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    Starry Sky Professional Directory 113

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    Chapter 113: Bonus Points (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

    July 27, 2024

    Chapter 113: Bonus Points (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

    [Third level passed, bonus 200…]

    A mechanical voice echoed in his ears.

    Fang Xing gazed at the changing surroundings, thoughtfully, “The guardian of this level, if Song Jingang hadn’t broken through, wouldn’t necessarily be able to pass… but he should be able to score over a hundred points?”

    This kind of level, naturally, wasn’t mandatory to pass for points.

    Performing well, exhibiting more combat skills and wisdom, all had scoring points.

    Of course, only by killing the guardian could you get a perfect score.

    The rules of Martial Dao were that simple and direct!

    “Now my Martial Dao score is already eight hundred, right? If I do well in the written exam, above nine hundred, and hold on for a moment in the next level, adding it up, it will exceed eighteen hundred, which is considered passing the first-tier university’s score line…”

    “It seems there’s a difference between universities in the Federation, and the gap is quite large…”

    After all, with a university score line of sixteen hundred, those were basically Jadeite Level university students. After graduating from university, with some effort, they could become certified Professionals, which means breaking through the fourth realm of Martial Dao.

    But for first-tier universities, the score line was drastically different!

    Only the most outstanding Jadeite Level Martial Artists, and Brave Warrior Realm martial practitioners, could meet the threshold.

    “What about top-tier universities? Wouldn’t it be only Martial practitioners who can enroll, and upon graduation become External Manifestation Realm cultivators, or even Martial Dao Golden Core cultivators?”

    Fang Xing took a deep breath, feeling the intense heat around him.

    The place he was now had transformed into a desert, the sun blazing, roasting the surrounding space, making it seem to subtly distort…

    On the yellow sand desert, a man in white stood, his eyes as bright as morning stars!

    “Fourth level guardian, Brave Warrior Realm, peak cultivation!”

    “Does the Federation believe no examinee can defeat him?”

    As Fang Xing pondered, his Niwan Palace (a point on the head related to spiritual energy in cultivation) stirred, as if he saw a giant golden mountain range, pressing down!

    This was the pressure of Martial Dao Intent, the mountain majestic and heavy… this Martial Dao Intent alone surpassed countless Federation martial practitioners!

    In Fang Xing’s Niwan Palace, faint sounds of dragons roaring and tigers snarling could be heard, accompanied by the thunderous sound of dragons and elephants, carrying a resolute fighting spirit.

    Moreover, a sword and a knife, with unparalleled sharpness, soared into the sky!

    Although he could use the Mahābhote-like Chant to directly ignore these external intrusions, Fang Xing habitually wanted to keep some trump cards.

    With the power of the six Intents supporting him, he instantly broke free from the Martial Dao will pressure and saw the figure in white.

    The opponent leaped out, as if shrinking the ground into an inch, traversing space, killing him in front of him, his palm as white as jade, a single palm overturning the heavens!

    S-rank martial art—Mahāvajra Hand!

    Pale golden lines appeared around Fang Xing’s body, like a soft armor of gold thread and jade, he operated the Dragon Elephant Technique to its limit, his five fingers closed together, meeting the blow with a punch!

    Bang!

    Fists and palms collided, and both of them retreated almost simultaneously.

    Fang Xing shook his arm, seeing the wind swirling around the man in white, the strong wind causing his clothes to rustle, subtly dissolving his force, knowing that the other party also cultivated a body-tempering technique, and to an equally high level.

    “It seems to be ‘Wind and Cloud Body Tempering’… This body-tempering technique is best at dissipating force, known as the number one in force dissipation…”

    He felt his blood boiling slowly.

    A worthy opponent was hard to find!

    Especially such a good opponent, representing the pinnacle of the Brave Warrior Realm!

    Moreover, in this virtual space, even death wouldn’t cause injury.

    “With such good conditions, it would be a shame not to test my skills…”

    Fang Xing’s right hand formed a hand-knife, casually slashing, a shocking blade light shot into the sky, the yellow sand on both sides separated like giant waves.

    Ghost God Knife—Slay Ghost God!

    After a year of hard training, the Ghost God Knife and the Exquisite Emotion Sword had been cultivated by him to the Master level, the blade light was cold, its power was completely incomparable to before.

    The man in white stepped like waves cutting through the sea, his body moving in nine folds, avoiding all the infinite blade light, his movements so exquisite that even Fang Xing had to admire him.

    Seeing the man in white attack, Fang Xing’s other hand formed a sword with his fingers, the Exquisite Emotion Sword like flowing mercury, completely deployed.

    This sword technique was originally famous for its exquisite changes, and in Fang Xing’s hands, it was even more unpredictable, each sword energy emitted from an incredible angle.

    Even so, the man in white, with his fingers either plucking or pointing, like plucking strings, deflected the sword energy one by one.

    The two figures collided, causing countless sand to fly, engulfing the entire space.

    “Hah!”

    Suddenly, Fang Xing let out a long roar, abandoning his sword and knife, turning to a contest of fists and feet.

    He felt his Martial Dao will expanding unprecedentedly, because this opponent was truly rare, comparable to himself, and adept at defense, difficult to kill with one blow.

    In the other’s eyes, he should be the same.

    This allowed him to use all his techniques one by one, testing them in actual combat.

    From this single fight, Fang Xing realized many of his own shortcomings.

    ‘I was too arrogant before… I thought I was invincible in the Brave Warrior Realm, but there’s always a higher mountain…’

    ‘It turns out, I haven’t reached the peak yet?’

    Fang Xing felt that not only were the flaws in his fists, feet, sword, and knife techniques remedied, but in this clash of Martial Dao will, his Martial Dao Intent improved greatly.

    Suddenly!

    He felt the man in white’s aura change, his face as red as blood, his aura suddenly surged.

    “There’s actually self-mutilating burst techniques?”

    He cursed at the shamelessness, his eyes flashed with golden light, the Mahāvajra-Prajñā Divine Power activated.

    Bang bang bang!

    The two continuously exchanged blows, causing the air to continuously explode.

    Fang Xing felt that every punch’s force was absorbed and dissipated by the opponent’s Wind and Cloud Body Tempering… he couldn’t help but be startled.

    This body-tempering martial art, truly lived up to its name as the number one in force dissipation.

    “Blood Pointing Life Severing Technique… second stage!”

    Sensing Fang Xing’s weakening aura, the man in white finally spoke, uttering his first words.

    His skin was crimson, with blood beads seeping out one by one, his aura surging again!

    “Kill!”

    Fang Xing’s eyes shone brightly, no longer hiding, the Mahāvajra-Prajñā Divine Power erupted again.

    This time, it was the proficient-level Mahāvajra-Prajñā Divine Power, with a two-fold increase!

    Boom!

    In the even more violent explosion than before, a figure flew out, continuously shedding blood along the way, it was Fang Xing!

    He retreated tens of meters, looking at the man in white.

    On the man’s chest, a claw mark was clearly visible!

    This claw mark resembled a tiger’s claw, seeming to have dented his chest.

    It was the rudimentary form of the Subduing Tiger Realm!

    Fang Xing had practiced diligently for so long, even without resources, just practicing every day, could slowly increase his proficiency, it was just slower.

    But before the college entrance examination, bringing the Mahāvajra-Prajñā Divine Power to the proficient level, and raising the Subduing Tiger Stake proficiency to 200, wasn’t a problem at all.

    “Indeed, I still prefer realm suppression.”

    Fang Xing muttered.

    This man in white was at most at the peak of the Brave Warrior Realm.

    Restricted by the rules, he couldn’t possess realm-level powers.

    But he had already begun to touch upon the Dragon Realm and the Subduing Tiger Realm.

    Now that he had rudimentary forms of the two realms, he could exert some of their power.

    Roar roar!

    Around him, dragon-like figures faintly rose, showing scales and claws.

    Whoosh whoosh!

    The wind howled, carrying a shockingly domineering aura.

    Clouds follow the dragon, wind follows the tiger!

    Fang Xing moved his thoughts, and illusory forms of a dragon and a tiger went towards the man in white…

    [Fourth level passed, bonus 200…]

    “Martial Dao total score one thousand, I got a perfect score?”

    Fang Xing muttered.

    Suddenly, a new prompt appeared:

    [Fifth level assessment begins, please try your best to persevere…]

    “Fifth level, that is… External Manifestation Realm peak cultivation? Realm Mastery?”

    Fang Xing was startled, and he found himself standing on the deck of a warship, with the starry sky above.

    Opposite him, a bald martial practitioner stood, holding a black battle knife in his hand.

    With one slash of his knife, streaks of white lightning appeared, as if forming a thunderous purgatory!

    This wasn’t some mental will and shadow, it was real lightning!

    The kind that could electrocute people to death!

    The thunderous hell descended, and any Martial Dao Intent, any rudimentary realm, any exquisite techniques… all burst like soap bubbles…

    Enveloped by the endless thunderous hell, Fang Xing’s Master-level Dragon Elephant Technique only allowed him to last a few more breaths than an ordinary person, the golden thread and jade armor on his body was melted by the lightning, followed by his skin, flesh, and bones…

    [Fifth level assessment failed, bonus 44 points, the assessment is over!]

    “It turns out, even lasting a few breaths gives you points… but was that an External Manifestation Realm peak cultivation martial practitioner?”

    Fang Xing took a deep breath: “How does he feel so much stronger than Xia Long? Was Xia Long hiding his strength, or was he injured?”

    “It’s over.”

    He opened his eyes, saw the simulation cabin open, and walked out.

    “Everyone’s waiting for you, which level did you reach?”

    Seeing Fang Xing come out, Xia Long’s eyes immediately lit up, and he stepped forward to ask.

    “Fifth level, should be 1044 points, right? I say, isn’t the Martial Dao exam a perfect score of 1000? Can you exceed it?”

    Fang Xing asked curiously.

    “How much? 1044 points?”

    Xia Long’s breathing became heavy, then he grinned and laughed wildly: “Hahaha… I knew you were extraordinary, but I didn’t expect you to score so high… Now top-tier universities are very hopeful, my martial path has hope again.”

    “What?”

    With a flash of golden light, Lu Guangming came to Xia Long’s side, looking at Fang Xing: “You actually made it to the fifth level?”

    He deeply understood the difficulty of the guardians, each one was the limit of their current realm.

    Forget Fang Xing, even if Xia Long went, he would die, at most enduring three strikes…

    “Congratulations, Fang Xing.”

    After understanding the situation, Lu Guangming looked at Fang Xing, his expression very complex: “Even if the entrance standards for top-tier universities are higher and more difficult… they won’t refuse a student who can conquer the first four levels at the Brave Warrior Realm… Young friend, your future in Blue Star is bright!”

    ‘This principal’s words are quite pleasant…’

    ‘But, is he exaggerating a bit? I still have some trump cards hidden…’

    Fang Xing dealt with teachers and classmates while checking his attribute panel:

    [Name: Fang Xing]
    [Age: 18]
    [Profession: Martial Practitioner]
    [Fourth Realm: Brave Warrior (192/200)]
    [Military Boxing Twelve Styles: 56/400 (Master)]
    [Great Dragon Stake: 311/400 (Master)]
    [Subduing Tiger Stake: 201/400 (Master)]
    [Ghost God Knife: 3/400 (Master)]
    [Exquisite Emotion Sword: 6/400 (Master)]
    [Dragon Elephant Technique: 133/400 (Master)]
    [Mahāvajra-Prajñā Divine Power: 1/100 (Proficient)]
    [Mahābhote-like Chant: 13/200 (Expert)]
    [Heavenly Mother’s Virtuous Power Golden Lotus Twin Protector Technique: 1/100 (Proficient)]
    [Gate of All Heavens (Charging)]

    “About two years since the crossing, I’ve already reached this point?”

    “The unified college entrance examination is over, my youth is over…”

    “No, I still have a long life, I’m forever young!”
    (End of Chapter)

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