Chương 72: War God’s : — Chapter 72 - There Are Always People Beyond People, Heavens Beyond Heavens

In the crowd. Chen Yuting quietly watched the figure ahead.

"He's been gone so long. Says he went for special training, but are there really better training conditions than the club?" Beside her, Li Zihang curled his lip.

"Even if he's stronger than us, he can't be that much stronger." Chen Yuting's gaze was fixed on Wang Xian. Since winter break began, Wang Xian had been almost completely absent from the Martial Arts Class. No one knew what he'd been doing.

"But I also took a month off for special training, didn't I?" Chen Yuting chuckled softly.

"That's different. You've definitely far surpassed everyone else in our Martial Arts Class." Li Zihang maintained his devoted admirer routine.

"Being so blatantly biased isn't good, you know..." Chen Yuting shook her head.

"As for me, I'm at most on par with Ye Miyue." Li Zihang hurriedly said, "That's still very impressive. Ye Miyue's progress in the Martial Arts Class is absurdly fast, especially her life force. Even though her innate life force wasn't very high..."

"Xia Sichen is still only under 50 points."

"Xia Sichen's family has money too... the resources they provide are much better than what we other students get."

"Even signing a D-Grade Contract with the club, she should at most be on par with Xia Sichen... she shouldn't have surpassed him by this much... Xia Sichen's innate life force is 1, twice Ye Miyue's aptitude."

"It's really strange." Chen Yuting said nothing more, her gaze still not shifting. Until Wang Xian turned around, seemingly sensing that gaze. He nodded at Chen Yuting and said nothing more.

"Tell me," Chen Yuting suddenly said.

"Could Ye Miyue's rapid life force growth have something to do with Wang Xian?"

"What could it possibly have to do with him?"

"For example, Wang Xian helped Ye Miyue improve so quickly."

"Impossible." Li Zihang shook his head repeatedly.

"Where would Wang Xian get that ability? Life force improvement only comes from your own daily cultivation. No matter how much others help, the most they can do is provide resources and money."

"But Ye Miyue already signed a contract with the club. She doesn't lack those things." Chen Yuting smiled and said nothing. Indeed, aside from her, no one else would think that way. Soon, as classes entered the examination hall one after another, it wouldn't be long before Class Four's turn. The examination hall was a sealed facility. There were no proctors, only intelligent monitoring. In the background, there were certainly researchers acting as off-site examiners, overseeing the AI.

Inside the examination hall, there were over 100 individual testing rooms. In each testing room was a high-tech arena similar to the ones at school. For every assessment, the examinee had to complete the corresponding subject on the arena. Once all assessments were completed in sequence, results were given on the spot. Any issues were resolved immediately. Zheng Changhong was now in the testing room background on the second floor of the martial arts building.

The Heavenly Blade Club donated a sum of money to the researchers every year, so he was also an honorary researcher at the Martial Arts Research Institute. He could be invited to serve as an examiner. Getting results just a little bit earlier, knowing some students' scores ahead of time. Likewise, there was Director Zhao from the Rong City Divine Sword Club. And some senior teachers from various secondary schools, like Zhou Dahai, would all serve as background proctors.

The majority were researchers from the Martial Arts Research Institute. Occasionally, when there were too many examinees, university teachers would also be invited to proctor. Zheng Changhong was now intently watching one holographic proctoring feed after another. In the feeds, each student's situation in the testing room was visible. The three martial exam subjects together carried a full score of 600 points.

Compared to talent awakening and real combat assessment, these three subjects represented a martial artist's fundamental strength. Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit. Extremely important.

"I think, Old Zheng, you can stop watching." Director Zhao's voice beside him was as hearty as ever.

"This year's examinees, no one can surpass He Yiming in score. Not even Huayang First Secondary School." Huayang First Secondary was one of only two national-level key secondary schools in Western Shu.

"Fourth-stage technique, perfected mastery swordsmanship, full-score life force of 90 points."

"A total score of 630, exceeding the full score by 30 points."

"Even the others, Lin Ao's 561, Xu Rong's perfect 600, they're not something Fourth or Seventh School can compare to." Zheng Changhong glanced at the man lightly and said coolly, "Did He Yiming pass the beginner holographic intelligent beast challenge during winter break?" Director Zhao's smile froze on his face. He said, somewhat speechless, "That doesn't count for much. He could beat it later too."

"So did he pass it at the time?"

"......"

"Then that's a no."

"Sorry, but someone at Seventh School did." Zheng Changhong seized the other's weak point and attacked ruthlessly.

"At least a full winter break earlier!"

"So what? The martial exam tests comprehensive quality!" Director Zhao flared up in embarrassment.

"Besides, this year's real combat assessment beast isn't the saber-toothed wolf! So what if he passed?"

"Can his score, let alone He Yiming, even surpass Lin Ao and the others?"

"Hard to say." Zheng Changhong smiled faintly.

"Wang Xian's martial techniques have certainly reached perfected mastery. What he lacks is just fourth-stage technique and life force. Life force is hard to say, but his technique definitely won't be worse than He Yiming's."

"So, in my view, even if it doesn't surpass, it'll be an equivalent score."

"Keep bragging, go on." Zheng Changhong said no more. Ever since Wang Xian returned, he had sent him one message: "Invincible, no worries." With confidence like that, he had no reason not to believe! And now. Outside the examination hall. Examinees who had already finished mostly gathered in groups, recounting the assessment content. Tan Tianze from Fourth School leaned against the railing, his gaze intently fixed on Seventh School's area.

"Brother Tan, who are we still waiting for?" A student beside him asked.

"Waiting for one person's results," Tan Tianze said.

"From First School? Haven't most of First School's results come out already? Those freaks are really something..."

"No, from Seventh School." Tan Tianze's gaze was deep and distant.

"You mean that Wang Xian? As far as I know, it seems like he didn't train at the club the entire winter break. A buddy of mine from Seventh School told me that Wang Xian didn't train for the whole semester, no one knows where he went."

"Speaking of training conditions, there shouldn't be any that surpass the two clubs, right?" Tan Tianze smiled slightly and didn't answer. Even now, in his mind, he still recalled the grace of that blade on that day. It was a blade strike that surpassed second-stage technique. Even he, having reached third-stage technique, still couldn't replicate it if he tried. He had a faint premonition in his heart. This Wang Xian's results would astonish him. First School? It wasn't impossible to surpass them either.

Meanwhile. At First School's area. As the earliest school to finish, First School's students had plenty of time. Most were heatedly discussing the assessment content, or smirking as they watched examinees from other schools walk out of the testing rooms one by one, dejected. A form of entertainment. Another portion were discussing the subsequent awakening and real combat assessment. And within First School's top student circle, Xu Rong, one of the few female top students, was somewhat distracted.

"Brother Lin has improved a lot this semester." In the circle, a student said to a cold and proud young man with a smile. Lin Ao tilted his head up slightly and said coolly, "My strong suit isn't these three assessments."

"I only excel at real combat." Hearing this, Xu Rong looked up at Lin Ao and smiled. Tch. Who doesn't know you went outside the city during winter break to kill beasts? With a bunch of martial artist bodyguards from your family, you killed a few saber-toothed wolves and double-headed strange-toothed wolves at the Shadow Wolf Den, and now you act all high and mighty. Without those bodyguards, would you dare go alone? What a joke. Thinking of this, a figure surfaced in her mind.

That contract martial artist from the Heavenly Blade Club, named Wang Feng. Later, she heard that he alone killed a living blade puppet at the Skeleton Blade Tomb, and to cover the retreat of two squads, he stayed behind alone in the Skeleton Blade Tomb. No one knew what happened after, but when they went to the camp military department to inquire, that Skeleton Blade Tomb had reportedly been eradicated. Eradicated by that Wang Feng! Even more, in the Skeleton Blade Tomb, he killed hundreds of F-rank beasts!

A club newcomer, at most a year or two older than them high schoolers, had achieved this much. Truly terrifying. Having witnessed the brilliance of a young powerhouse from outside school, Xu Rong suddenly felt that the school's assessments were nothing special.

"The foundation of real combat is the three assessments." In the crowd, a young man with glasses said quietly, "Without a foundation, all real combat is empty talk." Lin Ao glanced at this person, curled his lip, and said nothing. He Yiming. He was qualified to say that. If someone else said it, he would definitely retort a sentence or two. But if He Yiming said it, he couldn't retort. After all, just in the three assessment scores, the other had surpassed him by 69 points.

"Then I guess in all of Western Shu, probably no one is more formidable than you." A student laughed.

"Not necessarily." He Yiming gazed at the sky.

"There are always people beyond people, heavens beyond heavens. Seventh School might have someone."

"Seventh School? Impossible, right?" Not a single First School student believed it. Seventh School was practically the bottom of the barrel in Rong City's martial high school circle. And they dreamed of surpassing First School? Absolutely impossible. He Yiming said nothing. He only thought back to over half a year ago, when he lost to a Seventh School student in a street challenge. That Seventh School student, half a year ago, had already grasped the technique 'Absolute Control' needed for fourth-stage technique.

This technique could be mastered even without reaching fourth-stage technique. But it required unparalleled martial talent. And to reach fourth-stage technique, one had to master this technique. Otherwise, reaching fourth-stage technique was impossible. A student who surpassed him in technique half a year ago. Half a year later, how far could the other have grown? He didn't know.

"Seventh School's side is starting." A student pointed. They couldn't actually see the scores. But as top students, they only needed to look at the expressions of examinees walking out of the testing rooms to basically know whether the results were good or bad. For example, they were now watching a relatively well-known student from Seventh School. Xia Sichen walked out of the testing room. His expression was heavy. Clearly, he hadn't done well. Hadn't performed to his potential.

Xia Sichen walked out, his eyes gloomy.

"How was it?" The teacher of Seventh School's Class One hurriedly asked.

"My technique has already reached third stage..." Xia Sichen said in a low voice.

"But... but I didn't bring it out. It only tested at second-stage level. Martial techniques are perfected mastery, life force 45." The Class One teacher sighed. On-the-spot performance was also part of one's strength. Calculated this way, only 375 points. The score was on the low side. Getting into Dragon Country's five top universities would be difficult. Unless he awakened King-tier Talent, otherwise he could only hope that this year's admission scores for Dragon Country's top five would drop by over 100 points.

Even then it was uncertain.

"It's fine. With this score, as long as your talent isn't bad, Dragon Country's 958 martial arts academies are still yours to choose from." The teacher offered some comfort. Xia Sichen nodded and looked toward the other classes. His gaze fell on Wang Xian, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.

"I wonder, what score can he get?" ➤ Next: Three Over-Limit Scores — An Unprecedented Assessment Result!