Chapter 103: Ranking Battle

Lu Jing stays focused, his eyes fixed on the hundreds of lasers swinging back and forth ahead.

They nearly block the entire road ahead.

"If he relies only on the Moon Shadow Plucking Stars Technique, he could easily be hit by the lasers..."

It's not that the Moon Shadow Plucking Stars Technique is weak; it's because Lu Jing is only at the First Realm Chasing Cloud.

Moreover, the laser beams keep rotating, clouding his judgment, so without using spiritual power he must rely on instinct and reaction to dodge quickly.

The reason he didn't use spiritual power in the earlier stages was to practice the Moon Shadow Plucking Stars Technique under such conditions.

"Better to get through it first, then worry about it..."

In the next instant, Lu Jing projects his spiritual power outward.

The world seems to have been put in slow motion in an instant.

Within a radius of one hundred meters, not only the laser trajectories but even the slightest breeze or movement is perceived clearly by him.

Swish!

In almost a heartbeat, Lu Jing bursts forward like a cannonball fired from a gun.

This time he doesn't dodge left or right; instead, he uses his spiritual power to seize a fleeting gap in the laser net and rushes straight through.

His heart pounds at extreme speed, and Blood Qi boils and surges.

A howling gust repeatedly slashes across his cheek, and even his trousers rustle loudly.

Boom!

In the blink of an eye, Lu Jing completes two laps, leaving a vacuum behind that is instantly filled by the rushing air.

"WTF......"

"My eyes can no longer see where Lu Jing is..."

Outside the Agility Test Chamber.

The onlookers gathered around have become somewhat numb.

Even Dong Ningxue, who just claimed Lu Jing could only make it through the Fourth Stage, is now speechless.

Beside her, Zhu Xingyao watches her dazed expression and can't help but feel like laughing.

I told you Lu Jing is a monster, and you still didn't believe it!

"Comparing him to Wu Kuang before was simply a mistake," Dong Ningxue glared at Zhu Xingyao and said, "Lu Jing seems to be eighteen this year, while Wu Kuang was already twenty back then."

"Hmm, whether by age or overall strength, Wu Kuang was completely crushed..."

And not far from them, the trainees of Anwu City are now each more excited than ever.

The young man who was previously dissatisfied with Lu Jing points ahead and shouts, "Ha ha, see, he's one of us from Anwu City!"

Although Lu Jing doesn't know them well, he could even say he doesn't recognize them.

But as fellow Anwu City trainees, the youth still feels a glow on his face.

His back straightens automatically, completely forgetting how he previously mocked Lu Jing.

At this moment, inside the Agility Test Chamber.

Lu Jing's Fifth Stage test is now nearing its end.

Red lasers interweave into a dense grid, leaving only a fleeting gap just large enough for Lu Jing to pass.

And Lu Jing, as if having predicted the laser's path, waits there in advance.

This maneuver leaves everyone dumbfounded, not knowing how Lu Jing managed it.

"Is Lu Jing's reaction really that fast? Can neural reaction speed be trained?"

Only Hao Pengjie, who just arrived after receiving the news, shows no surprise; he knows Lu Jing used spiritual power to perceive the laser's trajectory.

Being able to move at such speed can only indicate that Lu Jing's spiritual power is unfathomable, possibly beyond the Third Realm!

"That's terrifying, even stronger than my teacher..."

Before meeting Lu Jing, Hao Pengjie often projected his spiritual power outward.

He liked using his spiritual power domain to probe others' secrets; besides secrets, he could also see some interesting things...

After encountering Lu Jing, he completely gave up that bad habit.

Fearing that an accidental collision with Lu Jing's domain might damage his spiritual power and render him dazed.

"Huh—"

Lu Jing steadies himself, looks at the laser beams that have halted behind him, and exhales, "That was actually a bit challenging..."

He picks up the Martial Way robe from the ground, drapes it over himself casually, and pushes open the test chamber's big door.

"Lu Jing's awesome!"

"Boss, you broke the record again!"

Outside the test chamber, cheers thunder.

Leng Yueyue times it perfectly, squeezes in, and hands Lu Jing a bottle of mineral water before anyone else.

While Lu Jing tilts his head to drink, she also pulls out a wet wipe and wipes the sweat from his forehead.

Lu Jing furrows his brow slightly but does not stop her.

The fangirl who previously brought water to Lu Jing, seeing this, stomps angrily and also rushes over.

"Lu Jing, you're amazing, you bring glory to Anwu City; now everyone knows Anwu City has a super genius named Lu Jing!"

"Hmm."

Lu Jing looks at the little fangirl who squeezed over and politely nods.

He can't help but miss the reserved girls from Blue Star.

In this high-martial world where spiritual energy has revived, women generally admire strength; they worship whoever is strong.

Even if Lu Jing were to have a child with this girl now, she wouldn't refuse.

Instead, they would be proud of it.

Lu Jing handed the empty bottle to Leng Yueyue, pushed through the crowd, and walked outward.

"Lu Jing, do you still want to continue the tests?"

Leng Yueyue called from behind.

Lu Jing was slightly startled, turned his head for a glance, and saw that the onlookers were still trailing behind him.

Lu Jing waved his hand and said, "Stop following me, I'm very sleepy, I'm going back to sleep!"

Then, amid the crowd's stunned gazes, he strode away.

"Big brother Lu Jing... really does love sleeping,"

"Our progress is too slow; could it be because we get too little sleep?"

"You study monsters? First, you have to be a monster yourself!"

After leaving the test chamber, Lu Jing went straight back to the dormitory.

He came out this time to test his suddenly surged strength; since the goal was achieved, there was no need to stay there and be watched.

In the following days, he still stayed holed up in the dormitory.

He continued cultivating the Moon Shadow Plucking Stars Technique and the Immovable King Sutra, and each day passed rather fulfillingly.

Midway, Leng Yueyue came by once to remind him to remember to join the ranking battle.

A week later.

Morning.

Dong Ningxue gathered everyone onto the plaza.

"Young men, congratulations on making it to the end!"

She looked at the fifty people standing neatly in line and nodded with satisfaction.

After the difficulty increased, the number of participants in the training camp began to drop rapidly.

The remaining fifty trainees are all elite geniuses from each city.

"Next, we will start this session's genius training camp ranking battle to determine the strongest genius of Dongchuan Province!"

Dong Ningxue's cold voice rang across the entire plaza.

"The rules of the ranking battle are simple: first test Blood Qi, then test fist power, and Talent Endowed participants must also be tested on their Talent Realm!"

"After testing, we will comprehensively evaluate each of your combat power, group you according to combat power, and finally hold an arena battle; the one who stands last will be this ranking battle's Champion!"