As Hong Wuhao walked out, he retrieved his data terminal and walked to the area beside Ms Su as she noted down the result on her tablet. The next person in line walked in to get measured.
Soon, it was Tian Qingfeng's turn. He walked towards the scanner, placed his data terminal into the machine, and stepped in. After a couple of seconds, the machine began the scanning process. The screen flashed after a while, and the result popped up on the screen
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Martial Progress: Muscle Strengthening Fourth Layer
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Tian Qingfeng walked out of the machine and retrieved his data terminal. Walking towards the class on the side, he noticed Ms Su giving him a slight smile as she noted down the result on her tablet and led the class over to the next section.
Chen Zhiyu hooked an arm around him when he got over to the class. The grin on his face reached ear to ear.
"You're one sneaky guy, aren't ya!" he said in a teasing tone.
"Surprise," Tian Qingfeng grinned back at him
"When'd you reach the fourth layer?"
"About two days ago. It was a real close shave."
"So you're at the initial stage then?"
"Nah, I'm at the intermediate stage. The stabilization was simple, and progress was not that hard once I figured out what the problem was."
"Oh, so what was the problem?"
"I was not shifting my legs and arms vigorously enough at the ninth, twenty-first, and thirty-fifth form. When I was previously doing the third, fifteenth, and twenty-fourth form, I was a tad too slow, so the tempering process couldn't occur. After recognizing and adjusting the movements, it turned out to be quite elementary."
"So you didn't fumble on the hard sections but ran straight into a wall on the simpler parts? That's so lame, dude."
"Buzz off," Tian Qingfeng knocked Chan Zhiyu's hand off his shoulder. "Give me a break."
"Yeah, yeah. Look, we're at the strength testing device."
Ahead of them was a cylindrical device with pads on one face, held up by a solid metal base. Attached to the side of the cylinder was a black metal wall with a screen and a notch below the screen.
Reaching the location of the second exam site, Ms Su turned towards the class.
"Alright, same order. Hong Wuhao, you go first."
"Yes, ma'am!" Hong Wuhao walked towards the device and set his Data Terminal into the notch of the machine. He then walked towards the padded cylinder face and got into a combat stance. He raised his right fist to his waist and placed his left arm forward as a guide. Tensing his triceps, he punched forward in one quick motion, twisting his waist, fist smashing into the cylinder's padded cushion.
With a heavy thud, the cylinder shifted backwards into itself. The screen on the wall lit up as numbers started to flash on the screen, ticking higher and higher. Finally, the digits slowed down, and the last digits gradually slowed and then stopped.
Everyone looked at the number displayed on the screen.
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5,497 kg
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As Hong Wuhao went to collect his data terminal, the rest of the class exclaimed, cheered, and congratulated him.
"Congrats"
"Congrats"
"Dang, you improved by nearly 300 kg over the break. What'd you do, man, stay in a gym all break chugging Nutrient Serums?"
Hong Wuhao chuckled as he walked back towards the class.
"Next, Wang Zhengyi," Ms Su called out.
As the test continued, it soon became someone from Fei Baixue's group to step up.
"Next, Fu Lihua,"
A girl standing with 3 others, one of whom was Fei Baixue, walked onto the dias and slotted her data terminal into the notch. She then headed over to the padded cylinder and got into a horse stance. Readying her fist, she took in a deep breath and punched the pad.
"Boom"
A thunderous sound resounded as the cylinder compressed.
The numbers on the screen flashed rapidly, eventually landing on a number.
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5,502 kg
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As she grabbed her data terminal and walked back towards her cohort, the rest of the class stared at the number on the screen.
"She exceeded 5,500 kg!"
"She's already at the intermediate stage!?"
"Didn't the people who reached the fifth level before the break only just barely get to the initiate stage?"
"Yeah, if I recall, everyone who reached the fifth level only just barely achieved it. If I recall, she was at 5,193 kg during the last test."
"So she improved by 309 kilograms in two weeks?"
As the class discussed her score, Ms Su
Continued to call people up.
"Yu Ling!" She called up another girl from the same group as Fu Lihua. 5,499 kilograms
"Wang Xuanren!" 4,622 kilograms
"Jiang Li!" 4,605 kilograms
"Li Meihua" 4,764 kilograms
As she continued to call up students, it became Fei Baixues's turn.
She slotted her Data terminal in and punched the machine.
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5,528 kg
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Chen Zhiyu clicked his tongue
"Dang, as expected of the number one in our class.
"She definitely deserves that title. She might be in the top ten this time as well."
"Stop stating the obvious," Lu Tai retorted, "Hey, old Tian. Did she do anything special to improve so much?"
"Not really, at least I didn't see anything out of the ordinary. Besides, wasn't she already nearing 5,300 kilograms before the break? She was at 5,240, right?"
"True, but breaking through to the intermediate stage is still much more difficult than improving within a stage, even if it isn't as hard as improving beyond a bottleneck stage."
"Oh, right, I think she did say that she reached the intermediate stage like a week ago, she wasn't even training that hard as well."
"As expected of our class's top genius." Chen Zhiyu exclaimed
While they discussed Baixue's score, Chen Zhiyu was called up. Then it was Lu Tai's turn.
They each got 4,953 kg and 5,126 kg, respectively.
After waiting a while, it was finally Tian Qingfeng's turn.
"Show us what you've got." Chen and Lu patted him on the shoulder as he headed towards the dias.
He walked up, inserted his Data terminal, and headed to the front of the padded cylinder.
He got into a horse stance, clenched his fist, rotated his waist, and punched out.