Using the System, My Sword!

Shi Yan had no idea how astonished the people outside were. At this moment, he was already heading toward the Core Zone, in high spirits.

That was because he had discovered a new way to make use of the system.

After spending one hundred Martial Virtue Points to add one point of Blood Vitality, all the Blood Vitality he had expended earlier had actually been fully restored.

In other words, as long as he had enough Martial Virtue Points, his Blood Vitality could keep going indefinitely.

Thus, in battle, all he needed to consider was whether his body and mind could hold out.

Leaving aside anything else, in this ongoing College Entrance Examination, his body and mind could absolutely last until the exam ended.

Since that was the case...

[Name: Shi Yan]

[Realm: First-Order Warrior]

[Special Ability: Southern Bright Blazing Fire (SSS-Class)]

[Blood Vitality: 31 cards (+)]

[Mental Power: 11 hertz]

[Martial Arts: Thrusting Punch (Beginner), Explosive Flame Eighteen Sabers (Beginner)]

[Martial Virtue Points: 648]

One hundred Martial Virtue Points could increase his Blood Vitality by one point, and he could still add it six more times.

Since he could add it six times, what was he waiting for instead of going to chop down Second-Order Demonic Beasts?

He opened his wristwatch, and a map appeared on the light screen.

After glancing at the red zones on it, he chose one of the lighter-colored areas and headed there.

"The Black Feathered Eagle's nest should have been occupied by another demonic beast by now..."

As a native of Baiyun City, his advantage was beginning to show.

Other examinees could only use the map to roughly guess where demonic beasts might be, but Shi Yan knew precisely where their nests were.

The Black Feathered Eagle was one of them.

There was competition among demonic beasts as well. The Black Feathered Eagle had been dead for so long; another demonic beast should have gone over and occupied its nest.

Sure enough, Shi Yan's guess was completely correct.

At the instant the sky turned fully dark, he arrived beneath the towering tree where the Black Feathered Eagle's nest was located and discovered a massive python devouring an egg.

Eagles were naturally snakes' predators, yet now the nest had been raided by its food.

Shi Yan kicked out, and the forty-meter-tall tree shook violently.

"Hiss, hiss."

The enormous python covered in green scales was startled. Its tongue flickered, and with a turn of its head, it spotted Shi Yan below.

Then, like a streak of green lightning, it "swam" down from above.

A python's sluggish movements did not apply to demonic beasts.

"Good, you came!"

Shi Yan shouted excitedly, gripping his sword in both hands.

As that huge maw bit toward him, his special ability erupted, and flames instantly surged across the blade.

"Hiss~"

Just as he was about to slash at its head, the green python agilely raised its head, then used the tree to leap away... and fled.

Shi Yan: "???"

No, brother, you were a Second-Order Demonic Beast!

Shi Yan was speechless. It seemed that even after becoming a demonic beast, snakes still retained their instinctive fear of high temperatures.

What was more, his fire was no ordinary flame.

"Run? In your dreams!"

Without another word, he shifted from holding the sword with both hands to one hand.

Then he spun, and with a whoosh, the flaming sword shot out at high speed.

The sword struck the green python's body solidly.

The python writhed in pain and terror, trying to keep fleeing.

But just like the Black Feathered Eagle, flames began to rise from its body the next second.

Before long, it turned into black ash.

[Leveled up to kill a Second-Order Green Scaled Python. Martial Virtue abounds. Martial Virtue Points +50]

The system notification made Shi Yan slightly delighted.

His Southern Bright Blazing Fire truly did not discriminate between types of demonic beasts.

Its consumption was just a little high, even greater than when he had killed the Black Feathered Eagle.

Of course, he knew that was because he had channeled the special ability into the sword.

"Ah, my sword!"

Thinking of his sword, Shi Yan's expression changed slightly.

Damn it, he had forgotten this was a 480-jin sword!

Because he had infused it with his special ability, it had not felt so heavy when he held it, and he had gotten used to that.

And such a heavy sharp blade plunged into the ground...

He went over to look for it, but sure enough, he could not find it.

All he saw was an incomparably pitch-black hole.

"Damn it."

Thus, the first examinee to diligently dig dirt in this Martial Arts Examination was born.

"Uh..."

Outside the examination grounds, when they saw Shi Yan's score soar to 850 points, nearly everyone cried out in shock.

Only Mo Changfeng, after his initial surprise, quietly retreated behind the crowd.

He had personally handed that sword to Shi Yan, and Shi Yan had stabbed it into the ground...

At this moment, he could already sense several gazes turning toward him.

They belonged to the upper ranks of the Monster Suppression Bureau, as well as the two vice-curators of Baiyun Extreme Martial Arts Hall.

Fortunately, after roaming the martial world for many years, his skin had grown thick enough.

After pondering for a moment, he still raised his eyes and met those gazes. The sword was indeed given by me, but I was not the one using it. What were you looking at me for?

"Curator Mo, was giving him the sword your idea, or that person's?"

Among all those watching, only the commander-in-chief, Luo Hai, spoke.

Hearing this, Mo Changfeng's face took on a respectful expression. "Thank you for your concern, Director Luo. It was the Hall Master's decision."

Luo Hai, Director of the Jiangnan Monster Suppression Bureau and an Eighth-Order Martial King—even in a tiny place like Baiyun City, let alone anywhere else in the world—was someone worthy of respect and admiration.

"So that was it."

A complicated look flashed through Luo Hai's eyes. Then he turned and watched the image of Shi Yan frantically digging through the dirt.

Meanwhile.

The people outside were astonished by Shi Yan's performance, while the examinees within the testing grounds were equally shocked.

A score of eight hundred and fifty points was simply too dazzling.

"Ha ha, well done! Just as expected of my dad, hahaha!"

Liu Wang stared at the light screen on his wristwatch, so excited that tears streamed down his face.

He knew Shi Yan would give him a surprise, but he had not expected it to be this huge.

Barring any surprises, Shi Yan was probably the Top Scholar of this year's examination.

Night had only just fallen, yet he had already earned two bonus-point rewards, leaving everyone else far behind.

"Cough, cough, cough. I was joking. Shi Yan is my deskmate."

Seeing several team members around him looking at him in astonishment, Liu Wang hurriedly explained.

With his powerful defense and weight advantage, he had long since formed a team with several suitable teammates.

And after hearing that he knew Shi Yan, the eyes of his teammates lit up.

"Uh... don't look at me like that. Shi Yan beat me until I called him Dad. Asking him for help is out of the question."

Liu Wang spoke, and the hope in his teammates' eyes dimmed.

Wu Qiang slapped Lu Jiaojiao, making her stagger.

"This is the D-class special ability you told me about? Do you take me for an idiot?"

He was furious.

It was not because Shi Yan had climbed to first place, but because after accepting Lu Jiaojiao, he had already promised her that he would trip Shi Yan up.

Although the College Entrance Examination rules prohibited examinees from fighting each other, there were plenty of ways to make someone suffer.

He had already made plans to force Shi Yan to end the College Entrance Examination early, but after opening the Leaderboard, he felt awful all over.

Damn it, asking him to deal with an expert who had already slain two Second-Order Demonic Beasts—was that not a disease of the brain?

"Young Master Wu, he really is D-class. I don't know how he suddenly became stronger."

Lu Jiaojiao covered her slightly swollen face as tears pattered down.

At the same time, resentment filled her heart. Men—there wasn't a single one who could be relied upon!

In such a suffocating environment, she felt going abroad was the best choice.

"Stop crying. We can't deal with him right now. We can only seize points and make him lose the position of Top Scholar."

It had to be said, Lu Jiaojiao's pitiful appearance struck Wu Qiang's weak spot.

Since Shi Yan was difficult to handle, they could only make their move from the side.

"What should we do?"

Lu Jiaojiao wiped away her tears, her expression shifting slightly.

Pulling Shi Yan down from the position of Top Scholar should leave him with regrets for the rest of his life.

"Go find Qi Ziyue."

Wu Qiang spoke slowly.

Shi Yan was already in the lead. If they wanted to surpass him, they had to band together.

The only people who could help them were the three from Jiangnan High School No. 1, along with Qi Ziyue.

The three from Jiangnan High School No. 1 had already formed a team. At present, only Qi Ziyue could still be recruited.