If I let you practice martial arts, you'll compress your vital energy ten thousand times?

The red numbers on the holographic screen spun wildly like a roulette wheel, emitting a blinding red light that instantly ignited the atmosphere in the entire hall.

Drop drop-!

A jarring electronic notification sound rang out, and the numbers froze abruptly.

[Peak of the Ninth Level of the Qi and Blood Realm: 998 kg!]

boom!

A deafening roar of exclamations erupted immediately inside the central testing hall.

"My God! Just two kilograms away from breaking the 1,000 mark!"

"One thousand kilograms is the threshold for the Bone Forging Realm! Our class monitor is way beyond a high school student; he'd be more than capable of being a mercenary squad leader in the wilderness!"

"Incredible! No wonder he's the man secretly favored by a Grandmaster!"

The lackeys frantically praised it.

Even the military examiner on the platform, who had maintained a stern face the whole time, nodded slightly, a hint of admiration in his eyes. Reaching this level at eighteen was indeed a promising talent worthy of serious nurturing.

Hearing the cheers around him, Zhang Kuang's smug grin almost reached his ears.

He deliberately turned his head and glared at Lin Yuan at the back of the crowd with a contemptuous look, as if to say: Do you see clearly, you piece of trash? This is the insurmountable chasm between us!

However, Lin Yuan just kept his head down looking at his toes, not even bothering to glance at him.

This feeling of punching cotton fueled Zhang Kuang's rage.

"Next up, Su Qinghan!"

The head of the teaching department's voice once again resounded throughout the hall through the loudspeaker.

The surrounding noise instantly quieted down.

All eyes were drawn to that stunningly beautiful white figure.

Su Qinghan's expression was aloof, like a snow lotus blooming on an iceberg. She ignored everyone and strode straight to the testing device with her long, slender legs.

There was no horse stance.

There was no shouting or yelling.

Su Qinghan simply stood there casually, without even fully releasing her true energy.

She suddenly raised her slender arm, her jade-like fist transforming into a blur, creating a crisp sonic boom in the air, and slammed hard onto the special alloy target plate!

boom!

The voice wasn't loud, but it carried a sharp, penetrating quality.

The numbers on the holographic screen surged to their peak almost instantly, without pause.

[1520 kg!]

Dead silence.

The entire hall fell into a deathly silence that lasted for three seconds.

Immediately afterwards, a frenzied gasp, ten times more intense than before, erupted!

"1,500 kilograms?! Bone Forging Realm!"

"She's only eighteen! Her bone structure already surpasses that of ordinary people; she's a legendary martial arts prodigy!"

"No wonder she never bothers to team up with us, the difference in skill level is just too outrageous!"

The military examiners on the platform abruptly stood up, their eyes blazing with unparalleled fervor. High Martial Arts High School had actually produced a high school student at the Bone Forging Realm! This was absolutely a top genius capable of alarming the highest levels of the military!

Zhang Kuang's smug expression froze instantly, his face turning pale and then red.

His proud 998 kilograms seemed like a joke compared to Su Qinghan's 1520 kilograms.

But in order to maintain his dignity as a "successor of a grandmaster," Zhang Kuang forced a smile and strode forward to greet him.

"Congratulations on breaking through to the Bone Forging Realm, Su. However, the path of martial arts is long and arduous. Perhaps we can discuss the profound martial arts principles left behind by the Grandmasters in the future..."

Zhang Kuang tried to use that vague and ethereal Grandmaster to elevate his own status.

Su Qinghan stopped and gave him a cold glance.

Those cold eyes were filled with undisguised disgust.

"Martial arts are for killing enemies, not for entertaining the crowd like a monkey."

Su Qinghan's voice wasn't loud, but every word was piercing.

"Also, stop talking about grandmasters all the time. True masters would never respect someone as impetuous and arrogant as you."

After saying that, Su Qinghan didn't even glance at him again and walked right past him.

Zhang Kuang stood frozen in place, feeling as if the gazes of everyone present had turned into invisible knives, slicing his face away piece by piece. His fists clenched tightly, his nails digging deep into his flesh, and the resentment in his eyes was almost overflowing.

Su Qinghan! You bitch, once I get into the special training camp and get the resources, I'll trample you under my feet sooner or later!

The test continues.

Some were happy while others were sad; one after another, dozens of students passed the qualifying score for the third level of the Qi and Blood Realm.

Until half an hour later.

"Last one! Lin Yuan!"

The head of the teaching department's voice revealed an undisguised perfunctoriness and annoyance.

The atmosphere in the hall instantly shifted from tense to a large-scale comedy scene.

"Look, the sewer warrior has arrived!"

"I bet his punch would only carry about 50 kilograms; it wouldn't even light up the target's lights!"

"Hurry up and finish this, then get out of here. The logistics department has already prepared brooms for him!"

Amidst a chorus of laughter, Lin Yuan, wearing his worn-out school uniform, slowly walked out of the crowd.

"Ah Yuan! Keep it up!"

Only Zhao Hai was shouting at the top of his lungs from behind, sweating profusely with anxiety.

Lin Yuan walked up to the giant testing machine that cost two million.

He didn't throw a punch immediately, but instead looked the machine up and down at its alloy structure, his brows furrowing slightly.

Three hundred kilograms.

This was an incredibly difficult challenge for him.

He now possesses a terrifying physical mass compressed 11,000 times within his body; even a slightly heavier breath could cause a small-scale air tremor.

If I were to smash this machine with one punch, not only would my identity be completely exposed, but the school would also demand two million in compensation.

He didn't want to lose the hard-earned money from the black market on this broken machine.

"We must bring the power to the absolute limit."

Lin Yuan took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes.

In his mind, the Extreme Qi and Blood Compression Engine frantically simulated the microscopic model of muscle exertion.

In everyone's eyes.

Lin Yuan's actions at this moment were utterly ridiculous.

He limply raised his right arm, his movements as slow as an old man practicing Tai Chi in a park.

Not only was there no sound of wind breaking, but not even the hem of her clothes was disturbed.

"Hahaha! What is he doing? Scratching the machine's itch?"

"This is hilarious! Is this what you call a loser's last stand?!"

Zhang Kuang made no attempt to hide his arrogance and burst into laughter. Even the head of the teaching department had to cover his face in despair, feeling that this was the greatest disgrace since the founding of Gaowu No.1 Middle School.

however.

Just as the whole audience burst into laughter.

Su Qinghan, who was about to turn and leave, glanced casually and her gaze fell on Lin Yuan's arm.

hum!

Su Qinghan's proud martial arts intuition was as if it had been hit by a heavy hammer, and it frantically sounded a piercing alarm!

She turned around abruptly, her beautiful eyes fixed on Lin Yuan's seemingly slow and limp right arm, her pupils instantly shrinking to the size of pinpoints.

"No...that's not weakness..."

Su Qinghan's heart began to pound violently, and she even stopped breathing.

To others, Lin Yuan's arms appeared to be trembling.

But in the eyes of this Bone Forging Realm genius, the muscle fibers on Lin Yuan's arm were trembling wildly thousands of times at a terrifyingly high frequency that defied biological common sense!

He's releasing the force!

He was desperately trying to pull back a terrifying force that was about to erupt from his body!

Su Qinghan felt a chill run down her spine.

What kind of abnormal physical control would that require?

Even the military's top brass, who have been through life and death, could never achieve such precise and absolute control over muscle fibers!

What kind of monster is hidden inside Lin Yuan, who is called a good-for-nothing by the entire school?!

In the instant that Su Qinghan's mind went blank.

boom.

A very faint sound, like cotton hitting an iron plate, rang out.

Lin Yuan's fist finally made slow, deliberate contact with the alloy target plate.

"Hahaha! Not even a sound..."

The arrogant laughter hadn't even subsided yet.

Only Lin Yuan could hear the mournful cry of the hydraulic buffer device made of titanium alloy inside the testing instrument at the extremely brief moment when the fist made contact with the target plate.

Click click click.

That was the sound of the metal's internal structure being torn apart by violent physical vibrations.

Followed by.

The holographic screen suddenly lit up, and the red numbers jumped at an eerie speed before freezing in place!

[Qi and Blood Realm Level 3: 301 kg!]

boom!

The laughter that filled the hall seemed to be instantly cut off by an invisible hand.

Everyone's smiles froze on their faces, and their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

Dead silence.

An eerie silence.

"Three...three hundred and one kilograms? That's passing?!"

The head of student affairs rubbed his eyes, staring at the numbers on the screen in disbelief, his voice cracking.

Zhang Kuang's smile instantly twisted, as if he had swallowed a greenbottle fly.

How is that possible!

That piece of trash he'd been trampling on for three years actually managed to cross the line by sheer luck at the last minute?! This was more painful for him than killing him!

"I barely passed."

Lin Yuan slowly withdrew his fist, looked at the numbers on the screen, and let out a barely perceptible sigh.

"It was still one kilogram too heavy."

"The internal transmission shaft of this broken instrument is completely shattered. It can probably only last one more time before it falls apart."

Ignoring the ghostly stares of everyone present, Lin Yuan put his hands in his pockets, braced himself against Su Qinghan's burning gaze that seemed to see right through him, and slowly walked back into the crowd.

I've got the qualification.