CHAPTER 111: CHAPTER 8: A DAZZLING DISPLAY OF SKILL

Teng Qingshan did not agree immediately.

As far as he knew, when Zhang Lingfeng’s combat power and physical fitness were not as good as his, he had already received a Double S-Class contract. Why should he only receive an S-Class contract?

Was it because the potion had side effects that it was judged his potential was not as good as Zhang Lingfeng’s?

Teng Qingshan was unconvinced, so for this martial examination, he intended to surpass Zhang Lingfeng in every aspect, helping Ninth Middle School win first place with the best results.

Three minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

The scene before their eyes changed.

Everyone was scattered to different locations, entering the basic plane examination sites.

They arrived at an underground cave that resembled a honeycomb, which was the Catfish Demon Nest.

South City, located near the Great Radiation Zone, faced a major threat from the Catfish Demons that plagued its citizens. Therefore, most of the alien life forms exam candidates encountered here were also Catfish Demons.

Everyone stood at the entrance of a honeycombed hive, each with a dark and humid tunnel before them, filled with all sorts of sticky substances.

The simulated environment was identical to a real Catfish Demon Nest.

But in the real world, martial artists entering a Catfish Demon Nest would wear nanometer battle suits and protective clothing to avoid being poisoned by the Catfish Demons’ slime.

Only martial artists who have activated their Dharma Aspect can use Dharma Defense to withstand the Catfish Demon venom with their mortal flesh.

Therefore, the examination environment everyone faced was actually more challenging and difficult than in the real world.

Because of the time limit and points requirement, everyone rushed into their designated tunnels.

Zhang Lingfeng was no exception.

There was no choice; this place was so inhospitable that no one should stay there.

Staying just one more second felt like torture.

As someone who constantly searched for opportunities to coast along and strive to maximize his Coasting Along Value, Zhang Lingfeng knew he needed to quickly end this examination and leave this godforsaken place to fit his persona and coasting goals.

He even lamented that if this were a game scenario, he could spend money to upgrade equipment to block the foul odors or hire a professional streamer to pave the way ahead.

Too bad this was a martial examination.

No one could cheat here.

Nor would anyone dare to cheat and challenge the authority of the Seven Great Star Systems Alliance.

So Zhang Lingfeng could only try to be the first to reach the end of the tunnel and finish the examination.

"Ga!"

As he delved deeper, the Catfish Demons in the tunnel detected Zhang Lingfeng’s presence and rushed toward him. In the narrow space, Zhang Lingfeng had no room to maneuver, so he could only thrust his spear continuously, quickly slipping past the Catfish Demons, leaving them behind.

"Bang!"

Each Catfish Demon struck by Zhang Lingfeng’s spear fell and did not rise again.

With a combat power of 56.1 and the perfection of his Spear Technique Realm Power, even Zhang Lingfeng’s most ordinary thrust had immense lethality. Even he did not expect that any casual spear thrust at this point could instantly kill a Catfish Demon King with a combat power below 30.0.

In the first phase, the Catfish Demons all candidates could encounter in their examination plane only had a combat power of up to 15.0.

Even one spear thrust was lethal to Catfish Demons of this level.

No Catfish Demon could withstand a thrust from Zhang Lingfeng.

After they fell, they never rose again.

Meanwhile, in the observation room,

the few groups focusing on Zhang Lingfeng were immediately astounded by what they saw.

"His spear technique is so simple, so casual, yet so powerful."

Yang Liru rubbed her eyes.

The Catfish Demons charged at Zhang Lingfeng one after another, but each one, after taking a spear thrust from Zhang Lingfeng, never stood again. Zhang Lingfeng never even looked back at them, as if he knew those Catfish Demons would not rise again.

In fact, Zhang Lingfeng just wanted to quickly leave and shake them off.

He didn’t expect his casual spear thrusts to have such great power already.

"Principal, I feel that Zhang Lingfeng’s combat power has already exceeded 30.0."

Hong Lixin exclaimed.

"His spear technique has undergone a second transformation, so his combat power is not just over 30.0; it’s over 40.0."

Wang Dashan chimed in with a smile.

Finally, Zhang Lingfeng was not coasting along in the examination, which made him see hope in leading Ninth Middle School to prominence, even representing South City to compete with all Martial Dao students of Jiangbei Province.

"What did you say?"

"Skills’ second transformation?"

"Over 40.0? Isn’t that...?"

Yang Liru and Hong Lixin were dumbfounded.

Especially Yang Liru, who only a few days ago exclaimed in front of Teng Qingshan that Zhang Lingfeng’s strength might soon surpass hers, but she didn’t expect it to happen so fast!

"He is naturally talented and can make rapid progress in cultivating any skill. If he can cultivate properly, the surprises he brings will be beyond imagination."

Wang Dashan said with a complex expression.

"His physical fitness seems to have improved significantly."

Yan Fei stated.

He was invited to watch Zhang Lingfeng take the examination.

A few days ago, Zhang Lingfeng sparred with Ye Chen, defeating him in just a few moves, revealing a transformation in his skills, though his physical fitness was clearly lacking.

However, in just a few days,

Zhang Lingfeng’s examination performance showed considerable improvement in both physical strength and reaction.

He even had an illusion that Zhang Lingfeng was not using his full strength.

Sadly, the abilities Zhang Lingfeng exhibited at the moment were within the Star Realm, so Yan Fei could not detect changes in Zhang Lingfeng’s physical core strength using his strong perception. Otherwise, he would surely be shocked.