Chapter 1 The Devil Academy

Inside the grand theater's music classroom at the Devil Academy, an immersive concert was underway.

At the center of the stage, a demon with blue flames erupting from his head passionately sang, his figure clear under the spotlight. His hoarse voice was loud and wild, like a roar from the deepest part of hell, every note filled with death-rock power.

The judges' faces also showed seriousness and engagement, some frowning, some closing their eyes to listen to the singer's voice.

As the lights dimmed, the entire venue plunged into darkness, then the light and shadow on the stage shifted, and the singing exploded in the silence, ushering in the climax of the performance. The magic of light and fire instantly lit up the entire stage, and many students in the back rows immediately burst into shouts, resounding throughout the theater.

Lan Qi felt for a moment that the Devil World Academy seemed to be playing some very new teaching methods.

But the more bizarre it was, the more strange this Difficulty 2 seemed.

According to Batchelder, it was definitely several times more difficult than the Difficulty 1 demon magic written test just now.

Lan Qi scanned the entire grand theater music classroom.

The four music tutors sitting in front of the stage, who seemed to be judges, looked like they had high status, but their magic was not very strong. On the other hand, the teacher standing behind the curtain, like a host, exuded terrible magic fluctuations.

The host teacher seemed to be the controller and rule maintainer of this classroom, and his proper clothing and accessories looked like his position in this Devil Academy was higher than the dragon demon and owl demon in the previous examination room.

Sure enough.

Lan Qi, Hyperion, and Batchelder, who were sitting in the audience, soon received examination guides sent by assistant demon familiars that looked like small black eyeballs with wings, delivered by the host teacher.

On the brown cover of the handbook was written—

[Devil World Music: Graduation Examination and Performance]

[Location: G24 Corridor, Demon King's Granted Theater]

"Another exam?"

Lan Qi muttered to himself as he opened the handbook.

"Recently, it's near the end of the semester, so there will be more graduation examination courses."

Batchelder mumbled from the side.

This was the first time he had been brought into a Difficulty 2 classroom.

He completely chickened out as soon as he came in.

During this period, entering any classroom might lead to an exam.

But in order to pay the 5 credit coins that had to be paid every day, even if he had to bite the bullet and take the exam, failing to pay the credit coins would still lead to execution.

Only those students who usually had a large surplus of credit coins could have a relatively easy time during this examination season.

"We're already here."

Lan Qi nodded, and then read the guide to this course.

The handbook was very thin, and he finished reading it in a minute or two.

The rules were actually very simple.

Students who arrived in the classroom could freely choose when to take the exam—

That is, to perform devil world music on stage:

[Assessment Requirements: Your music needs to be recognized by at least two music tutors.]

[The performance time limit is within 2 minutes. Each specially invited music tutor has sworn to the Demon King that they will strictly and fairly judge the performance from their own dimensions of musical faith.]

[Note: Students are not allowed to use any magic while watching the performance, only during the performance on stage can they use any magic that helps the performance effect. It is strictly forbidden to use aggressive magic to harm the music tutors off the stage.]

[Those who violate the rules will be directly obliterated by the Demon Eye, those who do not meet the conditions will be executed on the spot, and those who do not take the exam at the end will also be executed. Those who meet the assessment requirements can leave the examination room at the end of the class.]

The explanation continued that whether taking the exam first or last, students could not leave the venue midway. Students needed to give feedback and basic interaction to the live performances as audience members throughout the entire process.

Because in addition to being a graduation examination, this was also a devil world public performance and could not lose its most important lively elements.

Lan Qi could notice a huge demon eye suspended from the top of the classroom, as if it was watching the entire classroom panorama and transmitting the scenes in the classroom to other places.

"Lan Qi, are you good at music?"

Hyperion had already finished reading the manual at this time, folded it and placed it flat on her lap, and turned her head to look at Lan Qi and asked.

Since Lan Qi chose this classroom, he must have some confidence.

As for her, although she had been cultivated in art since she was a child, she could not be called proficient.

"My music is so-so, but as long as it involves art, there are some commonalities."

Lan Qi crossed his arms and stared at the performance on the stage, as if in thought, and said.

Music could not be practiced overnight. Unless there was an error in operation in the Shadow World, there would be no unsolvable situation, so this exam should not be purely an examination of the challenger's artistic cultivation, but should also have a secret way to pass.

Of course, sometimes, if the challenger was too talented, it was also possible to complete the speedrun without following the mechanism.

For example, in the previous demon magic written test, if there was really a cheater who could directly write the test paper, then naturally he could walk out of the examination room swaggeringly.

"Then I'll just watch you."

Hyperion nodded. Since Lan Qi didn't have any special instructions, then she would protect him when Lan Qi needed help.

However, she didn't expect Lan Qi to be so confident in art at first.

"I'm done for, I'm done for..."

Batchelder's face turned pale when he finished reading the contents of the guide.

He now regretted immensely that he was greedy and followed Lan Qi into this Level 2 classroom.

Looking at Lan Qi's calm expression, he might have a way to pass, but this kind of solo performance could not take him along to pass at all!

"Calm down first, you still have to lead the way for us, so we will cover you."

Lan Qi patted Batchelder on the shoulder, telling him not to panic.

Batchelder nodded vigorously upon hearing this.

The last bit of peace of mind in his heart depended on the radiant demon daddy next to him.

Then Lan Qi looked at the stage and the figures of the four tutors again.

For the time being, it was not known how high the difficulty of gaining the approval of the music tutors was.

Just now, the performance of this student they saw when they entered the classroom ended, and the judging announcement began.

While waiting for the results, Lan Qi and Hyperion looked at each other.

"What do you think?"

"Quite powerful."

They both felt that the music performance this time was extremely high in level, to be fair.

At least this student had gained the approval of Lan Qi and Hyperion.

However.

On the four large seats facing the stage.

Only one tutor's facial expression hinted at satisfaction with the performance, while the other three's expressions were as solemn as iron.

"I think it's okay."

"I don't really approve."

"No."

"Too bad."

Thus, in the silent judgment, the host teacher raised his hand, showing his unique coldness and determination. In the next moment, the demon student's body bloomed like a blood flower, and the corpse crashed down on the stage, a patch of wet scarlet spreading under his feet, as if a hasty revelry had suddenly ended!