Chapter 297: Test the Examiner
"When?"
The dark red aura circled around the tall, thin figure's neck, his fist emitting a violent aura. His eyes couldn't help but tremble slightly. Among this group of students, there was actually someone who could evade his surveillance.
It seems that this first total exam on the Ancestor Star truly surprised him.
However!!
"Young man, still too inexperienced. The enemy is already here, and you waste time talking instead of subduing them immediately!!"
He muttered softly, and the next moment, his figure sharply turned, his fist like a swimming dragon's shadow, pressing towards the young man behind him.
This punch carried an unmasked ferocity, as if countless grains of sand swirled around it. Once hit, one would be trapped and slain.
His neck was also concealed by the swirling sand, which was the manifestation of the True Intent of Martial Arts, capable of both attacking and defending.
The tall, thin figure was extremely confident in his strength. Even though in the darkness a fist was placed on his weak point, as long as he had the protection of his True Intent, no student in the martial exam, not even the top ranker, could break through his True Intent!!
Today, he intended to give this group of prodigies a lesson!
Just at the moment he turned around, he saw a pair of eyes, distinct in black and white, filled with a bit of curiosity.
It seemed curious why his fist was on the opponent's neck, yet the opponent still dared to counter-attack?
"Kid, in the face of absolute strength, everything else is futile!"
"This is the first lesson I give you: whenever there's a chance to catch an enemy's weakness, don't hesitate. Strike first to subdue them before anything else because you never know what level of existence your enemy is!!"
The tall, thin figure spoke as if making concluding remarks.
The sand surged with a direct punch ready to explode, wanting to roar.
But suddenly, his True Intent wavered, and the sand surrounding his hand dissipated in an instant. His gaze became a bit clearer.
"This...you..."
The tall, thin figure looked at the young man in disbelief. The protective sand on his neck had already been directly annihilated at some point. The young man's hand pressed on the vital point of his neck, with dazzling golden light like countless fine needles suppressing his strength.
Without allowing him to say another word, a large fist already descended, casting a shadow over him.
Thud~
The tall, thin figure was knocked unconscious on the ground with a punch.
"What are you babbling about?"
Su Tu squinted, looking at the martial artist lying on the ground, sensing no killing intent from his body, combined with the educational tone just now.
Naturally, he guessed that these people were sent by those above, possibly for some surprise surveillance.
Back in school, the education bureau often liked to pull stunts like this: surprise assessments right after exams, proving that exams worldwide are the same. Be it academic or martial exams, they couldn't do without such methods.
Frankly, this tall, thin figure's talent wasn't weak, with pure True Intent of Martial Arts, already showing signs of being his own, an indicator of nearing the Fourth Realm.
His True Intent could both fight and defend, quite a challenge. Moreover, knowing the personnel setup of Su Tu's dormitory, him being dispatched already spoke volumes of his combat capabilities.
If it were a real fight, the two might need to batten it out instead of being resolved quietly like this.
The root cause was this examiner, who tried to lecture Su Tu on going all out, misjudging Su Tu's strength and getting his vital point sealed without any resistance.
Honestly, had Su Tu not realized this person bore no malice, upon entering the room, he'd have seen the Imperial presence with three burning Sacrificial Fires behind him.
After all, the moment they appeared in the corridor, Su Tu realized their presence.
The reasoning was simple: the whole room had causal lines connected to the corridor, allowing Su Tu to deduce something.
Since it was a part of the martial exam procedure, after dealing with the tall, thin figure, Su Tu didn't intervene further but planned to return to the dorm for rest, considering their trial should be over.
It was just a bit too simple...
However, just as Su Tu was about to head back inside.
[You defeated the assessment examiner, Celestial Martial Proficiency +1000, Combat Body Proficiency +1000]
[Celestial Martial (Middle Tier): 5250/20000]
[Combat Body (Middle Tier): 14100/20000]
"Hmm??"
Looking at the system prompt that popped up, Su Tu paused his steps back towards the room, his expression slightly changing.
One assessment examiner could provide a thousand skill points for both Celestial Martial and Combat Body...
Now, how many examiners might be in the entire dorm?
This person's strength seemed to be among the strongest of the examiners. Even if he hadn't been careless, Su Tu was confident in defeating him. As for the other examiners, there was no need to worry.
Not many; just defeating six examiners would elevate his Combat Body to High Tier, transforming his physical form.
Since discovering that seeing causal lines is possible after Candle Wisdom reaches High Tier, Su Tu increasingly anticipates having other skills elevated to this stage.
Such a good opportunity right in his sights, it was hard for Su Tu not to be tempted...
However, since this assessment was arranged by those above, and seemed aimed at testing students' adaptability, rashly confronting might...
Su Tu rubbed his chin.
"An audacious person invaded the total exam. As a martial artist of the Human Race, naturally, I must protect my peers, quite reasonable..."
With this thought, he smiled and walked towards the door.
He decided to test the adaptability of these examiners as well...
Meanwhile, in other dorm rooms, Bei Men snored away.
Mu Wuyang shook his head helplessly.
Feng looked at his new bed, displeased, then glanced at the living room through the door: "I heard he pulled this stunt back in the training camp. Could it be this guy isn't good at studying, so he likes doing it now..."
....
"Liu Fan, Zhang Yang!!!"
Two examinees lay on the ground, seemingly knocked out in an instant, lying there uncertain of life or death.
A massive sense of crisis exploded in Chang Wu's mind, causing him to tense up. Chang Wu's Heart and Spirit talent was noteworthy, climbing over twenty steps, already a small prodigy among his peers.
Of course, compared to monsters like Su Tu, it was no competition.
His achievements placed him in a decent dormitory. Originally, he was pondering his future path in his room.
After the initial exam, their second-generation group found their fire reignited, leading to the formation of an apparently absurd plan.
If it succeeded, their names would become honored in decades to come.
Unlike the plan executed by everyone else, Chang Wu, the most gifted among them, needed to forge his own path in the Martial Arts Dao, with a military background, only by enhancing his martial arts could he gain the old master's attention.
The overall exam was his first step to prominence, but unexpectedly, this first step was about to meet disaster!!!
While sitting in the room, he heard several muffled bangs, went out to check, and saw his two roommates in such a state.
Sweeping his heart and spirit, he sensed someone in the living room, but he couldn't locate their whereabouts.
This indicated that the opponent's strength was far superior to his own.
At such a moment, one must remain calm, and calmer still, as Chang Wu feigned urgency and approached his two roommates.
"Liu Fan, Zhang Yang, damn it! Could this be a problem with today's heart and spirit assessment!!"
"Wait, I'll call the medical room for you right away!"
He anxiously opened the terminal to contact the teacher, but as soon as the terminal was on, he found all signals had been cut off, and immediately, Chang Wu's eyes narrowed.
Being able to lock signals during the overall exam, the force arriving was greater than he ever imagined!!
Yet at this moment, Chang Wu did not show any abnormalities, he cursed softly: "Damn it! Broken terminal, Grandpa will have to go out personally to call someone!!"
He put on a defiant attitude, cursing as he walked toward the door.
However, the moment the door was opened with a crack.
Bam~
Just hearing something drop, Chang Wu's body instantly stiffened.
He slowly turned around to face the source of the sound, it was a young man's body thrown onto the ground, it was Chang Wu's other roommate who hadn't shown up....
At this moment, a man with a face obscured by dark gas, revealing only a pair of eyes, stared coldly at him.
"Cannot confront, run!!"
Suddenly, this thought arose in Chang Wu's mind; facing such a vast disparity in strength, resisting was absurd!
Yet, Chang Wu had just half squeezed through the door.
Whoosh!!
The man was already like a ghost appearing before Chang Wu.
"Decent reflexes, steady mind, but lacking courage," the examiner thought to himself.
He added no extra words, a palm came crashing down, merely the wind from the hand pressed down, making it hard for Chang Wu to breathe.
Chang Wu immediately realized he could not escape facing such an enemy.
In the next instant, he clasped his hands together in a hammering motion, disregarding the terrifying attack about to strike him, and aimed straight for the man's head.
"Hmm?"
The examiner's eyes showed a hint of interest, never expecting this boy who had wanted to escape initially to now show such courage.
In such situations, some examinees beg for mercy, some choose to resist, and the larger number close their eyes awaiting fate.
Unarmed and unavoided, willing to give life to tear a piece of flesh from the enemy at the last moment, such a brave man is rare.
Though Chang Wu's attack was with all his might, the disparity was too great; even if the examiner did not dodge, he wouldn't be hurt.
But he gained some interest in this examinee, willing to give him more chances to show, hence he slightly stepped back, avoiding the strike.
Chang Wu now, assumed a technique stance, seeking to advance.
The examiner's eyes showed some interest, he spoke:
"Why aren't you running anymore?"
"Can't escape, why run!! Better to fight for a chance of survival!!"
Though saying one glimmer of survival, Chang Wu knew well, amid such differences in rank, where lies his chance of survival?
But nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, he can only fight for it!!
At that moment, he remembered that juvenile, same age, yet his teacher.
He once taught them a sentence.
"Martial artists must contend!!!"
Chang Wu shouted, charging straight at the man who could annihilate him easily.
That man once said, a martial artist must contend, without contest there's no delusion of ascension to divinity!!!
Upon hearing this, appreciation flashed across the examiner's eyes, yet he said: "Such impulsive words, apart from costing you life, achieve nothing..."
He spoke while casually deflecting Chang Wu's methods, the juvenile's performance wasn't bad, reactive ability strong, scoring probably won't be low.
As he planned to end this whole thing, he saw Chang Wu's once resilient gaze suddenly became shocked, turning slightly excited and... frightened??
As the examiner pondered why this boy had such reaction...
A light voice sounded behind him.
"When teaching you that statement, it wasn't intended for use in this scenario at all..."
It was a boy's voice, cheerful and clean.
Instantly, the examiner's expression involuntarily changed.
"Someone else is here?"
In conducting assessments, Heart and Spirit Divine Power would seal each room, fearing students might break out, causing accidents.
But now....
The examiner turned around, only seeing a boy standing before him, not knowing when he arrived, instantly recognizing the identity, the top Su Tu!!
"How could he be here??"
"The boss wasn't personally overseeing their examination??"
Yet, at the examiner's moment of reflection.
Buzz!!
Brilliant stream accompanied by dark red flash, suddenly exploded, Prajna Seven Kills erupted, solemn killing force stacked layer by layer, striking directly on the martial artist's belly.
Unprepared for the terrifying force, the martial artist felt a void in his heart and spirit, nearly fainting, as a large hand didn't allow him respite, directly seized his head, pressing it down on the ground.
Boom!!!
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