Chapter 516 - 228: Your End Point, My Starting Point
Chapter 516: Chapter 228: Your End Point, My Starting Point
"He admitted it! Holy shit, the Director-General acknowledged Lin Ye’s score!"
"Was Lin Ye aiming to take first in all the static events from the very beginning?"
"This year’s Martial Arts College Entrance Exam is packed with monsters!"
Even the officials who had initially felt it was improper for Xiao Lingchen to be granted first place without a test now unanimously acknowledged Lin Ye’s score.
Lin Ye’s performance had won them over completely!
This first-place title was well-deserved!
Inside the Virtual Space, everything was pure white.
Lin Ye stood quietly as the system fully healed the wounds on his body.
He could feel that his connection with the Curse Bone Race kin deep within the Painful Labyrinth had not been substantially affected.
It was just that the emotions coming back from Ah Qiang’s end...
were now filled with resentment.
The thought amused Lin Ye.
If an underworld truly existed, some King Yama was probably baffled as to why a huge swath of names was flashing in his Book of Life and Death.
Lin Ye soon grew puzzled.
’The test is over,’ he thought. ’So why haven’t I returned to reality?’
Just then, a broadcast announcement sounded.
[Damage Resistance and Endurance Test complete.]
[All static assessment events are now complete.]
[Examinee Lin Ye, you have placed first in all previous test events.]
[Next up is the first event of the Martial Arts Combat Test: Comprehensive Martial Technique Combat Power Assessment.]
[This test will also be completed within the Virtual Illusion Realm. A virtual dummy will appear before you. Please use all martial techniques, Martial Arts Spirituality, and special abilities you have mastered to attack it in sequence.]
[The system will calculate a comprehensive combat power score based on all martial techniques and abilities used, combining multiple dimensions such as equivalent damage dealt, energy consumption, and actual effects.]
As the voice faded, a metallic, silvery-white dummy the height of a real person slowly materialized in front of Lin Ye.
Lin Ye understood instantly.
He had originally assumed this combat test wouldn’t involve fighting a dummy.
He thought it would go straight to live combat, but he hadn’t expected this preliminary stage.
The purpose of this test was obvious: to make every examinee reveal all their hidden aces for the system to perform a comprehensive "check-up" on their combat power.
Just as Lin Ye was preparing to make his move, a man’s voice—authoritative yet resonant—suddenly boomed through the broadcast system, echoing throughout the test space and the viewing hall simultaneously.
It was Zhu Mingyi’s voice.
"Attention, all examinees."
"To ensure the absolute fairness of the subsequent live combat matches and supplementary tests, the Comprehensive Martial Technique Combat Power Assessment will be conducted as a completely sealed, secret process."
"Aside from the system back-end, which can read the data and calculate scores, no one will be able to see your testing process."
"Therefore, whatever trump cards you have, feel free to use them. You don’t need to worry about revealing them to your opponents ahead of time."
"The test... begins now!"
With that, the voice disappeared.
At the same time, in the viewing hall, the massive main screen and all the surrounding secondary screens plunged into deep darkness.
Even Zhu Mingyi and the other officials had no authority to view any examinee’s specific testing process now.
"They’re actually doing a sealed test?"
"That’s good, too. This way, those geniuses who’ve been hiding their strength can finally go all out."
"It makes sense. The later stages will definitely involve them fighting each other, so this prevents their trump cards from being exposed."
The crowd buzzed with discussion, with most people expressing their understanding and approval of the decision.
As the hall fell into darkness and whispers, streams of fine data suddenly lit up on the pitch-black main screen.
The broadcast director clearly knew what everyone wanted to see. After getting Zhu Mingyi’s approval, they pulled up Xiao Lingchen’s real-time data and displayed it in the center of the screen.
[Examinee: Xiao Lingchen]
[Comprehensive Combat Power Score: 8354... 8529... 8772...]
Because he had skipped the first two virtual tests, he started this one the earliest.
On the screen, the number representing his combat power score was ticking upward at a slow pace, a clear sign that his test was nearing its end.
In the viewing hall, everyone’s breathing slowed.
It broke 9,000!
Under everyone’s watchful eyes, the number paused for a moment before suddenly shooting up by a huge margin!
Finally, it settled firmly on a value that made countless hearts tremble.
[Comprehensive Combat Power Score: 10,873]
This had to be the system’s final judgment based on all its calculations.
His combat power was over ten thousand!
"A combat power of over ten thousand... isn’t that a level only a mid- to late-stage Divine Realm Martial Artist can achieve?"
Amid the gasps of amazement, the image on the screen changed again.
A standard hexagonal radar chart appeared before everyone.
The six vertices of the radar chart were each labeled with a different dimension.
[Burst Damage], [Battlefield Mobility], [Combat Endurance], [Defensive Durability], [Spirituality Control], [Tactical Coordination].
Xiao Lingchen’s radar chart was very well-rounded. Although no single area was exceptionally prominent, he had almost no weaknesses.
[Burst Damage: B]
[Battlefield Mobility: B+]
[Combat Endurance: B]
[Defensive Durability: A]
[Spirituality Control: A]
[Tactical Coordination: A]
And below the radar chart, a detailed list clearly displayed his scores in each dimension.