The young master's previous fire spell had been exceptionally eye-catching, burning a dozen targets in succession and drawing cheers and shouts of "young master, young master" from many people outside the arena, their voices gradually swelling to a grand momentum.
Yet as Chen Shi executed his move, the entire East Mountain was covered in yellow flags, and every single target on the mountain was struck, instantly quipping the shouts from outside the arena into dead silence.
This was because Chen Shi's maneuver was far more difficult and vastly more dazzling than the young master's fire spell!
Compared to it, the young master's spell was merely like the light of a grain of rice competing with the splendor of the sun and moon, utterly incomparable!
Suddenly, a provincial graduate called out loudly, "Instructor Chen!"
Then someone within the martial training ground echoed, "Instructor Chen!"
"Instructor Chen!" "Instructor Chen!"
The clamor grew louder and louder, with a full three or four hundred provincial graduates shouting out, gradually drawing many people outside the arena to join in, their voices converging into a torrent that even the Divine Machine Battalion soldiers lifting up their "Silence" placards could not quiet down.
The left and right vice ministers of the Ministry of Rites were the chief examiners responsible for this martial examination, and hearing the people's shouts while looking at the mountains and plains of yellow flags, they could not help frowning in unison.
Chen Shi had used gravel from the martial training ground to strike every single target on the mountain. A provincial graduate had six targets, and twelve graduates were tested at a time, making a total of seventy-two targets!
This sort of precise control brought an even greater shock than the display the young master had just shown, completely overshadowing the young master's