255: The geniuses gather together to compete for the power of Tao!

Jiang Yuan walked into the Martial Skills Building. He saw that the interior space was huge, like a super-large plaza, lit up as if it were daytime. In the center stood a giant black stone stele, with faint light flowing like water across its surface, and names flickering with brilliance. Young men and women, dressed in various styles and full of individuality, gathered around the stele in groups of two or three. Some were chatting, others were sparring.

"Bang!" A loud noise.

Jiang Yuan looked over.

A person in brass armor, two meters tall, swung the giant sword in his hand and chopped heavily onto the stone stele. The stele instantly shimmered with light, rippling like water waves.

Behind him, many students stood in line before the stele, rubbing their fists and palms, their expressions eager, as if they were undergoing a test.

"That's the Martial Stele.

It's Great Xia's top-tier combat power testing device, and it's also an extremely powerful alloy weapon itself," Lin Qingyan said.

Jiang Yuan nodded, "I can see that."

A few seconds later, a value appeared on the stele.

[Dao Power: 47.3]

Jiang Yuan was slightly surprised, "Dao Power?"

Lin Qingyan put her hands in her pockets and said calmly, "It's equivalent to damage value.

1 Dao Power equals 10,000 combat power points."

"By the way, the minimum Dao Power value required to pass the midterm test at Shenwu Academy is 50."

In other words, only with a maximum damage exceeding 500,000 points could one pass the midterm test at Shenwu Academy and continue studying.

And 500,000 points of damage is roughly equivalent to the Peak damage that a typical third-tier Transcendent Martial Artist can unleash by using their talent...

As expected of the number one Martial Arts Academy in all of Great Xia...

Jiang Yuan sighed inwardly.

He completely forgot.

When he was LV2, his Peak damage had already approached this value...

He thought about his current Strength value, which exceeded 15,000.

1 point of Strength equals 10 points of damage.

15,000 points of Strength is 150,000 base damage.

Jiang Yuan thought to himself, "I wonder how much damage one punch from me can do now, without using Martial Arts Will enhancement or Martial Skills."

The damage increase from a full set of top-tier equipment exceeded 20 times, plus the passive Kindling Power's 200% damage increase, the passive increase from the Undying Divine Body, the attribute bonus from titles...

After all these passive enhancements, that was his current base damage.

"It's worth testing," Jiang Yuan thought.

Lin Qingyan glanced at Jiang Yuan beside her and thought to herself.

His current Dao Power... can it break 800?

800 Dao Power, which is 8 million damage, was Lin Qingyan's highest damage estimate for her current fifth-tier self.

This value was definitely not low; rather, it was quite astonishing.

Throughout the entire academy, there were very few prodigies whose Dao Power exceeded 500.

The Peak damage of some veteran Prefecture Lord experts only hovered around 1000 Dao Power.

It's just...

Lin Qingyan looked at Jiang Yuan, who was calmly watching the stele.

This guy really couldn't be underestimated...

"Damn it!" the armored person cursed under his breath.

He had already desperately leveled up and honed his talent, yet he still couldn't break through 50 Dao Power.

If this continues...

"Trash."

A contemptuous mocking voice sounded.

The armored person turned his head in anger.

He was immediately grabbed by the head by a large Psychokinesis hand, which squeezed his brass helmet, making it creak.

The culprit was a thin young man with sunken cheeks, thick dark circles under his eyes, and pale skin, his smile full of disdain and contempt.

"You don't even have 50 Dao Power, where did this trash come from?"

"Get out of the academy as soon as possible!"

The large Psychokinesis hand grabbed the armored person and flung him, smashing him heavily into the distance.

The thin young man with his hands in his pockets spat, "Tch! The new students really are getting worse each year."

Someone recognized him.

"It's Jin Quanmin from the third-year Mentalist department."

"I heard he's already broken through to the sixth tier."

"So powerful..."

"Last time I heard a senior say that his strength and talent have a chance of entering the top ten in the academy."

"And he's a Mentalist Martial Artist, these people are the most troublesome."

...A girl still felt a bit unconvinced and muttered, "So what if he's a senior, can a senior cut in line?

I've been waiting for a long time..."

Her companion's face changed drastically, and he quickly stopped her from speaking carelessly.

"Shush!

Are you looking to die?"

"He's not just a Genius; he has a background and connections..."

Listening to the crowd's discussion.

Jin Quanmin sneered.

"A bunch of useless people, I'm different from you."

His eyes flashed, Psychokinesis erupted, his sleeves fluttered, and his hair flew!

Vast Psychokinesis surged out of his body!

It transformed into a giant Psychokinesis cone and fiercely struck the stone stele.

"Boom!"

[Dao Power: 239]

The entire place fell silent.

Jin Quanmin's gaze swept across the crowd, his expression smug and contemptuous.

"Watch closely!"

"This is the gap between you useless people and me!"

Seeing his arrogant demeanor.

Jiang Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly.

Lin Qingyan sneered, "Psychokinesis achieved by taking drugs, so superficial.

I really don't know what he has to be arrogant about."

Her words were completely undisguised, full of scorn and disdain, and in the quiet venue at that moment, they were practically resounding.

Everyone's mouths fell open, and they turned their heads to see who was so bold as to openly mock a Mentalist Prodigy who had achieved 239 Dao Power.

Jin Quanmin's face turned even colder, and he turned his head to look.

Seeing Lin Qingyan, he was slightly stunned, and then a hint of greed and covetousness flashed in his eyes.

But when he saw Jiang Yuan, who looked like a god beside Lin Qingyan, his face turned cold again.

"I wondered who it was, turns out it's Junior Sister Lin, the top-ranked new student."

Looking at Lin Qingyan and Jiang Yuan standing side by side, like the sun and moon reflecting each other, they attracted everyone's attention.

Many people's eyes flashed with a hint of amazement.

But in Jin Quanmin's eyes, it was extremely annoying.

"Heh heh."

Jin Quanmin sneered and walked towards Lin Qingyan, his smile cold as he said, "I heard Junior Sister Lin ranked first in the new student test and even defeated Huang Fei, but that guy was also useless.

Since you say I'm arrogant, how about we have a fight?

I'd also like to see what the strongest among the new students, the Ice Queen, is capable of..."

Lin Qingyan didn't even look at him, and said to Jiang Yuan, "Who goes first?"

Jiang Yuan said calmly, "Anyone."

"Then I'll go first."

Lin Qingyan was decisive.

She stepped forward, her green hair fluttering, ignoring Jin Quanmin as she walked towards the stele.

Jin Quanmin's face instantly turned as dark as water.

Professor Song Yun and Luo Xi had just arrived when they saw this scene.

Professor Song Yun was curious about what happened.

Luo Xi looked around, searching for that figure.

"Jiang, Jiang Yuan."

A timid voice sounded behind Jiang Yuan.

He turned his head and saw a girl with silver hair and gray eyes, wearing a fitted gray and white magic robe, her slender legs wrapped in white stockings, standing there gracefully, yet shrouded in a wisp of ethereal death aura that made her difficult to approach.

A smile hung on her face, her eyes were bright, and she smiled at Jiang Yuan, "Jiang Yuan, hello, do you remember me?"

Jiang Yuan: "I remember you're from Beijiang City... Student Pei?"

Pei Congyun, who had already become a fourth-tier Martial Artist, her eyes lit up, and she nodded with a smile.

Clearly.

Jiang Yuan remembering her made her very happy.

Beside Pei Congyun stood a tall woman a head taller than her, her body wrapped in a magic robe.

She stood with one hand on her hip, watching Jiang Yuan with interest.

"You're Jiang Yuan?

I'm Long Ci from the Summoning department, Junior Sister Pei's senior from the same department.

I've heard a lot about you; you're pretty much what I imagined."

Long Ci, number one in Divine Martial University's Summoning department, ranked fourth overall in the school, a sixth-tier legendary Dragon Tamer.

On her shoulder stood a small dragon covered by an invisibility spell, currently watching Jiang Yuan with curious eyes.

"Hello."

Jiang Yuan looked at her and the little dragon on her shoulder and nodded.

Seeing that her dragon pet's concealment had been seen through, Long Ci was not surprised.

If this legendary new student didn't even have this much ability, then she would be disappointed.

Fortunately, she did.

A hint of eagerness flashed in her eyes.

Just as Long Ci was about to say something, a purple figure suddenly appeared beside Jiang Yuan at an extremely fast speed.

Jiang Yuan turned his head and smiled at the newcomer, "It's you.

How have you been recently?"

Luo Xi pursed her lips, her eyes full of resentment, looking exactly like someone who had seen a heartless person.

Oh?

Long Ci's eyes lit up, looking excited as if she had stumbled upon major gossip.

Isn't this the very popular new student campus belle?

Her name seems to be Luo Xi.

Could she be his girlfriend?

Junior Sister Pei also seems to have a good impression of him.

And there's Lin Qingyan.

A love triangle?

No, is it a love square?!

Interesting, interesting!

"You..."

Luo Xi's cherry lips parted slightly, feeling a bit resentful.

When she actually saw him, he disappeared without a trace.

Some words reached her lips, but she didn't know where to start.

Jiang Yuan didn't realize the girl's feelings.

He turned his head and looked ahead.

"Whoosh..."

A cold wind blew, the temperature dropped sharply, and a dazzling blue bloomed in the air.

Everyone looked over.

Centered on the stone stele, a ethereal and dreamy blue ice flower bloomed from beneath Lin Qingyan's feet.

The entire space was filled with countless snowflakes and ice crystals.

They fell to the ground, and the ground instantly froze.

"Hiss, just the residual power has such might?!" A second-year student who dodged the snowflakes gasped.

"This is the Ice Queen..."

"Could she possibly break 200 Dao Power?"

...Lin Qingyan's eyes turned completely ice blue.

She pressed her hand out, her arm transforming into a crystalline and transparent ice hand.

Patterns flickered on it, and energy intertwined, containing extremely profound Martial Arts mysteries.

Talent Martial Skill - [Absolute Realm Freeze]

At the same moment Lin Qingyan's palm landed on the stone stele.

Several figures with different but powerful auras appeared in various parts of the hall.

There were four people in total.

All of them were among the top ten prodigies in the academy.

[Overlord Body] Shi Zhendong, [Magic Fiend] Jiang Yan, [Starlight] Gao Tian, [Insect Ghost] Xiao Zhiyu.