Chapter 14: Top Ten! Spear Thrusts Like a Dragon!

Over fourteen hundred candidates took part in the Jiangcheng Wu Ke Gaokao, and rankings shifting constantly was normal.

But suddenly rising or falling over ten ranks usually only happened in the lower-ranked segments.

These candidates had similar strength; even a slight score change caused fluctuations of over ten ranks.

Candidates who entered the top fifty were powerful, and the score gaps between them were relatively large.

Even if rankings changed, they shifted at most one or two places.

A sudden jump of over ten ranks like this was extremely rare.

As a result, not only Chen Fan noticed this, but other teachers from No. 2 High also spotted it and began discussing it.

"Hey, Xu Jingming's rank rose—he's already climbed to 25th!"

"What?! 25th? Is that real?"

"We just went to eat and came back, and his rank changed this drastically?"

"Is he really from the parallel class? He's too fierce!"

"......"

At this moment, on the Jiangcheng Wu Ke Gaokao ranking list, nine students from No. 2 High had entered the top fifty.

Aside from the 18th and 22nd places, the highest-ranked No. 2 High student was Xu Jingming at 25th!

"His rank jumped directly from 32nd to 25th, and his score rose from 328 to 372."

In front of the audience seats, No. 2 High's principal Zhao Yao narrowed his eyes.

As a Class-C mental ability user, even though he was only Rank One, he could memorize every ranking on the list.

He paid special attention to the information of No. 2 High's candidates.

Xu Jingming's score and rank changes were crystal clear to him.

Yet even so, he still found it unbelievable.

According to the Wu Ke Gaokao scoring system, killing one peak non-class beast earned 6 to 8 points.

Killing one Rank-One Lower beast earned 14 to 16 points.

The smartwatch's kill-counting interval was about four seconds.

Xu Jingming gained 44 points in one go, meaning he killed five peak non-class beasts or three Rank-One Lower beasts within just four seconds.

Either way, this proved Xu Jingming's formidable strength.

"Even if his strength doesn't match Zhou Mingyang and others in the top tier, he's definitely top-ten caliber."

"When did our school produce such a fierce student?"

Principal Zhao Yao felt bewildered.

According to Great Xia's regulations, all high school principals and city education bureau directors and deputy directors must be Rank-One or higher ability users.

Although Principal Zhao Yao hadn't seen Xu Jingming's battle footage, he could infer Xu Jingming's approximate strength from the sudden rank shift alone.

The other two principals and the education bureau director had also noticed.

"Principal Zhao, it seems your school still has some decent students."

"This Xu Jingming probably held back earlier; now that he's unleashed, his rank shot up immediately."

Education Bureau Director Zhang Wenshan nodded slightly.

"Principal Zhao's student has roughly top-ten strength."

Principal Liu Hang of No. 1 High added.

"By the way, what ability did your student awaken? Why haven't we heard of him before?"

Zhang Wenshan looked puzzled.

A candidate with this level of strength shouldn't have been unknown.

"To be honest, Xu Jingming only suddenly exploded today during the Gaokao. I need to ask his homeroom teacher for details about him."

"Chen Laoshi, come here."

Facing Director Zhang Wenshan's inquiry, Zhao Yao directly called over homeroom teacher Chen Fan.

Thus, amid the envious gazes of No. 2 High's teachers, Chen Fan sat beside the principal.

For Chen Fan, an ordinary homeroom teacher, the education bureau director and the principals were absolute big shots.

So under their stares, his expression naturally grew tense:

"Principal, Director, as far as I know, Xu Jingming awakened only a Class-E ability: 【Weak Electricity】."

"Class-E ability?!"

Principal Zhao Yao frowned. "Chen Laoshi, are you sure you didn't misremember?"

"Principal, I didn't misremember—I even warned him not to take the Wu Ke Gaokao before the exam."

Chen Fan said with a bitter smile.

In fact, as his homeroom teacher, he too had doubted whether the original ability registration had been mistaken.

"With only a Class-E ability, he's reached this point—clearly, Xu Jingming has exceptional strengths elsewhere."

Director Zhang Wenshan pondered. "Too bad he hasn't entered the top ten—we still can't see his battle footage."

The Wu Ke Gaokao livestream system ran on a provincial-programmed algorithm; even he couldn't interfere.

Finding Xu Jingming among thousands of fixed camera feeds was like searching for a needle in a haystack.

"Wait. With his strength, he should enter the top ten soon."

Although Xu Jingming's case was unusual, as education bureau director, he had this much patience.

"Then we can only wait."

Principal Zhao Yao of No. 2 High nodded, then stopped Chen Fan from returning to his seat. "Also, Chen Laoshi, you stay right here."

Chen Fan's face lit up—few teachers ever got the chance to sit this close to the director and principals.

Time slowly passed, and the Wu Ke Gaokao rankings changed constantly.

Among all these rankings, one name kept rising.

25th place, Xu Jingming...

21st place, Xu Jingming...

16th place, Xu Jingming...

12th place, Xu Jingming...

9th place, Xu Jingming...

Less than an hour had passed, and Xu Jingming's ranking surged into the top ten!

"Xu Jingming did it! He really made the top ten!"

Class teacher Chen Fan's face flushed with excitement; he, merely the class teacher of a parallel class, never dreamed one of his students would enter Jiangcheng's top ten!

"He's in the top ten!"

Zhao Yao, principal of No. 2 High School, also exhaled in relief.

Otherwise, constantly being overshadowed by No. 3 High School, his face as principal would be lost.

"Now we can finally see what Xu Jingming relied on to enter the top ten."

Zhang Wenshan, director of the Education Bureau, gazed expectantly at the sky. After waiting a moment, the virtual projection of the 9th place flickered into view.

In its place appeared a slightly Gao Da young man.

The young man wore a black battle robe, his face resolute, eyes firm and sharp.

In his hand he held a black spear, about two point one meters long, its tip sharp and keen, stained with crimson blood that added a fierce edge to it.

At his feet lay several lifeless ferocious beasts.

Not far away, another ferocious beast cowered, too afraid to advance.

Black robe, long spear, ferocious beasts...

All these elements combined into a single image, radiating a sharp and powerful aura.

The next moment.

The young man moved — his spear shot out like a dragon, in an instant.

The remaining ferocious beast had no time to react before the spear pierced it through.