"No questions allowed. What if you don't understand?"
A few whispered quietly.
At that moment, the Trial Tower suddenly shot several beams of light onto those few people.
They vanished instantly.
Then the stern voice announced, "Violation of rules, disqualified from the exam."
A gasp swept through the thousands of candidates, many covering their mouths in shock.
The rules were strict to this degree?
Not even the faintest whisper was allowed.
The entire hall fell into an eerie silence; you could hear a pin drop.
Even breathing became cautious.
After all these years of preparation, being eliminated at the last moment would be completely wasted.
Mark Lin recalled how Charles Lu had repeatedly reminded them before.
During the exam, they must strictly follow the rules.
The rules were very harsh, not allowing the slightest infraction.
Mark Lin naturally could comply and glanced toward Simon Gao.
He worried Simon Gao might not be able to hold himself back.
Forbidding him from speaking was probably harder than killing him.
Sure enough, Simon Gao was desperately covering his mouth.
He was afraid he couldn't control himself.
"He actually has some self-awareness," Mark Lin smiled inwardly, no longer worried about him.
The stern voice sounded again:
"The Trial Tower assigns different test scenarios based on different classes."
"Support Classes will have non-combat scenarios."
"Main Combat Classes will face combat scenarios."
"After passing the basic exam, each profession will have the right to choose difficulty levels."
"Different difficulties and scores will yield different points."
"Points are your exam results and will also be carried over to higher academies."
"At the higher academies, points matter more than gold."
"Lastly, the exam rules: all your carried equipment may be used normally."
"Other than that, no additional items are allowed. If found, immediate disqualification."
"Upon entering the Trial Tower, your storage spaces will be sealed."
The stern voice carefully explained the rules.
Anyone with normal intelligence should understand.
Those who whispered earlier were just asking for trouble.
"Now, all candidates, line up to enter the tower."
Everyone queued up in order.
The discipline was excellent.
Even those spoiled heirs who acted like big shots at home dared not act recklessly here.
The grand exam was the most important yearly test in the Divine Summer Empire.
It took place simultaneously across provinces, with over 100,000 candidates participating nationwide.
The empire's top leaders closely watched this exam; anyone cheating was courting death.
Arthur Wang was also among the crowd.
As the young leader of the Dynasty Guild, he was usually arrogant and unruly.
But today, he dared not break the rules in the slightest.
Mark Lin followed the line and entered the tower.
Before entering, he removed his Shield Badge.
A light shone on him as he entered, then he was teleported to an isolated space.
Just as he guessed, the Trial Tower functioned like a dungeon, sending each entrant to different spaces.
At the top floor of the Trial Tower stood several middle-aged examiners, stern and imposing.
They wore the uniforms of support, warrior, and mage classes—each profession represented.
None were below level 70.
They were the examiners responsible for the River Peace Province exam.
[Mark Lin, level 16, Necromancer?]
Mark Lin's image appeared before them.
"This is the new profession reported by West Sea No.1 High School."
"It's been a long time since a new profession appeared—the last one was over 30 years ago."
"Yes, the last was the Elf Envoy, a control-type main combat class, classified as rare."
"Necromancer, from the school's report, should be a summoner-type mage."
"Let's see how strong this new profession is; hopefully it won't disappoint us."
"It shouldn't be weak, at least not weaker than rare professions; otherwise it wouldn't have reached level 16."
"Let's treat it as a rare-level mage and proceed accordingly. Record everything carefully."
After discussion, they confirmed Mark Lin's exam method.
A monster appeared in front of Mark Lin.
It had a wolf's head but wore a mage's robe, holding a staff in its hand.
It was a mage-type monster, but its strength was unknown.
A light barrier separated Mark Lin and the wolf orc mage.
Detection spells couldn't penetrate the barrier.
Mark Lin could not obtain any info on the monster for now.
"Exam task: kill the Wolf Orc Mage."
No other information was given.
A countdown appeared on the barrier.
Mark Lin prepared himself.
A skeleton warrior appeared beside him.
3... 2... 1...
The barrier disappeared instantly. The skeleton warrior charged the Wolf Orc Mage.
But Mark Lin's soul flame was faster by a step, landing almost simultaneously above the Wolf Orc Mage's head.
With a terrible scream, the Wolf Orc Mage fell to the ground dead.
"Dead already?"
Mark Lin was speechless. The difficulty was unbelievably low.
At the tower's top floor, the examiners all looked shocked.
"What skill was that?"
"An instant kill? How could it be an instant kill?"
"Is there a data error? A setting mistake?"
"No mistake. The monster was set for a rare-level profession, two levels higher than the candidate."
Different levels and main combat professions faced different monsters.
Rare professions faced monsters two levels higher.
Advanced professions faced monsters one level higher.
Other professions faced monsters of the same level.
Mage fought mage-type monsters, warriors fought warrior-type monsters, all matched in type.
While defeating the monster was expected, an instant kill like Mark Lin's was unprecedented.
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