After finishing the assessment, Lex quickly exited the Realm of Gods and headed toward the school conference room, following the fixed procedure after every year's assessment.

  All the homeroom teachers of the senior classes needed to attend this meeting, where each class would report the students they had nominated. The school's senior leadership would then determine the three finalists for the competition. These three students would receive significant resources and support from the school.

  When Lex arrived at the conference room, he saw that everyone had already gathered, so he quickly found his seat and sat down, waiting for the meeting to start.

  "Since everyone is here, let's begin. Please report your nominated students," the Director of Education said without waiting for the exact start time, as everyone in the meeting was used to saving time, given the time difference between the Realm of Gods and the real world.

  Lex leaned back in his chair, exuding a confident air, waiting for the other homeroom teachers to go first.

  The entire process was efficient, as the teachers were accustomed to brief exchanges. After all, the time flow between the Realm of Gods and the real world was a hundred times different, and everyone habitually saved time in the real world.

  When the homeroom teacher of Class 2, Daniel, began to report his nominated student, Lex finally paid a little attention.

  Daniel stood up with confidence, a smile full of self-assurance on his face as he said, "I nominate Elizabeth. Her core follower is a half-elf, and she now has more than 400,000 core followers, with 40,000 half-elves having advanced to the transcendent level. She masters the wind-based offensive magic, Wind Blade, along with several auxiliary spells. Her combat power is extremely strong."

  After Daniel finished, he looked at Lex with a provocative expression. The two had always been rivals, and Daniel was finally feeling a bit triumphant this year after being overshadowed by Lex for several consecutive years.

  Upon hearing Daniel's nomination, the Director of Education, who was seated at the top, immediately took notes on a piece of paper, seemingly impressed by Elizabeth.

  After all the homeroom teachers reported their students, Lex slowly stood up, a smile still on his face. "This time, I’m nominating two students. The first is Richard, whose follower is a Black-scaled Serpent-man, with over ten million core followers. Five thousand of them have reached the transcendent level. He can release Corrosive Toxic Mist, which can be used in conjunction with other spells."

  "The mist can cover an area with a radius of 50 kilometers. It’s highly versatile, and if enemies can't resist the corrosive mist, they will rapidly lose combat ability. Even if they can resist, Richard still has the advantage of fighting on his home turf."

  "The other student is named William, whose follower is a mutated beast. He has specialized air combat units, land units, and giant units, and they can survive for extended periods in water. They are extremely ferocious and fight without fear."

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  At this point, Lex raised his hand, and with a gesture from his divine energy ring, he projected a 3D model of the Jump Bug and Beast of Thunder, showing their size, weight, speed, and other basic information.

  "All of his followers are at the ordinary level and have not yet crossed into the transcendent realm, but their combat capabilities are enough to contend with most transcendent species..."

  Just as Lex was about to continue, Daniel interrupted him.

  "Lex, you should be well aware of the gap between ordinary creatures and transcendent creatures. Even though these mutated beasts are top-tier among ordinary creatures, they are still too weak to fight against transcendent creatures," Daniel said with a dismissive expression. In his view, without transcendent followers, there was no way to compete for the city-wide university league spots.

  "Daniel, you're interrupting my report. If you keep talking, I’ll throw you out of here," Lex said as his divine power began to surge. The invisible force pushed Daniel back by two meters, and only after a great struggle did Daniel manage to stop himself against the window.

  Bang... Bang... Two loud bangs echoed through the conference room as everyone turned their attention to the Director of Education.

  "Mr. Zhou, please refrain from interrupting during others' reports. Lex, you may continue your explanation," the voice, emotionless and firm, echoed in the room.

  "Yes," Lex immediately responded. He withdrew the force he had exerted on Daniel and continued, "William’s followers are quite special. They seem to have no sense of fear and are able to carry out all commands without hesitation. But the most important point is their numbers."

  Lex paused for a moment, almost falling into his old habit of keeping people in suspense. However, he quickly realized this was not a lecture for his students and quickly continued, "The total number exceeds 350 million, and all of them are combat units."

  Buzz... Hearing this figure, the room immediately became chaotic as everyone started whispering and discussing. After all, the number Lex had given was hard to believe.

  "Lex, please confirm the authenticity of the data you provided," the Director of Education asked, though he was also a bit stunned by the number. He quickly regained his composure and sought confirmation.

  "When I was training them, William once deployed over a billion soldiers during an invasion, and after spending five years in a low-level warzone, he expanded his divine domain to 400 million square kilometers. Without an overwhelming number of troops, it would be impossible to guarantee high-intensity invasion and plunder," Lex explained, clarifying his understanding of William's situation.

  "Alright, I will notify everyone later about the final participants in the city-wide university league. The meeting is dismissed," the Director of Education nodded and said as he stood up and walked out of the room.

  "Congratulations, Lex. It seems one spot for the competition is definitely going to your student."

  "Lex, your luck is incredible every year. Your students always manage to get a competition spot."

  After the Director left, several teachers familiar with Lex came up to congratulate him.

  Meanwhile, Daniel quickly left the conference room when the Director left, fearing that Lex might cause trouble for him again. In terms of power, Daniel knew he was no match for Lex.

  "Hehe, thank you, thank you. A strong student means the school gets recognition, and if we perform well in the competition, the Ministry of Education will increase funding next year, and we’ll all benefit," Lex said casually, not caring about Daniel’s departure, and started chatting with the teachers he was familiar with. The atmosphere quickly became lively.

  Lex was absolutely confident that William would be selected, because all the competitions were based on practical combat. A student without enough strength would likely fail to even finish the competition process and be eliminated early.