4: Martial Arts Division

“Damn it! What’s going on?!”

“1300 jin of punching power? And from a Life Strength of Rank 5.1?!”

The students outside, watching the updated rankings, immediately erupted into chatter, their eyes filled with disbelief.

“Which class is this Chen Du from? Is he that amazing? Why wasn’t his name in the top 50 last year?”

Some students were shocked, while others were skeptical.

The students in Class (3) looked at each other, also a little slow to react.

In their eyes, Chen Du was in the top ten of their class, with good grades in both academics and Martial Dao, making him an upper-tier student.

In the final exam of the first semester of his third year of high school, he was tied for 59th place in the year with a classmate from Class (7).

Forget the top 50, he almost fell out of the top 60.

The top 30 students in the year were all from the Hongzhi Class; ordinary classes usually only competed for Ranks 31 to 50.

It wasn’t that Chen Du wasn’t outstanding, but today’s results far exceeded his usual level.

“Holy crap! This guy really might get into the Hongzhi Class!”

“I was just saying!” Tuo Lei exclaimed in shock.

Except for a very few individual students, the vast majority of students here were treating this test as a preliminary assessment before the National Higher Education Entrance Examination.

Not only the students outside, but even Ling Yun, who had been expressionless, thoughtfully stroked his chin.

“A Life Strength of Rank 5.1 corresponds to a punching power of 1000 jin, yet he delivered 1300 jin of punching power.”

“That means he extracted 30% more power from his body.”

“No one in the Hongzhi Class can achieve that ratio; does an ordinary class really have such an amazing student?”

“Could it be his Martial Skill...”

To be safe, Ling Yun quietly watched the replay once, and after confirming it was correct,

He pressed confirm next to Chen Du’s name, indicating the result was valid.

“Phew, the result is valid!”

Chen Du’s name changed from black to green, indicating that his result had been verified, dispelling some students’ doubts.

Chen Du was also secretly pleased to see this.

He knew this first place wouldn’t last long, but being temporarily first was still quite satisfying.

Although he had extracted more power from within his body,

He still understood the principle that the lower foundation determines the upper structure.

To score high in the strength test and speed test, one still had to rely on Life Strength.

The higher the Life Strength Rank, the greater the power exerted, and naturally, the faster the speed.

His record would soon be surpassed by those who spent money.

Even though he drank two packs of qi and blood milk every day, it was incomparable to wealthy families.

Soon, Class (3)’s explosive power test ended.

Chen Du was lucky; he was still temporarily in first place.

Tuo Lei scored 60 points, just passing.

“You did very well, child.”

Tuo Lei patted Chen Du’s shoulder, with an expression that said, ‘just as I expected.’

“Was everything within your expectations?” Chen Du teased.

“Precisely!” Tuo Lei said decisively.

At this moment, several classmates gathered around, all asking Chen Du if his family had struck it rich.

Eating turtle stew with goji berries for every meal!

And hiring a private Martial Artist coach for daily home tutoring!

Otherwise, how could he have improved so much!

Although Chen Du had always been improving, from being at the bottom when he entered Liangcheng No. 1 High School in his first year, to being in the upper tier now.

Everyone had witnessed it, but this time’s improvement was too significant, which led to everyone’s surprise.

“Chen Du, how old was the turtle! I’ll tell my dad to get two when I go home!”

Class monitor Wang Shouren said with a serious face.

Chen Du: “...”

Next was the continuous power test, and Chen Du once again shone, taking first place.

Amidst everyone’s exclamations, the following classes successively completed their assessments.

Chen Du’s results were also successively surpassed.

First place: Han Yiming: Strength Test (Explosive Power Test) 80 points, (Continuous Power Test) 81 points, converted score: 112.7

Second place: Lin Zhicheng: Strength Test (Explosive Power Test) 79 points, (Continuous Power Test) 75 points, converted score: 107.8

Third place: Buchuan Kuzi: Strength Test (Explosive Power Test) 76 points, (Continuous Power Test) 74 points, converted score: 105

Chen Du scored 71 points in one Strength Test item and 66 points in another, with a converted score of 95.9 points, ranking him eighth.

Lin Zhicheng and Buchuan Kuzi’s Life Strength reached Rank 5.9 and Rank 5.8 respectively, and Han Yiming was even more exaggerated at Rank 6.1!

This Life Strength already qualified him to join the Hongzhi Class.

Even if the school didn’t hold this test, no one would have any objections.

Even a 0.1 increase in Life Strength shows a noticeable difference, let alone a whole 1, which is an absolute crush.

Many students had thought that if they had Han Yiming’s family conditions, they would definitely be stronger than him.

But there are no ‘ifs’ in this world.

You are you, he is him... After the strength test came the speed test, also divided into two items.

They were the sprint test and the agility test.

To ensure that everyone’s physical condition was roughly similar, the first group of candidates from Class (2) started first again.

Chen Du ranked ninth in the speed test, and his total score, combining both, dropped two places, putting him in tenth place.

The top three were still Han Yiming, Lin Zhicheng, and Buchuan Kuzi, but Chen Du was not flustered.

He was most familiar with this kind of script that starts low and ends high.

When he first entered Liangcheng No. 1 High School, in the entrance exam, out of 45 students in the class, he ranked 44th.

By fighting in the Crystal Space and continuously improving his Mental Energy after successful defense,

He gradually raised his grades, and by the end of the first semester of his third year of high school, he even rushed into the top ten of his class.

Perhaps you are stronger than me now, but I will eventually surpass you!

Chen Du was not just talking big; it was the confidence brought by constantly breaking his own limits!

Every day he woke up to a large amount of basic training, and in the evening, to protect the crystal, he had to fight those unknown monsters.

If he was killed, he would wake up, and after waking up, full of energy, he would continue training!

Torn apart again and again, pondered again and again, won with difficulty again and again, improved again and again!

It could be said that in these two and a half years of high school, he trained 24 hours a day, without the slightest slack!

Chen Du called himself a diligent Genius!

...Ling Yun’s expression was serious at this moment, his gaze focused on Chen Du.

Even Han Yiming, who was ranked first, didn’t receive too much attention.

Using the break between tests, he checked Chen Du’s file.

He didn’t know until he checked, and when he checked, he was shocked!

When Chen Du entered high school in his first year, his Life Strength was Rank 2.1; now it was Rank 5.1, an increase of 3 Ranks in two and a half years.

This rate of improvement, for him, who was used to leading the Hongzhi Class, was considered very slow.

One look and it was clear his family conditions weren’t great; even with great effort, the improvement wasn’t obvious.

But what surprised Ling Yun the most was Chen Du’s Martial Skill.

Martial Skill is a Move that extracts the body’s potential power.

Training must begin in the first year of high school; training too early would harm the body.

All first-year high school students could freely choose a basic Martial Skill to train.

Flowing Light Sword Technique was precisely the Martial Skill Chen Du chose.

In the final test of the first semester of his third year of high school, Chen Du’s Martial Skill actually reached 55% of the first stage!

It should be known that Martial Skill is roughly divided into five Ranks: Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced, Perfection, and Limit.

Among them, Elementary is 1%-29%, Intermediate is 30%-59%, Advanced is 60%-89%, Perfection is 90%-99%, and Limit is 100%.

It should be known that this result was Chen Du’s score from the final exam of the first semester of his third year of high school.

Now, two months have passed since the final exam.

Analyzing the situation displayed in Chen Du’s first two tests, his Martial Skill has likely already entered the Advanced stage of the first stage!

It was simply incredible!

Is this the level an ordinary class should have?

Even in the Hongzhi Class he taught, only two students’ Martial Skill was at the Advanced stage of the first stage.

This made him somewhat anticipate Chen Du’s performance in the next test.

Subsequently, Ling Yun finished verifying all student scores.

“Martial Skill assessment, now beginning!”

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