A Top Scholar in Everything
Chapter 246: Jungle Rules

Chapter 246: Chapter 246: Jungle Rules

Gu Peng listened to Ye Sheng’s words, then looked closely, his eyes slightly squinting: "There really are new students who can fight evenly with the Night Demon. It seems this year’s batch has many promising talents. Interesting."

At this moment, everyone also noticed the scene, even some Masters had secretly marked Jiang Xi in their minds, thinking that if given the chance, they must snatch her up.

Such good talent, naturally cannot be overlooked.

The fact that they could take root as Masters at Celestial South Martial Arts University, and have considerable influence in the Martial Dao realm, was not only because of their own power, but also because the students they trained are not to be underestimated.

This world values the teacher-student relationship deeply.

Students and Masters are inherently complementary.

When students choose a teacher, the teacher also selects students.

...

Endless World.

Among the roars of the Night Demon.

Blood dripped from Jiang Xi’s arm, her breathing was heavy, but her eyes not only showed no retreat, rather a fierce fighting spirit arose.

In front of her.

The Night Demon had swollen to five meters tall.

Almost everyone in the village had been swallowed into its abdomen, becoming nourishment for its growth.

Actually Jiang Xi and Baiyu already understood.

This monster before their eyes was one of the challenges in this assessment.

I’m afraid one third, or even half, of the freshmen are likely to fall at the hands of the monster.

Not only them.

The freshmen heading to other villages would surely encounter similar monsters.

And after the incident occurred.

Baiyu also realized there were many ways to solve this situation.

The first.

Slaughter all the villagers in the village.

This way, without devouring them, the Night Demon would be easier to deal with, even confronting it head on wouldn’t be impossible.

Of course.

No normal person would do that.

Because according to Baiyu’s situation at the time, they didn’t know the villagers were monsters, and slaughtering so many people recklessly would easily cause mental issues.

Moreover.

Surely once outside, they would be specifically treated by the school authorities, at least thorough psychological counseling would be unavoidable.

The second method is to flee directly.

The Night Demon appears formidable, but its fatal weakness is its speed, as long as one reacts quickly and is determined to avoid fighting, even freshmen have a good chance to escape.

However now.

This second method was also ruled out.

Jiang Xi cannot leave.

Currently, after her "Zombie" ability was activated and a fierce battle, she rather fell into the side effect of the Extraordinary Abilities, which is a certain duration of madness.

Zombie is the Magic Elixir of Sequence Eight.

Baiyu is not clear on its sequence.

But the elixir’s abilities are indeed perverse, with formidable and terrifying resistance to attack, adaptability to harsh environments, no sense of pain...

The downside is behaving truly like a zombie, sometimes falling into a state of losing reason.

Simply put, it becomes mindless.

At the time Baiyu couldn’t stop her, Jiang Xi grabbed the nearby large tree and tore it out by the roots, swinging it straight at the Night Demon, followed by fierce battling.

To be precise.

This was Jiang Xi’s unilateral beating.

A battle that lasted nearly five hours.

Even Baiyu got sleepy watching from the side, the huge body of the Night Demon fell in response.

Juice flowed from the body full of rotten flesh.

The morning light shone on the earth, and the Night Demon’s corpse began gradually turning into black ash, dissipating into the air.

A lustrous round pearl rolled next to Jiang Xi.

At this moment.

Feeling her negative emotions gradually calming down, Baiyu approached slowly, "Actually, considering the strength of this monster, we should have escaped."

"But now it’s already dead."

Jiang Xi hesitated for a moment, showing a troubled expression: "Was I... very fierce just now?"

"Extremely fierce." Baiyu rolled his dead fish eyes.

Jiang Xi didn’t reply, quietly picked up the round pearl from the ground.

As soon as the pearl was in hand, it turned into black gas and dissipated, enveloping them, and the scenery around them changed rapidly.

A huge square appeared before them.

In the middle of the square stood a blue vortex passageway, on which were written a few crude words—"Exit Passage."

The square was not connected as one but divided into four zones.

Each zone had a different color, the ground beside simply explained the series.

"Ranking area, each zone represents the corresponding results. If not eliminated, those reaching the exit will be ranked according to this area."

The words on the ground explained clearly.

The closer to the front of the zone, the better the results.

At the entrance of the passageway stood two teachers, clearly there to maintain order.

When Baiyu and Jiang Xi reached the square, there was still no one present. The two teachers were also quite surprised, as in previous years, the first students usually arrived here in the afternoon.

"Upon arrival, you may choose a zone. As long as you can stay in the zone until evening, that will be your final result."

A teacher explained.

Baiyu and Jiang Xi chose the first zone without hesitation, which was the one closest to the entrance.

After choosing.

The two quietly sat on the ground and conserved their energy.

Soon, others arrived.

The newcomers were not unfamiliar.

It was the silver-haired girl Baiyu had met during the college entrance exams, who was now the daughter of the Prefect of Maple Leaf Prefecture, Yuwen Yundie.

She came alone.

Covered in blood, clearly having gone through a great battle.

Upon seeing Baiyu and Jiang Xi, the girl’s face showed clear surprise, but quickly suppressed it.

She silently sat down in the open space of the first zone and remained silent.

In her view.

Baiyu indeed had the strength to take first place.

During the college entrance exams, she saw Baiyu’s potential, and now two months later, his growth speed couldn’t be slower than hers.

As for the girl beside him.

He must be dragging her along again, this jerk!

She remembered being dragged up by him during the martial arts exams, Yuwen Yundie couldn’t help but roll her eyes.

...

Quickly.

As the Sun reached the top of the sky, its rays shone directly onto the square, more people began to arrive from all directions.

This batch entered the first zone.

Each leaned against their own small group, recovering strength while vigilantly observing their surroundings.

Soon.

More and more people arrived at the square.

But the first zone no longer had space for newcomers, even the second zone was more than half full.

"Buddy, you’re standing here alone wasting a spot, why not move aside?"

A long-haired boy with some companions came to the front of the first zone, targeting a lone individual.

Afterward.

There was a brief and fierce battle.

The battle ended with the man losing.

The newcomers occupied the defeated’s spot, and using the same strategy, the group banded together, defeating a few more lone individuals, successfully securing their footing in the first zone.

This group’s actions seemed to be a spark.

A chaotic brawl instantly began.

Later arrivals dissatisfied with their results, wanting to push into higher zones, had to forcibly eject those in the first zone.

With many competitors, only those with the strongest fists can stand firm!

And those in good zones, unwilling to be driven out in disgrace.

The design of this final obstacle was intended by the school authorities as such.

Martial Arts School.

No matter where, it is filled with the jungle rules of survival of the fittest.