Chapter 90: Chapter 90: The Strong Always Prevail

The many bosses that emerged from the blood-colored barrier did not converge together; instead, they spread out.

These bosses took control of the nearby minions and then, with some monsters in tow, began to capture human examinees.

The actual captures were merely unfriendly processes. Those who were caught all had their limbs broken, and were dragged toward the blood-colored barrier like dead dogs.

Zi Liyuan and Shen Yurou, adhering to the principle of rescuing others, specifically stationed themselves not far from the blood-colored barrier and eliminated all the small fry and bosses escorting the hostages.

Afterwards, for the safety of the hostages so they wouldn’t die within the blood-colored barrier, Zi Liyuan had shallow but amiable conversations with them.

The examinees, who had become hostages, were tearfully grateful and willing to form a great karma with him, voluntarily gifting their points to the two, only asking to be safely sent out of the martial trials copy.

Embracing the principle of putting people first, coupled with a kind heart, Zi Liyuan reluctantly agreed to be kind to everyone, and then personally sent them on their way out of the martial trials copy.

This win-win cooperation not only earned high praise from many examinees but also once again saw the two of them dominating the rankings.

However, the good times did not last. After wiping out seven or eight waves of boss squads escorting hostages, those bosses that detected the anomaly once again assembled a boss battle team to besiege the two of them.

And Zi Liyuan had already chosen a suitable building in advance, making early preparations, sitting and waiting for the boss delivery to arrive at the door.

This time, the boss battle team was even larger than before, with ten Lord Bosses and a whopping three hundred hero bosses.

Unfortunately, these bosses entered a burial ground meticulously prepared for them.

Compared to the rushed battle last time, a well-prepared Zi Liyuan spared no expense and went all out with firepower.

Corpses of Lord Bosses with 5 million total health and corpses of LV60 hero bosses with 200 to 300 million total health were all pulled out by him.

This terrifying explosive attack, after the bosses entered the carefully prepared trap, left no survivors; all perished within that building.

Zi Liyuan’s hunting of many bosses was clearly understood by the members of the four royal families.

Inside the blood-colored barrier, various situations also arose, but the overall trend was leaning toward the side of the monsters.

The vast number of Lord Bosses was something the examinees, who considered themselves geniuses, could not deal with. After a batch of examinees was killed, most of the remaining examinees consciously moved towards the strongholds established by the members of the four royal families.

The change in the copy’s rules meant that death did not grant protection from the martial trials copy. After being ejected from the copy, the spirit of these examinees seemed to be halved; they were no longer so recklessly arrogant.

The examinees who dared to hunt in the central boss region were all above LV35, and they either had exceptional talent, extraordinary combat abilities, and certain equipment support, or they completely relied on their family’s logistical support. Most were children from noble families, with only a few civilian professionals.

Liu Shengnan and Zhu Wu did not act too late, yet still hundreds of examinees were besieged by the bosses, had their limbs broken, and were sent to Blood Lake to feed the Spider Queen.

They did not say much about the dead examinees, not out of indifference to life and death, but because from the start, when the government and military had used this high school exam as bait, they had considered this scenario.

Therefore, they had made preparations in advance. At the opening of the martial trials copy, they paid a great cost and, with the help of a certain magnate from the Sea of Realms, merged a soul orb into the copy.

The souls of the real casualties among the examinees within the martial trials copy would all be absorbed into the soul orb, and after everything was over, they would sacrifice the demise of the martial trials copy in exchange for reviving these examinees.

The cost was great, but not so painful, for a copy eroded by the Evil God would not dare to be used again, making it essentially the recycling of waste.

However, resurrected examinees will find it more difficult to obtain training from now on.

After all, these people will be tainted with a trace of the Evil God’s aura, and colleges are definitely not going to accept them.

Their path will become particularly tortuous and difficult, and their prospects are essentially severed.

Who told them to overestimate their abilities and hunt these high-quality bosses? People always have to pay the price for their choices.

“Li Fengwen, how many examinees have you gathered?

“Seven thousand four hundred and forty-one, basically all here.

Li Fengwen checked with a detector, and the reason he said this was that the examinees who hadn’t gathered were beaten up by the hunting bosses, and then they indulged in blissful love with the Spider Queen.

“What about the many bosses that escaped the blood barrier? Have our people on the perimeter cleaned them up?”

Ying Xueji sat cross-legged, with white mist swirling around her, making her figure seem to flicker in and out of visibility.

“Big sister, their strength is limited, and they are cleaning up slowly, but Zi Liyuan has also joined in and cleared up quite a few bosses.

All were examinee teams, and they were clearly struggling against LV40 Lord Bosses, not to mention that the bosses could command nearby smaller bosses and ordinary monsters.

The only good news was that because they were not within the blood barrier, the instance rules hadn’t been altered, and death wouldn’t mean true demise, but rather being kicked out of the martial trials instance.

“The coordinates of the top hundred on the leaderboard are constantly displayed to all examinees, aren’t they? Since our people can’t deal with the bosses, let them lure the bosses to that freak!”

When it came to a certain freak, Ying Xueji gritted her teeth with hatred.

“Isn’t that a bit too much? If he, a Second Order Necromancer, gets ganged up on by dozens of Lord Bosses, he won’t be able to hold up, and we might accidentally get eliminated from the martial trials instance.

The four of them, if they were surrounded and attacked by dozens of Lord Bosses, would have to be extremely careful—any mistake could possibly lead to a wipeout.

Although Zi Liyuan was powerful, how strong of an Undead could he summon with his Second Order strength?

A mutated demonic marionette from hell might be the limit of his trump cards. “What’s there to be afraid of? As long as he isn’t eliminated by another examinee, with his current points, he’s fully qualified to participate in the assessments of the nine major colleges.

Their four-person team would definitely acquire a massive amount of points in their subsequent actions, but they already had an agreement with the officials —they would not be included in the results of this college entrance examination.

“Fine, I hope he can hold up; otherwise, it would be less interesting in the end.” Thinking about being pinned down and hammered by a certain individual, Lt Fengwen also held a grudge in his heart. He was keen to subdue the Evil God, obtain what he needed, and then turn around and beat up that someone to release the pent-up anger in his heart.

“The strong will always be strong; if he can’t get through even this minor scene, then in the future, he’ll be at most an ordinary lord, and he won’t even get far in the Sea of Realms.”

Necromancers are the most attractive to the Evil God’s attention in the Sea of Realms. If their will isn’t firm enough and their strength isn’t strong enough, falling into depravity is just a matter of time.

“That’s not necessarily the case…”