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Chapter 364: 313: Zhang Yu VS Gongshu Jin (Thanks to 'Nader' for rewarding the alliance leader)
Chapter 364: Chapter 313: Zhang Yu VS Gongshu Jin (Thanks to ‘Nader’ for rewarding the alliance leader)
Wanfa University City, Floor 450.
When Zhang Yu emerged from the Magnetic Channel, the first thing he saw was a floor as high as 50 meters, and on this floor… buildings over ten stories high, crooked low houses, chaotic narrow alleys, and collapsed ruins.
“It looks like a battlefield.”
The scene before him felt somewhat familiar to Zhang Yu, and suddenly he realized, it resembled the abandoned factory ruins he had visited before.
At the same time, an introduction about the examination site appeared in Zhang Yu’s eyes.
“Indeed, it’s a complex terrain simulating a city battlefield, used for various training purposes.”
Zhang Yu thought, “This should be mainly used by departments like Security, which focus more on combat, right?”
“But for our Civil Engineering Department to come here for exams… is it due to the impact of the university war?”
Following the guidance in his field of vision towards the target location, Zhang Yu scanned the surrounding buildings and ruins.
With his current engineering experience, a closer look revealed that the quality of the buildings in this simulated battlefield was quite poor.
“The engineering contractors for this exam venue probably made quite a bit of money.”
Just then, a message flashed in Zhang Yu’s field of vision.
Yu Xinghan: We’re about to mix the medicine, do you want some?
Zhang Yu: Yes, but anything with more kick?
After three months of good food and drink on the outdoor construction site, Zhang Yu found himself not accustomed to the pre-mixed medicine upon returning.
He never thought those plain nutrient agents, physical recovery agents, mana recovery agents… would taste so bland.
Yu Xinghan: Want additives? Illusionary Mushroom Powder? Neurotransmitter? Or Mood Modulator? Anyway, add whatever flavor you want, just pay more.
Looking at the flavor choices offered by Kunxu Pharmacy, Zhang Yu sighed internally but also felt that paying extra seemed quite reasonable.
Zhang Yu: Forget it, I’ll go with the original flavor.
After ordering a dose of medicine for post-exam, Zhang Yu followed the arrow in his vision to a crossroads.
He then found Gongshu Jin already standing there.
Seeing Zhang Yu, Gongshu Jin nodded slightly but said nothing, instead fully immersing himself in his world, sensing the power within him, continuously adjusting his state to its peak.
Gongshu Jin thought to himself, “The first in class for the first semester… will be me.”
Meanwhile, through the examination site monitoring, Tu Lishan was also observing this exam.
Tu Lishan thought to himself, “Unlike the purely physical body of the Qi Refinement Realm, after stepping into the Foundation Establishment Stage, the physical body and mana gradually meld into one, possessing various Immortal Path characteristics, and body refinement essentially cannot do without the support of mana.”
“At this time in the body refinement exam, simply assessing physical strength is increasingly meaningless.”
“On the contrary, how powerful the data can be when the physical body is enhanced with mana and supplemented by cultivation techniques, that is the focus.”
“As long as you don’t use mana to self-create a Taoist Skill, any other technique that enhances the physical body and explosive physical strength can be freely performed.”
“As for Magic Remains, that is even more a part of the human body.”
Thinking of this, Tu Lishan felt that in the upcoming exam, the gap between Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin might be even larger.
Just then, as Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin both arrived, lines of text appeared in their field of vision, explaining the rules of the upcoming exam.
As a teacher, Tu Lishan naturally could also see the content.
“The body refinement exam is divided into two stages, the Speed Stage and the Strength Stage, testing the candidates’ body refinement level from two dimensions.”
“The first stage is the Speed Stage, conducted in the simulation site on this floor, where candidates must perform high-speed movement, traversing various complex terrains while avoiding high temperatures, explosions, and special mana attacks.”
Tu Lishan thought to himself, “This aims to test the candidates’ comprehensive speed, reaction, and agility levels in complex terrains.”
Just then, Tu Lishan saw a message from Director Gao in his field of vision: “Lishan, are you also here to watch Gongshu Jin’s exam?”
Tu Lishan immediately replied: Yes, Director. I am curious to see if Gongshu Jin can surpass Ji Yuanshu after these three months of training.
As Tu Lishan and Director Gao communicated, the first stage of the exam officially began.
…
As the countdown appeared.
Zhang Yu took out a few regular tablets and swallowed them.
Gongshu Jin, on the other hand, took out three syringes and fiercely jabbed them into his neck, feeling the violent throbbing of his internal organs and the thickening of his blood like syrup, with his heart expanding to twice its size, and his meridians slightly trembling from the rushing mana impact.
Feeling all this, Gongshu Jin smiled slightly, “Great, I’ve reached peak state.”
If it were the younger and more naive Zhang Yu of the past, he would only silently curse the other’s unnatural body refinement upon seeing such a scene.
But now, Zhang Yu looked at the syringes the other had discarded on the ground, seeing the residual liquid inside, and considered whether he could pick them up and use the second-hand needles.
Fu Ji reminded him, “Did you forget the university exam rules? You’re not allowed to borrow others’ things during exams, otherwise it’s considered stealing others’ Immortal Path potential, which is cheating.”
Zhang Yu cursed internally, “Damn Kunxu… each level less normal than the last.”
3!
2!
1!
As the countdown ended, with a soft bang, Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin almost disappeared simultaneously from where they stood.
The sharp sound of air screeching constantly echoed.
Only to see them, one after the other, leave a trail of shockwaves, shooting out along the marked route in their field of vision, making swift turns and rapid dashes through the complex alleys and streets before their eyes.
Mana surged through their meridians, and qi and blood roared within their muscles. As they continuously unleashed the power within them, Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin’s speed became faster and their figures became blurrier.
In Gongshu Jin’s eye sockets, the conditions of various parts of his body emerged, detailing his current state.
Body temperature: 115°
Mana mobilization: 30%
The mobilization scale of muscle and tendon strength reached 80%.
Currently operating Whale Swallowing Nether Breathing Technique at Level 15, Blood Boiling Body Burning Technique at Level 14, Ten Thousand Miles Flying Sword Step at Level 12
Current mental method in operation: Azure Dragon Soaring Heart Technique Level 15
Scanning over his line of data, as the medicinal power dissipated within his body, Gongshu Jin felt that his current state couldn’t be better.
“A body temperature of 115° is just right, it’s the best balance between mana and blood energy mixing after operating the Blood Boiling Body Burning Technique, as well as the optimal operating temperature for the medicinal power.”
Yet, just with a slight glance, Gongshu Jin could sense that Zhang Yu was relentlessly pursuing him from behind.
“Really going all out, huh.”
“But at this moment, I’m not yet at full strength…”
The next instant, with a movement of Gongshu Jin’s mind, his vertebrae vibrated one segment after another, producing a rumbling sound.
The Vajra Xuan-built spinal magic remains could assist the user in deploying cultivation techniques through external connectors of nerves and meridians.
However, at any given time, the spinal magic remains could only store and call upon one technique.
To ensure a better score in the first round for speed, and to unleash higher speed, he deliberately adjusted the cultivation technique stored in the spinal magic remains, swapping from the originally practiced Level 20 Body Refining Techniques to a technique specifically for increasing body displacement ability.
Ten Thousand Miles Flying Sword Step—Level 20 propulsion!
The mobilization of physical body and mana increased once again!
In the next moment…
With a bombastic explosion, Gongshu Jin’s figure seemed to vanish instantly.
If someone were to look again after hearing the successive explosive sounds of air, they would find that his figure was already absent from where the airwaves were booming open.
Simply because, under continuous acceleration, he had already surpassed the speed of sound, sprinting ahead of the explosive airwaves.
And at such a terrifying speed, Gongshu Jin was like a flash of lightning, swiftly darting in the high-simulation city venue, rapidly widening the gap with Zhang Yu.
Watching this scene while operating the Racing Car Leg and War Demon Life-Extending Technique, Zhang Yu felt somewhat helpless.
“Hmph… all cultivated with money, how can it compare to my hard-earned, blood-sweat attainment?”
Though thinking like this, Zhang Yu also understood that in this round, it would be very difficult to surpass Gongshu Jin.
Since arriving at the second level, he seized every moment to practice cultivation techniques.
First to push the University Sacred Body, then for the Civil Engineering Sacred Body, during this immensely intense cultivation period, he always had no chance to practice a Foundation Establishment Stage speed-enhancing technique.
Cultivating speed techniques has always been his weak point.
If it were a Qi Refinement Realm physical exam, powered purely by physical strength, it wouldn’t matter.
But upon reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage, as physical strength enhanced, the integration of body and mana became the trend.
The augmenting effect of mana on the body, the Immortal Path properties contained within the body… these are critical assessment aspects of body refining results, making speed-type techniques prominently important.
Besides this, he also faced a significant disadvantage in this regard, which was the heavy, reinforced bones in his body.
This increase in weight inevitably forms a drag on speed.
Fortunately, the complex terrain of the exam venue did not allow the pure speed advantage to be entirely displayed.
Additionally, the intermittently detonating devices, the oncoming blade qi, sword qi, and other forms of special mana onslaught, also hindered Gongshu Jin’s speed.
In contrast, Zhang Yu, relying on the Three-Eyed Divine Power and Time Residual Demon Pupil, could easily evade various onslaughts, and if unavoidable, would charge through with his robust physique.
Bang!
With a loud boom, Gongshu Jin had already landed on the finish line.
He let out a long breath, and the surging heat waves dispersed in all directions.
Then, the mana within his body transformed into special mana with icy attributes, continuously cooling himself down.
But just shortly after Gongshu Jin reached the finish line, accompanied by explosive bangs, Zhang Yu also crossed the finish line in the eye sockets.
Gongshu Jin turned his head, slightly surprised as he gave the other a glance.
It was only then that Gongshu Jin truly examined Zhang Yu’s state, somewhat surprised to find that, though his hair was still white, his face was rosy and vibrant, his eyes resolute and spirited, a stark contrast from his feeble state a week ago.
“This guy’s speed… is not bad after all.”
Making a judgment in his heart, Gongshu Jin hastened to the final examination venue.
“My display in the speed test wasn’t bad, as long as I perform well in the power test next, I will definitely surpass Ji Yuanshu…”
…
Watching the performance of both in the exam venue, Gongshu Jin’s excellence didn’t go beyond Tu Lishan’s expectations.
Especially with Gongshu Jin’s spirit coins advantage, Tu Lishan couldn’t help but marvel at his astonishing talent, his Immortal Path potential seemingly endless.
Meanwhile, Zhang Yu’s condition made him feel moved, secretly thinking, “Zhang Yu’s physical condition has recovered quite well. It appears, as he said, that his physique indeed has special qualities, and his recovery ability is quite good.”
“But it’s also related to this venue, as this venue amplified the importance of reaction, agility, insight, and speed variance, reducing the advantage of pure displacement speed.”
Thinking this, Tu Lishan couldn’t help but ask, “Director, is placing the Civil Engineering department’s final exam here also about adapting to future circumstances? Is it really… so dire?”
Director Gao replied calmly, “The scale of university warfare has been escalating, even for our top ten… there inevitably will come a day to join the battle. It’s just that some inept individuals at the university still delude themselves into thinking the era will remain unchanged, that they can always earn while lying down like before.”
“Alright, let’s not talk about these anymore, let’s see how Gongshu Jin performs in this final segment.”
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