Chapter 131: The Second Stage Begins!

Full score!

The huge "100 points" flashed before everyone's eyes.

In an instant, whether inside or outside the arena, all the spectators fell silent.

They stared fixedly at the numbers on the screen, their eyes trembling.

"It's… a full score!"

Someone, having held it in for a long time, slowly uttered the sentence.

"Huh, look, the current time… has only passed a little over twenty minutes!"

A shout drew everyone's attention, and the crowd turned to look.

Sure enough, on the screen the time had just reached twenty‑three minutes!

For a moment, a series of exclamations rang through Zhennan City.

"Huh, in twenty minutes he finished all the questions and even got a full score—how did that guy do it!"

"Terrifying, as expected of a Slay Dragon King disciple. I told you, anyone noticed by a King‑Conferred Strong One can't possibly be that simple!"

"And look, the current second place, Tang Nian Bing, just has eighty‑nine points, still one point shy of ninety."

Countless people stared at Su Yu's name on the screen and erupted in ecstatic cheers.

In the Jiangnan Sheng lounge, Jiang Shang and a group of Instructors burst into cheers.

"Good kid, truly worthy of someone from Jiangnan Sheng!"

Jiang Shang clenched his fists, and his delighted expression was evident.

"A full score, and achieved within half an hour—so hard to pull off; even in the college entrance exam it could break into the top three!"

Bai Zhan said with a grin, looking as if his own child had just taken the top scholar title.

Meanwhile, in the Shu region lounge.

Yun Rong's expression turned somewhat grim.

As the chief Instructor of the Shu region Heavenly Pride Battalion, he was, unsurprisingly, the one leading the team this time.

When he saw Su Yu's name at the top, his face darkened a few more shades.

"Su Yu… hum, just a theoretical exam; even at this speed, the final total score is the same—nothing to be surprised about."

Yun Rong sneered, and a murderous tone rang out again.

"Wait until the real battle begins; that will be Su Yu's downfall day. No disciple of the Slay Dragon King can stand before my Yun family Heavenly Pride!"

A flicker of madness flashed across Yun Rong's face.

"My Yun family Heavenly Pride, shaping pure golden bodies within the whole clan, will inevitably be King‑Conferred; such a junior is merely a stepping stone for my Yun family Heavenly Pride!"

Within the Martial Artists Association.

The Southern King glanced at Su Yu's name, and waves of emotion rose within him.

"Another disciple of the Slay Dragon King?"

The Southern King's expression remained unchanged, but inside he was already displeased.

In the Southern King's view, this mock exam should have been his son's showcase; who could have guessed that a sudden newcomer, Su Yu, would disrupt his plans.

His gaze drifted lazily toward Su Yu's name.

"Just don't know how those Yun family idiots are preparing."

At that moment, Yan Wu, seated beside the Southern King, laughed and said,

"Su Yu is indeed interesting, but a Slay Dragon King disciple is within expectations."

He slowly looked at the Southern King.

"But it's merely a theoretical exam; some people with solid theoretical foundations can achieve this even without cultivation."

"Nothing extraordinary."

The crowd nodded.

As heads of the five great academies, their perspective naturally surpasses that of ordinary people.

They see so many Heavenly Pride each year that those who catch their eye are among the top in all of Daxia.

A mere theoretical exam really doesn't matter.

In the corner, Li Zhangsheng took a casual sip of fine wine, glanced sideways at Su Yu's name, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

"Interesting!"

Immediately, he stopped paying attention.

With Su Yu's full score now a certainty, Zhennan City seemed to boil over.

Time drifted slowly.

The other Heavenly Pride also finished their answers one after another.

Basically, the top ten Heavenly Pride all achieved full scores.

It was only a matter of time length.

It's worth noting that Tang Nian Bing also secured a full score within half an hour.

The remaining Nan Shou Ren, Wu Ling'er, and Yun Xiu fell beyond the thirty‑minute mark.

More and more Heavenly Pride withdrew from answering, their faces full of regret.

They all failed to get a full score; some even missed only the last question, while others simply ran out of time.

Everyone returned to their respective lounges.

In the Jiangnan Sheng lounge, Du Nian Guan exclaimed excitedly.

"WTF, Su Yu, you're a monster! In just twenty‑three minutes you got a full score!"

Du Nian Guan sighed; although he also finished within an hour, he ultimately failed on the last question, scoring only ninety‑nine and ending up beyond the top ten.

However, it also counts among this year's prodigies from Jiangnan Sheng, except that Su Yu ranks the highest.

Su Yu smiled faintly and said nothing.

Jiang Shang suppressed the inner excitement and feigned solemnity in speaking.

"Alright, alright, rest well, after resting for ten minutes, prepare to undergo the second stage of the test!"

The second stage of the test is simple: it's about talent and cultivation.

The higher the talent and cultivation, the more points one naturally obtains.

Combined, the maximum score attainable is two hundred points.

However.

Since the founding of Daxia, no one has ever managed to score full marks in the second stage.

To score a full hundred points in cultivation, one must at least reach the Perfection of the Golden Body Realm; even a flawless golden body requires reaching the fifth turn.

Moreover, in all of Daxia, no one has ever appeared who could achieve a fifth-turn flawless golden body by the age of eighteen.

As for talent,

Golden talent equals a full score.

You should know that within Daxia, appearing even one or two golden talents in a year is already extremely rare.

Sometimes, not even a single golden talent is born within a year.

Thus, wanting both to reach full marks shows just how difficult it is.

Su Yu narrowed his eyes and rested briefly.

After several minutes, a voice came from outside the resting room — the host's voice.

"The second stage test begins now; please, examinees, enter the examination hall in order."

As the voice sounded, Su Yu suddenly opened his eyes, and a sharp light burst forth from his eyes.

After several minutes of rest, Su Yu had already reached peak condition.

Everyone stood up one after another and entered the examination hall.

The examination hall remained the same as before; even the arrangement inside the classroom had not changed at all.

Su Yu skillfully picked up the helmet and placed it on his head.

Instantly, the scene before him began to warp; when space returned to calm, he found himself upon a plaza.

Upon the plaza stood a stone tablet and a pitch-black giant stone, silently erect in the center.

The pitch-black giant stone was familiar to Su Yu.

The test stone — back when they were in Hengcheng, Bai Zhan had used a potential stone to test his own talent.

However, the test stone Bai Zhan carried back then was merely a small piece.

Meanwhile, in the outside world.

On a large screen, many small screens were displayed.

On each screen appeared the figures of the southern region's prodigies, and Su Yu was conspicuously among them.

"For the second stage, one must rely on one's own abilities; cultivation and potential are both indispensable."

Some veteran spectators familiar with the procedure sighed, and at the same time began to anticipate.

The college entrance exam has become an annual grand event in Daxia precisely because the prodigies born from it have become the hope of the human race.

Everyone knows that only when the younger generation grows stronger does Daxia become more indestructible.

At the same time, the college entrance exam has also become a day that brings hope to Daxia.

"I don't know how many scarlet-talent prodigies we'll see this year; I remember last year, the southern region gave birth to two scarlet-talent prodigies!"

"That's right, but I think just producing one would satisfy me, after all, scarlet talent is not so easily born."

Everyone began to discuss.

Meanwhile, as they were discussing, a youth clad in brown clothing slowly approached the stone tablet on the screen.

"It's Nan Shou Ren! The son of the Southern King."

"I didn't expect the first to make a move to be the prince's heir; I've heard that Nan Shou Ren possesses scarlet talent, and if he doesn't die young, he will at least become a Marquis-level expert in the future."

"Goodness, I didn't expect to see such a monster right away."

Nan Shou Ren slowly placed one hand on the stone tablet, and instantly streams of spiritual qi surged into it.

A faint dark-gold light flowed into the tablet.

"Goodness, dark gold — could it be the legendary flawless golden body!"

The moment the dark-gold light appeared, it triggered a shock throughout the venue.

Flawless golden body!

For ordinary people, that is something that exists only in legend.

"As expected of the prince's heir, he actually forged a flawless golden body!"

"I just don't know how many turns it is."

Everyone stared fixedly at the screen, afraid to miss anything.

Then, a number suddenly appeared on the stone tablet.

"Two!"

"Two-turn flawless golden body!"

Everyone gasped again, knowing that advancing a flawless golden body is already difficult in itself.

Going from one turn to two turns, compared to an ordinary golden body, is at least as difficult as progressing from one turn to four turns.

Nan Shou Ren being able to do this is already terrifying to the extreme.

Nan Shou Ren, upon seeing his own cultivation, quickly went to the test stone and lightly placed his hand upon it.

At this moment, the entire audience held their breath, afraid to miss it.

All that could be seen was a flash of red light bursting from the test stone, illuminating the entire square!

Red aptitude, second transformation — flawless golden body!

In an instant, the entire audience burst into cheers.