The two of them are ranked tenth and ninth in the top ten, respectively.

Now, the common point among these four is that they all have completed this monthly exam and have made it onto the leaderboard.

Li Pu's performance is, of course, something everyone is concerned about.

This rumored strongest exchange student of the year, what kind of score can he achieve, is a source of curiosity.

Of course, no one thinks he could surpass that insane 28-minute record.

"Well... does he have some sort of powerful first-aid technique?"

Seeing that, in just half a minute, the electronic screen showed that Li Pu had reached the second stage, Tish was a bit stunned.

She herself and her summoned creature didn't have any healing methods, so she used knowledge learned in class to find useful herbs around to bandage and stop the bleeding of the injured to pass the stage.

Even though her hands were swift and her actions skilled, she still spent 6 minutes on this stage.

After coming out, Tish communicated with classmates who knew [Healing] and had completed the monthly exam. Due to the severe injuries of the victim, even throwing a pure [Healing] spell would take about 2 minutes.

So when she saw Li Pu only spent dozens of seconds, she was a bit surprised.

"..." x3

However, listening to her doubts, the three of them remained silent, caught in some unpleasant memories.

Wu Guinan naturally didn't need to say much. Even without having been injured, he had experienced Li Pu's healing methods several times before.

Qian Shanshan had run dungeons with Li Pu recently, and she had seen him perform healing on Ah Yajun several times; the scenes were not particularly pleasant.

Even Gu Zhechi, who had only experienced it once a few days ago, didn't want to speak.

If he had to describe it, Li Pu's healing seemed to hurt more than a fracture.

"But to be fair, the first stage was a bit challenging."

"I spent quite some effort to save the injured person back then."

The unpleasant memories made Gu Zhechi choose to change the topic.

"That guy was so badly injured. I heard that yesterday, some students were eliminated because they let him die during treatment."

Qian Shanshan picked up the conversation.

"... Although I knew it was just a virtual scenario, he really was quite miserable."

Wu Guinan was even embarrassed to admit he knew the real person.

"Oh, he's passed the second stage too, so quickly."

At this moment, Tish exclaimed again in a small voice.

"The second stage... wasn't it about climbing walls?"

Gu Zhechi recalled that when he was in that stage, he took almost 5 minutes to climb out.

The wall was extremely slippery.

Not only was it slippery, but it was also high.

"Does his summoned creature fly?"

In Tish's impression, only classmates with flying-type summoned creatures could pass the second stage so quickly.

"No, his summoned creatures can't fly at all."

Qian Shanshan had seen Li Pu's three summoned creatures.

"..."

Only Wu Guinan, listening to the three's words, showed a slight bitter smile.

His summoned creatures couldn't fly, but did they ever consider that he might be able to?

"Indeed, he is impressive, this guy."

Gu Zhechi at this moment believed that Li Pu climbed with bare hands to achieve such speed.

"But in the third stage, he shouldn't find it that easy."

"He needs to pass through six monster nests and obtain the pass answers."

Still, he didn't think Li Pu could pass the third stage that quickly.

The third stage tested the student's investigation ability.

They first appeared in a cave and needed to solve the puzzle on the stone platform beside it to pass the stage.

The cave connected to six passages, at the end of which were the six key pieces of data needed to solve the puzzle.

However, those six passages were also the nests of six different types of monsters.

These monsters weren't necessarily powerful in combat but had one thing in common.

They were sensitive and alert.

"Indeed, the third stage isn't easy."

"Moreover, the rule also states that those monsters must not be disturbed."

"If you break this rule too many times in this stage, you'll lose your competitive edge too."

Tish agreed with Gu Zhechi's view. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Additionally, the third stage had some special rules: if any monsters were disturbed, an additional minute would be added to the original time.

So everyone was extremely cautious when tackling this stage.

Only students specializing in reconnaissance were familiar with such tasks and could complete it in about 10 minutes.

Others generally needed about 15 to 20 minutes, with even Gu Zhechi being no exception.

"Well... it's hard to say."

Listening to their discussion, Qian Shanshan couldn't agree.

She didn't know if these two had ever heard of a description called coming without a trace and going without a shadow.

She only knew that Li Pu's little cloud wolf had that kind of presence.

Capable of passing through obstacles at will, like a ghost.

Even most ghostly creatures couldn't do that.

More bizarre than that was the scarecrow.

Either because it looked too harmless or had some sort of special ability.

Qian Shanshan had repeatedly witnessed the scarecrow walk back and forth under the monsters' noses, with no reaction from them.

In those monsters' eyes, it seemed just like [weeds].

It seemed only herbivorous monsters wouldn't ignore it.

So she felt that the third stage wouldn't be difficult for Li Pu either.

Sure enough, just 10 minutes later, the electronic screen showed another change.

"He's cleared it again!"

Tish was once again shocked.

She and Gu Zhechi had just talked about how difficult the third stage was, only to be immediately proven wrong.

"This speed is comparable to those students specializing in reconnaissance..."

"Is there anything he can't do, like he's good at everything?"

Gu Zhechi was left dumbfounded.

When he reached the fourth stage, he had almost used up 20 minutes.

And look at the others, it's not even 13 minutes in total!

"Haha."

Seeing Tish and Gu Zhechi's expressions, Qian Shanshan chuckled twice.

Then, coincidentally catching Wu Guinan's gaze, she immediately found that his expression was quite similar.

At that moment, they understood each other: he (she) was also an ally sharing the same fate.

And seeing the tranquil amusement on their face, combined with the fact they both came from Xidu University, Qian Shanshan immediately realized: this is a veteran ally, one of her seniors.

"It's impossible! It's impossible!"

"He can't keep this up forever."

"In the fourth stage, facing 100 monsters, he can't pass that easily!"

"If he's not careful, he might even face the risk of elimination!"

The current Tish was teetering on the edge, loudly denying.

The fourth stage was the one with the highest elimination rate.

Facing an encirclement of 100 monsters, either eliminate them all or hold out long enough to pass.

Basically, 90% of the eliminated students were defeated in this stage.

After all, the simulation of 100 monsters isn't easy to deal with.

"This fourth stage... I don't even know."

Gu Zhechi maintained a more objective attitude.

He knew that with just his [Hardening], Li Pu absolutely wouldn't be eliminated.

But if he wanted to compete for a spot, merely not being eliminated wasn't enough.

He also needed to quickly clear those monsters, but not everyone had such a method.

For this, Wu Guinan and Qian Shanshan continued to maintain a silent agreement.

Because, in their view, the fourth stage was even simpler for Li Pu than the third.

If the third stage was dominated by the scarecrow and ugly little wolf, then the fourth stage undoubtedly belonged to Bo Bo.

Sure enough, just 6 minutes later, the electronic screen displayed that Li Pu had reached the fifth stage.

This monthly exam dungeon had only 5 stages in total.

This meant that Li Pu had quickly reached the final stage.

"Hey! I really don't believe it!"

"He absolutely can't be quick in the fifth stage!"

"This stage is the most time-consuming, and no one is exempt!"

Repeatedly being proven wrong, Tish finally showed some temper.

But truth be told, even Li Pu's mentors Qian Shanshan and Wu Guinan were now not so confident.

Because both of them had also experienced the dungeon and knew the circumstances of the fifth stage well.

Nonetheless, Qian Shanshan secretly held some anticipation.

She wondered if, once again, Tish had underestimated the result; would her own jinxing ability transfer?

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