Chapter 325: Chapter 205 - Firm Duo! (Three-in-One, 5/5)_2
He expected everyone to admire him.
But it turned out that people didn’t care about him at all.
Not only the teachers, but even many of the students had only heard of the famous Chen Mo.
After all, he was the person who had set a historical record in the proficiency test. Additionally, after returning, people learned about the anomaly in the previous college entrance examination instance where only this student’s data had changed. Naturally, Chen Mo garnered more attention.
As the thirty-eighth round began, many people speculated whether Chen Mo and Fang Datong could pass this round.
Some people thought it was impossible, as two-star or three-star professionals, even if they specialized their attributes, could no longer breach the monsters’ defenses in this round.
They couldn’t possibly pass.
If one of them had a profession that could reduce a monster’s defensive power, or one that could significantly enhance an ally’s attack power or damage, then perhaps they could continue to break through the defenses.
But neither of their professions had such a characteristic.
So naturally, everyone thought that they could no longer pass the round.
At this time, only ten students were still continuing.
Eight of them were in four pairs, while the remaining two were five-star professionals who entered the instance solo.
Soon, these two solo five-star professionals successfully passed the 38th round.
Five-star professionals had attributes far superior to those of two-star or three-star professionals. Their success in passing the round, therefore, evoked no surprise or reaction from the others.
Some even felt that they could do it too, if only they had a five-star profession.
So, these two did not attract much attention.
Instead, the crowd’s focus was mainly on the four two-person teams.
Among them, two teams consisted of a four-star Support paired with a four-star output profession. Another team had a five-star Support with a four-star output profession.
Then there was the last odd combination: a two-star output profession with a three-star tank-type Support. This was truly an eccentric pairing.
Many people envied and resented that such a quirky combination could last this long.
Soon, another pair made it through: Yan Yingyue and Shen Bingbing.
The other two pairs, after holding on for a while, eventually could not sustain their efforts and were eliminated.
At this point, only Chen Mo and Fang Datong’s team had an unresolved status.
Because the two of them were killing monsters so slowly, the crowd was unsure if they were no longer able to kill them or if they could continue to slowly grind them down.
"How long is the 38th round?" one of the teachers immediately asked.
"Every 10 rounds, the time limit increases by 10 minutes. The 38th round should have a time limit of 38 minutes plus an additional 30 minutes, totaling 68 minutes."
"Sixty-eight minutes to defeat 76 powerful monsters... I fear it will be tough to grind through that."
"It has been forty minutes now, right?"
"Yes, I just checked my timer. It has been exactly forty minutes since they entered the 38th round. You’re spot on."
"It seems they’ve reached their limit; they still haven’t passed after so long."
Just as the teachers felt that this odd pair had finally reached their end, suddenly the round number displayed before their names changed. They had entered the 39th round.
The reason this round had taken so long was actually because Fang Datong was feeling playful.
He had asked Chen Mo to leave him one goblin so he could test his current defensive combat skills.
His attacks, naturally, couldn’t breach the goblin’s defense by this point. He mainly wanted to test the defensive abilities he had practiced so hard, like dodging and parrying.
He sparred with that single remaining goblin for a full forty minutes before he finally couldn’t hold on any longer.
During this time, he successfully dodged the enemy’s fierce attacks several times. Sometimes, the timing of his shield parries was also perfect. If a warrior could execute a perfect block, they could greatly reduce the damage taken.
All these combat skills were crucial.
However, he’d had few opportunities for actual combat before. Fang Datong had practiced hard on his own but never had a chance to truly test his skills.
Now that he finally had the chance to test them, of course, he wanted to perform well.
But after this trial, he was too tired and lacked the energy for the next one.
After all, for those entire forty minutes, he had to concentrate every moment on the opponent’s movements to make the best possible dodges and defensive maneuvers.
This put an immense strain on his mental faculties and Spirit.
Even if his body wasn’t tired, Fang Datong felt his Spirit was utterly drained.
As soon as he returned to Chen Mo’s side, he sprawled out on the grass, panting heavily.
"PHEW! That was exhausting!" Fang Datong gasped. "Focusing all your energy in a fight is incredibly tiring."
"When your life is on the line, there’s no room to feel tired," Chen Mo said. "But your combat skills aren’t bad. That monster just now was level 20, and you still managed several perfect dodges and blocks. That’s pretty good."
"I love hearing that!" Fang Datong said, smirking.
"Don’t get too cocky," Chen Mo replied. "Your skills are decent enough for someone yet to enter university, but you’re still far behind those university students who have honed their combat techniques. I’ve seen lots of videos of university students in actual combat online. Ordinary monsters are practically playthings for them."
"That’s why I watched those videos and practiced so hard!" Fang Datong said with a pout. "I never imagined it would be so tough not just to practice, but to use these skills too!"
After speaking, Fang Datong looked at Chen Mo and said, "Mr. Mo, will the excuse you mentioned earlier really work? We’ve already reached the score threshold for top universities. You can’t let yourself get exposed and attract the Aliens’ attention."
"Don’t worry, it will work," Chen Mo said with a smile.