In the conference room, Su Tiankuo and the new instructors were watching the preparation for the simulation battlefield.
For these Sea City Military Academy executives, the simulation battlefield was also a good opportunity to discover potential talent, so they were naturally very attentive.
Suddenly, a technician responsible for operations and maintenance let out a cry of surprise.
"Report to the principal, a student has reported unable to enter the Little Inferior Demon Camp because he has already broken through to the middle rank of apprentice, exceeding the power limit."
"What?" Su Tiankuo was slightly taken aback, thinking he had misheard.
"Middle rank of apprentice? How is that possible?"
Other instructors also expressed disbelief upon hearing this.
Chen Qingshan said in shock, "The fastest record in our Sea City Military Academy for breaking through to the middle rank of apprentice should be two and a half months, right.
I remember that the female student at the time awakened to the [Flame Dragon Knight] profession and signed a life contract with a young fire dragon, sharing double cultivation speed, which is why she could cultivate so quickly."
Beside him, Shen Hongyu murmured, "Yes, Wen Jiu was an extremely rare exception.
Looking at the history of the military academy, it generally takes ordinary students four to five months to break through to the middle rank of apprentice."
Lu Hu had a premonition, quickly stood up, and asked, "What’s the name of this student?"
The technician replied, "Fang Zhou, who awakened to the Undead Mage profession."
Upon hearing this familiar name, Shen Hongyu and Chen Qingshan exchanged glances, while Lu Hu excitedly slapped his thigh.
"Haha, if it’s Fang Zhou, that can be understood.
His compatibility with the profession of Undead Mage is inherently high, so it’s excusable for him to cultivate a bit faster."
He turned his face to the side, looking at the slender figure dressed in a long black skirt in the corner, and boasted, "Hehe, Xinyan, how about it, didn’t I tell you?
I remember it also took you three to four months to break through to the middle rank of apprentice back then.
Fang Zhou’s talent seems much stronger than yours!"
This lady was precisely Su Xinyan, who had hurriedly returned to the Sea City Military Academy from the Mythical World.
She rolled her eyes at the smug Lu Hu, about to speak, when she heard Su Tiankuo say, "Since Fang Zhou has broken through to the middle rank of apprentice, let him enter the middle rank apprentice’s simulation battlefield."
Upon hearing this, the technician looked difficult and hesitantly said, "But we never thought that a student would break through to the middle rank of apprentice within a month.
To save energy, we did not open the middle rank apprentice’s simulation battlefield today.
Temporarily opening it would require at least a day of preparation time.
Moreover, if we directly let this student skip the [Little Inferior Demon Camp], he won’t have the chance to earn the first clearance and speed-run rewards for this simulation battlefield."
Upon hearing this, Lu Hu said urgently, "That won’t do! That’s too unfair for Fang Zhou!
He broke through to the middle rank of apprentice so quickly, we should be rewarding him, how could we deprive him of his rightful opportunities?"
Su Xinyan, Chen Qingshan, and Shen Hongyu also nodded slightly, agreeing that Lu Hu’s words made sense.
The strong should enjoy more resources while putting in more effort.
Su Tiankuo pondered for a moment and asked, "Is there any way to let Fang Zhou smoothly enter the [Little Inferior Demon Camp]?"
The technician replied, "There is only one way, which is to suppress Fang Zhou’s projected power to the lower rank of apprentice, so he can enter the Little Inferior Demon Camp."
Lu Hu was somewhat dissatisfied and said, "Being able to break through to the middle rank of apprentice is Fang Zhou’s skill, how can we suppress his power?"
The technician smiled bitterly, "Instructor Lu, there’s no way, it’s restricted by the rules."
Su Tiankuo waved his hand decisively, "Then, contact Fang Zhou first.
If he agrees to your proposal, suppress his power to let him enter the Little Inferior Demon Camp.
Let’s see how capable this little fellow Fang Zhou is in combat!"
Fang Zhou quickly received a response from the military academy’s technicians through his personal terminal.
After some thought, he accepted the solution proposed by the technician.
What does it matter to suppress his power?
Even if his spirit attribute is suppressed to the lower rank of apprentice level, his skill proficiency is not just for show.
Soon, with backstage processing, Fang Zhou’s projection was suppressed to the lower rank of apprentice.
This time, when he touched the teleportation gate, he encountered no more obstacles.
Fang Zhou, unaffected by this minor incident, patiently waited for a few more minutes and then followed the main force through the teleportation gate.
...
After paying 1 contribution point as a ticket, the simple difficulty [Little Inferior Demon Camp] officially opened.
A wave of dizziness came over him, and when Fang Zhou opened his eyes, he found himself on a grass lawn.
"Roar! Humans! Flesh!"
A roar immediately drew his attention.
Thirty meters in front of him was a broken camp, and a monster was staggering out of the camp, rushing towards him.
This monster was dark red all over, naked, with a childlike height of 1.3 to 1.4 meters.
It had bent legs and goat hooves, small bat wings on its back, holding an iron trident, and small horns on its forehead.
It was the most common image of a Little Inferior Demon, but this Little Inferior Demon was wounded all over, and its aura looked extremely weak.
"Task: Kill the seriously injured Little Inferior Demon and destroy the Little Inferior Demon Camp."
Fang Zhou squinted his eyes slightly, as it seemed these were the conditions for clearing the stage.
There was no time to lose; he was eager for the first clearance and speed-run rewards.
Facing the madly charging Little Inferior Demon wielding a steel trident, Fang Zhou’s gaze was cold and composed. Holding his magic staff, he predicted the Little Inferior Demon’s path forward.
Skeleton Flying Spear!
A Skeleton Flying Spear, formed from bones and negative energy, instantly materialized. With the sound of breaking through the air, it shot straight towards the Little Inferior Demon’s head.
The Little Inferior Demon was startled and tried flapping its wings to jump and dodge the Skeleton Flying Spear.
But unfortunately, it was heavily injured, its wings were damaged, its agility attribute greatly decreased, and the flying speed of the Skeleton Flying Spear was truly too fast, rendering all efforts futile.
The Skeleton Flying Spear, possessing the three damage attributes of armor-piercing, corrosive poison, and death energy, had an attack power absolutely exceeding 100, meaning it could directly break through the Little Inferior Demon’s scale armor defense.
With a puff, the Little Inferior Demon’s head was pierced through, and the negative energy on the bone spear instantly eroded its body, causing its soul to dissipate.
Immediately, Fang Zhou unhesitatingly cast the [Summon Skeleton] skill.
Forty skeletons were summoned, and under Fang Zhou’s command, they directly rushed towards the Little Inferior Demon Camp.
His [Summon Skeleton] skill had reached [Perfection] proficiency, and with the [Domination Skeleton] skill’s bonus, these skeletons’ four-dimensional attributes had greatly improved.
The fragile camp structures quickly collapsed and shattered under the assault of the skeletons and the Skeleton Flying Spear, ultimately turning the entire camp into a wasteland.