Chapter 67: Gap, Rating

Zhang Yu listened to the scoring competition's rules for a while and roughly understood what was going on.

"It's just attaching sensor pads to various parts of my body and to the Yellow Turban Strongman's body. Then, the number of times each sensor pad is hit will be recorded."

"For example, if the sensor pad on the Yellow Turban Strongman's back is hit, it's 5 points; the chest, 3 points; the arm, 1 point."

"Conversely, if the sensor pad on my back is hit, 5 points will be deducted..."

"The final score is calculated based on the total points within a one-minute battle time."

"Of course, there's another way to directly knock the Yellow Turban Strongman out of bounds, which instantly adds 300 points."

Zhang Yu understood that the purpose of this scoring competition was to prevent high-scoring contestants from being placed in the same group in the subsequent group stage, so as not to eliminate them too early.

"In this way, strong contestants shouldn't deliberately hide too much strength, because that might lead them to be grouped with another powerhouse."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu nodded slightly and looked at the Yellow Turban Strongman.

It was a humanoid figure over two meters tall, clad in golden armor, wearing a golden mask, and its exposed muscles were like marble, engraved with dense runes.

"Hmm... it feels like something's missing..."

Just as Zhang Yu was thinking this, staff members sprayed the Yellow Turban Strongman with advertisements: 'Oasis Foods for the Healthy Diet of All Kunxu People' on its chest, and 'Super劲 Super 狂 Unmatched Overlordly Wei Lan Pharmaceuticals' on its back.

Seeing this, Zhang Yu nodded, thinking to himself, "I knew something was missing. This is the right vibe."

He remembered that the Oasis Foods company was the one promoting synthetic foods, backed by the Nether Palace, one of the Ten Great Sects.

Wei Lan Pharmaceuticals, unlike Ziyun Pharmaceuticals, focused more on combat-related medicines and was a sponsor of this martial arts competition.

At the same time, Bai Zhenzhen, standing beside him, evaluated the Yellow Turban Strongman, "Songyang High is indeed inferior to Bailong High. Look, they can use Yellow Turban Strongmen for exams and competitions, while we have to make students beat each other up."

Zhang Yu nodded and said, "This Yellow Turban Strongman's realism is so high. It looks just like a real person."

Bai Zhenzhen was also seeing a Yellow Turban Strongman in reality for the first time and agreed, "That's how the rich are. They like to make valuable things look worthless."

"Like turning branded clothes into trash bags, or making Yellow Turban Strongmen look like humans."

Zhang Yu suddenly had an idea, "Then, do you think our school could hire someone to play a Yellow Turban Strongman?"

Just then, Lei Jun, the martial arts combat teacher and organizer of Songyang High's combat exam, standing behind them, said with a dark face, "Can the labor costs of someone who can play a Yellow Turban Strongman be cheap?"

"Who do you think will pay for hiring someone? Do you want to pay to participate in the monthly exam?"

Saying this, Lei Jun snorted and gestured with his mouth toward the arena, "The first round of the scoring competition is about to begin. Watch carefully and learn well. Don't embarrass me when you go up there later."

When the contestants gathered earlier, Bailong High, as the host, had already issued contestant numbers and badges to each contestant. They would take the stage according to their numbers to fight the Yellow Turban Strongman.

Under everyone's gaze, the host came to the arena and walked beside the Yellow Turban Strongman.

"Welcome everyone to this year's Songyang City High School Martial Arts Competition, jointly sponsored by Oasis Foods and Wei Lan Pharmaceuticals."

"Delicious, pure, natural, and healthy. All meals for this competition are provided by Oasis Group."

Hearing this, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen both spat.

Synthetic food? Even dogs wouldn't eat it.

The host continued, "A thousand-year heritage, a must-have for going out. Whether it's arena battles or street fights, Wei Lan Pharmaceuticals is your intimate assistant... Contestants can purchase medicines at the pop-up pharmacy next to the arena if needed."

Finally, after the host finished all the commercial pitches, the first round of the scoring competition was about to begin.

"Now, let's invite the first contestant to the stage!"

A contestant wearing a Bailong High uniform walked onto the stage. With the countdown of 3, 2, 1, he engaged the Yellow Turban Strongman in a fierce battle.

Zhang Yu could see that this Bailong student's strength and speed were on par with the Yellow Turban Strongman, who had a physical strength of 1.98.

Every punch and kick was a forceful maneuver, directly blocking the Yellow Turban Strongman's fists and feet while striking the sensor pads on its body to earn points.

From afar, it looked like two giant bears tearing and fighting each other on the stage. Every impact sounded like metal clashing, shaking people's hearts.

When one minute passed, this Bailong student had earned a total of 128 points.

Among the next few contestants who took the stage, they were either from Bailong High, Ziyun High, or Hongta High.

Qian Shen was increasingly alarmed, "These top students from the three major high schools, each of their physical strength is definitely the best in Songyang High. Is the gap so big? Are Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen going to fight people like this today?"

He Dayou was not surprised, "Unless you can participate in our school's sports competition team and receive special training, it's impossible to surpass the strongest of the three major high schools in physical strength."

"Not to mention the differences in magic power, martial arts, spiritual roots, and so on. Combined into actual combat... it's even more despairing."

As the son of a school director, He Dayou knew too well the gap between Songyang High and the three major high schools.

Speaking of the quotas for the top ten universities in each session, for the top students of Songyang High, they often could only compete with the secondary powerhouses of Bailong High after the top students of Bailong High had their pick.

Just then, a Bailong student over two and a half meters tall, like a titan giant, slowly walked onto the stage.

Standing in front of this student, even the Yellow Turban Strongman looked a lot more delicate.

With the appearance of this student, the Bailong students who had been sitting upright in the audience suddenly stood up and applauded and cheered.

Zhang Yu was more concerned about the opponent's hairstyle at the moment, "Isn't this Song Hailong? Why did his hairstyle change?"

Song Hailong was the top student in Bailong High, the contestant with a big '1' displayed on his chest and back on his uniform.

Zhang Yu remembered that the last time he participated in the magic competition, he had a head of soaring long hair.

Today, it had become a short crew cut.

Song Hailong smiled slightly and reached out to press down in the direction of the audience. The Bailong people, who had just been cheering and applauding, immediately sat down again, quietly not saying a word.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yu suddenly remembered a legendary low-score slavery system in Bailong High. Those Bailong people in the audience were really following Song Hailong's orders to the letter.

Bai Zhenzhen, standing beside him, stared at Song Hailong's new hairstyle and said, "He must have changed his external spiritual root again!"

"The last external spiritual root looked like it affected spiritual energy and was used for magic power cultivation."

"Since this is a martial arts combat competition, this Song Hailong must have changed to a combat spiritual root."

Saying that, Bai Zhenzhen turned to look at Zhang Yu and urged, "Yu, hurry up and take out your 100,000-worth talisman book and use the Heavenly Eye Talisman to see Song Hailong's details."

In the past two weeks, Zhang Yu had focused on martial arts and familiarizing himself with the talisman book.

But he didn't dare to touch any of the items inside, only daring to use the free permissions to practice talisman spells.

Among them, the two most practiced talisman spells were the Subjugation Talisman and the Heavenly Eye Talisman, which were taught in school.

At this moment, Zhang Yu carefully took out the talisman book and quickly swiped his fingertips across the screen. With the activation of the Heavenly Eye Talisman, he immediately felt that the whole world was different.

For non-clergy, it was like a view after recharging.

Component evaluations floated above everyone's heads. Zhang Yu, who had practiced several times, was used to this view and focused on Song Hailong on the stage.

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Elephant Tendon Body, Demon Slayer, Heavenly Spirit Body, Unyielding Fighting Spirit, Bailong Slave Owner, Family Son King

At the same time, Song Hailong on the stage laughed wildly, grabbed the Yellow Turban Strongman's big hand, and then, in the shocked gazes of everyone present, with a bang, he flung the Yellow Turban Strongman out.

In less than a second, the battle was over.

Song Hailong, 300 points.

The Bailong people in the audience immediately burst into enthusiastic applause and cheers.

Looking at Song Hailong slowly walking off the stage, many contestants felt like they weren't looking at a person, but at a ferocious beast.

Qian Shen, watching this scene, gasped, "Song Hailong, 683 points in the last monthly exam... Seeing him in action, it's indeed as shocking as that score."

Zhao Tianxing, who had just entered the arena and was still looking for Qian Shen in the audience, saw this scene on the stage, "Too brutal. Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen have to fight this kind of monster?"

He couldn't help but feel a trace of worry, "Is it really okay? Won't they get seriously injured?"

On the other side, Zhang Yu, looking at the long string of component evaluations above Song Hailong's head, "What is all this?"

Bai Zhenzhen, after hearing him read it out, explained, "I know Heavenly Spirit Body. It should refer to the Body Tempering Spiritual Root. It's a combat spiritual root among the Heavenly Spiritual Roots. The spiritual energy meridians formed by the spiritual root will wrap around the whole body, comprehensively increasing the user's strength, speed, stamina, and resistance to strikes."

Zhang Yu couldn't help but take another look at Bai Zhenzhen, "A Zhen, this guy, she recognized the external spiritual root at a glance last time too."

"She clearly can't afford spiritual roots, how does she know so many spiritual roots?"

When Bai Zhenzhen wasn't too sure about the other component evaluations, Lei Jun, standing behind them, suddenly said, "Implanted elephant demon muscles, fights demons for a long time, very few negative emotions, Bailong's top student, the ace son of the Song family in this session."

Zhang Yu was surprised, Old Lei, you also understand Heavenly Eye Talismans?

Seeing their surprised looks, Lei Jun said indifferently, "If Taoism could be used for free like you do, it would be very useful."

Old Lei! You betrayed martial arts!

With Lei Jun's explanation, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen also gained more information from this round of evaluation competition.

In the subsequent stages, more powerhouses began to show their strength.

First, Lian Tianji from Ziyun High, whose punches and kicks were like a storm, completely suppressed the Yellow Turban Strongman, whose physical strength was maintained at level 1.98, scoring a crazy 261 points.

Soon after, a student from Hongta High, who looked like a brown bear, took the stage and instantly pounced on the Yellow Turban Strongman, knocking it to the ground, and then flung it out, scoring 300 points.

Not long after, Le Mulan from Ziyun High appeared. She simply pressed the Yellow Turban Strongman to the ground and completely suppressed it with one hand.

Then, this woman kicked the sensor pad on the Yellow Turban Strongman's back one foot at a time, until she reached 305 points, just exceeding Song Hailong's 300 points, before stopping. Then, she glanced at Song Hailong and left the stage.

From the moment Le Mulan appeared, the Ziyun people in the audience remained silent, completely silent.

Zhao Tianxing found this strange.

Qian Shen, after hearing this, explained as if he knew it well, "Ziyun High's scores are updated daily based on the students' classroom performance, and the grade ranking is also updated. The number one in the grade can set a grade rule that doesn't affect the teaching order and lasts for one day for all students in the grade."

"As far as I know, Le Mulan has always been the number one in Ziyun High's freshman grade since the first day of school."

"The daily rules she sets have never changed."

"That is, all freshman students must remain silent in front of her. Commoner students below 650 points are not allowed to talk to her without her permission."

Commoner students below 650 points? Hearing this, Zhao Tianxing immediately felt insulted.

But thinking that Qian Shen, who was talking in front of him, also hadn't reached 650 points, he immediately calmed down.

Zhao Tianxing asked, "How do you know so much?"

Qian Shen smiled faintly and said, "I have done some research on the matters of the three major high schools."

On the other side, in the contestant area, Song Hailong, who was provoked, laughed loudly, "Le Mulan, I'll wait for you in the final!"