Don't mess with that necromancer; his summoned creatures level up on their own!

"boom--!"

Liu Tianxing's dagger came crashing down.

A murmur of surprise rippled through the audience.

Liu Tianxing was so fast that most viewers couldn't even see how he drew his sword.

They only saw a flash of golden light before the blade fell.

The force of that strike was almost deadly; everyone believed...

She's doomed.

However—just before the dagger fell, the Floating Light Shield shuddered violently.

A dark light burst forth from the center of the shield, enveloping Song Xiaohe and forming a visible black barrier.

The dagger struck the barrier.

"clang--!!!"

Song Xiaohe stood still, without moving an inch.

The dagger did not harm her in the slightest, nor did it even leave a scratch on the barrier.

A tingling sensation came from Liu Tianxing's tiger's mouth.

"What?!"

He stared at the black barrier in front of him, then looked down at his dagger, feeling as if he had just struck a mountain with his blade.

After a brief silence, the audience outside the stadium erupted into even louder discussions.

Someone suddenly stood up.

"What is that! What is that black light?!"

The person next to him looked bewildered.

"That black light actually managed to block Liu Tianxing's attack?"

"Most people here wouldn't have been able to withstand it, right? But that little girl not only withstood it, it seems... she didn't even bleed a drop!"

The examiners exchanged glances.

One of them lowered his voice.

"A basic light-type skill?"

The people next to him immediately shook their heads.

"Have you ever seen a light-based skill that's black?"

"That was clearly the light emanating from the Floating Light Shield."

"Doesn't the Floating Shield only have two abilities? Levitation and mana absorption?"

"Yeah, where did that protective black light come from?"

The examiner began to speak slowly.

"Have you forgotten? There's a quality of equipment that can give rise to new abilities."

Everyone was stunned for two seconds, and then someone reacted.

"Yes, it is possible... but isn't that something only top-tier quality equipment can do?"

"Could that shimmering shield... be a Bronze-tier transcendental weapon?"

The other examiner shook his head.

"Impossible. The blacksmiths in Dragon Kingdom who can produce super-grade equipment are all top-tier blacksmiths. Who would bother with a bronze-grade item?"

"Super-tier equipment is basically only available at epic level and above. Besides, that shield only has one black stripe, so it looks like a low-tier quality no matter how you look at it."

After discussing it for a long time without reaching a conclusion, everyone could only turn their attention back to the screen.

Song Xiaohe stood still, looking down at the black barrier surrounding her.

Could it be that the Floating Light Shield is working?

She really thought she was going to die. For a moment, she even closed her eyes and waited for the teleportation array to send her away.

But the shield moved on its own; without her control, the black barrier popped out and blocked the attack.

The equipment my brother forged himself... is actually this powerful?

Now is not the time to think about that.

Seeing that Liu Tianxing was still in a daze, she took a deep breath and activated the Floating Light Shield again.

A dark suction force emanated from the shield and spread outwards.

Liu Tianxing staggered, his footing unsteady.

"Tianxing! Run!"

His father's voice came through the earphones, carrying an unprecedented panic.

Liu Tianxing paused for a moment.

run?

He glanced at the little girl in front of him, then at the six-gold-patterned dagger in his hand.

He was an S-class assassin, consistently ranked first from the start, and never imagined he would turn and run away in front of a level thirteen knight.

"Run? Even if she drains all my mana, I can wear her down without using any skills! She definitely has very little mana left!"

"I, Liu Tianxing, am a man of unyielding integrity. I only know defeat, not retreat! You expect me to avoid her sharp edge?"

His pride held him up for two seconds.

then.

"Sizzle—"

A crisp tearing sound came from Liu Tianxing's crotch.

The sound wasn't loud, but it was particularly jarring in the quiet setting.

Liu Tianxing looked down and saw a long tear in his crotch.

Liu Tianxing: "???"

Before he could figure out what was happening, his pants slipped down from his waist and bunched up at his ankles, revealing a pair of white socks and his legs.

Then comes the top.

In an instant, it turned into countless tiny fragments, scattered in the sandstorm, and swept away by that dark suction force.

Finally, there was that white pair of underwear.

It held on for half a second, then too, it crumbled into pieces in the sandstorm.

Liu Tianxing: "Holy crap!"

He suddenly squatted down, quickly covering his groin with both hands.

His voice was cracking, filled with terror.

"You fucking pervert! What kind of crappy equipment is this?! Are you doing this on purpose?! My underwear! My mom bought it for me!"

Seeing his expression, Song Xiaohe's ears turned bright red again.

She was wondering if she had gone too far with her strength just now.

But seeing him squatting on the ground, I felt like I hadn't done anything.

She wanted to say something to ease the awkwardness, but the words stuck in her throat.

"Um...I'm sorry..."

Liu Tianxing looked up and glared at her.

"What good is 'sorry'? You owe me my clothes!"

Song Xiaohe took two steps back, her voice carrying a hint of sincere apology.

"Sorry, it broke on its own."

Liu Tianxing didn't say anything more.

He heard his father sigh through the headphones.

"...I already told you to run away."

Liu Tianxing did not answer. He opened his mouth, but in the end, he could only squeeze out a sentence that sounded like he was crying.

"Daddy, save me..."

The square was completely silent.

The entire audience fell silent.

Many people want to laugh, but they don't dare to.

Because of the naked boy squatting on the ground on the screen.

His father was the man still sitting in the VIP seats, his face ashen.

Everyone knows that if they laugh out loud now, the dorm air conditioner might not be installed next year.

The examiners all remained silent.

Some people looked down at the table, while others picked up their teacups and pretended to drink water.

The examiner put down his teacup, looked at the screen, and then looked away.

"...Let's pause for a moment and switch the scene elsewhere."

The staff quickly complied, but the atmosphere of "wanting to laugh but not daring to" had already spread throughout the audience.

Liu Tianxing became a laughing stock, not only because he was completely naked and exposed to everyone.

Most importantly, his place is just too small.

---

In the VIP viewing area of ​​the square, the principal of Dachang No. 1 Middle School looked more than just ugly.

He sat in the chair, gripping the armrests with both hands, the veins on the back of his hands bulging.

He watched Song Xiaohe's retreating figure on the big screen, then looked at the person squatting in the sand on the screen.

The son, who was covering his private parts with one hand, felt his face peeling away inch by inch.

His son, Liu Tianxing, an S-class assassin and the fastest among the younger generation in Dachang City, was squatting naked on the wasteland.

He took a deep breath and his gaze returned to Song Xiaohe's retreating figure.

Where did this child come from?

Who made her strange equipment?

What exactly is that shield?

No wonder Miss Su specifically asked us to send someone to eliminate her in the second stage.

Imagine if someone with such strange equipment were to pass through three checkpoints and reach the mountaintop.

Then all his arrangements and plans would become a joke, and the boasts he made to Miss Su would be proven wrong.

He picked up the communicator and connected to the channels of the three trainees at the foot of the mountain, the middle of the mountain, and the top of the mountain.

"You three, take good care of this Song Xiaohe. Don't hold back, don't go easy on her, treat her with the highest level of service."

Three brief responses came through the communicator.

He put down the communicator, leaned back in his chair, and stared at the small white dot on the screen that was running towards the foot of the mountain.

When Song Xiaohe reached the foot of the mountain, her pace unconsciously slowed down.

She looked up at the mountain in front of her, feeling somewhat dazed; she had really arrived.

The first checkpoint of Yuanling Peak was right in front of her, and she was the first to arrive.

She originally thought her limit was only the top ten, but she never expected to actually reach number one.

The more she thought about it, the more excited she became, and she couldn't suppress the smile on her face.

Ahead, a young man in a dark blue uniform was leaning against an ancient tree at the foot of the mountain, his arms crossed, as if waiting for someone.

He saw Song Xiaohe running towards him from a distance, and was clearly stunned for a moment. He subconsciously glanced behind her—there was no one there.

She was indeed the first.

"You're number one?"

His tone was skeptical.

An S-rank four-winged angel with decent professional talent, but its level is too low at only level 13.

How did someone with this level of skill manage to get first place?

What are the people from other schools doing?

He thought it to himself, but didn't say it aloud.

Song Xiaohe walked up to him, stopped, slightly out of breath, her voice tinged with excitement.

"Yes, senior, I'm here to take the test."

He nodded.

Fine, rules are rules. No matter what level they are, if they come, they'll get beaten.

"Alright, according to the rules, I'll lower my level to be the same as yours. You go first, and I'll make my move after three moves."

"Come on, let me see how real your number one spot is."

Song Xiaohe nodded.

"Then, senior... I'm sorry."

The senior smiled slightly upon hearing this.

"It's not certain who's wronged whom yet, junior. Just go for it, don't hold back."