You said you'd fail to awaken your powers, but you're actually a master of top-tier abilit

"The number one ranked expert on the Demon Sea Ranking is Jiang Xinyao, a third-year special admission student, who is also the universally recognized campus beauty of all students at Demon Sea University."

"As for Goddess Jiang's strength, she was already able to defeat a mid-stage Grandmaster martial artist back at the end of last semester. Now that a summer vacation has passed, Goddess Jiang's strength will only be stronger."

"By the way, boss, Goddess Jiang is also an ice-type ability awakener, just like you. Moreover, her ice-type ability has reached the S-level. It is this S-level ice-type ability that allowed her to sit firmly at the top of the popularity rankings during her junior year of college."

Upon hearing Su Ming's question, Qin Chen immediately recounted what he knew.

"An S-rank ice-type ability, what a coincidence."

Upon hearing that Jiang Xinyao, who ranked first on the popularity chart, was actually an S-class ice-type ability awakener, Su Ming couldn't help but sigh.

"Hehe, boss, you were able to block Huang Hao's full-force attack so easily, your ice-type ability must be no weaker than Goddess Jiang's, it should also be S-rank, right?"

Just as Su Ming finished his reflection, Qin Chen, who was standing next to him, said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Su Ming nodded. Before today, his ice-type ability was indeed at the S-rank.

But now, after evolving with a million enhancement points, his ice-type ability has reached SS level, which is stronger than Jiang Xinyao's ice-type ability. However, Su Ming did not tell Qin Chen the truth.

"I knew it!"

Seeing Su Ming nod in agreement, Qin Chen's eyes lit up, and he was once again extremely glad that he had chosen the Extreme Martial Arts Academy. He immediately showered Su Ming with compliments.

Before long, the two arrived at Su Ming's dormitory.

"I've arrived at my dorm, so I won't keep you any longer. Go back to your dorm by yourself."

Standing outside the gate of the villa, Su Ming spoke to Qin Chen.

Qin Chen nodded, noted down Su Ming's dormitory location, then said goodbye to Su Ming and left alone.

After Qin Chen left, Su Ming also returned to the villa that the school had assigned to him.

Without much rest, Su Ming immediately activated the smart home assistant and started selecting school tasks again.

"My current strength is comparable to that of a martial artist who has just entered the Grandmaster realm. With my strength and the protection of the Blazing Sun Set, as long as I don't encounter a Grandmaster in the late stage, I can protect myself and take on higher-level beast hunting missions."

"Each fifth-tier ferocious beast hunting mission rewards more than 50 credits. Taking on these fifth-tier ferocious beast hunting missions is a good way to accumulate credits and collect enhancement points at the same time."

Soon, Su Ming determined his mission objective. He quickly reviewed all the fifth-tier ferocious beast hunting missions at the school, then selected a few missions that could be completed in a single underground cave. He then packed his equipment and left the school.

While Su Ming was out doing missions to earn credits, news of his beating up Huang Hao at the school gate quickly spread throughout the entire Magic Sea University. Under the investigation of those teachers, Su Ming's identity as a freshman in this year's class was also exposed.

When they learned that a freshman had knocked Huang Hao, ranked thirty-sixth on the Demon Sea Ranking, unconscious in just two moves, the entire Demon Sea University, including both students and teachers, was in an uproar.

Meanwhile, based on Su Ming's performance in defeating Huang Hao, the teachers of Mohai University reorganized the university's popularity rankings.

Su Ming made his debut on the Magic Sea University Popularity Ranking, ranking sixteenth and becoming the only freshman on the list.

"Xinyao, look at the latest rankings! This freshman named Su Ming is ranked sixteenth! My god! He's still a freshman!"

Inside a luxurious villa in the girls' dormitory area of ​​Mohai University, Liang Mengmeng stared wide-eyed at the information displayed on the tablet in her hand and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Then, she handed the tablet in her hand to a tall, beautiful girl next to her.

The girl was none other than Jiang Xinyao, the campus belle of Mohai University that Qin Chen had mentioned before.

"A freshman, ranked sixteenth on the popularity list?!"

Upon hearing Liang Mengmeng's words, Jiang Xinyao couldn't help but show a surprised expression on her pretty face, and quickly took the tablet that Liang Mengmeng handed her.

"This Su Ming is indeed a freshman, and he's quite handsome."

When Jiang Xinyao saw the information about Su Ming on the tablet, she couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"Xinyao, I just looked at the campus wall and heard that Su Ming is also an ice-type ability awakener. This is a video of him fighting Huang Hao this morning. Take a look."

Suddenly, a virtual screen appeared in front of Liang Mengmeng. It was the control panel of the villa's intelligent system. In the center of the screen was a video of Su Ming and Huang Hao fighting.

Jiang Xinyao looked up and her gaze fell on the video in front of her.

After the video finished playing, Liang Mengmeng's voice rang out again, tinged with surprise: "Are all freshmen this strong these days? They defeated Huang Hao so decisively! This level of skill is even better than what you were doing back then, Xinyao!"

"Yes, I am indeed inferior to him. Although it is impossible to perceive how strong Su Ming's ice-type ability is from the video, the fact that he was able to defeat Huang Hao so easily means that his ice-type ability level is probably no lower than mine."

Hearing Liang Mengmeng's words, Jiang Xinyao nodded in agreement.

No sooner had she finished speaking than Jiang Xinyao suddenly stood up and said to Liang Mengmeng, "Mengmeng, I'm going to the Tower of Heavenly Cultivation to cultivate. Do you want to come with me?"

"Huh? Didn't we just finish our training?"

Upon hearing Jiang Xinyao's words, Liang Mengmeng was taken aback.

But she quickly realized that her best friend was very competitive, and she felt a sense of urgency after seeing Su Ming's strength and talent!

After realizing what was happening, Liang Mengmeng immediately replied, "Xinyao, I won't go. You go and cultivate by yourself."

"Okay, then I'll go cultivate by myself." Hearing Liang Mengmeng's words, Jiang Xinyao nodded and then left the dormitory.

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"Well done, Su Ming! No wonder he's the first prodigy in so many years to get a perfect score on the college entrance exam!"

"She's only a freshman and she's already ranked sixteenth on the popularity list. Mohai University has produced another genius who's even more monstrous than Jiang Xinyao."

"With Su Ming's talent, it probably won't be long before he breaks into the top ten of the popularity rankings."

"The younger generation surpasses the older generation!"

The changes in the rankings on the Magic Sea Rankings were not only met with strong reactions from Liang Mengmeng and Jiang Xinyao. All the students on the Rankings were shocked when they learned that Su Ming, a freshman, had jumped directly to sixteenth place.

In no time, Su Ming's name spread throughout the entire Magic Sea University and became known to everyone.