59 Just A Little More
Yang Zhongyi couldn’t help but sigh when he saw Yan Xing’s expression.
He had a bad impression of Yan Xing, but he couldn’t help but sympathize with the latter.
142nd place. It didn’t take a genius to know how humiliating this was to Yan Xing, who had always thought highly of himself!
Thinking about how Yan Xing had come to rope Lin Shen in before the examination and wanted to recruit the latter as a follower, Yang Zhongyi felt fate could be such a strange thing.
“That’s why people can’t always put themselves in a high position. Otherwise, they might fall very badly one day.”
“What are you mumbling about?” Su Nian turned around and asked in confusion.
“Nothing.” Yang Zhongyi shrugged and turned his attention back to the water screen. “How many people are left in the fog formation?”
“Just four. Zhao Xueying, Xue Feng, Chong Yanhe… and Lin Shen!”
The huge water screen was divided into four areas, each playing the battle scene of one of the four people.
After more than ten candidates were expelled from the fog formation at the same time, the strength of the fog beast increased further and directly broke through to the seventh level of Qi Transformation. They were even close to reaching the eighth level.
At this moment, the four of them were surrounded by more than 20 fog beasts.
Under the relentless attacks of the fog beasts, Xue Feng and Chong Yanhe found it difficult to move. They couldn’t even take a step closer to the door dozens of meters away. They were completely confined to their spot and were struggling to hold on.
In comparison, Zhao Xueying was undoubtedly much calmer.
The power of the Condensed Strings was extremely powerful. Wherever the red stings passed, the fog beasts scattered into clouds.
After a while, Zhao Xueying was within five meters of the door.
However, what was even more shocking was Lin Shen’s performance.
Facing the fog beasts charging at him from all directions, Lin Shen moved like an electric snake. His feet barely touched the ground as he moved through the gaps between the fog beasts. Occasionally, he would make a sharp turn, but his speed didn’t slow down at all, as if he was gliding along the ground.
There were more than twenty fog beasts, but none of them could even touch the corner of his clothes. Instead, their bodies were shattered, and fog filled the air.
“He’s so fast!”
“What movement technique is this?”
“Moving Star Steps? No, it doesn’t look like it…”
The crowd was filled with exclamations.
Ke Ya and Cai Zhonggu looked at each other in surprise.
“Is this Shadows?”
“That’s right, and he’s reached Mastery at least!”
Cai Zhonggu couldn’t help but feel amazed.
Mastery in Shadows.
Perfection in Blazing Sun Palm.
Students at this age could be considered outstanding if they could achieve either of these two achievements.
However, Lin Shen had both. His talent in martial arts was simply astonishing!
Ke Ya was more thoughtful.
Shadows was an outstanding martial technique that was almost as excellent as Moving Star Steps. Where did Lin Shen, a student from a welfare institution, obtain this martial technique?
“Could it be a gift from an expert?”
After pondering for a moment, Ke Ya shook his head and threw this doubt to the back of his mind.
Even the Martial Enforcement Hall wouldn’t question cultivators over such matters. Moreover, he was only the tutor of an academy, so there was no need for him to investigate further.
After all, Shadows wasn’t some unorthodox cultivation technique.
Looking over, Lin Shen and Zhao Xueying had already broken out of the group of beasts and rushed into the door almost at the same time.
In the next second, exclamations suddenly rose from the crowd.
Lin Shen and Zhao Xueying appeared in the same scene.
The two of them entered the same hall!
What was even more unexpected was that there was an altar in the middle of the hall. There was a formation flag on it.
Almost at the same time, Lin Shen and Zhao Xueying discovered each other and were stunned.
Zhao Xueying was impressed by this commoner genius who had obtained first place in Willow Academy’s competition.
But that was all.
She didn’t know Lin Shen had defeated Yan Xing. She still thought Lin Shen was at the sixth level of Qi Transformation. When she saw him, she didn’t take it to heart and rushed towards the altar.
But Lin Shen was faster than her!
Under the full power of Mastery Shadows, Lin Shen almost turned into an afterimage. In an instant, he crossed dozens of meters and landed on the altar. He reached out to grab the formation flag at lightning speed.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Xueying was shocked. Without any time to think, she drew a horizontal line with her finger. A red string tore through the void and quickly whipped toward Lin Shen.
Lin Shen was about to grab the flag pole when he sensed a strong threat coming from his side. Having no choice, he could only give up and retreat, stopping at the edge of the altar.
At the same time, Zhao Xueying also ascended the altar.
The two of them sized up each other from 30 meters away with the formation flag in the middle.
“That red string… Did she release her spiritual essence?”
Lin Shen frowned slightly, but he quickly denied this speculation.
If Zhao Xueying had already advanced to the Long Breath Stage, he wouldn’t have been able to dodge that attack so easily.
...
It was most likely some special martial technique!
However, Zhao Xueying was only more shocked than Lin Shen.
From the brief exchange of blows just now, she acutely realized she had severely underestimated Lin Shen’s strength.
He was far beyond the sixth level of Qi Transformation!
What was going on?
Zhao Xueying was disturbed.
It had only been a month since they last met. Why had Lin Shen’s strength increased so much?
However, now wasn’t the time to think about this. Zhao Xueying quickly focused on the situation in front of her.
At this point, there were probably very few candidates left in the fog formation.
The exam was already coming to an end. As long as she obtained this formation flag, she should be able to take first place!
Lin Shen also realized this and narrowed his eyes.
...
The air around them suddenly froze.
The atmosphere that could erupt at any moment spread through the water screen and infected the crowd in the square.
Everyone subconsciously slowed their breaths and stared at the water curtain with widened eyes.
They all knew the next confrontation would affect the position of the chief disciple!
The silent confrontation lasted for more than ten seconds. In the next moment, Lin Shen suddenly rushed towards Zhao Xueying like a bolt of lightning. He was the first to attack.
In the blink of an eye, he was five meters away from Zhao Xueying. With a wave of his palm, heat waves swept forward like raging waves hitting the shore.
Swoosh!
An ear-piercing sound of air being torn apart suddenly rang out. Dozens of red strings instantly tore the blazing wave into pieces. The air was still torn apart as it attacked Lin Shen, forcing him to stop his charge and start dodging.
A corner of the altar was instantly enveloped by dense red strings. It was like an airtight cage that imprisoned Lin Shen. He couldn’t stop dodging. If he was slightly delayed, he would be drowned by the Condensed Strings and lose!
This was the strength of the number one martial technique in the Qi Transformation Stage!
The power of the Condensed Strings was enough to break metal. Even a Physical Enhancement martial technique of the same level couldn’t withstand the Condensed Strings for more than a minute.
Ordinary weapons also couldn’t withstand a casual strike from the Condensed Strings. Unless one held an enchanted armament, there was no way to resist it.
In the exam that prohibited the use of enchanted armaments, Condensed Strings was almost invincible!
Seeing that Lin Shen was completely surrounded by Condensed Strings, Ke Ya and Cai Zhonggu sighed in unison.
“We have a winner.”
“What a pity. If not for the Condensed Strings, Lin Shen might have had a chance of winning.”
A look of pity flashed across the faces of the two tutors.
The surrounding spectators were in an uproar.
“Looks like there’s no suspense.”
“In the end, Zhao Xueying still won. It makes sense. Dark horses are rare to come by.”
“It’s already good enough. Lin Shen is now in second place. Have you seen any ordinary students in the past exams get such results?”
“That’s true. It’s an honorable defeat!”
Hearing the discussions around him, Yang Zhongyi could not help but sigh.
“What a pity. He was almost there!”
“He already did a great job!” Su Nian said, but he couldn’t hide the regret on his face.
However, just as everyone thought everything had settled, the situation changed.
They heard the clear roar of a dragon from the water screen!
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