not long after, she was also forcibly teleported out of the simulated battlefield.

"You're the only one left."

Luo Chuan retrieved the sword formation and looked at Chen Mubai not far away.

That guy didn't make a move from beginning to end, and I don't know what he was thinking.

But Chen Mubai raised his hands at lightning speed.

"I surrender."

"..."

"You shouldn't have been allowed to take the entrance exam; you've gone so far as to break the rules."

Chen Mubai shook his head with a wry smile, pressed the abstention button on his bracelet, and disappeared in a flash of light.

With his departure, the practical assessment also came to an end.

Luo Chuan leaned the three people's bracelets against his own.

Ding.

His score reached an astonishing 90,000 points.

For reference, Xu Xiaojin, who is ranked second, has not yet reached 10,000 points.

However, the system still did not indicate that the objective was completed.

Could it be that……

Luo Chuan looked back at the path he had come from.

Just then, Xu Xiaojin emerged from the bushes over there.

The two looked at each other.

Luo Chuan spoke up.

"You should kill yourself."

"..."

Xu Xiaojin was speechless.

After leaving her points with Luo Chuan, she left the simulated battlefield.

Luo Chuan's points also successfully broke through the 100,000 mark.

[100% of the target progress!]

[Goal achieved!]

[A one-man entrance exam! You single-handedly swept all the freshmen aside, taking the top spot. Some hate you, some fear you, some idolize you—and this is precisely the path to becoming the ultimate villain!]

[Fate Points have been awarded.]

Current Fate Points: 70

As soon as the system pop-up appeared, Luo Chuan was teleported out of the simulated battlefield.