The stage, instantly transformed into a scene of horror, seemed to extinguish the very atmosphere of the performance.

However, this silence was only from the perspectives of Lan Qi and Hyperion.

Soon, many students on stage erupted in even more joyful cheers, as if they were fascinated by such dramatic and violent killings.

The imps who had begun to act skillfully cleaned up the stage, restoring it to its original neatness and order in a matter of seconds.

And the teaching instructor on the stage, as if nothing had happened, maintained an elegant smile and began to invite the next student to perform in an orderly manner!

The mingling of the bloody and the absurd was, surprisingly, a public performance welcomed by the demons.

Even Hyperion, who possessed half-demon blood, felt that the demon world of this era was too absurd for her to accept.

"So, this is what demon music is like..."

Lan Qi murmured.

He was now focused solely on the four figures of the instructors, with an attitude of attentive listening in class.

On the far left, sitting on a chair, was a suit of armor, pitch-black all over, enveloped in a layer of soul fire as thin as cicada wings, resembling a mobile will-o'-the-wisp.

Next to him, the music instructor was a magic spirit, his semi-spiritual face with eyes permanently closed, as if immersed in eternal slumber.

The third was covered in poisonous alchemic formulas, like a mysterious and dangerous forbidden experimental subject.

The last one seemed to be sculpted from a snow-covered mountain range, his skin like accumulated snow, with fluffy fur covering his body, emanating an aura of frost.

Lan Qi remembered that the handbook mentioned that these four music instructors were called Ghost Armor, Sleeping Magic Spirit, Mutated Poison Body, and Snow Demon, respectively.

They were not particularly skilled in combat, nor were they of high rank, but they were gaining fame in the demon music scene, so they were specially invited to be music instructors at the Demon Academy and participate in the judging of this graduation examination.

If it was indeed as stated in the exam guide, that "each specially invited music instructor will judge the performance strictly and impartially based on their own area of expertise," then it should be that recognition would only be granted by the corresponding instructor if a certain clear condition was met.

...

Next.

For a full fifty minutes.

Lan Qi and Hyperion sat in the audience, watching more than a dozen performances, and finally clearly confirmed what these four conditions were.

The Ghost Armor only looked at the atmosphere of the scene. Whether the emotions and shouts of the demon students were strong enough was his only criterion for judgment.

And if the music could be so noisy and engrossing that it could put the Sleeping Magic Spirit to sleep, it would be considered recognition.

The Mutated Poison Body expected wailing and shrieking at the level of a mental attack.

The Snow Demon required extremely exaggerated visual effects in the stage performance.

The above was the absurd result that Lan Qi and Hyperion had finally reached after repeated confirmation.

Demon music was indeed a bit extraordinary compared to human understanding of music.

In fact, looking at these four requirements separately, each one was fine.

But if a certain musical performance possessed any two of the above at the same time—

Then what was ultimately played was a hellish scene that humans could hardly endure.

Lan Qi and the others had seen that, so far, there had actually been a performance in the classroom that had gained the approval of three instructors!

And that performance.

Its explosive nature had already spread to the audience in the real world who were watching the live broadcast.

...

"Aiya! Aiya! What kind of music is this?!"

At the Ikelite Academy, the students watching in front of the open-air giant screen couldn't help but cover their ears.

Many students' faces were wrinkled into a ball, tears overflowing from the corners of their eyes, and the muscles on their faces contracted strongly, unable to prevent their faces from turning pale.

Their heads felt as if they had been hit by a heavy hammer, and an electric-like paralysis extended from their foreheads all the way to the back of their heads.

The sound seemed to be able to create a large hole in the air.

Ever since Lan Qi and Hyperion entered this music classroom, the students in Jella Memorial Square had been beaten with them in front of this open-air giant screen for several dozen minutes!

"Those candidates who can't pass are still okay."

"But any 'qualified performance' that can be recognized by two music instructors is a mental magic attack of the killing type!"

"The guy just now who could be recognized by three demon instructors almost sent me away through the screen!!"

Just allowing that demonic sound to sweep through their eardrums like a raging wave was like being pinched by the nose and forcibly灌灌下去a mouthful of a thousand times concentrated sour cucumber water-soaked Reaper chili.

"Please don't have another performance approved by three instructors, I can't stand this kind of overly avant-garde art."

"Will there be a situation where all four instructors approve at the same time...?"

One student asked worriedly.

He remembered that the guide manual that Lan Qi and Hyperion had flipped through earlier did not mention what kind of reward there would be for a performance that had been approved by all four music instructors.

"Impossible, there is actually some conflict between the conditions of these four instructors, the most that can be achieved is three, it is absolutely impossible to satisfy all four of them at the same time."

"If there is really a performance of the all-approved level, not to mention the demons in the classroom, it is estimated that several of us here will have to lie down."

Having discussed this, the students of Ikelite Academy were also convinced why this music classroom was difficulty level 2.

Challengers must use very malicious musical magic, mental magic, illusions, etc. - spells that can be combined with music, in order to meet the requirements of at least two of the four instructors and get a reward of 2 credit coins!

And if they had a heaven-defying spell library and musical performance level, and could satisfy the approval of 3 music instructors at the same time, they would not only get 3 credit coins, but also be additionally rewarded with a magic musical instrument that could amplify the effect of demon musical magic.

And the most hellish place in this classroom was—

The earlier the performance, the less reference information and preparation time they had.

But the later the performance, the more their mental state would be tormented by the mental attacks brought by these demonic sounds!

In this large theater, the more malicious the demon students were, the more they would increase their efforts to perform desperately and torture the weak when they found that there were students in the audience who could not withstand their music!

This was a triple test of judgment, spell library, and endurance.

On the broadcast screen of the open-air giant screen, Hyperion covered her ears and buried her head, stomping her feet不停地跺地, seeming unable to bear it anymore.

Compared to the real-world students watching the live broadcast, she was immersing herself in the concert venue to experience the demon sounds灌灌耳!

And Batchelor had already fainted with white foam at the mouth.

But...

Next to them, that heavyweight player—

Lan Qi's eyes were now full of throbbing brilliance, and he occasionally applauded and cheered for the performing demon classmates, he seemed to have completely integrated into this class!