In the classroom of the Shadow World demon academy.

This unique dim atmosphere seemed to make time slow down, every second like eternity frozen in amber.

The red tablecloth was particularly eye-catching in the faint light, a deep and rich red, absurd yet full of artistic sense.

In this classroom, light and shadow, brightness and darkness, stillness and motion, all changed in an orderly manner as if by rule.

Obviously, the exam had already begun.

Lanqi knew that after entering the Shadow World, the most important thing was to observe and understand the situation and current state.

Shadow Worlds often have rationality.

Unless the challengers make operational errors or fail, there won't be inevitable death or unsolvable situations.

Lanqi's emerald eyes keenly scanned the environment in the classroom, the faint lamplight dancing in his pupils.

Although he tried to minimize his movements, he quickly noticed several students' irregular behaviors.

Their eyes flickered, and their heads occasionally turned slightly, all intending to cheat.

Suddenly, a hoarse voice cut through this silent and oppressive space.

"Only one warning will be given. Any whispering will be directly considered cheating."

It was the voice of the invigilator patrolling the exam hall, like a lion's low growl, exploding in the classroom.

The demon students who were about to try sneaking glances were immediately terrified by this cold warning.

These demon students who were almost caught quickly lowered their heads, temporarily focusing all their attention on their own papers, their faces full of fear and nervousness, the sweat on their foreheads like dewdrops on leaves, trembling and ready to fall at any moment.

Even though they themselves looked quite fierce and terrifying, under the intimidation of the demon invigilator, it was clear at a glance who was stronger and who was weaker.

Afterwards.

The invigilator resumed his orderly patrol.

But when the demon invigilator turned his head, the corners of his mouth couldn't hide a ferocious smile, like a beast that had been caged for a long time, thirsty for killing, staring at the cage, waiting for the perfect moment to pounce.

"......"

Lanqi silently took all this in.

The strength of the demon students was actually easy to judge.

Their magical power wasn't exaggerated, mostly second and third rank like Lanqi and Huberrian.

The demon invigilators who could scare them like this were probably not just fourth rank.

They were likely to be fifth rank.

So with two terrifying fifth-rank demons, it definitely wouldn't work to use force to pass this initial demon exam hall and go to other places.

However, Lanqi also discovered some good news -

Huberrian was sitting to his left.

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There was only one empty seat between them.

This feeling was almost no different from when they sat in the back row of the Sage Academy before skipping class.

It was as if they had been pulled back to the school classroom beyond the fear of death.

Huberrian's appearance hadn't changed, only gaining some demonic features.

This made Lanqi certain that his own appearance hadn't changed much either, because in their brief eye contact, Huberrian had also recognized him.

But for some reason, Huberrian, who was always calm and rational, looked very unwell at the moment.

Moreover, in their earlier eye contact, Huberrian's evasive gaze was as if she was very afraid of being seen by him in this demonic form.

"......"

So Lanqi lowered his head for now, looking at the things on the table in front of him.

The parchment exam paper with the school emblem at the top, like a fierce demon head imprinted, its two eyes blazing like flames, as if looking at him from another world.

And beside it, an ink bottle made of magic crystal, with mithril inlaid at the mouth, filled with ink as black as night, motionless, as if heavy magic had been fixed inside.

The feather part of the quill was jet black, its sharp tip gleaming with metallic luster, the handle engraved with unknown patterns, reflecting a cold deep red.

It looked exactly like a set of vintage magic scroll making tools.

Indeed, it was a [Demonic Magic Script] exam, where the examinee's answer was both writing and engraving like making a magic scroll.

He looked directly at the final heavyweight question.

Because he couldn't do any of the previous ones.

[Question 10 (12 points): Please write out the magic formulas that can be used when processing rare materials, which can achieve the following effects respectively:]

[1. Make magical beasts quickly shed their sharp fur]

[2. Change the color of magical beast fur]

[3. Slightly harden or soften magical beast fur]

After briefly reviewing the entire exam paper, Lanqi couldn't help but take a deep breath.

He really couldn't answer a single small question.

Lanqi found that although demon magic was strange, it did have something to it, because it involved some spell principles that human magic scripts couldn't achieve.

For example, these three life magics didn't exist in human magic in the real world.

He finally confirmed that these questions were not meant for humans, and even Talia might not know the ancient demon spells on this test paper, as the time difference was too long, and many civilizations of various races would have gaps and disappearances.

But although Lanqi couldn't do it, he wouldn't give up.

He was like discovering a new continent, gradually gripping this parchment test paper tightly, his eyes unable to hide his excitement.

He really wanted to learn the three spells mentioned at the end of the test paper!

Since such magic existed in the test questions, it meant that the school must have somewhere that also taught this kind of magic.

These ancient demon magics could be used on animals, assuming a magic engineering master proficient in both demon magic and human magic improved them with the latest modern technology.

Is it possible to create a version that could be used on humans?

Lanqi fell into deep thought.

His heart also became thirsty for knowledge!

Lanqi was now imagining holding a fall new product launch in his mind -

In daily life, we often see other people's hairstyles that don't look good, and even have the urge to help others change their hairstyles.

Obviously, this is a friendly plot to help others, and also a lofty pursuit of the subjective and objective unity of aesthetics.

Then at this time, "magic to modify other people's hairstyles" becomes very practical.

As an artist, Lanqi felt that he needed to master this magic that was theoretically possible to achieve.

He also had to consider whether this was his only chance in this life - to steal the ancient demon magic written on the test paper and bring it back to the real world to research new practical magic with Talia!

So for this exam at hand, it was necessary to pass quickly!

For now, Lanqi took advantage of the moment when both invigilators fell into blind spots to look at Huberrian again.

Huberrian was now in an unusually bad state for unknown reasons, as if she was struggling.

He didn't have many opportunities to communicate with her for now.

He thought he could only ask Huberrian if she was okay after they passed this exam hall together.

If so, this time, it's up to his own operation!