This result was like a bombshell, instantly shocking all the students present. For a moment, exclamations and discussions intertwined together to form a noisy wave.
"This is impossible! President Merlin is too strong. This score is ridiculously high. I will never be able to reach it in my lifetime!" A dwarf was shocked and looked up at the scoreboard with frustration and admiration in his eyes.
"Yeah, I originally thought that Stacy and Scarlett were powerful enough, but I didn't expect that President Merlin would turn everyone into ashes in one second. Is this really something a human can do?" Lucy covered her mouth tightly with her hands, her eyes full of disbelief.
Arthur looked at Merlin's tall and straight figure. Although he was full of doubts and couldn't understand what methods Merlin used, this did not hinder his recognition of Merlin's powerful strength.
He clenched his fists slightly and secretly made up his mind: This is worthy of being the goal I want to catch up with. I must work harder in the future to catch up with the president.
At this moment, Scarlett felt like she had been struck by a bolt from the blue and collapsed.
The first place she had always dreamed of was gone, and her eyes were red with resentment and grievance. She gritted her teeth and secretly wondered in her heart: Did Merlin cheat? Otherwise, how could he be so strong? This is totally unreasonable!
Carl and Chris looked at each other and saw deep shock and admiration in each other's eyes. They thought to themselves: Merlin is really worthy of his name. He was able to do so easily what they couldn't do even if they tried their best. The key point is that his domain has not even been opened. The gap in strength is simply despairing.
Merlin slowly ended the state of opening the Eye of the God of War, and the golden light in his eyes gradually dimmed, returning to its former depth.
He glanced at the stone tablet behind him calmly. The first place result shining on it seemed to be paying tribute to him. He just stood there quietly, looking like he had everything under control.
His relaxed look made countless students scream. They shouted Merlin's name at the top of their lungs, and the admiration in their eyes was like a surging tide, overflowing to the extreme.
Ed stood in the audience, looking at the eye-catching score of 1888 and then comparing it with his own pitiful score of over 800. The gap seemed like a chasm before his eyes.
His eyes widened, his face full of shock, and he murmured to himself: So strong! Really powerful! Is this President Merlin?
Carlisle who was nearby also widened his eyes. This result was simply beyond the reach of ordinary people. It was impossible to tell how he did it. He just stared with his eyes and all the floating balls shattered. This method was truly mysterious!
Although most students had no idea how Merlin did it, they had more or less heard of the great reputation of the Eye of the God of War.
In this mysterious magical world, anything that has something to do with God is always given a legendary touch and is naturally regarded by everyone as a symbol of immense power.
Therefore, when students saw Merlin display such astonishing power with the Eye of the God of War, although the process was shrouded in mystery, they felt in their hearts that it was reasonable for such a devastating effect to occur.
After all, it was a gift from God, and it was not something that ordinary people like them could easily comprehend.
Merlin stood on the stone platform, calm and composed. He raised his hand slightly and waved at the eyes full of shock and admiration below the stage. With a smile as bright as spring breeze on his face, he said loudly: "As long as everyone works hard, sooner or later you will also be able to achieve such results!"
The tone of his voice was as if what he had just displayed was not some amazing skill, but just a little trick that he could easily learn as long as everyone was willing to work hard.
However, when many students heard Merlin's words of encouragement, they felt as if they had been poked in a sore spot and lowered their heads in shame.
They knew in their hearts that even if they were given a few years to work hard on the path of magic training where talent and opportunity coexist, they might not be able to reach the heights that President Merlin was showing at this moment. That unattainable score was like a towering mountain, weighing heavily on their hearts and filling them with frustration.
"No wonder Merlin can become the president," a mermaid whispered, eyes full of awe, "With such strength, even the third and fourth year seniors may not be as strong as him, let alone the second year seniors, right?"
Upon hearing this, the students around him nodded in agreement. In their opinion, Merlin's performance today had completely established his invincible position in everyone's hearts.
"Perhaps only those students of the Floating Academy who are obsessed with magic research and are determined to improve their strength and live in seclusion on the floating island in the sky above the Arcane Academy can compete with him."
Another student added thoughtfully.
Arcane Academy? Floating Academy, that is the place where "graduate students" and "doctoral students" in the magical world pursue advanced studies, it is mysterious and noble.
There gathered the top magic wizards from all over the world, studying the most obscure and difficult mysteries of magic.
And that mysterious realm suspended in the sky, even Merlin, the president of the Arcane Academy, cannot easily set foot in. It seems to be a pure land independent of the secular world, and only the purest magic explorers can set foot in.
Just like that, the grand points challenge came to a successful conclusion amid the amazement and discussion of the crowd.
Merlin's score of 1888 was like a bright ray of dawn, illuminating the entire arena, but it also completely discouraged the students who were originally eager to try and participate in the challenge.
There was no way, 1888 points, that was an almost insurmountable peak. The scene presented by Merlin was too shocking, which made them hesitate. They knew that even if they appeared on the stage, they would only become a foil.
At the same time, in the quiet villa room at the back mountain of the Arcane Academy, Scarlett was sitting alone in front of the window, her brows furrowed, holding the communication crystal tightly in her hand. The numbers flashing on it were like a nightmare, gripping her heart tightly.
She stared blankly at the amount of money she needed to pay back on the crystal. Her head felt dizzy and she felt like the world was spinning.
In order to alleviate the urgent need, Scarlett immediately "sold" the credits from the points challenge, hoping to get enough gold coins to repay her debts.
But who would have thought that when she threw all the gold coins she had exchanged into the "bottomless pit" of paying off debts, she was shocked to find that it was just a drop in the bucket. It only created an insignificant ripple on the "lake" of debt, and was quickly swallowed up by the surging wave of debt.
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