54 Protagonist’s Daily Skills Amaze Everyone
Lan Guang, Lan Ke’s younger brother, is also the small boss that Yan Zhen wants to defeat this time.
In this monthly test, they will tie for the same score.
To compete for first place, they need to engage in an extra one-on-one duel.
Because of his relationship with Lan Ke, Lan Guang has long disliked Yan Zhen and will use ruthless means during the confrontation.
As if sensing Yan Zhen’s gaze, Lan Guang gave him a thumbs up, then flipped his thumb down.
Yan Zhen was completely unmoved by this childish provocation. Anyway, tomorrow he would know who the boss was.
As for the likes of Xiao Shi, they were just clowns and didn’t even qualify to be villains.
Throughout the tests, in the entire intermediate class, Yan Zhen became the only student to receive a “top-notch” evaluation.
After the morning test, Yan Meng’er came over, and the four of them went to Instructor Yu Xuan’s private office together.
Today, Instructor Yu Xuan specially brought meals to reward them. As her disciples, they had this small benefit after each monthly test.
When they arrived, they found that Xiao Xinyan was already there. Seeing the four of them coming, she snorted and even glared at Yan Zhen.
Yan Zhen thought, “What are you glaring at? After the monthly test, Xiao Shi will drug you. At that time, I’ll have to waste a pill to save you. Not only that, I’ll also get sprayed with water by you.”
—What a lowly sow!
Xiao Xinyan felt the contempt in Yan Zhen’s eyes and instantly flew into a rage out of humiliation. However, with Instructor Yu Xuan present, she didn’t dare to make a scene and simply avoided looking at him.
“In the afternoon, it will be the mystic technique test. Everyone, do your best. Good luck!”
Instructor Yu Xuan gently encouraged her disciples.
Xiao Xinyan immediately said some flattering words. While she held grudges against Yan Zhen and the others, she greatly respected Instructor Yu Xuan.
As expected, the topic for the intermediate class in the mystic technique test was the “Void-Breaking Seal”.
Targets were set up in the examination field at distances ranging from one to five meters. The students would perform the “Void-Breaking Seal”, and the farther the target they hit, the higher the score. Hitting the bullseye would earn extra points.
Breaking through the void with profound power was an ability of powerful mystic masters. For mere mystic disciples to use the “Void-Breaking Seal” to hit distant targets, they needed sufficient profound power intensity and control.
If the profound power intensity was insufficient, the “Void-Breaking Seal” would dissipate midway.
If the control was lacking, the “Void-Breaking Seal” would easily miss the mark.
Yan Zhen had cultivated the “Imperial Blaze Art” and the “Ancestral Talisman Scripture”. His profound power intensity and control surpassed the mystic disciple level. With a casual palm strike, he hit the bullseye of the target five meters away, earning a perfect score.
Soon, Lan Guang also took the stage. After gathering his power, his palm force similarly hit the bullseye five meters away, securing a perfect score. He then taunted Yan Zhen once more.
Yan Zhen showed a speechless expression.
Beside him, Mi Xue’er snorted, “This guy is really annoying!”
Yan Ruyu, knowing that she had caused Lan Guang’s hostility towards Yan Zhen, felt somewhat apologetic and said, “Sorry for causing you trouble, Yan Zhen…”
Yan Zhen waved his hand, indicating that she shouldn’t take it to heart.
Later, he would even play the role of Mi Xue’er’s fake boyfriend and incur public outrage.
After arriving at the Sacred Land Academy, the first conflict he had with someone was also because of Instructor Yu Xuan.
Why would a novel without a female lead write about so many female characters? Wasn’t it just to make the protagonist attract hostility?
After a day of testing, the group returned to the residence. After eating the restaurant’s delivery, they took baths and rested. Instructor Yu Xuan required them to conserve their energy and score high in the combat test.
For top students, theoretical tests, cultivation tests, and mystic technique tests were not difficult. Everyone’s scores were fairly close, and it was rare for anyone to be far ahead. Only in the combat test could the scores be separated.
The next day, after having breakfast, the group arrived at the Mystic Academy’s martial arts field.
As the presiding instructor announced the start of the combat test, Yan Zhen also personally saw the combat puppet.
It was about two meters tall, completely black, with red dots painted on its heart and forehead. It wielded a large shield and a long spear.
The spear was made of wood with a blunt tip. Although not sharp, if hit by it, very few people could get up and fight again.
The surface of the shield was coated with a layer of blue profound power membrane. Breaking it meant victory.
In addition, attacking the vital red points on the puppet’s body could also make it stop moving, thereby winning.
To defeat the combat puppet, one had to either break the shield head-on or use agility to launch a surprise attack.
The former tested strength, while the latter emphasized speed.
Therefore, most students would choose to circle around and launch surprise attacks. Only those overly clumsy brutes would stubbornly face off against the combat puppet head-on.
Yan Ruyu and Mi Xue’er took the stage one after another. They defeated the puppet in about three minutes, earning a “good” evaluation.
This surprised Yan Zhen a bit because the script stated that they got a “fair” rating and took over five minutes to win.
Most students needed around ten minutes to emerge victorious. Some students were even stabbed in the stomach by the combat puppet’s spear, nearly vomiting bile, unable to get up again, and receiving a zero.
When it was Yan Zhen’s turn to take the stage, he felt many gazes concentrate on him.
Yesterday’s tests were all about fundamentals. Scoring high only meant having a solid foundation, but it was uncertain whether one could apply it well in actual combat.
Some people had poor fundamentals but possessed great combat talent.
Naturally, there would also be people with stable fundamentals who performed miserably in battle.
Yan Zhen stood on the stage, directly facing the combat puppet. Its massive body made him feel a faint pressure that text descriptions could not convey. His profound power rose slowly as if it were a provoked beast, forming a faint flame light on his body’s surface, resembling the profound power protection that only mystic master powerhouses possessed.
“Student Yan Zhen, are you ready?”
“I can start anytime.”
Upon hearing this, the presiding instructor activated the combat puppet and then left the stage to Yan Zhen.
The combat puppet’s black eyes lit up with a red glow. All its joints emitted creaking sounds. It raised its spherical shoulders, and its thick arms gripped the blunt spear, thrusting it towards Yan Zhen. Although it seemed clumsy, its speed was as fast as a fierce wind.
Yan Zhen stood in place without moving. For him, who had awakened his spiritual power, this bit of speed was as slow as a tortoise. Moreover, the attack pattern was very straightforward, making it too easy to dodge.
But he didn’t need to dodge.
Just as the long spear was about to stab Yan Zhen, some female students’ hearts tightened. However, they saw this two-meter-tall, ten-thousand-jin combat puppet suddenly soar into the air, stiffly somersault, and then heavily crash onto the stage.
Boom!
Under the impact force, the shield fiercely slammed into the ground. The membrane instantly shattered, and the combat puppet ceased its movements.
The tremendous sound and vibration frightened the students, turning their faces pale. Seeing Yan Zhen’s hands hugging the combat puppet’s long spear, they immediately understood what he had just done and were stunned.
Even the presiding instructor was dumbfounded.
He had been in charge of the combat test for so many years. He had seen super brutes who could break the shield with one punch and devilishly fast prodigies who could hit the vitals with one strike. However, he had never seen anyone pick up the combat puppet’s long spear and throw it out, directly smashing it to break the shield.
The spear thrust out by the combat puppet could render a five-star mystic disciple incapable of fighting, but Yan Zhen easily caught it. He even casually performed a shoulder throw. The entire movement was so smooth, as if the combat puppet was just a light, fluffy doll. How did he manage to do that?
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