Chapter 113: Chapter 112: Accompanying the Crown Prince in Studying (8th Update, Please Support Subscription)

The third stage.

Martial Skill assessment is quite simple.

Use your most powerful martial skill to strike with all your strength at the wooden stake, and its destructive power will be evaluated.

The scoring will be based on its destructive power.

“Rest assured, it’s not just pure destructive power. The level of the martial skill and even your proficiency in it will be part of the evaluation.

So it won’t be the case that a Supreme Level Martial Skill instantly dominates the scene. What’s mainly assessed is your control and comprehension of the martial skill.”

Gu Xi laughed and said, “Otherwise, everyone might as well just show off their highest level martial skills, get scored directly, and be done with the assessment, right?”

With these words,

all eyes fell on Li Jingjun.

Compared to Xu Lingjun’s rough and savage demeanor, this woman was always calm and collected… evidently, such poise could not possibly be cultivated in an ordinary family.

In fact, it could be said that although only two exams were taken so far, just those two almost guaranteed her the top spot.

Even Xu Lingjun, who persistently trails behind her, is falling significantly short in terms of score…

And unsurprisingly, this score gap is expected to widen.

The first place is practically predetermined.

This exam wasn’t suspenseful at all, so what’s the point?

Gu Xi smiled and said, “Shall we let her go first? Well… Li Jingjun, your vision and resources are considerably superior to ordinary candidates, so you should be the first, set an example for everyone.”

“Yes!”

Li Jingjun stepped forward silently.

Looking at the rows of stakes ahead, these stakes are constructed from the legendary Refined Iron Stake material…

Though made of wood, in terms of hardness, they actually surpass refined iron.

She took a deep breath.

With her right hand’s forefinger and middle finger combined to form a Finger Sword, the sharp Finger Force appeared at the fingertips. In a lightning-fast motion, it struck the stake in the blink of an eye.

A dull thud reverberated.

Fingertips pierced into the stake.

Wood chips flew back with a resounding crash from the rear of the stake…

A deep hole, as wide as two fingers, appeared on the stake.

A single finger pierced through the Iron Wood Stake.

“Backtracking Wind Finger, Ultimate Level Martial Skill, the Finger Force is condensed and not scattered, truly remarkable. This one finger already reflects half of its essence, and just this strike alone almost surpasses the Peak stage of the True Transformation Realm.”

Zhou Qianmo smacked his lips in admiration, “At this age, to have such skill, truly impressive. Old Liu, where on earth did you find such talent? For a noble family member to willingly join your dilapidated Martial Mansion… perhaps you have some undisclosed relationship with the matriarch of the Li family…”

“Do not slander the senior,”

Liu Zhiyuan gave Zhou Qianmo a glare and snorted, “I naturally paid a heavy price.”

As he spoke, his concerned gaze fell on Xu Lingjun.

Li Jingjun was indeed a talent he acquired at great expense, representing the first collaboration attempt between noble families and the Martial Mansion.

But strangely enough…

Despite the immense cost he paid for Li Jingjun, he found himself even more interested in that humble-looking young man.

After all, no matter how outstanding Li Jingjun’s performance was, it was expected, but an ordinary person without any Martial Tao inheritance, managing to barely keep pace with her, was astonishing and truly noteworthy.

He couldn’t help but wonder how far this young man could go.

Meanwhile, Li Jingjun’s score was revealed.

points.

Almost a perfect score.

The crowd was immediately taken aback. This martial skill seemed inconspicuous, but its understatement clearly demonstrated that all the Qi Force was concentrated into that single finger; the skill level likely exceeded the Legendary Level.

Still at the True Transformation Realm, yet wielding a martial skill of at least the Supreme Realm.

And yet not achieving a full score?

Seeing Li Jingjun’s surprised expression, Gu Xi explained: “If it was just about the martial skill’s power, 100 points could be possible, but with your current power, it’s like a small horse pulling a large carriage, unable to fully unleash the skill’s highest power… Didn’t I say it already? What’s evaluated is your grasp on the skill, not just its power… In fact, if you performed a Legendary Level Martial Skill, you might have gotten a perfect score.”

Li Jingjun apologized, “I’m sorry, I indeed once practiced Legendary Level Martial Skills to lay the foundation, but that was only for the foundation. Afterwards, I switched to practicing my family-inherited skills, and taking out skills that I haven’t deeply learned might actually yield even lower scores. That last move was indeed the martial skill I’m most proficient in.”

Gu Xi shook his head and said, “Well, it seems even noble family members have their troubles.”

As he spoke, he noticed that everyone’s gaze had shifted to Xu Lingjun.

“It seems Xu Lingjun, you’re expected to be second, huh?”

Gu Xi asked, “Come on, have you learned any martial skills?”

Xu Lingjun nodded and said, “Yes.”

“Hit this stake with your most skilled martial skill, your best move.”

Gu Xi obviously took care of Xu Lingjun more than Li Jingjun, offering more reminders.

“Yes.”

Xu Lingjun nodded and stepped out of the line.

He took a deep breath.

Gradually, a fiery aura spread over his right fist.

During this period, his “Infinite Divine Demon Body Refining Technique” had never stopped improving, and along with it, the power of martial skills driven by this Divine Demon Level Technique increased day by day… His comprehension became deeper as well.

Compared to Li Jingjun’s completely restrained momentum, he was much more flamboyant.

Almost half of his body was enveloped in flames, which then condensed and condensed again onto his arm.

“Flame Killing Fist?”

Zhou Qingwan couldn’t help but brighten her eyes in surprise, “Isn’t this the Wind Fist Style martial skill? Could it be that this kid is somehow connected to our West Origin Martial Mansion?”

“Elder Feng retired a long time ago, don’t make unfounded claims.”

Liu Zhiyuan retorted, unable to hold his breath…

He naturally had quite an impression of the Flame Killing Fist, not because this fist skill was formidable, but because it was so widely taught; nearly tens of thousands of people on the Polar Star Battlefield knew this martial skill.

But observing Xu Lingjun perform this fist technique, he couldn’t help but secretly marvel, thinking that Elder Feng must have innovated this fist skill again, as even a Qi Gathering Realm youth could now exhibit it to such a degree.

And at this point, the fiercely burning flame, under extreme compression, was almost turning a faint black.

“Flame Slaying Black Dragon Wave!!!”

Though shouting the move’s name during battle might be somewhat juvenile, in such a moment of extreme force gathering, not shouting felt as though something was missing, like engaging in intimacy with precautions, which somehow feels off.

Accompanying a loud shout.

He punched directly at the stake.

With a bang.

Scalding dark flame sparks splattered.

The stake had been shattered, with numerous tongues of fire shooting out from inside…

The scalding qi force forced everyone to take several steps back.

Caught in astonishment, everyone was stunned.

Gu Xi muttered, “The punch force is contained internally, exploding inside the enemy… When did the Flame Killing Fist have this move?”

But in terms of momentum, without a doubt, the splendor of this move far surpassed Li Jingjun’s Backtracking Wind Finger. Though the power was somewhat inferior, this was due to the level restriction of the martial skill…

Xu Lingjun’s score came out.

points!

“Although his martial skill’s power is far inferior to your Backtracking Wind Finger, he has clearly mastered this martial skill to an extremely proficient level. There is a limitation to what he can pull off, but undoubtedly, he is much more at ease than you. Of course, this is also because your martial skill’s level is far higher, you gained less, remember this next time.”

Gu Xi explained to Li Jingjun.

Li Jingjun nodded, indicating she had no doubts.

Instead, Xu Lingjun gently exhaled.

Previously, he had always been deeply proud of his uniqueness…

But now it seemed that although he was unique, other prodigies were not necessarily much inferior.

In this round, he only managed to catch up by three points due to the other’s abundant resources.

Although his aim was only to get accepted into the Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion, from Gu Xi’s words, the higher the score, the greater the future benefits would be.

Naturally, he couldn’t help but want a good ranking too.

Especially since twice he had been pressed down by a woman, he had long wanted to reverse the situation…

But this method of success…

The third person was Zong Xiaoping.

After a brief preparation.

He shouted, kicking a series of dozen kicks in mid-air, the leg shadows were continuous as if they were one leg… The stake was kicked down onto the ground.

Even the fixed steel rods were bent, but the iron stake remained undamaged.

The sturdiness of this stake was clear.

And he scored a high 82 points, which in the past would have been considered a high score, but now…

Zong Xiaoping had already resignedly expressed that he was used to it.

This time… I’m just here to accompany the crown prince to read books.