Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 214 - 17: Rain Magic Pass Ranking, Branch Selection Choices_2

Chapter 214: Chapter 17: Rain Magic Pass Ranking, Branch Selection Choices_2

But now, this balance had been broken.

The white pieces were falling rapidly.

"Plop~"

A drop of blue rain fell on the black puppet.

At the same time, the black chess in Zhao Xing’s palm trembled.

He understood that he had reached his limit.

Controlling the Cloud Skill, managing the overflow of rain from the Cloud Rain Pearl, manipulating the Ice Rain, and executing Inspection simultaneously to observe both sides of the battle.

This meticulous micro-operation consumed a great deal of primordial energy and mental focus.

Now that casualties had occurred on his side, Zhao Xing knew his peak performance was over, and decline was inevitable.

After struggling to maintain control for another 15 minutes, Zhao Xing saw that the Ice Rain was causing equal damage to both sides and immediately stopped.

"Buzz~" The clouds dissipated, and the rain ceased.

Zhao Xing reached out, and the Cloud Rain Pearl returned to his hand, now completely transparent.

"Phew~" He let out a long breath, feeling a bit exhausted.

He stepped off the bow, put the black chess piece back, and waited for the scoring result.

Due to his limited abilities, most people on the Flying Boat couldn’t fully understand Zhao Xing’s actions, at least not entirely.

But even those who could understand a part of it were already deeply impressed.

Especially Hua Zhilin, who looked at Zhao Xing with eyes filled with admiration and awe!

Zhuo Li, Jiang He, and Jiang Hai also discerned some of the intricacies and had a vague feeling that Zhao Xing’s score would be exceptionally high!

The Judge looked at Zhao Xing with a peculiar expression, not expecting such a performance from him.

When announcing the score, his tone carried an unmistakable note of praise, "Divine Might Army Zhao Xing, Swallowing Cloud and bringing rain, sustained for two hours, rain volume 352 units, held the black side, killed 1,416 enemies, with 213 self-losses."

"Final score: 4019!"

"Well done, excellent job. Take a rest."

Zhao Xing cupped his hands, "Thank you."

As soon as the Judge’s voice fell, the people on the Flying Boat couldn’t hold back any longer.

"What? 4019 points?!" He Yu was full of shock, "I expected him to score over a thousand, but I didn’t imagine it would be over four thousand!"

"OMG, his score is nearly ten times Zhuo Li’s!"

"Jiang He and Jiang Hai only scored a little over two hundred."

"I couldn’t even understand his operation, how did he get over four thousand points?"

"If you could understand, wouldn’t you score over a thousand too? Not understanding is normal."

"Who dares to claim invincibility at the Rain Magic Pass?"

"Divine Might Army Zhao Xing is too strong!"

Zhuo Li, Jiang He, and Jiang Hai were now being compared to Zhao Xing, and they felt no displeasure since the gap was too wide to argue.

Even if Zhao Xing had good luck with the rainwater collected by the Cloud Rain Pearl, his additional score was over a thousand points!

"Killed 1,416 enemies with 213 self-losses?" Zhuo Li murmured, "Is that kind of Rain Skill talent even human...?"

At a height of a thousand meters, the raindrops fell to the ground, and no one knew where they would drift. Moreover, they couldn’t even clearly see the ground combat, let alone talk about precise control?

The best they could do was to cover the enemy’s area as much as possible, resulting in indiscriminate and blurry strikes.

But to achieve assistance more beneficial to one’s own side than to the enemy, that was already impressive.

Yet Zhao Xing’s ratio of enemy-to-self damage was simply staggering.

In an originally evenly matched black and white setup, after his rain, the damage ratio was nearly 7 to 1!

Kill 7 enemies while only losing 1 of their own?

"That’s too exaggerated. Although it’s just a drill and not as harsh as real combat, how did he achieve this?" The Jiang He and Jiang Hai brothers were also puzzled.

As for Hua Zhilin, he seemed to want to talk to Zhao Xing to get closer.

But seeing Zhao Xing clench his fists tightly and look hostile, as if ready to punch if he said another word, Hua Zhilin quickly backed off.

Besides, the Judge had already called his name, so Hua Zhilin gave up talking and quickly walked to the bow.

...

While waiting for Hua Zhilin to perform his spell, Zhao Xing silently recovered his primordial energy in a corner of the deck.

He wasn’t surprised to score 4019 points, considering he had done similar assessments countless times in his previous life.

His Ice Rain was also the first mid-grade spell to reach perfection, and since coming from East Lake Mountain, Zhao Xing felt that his understanding of water techniques far surpassed other areas.

Previously, at Gucheng Temple, observing the Rainwater Diagram for the first time led to some insights, only interrupted because he didn’t have the title of Military Minister of Agriculture Officer.

Another influencing factor was his Life Soul.

In the Fortune Dynasty system, anyone below Third-rank couldn’t cultivate the Life Soul actively and could only improve passively.

Zhao Xing’s Life Soul was mid Ninth Grade, and with the top-tier Secret Technique "Great Dream Spring and Autumn," it greatly helped in maximizing spell control.

High talent, coupled with the operations he recited from his past life, plus the Life Soul factor and ample rain volume as the foundation, naturally made him shine in this challenge.

"I definitely passed the fourth pass. Now it’s a matter of the ranking and what training resources the Heavenly Time Institute will provide," Zhao Xing thought.

Passing the fourth pass granted access to the Heavenly Time Institute.

Of course, the Institute wouldn’t take all 200 people.

While the Heavenly Time Sect was the mainstream, it still had to give other sects some room to survive.

"There will definitely be many people at the Heavenly Time Institute. I wonder if they’ll give me the best training resources," Zhao Xing pondered silently.

...

"Xuanjia Army, Hua Zhilin, Lotus Cloud bringing rain, sustained for one hour, rain volume 108, killed 1,104 enemies, with 532 self-losses."