Chapter 112

In the actual combat practice secret realm, looking at the countdown that was about to return to zero, Xu Jin breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, he was not that unlucky anymore.

Since encountering the second Refine Star, Fifth Layer Eight Desolations alien race member, until now, he had not encountered any alien race members.

If one in the Meal of Mist, Sixth or Seventh Layer came, by risking suffering heavy injuries, Xu Jin might be able to grind it to death with star weapons.

But if two came, the one who would die would be Xu Jin.

The next instant, the countdown in the sky completely returned to zero.

In an instant, star light shone, and a long leaderboard composed of star light hung down from the sky.

Just by taking one look, Xu Jin was stunned.

【First place: Xu Jin, 324 points】

【Second place: Meng Qingqiu, 161 points】

【Third place: Yuan Feiqing, 149 points】

【Fourth place: Yan Chen, 142 points】

【Fifth place: Ji Hongli, 133 points】

【Sixth place: Guan Li, 127 points】

【Seventh place: Fang Mingchun, 119 points】

【Eighth place: Ying Ge, 109 points】

【Ninth place: Ceng Yao, 104 points】

【Fifteenth place: Miao Long, 93 points】

【Sixteenth place: Wang Weisheng, 92 points】

【128th place: Zhang Han, 68 points】

【497th place: Yu Xianghua, 47 points】

Seeing this leaderboard, Xu Jin's first reaction was that he had performed too much.

These points were too far ahead.

It was actually double the second place.

This made Xu Jin feel a little uneasy.

Previously, during the first round of the grand selection, Xu Jin was indeed blocked, and his ranking was affected, but Xu Jin felt that the first place, Meng Qingqiu, had a speed similar to his.

So during this second round, Xu Jin went all out, which could also be said to be a normal performance.

But he didn't expect that his points would be directly doubled compared to the second place.

After carefully recalling the process of this second round, Xu Jin felt relieved and was no longer nervous.

He had not used power that should not be revealed.

During the period, Xu Jin used the ability of the Spirit-Sniffing Star Pattern, but that was an ability that was almost passive under blessing; he had not actively urged it with star power, so no one would discover it.

"No, is the level of the disciples of the Chen Guo Dao Academy a bit poor?" Although he was relieved, Xu Jin couldn't help but complain; they all performed very fiercely in the first round.

Each one was super fierce!

But now, after the fifth place, the points were only one-third of Xu Jin's.

Xu Jin scanned a few more times, and the rankings of several disciples of the Jin Shan Dao Academy were quite good.

Many people's rankings had risen.

Very quickly, Xu Jin found Lu Xianbing's ranking.

【709th place: Lu Xianbing, 42 points】

Lu Xianbing's ranking advanced very significantly; in the first round, he was still outside the top thousand, and in the second round, he killed his way to the top seven hundred, which showed that Lu Xianbing's actual combat ability was very strong.

This had a great relationship with his hard practice in the Star-Plucking Tower Practice Arena Secret Realm before the battle.

Ren Xiaoxiang, who dotted stars at the same tier, was ranked after two thousand, and Xu Jin did not find Yu Guan's name.

The last ranking of this huge leaderboard was 3,952nd.

That is to say, the elimination rate of this second round of actual combat practice was as high as 50 percent.

Then, what was the third round?

While Xu Jin was pondering, the atmosphere on the martial viewing platform was slightly silent.

Especially Vice Academician Liu Qingzhu, who was no longer pinching her slender waist at this moment, but directly buried her head in the magnificence on her chest.

Too shameful.

The first place was not kept, and the top five were not kept either.

Among the top five, a Ji Hongli from Dachen Wan Yi had killed her way in.

It was not surprising that Ji Hongli killed her way into the top ten, but an Ying Ge from Songzhou had also mixed into the top ten.

This was actual combat practice.

For the first time, the disciples of the Chen Guo Dao Academy had lost three seats in the Autumn Exam, and it was also the first time that the disciples of the Chen Guo Dao Academy had lost the first place in the Autumn Exam.

It was also the first time that in the actual combat practice of the Chen Guo Dao Academy Autumn Exam, the top ten disciples were doubled, or even tripled, in points by an outsider.

Liu Qingzhu felt her face being slapped with a "pa-pa" sound, burning and painful.

She felt it was almost burning to the place where she buried her face.

This made Liu Qingzhu not only doubt, is her teaching ability really that poor?

This session of the Chen Guo Dao Academy Star-Dotting season was led by her, this vice academician, and this result was simply...

On the martial viewing platform, Dong Zhao was calm and composed, and the dean of the Songzhou Prefecture Dao Academy, as well as the dean of the Dachen Wan Yi Dao Academy, were all full of smiles and calm.

No way, the disciples were competitive.

These teachers had glory on their faces.

Within the next year, their voices could be a few decibels louder when speaking.

Conversely, the faces of the group of academicians and vice academicians of the Chen Guo Dao Academy were not very good; looking back at Liu Qingzhu, her head was buried in her chest.

There was no glory on their faces!

Right Libationer Song Bing's face had already recovered, but it was very obvious that he no longer had the previous lightness and ease.

In this wave, he lost some face.

The key was that the foundation of the Song family's establishment, the painstaking results of several generations of ancestors who had studied a star pattern for hundreds of years, were accidentally set up by Dong Zhao and leaked out!

What was even more fatal was that this fellow Dong Zhao set the trap too ruthlessly.

One set after another!

Directly sending the prize to the Grand Master.

Originally, according to Song Bing's idea, no matter whether Xu Jin won or lost during the additional test, he would not suffer a loss.

The Rain Curtain Star Pattern inherited from his Song family ancestors was six layers ahead of the Dao Academy, but could a Meal of Mist Realm Xu Jin distinguish it?

Absolutely not!

Even if Xu Jin won the additional test, Song Bing would just send out a third-tier mid-grade or third-tier high-grade Rain Curtain Star Pattern, and that would be the end of it.

Who would dare to directly study whether the star pattern he gave Xu Jin was the latest version?

No one dared.

And not many had that ability.

But it just so happened that the Grand Master had that ability.

He, Song Bing, could fool anyone; the only one he could not and dared not fool was Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao.

Just kidding, unless their Song family didn't want to mix in Chen Guo anymore.

No way, Song Bing, who was held by Dong Zhao, could only hand over the latest version of the fourth-tier high-grade Rain Curtain Star Pattern to the Grand Master.

Unexpectedly, Xu Jin actually won.

At this moment, Song Bing had already begun to rack his brains thinking about how to remedy this matter.

The foundation of the Song family's establishment cannot be leaked casually.

The dean of the Yanzhou Prefecture Dao Academy, Lu Chenfeng, also had an equally ugly face.

Originally, Xu Jin was from his Yanzhou, and the better Xu Jin's results were, the more glory he had on his face.

It's a pity that there was an extra Dong Zhao in the middle, plus he and his mentor had teamed up to target Dong Zhao at the beginning.

There was no fool present.

Everyone knew the real situation under the harmonious surface very clearly.

So now the situation was, the better Xu Jin performed, the more painful Lu Chenfeng's face was.

As for Miao Long, on whom he had pinned high hopes, his ranking fell directly out of the top ten.

This made him a bit depressed; the special training before was wasted!

Under the banner of the Jin Shan Dao Academy, Ning Yuchan's apricot eyes were smiling so much that the corners of her eyes were curled up.

As for the disciples in the spectator area, including those who were eliminated after participating in the trial and then entered to watch the battle, they felt even more shocked.

Previously, when they were at the Jin Shan Dao Academy, the sense of presence that Senior Brother Xu Jin gave them was not too strong.

It felt like he was just a little bit stronger than them.

But now, look at these points and rankings.

There was already a feeling of looking up at a high mountain.

They already needed to look up.

In the Chen Guo Dao Academy spectator area, Lu Kun clenched his fists tightly, his face shocked.

"Impossible, how could he have double the points of the Senior Sister!

He had special training!

The Jin Shan Dao Academy must have given this person surnamed Xu special training, conducted special training!

Otherwise, how could he reach points that we couldn't reach!"

For a time, all kinds of human conditions appeared throughout the Autumn Exam Secret Realm.

But there was one thing, without a doubt.

From today on, Xu Jin's name could be considered to have resounded throughout the entire Chen Guo.

In front of the martial viewing platform, Head Instructor Yu Da's voice broke the dullness.

"Grand Master, the third round of this Autumn Exam is a continuous round, whether to continue now, please give instructions, Grand Master," Yu Da asked for instructions. "Continue."

"I respectfully accept the order."

After Yu Da bowed, he took out his token and urged it for a while.

And in the actual combat practice secret realm, Xu Jin was also a bit confused.

In the sky, the leaderboard had appeared for several minutes, but this actual combat practice secret realm had not dissipated.

And he remained in the actual combat practice secret realm.

He didn't know what was going on, which made Xu Jin a bit anxious.

Actually, it was mainly because there was no star power in his body, and there was no method to recover it, which made Xu Jin a bit uneasy.

Just when Xu Jin was confused, several star light messages flew over before his eyes instantly.

【Autumn Exam Third Round: Wasteland Blood Battle】

【Rules: All personnel who passed the second round will next fight without rules on the wasteland】

【Every quarter of an hour, the blood battle map shrinks by half】

【The third round has no time limit; when the remaining personnel on the entire blood battle map reach one hundred, the wasteland blood battle will automatically stop】

【Passing rules: After the wasteland blood battle ends, the top eight hundred in points will pass and enter the list】

【Point rules: Everyone's second round passing points will take one-tenth as initial points; kill one person, get one basic point, get half of the killed person's points; final ranking is calculated according to points. If multiple people besiege one person, the one who makes the fatal blow gets the points】

【Equipment: Continue to use the equipment from the second round; each participant can obtain two Superior Star-Replenishing Pills and two Three-Essence Star-Returning Pills】

【Rewards: First place: 150 strands of star light; second and third place: 100 strands of star light; fourth to tenth place: 80 strands of star light; eleventh to one hundredth place: 50 strands of star light; those who pass will be rewarded with 10 strands of star light】

【The top ten of the Autumn Exam third round will directly obtain the identity of core disciples】

One rule after another surfaced, making Xu Jin stunned.

He didn't expect that the third round was actually a continuous round.

The rewards were also quite good; the first place actually had 150 strands of star light, which was a 50 percent increase in rewards compared to the first round.

Could this be saying that the later the round, the higher the reward?

Also, the clause about continuing to use the second round's equipment was actually very critical.

Theoretically, those who chose elixirs would be at a disadvantage in the third round.

Because elixirs are consumable.

If one chose three star weapons, then the third round would have a clear advantage.

But the lead brought by star power was also real.

And the most critical thing, what about star power?

Star power was empty.

Was it necessary to use the distributed elixirs to recover star power?

If that was really the case, Xu Jin would be at a bit of a disadvantage.

If he ate two Superior Star-Replenishing Pills plus two Three-Essence Star-Returning Pills, he could only recover 80 percent of his star power.

Just when Xu Jin was confused, another star light message surfaced.

【Xu Jin, the third round wasteland blood battle will start in two quarters of an hour; next, the secret realm will be infinitely close to the real world, you can recover star power on the spot, please seize the time】

The moment this star light message surfaced, Xu Jin instantly breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as there was star power, he was really not afraid of anything.

Isn't it just actual combat slaughter!

However, this message that the so-called secret realm was infinitely close to the real world made Xu Jin think a bit more.

The Chen Guo Dao Academy's control and use of the Star-Plucking Tower were very powerful.

Then it is conceivable that other national Dao Academies and Star Palaces are also like this.

This Star-Plucking Tower probably contains a great secret.

While pondering, Xu Jin quickly sat cross-legged on the ground, visualizing the Large Gathering Star Pattern on his chest, and began to recover star power.

After the Large and Small Gathering Star Patterns were successfully inscribed, even without assuming the Meal of Mist posture or the Drinking Brilliance posture, he could quickly recover star power.

The difference in the speed of recovering star power was also very small.

Almost at the same time, the Clear Perception Star Pattern in Xu Jin's lower star palace became active, because it also sensed thick star power.

Xu Jin's exhausted star power began to recover rapidly.

Time passed very quickly.

After twenty minutes, Xu Jin's star power had already recovered to its peak state.

After the Large Gathering Star Pattern was successfully inscribed, not only did the upper limit of star power increase significantly, but the recovery speed of star power also increased significantly.

It was just that Xu Jin's marrow cleansing count reached eight times.

Otherwise, the time for Xu Jin to recover his star power to its peak would be about a quarter of an hour.

After recovering his star power, the two-quarter-of-an-hour time limit had not yet arrived, and Xu Jin tried to move around.

But he immediately realized that he couldn't move; his entire range of activity was limited to this one-meter-square space, just like a cage.

This control ability was really strong enough.

While sighing, Xu Jin pondered the next tactics.

In the first two rounds, Ning Yuchan analyzed the rules for them quickly and then clearly pointed out the matters and main directions they should pay attention to in the assessment rounds.

Now, it was Xu Jin's turn to analyze the rules and think.

The most important thing about rules is to analyze things outside the rules.

Simply put, things not prohibited by the rules can be done.

First, getting points for killing people is inevitable.

In addition to the initial one point, one can also get half of the killed person's points.

In other words, the possibility of Xu Jin's current ranking being surpassed is too great.

For example, if someone kills Xu Jin, they can get seventeen points; if they kill Meng Qingqiu, they can get nine points.

It is the best channel to get more points.

Moreover, the blood battle is without rules.

You can kill however you want, it just depends on your ability.

Things like forming teams and groups are inevitable.

In an instant, Xu Jin thought of the other fellow disciples of the Jin Shan Dao Academy, and remembered Ning Yuchan's previous worries and instructions.

To be honest, as far as Xu Jin personally is concerned, he is not afraid of forming groups to slaughter.

Even if the dozen or so people behind him in the second round formed a team to encircle and annihilate him, Xu Jin would not be afraid.

For one thing, Xu Jin's speed is super fast, not slower than anyone else.

Except for a Meng Qingqiu, the speed of others cannot be compared with Xu Jin.

He can quickly get rid of the encirclement and then kill them one by one.

Even if five or six or even seven or eight people encircle and kill him, the ten-finger flicking that Xu Jin ground out after grinding skills millions of times at the Star Lamp is not fake.

These few days, Xu Jin gave this ten-finger flicking a nice name.

Nine-Pulse Divine Sword!

He originally wanted to call it Ten-Pulse Divine Sword, but it didn't sound good.

Nine is the extreme of numbers, so he used nine to name it.

Therefore, Xu Jin is not afraid of encirclement and annihilation, and he even likes people coming to encircle and kill him very much.

Who doesn't like things that send points?

It just saves Xu Jin from searching for targets everywhere to get points.

In an instant, Xu Jin made a strategy for passing the third round.

He shouldn't be bad at points, and as the combat area continues to shrink in the later stages, getting points should be very fast.

As for the fellow disciples of the Jin Shan Dao Academy, to be honest, except for those who dotted stars together, there is no deep affection, and there is no strong desire to help them.

But helping them is helping Ning Yuchan.

In this regard, Xu Jin's desire is very strong.

"Wander quickly, search for fellow disciples of the Jin Shan Dao Academy first, and get points while searching."

Xu Jin set the plan.

【Xu Jin: The blood battle wasteland is about to open, please prepare for battle】

The ranking light screen in the sky had already changed into a countdown; after a few breaths, the countdown returned to zero.

The light and shadow under Xu Jin's feet changed.

The barrier that trapped him disappeared, and the terrain under his feet also changed from a high mountain to a wasteland.

But it was not an infinitely vast wasteland.

There were hills, dense forests, and even canyon boulders.

There was a possibility of being ambushed.

The next instant, Xu Jin chose a direction and instantly darted out.

The Autumn Exam third round, the wasteland blood battle, began.

(End of chapter)