"If everything is cleared, let's start the test. Three, two, one... Ring the bell." said the parrot with the exact same phrase from the previous two tests.
Then, the bell rang just like the previous two tests, as soon as the bell rang, all the participants that stood on the warp point been send to the foot of the mountain behind the dorm. Just as all the participants reached the mountain foot, a myna bird that stood on a tree greeted them.
"Good day, dear contestants, welcome to the foot of Ninth Divine Mountain. This is a mountain that filled with an amazing divine aura and mythical creatures, but that's not our concern right now, I'm here just to remind you, when you climb up the mountain, don't get distracted by anything you saw in the surrounding before you reached the top, if not, you will never be able to come out of the mountain anymore." said the myna.
However, about one-third of the participants that lack of patience left the spot before the myna finish its words, so... Let's just wish them good luck...
Anyway, as soon as the myna finished its words, Bob started climbing the mountain at a really fast pace and reached the mountainside in a jiffy without showing any signs of fatigue...
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Meanwhile, the viewer's platform. Sky and the others are viewing the progress of the test from a big screen. And they spotted some contestants that climbed up to the mountain without listening to the instructions of the myna, getting lured by some pixies into the deep forest part of the mountain.
"Oh my! Those contestants... Are the organizers serious about that 'never able to come out anymore' thing?" said Maria, a bit shocked.
"Well, those contestants are the ones that did not bother to listen to the instructions after all. But still... Ben, you still have our phones with you, right?" Sky asked.
Ben nodded, seems to understand what Sky want him to do, and so, he took out Sky's phone, unlocked it with a set of passwords, and send a text message to someone.
"Uhm... Ben, I appreciate your initiative and fast response but how the heck do you know my phone's password?" Sky asked, and Ben gave him a rather evil smile...
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Thirty minutes later, Bob had reached the top of the mountain, as soon as he stood onto the platform mentioned by the parrot, ten monsters spawned on the spot, on their heads, there are figures showing 001-01, with a five minutes count down. Without a moment of hesitation, Bob ' plugs' off the head of one of the monsters before slaughter the other monster bare-handedly in just a minute. As soon as he wipes out the first batch, the second batch of monsters spawned immediately, with figure 001-02 on their head along with the five minutes count down...
After Bob exterminated five batches of monsters, a second person reached the mountain top platform, and same as Bob, ten monsters spawned immediately, with a different figure on their heads that shows 002-01.
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Meanwhile, the viewer's platform. Seito and Itsuki are discussing about strategy for the next test, Ai and Yuki are enjoying their breakfast and sweets, Junior is focused on the test, while the remaining three...
"This Earth Deity is certainly stronger than he looks... I guess I can give him more works after this." said Ben.
"Ben-chan, don't be so mean to Bobby!" said Maria.
"Hmm... He is indeed strong but don't you think it's too flashy? He could have held back a bit." said Sky.
"True... Too flashy in the qualification test is certainly not a wise move." said Ben.
Yes, with no doubt, they are talking shi... Discussing about Bob's performance.
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Without any obstacles, Bob had exterminated fifty batches of monsters, while more than one-third of the teams had been eliminated from the test, with about ten teams that unable to reach the top and actually lost in the deep forest. Probably getting bored of the continuous pattern of the test, Bob had stopped using brute force on the monsters, he started using some basic yet flashy earth magic to wipe out the monsters in less than five seconds which successfully caught some unnecessary attention from both the test area and viewer's platform.
However, Bob does not plan to stop his flashy moves at this point, as the test continues, the techniques he used became more and more flashy until the state that the monster's batch number reached and stuck at 001-99 within seconds. Despite of the fact that he had reached the maximum score, he continues to exterminate more and more batches of monsters with a crazy speed of wipe out each batch in less than a second while the other contestants start showing signs of fatigue and an obvious deceleration in the speed of wiping the batches of monsters.
The test ended after two hours with only thirty-two contestants left on the field and Bob who has slain most numbers of the monsters ranked as number one in the ranking board, however instead of getting any applause as Ai had, the whole field and viewer's platform filled with whispers of questioning and doubting...
"Ah... He is too flashy after all." Sky murmured.
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Bob walked back to his team's platform as he been warped back through the warp point, he is rather confused.
"Did I do something wrong again?" Bob asked, rather nervous.
"No, you did a brilliant job in the test, it's just the audiences and the other participants don't seem to appreciate your efforts." said Sky as he tapped Bob's shoulder.
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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