"Phew, how satisfying!"
"Refreshing! So refreshing!"
"As expected of Senior Xu, he's amazing!"
"Man, watching this gets my blood pumping. I want to try using a spear myself."
"..."
With the fall of the Arm-Blade Tiger King.
The students in the audience, like gourmets after a hearty meal, voiced their satisfied evaluations.
At this moment, Astret's screen flickered, jumping directly to the 6th position.
'6th Place: Astret, 796 points (Jiangcheng No. 2 High School)'
"Holy crap, what's going on? How did Senior's rank jump to 6th?"
"Senior's score was just 634 earlier; how did it suddenly increase by nearly 160 points?"
"Even if there were four or five Rank 1 ferocious beasts, he shouldn't have gotten such a high score all at once, right?"
"..."
For a moment, everyone was confused; the points added were just too many.
"Holy shit! I just realized Senior isn't in the middle zone anymore; he's entered the core zone!"
An exclamation from somewhere prompted everyone to instinctively check the map on the virtual screen.
Sure enough, the area Astret was in was already within the red core zone!
"I knew the size of those Arm Blade Tigers felt off. They weren't peak Unranked; they were Rank 1 ferocious beasts!"
"Does that mean everything Senior just killed were Rank 1 ferocious beasts?"
"Incredible! Killing Rank 1 ferocious beasts is like slicing through melons and vegetables!"
"..."
Originally, the students thought Astret was still in the middle zone and that these beasts were only peak Unranked or Rank 1.
However, they didn't expect that Astret had already entered the dangerous core zone!
He was just fighting Rank 1 Low-tier and Rank 1 Mid-tier ferocious beasts!
It wasn't their fault for not noticing sooner; the battle was simply too intense.
At the same time, they finally understood why Astret hadn't acted earlier—he was rushing to the core zone... "Even the first-place 'Breeze Sword' Zhou Mingyang would only be able to kite and pull against a beast pack like this.
There's no one as fierce as Senior, killing all the beasts in one go!"
Everyone instinctively compared Astret with the top-ranked Zhou Mingyang.
However, they found that even the star candidate Zhou Mingyang didn't seem to possess such powerful dominance!
... "One person against ten Arm Blade Tigers, and one of them was even Rank 1 Mid-tier?!"
"This combat power is probably even stronger than Zhou Mingyang's, right?"
"Which teacher taught Astret from No. 2 High School? How can he be such a freak?"
"..."
In the spectator stands outside the military district.
When Astret faced the beast pack alone, he drew the attention of all the teachers.
However, they didn't think much of it, assuming Astret would simply flee.
After all, since the start of the competition, no candidate had ever dared to challenge a beast pack in the core zone.
However, his subsequent near-crushing performance left every teacher and principal slack-jawed!
In particular, Chen Fan, the head teacher of Class 5, had his old face flushed red, clearly excited to the extreme!
With his student performing so brilliantly, he, as the head teacher, also shared in the glory!
"Astret is actually this strong!"
Even the principal of No. 2 High School, who was usually calm, couldn't help but widen his eyes in disbelief.
"His spear thrusts are as fierce as a dragon and fast as lightning!
Advanced Spear Technique! This is definitely Advanced Spear Technique!"
Zhang Wenshan, the Director of the Education Bureau, was equally excited, but his focus was on Astret's spear technique!
You should know that,
it takes ordinary people decades to train a weapon skill to the intermediate level.
To reach the advanced level, it's impossible without spending most of one's life!
Yet Astret is only eighteen!
What kind of genius is this?
But thinking of Astret's ability, he couldn't help but slap his thigh and sigh, "Ah! What a pity!"
With the strength Astret has shown, he is already stronger than Zhou Mingyang.
If he had a better ability, he might have broken Jiangcheng's records of many years and broken into the top fifty of Jiangnan Province!
However, Astret's E-rank ability destined him to lack stamina later on... "Advanced Spear Technique, no wonder he's so fierce!"
"Astret is only eighteen at most, and his spear technique has already reached the advanced level? What kind of comprehension is this!"
"Even geniuses from the provincial capital probably haven't mastered advanced weapon skills, right?"
"..."
Hearing Director Zhang Wenshan's sigh, the teachers finally snapped out of it, followed by another wave of surprise and emotion.
"Principal Zhao, congratulations. It seems this year's Jiangcheng number one will fall to your No. 2 High School."
After that battle, anyone with eyes could see that Astret was stronger than Zhou Mingyang; taking first place was only a matter of time.
Although Liu Hang, the principal of First High School, was unwilling, he still generously congratulated Zhao Yao.
"Principal Liu, you flatter me. The exam isn't over yet, so the final result is still uncertain."
First High School!
The best middle school in Jiangcheng, it not only has abundant educational resources but also gathers the most outstanding students in the entire city.
Every year after the awakening of abilities, many excellent students from No. 2 High School transfer to First High School because of the generous conditions they offer.
Therefore, it was impossible for Zhao Yao, the principal of No. 2 High School, not to harbor any hostility toward First High School.
However, First High School was simply too strong, leaving no room for No. 2 High School to shine.
Now that the moment for No. 2 High School to suppress First High School was approaching, Principal Zhao Yao was no longer in a hurry, speaking with great humility.
"Regardless, Astret's strength is evident. It's good that our Jiangcheng can have two people break into the top 100 of Jiangnan Province."
Zhang Wenshan, having finally regained his composure, nodded to Zhao Yao. "Your No. 2 High School did very well this time, cultivating a student like Astret.
After the college entrance exam is over, I will propose to the city to commend your No. 2 High School."
"Thank you, Director Zhang!"
Zhao Yao's face lit up with joy.
Ability Users like them who chose to be principals no longer held much hope for improving their own strength; their focus was more on their careers.
A commendation would not only bring more resources to No. 2 High School but also benefit him as the principal.
In the future, it wouldn't be impossible to take a step further and enter the Education Bureau!
"Astret, you've really given me a huge surprise."
Zhao Yao was filled with emotion; he never expected No. 2 High School would have such a day... Just as Zhang Wenshan predicted, in the following time,
Astret's score soared like a rocket.
In less than an hour, he surpassed Zhou Mingyang and became number one.
And at this time, it was already 3 PM.
That is to say, in six hours, the Martial Arts college entrance exam would end..."}],