Chapter Thirty-Three: Strong Union

  Unified Examination!

  Ever since Ah Wen's father told them that death in the unified exam would deduct from their real lifespan, and that failure punishments were extremely severe, this word was like a heavy mountain weighing on all freshmen's chests. Even someone as optimistic as Hu Si Ming couldn't help but be affected.

  Some newborns with high vitality and universal points deposits are fine, even if they fail this time, there will be opportunities to rise again in future exams. But those born short-lived and with few universal points cannot remain unmoved.

  Under such pressure, time has come to September 21st.

  On this day, all freshmen received a notice from the teaching assistant that the first unified exam since their enrollment would officially begin in three days. The unified exam still consisted of five people per group, and because they were freshmen, the principal gave them some special care. They could either be randomly matched by the college according to their combat strength assessment or form teams freely. However, if they formed their own teams, there would be a certain extra bonus during the battle's strength assessment. In other words, they might encounter even stronger opponents.

  "The unified exam is coming!"

  No matter how hard the freshmen resist, what's coming is still coming. The freshman section of the BBS has almost been brushed to madness with news of the unified exam. Every minute, hundreds or thousands of posts pop up. Some freshmen are analyzing and planning how to get through the unified exam more safely; some freshmen are guessing at possible scenarios for the unified exam; and there are also some poor devils who will be kicked out of college in October, who are rubbing their fists and cheering each other on, trying to win one victory and earn enough general points.

  The entire freshman class was filled with a restless and uneasy atmosphere.

  Compared to freshmen who have never experienced the unified exam, the first-year repeaters in District B are much calmer. They didn't panic because of the sudden unified exam, but instead did what they should do. On the War Network's freshman chat forum, it's rare to see them posting and communicating. Only a few old students who love to show off are brushing up some so-called strategies that may or may not be true.

  This stuff, just take a look at it as a reference. Whether it's fake or not, let's just say that if those old things were really that powerful, how could they not have been promoted to the second year, but instead got held back? However, there are still idiots who treat it as scripture and study it repeatedly.

  Compared with those who don't use their brains, Hu Shiming believes more in his own strength.

  The unified exam is approaching, and he also has a universal point on his body. It's time to consider strengthening himself.

  After the entrance exam and the first compulsory course, Hu Siming had a total of 500 universal points, plus two Tianhui coins. Moreover, his three-attribute novice title could enjoy a 50% discount. Even after deducting the universal points for September and October, it was enough to exchange for the first skill.

  A newborn with skills and a newborn without skills are absolutely worlds apart in terms of combat power!

  The last time he looked at the exchange list provided by the school emblem, Hu Siming still had a bit of shyness. This time, with money in his pocket, he was confident and began to compare those candidate skills that he had marked during his free time. For freshmen with only two skill slots, the choice of the first skill is undoubtedly very important. Especially since it can be used immediately in this unified exam.

  Is it an option to control skills, escape skills, or a damage reduction skill?

  Even though he had marked them before, Hu Si Ming still couldn't help but feel a little dizzy when he saw the dazzling list of skills again. At a glance, this skill was desirable, that skill was also divine, and he wished he could learn them all. In the end, however, he chose a more practical ability with broad applicability.

  Brave Charge

  General skills.

  Charging forward with a brave conviction, rushing out up to 600 distance. During the charge, terrain is ignored, and if an enemy is encountered along the way, the charge will automatically stop and deal 25 points of collision damage.

  Consumes 50 magic points, cooldown time 30 seconds.

  This is a powerful displacement skill, whether it's for escaping or chasing, it's very useful. 25 points of damage may not be that impressive, but for new players, the effect is still pretty good. As for the drawbacks, the biggest problem lies in the long cooldown time, and ordinary skills cannot be upgraded, with no growth potential at all. However, this is a common problem with most ordinary skills, which can't be compared to heroic skills.

  Even so, the exchange price for a brave charge is as high as 500 universal points plus two Tianhui coins.

  "It's gone just like that after the first half-price exchange!"

  Husiming looked at his three attribute titles and painfully made a decision. Then, he got up and headed to the Secret Art Sanctuary in the center of the academy, ready to receive the skill inheritance.

  As one of the most important buildings in the college, the Mystic Sanctum is unimaginably vast, like a real castle. Its overall structure is built with massive stones, and on top of the castle floats a mysterious magic ball, which emits a rich purple glow day and night under the pale blue sky. Here, you can exchange for thousands of spells in the college, and it is also the main way to recover common points in the college.

  Because the specific exchange had been made through the school emblem reservation, Hu Siming entered the Secret Holy Land and was directly transmitted to the center of the Arcane Spell Array. With countless magical elements and law fragments rotating and flying around him, soon a complete spell pattern was built into his first skill slot. Those mysterious runes flowed from Hu Siming's mind, finally turning into a roar.

  Under the stimulation of the roar, his tense body seemed to transform into a hunting lion, suddenly charging forward.

  Although it was the first release and couldn't fully grasp, Hu Siming still rushed out of 20 meters in the blink of an eye. The several substitute dolls acting as targets nearby immediately suffered from impact injuries and produced a slight stiffening action.

  This is the power of skills!

  With it, Hu Siming's combat power has increased by at least 40% to 50%. If the fine wine gift from the entrance exam and the Shaman Ring obtained from the required course treasure chest are also taken into account, Hu Siming's strength gap with the vast majority of ordinary new students has finally opened up a level. Moreover, his title is still constantly improving his physique at a rate of one point per day. From the entrance exam to now, more than 20 days have passed, and Hu Siming's maximum life value has increased to 240 points!

  The evaluation on the school emblem has also been upgraded from "even a cannon fodder is stronger than you" to "cannon fodder".

  Although this evaluation still sounds terrible, seeing a brand new self, Hu Si Ming's mood has improved a lot.

  If even he can't pass the unified exam, then probably 99% of other freshmen will fail. Hu Shiming doesn't believe that the college can make the unified exam so difficult.

  The day of the unified examination finally arrived in his expectation.

  After putting all the props and equipment into the ten-grid storage compartment, Hu Siming made a final check to confirm that everything was in order before getting up and heading to the public classroom. At this time, although there were still half an hour before the unified exam officially began, more than half of the twenty new students had already arrived. Yan Shao Ou had also arrived early and saw Hu Siming enter the classroom, he enthusiastically waved his hand: "How's it going, are you all ready?"

  Hu Si Ming looked at him and nodded, saying: "It's okay, anyway I will try my best."

  Yan Shao heard this and laughed, saying: "It seems that this time I can follow the big leg, it's a golden big leg!"

  He has his reasons for doing so. Because teaming up is allowed, two days ago, Yan Shao Yu proposed to form a free combination with Hu Si Ming. Considering the unreliability of random teaming and Yan Shao Yu's previous performance, he agreed to Yan Shao Yu's proposal. As for why they didn't team up with others, it's easy to understand that it would lead to an unnecessary boost in combat power evaluation. In the absence of other reliable teammates, the two-man combination is already the best choice at present.

  Of course, Shen Yue's sarcastic remarks don't mean he really has no ability at all.

  Hu Si Ming was very clear that, on the second day after getting in touch with Yan Shao, he forcibly exchanged a summoning skill. In order to make up for 500 universal points, not only did he boldly use the 100 universal points reserved for October, but also contacted a sophomore senior who dared to lend money on the black market section of the war network. Relying on his own performance in completing the optional tasks of the entrance test, he borrowed 100 universal points.

  The condition is double repayment after unified examination!

  If this unified exam fails, Yan Shao will immediately be pushed to the brink of bankruptcy. But he is betting that his strong alliance with Hu Si Ming can absolutely crush those newcomers who don't even have skills.