Chapter 936: How Can We Still Test?

Originally, according to his plan, sending two battle masters from each level would easily test everyone.

Who would have thought that at the very start of the selection, the Hongyuan Famous Academy, with just two people up, had already beaten two of his subordinates to the point of being crippled... With no one left, how could they fight?

"Alright, Xu Hong, Ye Jun, you two suppress your cultivation and conduct the first-year test!"

After a moment of hesitation, Zhuo Qingfeng waved his hand.

"Yes!"

As the words ended, two people stepped forward.

Both were at the peak of the Bridge Heaven realm, their eyes faintly showing a bridge connecting to heaven and earth, clearly indicating they had immersed themselves in this level for a very long time and possessed extremely strong combat power.

Zhuo Qingfeng grabbed with his hand, pouring his internal energy to envelop the two.

Crackle!

In a short while, their strength plummeted, suppressed to the peak of the Harmony Spirit realm.

"Battle Master Zhuo, having Bridge Heaven realm experts suppress their cultivation to fight against Harmony Spirit realm ones—doesn't that increase the difficulty?" Wu Tianqiong frowned.

Although their cultivation was suppressed, the reaction speed and understanding of martial techniques of Bridge Heaven realm experts were certainly stronger than those of Harmony Spirit realm. They appeared to be at the same level, but in reality, it made the difficulty much greater.

"Rest assured, I will have them control their strength. As long as they don't use their full power, the difficulty will be no different from before!"

Zhuo Qingfeng nodded.

As long as these two controlled their strength and didn't unleash their full combat power, the test would be no different from before.

"Hmm!" After a moment of hesitation, Wu Tianqiong nodded.

Now that the two Harmony Spirit realm testers had been beaten like this, even if they wanted to test, they couldn't. Having Bridge Heaven realm experts suppress their cultivation was a last resort.

"I am Xu Hong, now in charge of the Harmony Spirit realm test. Whoever can withstand three moves from me passes!"

Having decided on the competition, the battle master named Xu Hong jumped onto the platform, looked around, and announced loudly.

"I'll do it!"

A young man from the crowd responded and jumped up.

Zhang Xuan glanced and recognized him.

He was the top student of Yunxu Academy. During the demonstration earlier, his strength was vigorous and his combat power astonishing.

Their fight was standard. As expected of Yunxu Academy's top student, although he was suppressed by his opponent, he still managed to hold out for three moves and passed successfully.

Seeing someone succeed, others stepped up one after another.

However, they were not so lucky. After five consecutive challengers from Yunxu, Luoqing, and Qingzhu failed, the crowd fell silent again.

"I'll do it!"

Seeing no one else step up, a young man from Hongyuan Academy stood up.

"It's Zhao Chuan, ranked second to last."

"I saw his demonstration; he's about the same strength as Zhu Xi!"

"Hmm, in the past, such cultivation would have been looked down upon, but... Hongyuan's students are a bit strange!"

"Yeah, not just a bit, but extremely strange!"

Seeing someone from Hongyuan Academy step up, the crowd below erupted again.

Originally, after the demonstration, they had looked down on this academy, but who would have thought... one of their students goes up and cripples a battle master, another goes up and cripples a battle master... They had crippled them to the point where they had no confidence left.

Whoosh!

Zhao Chuan jumped onto the platform.

"Make your move!"

Raising his eyebrows, Xu Hong threw a punch.

He didn't use a weapon, and naturally, Zhao Chuan didn't either, throwing himself forward.

Bang!

As fists and feet clashed, Zhao Chuan's body trembled, and he immediately felt a huge force hit him, sending him flying backward, landing heavily on the ground, his chest tight and his face pale.

He couldn't even withstand one move and was defeated.

"Phew!"

Seeing this guy defeated, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed the previous situation was just an exception; not everyone in Hongyuan Academy was that strong.

"Zhao Chuan, what did the dean teach you? Have you forgotten?"

Chu Jian from below quickly shouted.

"Think about the techniques the dean taught, then fight again..."

Zhu Xi also shouted loudly.

Going head-to-head with the opponent was definitely not an option. First of all, his true qi and strength were far inferior! Moreover, the opponent was a Bridge Heaven realm expert suppressing his cultivation. The only chance was to understand the dean's explanations and apply them.

"Techniques taught by the dean?"

Struggling to stand up, Zhao Chuan stood still, recalled carefully, then exhaled and looked forward again: "Two moves left, let's begin!"

"You're asking for death!"

Seeing that this guy couldn't even withstand one punch and still wanted to continue, Xu Hong sneered coldly, and with a flicker of his figure, several afterimages appeared on the platform, making it impossible to tell which was real and which was fake.

"The dean said that when facing techniques combining reality and illusion, one needs to break the illusion and preserve the truth... The connection between illusion and reality is simple. As long as you find this point to attack, no matter how powerful the martial technique, it will crumble..."

Hearing the shouts from below, the dean's lecture content flowed through his mind.

Although the dean had only taught for half an hour, he had explained various combat techniques. The Xu Hong before him moved extremely fast with many afterimages, clearly using some powerful martial technique. To break such a technique, one had to find the relationship between illusion and reality.

Raising his eyebrows, the feeling from the lecture flowed through his heart again, and Zhao Chuan's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Right here..."

With a low shout, he stamped his foot on the ground, lunged forward, clenched his fist, and hammered it toward an afterimage.

Bang!

His fist struck as if hitting a sandbag. Xu Hong, who was moving so fast that no one could see clearly, instantly seemed like a chicken caught by the neck. Before he could even cry out, he fell to the ground, his vision going black as he fainted.

His punch had precisely hit a spot where the opponent's true qi couldn't circulate smoothly. Under the backlash of force, even a Bridge Heaven realm expert couldn't withstand it.

"I won?"

Seeing Xu Hong faint, Zhao Chuan's mouth twitched.

After exchanging a punch earlier, he knew how formidable the opponent was. Yet, following the dean's guidance, one move knocked him out... This was too simple, too easy.

Seeing this, Zhuo Qingfeng's body swayed.

Harmony Spirit realm guys, you say knock out and they're knocked out... Bridge Heaven realm suppressing cultivation, you also knock out... Are you not Harmony Spirit realm but a higher cultivation?

Most importantly... in the first move, he was beaten like a dog, without any ability to resist. In the second move, he was full of vigor, easily crushing his own team member... Does the change have to be this fast?

"They mentioned techniques taught by the dean... What's going on?"

Suddenly recalling the shouts from below after the first move, Zhuo Qingfeng couldn't help but look over.

"Dean Zhang just gave these people a half-hour lecture... Could it be related to that?"

As he thought of this, Wu Tianqiong and Shen Pingchao also thought of it, their eyes wide open.

Previously, they had always felt that last-minute cramming was useless. They never expected that Dean Zhang's cramming was not only useful but also brought such a big change.

If not, how could mentioning the dean's explanation instantly boost their strength so much that even Bridge Heaven realm Xu Hong was no match and was knocked out on the spot?

"A half-hour lecture?" Zhuo Qingfeng frowned.

Although lectures by renowned masters could improve combat ability, what effect could half an hour have?

"Ye Jun, go up and challenge a student from Hongyuan Academy!"

After a moment of hesitation, Zhuo Qingfeng said.

"Yes!"

Ye Jun nodded and jumped onto the platform.

This time, he didn't challenge others but directly invited a student from Hongyuan Academy to come up.

"I'll do it!"

A student stood up.

"During the match, remember the dean's words. As long as you fight according to the correct method, you won't lose..."

Chu Jian quickly instructed.

"Hmm!" Having watched so many matches, this student also understood and nodded, walking up.

With a mental preparation in advance, fighting became even easier.

In less than two exchanges, he found a flaw in Ye Jun, slapped him to the ground, causing him to convulse, his life or death unknown.

"The dean's lecture content is so powerful..."

Seeing another person pass the test and become a battle master, and even knock out the examiner, the students of Hongyuan Academy gained great confidence.

If they had doubts about the dean's lecture before, now they were completely convinced, and sincerely so.

They knew very well the strength of Chu Jian, Zhu Xi, Zhao Chuan, and others from the same grade. Under normal circumstances, they couldn't even defeat the top fifteen of Yunxu Academy, let alone battle masters.

But now, each of them stood out, all because they used the techniques the dean taught... They had to admit it.

"What the hell... Did they take some kind of pill?"

Looking at the two battle masters lying on the ground again, Zhuo Qingfeng was going crazy.

One person overcoming the odds with the weak defeating the strong could be talent, ability, or luck... Two could also be explained... But four in a row was just inexcusable!

Clearly, their true qi, strength, agility, reaction, and speed were pitifully weak, yet with one move, his battle masters were on the ground... Were these guys cheating?

Could it really be, as they said, that listening to a half-hour lecture had such an effect?

If so, this lecture was too terrifying!

"Dean Zhang, your students..."

Unable to hold back any longer, Zhuo Qingfeng looked over.

Wu Tianqiong, Shen Pingchao, and Wu Ran also stared intently.

They were also dumbfounded and wanted to know what had happened.

"Oh, I gave them a half-hour lecture earlier, which involved combat techniques. They might have gained some insights..."

Zhang Xuan nodded, showing a helpless expression: "Unfortunately, these guys used it in a half-baked way, which pains me!"

He was indeed pained. The lecture just now was too rushed.

Only half an hour. If he had another half hour to let these people consolidate properly, they wouldn't have fought so awkwardly, and the effect might have been even better.

"Gained some insights? Pains you?"

Zhuo Qingfeng trembled.

This is just 'gained some insights'?

If they fully understood, wouldn't all the people in our Battle Master Hall be beaten to death by your people?

Now, four tested... four lying down... How can I still test?

Test my ass!

No matter how I test, I lose!

Most importantly... 'pains you', pain your sister!

You've knocked down all my battle masters, and not one of your people is injured. What pain?

If anyone should be in pain, it should be me, okay?