79: Seven Realms Genius Battle

June 5th, 22:18, 281st floor.

This was the floor directly below the top floor, and it was also Minister Yan’s office.

“Chen Du, Qilin Martial Arts University A-Rank contract, on March 23rd at 10:41, in the 244th-floor Life Strength Improvement Room, increased his index from 60 to 80.”

“From March 22nd to June 5th at 15:19, his Life Strength Rank increased from 6.2 to 8.6.”

“His Martial Skill increased from 99.2% to 99.6%, and his Mental Energy increased from Rank 10.1 to Rank 13.”

“It took him a total of seventy-three days to increase his Life Strength Rank by 2.4 Ranks, an average of 0.1 Rank in Life Strength every 3.04 days.”

“He’s progressing quite fast.”

“Unfortunately, his starting point was too slow; compared to other Geniuses, he lost out on time.”

“However, his Martial Skill and Mental Energy are a bit strange. The contract content clearly focuses on Life Strength.”

“And besides sleeping, he trains every day according to Luo Li’s plan. Why would these two values also increase?”

“Could he improve just by meditating?”

Minister Yan muttered to himself as he looked at Chen Du’s data on his wristband.

Finally, he attributed the conclusion to talent.

After all, when talent reaches a certain level, it’s not surprising for some behaviors to exceed the scope of logic and normal human understanding.

Perhaps this was normal in Chen Du’s eyes, or rather, it should be so, but outsiders just couldn't understand it.

As an organization that frequently interacts with students from the Three Top Academies, although they knew how impressive these students were, they were still occasionally shocked.

Knock, knock.

“Come in.”

“Minister Yan, you were looking for me?”

Chen Du knocked and entered, respectfully looking at the nameplate on the desk that read Yan Yun (Deputy Minister).

Although Chen Du was a student who had never experienced the workplace, he knew that the word “Deputy” absolutely could not be called!

“Sit.”

Yan Yun nodded, his attitude less stern than usual, and somewhat amiable.

He then pressed a circular button on his right, and a bionic robot immediately brought in two cups of hot tea.

“How have you been adapting during this period?”

“I rarely hear Luo Li praise students; you are one of them.”

Chen Du was a little surprised to hear this. In his impression, ever since his formal training began,

Luo Li had always been expressionless, looking at data and making minor adjustments, never showing any signs of 'good' or 'not good'.

It was impossible to tell if she was satisfied or not.

Li Ersi, however, had always said Chen Du was amazing, claiming he was stronger than most Geniuses he had ever seen.

Especially his progress speed.

This made Chen Du think that his previous Life Strength progress speed was almost two months to increase by 0.1 Rank.

In comparison, his current speed was more than ten times faster than before!

This was something Chen Du never dared to imagine.

Now, only a little over three months had passed since he participated in the Hongzhi Class assessment on February 16th, yet it felt like an eternity.

Thinking of this, Chen Du sighed and subconsciously glanced at his panel.

Name: Chen Du

Life Strength: Rank 8.6

Mental Energy: Rank 13

Fist Power: 5060 jin

Speed: 82 meters/second

Martial Skills: Flowing Light Sword Technique (First Order) 99.6%, Void Immortal Contemplation Method, War Stomp

Mystic Treasure Quantity: One

Defense Waves: 5/5 (Completed), 8/10 (Uncompleted), 8/15 (Uncompleted), 8/20 (Uncompleted), 8/25 (Uncompleted), 8/30 (Uncompleted), 8/35 (Uncompleted)

Every 6 Ranks of Life Rank increase will grant one “Evolution”. 3.4 Ranks remaining until the next Evolution.

During this period, his Mental Energy reached Rank 13 through the combined efforts of passing the eighth wave of monsters, the Contemplation Method, and the Mystic Treasure.

Mental Energy of this Rank, if War Stomp were unleashed, would be an absolute hard control for anyone below a Martial Artist.

Let alone moving, they wouldn't even be able to blink.

Also, his Fist Power: under normal circumstances, Rank 8.6 should correspond to 4600 jin of Fist Power, but now it was 5060 jin!

It had increased by 10%, and this had actually already manifested in his Fist Power after taking the Marrow Cleansing Pill and reaching Rank 6.2.

At Rank 6.2 then, his Fist Power was 1804 jin, whereas the normal Fist Power for that Rank was 1640 jin.

Because he had Awakened a Mystic Treasure, his base strength had directly increased!

However, at that time, Chen Du’s attention was focused on his Life Strength Rank and the Mystic Treasure, so he overlooked the numbers for Fist Power.

After all, this particular value was fixed, and there was so much information on the panel that Chen Du often subconsciously ignored it.

With a Fist Power of 5060, which is between Rank 8.8 and Rank 8.9, plus his Martial Skill being almost at the first-order limit,

Chen Du was already close to clearing the ninth wave of monsters in the Crystal Space.

Yan Yun politely greeted him like an elder, then said:

“Chen Du, do you know about the Seven Regions Genius Battle?”

Chen Du nodded:

“I heard Sister Luo mention it a while ago. She said it’s a competition jointly held by the core cities of the seven regions before the National Higher Education Entrance Examination.”

“All participants are students who have received contracts from the Three Top Academies this year.”

Yan Yun took a sip of the hot tea in his cup, exhaled, and said calmly:

“That’s right. At this point in time, all students qualified to enter the Three Great Academies have already signed their contracts.”

“Next, they just need to take the National Higher Education Entrance Examination and reach the admission scores for the Eight Famous Schools, then they can go to university in the First Ecological Zone.”

“However, the National Higher Education Entrance Examination is not a challenge for them, or for you.”

Chen Du nodded gently, not denying this.

According to the regulations of the High Martial Civilization,

for those admitted to a Martial Arts University,

the National Higher Education Entrance Examination score is the sum of 30% Liberal Arts scores and 70% Martial Arts scores.

However, students who can obtain a letter of intent from the Three Great Academies generally achieve near-perfect scores in their Martial Arts subjects.

Even between an S-Rank contract and a D-Rank contract, the difference in Martial Arts scores is only between 90 and 100 points.

Even if their Liberal Arts scores are not very outstanding, like Chen Du's,

they can still receive bonus points through competitions like the Hundred Cities Championship.

If they are exceptional enough, a bonus point competition might even be specially organized for that student!

After all, within an ecological zone, on average, only a little over 300 students can go to the Three Top Academies, while there are nearly 7000 cities!

On average, only one student qualified to attend the Three Top Academies comes from every 23 cities, making them incredibly precious.

Students who can obtain a contract from the Three Great Academies, unless they deliberately seek trouble, will never fail to get into one of the Eight Famous Schools.

For them, the National Higher Education Entrance Examination is indeed not a big deal; it’s more like a formality.

This is also why Li Mu always considered Chen Du's best interests.

Moreover, Chen Du was not the most “ordinary” D-Rank contract, but an A-Rank contract, second only to S-Rank!

This gave Li Mu the opportunity to be transferred to become the principal of a key high school in a medium, or even large, city in the second half of the year.

“I specifically called you here today to discuss the specific details of the Seven Regions Genius Battle.”

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