Chapter 174: Chapter 174: Admission Test, Resolving the Abyssal Rift!

[Ding, obtained a complete set of Behemoth war beast bones and one Behemoth soul fragment.]

This was a Lord Level skeleton and soul fragment, remnants of a Behemoth that had fallen and whose bones had been dug up by grave robbers, along with a condensed soul fragment.

For those professions dealing with death, this was an excellent casting material, capable of bringing them the power of a Lord Level BOSS.

Of course, the prerequisite was that you had to have the ability to imprint an enslavement mark and thus sign an enslavement contract to properly command it.

Although Zi Liyuan had high standards, favoring entities of epic presence or above, that didn’t prevent Wang Fu from putting in the effort.

For a practitioner of death-related professions, this indeed was very rare.

“Please thank Uncle Wang for me, I am very satisfied with this gift.”

As a Beast Tamer, the more high-quality monsters you contract, the stronger your power becomes, but prior to reaching Fourth Order Level 100, one’s own combat power isn’t significant, at most acting as support solely for their contracted monsters.

However, once reaching Fourth Order Level 100 and mastering the skill “Shared Fortunes and Misfortunes,” one could share the attributes and skills of their contracted pets!

Therefore, a Level 99 Beast Tamer and a Level 100 Beast Tamer are completely different species, all thanks to the qualitative change triggered by a single skill!

With the Wang family’s connections, helping Wang Tie advance to Fourth Order Level 100 was a definite matter; it was only a question of time.

“As long as Li Yuan is happy, I won’t have to go home and face the old man’s torturous kneading.”

Wang Tie once again turned his chubby face into a badly scribbled ball with his smile.

“If you’re afraid of your dad, why don’t you just go home less often?”

“Brother Zi, you don’t know, the resources for us four brothers are all tightly controlled by the old man. If we dare to stay out overnight, not only will we face a terrible beating, but we will also be cut off from all sorts of resources.”

Thinking of this, Wang Fatty wanted to cry without tears, and he felt that after eighteen years of life, he still didn’t have as much status as one of the pet tigers his father had raised.

“Condolences!”

Patted Wang Fatty on the shoulder, the group walked towards a corner.

Meanwhile, Shen Yurou, following beside Zi Liyuan, visibly reddened.

Who could blame her? With Wang Fatty’s sweet talk, calling her “sister-in-law” constantly and that purple-named rascal not denying it, wasn’t that a tacit acknowledgement?

Thus, Shen Yurou felt as sweet as if she had eaten honey.

On the other hand, Number Two, looking at Wang Fatty, exuded a researching vibe, as if wanting to dissect him and study his bloodline issues, which was rather unnerving, at least making Wang Tie feel uncomfortable all over.

Luckily for Wang Fatty, with his broad tolerance and corpulence, Number Two’s gaze, though impolite, didn’t upset him, but instead, he tried his best to be amiable.

He had realized that any woman appearing beside brother Zi was a genius in her own right, and pleasing them was always a good thing.

Moreover, Wang Fatty well knew the formidable power of “pillow talk”; his own father was a testament to that.

“Tie, do you have any inside information? What kind of test is Dragon Academy giving to the new students this year?”

In previous years, new students had a sort of test to see how they dealt with crises, which determined their rankings.

The higher the rank, the more authority one would have among first-year students. At least Li Yuan knew that the top ten could choose a standalone villa to live in.

To avoid living in a crowded dormitory with other freshmen, securing the first place was a must.

“No news, you can’t find out about that, I heard that every year’s exam questions are personally prepared by the head of Dragon Academy.”

“Alright, let’s see what the situation is before we decide,”

With Wang Fatty enlivening the atmosphere, it felt as if time sped up significantly.

“Clap clap” came the sound of applause from the high platform in the center, attracting the attention of all the new students. Once again, a rugged voice rang out.

“First of all, welcome to all the students, now officially part of this year’s cohort at Dragon Academy. Next, all of you will face your first baseline assessment after joining.”

As soon as the voice fell, the scene erupted into a noise akin to that of a marketplace.

At the same time, a projection popped up on the guide jade plates of all the new students.

The details of this assessment gradually transmitted to every new student through the projection.

The assessment task was very straightforward—help the Niuren Clan seal off a newly appeared abyssal rift near their village.

About half a month ago, an abyssal rift emerged near the Niuren Clan estate. The abyssal aura that leaked out contaminated and mutated the surrounding wildlife and vegetation, leading to monstrous aberrations.

Not only do they need to clear out these mutated creatures and plants, but they also have to enter the abyss rift itself and destroy the formation that maintains it.

Meanwhile, the rewards were very enticing. The first-place finisher would receive a reward of 10k Contribution Value, while the second and third places would get 8k and 7k respectively. The fourth through tenth places would each receive a uniform 5k, and after that, the rewards would plummet dramatically.

Starting from the eleventh to the hundredth, the Contribution Value would only be 1k, and newcomers after the hundredth could only earn 100 Contribution Value.

The new students present all knew the significance of Contribution Value in Dragon Academy, so each of them was incredibly eager.

As for the potential dangers within the abyss rift, the newcomers were completely unconcerned. The academy wasn’t foolish, after all; would they send them to their deaths?

Therefore, they were convinced that the abyss rift couldn’t be too difficult and that with some effort they could definitely achieve a good result.

That was the thought process for most of the new students, but those who truly understood what an abyss rift entailed had solemn expressions on their faces.

This naturally included members of the four royal families and Zi Liyuan’s group.

“Does Dragon Academy really have to play such a big hand right from the start? Is the abyss rift actually something that newcomers should be dealing with? Aren’t they afraid that a bunch of new students might be killed off?”

The abyss rift, much like a wild dungeon, invades Blue Star’s interdimensional space through the infiltration of its rules.

Wild dungeons appear on Blue Star very secretly, without creating a permanent rift in space.

The abyss rift, on the other hand, is different. It constantly tears space apart, allowing the abyssal qi to invade Blue Star continually, corrupting and transforming all kinds of creatures into abyssal species and thus wreaking havoc upon the world.

“I heard that the quality of this year’s freshmen is very high, so many of them passed the entrance examination. However, Dragon Academy has a fixed number of admissions each year and can only select the best, so a batch of qualified candidates were cut,” explained Wang Fatty, leaving Zi Liyuan speechless.

Dragon Academy truly lived up to its reputation. They had just started their schooling, and the academy had already begun pitting the new students against each other.

If he slackens off even just a little, could he be outperformed by others and thus be unable to hang on at Dragon Academy?

Ugh!

Could merely surviving earn him heaps and heaps of Contribution Value?

Without a substantial amount of Contribution Value, how could he exchange for various resources to enhance himself?

So, it’s a spiral of competition, huh? Then he would become the King of the Spiral!

He would pull in all the upperclassmen, making them obediently cough up their Contribution Value!