Chapter 132: 400,000 Points? How Is That Possible?!

Although most first-year students from the three schools tacitly assumed Kilan would win first place in this study trip with a lavish score of 110,000.

But Kilan was two years older than the other first-years, and he was an external recruit from another country.

Aside from Jingda, the first-years from the other two universities naturally couldn't feel close to him.

But Xu Jingming was different.

He was a Class-S talent from Daxia himself!

He was the same age as everyone else, and his rank had already reached the astonishing Upper Second Stage.

The first-years naturally held great admiration for such a formidable peer.

Some even silently began to clap:

"Go on! You're the best!"

"Brother Ming, no matter your score, you're the pride of Mo Da!"

The clapping started faintly, but gradually grew louder.

Of course,

some perceptive first-years noticed Xu Jingming's aura was unusually strong, as if it had already surpassed the boundary of the Second Stage.

But seeing everyone else begin to clap, they didn't dare speak up and go against the crowd, so they silently joined in the applause.

Yet in their eyes, a faint hint of anticipation lingered.

"Weaklings clinging together for warmth!"

Kilan sneered, muttering to himself in his native tongue.

Hearing the echoing cheers and clapping around him, Xu Jingming, whose steps had been steady, paused slightly.

Damn, I haven't even tallied my score yet, and it already feels like everyone assumes I've lost?

He looked up and saw Kilan's name at the top of the holographic leaderboard—110,000 points.

110,000 points!

That was indeed a score that could leave most first-years utterly hopeless.

But unfortunately, he wasn't an ordinary first-year...

Seeing Xu Jingming appear, Vice Principal Ling Shuang in the instructor zone exhaled in relief.

She then realized Xu Jingming's rank had reached the Third Stage.

Third Stage? Already?

Though surprised, she quickly recovered and said softly:

"Jingming, we've been waiting for you alone—upload your score now."

"Alright."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly, then stepped forward into the center of the hall under everyone's gaze.

He removed his smart wristband and inserted it into the machine.

Hum—

The machine whirred to life, beginning to verify the recorded footage of slain beasts from the smart wristband.

"Guess how many points Xu Jingming will get?"

"I'd guess around five—after all, he's Upper Second Stage."

"That sounds about right, but too bad—with Kilan here, there's no chance of first place."

"......"

The first-years whispered among themselves, waiting for the machine to announce the final result.

Yet compared to previous times, this verification seemed to take unusually long.

After roughly thirty seconds, just as the first-years began to suspect the machine had broken down—

A far louder, sharper electronic announcement echoed through the hall:

"Xu Jingming of Mo Da Institute of Supernatural Abilities: score confirmed. Total: 405,637 points! Rank: First!"

Boom!

On the holographic leaderboard in the center of the hall—

The golden characters "Xu Jingming" blazed brilliantly, crushing Kilan's name and seizing the top position.

The number following it—405,637—

Left the first-years stunned into complete silence.

"40... 400,000 points? Did I misread?"

After a long moment, a voice from somewhere finally broke the silence.

Instantly, the entire hall erupted!

"What the hell?! 400,000 points?! That's insane!"

"Is Mo Da's Class-S really this strong? His score is nearly four times Kilan's!"

"This is crazy—even if I spent a month nonstop slashing at First-Stage beasts, I couldn't rack up this many points!"

"......"

The first-years were going wild.

What did 400,000 points even mean?

Remember, killing a single Upper First-Stage beast earned only 20 points.

400,000 points meant twenty thousand beasts!

To reach that total in a month, you'd need to kill 666 beasts per day on average!

Killing 666 beasts a day—even if they stood there motionless and let you chop them—you couldn't possibly do it!

Beyond their shock, some of the freshmen who had led the applause just moments ago were now wishing they could slap themselves twice.

That score — did it even need cheering on? It was an outright crushing victory!

"400,000 points?"

In the instructors' section, the vice-principals and teachers from Capital University and Jin University also gave a slight start at this sudden, terrifying score.

Hearing Ling Shuang, the vice-principal of Demon University, likewise narrowed her pupils slightly.

Although she had anticipated that Xu Jingming might bring her a pleasant surprise.

She simply hadn't expected this surprise to be so enormous! So sudden!

In the entire great hall, perhaps only Song Qiuyun had foreseen this long ago.

Gazing at the center of attention, Xu Jingming, a sweet smile graced her pretty face.

"400,000 points — truly astonishing."

Her aunt Zhou Ying also couldn't help but feel shaken, her full bosom rising and falling slightly with her breath.

Only after quite a while did she calm down.

She then noticed Song Qiuyun beside her looking perfectly composed, and couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Did you know Xu Jingming's score long ago?"

"No."

Song Qiuyun shook her head, a serious expression on her pretty face:

"But I know that with him, no miracle would come as a surprise..."

While the many freshmen exclaimed and gossiped, casting awestruck gazes toward Xu Jingming one after another.

But Kilan of Capital University had an ashen face, a voiceless roar rising from the depths of his heart.

400,000 points? A score fully three times higher than mine? How could this be possible?!

Though both were S-rank, on one hand Kilan could not accept that Xu Jingming — ranked lower than him — could have such a high score.

On the other hand,

Before this trip, the Capital Extraordinary Ability University had already made it perfectly clear when inviting them.

Only by taking first place in the study tour would the promised cultivation resources be provided.

But now that his score had been crushed and he couldn't claim first place, didn't that mean he'd made the trip for nothing?

"No! Xu Jingming, your score can't possibly be that high!"

Kilan's eyes reddened slightly as he growled in a low voice, like a wounded beast:

"Xu Xiaozhang, I request an investigation into Xu Jingming's smart bracelet! I suspect him of cheating!"

Cheating!

This was an extremely serious accusation!

It wasn't merely a suspicion of Xu Jingming's character — it was a suspicion that the testing machine itself was faulty!

The freshmen of Demon University, hearing this, immediately grew anxious:

"Holy shit? Can't beat him so you cry cheating? Isn't that just playing dirty?"

"Xu Xiaozhang, Xu Jingming's results are indeed somewhat excessively astonishing. I think it would be better to look at the records in the smart bracelet."

Beside the vice-principal of Capital University, a lean Indian man proposed.

He was Kilan's instructor, a seventh-stage Grandmaster, who had come to the Great Xia together with Kilan specifically.

"Principal Ling, what do you think?"

Although Xu Xiaozhang also felt that Xu Jingming's score was somewhat too high.

He naturally wouldn't lightly make the decision to check the records, and instead asked Hearing Ling Shuang beside him.

"Checking the records is of course no problem."

Seeing Hearing Ling Shuang nod in reply, Xu Xiaozhang also breathed a sigh of relief and was about to have someone begin the investigation.

However, the next moment, Hearing Ling Shuang's slightly cold voice rose again from the side:

"However, if after checking the records it's found that Xu Jingming did not cheat — how should you handle it then?"