Chapter 1 The Spacious Classroom in the Devil Academy

In the spacious classroom of the Devil Academy, the dim light cast an eerie and intoxicating mix of shadows across the oak floorboards and carpet. Only the crisp sound of the examiner's footsteps echoed through the room, a mobile killing intent.

At the back of the exam hall.

Hyperion lowered her head, her eyes trembling slightly, her mind blank.

She never imagined she'd find herself in a shadow world where she had to play the role of a devil.

For her, it was a form of extreme torture.

Unlike the other challengers whose appearances were temporarily disguised as devils by the shadow world's background, she was stripped of her usual camouflage magic, revealing her true demonic form.

This was the form she never wanted the people of the royal capital to see in broad daylight, even if it meant death. Hyperion didn't even know how she could face Lanqi in this state.

However, the only thing clear in her mind right now was—

Her and Lanqi's shadow world was being broadcast on the school's screens.

This was a performance, and a death sentence.

She could only try to calm her mind and attempt to understand the exam questions before her.

Despite having a high affinity for demonic magic and a natural understanding of some demonic spells, Hyperion, who was half-devil, had grown up as a duchess in the human kingdom and didn't understand how to write these nonsensical demonic magic formulas.

If even she couldn't do it, then it meant these questions weren't meant to be answered by the challengers themselves.

The answer was clear if they wanted to pass the exam and leave this hall—

The challengers in the exam hall needed to figure out which other examinees could answer the questions, copy the answers from them, and avoid the gazes of the two examiners.

Hyperion and Lanqi also needed to cooperate; otherwise, they might not be able to gather enough answers to pass within two hours.

The devil students were also wary of each other. For example, the students in the front row were especially careful to prevent other students from seeing their papers. It wasn't even out of the question that some mischievous individuals might deliberately use incorrect answers to trap and mislead other students.

"Huu..."

Hyperion tried to regulate her chaotic breathing.

The only thing that gave her a sliver of comfort was the calm aura she could feel coming from Lanqi not far from her side.

He probably understood the rules for passing this exam.

Of course.

Hyperion wasn't sure if her current strategy for passing the exam was the same as Lanqi's, so she didn't make any moves.

Her and Lanqi's agreement was—

Lanqi would watch the enemies, and she only needed to watch Lanqi.

……

Not far to the right of Hyperion.

Lanqi was leaning back in his chair, looking up, watching the figures of the two examiners, lost in thought.

Their clothing was proper, and on the surface, they were polite, but they carried an undeniable aura of terror.

One was an owl-headed demon, with smooth and lustrous black fur, and two scarlet eyes that were cold and cunning. He wore a well-tailored classic suit, decorated with intricate gold details, giving off a sense of an ancient and mysterious cult.

The other was a demon with dragon horns and scales, his posture filled with majesty and power, his pupils seeming to burn with fiery flames. Similarly, he had a human-like body, and his elegant vintage suit was embroidered with complex patterns, looking like a symbol of some kind of power.

They both seemed to be teachers with high status at this school.

Although the two examiners noticed Lanqi's gaze, they didn't say anything.

Lanqi's eyes were very upright, as if his heart was as clear as a mirror, and he didn't look like he wanted to cheat at all. It looked more like he was tired of writing and wanted to relax his eyes.

More importantly, paying attention to the examiner didn't count as any kind of whispering.

Although doing so would indeed gain a certain amount of attention from the examiner, the difficulty of cheating would increase accordingly.

But this wasn't meaningless.

In the few minutes of observation, Lanqi had already discovered quite a few things.

For example, the two examiners' routes and speeds were very regular.

And.

There were indeed cheating phenomena in the classroom—

Many of the demon students in the front row would take advantage of the brief period when the two examiners' fields of vision had a common blind spot to start making small movements.

Some cheating methods were very simple and efficient, while others directly used magic, showing off their skills. It could be said that the Eight Immortals were crossing the sea, each showing their own unique abilities.

For example, a demon in the front row seemed to have used mental magic to forcibly occupy Lanqi's field of vision for a moment at close range, causing his vision to go black.

Later, Lanqi felt as if he had been labeled as a loser. It seemed there was a cheating group. After they discovered that Lanqi couldn't answer the questions, the nearby demon students didn't give Lanqi any chance to peek, as if they were excluding him and not allowing him to participate in academic fraud.

"Luckily, my mental and magic resistance is high enough, otherwise being controlled like that would be disgusting."

Lanqi thought to himself.

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and felt that he was gradually understanding everything.

Then next, he would have to start showing his strength.

……

About once every minute, there would be a chance for both examiners to simultaneously fall into a blind spot in the area where Lanqi was located.

There was a brief second to attempt to cheat, which was also the best time to act.

This rare opportunity was about to appear again soon.

At this moment, the two demon students in front of Lanqi couldn't help but turn to the side, holding their papers tightly in their hands, their bodies tense.

Their plan was to each write the questions they knew, and then try to exchange the papers in their hands during this wave.

All of this was being watched by Lanqi.

Even if it was simple and crude, it was indeed effective, because the two demon students were smart enough not to fill in their names on the papers.

Hyperion quietly observed Lanqi from the side.

Following Lanqi's gaze, which was now locked onto his prey, she also noticed the movements of the two demon students in the front row.

Hyperion had to admit that Lanqi's bold choice to "openly observe the entire field" had greatly improved the control of a lot of information, even though it raised the examiner's attention.

For example, the moment that was coming soon.

The two examinees in the front row were likely to exchange papers.

As long as he reacted fast enough.

Lanqi could use the attached function of the tool magic card [Shadow World Recording Program] to record the information on the two papers at the moment of exchange to a certain extent.

Then view it in his own field of vision.

This was a convenience and information gap that only challengers possessed!

The blind spot appeared, and the two demon students in the front row began to move.

Hyperion expected Lanqi to be able to successfully grab the answers as he wished.

If they could use the two students in the front row as a springboard to successfully copy the answers of more students, perhaps they wouldn't need to fill out the two hours and could hand in their papers early and leave the examination hall.

Just as Hyperion was thinking this in her heart.

Lanqi raised his right hand on the spot.

"Teacher, they're cheating!"

The righteous voice echoed throughout the classroom.

Immediately, both proctors turned their heads sharply, their eyes locking onto the two demon students who were attempting to cheat and were in the middle of exchanging their papers!

The two demon students who were reported by Lanqi also turned their heads instinctively, widening their eyes in disbelief, looking at Lanqi in the back row, as if they had seen a dog!

"I saw you two."

The dragon-horned demon, who was closer to the cheating examinees, quickly walked to the front row of Lanqi, while the owl demon, who was farther away, clicked his tongue and turned back to continue walking forward.

A cruel massacre began here.

The shrill screams seemed to be compressed into the air, causing the other demon students to feel suffocated.

The next second, only the sound of bones being crushed and blood and internal organs splattering remained in the classroom.

The cheating demon examinees turned into two corpses in just a short moment!