The stage, instantly turned into a scene of horror, seemed to extinguish the entire atmosphere brought about by the public performance.

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

Soon, many students on the stage burst into even more joyful cheers, as if they were fascinated by such dramatic and suspenseful killings.

The demons who had begun to act skillfully cleaned the stage, restoring it to its original neatness and order in just a few dozen seconds.

And the teacher hosting the show on the stage maintained an elegant smile as if nothing had happened, and began to invite the next student to perform in a methodical manner!

The extremely bloody and absurd performances blended together, and it turned out to be a public performance that the demons loved to see.

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

"Is this what demon music is like..."

Lan Qi murmured.

He was now staring at the four instructor figures, with a feeling of listening carefully in class.

Sitting on the chair on the far left was a suit of armor as black as ink, wrapped in a layer of soul fire as thin as a cicada's wings, as if it were a moving will-o'-the-wisp.

The music instructor next to him was a magic spirit, his semi-ethereal face with eyes permanently closed, as if immersed in eternal sleep.

The third was covered in poisonous magic tattoos, like a mysterious and dangerous forbidden experimental product.

The last one seemed to be sculpted from a皑皑 (ái ái) snow mountain. His skin was like accumulated snow, and fluffy hair covered his body, exuding an aura of frost.

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

They themselves were not good at fighting and had low ranks, but they were famous in the demon world music scene, so they were specially invited to be music instructors at the Demon Academy and participate in the jury for this graduation assessment.

If it is indeed as the exam guide says, [each specially invited music instructor will strictly and fairly judge the performance in the dimension they are good at], then it should be that only when a certain clear condition is met will the corresponding instructor give recognition.

...

Next.

For a full fifty minutes.

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

Ghost Armor only looked at the atmosphere, whether the emotions and shouts of the demon students were strong enough was his only criterion.

And if the music can be so noisy and addictive that even the Sleeping Magic Spirit falls asleep, it is equivalent to recognition.

The Mutated Poison Body expects a mental attack-level of ghostly wails and wolf howls.

The Snow Demon requires extremely exaggerated stage performance visual effects.

The above is the absurd result that Lan Qi and Hyperion finally came to after repeated confirmation.

Compared with the music understood by humans, the music of the demon world is indeed a bit extraordinary.

In fact, each of these four requirements is okay when viewed separately.

But if a certain music performance has any two of the above at the same time—

What is ultimately played is a hellish scene that humans cannot bear.

Lan Qi and the others have seen so far that a performance recognized by 3 instructors has actually appeared in the classroom!

And that performance.

The extent of its explosion has radiated to the audience watching the live broadcast in the mortal world.

...

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

At the Iketerite Academy, the students watching in front of the giant outdoor screen couldn't help but cover their ears.

Many students' faces were wrinkled into a ball, tears溢 (yì)ing from the corners of their eyes, and the muscles on their faces contracted strongly, but they couldn't stop their faces from turning pale.

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

This sound seemed to be able to open a big hole in the air.

Ever since Lan Qi and Hyperion entered this music classroom, the students in Gerald Memorial Square had been accompanying them in front of this giant outdoor screen, being hammered for dozens of minutes!

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

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

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

Just allowing that demonic sound to sweep over their eardrums like a terrifying wave was like being forcibly stuffed with a thousand-fold concentrated sour cucumber water-soaked death chili while being pinched by the nose.

"Please don't have another performance recognized by 3 instructors, I can't stand this kind of overly avant-garde art."

"Will there be a situation where 4 instructors recognize it at the same time...?"

One student asked worriedly.

He remembered that the guide manual that Lan Qi and Hyperion had read earlier did not mention what rewards would be given for performances recognized by all four music instructors.

"Impossible, there are actually some two-by-two conflicts 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 really is a performance at the level of full recognition, not to mention the demons in the classroom, we here will probably have to lie down a few."

At this point, the students of Iketerite Academy also confirmed why this music classroom was difficulty level 2.

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

And if they have a heaven-defying level of spell library and music performance level, and can simultaneously satisfy the recognition of the above 3 music instructors, they will not only receive 3 credit coins, but will also be additionally rewarded with a magic instrument that can amplify the effect of demon music magic.

And the most阴间 (yīn jiān) part of this classroom is—

The earlier you perform, the less reference information and preparation time you get.

But the later you perform, the more your mental state will be tortured by the mental attacks brought about by these demonic sounds!

In this large theater, the more evil-minded demon students find that there are students in the audience who cannot withstand their music, the more they will increase their efforts to perform desperately! Torture the weak fiercely.

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

On the live broadcast screen, Hyperion covered her ears and buried her head, stomping her feet non-stop, seeming like she couldn't stand it anymore.

Compared with the mortal students watching the live broadcast, she was experiencing the immersive experience of demonic sounds filling her ears at the concert venue!

And Batchelder had already fainted, foaming at the mouth.

But…

Next to them, that heavyweight player—

Lan Qi's eyes were now full of throbbing brilliance, and he would occasionally applaud and cheer for the performing demon students. He seemed to have completely integrated into this class!