All players: Become a Dharma King, with unlimited skill stats.

(P.S.: Just to clarify, the "Lucky" affix was changed to a "High Probability" affix in the previous text. The effect is similar: increased drop rate upon kill, increasing the probability of effect triggering. This doesn't affect the main text. Lucky affixes will be added to the character later, and the new effects will be revised accordingly.)

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My entrance bonus is finally coming?!

An Bai immediately took out his luggage and casually placed it in the room before leaving the dormitory.

An Bai was familiar with the area since the enrollment procedures had been done in the teaching building before, and he arrived there quickly.

When he arrived at the innermost hall on the north side of this magnificent teaching building, he saw Lin Qingshan standing there waiting for him.

"Teacher Lin," An Bai greeted.

Lin Qingshan's gaze fell on An Bai's wrist, and after seeing that he was wearing the identity bracelet exclusive to the Four Saints Academy, he showed a satisfied expression.

This student is probably the most promising candidate I've recruited in all my years as an admissions officer!

"You've already been to the dorm, right? How was it? You seem to be settling in well?"

"Hmm, very good!" This is probably the best room An Bai has stayed in all these years.

As they spoke, Lin Qingshan led An Bai to a room heavily guarded by soldiers.

Upon entering, An Bai was immediately drawn to the layout.

Behind the door, twelve enormous stone pillars floated in the void.

At the top of each stone pillar hangs a chain covered with special inscriptions.

And all twelve chains are connected to the central item—

A white bone staff made up of individual bone segments.

A dark purple crystal embedded in the staff head was constantly spitting out spatial rifts, as if trying to tear apart space and escape from this place.

These stone pillars and iron chains are precisely preventing the bone staff from escaping.

Without a doubt, this is what is known as a semi-divine artifact!

An Bai had also seen legendary equipment of gold quality.

I never imagined that there would be such a huge difference between legendary and semi-divine artifacts!

Then, An Bai noticed that there was also a dignified old man in a gray robe standing to the side.

Although the old man's temples were white, his spirit did not appear old at all.

Lin Qingshan then took the initiative to introduce, "Elder Jiang, this is this year's national champion, An Bai."

"An Bai, Elder Jiang is a senior professor at the White Tiger Academy. This semi-divine artifact is one of the spoils he obtained from the Abyss World many years ago. However, since this artifact can only be bound before the first reincarnation, Elder Jiang is contributing it as the highest reward for new students."

Upon hearing this, An Bai bowed in the direction of the old man and said, "This junior greets Elder Jiang."

Old Jiang pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses and looked An Bai up and down.

"Yes, neither humble nor arrogant, neither conceited nor cowardly, very good."

He smiled slightly, a hint of satisfaction in his expression, and then continued:

"However, as you know, equipment of epic quality and above has a binding mechanism. Once bound, the quality will be downgraded if you try to remove the mark later."

"The same goes for this semi-divine artifact. If it's not suitable for you, even if the academy takes it back, this equipment will be downgraded to legendary quality."

"Although it is still powerful, it is naturally far inferior to a demigod artifact."

"Therefore, we need to see your demonstrated strength with our own eyes and assess your future potential to verify whether you are truly qualified to be bound to this equipment."

An Bai wasn't too surprised to hear this.

After all, it was a semi-divine artifact. Although Lin Qingshan used it to attract me to enroll, I naturally had to demonstrate my own value in order to obtain such a good thing.

He agreed without hesitation and then waited for the other party to continue.

"The assessment is quite simple. You're already level 20, and the advancement task is to challenge an abyss enemy, right?"

"We will arrange an Abyss boss for you. Although the level is still 21, this boss has a very powerful bloodline and is definitely one of the best in its class."

"We need you to succeed in the challenge, and you are required to demonstrate overwhelming strength against your peers in the battle."

In other words, he not only needs to win, but he must win by a large margin.

However, Elder Jiang also said that this boss is also a top-tier type among those of the same class.

Moreover, although it seems that there is only one level difference between oneself and the boss, the boss must have already advanced, while oneself has not yet advanced, which means there is a huge gap.

However, An Bai showed no fear whatsoever; in fact, he even appeared somewhat eager to try.

He was thrilled that he could complete this task, finish the first job advancement, and even get a semi-divine artifact!

"Great, having confidence is a good thing."

"Come with me to the Advancement Tower."

With a casual wave of his hand, the old man caused An Baifa to find the scenery before him to change, and he found himself standing in front of a tall white tower.

Upon closer inspection, wasn't this the tall tower I had seen in my dorm room?

He recalled that he could only see part of the spire from his dormitory, which meant that the tower was very far away from him!

This old man... is a spatial mage!

Although out of politeness, An Bai did not make a direct assessment, but just by looking at this move, he could tell that it must be the old man's own skill, rather than something he had done with the help of a prop.

"Is this the entrance to the abyss?" An Bai asked curiously.

However, Lin Qingshan immediately denied it.

"No, this is just a place to imprison enemies of the Abyss."

"After all, every profession's advancement quest must include a battle against an abyss monster. We can't possibly go into the abyss to find a suitable enemy every time we advance; that would be too time-consuming."

"So we capture suitable monsters in advance and imprison them, then release them directly when someone needs to advance, saving time and effort."

I didn't know you could do that...

"Teacher Lin, Elder Jiang, what brings you two here?"

Upon entering, staff members immediately came forward to greet us.

"Help me arrange for this kid to advance to the next level."

Old Jiang spoke up.

Upon hearing this, the staff member politely scanned An Bai's wristband to obtain his identity information.

Upon discovering that An Bai was actually a freshman this year, she couldn't help but take a few more glances at him.

"Elder Jiang, may I ask which Abyss unit you intend to use for advancement?"

"The Ancient Savage Bull King," Elder Jiang said without hesitation.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, not only were the staff stunned, but even Lin Qingshan was somewhat surprised.

"Elder Jiang, are you sure? This Ancient Wild Bull King... is a King-level boss! Moreover, it contains ancient bloodline within it! And it's specifically targeting An Bai..."

However, Elder Jiang merely glanced at him indifferently, and Lin Qingshan immediately shut up.

He sighed, then turned to An Bai and said, "An Bai, you can take the test by following the staff inside. Good luck."

"By the way, after completing the advancement quest, do not advance directly. Semi-divine artifacts need to be bound before advancement."

An Bai nodded in agreement, his eyes filled with curiosity.

Although Lin Qingshan didn't finish his sentence, the phrase "specifically targeting him" caught his attention.

However, An Bai would not back down. He simply smiled and quickly entered a space resembling an arena through a special teleportation array.

[Mission begins. Target: Ancient Savage Bull King, level 21. Countdown on the light screen: 3, 2, 1...]

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