Transcending Godhood: I Extract Keywords and Crush the Gods

The next day.

The training ground of the Third Divine Academy in Jiangcheng.

All students in Class 2 of Senior Three have assembled.

No one feels as relaxed as they do in the virtual campus; the air here is so heavy it's suffocating.

In the training field, a holographic projection is playing images in a loop in mid-air.

A three-headed abyssal wolf, a stitched-together corpse monster with strong acid flowing from its body, and a cyclops the size of a small building.

Each roar made many students turn pale.

Class teacher Lei Yan, dressed in a black combat uniform and wearing military boots, walked onto the platform.

Two military representatives wearing the rank of major stood beside him, their eyes scanning the entire room.

"Enough with the nonsense." Lei Yan didn't take the microphone; his deep voice drowned out the roar from the projector.

"The military's [Abyss Simulation Matrix] has been bridged with your Divine Realm Core. What you will face next is a projection of real monsters based on data collected by the military from the front lines."

Lei Yan surveyed the area below with his single eye, his tone chilling: "Don't think you're immune to death just because it's a projection. The matrix perfectly replicates physical and legal damage."

"Those who die inside are truly dead. The destruction of the divine realm means true bankruptcy!"

A restless commotion arose from the audience.

"The assessment and rating will be calculated based on the time your Divine Realm defense line holds out and the number of monsters you kill." Lei Yan raised his hand and pointed to the red button on the edge of the connecting cabin.

"If you can't hold on, press the abandon button inside the cabin. The matrix will immediately cut off the connection."

"But this also means your assessment is over. Your scores are finalized."

In the center of the training field, accompanied by the roar of machinery, a tactical scoreboard slowly rises.

Next to it is a main screen that is over thirty meters wide.

"During the assessment, the system will randomly select images of your divine realm and project them onto the main screen for public display."

Lei Yan stepped back, making room for him.

"Enter the cabin according to your student ID number. The assessment begins."

The students lined up and stepped into the connecting cabin.

The hatch closed, and the indicator light turned a deep blue.

The assessment has officially begun.

In less than three minutes, the images on the big screen switched frequently.

Ordinary students were the first to suffer a devastating blow.

The system randomly selected a girl who had awakened an F-level divine realm.

In the scene, on a grassy field, more than twenty frail "novice orc archers" are holding wooden bows, their hands trembling.

Opposite them, the first wave of monster projections descended—ten [Black Iron Three-Star Abyss Wolves].

There were no tactics, no probing.

The demonic wolves transformed into ten black shadows, tearing through the orcs' defenses.

The wooden arrow bounced off the wolf's tough fur.

A demonic wolf pounced on an orc, its gaping maw snapping his neck in two.

Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and screams were clearly transmitted into the connecting cabin through the matrix.

"Ah—! No!"

Inside the connecting cabin, the girl's psychological defenses completely collapsed, and she cried out as she slapped the red button.

The hatch opened, and the girl collapsed to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.

On the leaderboard, a red rating popped up next to her name: [Fail].

This is just the beginning.

Within just fifteen minutes, red lights flashed wildly in the training field.

"My slime got crushed into mud! I forfeit!"

"The monsters have uprooted the foundations of my divine realm! I'm not taking the exam anymore!"

A large number of students collapsed because their families were being unilaterally massacred, and the cabin doors popped open one after another.

The leaderboard is filled with "failing" scores.

This is the tragedy of those at the bottom.

There are no funds to buy combat skill cards, and no resources to craft equipment.

Awakened ordinary members of the Familia are like thin paper in front of the monsters of the Abyss.

"drop--"

The door to cabin number twelve opened.

Fatty Wang crawled out from inside.

His fat body jiggled wildly as he leaned against the cabin door, panting heavily.

Lin Yuan stood in the back row, looking at Wang Pangzi's score on the leaderboard.

[Endurance time: 15 minutes. Number of kills: 0. Rating: D (Pass)]

"Did you pass?" Lin Yuan asked.

The fat man walked over, plopped down on the ground, and wiped the cold sweat from his face: "Barely made it through the second wave. The 200,000 yuan my dad gave me was all used to buy animal feed."

He patted his chest, still shaken: "I drove all three hundred pigs to the front of the defensive line to act as a human wall to block the entrance. If the wolves wanted to charge, they would have to eat the pigs first."

"Goodness, it took that wolf half a day to bite through a two-meter-thick layer of fat, and it actually took it all to get past the fifteen-minute passing mark."

The fat man sighed, "It's just that there are pig intestines all over the place in the Divine Realm right now, it's disgusting to look at. I haven't been able to eat a single piece of pork for the past few months."

The methods may be ridiculous, but in the face of reality, survival is the only truth.

Just then, the screen flashed and switched to the divine realm of squad leader Li Xiuqi.

B-level divine realm: [Fertile Oasis]

In the scene, fifty half-elf archers clad in fine iron armor stand on a high ground, their bows drawn taut.

Below them was a "ragtag wall of flesh" made up of slimes, gray goblins, and low-ranking orcs.

These are the families of the commoner students who signed the supplementary contract with Li Xiuqi a few days ago.

The second and third waves of monster attacks.

The ragtag wall of flesh was frantically torn apart by the demonic wolves and carrion monsters, screaming in agony as it collapsed in droves.

Their deaths slowed the monsters' advance.

The half-elf archers on the high ground calmly fired their arrows, killing the monsters that were tripped up one by one.

Ten minutes later, the battle ended.

The commoners' families were almost entirely wiped out, while Li Xiuqi's half-elf was unharmed.

Li Xiuqi survived the third wave, and his points soared, propelling him into the top ten.

In a corner of the training field, several ordinary students who had signed contracts were ashen-faced.

Their entire families were wiped out, only to receive a pitiful amount of participation points, not even enough to pass.

Li Xiuqi smiled as he stepped out of the cabin, wiping his hands with a wet wipe, and greeted the compliments from his followers.

Lei Yan on the stage watched all of this with a cold eye.

"This is the true face of war." Lei Yan's voice wasn't loud, but it struck a chord with everyone.

"You think it's unfair? You think the class monitor is cruel, using others as cannon fodder?"

"When the monsters of the abyss chew on your bones, they don't ask you if you feel it's cruel."

"Without sufficient resources and rigorous training, you are not even an appetizer in the face of the abyss."

The system announcement came as soon as he finished speaking.

"Next up, Class 1, Senior 3, Zhao Tianze."

The whispers in the room ceased.

All eyes were focused on that figure.

Zhao Tianze straightened his collar, his expression arrogant.

He didn't rush into the cabin, but stopped and turned to look at Lin Yuan in the back row.

"Watch closely, Lin Yuan. Today I'll show you that some gaps are insurmountable for trash like you, who can never cross them in your entire life."

Zhao Tianze sneered and strode into the central connecting cabin.

The hatch closed.

The large screen switches to Zhao Tianze's divine realm.

The screen lit up, and a collective gasp filled the room.

Before your eyes is a magnificent bronze-level building – the [Metal Fortress].

The towering city walls gleamed with an enchanted glow, and the city gates were tightly shut.

Three thousand fully armed Orc warriors stood before the fortress!

They were all at the level of Black Iron Seven Stars.

They wore heavy plate armor made of fine steel and wielded two-meter-long, blood-grooved greatswords.

Three thousand men stood in formation, their battle auras intertwined, forming a visible crimson cloud above the fortress.

This is not a student-level setup; this is a regular army ready to be deployed to the front lines at any time.

……

The third wave of monsters arrived, with hundreds of enormous, mutated wild boars charging forward.

"kill!"

In the scene, the orc leader lets out a roar.

Three thousand heavily armored orcs charged forward like a black torrent of steel.

Completely destroying everything in its path.

With a swing of the steel greatsword, the mutated wild boar was cleaved in two, skin and bone intact.

The steel defense line did not retreat an inch, shredding the monster horde into a pile of minced meat.

The fourth wave.

The Bronze-ranked Commander-level monster, the Two-Headed Corpse Dragon, descended from the sky with thousands of low-ranking monsters.

Faced with the overwhelming pressure of a commander, the orc formation became slightly chaotic.

Just then, a golden card suddenly appeared in mid-air above the divine realm.

It was the will of Zhao Tianze that descended.

【Divine Punishment Card: Heavenly Fire Meteor】.

A single item priced as high as three million Faith Points.

The sky turned crimson.

Countless meteorites carrying an aura of destruction crashed down, covering the entire battlefield.

Rumble—!

The large screen was filled with firelight.

When the smoke cleared, the two-headed corpse dragon had its wings smashed off, and half of its body was reduced to charcoal.

The orcs swarmed forward and hacked him to pieces with their swords.

Clearance.

A thunderous cheer erupted in the training field.

"Holy crap! A divine punishment card! Three million just vanished without a trace!"

"That's called money power! A blow to those who spend real money!"

"That's too strong! Who can withstand that?!"

On the high platform, the two military representatives exchanged a glance and nodded slightly.

"Although it was built with money, resources are part of strength. The tactics were executed well," the major on the left gave a positive evaluation.

The hatch opened.

Zhao Tianze came out.

The score displayed on the big screen froze.

[Endurance time: 30 minutes. Count of kills: 1 Bronze-level Commander, 1200 Black Iron-level monsters. Rating: A (currently ranked first)]

A groundbreaking lead.

Zhao Tianze enjoyed the admiring gazes of those around him.

He raised his chin, walked straight through the crowd, and stopped in front of Lin Yuan.

"See that, Lin Yuan?" Zhao Tianze's lips curled into a mocking smile. "This is my power."

He reached out and patted Lin Yuan on the shoulder.

"Your little goblin, cobbled together from scavenging, couldn't even withstand the roar of that two-headed corpse dragon just now."

"I'll be watching from here, seeing how your Wasteland God Realm gets razed. Ready to go sweep the streets?"

The students around Lin Yuan looked at him with a mixture of pity and mockery in their eyes.

The difference between an ant and a giant elephant is now vividly apparent.

Lin Yuan sat in his chair, turning his gaze away from the leaderboard on the big screen.

He stood up and walked forward.

He shoved Zhao Tianze, who was blocking his way, aside with such force that the owner of the B+ level divine domain staggered and almost fell.

"Make way, you're blocking the way."

Lin Yuan didn't even turn his head, amidst several astonished gazes.

He opened the door to the connecting cabin and sat inside.