Chapter 9

"Summon the Tide!"

Just as the snake people were about to charge, Lin Xiao, who was above the battlefield, suddenly pointed his hand, and a full ten thousand faith points evaporated as he used the extraordinary power "Summon the Tide."

In the next second, an invisible force bound the seawater within a few hundred meters of the battlefield's edge, creating a wave nearly three hundred meters long and two meters high, which surged toward the snake people and fish people who had just started to charge.

The impact of the wave was not very strong, but it was enough to scatter the charging snake people.

Although the amphibious fish people were also thrown into disarray, they were naturally more adaptable to such changes than land creatures and quickly regained their composure.

Lin Xiao, who had transformed, was the first to react. He raised the bone knife in his hand and shouted,

"By the Lord of the Gray Fog, the King of Endless Tides, and the Master of the Seven Seas, grant me the power to slay my enemies!"

He activated the skill "Salmon Charge," slicing through the seawater like a shark's fin and charging at the snake leader who was momentarily unable to stabilize himself due to the tide. The bone knife split the air, the snake scales, and the flesh, deeply embedding itself in the snake leader's chest, the tip piercing through his back.

As he pulled back, the other fish people began to howl and activate their skills, transforming into fish-like shadows and charging into the snake people.

Over a hundred fish people charged into the bodies of more than twenty snake people, each enduring no more than five impacts. More than half were torn apart by the fivefold attack of the "Salmon Charge," their blood staining the water and turning the beach red.

In a square divine domain about six kilometers long and wide, a fierce battle was taking place in the center of a wide canyon.

A large group of about four hundred dog-headed people, wearing leather armor and holding hoes in their left hands and shovels in their right, were lined up in a long formation, fighting a larger group of skeletons wielding rusted iron swords.

Behind the dog-headed people's formation, on a raised stone, stood an old dog-headed person with red hair and red skin, holding a wooden staff, with several dog-headed guards beside him.

The old dog-headed person raised his staff, and a red light at the top of the staff quickly condensed into a basketball-sized fireball. With a wave of his staff, the fireball flew over the dog-headed people's defenses and landed among the skeletons.

"Boom!"

A deafening explosion echoed, and a ring of flames instantly erupted, covering a 5x5 meter area. The skeletons caught in the flames were instantly turned into burning figures, quickly reduced to ashes and disappearing into the flames.

"Good!"

Wu Hai, the class teacher, who was watching the battle from outside the divine domain, clapped and praised, saying to the assistant teacher Zheng Wenzhuo,

"Meng Hui has been performing better recently. It's quite rare to train the dog-headed people to this level. With the numerical advantage of the dog-headed people, he ranks in the top five in the class."

Zheng Wenzhuo nodded and said,

"He also has a dog-headed sorcerer who has initially activated his bloodline. If he can fully activate his bloodline and become a dog-headed dragon sorcerer before his lifespan runs out, his future achievements will be significant."

Sighing, Zheng Wenzhuo continued,

"Unfortunately, this step is very difficult."

Wu Hai smiled and said,

"Not necessarily. In this baseline test, I..."

Wu Hai suddenly frowned, looking surprised,

"What's going on?"

Zheng Wenzhuo asked curiously,

"What's wrong?"

Wu Hai's expression was a mix of surprise and astonishment as he said,

"Someone has already defeated all the invaders."

"So fast?"

Zheng Wenzhuo immediately became interested and asked,

"Who is it, Yuan Hong or Wan Chuan? Or Zhao Erju or Yi Xiaoe?"

"None of them."

Wu Hai waved his sleeve, and the two of them disappeared, reappearing at the edge of Lin Xiao's divine domain. They saw a large group of fish people carrying the bodies of over a dozen snake people and chattering as they returned to their tribe.

He pointed his hand, and a light screen appeared, showing the current scene.

"Rewind!"

As he softly said, the scene on the light screen began to rewind, quickly returning to the moment the portal opened.

As time passed, both of their faces showed surprise. Zheng Wenzhuo said,

"This skill... it has such high burst power!"

"It's at least of extremely rare quality or higher."

"Unfortunately, it's a waste on the fish people. This race has very low strength and almost no potential for improvement."

After a moment of silence, the class teacher Wu Hai said,

"That's not entirely true. In the initial stage, they are all about the same. As long as they can gain enough advantages early on with this rare card, it's sufficient. If not, they can try to improve their vassal race's bloodline after becoming a demigod, or even switch to a stronger main combat race in the future. This can serve as a secondary main combat race, and with the fish people's reproductive ability and numbers, they can be good cannon fodder."

He stopped chatting and pointed his finger, and a light screen appeared, showing Lin Xiao's information.

"You have a new message. Do you want to check it?"

In the divine domain, Lin Xiao suddenly received a message. Seeing it was from the class teacher, he immediately answered, hearing the class teacher's rare laughter,

"Lin Xiao, your performance in this baseline test was excellent. I'm very pleased!"

He rolled his eyes, thinking it was cliché, as the class teacher had never been so pleased before.

However, despite his complaints, he was very happy. As a student, it was good to have the teacher's attention, especially for a student like him.

Many initial rare cards are only available in school, and even true gods might not have them. That's why true gods send their direct descendants to school, to lay a solid foundation for their offspring. With the school's resources and the resources of their parents or elders, they can go further.

Just like how Lin Xiao's parents could prepare resources for him up to the demigod stage, but his limit would be there. Without a golden finger, it would be almost impossible for him to become a true god.

At this moment, the class teacher Wu Hai said,

"So far, no other students have completed the test, so you are the first in this baseline test."

Lin Xiao was delighted, and his face showed an uncontrollable smile.

The class teacher Wu Hai continued,

"According to the rules I mentioned earlier, you will receive a random two-star card and a designated five-star card. Additionally, you have the opportunity to take an extremely difficult additional test, which is available to the first-place finisher in each baseline test. You can choose to take it or not."

He paused and continued,

"The additional test is extremely difficult. Even the top student in the class, Yuan Hong, has only succeeded once, failed twice, and given up twice."

Uh!

Lin Xiao hesitated for a moment, silent as he thought.

To be honest, he had never heard of an additional test after the baseline test. This was probably a privilege for the best students in the class, and he had always been around 25th place, so he definitely didn't qualify to know.

The class teacher emphasized the difficulty and danger twice, making Lin Xiao cautious. After some thought, he said,

"Can you tell me the specific difficulty and the reward for successfully passing the additional test?"