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The booklet of the war gambling den was not a picture book.

However, the information contained within was absolutely astounding.

From here, Link learned that this year's examinees were similar to the previous years, with more than three thousand people coming from different cities across the Empire.

The names of these three thousand plus people, their strength, and even some of their typical battle accomplishments were all recorded in this booklet!

For example, Link turned to the Wind City section. The reason why the number one seeded player, Lin Ke, was placed in this position was because he had broken through to the fourth stage of Xiong Li and publicly killed a rebellious descendant, and at the same time defeated the third seeded player, Fei Ya. Lily was also at the fourth stage of Xiong Li and had entered this area earlier than Linke, but the reason why she was able to live in Linke's territory was because she came from a civilian background and had no clear battle record!

As for Seedet Fias, number three, he also recorded an open duel with a second year member of the Gaia Family. Although he didn't lose, it wasn't by much. This battle gave him quite a few points!

The over three thousand examinees were distributed throughout more than three hundred cities of the empire, and each person came from a different family or class. They were able to describe in such detail what each person would do in such a short period of time, and from the tiny words of Lily's origin, one could tell that the information obtained by the war gambling den itself was probably much more detailed than the information shown in the booklet!

Lin Ke couldn't help but be moved. Could it be that there was a huge intelligence network that covered the entire empire behind this war gambling den?! Then the empire's upper echelon must know of it! But how could the royal family tolerate the existence of such power in his own country? In other words, it was very possible that this gambling den was a power controlled by the royal family.

For a moment, Link's thoughts went too far.

"Three more days, which is two days before the exam, and you all need to carefully study your opponents when the time comes, it's best if you can make a few effective countermeasures or even train against them. Even if you can't do it with complete confidence, at least you'll be able to understand it in your hearts and not panic when the time comes." Hubert sighed deeply, showing his endless sorrow for his cousin who was standing in front of him.

"Even if it wasn't for the family, just for the gold coins you threw in and for me, your cousin," he pointed at the dark circles under his eyes which he had brought along during the whole night, and said bitterly, "For the sake of me getting so excited about your entrance exams, I must win this round at least so that I won't be trampled on too badly by my aunt who found out afterwards!"

Lin Ke could not help but laugh as he said to Hubert, "Cousin, why do you have so little confidence in us? Look, unless the three of us lose, we will at least be able to live through this year."

Hubert immediately became alert as he stared at Lin Ke, "Don't say random things, I, your cousin, haven't put a single cent in there, don't be ours, I was only forced by you to take me to the war gambling den to have a look, even if you insist on gambling, my cousin still advised you righteously dozens of times, even if the matter were to be exposed, Hubert, who has always kept to himself, doesn't deserve to be scolded, at worst, I'll just bite my teeth and give my aunt a few blows on me. You can't just force my cousin to die, Cohen said."

Lin Ke rolled his eyes and said, "Cousin, don't worry about it anymore. It's only a few hundred gold coins, I don't even care about cousin.

"Merely a few hundred gold coins?!" Hubert couldn't help raising his voice, and then he realized what was happening and looked around before whispering, "It's just a few hundred gold coins! An ordinary family's living expenses are only one or two gold coins a year. Kid, if you spent eight hundred gold coins in one breath, could you even call it 'insignificant'?! You really don't have to say me, my cousin's living expenses are the same as yours, saving money and living expenses is something I absolutely can't bear to put up with. No way, I'm going to die from anger, I have to go, you guys better give me a good look at the books, if I get the first round of the exam, cousin will directly take a leave and go back to Windy City to ask for forgiveness from Aunt! "

Lin Ke quietly watched Hubert leave with a bellyful of anger. He no longer had the appearance of laughing.

After a long while, he turned around and smiled at Neil. He knew what Neil was thinking.

Being in a noble family like Moutes, it was not easy to be amiable in big matters. It was impossible to not have any internal conflicts.

"Master Hubert was just a little angry," she said to Link after a moment's hesitation. "I know a little about him, but he's not a man with a different face."

Lin Ke smiled and nodded at Xue'er, "I know that, big cousin was the most open-minded and magnanimous of us siblings, but the problems brought about by the departure of my uncles are not something that can be clearly expressed with a simple sentence, not to mention that he was in the future of the family before me. The sudden rise of me will put a lot of pressure on him."

Everyone was silent.

Another five days passed.

Lin Ke's internal injuries had already mostly healed. As long as he was careful to avoid getting injured again, there wouldn't be much of a problem.

Thinking about it, the approaching exam date still gave them a lot of pressure. In the War God Academy, if ordinary people just listen to the name of the exam, their blood would probably boil with excitement. In the face of an extremely rare and big game in life, the two girls being able to maintain their calm on the surface was already outstanding enough.

The battle chart had already been released two days ago. The manager of the family Chamber of Commerce, Harris, had sent someone to guard it. The moment the news was sent out, it was immediately sent back to the courtyard and sent a message to Donna and Sam of the Qing Feng family to the encampment.

It wasn't much of a surprise.

For him, this was the last challenge. The speed of the assassins would bring him a lot of trouble, and for this reason, he even made several simulations with Lilisse, so he finally had some confidence.

Lily had also fought a Bear Power Level 4 Warrior from the Capital in the first round. Originally, assassins and warriors were bound to lose in a head-on fight, but Lily and Neil were very confident after going through a few simulations.

From the data, it was clear that although the opponent was not yet eighteen years of age, he had real battle experience, and should be a very difficult guy to deal with. Xue'er's only chance to win was to use the wandering tactic of 'kiting' to hang him, but the premise was that she had to drag out the first round of fierce attacks from the opponent.

As for Donna, she was fighting a Bear Strength Rank 1 Earth Attribute Warrior. From Lin Ke's point of view, the odds of her winning were not high. As for Sam against a Bear Strength Rank 2 Fire element caster, his odds of winning were actually a lot higher than Donna's.

The first two rounds of the exam were almost completely public.

The exam grounds were located in the huge square in front of the entrance of the Academy of Wargods. The square was extremely wide, and those who stood in it would have a feeling of being extremely small, but today, the feeling was gone, because the square was filled with people!

It was truly a sea of people!

Linke had no idea that there were actually so many people in the imperial city!

And with so many people gathered together, there was actually such a momentum!

The square was surrounded by warriors in bright armor and knights on high horses. One by one, they stood solemnly, giving people a sense of security.

Thirty huge, round stone platforms were already placed in the plaza. Each stone platform was around forty to fifty meters in diameter. Only the heavens knew when these gigantic creatures were placed in the plaza.

Lin Ke had met up with Donna and Sam at the entrance of the examination passage earlier on. He took out his pass card, and the people in charge of the verification were allowed to pass. Elle and Neil, as well as Hubert, Monto and Harris, and the members of the Light Wind Guild were all blocked outside.

"Do your best," Elend said expressionlessly.

"I must pass, I must pass the first round!" Hubert nervously repeated his instructions.

"Come on," said the doorman, a complicated expression on his face.

Lin Ke felt a little strangely moved. At this moment, it was as if he had returned to the examination hall of his previous life. It was just that at that time, he didn't have any family members' instructions for him.

Link smiled faintly and turned around, followed by a cold Lilisse and a brilliant Xue'er. Donna waved at the crowd and turned away, followed by a nervous Sam.

Several young figures walked towards a legend.

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The three of them were assigned to the inner circle, while Donna and Sam were assigned to the outer circle.

He discovered that the examinees who were at least Rank 3 in Xiong Li were all in the inner circle. The platform here was larger and thicker than the outer circle.

This made Donna very unhappy. Plus, she was already at loggerheads with Linke, so with a "hmph", she dragged Sam away.

Lin Ke could only helplessly shake his head and stop thinking about it.

If the information in the booklet of the war gambling den was correct, this year, there were a total of eighteen candidates who had reached level 4 for Xiong Li, including Linke and Lilisse. The majority of them came from two cities, one was Ares Castle, and the other was Dragon Slaying Castle, which had the highest enrolment rate over the years.

The number of examinees who had reached rank 3 in Xiong Li was also several times more than the number of examinees in the past, reaching a shocking number of one hundred and twenty-three. If one were to compare the number of examinees who had reached rank 3 in the past with the number of examinees who had reached the level three in the past, it would also be a few times more than the number of examinees who had reached the level three in the past.

Xue'er was the first of the three to go on stage.

By the time Xue'er's name was called, her opponent was already waiting on the stage. Lin Ke could feel the murderous aura coming from his grandfather Rhine and his father, Jason.

"Be careful, victory or defeat is not important. What is important is your safety," Lin Ke said to Xue'er with a serious expression. "If you find out that it is indeed difficult to win, admit defeat. Don't worry about other random matters. Leave everything to me."

Xue'er smiled brightly and nodded, "I won't lose even if it's for those gold coins." After greeting Lilisse, I turned around and walked up the stage with light footsteps.

"Why don't you let Xue'er use that bow?" Lily suddenly said.

This is only the first round, although her enemies are probably not simple either, on the other hand I have paid close attention to everyone's strength while training with the Devils, I have great confidence in her, if it is of the same level, even if I want to win against her, it will not be easy, the 'blessing of the Elves' increases her strength by a lot, she can be used as a trump card, and taking out your 'Bloodlust' in the first round will attract a lot of attention, which is not a good thing, on the one hand, it's too eye-catching, on the other hand it's too bloodthirsty, it's too fatal, this is just an entrance exam, it's not just a test.

Lily nodded silently.