You dare to cultivate without money?!
Chapter 193 - 193 161 The Unfathomable Zhang Yu

193: Chapter 161: The Unfathomable Zhang Yu 193: Chapter 161: The Unfathomable Zhang Yu Under the astonished gazes of many students and the present deities, Zhang Yu suddenly halted the flow of his mana.

Originally, all the students on site were sprinting with all their might, and aside from the first and second places, each student’s data was very close.

So…

with this pause from Zhang Yu, his bar rapidly fell behind, in an instant heading towards last place.

Watching his ranking drop step by step, the fighting spirit in Zhang Yu’s eyes grew stronger, while the crippled bull he visualized in his mind bellowed towards the sky with its residual limbs, with the broken horn on its head emitting a cold gleam.

“Come, to place oneself in danger to seek rebirth!”

Under the self-imposed pressure from Zhang Yu, the support from the Can Niu Soul Heart Technique in the face of pressure and adversity was continuously amplified.

Zhang Yu felt the mana throughout his body come alive, as if it were like a fierce fire boiling oil, radiating unprecedented vitality.

His brain began to think rapidly, starting to control the mana to circulate throughout his body.

“My mana control is strong, but I’ve always lacked cultivation in mana explosiveness.”

“To make a breakthrough in this exam, I must fully exert the advantage of my control.”

Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration hit Zhang Yu’s mind, and he thought of the Dragon Elephant Mountain Crashing Palm, the universal martial arts he spent 200,000 on.

Just like the Back Dragon Flipping Mountain Hand before, such pure physical martial arts are called universal martial arts because they can accept any mana’s support to burst out with great power.

“The Dragon Elephant Mountain Crashing Palm should be my most explosive martial arts.

If mana is used to drive this martial art…”

With a loud bang, Zhang Yu’s mana had already fiercely hit the detection iron piece in his palm.

Simultaneously, he felt a stabbing pain in his meridians.

“My meridians are still not strong enough…”

“Since that’s the case, I’ll wrap the meridians with Formless Cloud Gang as a new channel…”

“And then use the Dragon Elephant Mountain Crashing Palm to blast all the damn mana out!”

Layers of Formless Cloud Gang rose from Zhang Yu’s dantian, instantly transforming into layers of subcutaneous gang qi, wrapping his meridians, constructing a channel from the dantian to the palm.

In the next moment, a roaring erupted from within Zhang Yu, the explosive mana had already surged along the channel, blasting out in an incredibly forceful manner.

Under the pressure of adversity, the boost of the Can Niu Soul Heart Technique, and Formless Cloud Gang forming a track, the mana was released using the Dragon Elephant Mountain Crashing Palm, with each strike violently shaking the Formless Cloud Gang within Zhang Yu.

At this moment, Zhang Yu felt like he had become a cannon, using Formless Cloud Gang as the barrel, Dragon Elephant Mountain Crashing Palm as the gunpowder, and mana as the bullets, firing one round after another within himself.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

But with this operation, as Zhang Yu’s brutal and fierce mana propulsion continued, his ranking instantly began to speed up, pushing forward rapidly.

30th place!

28th place!

21st place!

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Yu not only surged back to 21st place, but was still accelerating towards 20th place!

Meanwhile, the student standing in the 20th position was a student named Li Tongyun.

When she saw the bar representing number 55 chasing up on the light screen, Li Tongyun felt a huge pressure in her heart.

“Damn it…

Why?”

“Why am I being pushed to this point?”

Recalling her once top-five grade in Xianyun High School, yet continually declining in the past half year to this extent…

A strong sense of unwillingness surfaced within Li Tongyun’s heart.

Half a year ago, her father lost in the company struggle and became a scapegoat, eventually being kicked out of the company.

With severance pay delayed, the family faced all kinds of loans, bills, and cultivation expenses.

At that time, her parents’ savings were only enough to cover a month’s expenses.

And to preserve her status among friends, classmates, and teachers, Li Tongyun dared not reveal this, only to keep borrowing, gritting her teeth to maintain her rich persona.

As the saying goes, when the bank account has no money, the loan account has money.

As of today, Li Tongyun’s bank account is already at -1.5 million.

Even so, her cultivation fell behind her classmates due to a lack of financial support, dropping instantly.

After all, on the ever-progressing immortal path of high school, once progress slows, one will be left far behind.

“I can’t lose…”

But even if it was just that, despite the huge gap and gradually being tossed aside by her original circle, at least she could still get into a university and find a good job in the future.

But Li Tongyun knew it’s not that simple, because right now, she can’t afford to lose.

Back when their family had the highest income, when her grades reached the top five in Xianyun High School, during her proudest moments, where she viewed entering the top ten as a certainty.

She had signed a gambling agreement with her father’s company.

“I must attain the Foundation Establishment qualification, otherwise…

I will become a company asset.”

Watching the ever-approaching number 55, Li Tongyun only felt the other party was like an abyss representing endless despair, approaching her one step at a time, trying to swallow her whole.

“I can’t lose!”

With a roar in her heart, Li Tongyun had already pushed 120% of her mana, accompanied by waves of tearing pain in her meridians, and blasted out the mana.

But no matter how hard she tried, how desperately she fought, even fighting until her seven orifices bled, she could only watch as Zhang Yu stepped past her to occupy her spot, pushing her down to the 21st place.

Reaching the 20th position, Zhang Yu heaved a sigh of relief: “Finally made it.”

As the pressure decreased, Zhang Yu also consciously reduced the flow of mana.

After all, with such brute force methods, it was impossible for the body to remain undamaged.

While maintaining a position in the top 20, he also needed to ensure his body stayed healthy.

But Zhang Yu soon discovered that the 21st rank was still pursuing him.

As his opponent got closer, the pressure increased, forcing Zhang Yu to increase his mana output once again, pushing his opponent away after their efforts.

Even with the protection of the Formless Cloud Gang, such rough mana blasting was beginning to gradually harm his body.

“Damn it, is this guy that persistent?”

Zhang Yu rubbed his slightly aching abdomen and noted that the number of the person chasing him was 36.

Li Tongyun, bleeding from the seven orifices and experiencing searing pain through her meridians, was also staring intently at the light screen’s number 55.

Each time she got close to her target, number 55 would accelerate and throw her far behind.

But after shaking her off, the opponent would decelerate slightly, as if waiting for her to catch up again.

Li Tongyun felt indignant: “Is number 55 that foreign super talent?”

“Toying with me intentionally?

Mocking me on purpose?”

She seemed to see the other side maliciously smiling at her, watching her struggling repeatedly, yet always failing to catch up.

Meanwhile, Dai Xingzhi was also observing number 55’s performance.

When he saw number 55 voluntarily stop mana flow and leap to the last position, he felt bewildered.

Upon seeing number 55 accelerate back into the 20th rank, he thought their opponent aimed to break into the top three.

However, when number 55 stayed at the 20th rank, he was puzzled again.

Watching number 55 remain steady at the 20th position and 36 pursuing yet being thrown off repeatedly…

A realization flashed in Dai Xingzhi’s eyes: “He…

is just playing, isn’t he?”

Seeing the opponent maintain a stable 20th rank until the end of this exam, Dai Xingzhi became increasingly convinced.

“Deliberately stuck at 20th place, not surpassing the one above, yet also ensuring no one surpasses him.”

“Controlling their rank intentionally during the Foundation Establishment exam?”

“This can only be done with absolute confidence in oneself.”

Dai Xingzhi looked towards Zhang Yu, pondering to himself: “Just how rich is this guy?”

And there were others similar to Dai Xingzhi with the same thought process.

Yun Jing, who eventually secured the second spot, looked at Ye Lingxiao for a long time before turning to glance at Zhang Yu: “Hmph, hiding in the back to play this game.

Is he boasting of his control?

Or deliberately concealing his strength?”

After claiming first place, Ye Lingxiao showed a slightly helpless expression, internally lamenting: “I can’t believe I couldn’t resist snatching first place just from a bit of provocation.”

“Seems like I still lack composure somewhat.”

He looked in Zhang Yu’s direction, acknowledging internally: “But this guy certainly has a playful mindset during the exam.”

At this moment, Zhang Yu also appeared more profound and inscrutable in Ye Lingxiao’s eyes.

Especially considering that Zhang Yu in this round seemed to be deliberately hiding his strength in Ye Lingxiao’s view.

An opponent whose depth is unknown also made him feel more threatened.

“This guy might just be more dangerous than Yun Jing.”

Speaking of which, Ye Lingxiao already waved towards Zhang Yu: “Nicely played.”

“Huh?” Zhang Yu, hearing the greeting, felt puzzled: “What did I play nicely?”

“Is this kid provoking me?”

“Seeing me struggle in 20th place, so he comes to mock me?”

This feeling…

Zhang Yu decided that when he returns, he’d never again commend Zhao Tianxing for his punches during class.

“Damn, hearing such words feels so aggravating, a mix of sarcasm!”

Bai Zhenzhen beside him comforted: “Yu Zi, being underestimated has its benefits.

That way, when you surpass them, it’ll be more spectacular.”

“Surpassing these rich folks is a privilege for us poorer ones!

They’ve never had this experience even as top-category Xiandu Masters since birth!”

To Bai Zhenzhen, it seemed that Ye Lingxiao’s words and actions were also full of provocation, mockery, disdain, and contempt.

However, Zhang Yu didn’t feel comforted at all after Bai Zhenzhen’s words.

“Damn it, there are two more exams.

Will that guy keep having a go at me with sarcasm?”

“Just for criticizing him for carelessly tossing red envelopes?

Does he need to hold such a grudge?”

As the mana exam ended, the next awaited by many students was the physical test.

Only heard Deng Bingding say: “A person’s Body Refinement can be reflected in various aspects.”

“But there is one thing that can neither be faked nor goes unnoticed daily.”

“And that is appetite.”

“The stronger someone is, the more they eat; the more they eat, the stronger they become.

Appetite is one of the indicators of one’s Body Refinement intensity, testing a person’s overall metabolism, digestion, and gut capacity.”

“Today’s second test is the competition of gluttony!”