Lu Yan was stunned for a moment. He did not expect the two basic skills to have been upgraded.
[Skeleton Elite (level 0): Summons two Skeleton Elites to fight for you. Skeleton Elite Attributes: Strength: 12, Physique: 16, Agility: 6, Intelligence: 0 (Skeleton Elites die in battle and enter cooldown. Cooldown time: 5 minutes.)]
[Undead Rage (level 0): Instantly doubles all attributes of controlled undead creatures, lasts for 30 seconds, and increases the movement speed of charging undead creatures by 30%. (Cooldown time is 3 minutes.)]
Looking at the two new skills, Lu Yan's eyes revealed surprise.
The skeleton soldier had become a skeleton elite. Although its intelligence had not increased, its other three attributes had increased, especially its physique. With 16 points, it could completely be used as a meat shield.
On the other hand, the Undead Rage was even more abnormal. It could double the attributes of all the undead creatures he controlled and even increase its movement speed by 30%.
The movement speed of undead creatures was relatively slow. Although it only increased their movement speed by 30%, it was still a huge increase for undead creatures.
Although the Undead Rage could only last for 30 seconds, it was definitely an abnormal skill that could be extremely useful at the critical moment.
Lu Yan waved the wooden staff in his hand excitedly and returned to the field, waiting for the university entrance examination to begin.
At ten in the morning, the secret realm in the center of the field emitted a light that directly enveloped all the candidates.
The information of the secret realm instantly appeared in everyone's minds.
[Secret Realm: Undead Swamp]
[Level: 0 ~ 10]
[Difficulty: Simple/Difficult/Nightmare]
[Condition to clear the level: Kill the undead creatures in the Undead Swamp. The killing of every undead creature will be counted as points. The time spent clearing the level will also be accounted for. Students, please consider the balance between killing undead creatures and the time spent in the level.]
[After clearing the level, the assessment will end. The assessment will be graded according to the number of undead creatures killed and the time taken to clear the level. A special reminder is that the harder it is to enter, the higher the score for killing undead creatures and clearing the level.]
The rules were very simple. Kill undead creatures and clear the dungeon. The more undead creatures one killed, the faster one would clear the dungeon.
As for the difficulty, the ratio of the number of undead creatures killed, and the time it took to clear the level, they were all accounted for by the authoritative figures. In the end, after being evaluated, they would announce the results in the form of points to ensure fairness.
"Damn! Undead Swamp? Who's the examiner this year? He actually came up with such an unorthodox test."
"That's right. Although there are many undead creatures in the real world, they move slowly and can be avoided. Therefore, everyone doesn't know much about undead creatures."
"This is going to be interesting. I remember that there is an introduction about the Undead Swamp in the secret realm in the textbook. However, it's in a relatively remote place and there's very little information recorded. With such a situation, the examiners will definitely be able to test the candidates' ability to adapt to the situation."
The surrounding teachers and second-year students also saw the information of the assessment and discussed.
Lu Yan was overjoyed. Undead Swamp?
In other words, he would be facing undead creatures.
This meant that he would be able to use his Undead Intimidation skill.
[Talent Skill: Undead intimidation: As an undead monarch, all undead will fear your might. When facing you, their attack and defense will decrease by 50.]
Lu Yan looked at the introduction of the skill and was very excited.
All undead creatures' attack and defense would decrease by 50%. This was a very powerful effect, enough to double Lu Yan's speed.
In that case…
Lu Yan pondered for a moment before entering the secret realm.
The surrounding candidates also chose the difficulty one after another. The light that enveloped them instantly entered the ancient bronze mirror in front of them and disappeared with their bodies.
When the candidates entered the secret realm, it meant that the university entrance examination had begun and they had begun recording the time spent in the independent secret realm.
In the center of the field, the examiner in charge of the university entrance examination waved his hand, and a huge screen appeared in the center of the field. On it were small screens that showed the various candidates in the mystic realm.
"I wonder what's the fastest record for passing this time. I remember that the fastest person to pass the ordinary difficulty test last year only spent 20 minutes and 50 seconds."
"Although the speed of passing is important, the number of undead creatures killed is also very important. If the speed of passing is very fast, but the number of undead creatures killed is not enough, the points won't be too much."
"Have you all forgotten that the difficult choice is the most important? The difficulty of the nightmare level far exceeds the difficulty of the ordinary level."
"That's right. In the past, some powerful people chose the ordinary level. Although they only took a short time to kill the demon beasts and clear the level, in the end, their results were inferior to the candidates on the nightmare level."
"However, choosing the nightmare level is also equivalent to gambling. After all, the nightmare level difficulty is not something that just anyone can pass. Once you fail, your points will still be very low no matter how many demon beasts you kill. The most important thing is to obtain high points and to make sure you pass."
"That's right. After all, our teachers had reminded us repeatedly not to take the easier difficult. Moreover, even the stronger candidates will at most choose the difficult level. Only the top few will choose the nightmare level."
"Damn! Look, someone chose the nightmare level difficulty."
Just as everyone was discussing, a cry sounded, making everyone turn their gazes over.
"That's Zhou Xinghao, right? I remember that his family is very rich. They provide him with blood essence supplements every day. Moreover, his family even specially trained him in combat. His previous assessment results were all at the top."
"His combat profession is a warrior. He probably also has had essence tonics to increase his body attributes in the past few days. It's relatively normal for him to choose the nightmare level."
"Even so, the chances of him clearing the Nightmare Realm are only about 60 percent or so. Once he fails, it will be over."
The 60 percent chance sounded quite high. However, this was the university entrance examination after all. Once an accident happened, it would have a huge impact on the future.
At this moment, another cry sounded. It was so sharp that it was somewhat like a scream.
"Damn, damn! What did I just see? A mage! A mage chose the nightmare difficulty!"
In an instant, everyone's gazes directly slid over. After all, a mage's body was very fragile. It was very difficult for them to clear the nightmare difficulty.
In the entire Lin'an City, there were probably less than five mages who dared to choose the nightmare level, let alone their Fourth High School.
At this moment, everyone's gazes landed on an image on the screen in front of them.
Below the screen was the information of the candidate.
Candidate: Lu Yan
Profession: Necromancer
Difficulty: Nightmare!
"?? A necromancer? Am I seeing things?"
"That's right. Although it's shocking for a very powerful mage to choose the nightmare level, it's also imaginable. However, how could a necromancer dare to choose the nightmare level?"
"Could it be that he's fooled by the fact that the dungeon is the Undead Swamp?"
When they saw that the next person to choose the nightmare level was a necromancer, the surroundings were in an uproar.
It was already very exaggerated for a mage to choose the nightmare level difficulty, let alone a necromancer.
When they saw Lu Yan's name, the surrounding students were stunned again.
"Lu Yan? Do you know this senior? Why haven't I heard of him before?"
"Of course you've never heard of him. This Lu Yan is in the accompanying class and is not from an ordinary class."
"What?! A necromancer and a student in the accompanying class actually dares to choose the nightmare difficulty? This senior is really ambitious."
"What do you mean by that? I think he's just using this method to attract attention. He knows that he can't get any good results as a necromancer, so he's using this method to attract attention. He's just a clown."
The principal of the Fourth High School, Zhang Fengyu, frowned slightly and was very dissatisfied with this behavior of treating the university entrance examination as a performance.
Wang Mude also frowned. Lu Yan was his student and it was not bad for him to be able to awaken a combat profession. Even as a necromancer, Wang Mude still felt that Lu Yan had some potential.
However, why did he choose the nightmare level?
Could it be that he was really trying to get everyone's attention?
However, he remembered that Lu Yan was usually careful and would not do such a thing.
Could it be that he was confident?
Then, Wang Mude shook his head. How was this possible?
The outcome was already decided when a necromancer chose the nightmare level.
He would probably end the university entrance examination by being teleported out from the secret realm.
…
At this moment, Lu Yan slowly opened his eyes and discovered that he had appeared in a swamp.
The surrounding environment was very damp, but there was a small path in the swamp ahead that the two of them could pass through.
On both sides of the tunnel, the dark swamp kept bubbling, emitting a faint stench.
It was the nightmare difficulty!
The attributes of the undead creatures here would be higher than ordinary and difficult. Basically, 99% of the candidates would not choose the nightmare difficulty.
After all, if they could not clear it, their score would be lower than if they had chosen the ordinary level. The risk was too high.
The countdown had already begun. Lu Yan did not hesitate. He took a deep breath and directly walked onto the small path in front of him.
As soon as he stepped on it, a large number of bubbles surged out of the swamp on both sides. Then, two skeleton soldiers appeared from the swamp.
These two skeleton soldiers emitted a dense undead aura. Their bones were white and they held long sabers, giving off an extremely dangerous feeling.
At the same time, the swamp behind him also began to surge, and skeleton soldiers began to reveal their heads.
Lu Yan did not hesitate and directly used his skill, Skeleton Elite.
His mental strength was instantly consumed a little. Then, two skeleton elites appeared under Lu Yan's feet.
Compared to the skeleton soldiers that appeared in the swamp beside him, the skeleton elites that appeared beside Lu Yan were clearly much taller. Moreover, they were wearing old bone armor and held white bone spears.
As he ordered the two skeleton elites to welcome the skeleton soldiers rushing over from both sides, Lu Yan checked the attributes of the skeleton soldiers that had appeared in the surrounding swamp.
[Skeleton Soldier]
[Level: 5]
[Strength: 16, Physique: 20, Agility: 7, Intelligence: 0]
As expected of the nightmare difficulty, the skeleton soldiers that had just come out were already at level 5. Moreover, their attributes were clearly higher than ordinary skeleton soldiers of the same level.
A strength of 16 was already far superior to most candidates. Coupled with a physique of 20, it was enough to make all the candidates despair.
Unfortunately, it was useless!
In front of Lu Yan, all the undead creatures' attack and defense were reduced by half.
In other words, the strength of the skeleton soldier Lu Yan faced was 8 and the physique was 10.
The attributes of the skeleton elites far surpassed the other party. Lu Yan did not even need the undead rage to kill the two skeleton soldiers beside him.
As the two skeleton soldiers died, two streams of light appeared from their corpses and quickly entered Lu Yan's body.
Killing demons could increase his level-up power.
The two skeleton soldiers directly increased Lu Yan's level by one level.
The university entrance examination was actually also a safe environment for the candidates to advance. After all, there was no protection mechanism when killing demon beasts in the real world. They would not be teleported away in the face of a death threat.
This could also be considered a benefit for the candidates.
The candidates could constantly kill demon beasts to level up. Then, they would face higher level demon beasts and finally kill the final demon beast boss to pass the assessment.
Ding… detected that the host has obtained combat experience to level up. As an undead monarch, you can completely control the level-up power. The system will transform your strength into free attribute points for the host to decide.
The voice that appeared in his mind stunned Lu Yan for a moment before a happy expression appeared on his face.
After changing to a combat profession, one could obtain combat experience to level up by killing demon beasts.
However, the distribution of the level-up power was automatic. According to the different professions, the focus would also be different. For example, when a warrior leveled up, the level-up power would prioritize on strength and physique. On the other hand, intelligence was prioritized for mages.
Of course, this was not absolute. The level-up power would be distributed differently every time and was uncontrollable.
However, Lu Yan could transform the level-up power into free attribute points and then freely assign them!
In this way, he could completely make up for his shortcomings and increase his strength.
Soon, Lu Yan could sense that he had four free attribute points and one skill point.
Every time he leveled up, he would obtain four free attribute points of strength and one skill point. After reaching the second level, the number of free attribute points and skill points he obtained would increase.
However, ordinary people would not be able to choose how the points were assigned. Lu Yan could choose for himself.
This was a huge advantage.
However, the increase in attributes was not only dependent on the level-up power obtained from leveling up, but also on the usual training and resources.
Therefore, there were cases where one would have higher attribute points despite having a lower level.
It was the same for skill points. One could rely on comprehension and training to increase their skill proficiency. One did not need to only rely on skill points to increase their skills.
After all, this was reality and not a game.
Lu Yan retracted his thoughts and ordered the two skeleton elites to attack the surrounding skeleton soldiers as he thought about how to increase his attributes.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Yan directly invested all his free attribute points into his strength.
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