Chapter 489 - 221: Unprecedented in the History of Martial Arts
Chapter 489: Chapter 221: Unprecedented in the History of Martial Arts
But a moment later, he gave a self-deprecating laugh.
’If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up.’
Take the current situation, for example.
In Ninghai Province, he was a man of high status and considerable power. His every word and deed could influence countless lives.
But here, in this setting, he truly felt like a small fish from a river that had, by a stroke of luck, found its way into the boundless sea.
Which of the people in the front row wasn’t a titan capable of making the entire Great Xia tremble with a single stomp?
He really didn’t need to trouble himself.
Instead of fretting over the future of the entire human race, he’d be better off wondering if the four candidates he was sponsoring would give him a pleasant surprise.
DING-A-LING—!
BEEP BEEP BEEP—!
A crisp bell and a shrill whistle blared in unison, echoing through the entire hall!
Everyone in the viewing stands straightened up, their expressions turning solemn.
「Nine o’clock in the morning sharp.」
The exam had officially begun!
On the main screen, the picture flickered, randomly locking onto a live feed from one of the examination rooms.
Most of the examinees were nervous, but as geniuses who had clawed their way up from among hundreds of millions of their peers, their mental fortitude was still solid.
The first of the four static tests was a bit different from the mock exam in Dongjiang.
The testing instruments inside the Imperial Capital’s Dubhe Cube were integrated directly into the building’s structure.
None of the examinees needed to enter a Qi Blood Pod for testing; they only had to stand in the center of the room’s sensor area.
The Qi and Blood index and Life index were tested simultaneously.
Spiritual Power strength and Spiritual Factors potential could also be determined with just a switch of a sensor module.
At that moment, on the screen, a tall examinee was standing in the center of a pure white room, awaiting the instrument’s scan.
[Testing in progress, please remain still...]
A mechanical voice announcement sounded.
In just a few seconds, the results were clearly displayed on the side of the screen.
[Qi and Blood Index: 1867.9]
[Life Index: 867.2]
Seeing these numbers, Li Kai Nian subconsciously nodded to himself.
’That’s quite good!’
’As expected, no one who could come to the Imperial Capital for the exam is a weakling.’
’Even the direct descendants of Ninghai’s top martial arts families, cultivated with immense resources, might not be able to reach these numbers.’
However, the next moment, the evaluation that appeared on the screen caused a brief commotion throughout the viewing hall.
[Overall Evaluation: Passing!]
"What?!"
"Just ’Passing’? Am I seeing things?"
On the screen, the confidence on the examinee’s face instantly froze, replaced by utter shock and disbelief.
Those scores had firmly reached the average level for the Mid-stage of the Condensing Gang Realm!
In any city-level exam, that would be enough to rank in the top three; even first place wouldn’t be out of the question!
But according to this exam’s comprehensive evaluation system... it was barely a passing grade?!
That was simply terrifying!
Li Kai Nian looked at the three figures sitting in the front row and sucked in a sharp breath.
’Too ruthless!’
’This year’s standards are way too high!’
’So that speech earlier was just laying the groundwork.’
But no one had expected that the standards used by the upper echelons of Great Xia to select top talent had been raised to such an absurd degree!
As the exam got fully underway,
Names began to appear one after another on the split-screen leaderboards all around, the data refreshing at blinding speed.
Li Kai Nian saw it clearly.
Examinees with a Qi and Blood index over 2,000 and a Life index over 1,200 could only achieve a "Good" rating.
To get an "Excellent," one needed to break a Qi and Blood index of 3,000 and a Life index of 1,500!
As for the highest evaluation, a perfect score, not a single one had appeared yet.
Just as the atmosphere in the hall grew increasingly oppressive,
the image on the main screen suddenly switched.
A figure appeared in everyone’s line of sight.
Xiao Lingchen!
He stood quietly in the center of the testing room, a faint, composed smile on his face.
When he heard the notification that the test was over, the curve of his lips became more pronounced—a certainty born from absolute confidence.
The next second,
a set of jaw-dropping numbers appeared on the screen with earth-shattering impact!
Furthermore, it shot him to the top of the overall leaderboard, leaving the second-place contestant far behind!
[Examinee: Xiao Lingchen]
[Qi and Blood Index: 10876.2]
[Life Index: 8848.8]
WHOOSH—!
The entire viewing hall instantly fell dead silent.
Everyone seemed to have been hit by a Body Fixing Skill, staring intently at the two glaring numbers, their minds blank.
’Ten thousand?!’
’His Qi and Blood index broke ten thousand?!’
’Is he fucking a high school senior?!’
After a brief, dead silence, an uproar like a landslide and a tsunami erupted in the hall!
Gasps echoed one after another throughout the hall!
"My god... Are my eyes playing tricks on me?!"
"A Qi and Blood index of over ten thousand... That’s already surpassed many experts at the Early Stage of the Divine Realm, hasn’t it?!"
"A monster! An absolute monster!"
In the main seat, Zhu Mingyi, who had been expressionless the whole time, finally revealed a satisfied smile.
He nodded lightly.
"Good!"
A single, simple word, yet it carried immense weight.
The man beside him suddenly spoke, his voice booming like a great bell, "Zhu, in all my years, I’ve never seen a candidate produce such an absurd score on the martial arts college entrance exam!"
Zhu Mingyi smiled and nodded. He turned to an adjutant behind him who was in charge of recording, "What was the previous highest record?"
The adjutant quickly pulled up the data and respectfully replied, "Reporting, Director-General, the previous highest record was set by the Cyan Flame Martial Saint twenty-six years ago. At the time, his Qi and Blood index was 9768.6, and his Life index was 7549.2."
Hearing this, the smile in Zhu Mingyi’s eyes deepened. He clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Then this child is the first examinee to break ten thousand in Qi and Blood in the college entrance exam since the beginning of the Martial Dao Era."
"Unprecedented! A truly fitting description!"