Kill one monster, stack one poison, and I alone will poison my way across the world!

Ten minutes later, Su Chen stepped into the portal to the damage testing field right on time.

A flash of white light, and the view suddenly opened up before us.

This is a pure white square space with sides approximately fifty meters long.

There were no superfluous decorations, only standard grid lines drawn on the ground.

【Ding! 】

A crisp system notification sound rang out in the space.

[Candidate identity verification successful: Su Chen.]

[First round: Damage test is about to begin.]

[Generating test targets...]

A white light flashed on the ground ten meters ahead.

A rough wooden stake rises from the ground, its surface covered with textures etched by the passage of time.

Solid wood stakes

[Level: 10]

【Strength: 0】

[Agility: 0]

[Stamina: 100]

【Spirit: 0】

……

"With the same stamina, the wooden stakes have more health than regular monsters. If it were someone else, it would probably take almost a minute to kill one."

Su Chen looked at the bare wooden stake in front of him, raised his staff and waved it gently.

Snapped!

"-2441"

A number of over two thousand appeared.

With Su Chen's current mental strength, even after consuming so many Abyss Crystals, he can still deal over 2,400 damage.

The wooden stake was cracked by his casual blow and was on the verge of collapse.

next second.

A pale green skull icon instantly lit up above the wooden stake.

Followed by.

A huge damage number suddenly appeared.

"-11682536!"

A crisp "snap" sounded.

The wooden stake with 100 stamina points couldn't even last a second.

It instantly turned into a pool of foul-smelling green pus, leaving not even a speck of wood behind.

Snapped!

A faint explosion was heard.

The Explosive Staff's effect was triggered, but it exploded on the spot without any effect.

Su Chen's eyes suddenly widened.

It wasn't because the damage was wrong, but because... there were no system notifications.

Experience points, stacking, none of that!

He was a little annoyed: "Is this college entrance exam dungeon so weird? Why am I not getting any experience points? And it's not stacking levels... Besides, the stats on this training dummy are too low, I can't test any new skills at all."

New test targets have been generated!

With a whoosh.

On the pus from the previous wooden stake, another identical wooden stake appeared.

Without hesitation, Su Chen launched another basic attack.

After the wooden stake broke, a new one was quickly painted over.

Su Chen casually melted the wooden stake again.

A dozen seconds later.

The tenth poor wooden stake turned into pus once again.

This time, the wooden stakes were not refreshed.

"Huh, not swiping anymore?"

Su Chen scratched his head: "What do we do now?"

……

at the same time.

Inside the central monitoring room beneath the No. 1 Starry Sky Arena in Jiangnan Province.

Hundreds of holographic screens floated in mid-air, monitoring the candidates' situation in real time.

The two examiners in charge of test area 0527 were sitting in front of the screen, idly drinking tea.

"This year's batch of seedlings is so-so. After playing for a long time, there are very few who can even get over 100 damage per second."

The Mediterranean examiner shook his head.

"Take your time, it's only just begun..." Before the young examiner next to him could finish speaking, he suddenly widened his eyes and stared intently at a split screen in the lower left corner.

On the screen, the examinee named Su Chen casually struck the wooden stake, which instantly melted.

The damage data on the system panel did not appear immediately.

Instead, it flickered twice as if it had crashed.

Finally, a barcode-like number appeared – "11682536".

"Holy crap!" The young examiner nearly spat his tea onto the control panel. "Brother Wang, look at this!"

The Mediterranean examiner leaned over for a look, and his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

"The training dummy melted? Holy crap, ten million points of damage output?! How is that possible?!"

"This is a test dummy issued by the Ministry of Education, with a full 100 points of stamina. You're telling me it can deal ten million damage?!"

The young examiner looked like he was about to cry: "Brother Wang, this kid has already finished brushing all ten wooden stakes, what do we do?"

"..."

The Mediterranean examiner pondered for a moment, then decisively declared, "According to the college entrance examination rules, for students with outstanding grades, we can intervene manually! Give him a more powerful target, directly to a level 20 precision steel target!"

He typed rapidly on the console.

Inside the examination room.

Su Chen was yawning boredly when the light in the open space in front of him shone again.

This time, what appeared was a black pillar with a metallic sheen.

[Steel Target]

[Level: 20]

【Strength: 0】

[Agility: 0]

[Stamina: 500]

【Spirit: 0】

……

"500 stamina points? Still too weak."

Su Chen raised his staff again, still without using any skills, simply throwing out a normal attack.

Snapped!

Still one second later.

"-11682536!"

With a hiss, the steel target transformed once again into green pus spitting out dark green bubbles.

"It's gone again?"

Su Chen looked at the empty space and was somewhat speechless.

Inside the monitoring room.

A deathly silence.

The young examiner stared at the unmoving "11682536" on the instrument, a fine layer of cold sweat already seeping from his forehead.

"Brother Wang... he's done it again in seconds."

The Mediterranean examiner swallowed hard, his voice trembling: "Impossible... absolutely impossible! That's a steel target; even for a level 40 mage like me, breaking it would take considerable effort!"

"What the hell is this kid's damage output? How come the damage numbers are the same when hitting a level 20 training dummy as when hitting a level 10 one?"

The level 20 wooden stakes have significantly higher resistance to both physical and magical attacks than the level 10 wooden stakes.

Logically, the damage should have been significantly reduced!

"Change to a higher-grade wooden stake!" The Mediterranean examiner gritted his teeth. "Go straight for level 50 sinking star ironwood! I want to see if he can even scratch it!"

"Brother Wang, those are targets used to test university professors!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Swish!"

Inside the examination room, a third ray of light descended.

A thick wooden stake, its surface shimmering with starlight, slammed heavily onto the ground, causing the entire space to tremble.

【Submerged Star Iron Target】

[Level: 50]

【Strength: 0】

[Agility: 0]

[Physical Fitness: 3000]

【Spirit: 0】

……

Su Chen looked at the large, well-looking wooden stake in front of him and stroked his chin.

"3000 stamina points, not even that's enough to take a beating. It's far inferior to that mine tyrant."

He waved again.

The basic attack landed precisely on the Ironwood Star of the Sunken Water.

next second.

"-11682536!"

Ironwood, the sunken star, trembled violently.

The pale blue starlight on the surface dimmed instantly, and a layer of nauseating green spots began to spread wildly.

"Snap—!"

The high-level wooden stake, which could withstand the attacks of a level 60 expert for ten minutes, turned into a puddle of green pus in just one second.

Su Chen was utterly speechless: "Chovy, give me a good training dummy! Aren't there any higher-level training dummy options? Can't you give me a chance to use my skill?"

In the monitoring room.

The Mediterranean examiner stared intently at the screen: "This Submerged Star Ironwood is a top-grade material that can withstand a full-force attack from a level 60, third-tier expert for a full ten minutes without breaking! If this kid can still..."

He hadn't finished speaking.

On the screen, Su Chen waved his staff lightly once more.

then.

It's still one second.

Ironwood, the sunken star they had placed so much hope in... once again turned into a puddle of pus.

The Mediterranean examiner abruptly stopped speaking, swallowing the rest of his sentence.

The young examiner standing nearby stammered, "Brother Wang, this...this kid, is he cheating?!"