In the artificial shadow world.

A strong wind swept in from the distant plains, bringing with it rolling clouds. Gradually, thick layers of clouds drifted past, like a giant white curtain obscuring the sea of the sky.

The atmosphere on the prairie instantly became tense, as if even the plant life could sense the approaching storm.

The ambush failed. Hyperion, who landed again, held a scorpion-tail dagger in her hand, as if it were a magic-woven spider silk, instantly pulling it back from where it had fallen in the distance.

This made Ferrat's expression darken slightly.

He had small, instant spells that didn't require chanting.

But not many.

They still had a cooldown time.

If he didn't carefully observe Hyperion and Lan Qi's movements and deliver a fatal blow, he might be dragged into a locked-down rhythm.

For examinees,

as long as they could persist for a full 30 minutes,

it was still a qualifying condition.

The wind grew stronger, like an invisible hand wantonly waving across the prairie.

The green sea of grass churned under the wind, forming waves of grass, like a wild green ocean. The weeds danced in the wind, making a rustling sound, like the sound of the ocean tide.

Hyperion's slender figure loomed on the prairie. Her body was tense, her center of gravity shifted downwards, like a viper ready to launch a deadly attack at any moment amidst the rustling grass.

She could also choose to throw the weapon in her hand as a hidden weapon again at any time.

Ferrat knew well that this was an ancestral artifact from the Alanzar family.

Now it had fallen into Hyperion's hands and become her main weapon.

But he never thought that one day this weapon could threaten him.

High-quality magic cards, even if they were of a low level, were indeed a bit troublesome.

...

At the same time,

on the magic screen in the center of the Sage Academy conference room, the attributes of this weapon that could be brought into the shadow world were displayed -

[Purgatory Scorpion Tail]

[Category: Equipment Card]

[Grade: Pink Sacred]

[Level: 3]

[Effect: Attacks have a chance to inflict abnormal states such as poisoning, bleeding, paralysis, and reduced healing. Mana can be consumed to retrieve the weapon from a distance, cooldown time 3 seconds. Can remove poisoning, extract the target's toxins, and attach them to the weapon, cooldown time 120 seconds.]

[Note: A scorpion tail from the Purgatory of the Demon Realm.]

"Those who possess rare-grade or higher magic cards without challenging the shadow world are almost all from noble families."

"A freshman with a pink sacred card, and a sacred magic card that suits her, is a rare sight even among the schools of the Southern Continent."

The teachers in the conference room looked at the weapon in Hyperion's hand and discussed it seriously.

Magic cards of this quality were always priceless.

Even many teachers mainly used purple rare cards.

Ultra-high-quality magic cards could only be obtained by achieving extremely high achievements in the real shadow world.

Or a card maker had completed a miracle by chance.

Or they were ancient cards that had been passed down through history without disappearing with their holders.

"Hyperion has extremely high strength and magic power at the same time, but her spirit and stamina are very poor, which means that she cannot release a large number of spells and is very fragile. Therefore, she simply turned all her magic power into a bonus to her physical fitness to carry out physical attacks."

"In addition to this weapon, stealth spells and life-saving cards, Hyperion's remaining card slots are almost all body-enhancing spells. In essence, she is an assassin."

"Just now, Hyperion almost succeeded."

"It's not just a little bit close. Ferrat's combat experience and perception meant that she was far from being able to threaten Ferrat."

Teachers from different groups on different round tables had been conducting teaching and research work since just now.

"Actually, she is more suitable for a support mage who can cast strengthening states, rather than a white magic mage who specializes in healing."

Deputy Dean Ron, sitting at the main lecture table in the conference room, tapped the table lightly and commented in a deep voice.

Obviously, Hyperion's glass cannon did not need strong healing because she was not a tank.

"Even Lan Qi would be better off as a summoner, because many summons have aura buffs for the whole team."

Generally speaking, among magic cards of the same level,

[Summon Cards] consume the most mana, [Spell Cards] vary, and [Equipment Cards] usually consume less mana.

This was also the reason why [Equipment Cards] were most popular in the Knight Academy.

And Lan Qi's high spirit brought a high mana limit, which was enough to support him in using a large number of summons.

Even if the summons he summoned had very poor overall attributes due to his low magic power intensity, it was still a good functional choice to bring all aura-type summons to assist his teammates.

Obviously, Hyperion needed such a support at this moment.

"Yes, what a pity."

"Let's see if there are any key spells or summons left in Lan Qi's remaining card slots that can determine the outcome."

The teachers in the conference room nodded when they heard Deputy Dean Ron's comments.

They did not expect Lan Qi to have such a high-quality single card like Hyperion, but they believed that Lan Qi must have high-power spell cards or summon cards, otherwise his high spirit and high mana limit characteristics would be wasted.

Many Sage Academy teachers

actually hoped that Hyperion and Lan Qi could be admitted.

Because these two freshmen had shown enough characteristics in the extremely harsh combat test.

Under normal circumstances, a wonderful chase battle should be shown.

However,

they still lacked many pieces to reach victory if they wanted to defeat the fifth-level Ferrat head-on.

In fact, many teachers knew Hyperion's details.

Not just them.

The situation of today's entrance examination

was also being watched by some high-level power holders in the kingdom.

It was impossible for Hyperion to defeat Ferrat alone, even if Ferrat was blocked from chanting spells at this time.

If they wanted to win,

the only chance of winning was Lan Qi, this uncertain factor!

He had to create an opportunity for Hyperion.

The key was, what cards did Lan Qi bring besides the Silence Spell [Friendly Exchange] in his remaining two or three card slots after he took out the [Friendly Exchange]?

From the moment Lan Qi took out [Friendly Exchange],

the teachers in the conference room were waiting for Lan Qi to show his true ability!

...

Elivin Plain in the artificial shadow world.

Ferrat stood in the air like a god, watching his surroundings with a cold expression.

He needed to pay most of his attention to Hyperion, who was closer to him and more dangerous.

He not only had to pay attention to when Hyperion would leave behind a fake body again and enter stealth mode to give him a fatal blow, but also had to guard against what Lan Qi in the distance would do when he acted again.

What made Ferrat feel a little uncomfortable was that

Lan Qi in the distance was still calm and relaxed, as if he didn't have the sense of crisis he should have.

Lan Qi should be the challenger.

And Ferrat, as the examiner and absolute powerhouse, was the one being challenged.

From the examination to now, the state of mind between the two sides gradually gave Ferrat a question -

Who is challenging whom?

Whether Lan Qi was really confident or liked to pretend, this kind of person made Ferrat feel annoyed!