Rain Law Trial Rankings, Academy Assignments

Zhao Xing walked to the bow of the ship, took out the Cloud Rain Pearl, and the azure pearl immediately attracted the attention of everyone on the flying boat.

"His collection of Cloud Rain Pearl is enormous." Jiang He's eyes narrowed. "He's probably the one with the most Cloud and Rain Pearls on this flying ship."

"He's really lucky," Jiang Hai said sourly. "He was the first to find out."

Zhuo Li looked at the blue bead, and the smug look on his face faded.

Judging from these raindrops alone, as long as Zhao Xing's Rain Art isn't too bad, he should be able to achieve good results in this level.

"If raindrops have no blue color, even the Cloudcalling are useless; if raindrops have seven parts blue color, the Moving Clouds Spreading Rain can crush mountains." Hua Zhilin stared at the raindrops in Zhao Xing's hand and recited in a sweet voice, "Brother Zhao's raindrops have at least five parts blue color."

Zhao Xing: "..."

He suspected that Hua Zhilin was deliberately trying to mess with people's mentality.

"Sir, are there any rules prohibiting others from interfering?"

The judges, unable to bear it any longer, declared sternly, "Anyone who makes a disturbance during another person's test will be eliminated."

Now everyone fell silent, watching Zhao Xing perform.

"Clouds are coming!"

Zhao Xing pointed and immediately used the Devouring Cloud Art.

Because the Five Suns in the Sky brightly and the environment was extremely harsh, the cloud cover was only about ten meters in diameter and no more than two meters thick.

However, Zhao Xing's Cloud Method is very stable.

If the Devouring Cloud Art is not stable, how can it absorb other Cloud Method and make them its own?

Moreover, the clouds condensed by the Swallowing Clouds can also manifest the characteristics of other Cloud Method.

Although the intense heat of the Five Suns in the Sky was not much greater than the impact of being in the vast Thunder Zone, it only made it difficult to expand water extraction.

"Cloud Rain Pearl, go!"

Zhao Xing tossed the blue Cloud Rain Pearl into the clouds.

"Gurgle~"

The bead immediately emitted wisps of cloud, causing the cloud layer to grow rapidly.

Before long, it had exceeded ten meters thick and one hundred meters long.

As for how wide it was, the others couldn't see it because the airship's perspective was fixed, and Zhao Xing's clouds had completely blocked their view.

"Judging by this scale, his base score alone is several times higher than others." He Yu thought silently, "Forget it, let's just pretend we don't remember what happened before the Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool incident."

With her Cloud Method being top-notch, her lightning magic ranking ninth in hunting, and now her Rain Law Trial such good results, He Yu wasn't so angry anymore when she thought about how Zhao Xing had used her as a pawn before.

Maybe we can use this to get closer to each other in the future!

"Drip drip drip~"

Rain began to fall from the clouds.

At this moment, Zhao Xing did not choose to play black or white, but simply let the rain fall normally.

This rain doesn't actually reach the ground; it evaporates below 500 meters.

However, the base score only considers the amount of rain that comes out of the clouds up to 500 meters below the surface.

The rule stipulates that the duration must be at least 15 minutes; if it is less than 15 minutes, the time value is counted as 0.

The base score is calculated by multiplying the hour by the rainfall. If the rainfall is too heavy, the preceding hours will be zero and meaningless.

Zhao Xing is very steady.

He persisted for a full quarter of an hour before the Cloud Rain Pearl gradually became transparent, with only 10% of the rainfall remaining.

It wasn't until 45 minutes later that he grabbed a black piece from the chess basket at the bow of the boat, held it in his hand, and prepared to try and score points.

"Buzz~"

Zhao Xing pressed down lightly with both hands, and with this press...

The view before everyone suddenly opened up.

But he controlled the clouds to make them fall.

"Huh? He can even make clouds fall?"

"This person's cloud control skills are truly remarkable."

"Five Suns in the Sky, yin descends and yang rises; the lower the clouds go, the more difficult it is to stabilize them."

"He wanted to get closer to the ground so he could operate the black and white Mechanical Puppet more precisely."

"Too confident! They've already secured so many basic points, why take the risk? I would have backed out long ago."

Everyone had their own thoughts, and even the judge glanced at Zhao Xing.

However, with the ban in place, no one dared to disturb Zhao Xing at this moment.

The clouds continued to descend to a height of 500 meters before Zhao Xing managed to bring the cloud layer to a stop.

As the clouds descend, they shrink considerably, a result of the clouds becoming more condensed in order to counteract the rising yang energy.

This approach has both advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage is that the coverage area is small, and it's uncertain whether it will even reach the puppet area.

The advantage is that it frees up the field of vision for casting spells.

Zhao Xing demonstrated exceptional skill in controlling the Cloud Method, displaying remarkable mastery.

Rain Art has not yet been revealed. Is his doing so out of confidence or arrogance?

Everyone stared intently at what was below.

Thunder flashed in the clouds, but it wasn't very powerful; instead, it gave off a chilling feeling.

Soon, blue raindrops began to fall from the clouds. They were as big as fists and exuded a chill!

The intermediate-level perfected [Icy Rain]!

The Icy Rain fell rapidly as soon as it appeared from the clouds.

"Clatter~"

Raindrops fell on the head of the silver-white puppet.

"Buzz~" A faint Magic Array light appeared on the area on the top of the silver-white puppet's head where it was hit.

As the light flashed, its movements became stiff, remaining completely frozen for at least two seconds.

"Bang!"

A black puppet wielding a knife suddenly swung it, knocking him to the ground.

Not far away, the silver-white puppet was flying high into the air, leaping and slashing at the black puppet, but just then...

"Clatter!"

Raindrops fell on his wrist, and after the blue raindrops fell, light spread across his entire arm, rendering it immobile.

"Pat-pat~" "Pat-pat~" "Pat-pat~" "Pat-pat~"

Fang Zhen black and silver-white Fang Zhen intertwined, but the raindrops overhead provided a great boost to the black Fang Zhen.

The strength of the black and white sides was exactly the same. Through precise calculations, it was ensured that even if they fought for three days and three nights, no one would be able to determine a winner.

But now, this balance has been broken.

The white team is falling down rapidly.

"Clatter~"

A drop of blue rain fell on the black puppet.

At the same time, the black chess piece in Zhao Xing's palm trembled.

He knew he had reached his limit.

He had to control the Cloud Method, the amount of raindrops overflowing from the Cloud Rain Pearl, manipulate the Icy Rain, and simultaneously use his Discern Minute Details to monitor the battle situation between the black and white forces.

Such meticulous micro-operations consume a great deal of energy and mental strength.

Now that his own side has suffered casualties, Zhao Xing understands that he can no longer maintain his peak performance level; instead, he will start to decline.

He managed to hold out for another fifteen minutes, but when he saw that the Icy Rain was causing equal damage to both sides, Zhao Xing immediately stopped.

"Buzz~" The clouds dispersed and the rain stopped.

Zhao Xing reached out and summoned the Cloud Rain Pearl back into his hand; the pearl had become completely transparent.

"Phew~" Zhao Xing let out a long breath, feeling somewhat tired.

He stepped off the bow of the boat, put the black pieces back, and waited for the score.

Due to limited strength, most people on the airship did not understand Zhao Xing's actions, or at least not all of them.

However, even understanding just a part of it is already extremely impressive.

Hua Zhilin, in particular, looked at Zhao Xing with a strange gaze, staring at him with great admiration!

Zhuo Li, Jiang He, and Jiang Hai also noticed something; they all had a vague feeling that Zhao Xing's score this time would be extremely high!

The judge looked at Zhao Xing with a strange expression; he hadn't expected Zhao Xing to pull off such a move.

As he read out the score, his tone was filled with undisguised admiration. "Zhao Xing the Divine Might Army, Swallowing Clouds Rainmaking, lasted for an hour, with a rainfall of 352 points. Holding the black side, he killed 1,416 enemies and suffered 213 casualties on his own."

Final score: 4019!

"Good job, you can come down and rest now."

Zhao Xing cupped his hands in thanks. "Thank you."

As soon as the judge finished speaking, the people on the flying boat could no longer hold back.

"What?! 4019 points?!" He Yu's eyes were filled with shock. "I expected him to get over a thousand points, but I didn't expect it to be over four thousand!"

"My God, their score is almost ten times higher than Zhuo Li's!"

"Jiang He and Jiang Hai only scored a little over two hundred points."

"I didn't even understand his moves, how did he get over 4,000 points?"

"If you understood it, you would have scored over a thousand points too. It's normal if you don't understand it."

"Who claims to be invincible at Rain Law Trial? Who dares to claim to be number one?"

"Zhao Xing the Divine Might Army is too strong!"

Zhuo Li, Jiang He, and Jiang Hai were being compared to Zhao Xing, and they weren't particularly upset. The difference in their abilities was just too great, and they simply couldn't refute it!

Even if Zhao Xing is lucky and the Rain Water collected by Cloud Rain Pearl are plentiful, he still has over a thousand points to his name!

"Killed 1,416 enemies, but lost 213 of his own?" Zhuo Li muttered to himself, "Is this kind of Rain Art talent even human...?"

Rain falling from a thousand meters high, the raindrops just drift away after hitting the ground. And how can they possibly control the fighting on the ground if they can't even see it clearly?

The only option is to cover as much of the enemy's territory as possible, which is a vague attack that doesn't distinguish between friend and foe.

But if you can help your own side more than the enemy, that's already pretty good.

But Zhao Xing's ratio of enemy casualties to friendly casualties is simply astonishing.

The black and white factions, who were originally evenly matched, suffered a casualty ratio of nearly 7 after his rain!

Seven enemies were killed while only one of their own was killed or wounded?

"That's outrageous! Even though it's just a drill, not a real combat exercise, how could he do that?" The Jiang brothers Jiang He Jiang Hai, were also puzzled.

As for Hua Zhilin, he seemed to want to say something to get closer to Zhao Xing.

Seeing Zhao Xing's fists clenched tightly, his face full of hostility, as if he would hit her if she said another word, Hua Zhilin immediately shrank back.

Moreover, the judge had already called his name, so he immediately abandoned the conversation and quickly walked to the bow of the ship.

While waiting for Hua Zhilin to cast his spell, Zhao Xing quietly recovered his strength in a corner of the deck.

He wasn't surprised to get 4019 points, because he had done similar tests countless times in his previous life.

His [Icy Rain] was also the first mid-level spell to be perfected. Moreover, since leaving East Lake Mountain, Zhao Xing had clearly felt that his understanding of water-related aspects far surpassed that of other aspects.

Previously, he had been studying the "Rain Water Diagram" at the Gucheng Temple. He gained some insight upon seeing it for the first time, but his understanding was interrupted because he did not have the identity of the Military Sima Nong.

Another influencing factor is the Fate Soul.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty of Fate system, those below the Third Grade cannot cultivate their Fate Soul; they can only passively improve it.

Zhao Xing's Fate Soul is at the mid -Ninth Grade, and he has also cultivated the top-level secret technique, Great Dream Spring and Autumn, which greatly helps him in the ultimate control of spells.

With high talent, experience from previous lives to draw upon, the influence of Fate Soul, and ample rainfall as a foundation, one naturally shines in this challenge.

"I've definitely passed the fourth stage. Now it's just a matter of seeing what my ranking is and whether the Celestial Timing Academy can provide me with good training resources," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

By passing the fourth stage, you will gain the opportunity to enter the Celestial Timing Academy.

Of course, the Celestial Timing Academy couldn't possibly take all 200 people away.

While the Time Faction is the mainstream today, other schools of thought should also be given some room to survive.

"There must be a lot of people at the Celestial Timing Academy. I wonder if they can provide me with the best training resources," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"The Black Armor Army, with its Hua Zhilin, Lotus Clouds Spreading Rain for four quarters of an hour. The rainfall is 108, killing 1,104 enemies, while suffering 532 casualties on its own."

Final score: 1004

The test for the last person in this group has ended.

Hua Zhilin's score barely broke 1,000, making it the second-highest score in the group.

Although Zhao Xing found this person somewhat strange, he knew that the person was indeed capable.

Those who can break 1,000 points at Rain Law Trial are all exceptional; they are top-tier players in the reserve force.

"The test for this group is now complete. We will now return to the Tower Ship and await the final rankings." The judge made a U-turn and headed straight for the Tower Ship.

The Cloud Rain Pass was closed, and it was almost 7 PM, but the sky was still bright. The five suns were still shining on the earth, clearly indicating that this area was the "Polar Day" area of Ten Yang Grotto-Heaven.

Zuo Zizhi and Lu Bang stood on the second floor, waiting for the other groups to return.

When Zhao Xing's group returned to the Tower Ship, Zuo Zizhi and Lu Bang looked at Zhao Xing and smiled slightly.

Clearly, they already knew the results.

Now we're just waiting for everyone to return so we can announce it all at once.

Before long, another airship returned.

As soon as the people on the airship disembarked, a burst of exclamations erupted.

"What?! Such a high score?!"

"My God, the battle losses are outrageous!"

"Before Shi Yong Moving Clouds Spreading Rain, he used the Solar Terms Decree, which actually weakened the Five Suns in the Sky! He can influence the Heavenly Timing even in such extreme circumstances?"

" With the Five Suns in the Sky, how difficult it is to shake it! Shi Yong, you truly deserve to be the top candidate selected from within the Tigron Army."

"Zhuang Ziqing is also good, but unfortunately he still can't compare to Brother Shi in this round."

"Sigh, the gap between people is just too big."

"..."

Zhao Xing also looked in the direction of the exclamation and saw Shi Yong and Zhuang Ziqing walking from the flying boat to the deck of the Tower Ship.

The cheers came from over there.

"Shi Yong, the casualty ratio has reached eight?"

"Is it that tall?"

Upon hearing the content, Zhao Xing couldn't help but be somewhat surprised; Shi Yong was probably not the strongest of this generation.

Upstairs, Lu Bang and Zuo Zizhi were also talking about the two.

"Shi Yong Zhuang Ziqing's battle casualty ratio also reaches seven."

"Both of them have several years of military experience and were selected from the secondary legions. It's normal that Rain Law Trial's bonus is its real combat experience," Zuo Zizhi.

"Shi Yong is already twenty-six, and Zhuang Ziqing is a little younger, at twenty-four. Both of them have already started cultivating the Solar Terms Decree and have made some progress. Zhao Xing, on the other hand, is only twenty this year and hasn't even had time to cultivate the Solar Terms Decree yet. His achievement is purely due to his magical talent."

Lu Bang said, "I personally think Zhao Xing has more potential. It all depends on what the old men at the Celestial Timing Academy think."

After another hour, all the dispatched flying boats returned one after another.

At the beginning of Hai hour, Zuo Zizhi cleared his throat.

"The fourth test is now complete!"

"The results for all participants are now available. We will now announce everyone's scores!"

With a wave of his hand, Zuo Zizhi caused the Earth Mirror Instrument standing on the deck to sway like flowing water.

Everyone stared intently at the Earth Mirror Instrument.

[First place: Shi Yong, total score 5845]

Second place: Zhuang Ziqing, total score 4537

Third place: Zhao Xing, total score 4019

Fourth place: Cao Shuang, total score 3712

[Eighth place, Han Bing, total score 3401]

[Thirteenth place, Feng Qiu, total score 2851]

[29th place, Hua Zhilin, total score 1004]

[Ranked 200th, Pan Shou, total score 251]

The rankings have brought joy to some and sorrow to others.

Zhao Xing also took a look.

"The gap between me and Zhuang Ziqing isn't that big, but the difference between me and Shi Yong is so great?"

"My base score should be higher than his, it seems that the gap in bonus points has widened."

"He must have grasped the Solar Terms Diagram, or even multiple solar terms."

The fourth level doesn't say that only the Rain Art can be used.

If the "Solar Terms Decree" is revised, then the environmental influence of the Five Suns in the Sky can be partially offset by the Solar Terms Decree.

Afterwards, casting the Moving Clouds Spreading Rain will be easier, and it will not be affected by the Rain Water collected earlier.

Of course, Shi Yong was only Ninth Grade, and he couldn't completely reverse the environmental influence of the Five Suns in the Sky.

"After the top ten, the gap becomes quite large, and the scores drop precipitously as you go further down the list."

"Even though most people have begun to cultivate the secret manuals of the three major schools, most people are still only at the first level of the three realms of knowing, determining, and modifying the Solar Terms Diagram. Their power is not great, and they are powerless in the face of such extreme environments."

In Gucheng, the environment doesn't change much in terms of strength or weakness. By simply revising the Solar Terms Decree for a year or two, the Heavenly Timing can be Heavenly Timing and fixed.

The difficulty of the Ten Yang Grotto-Heaven is on a completely different level. While it can be easily shaken in Gucheng, the difficulty in the Ten Yang Grotto-Heaven is ten or even a hundred times greater.

"Please, the next two hundred challengers, disembark on the Flowing Cloud Flying Boat." Zuo Zizhi gave everyone no time for sentimentality.

After the results were announced, those who were eliminated were immediately removed from the ship.

Soon, more than half of the people on the deck of the Tower Ship were gone.

Of the five hundred people, only two hundred remained.

"The rest of you can take out your Earth Mirror and register with the Celestial Timing Academy," Zuo Zizhi. "The Celestial Timing Academy will also send you messages, but no matter how many people register, the Celestial Timing Academy will only select fifty people based on their merits."

"Of course, you can decide whether to sign up based on your own future plans. Even if the Celestial Timing Academy sends you a notice, you can refuse and continue to participate in the tests of the Earthly Advantage Institute, Great Granary Institute, Tranquil Flood Academy."

"This is a two-way choice; we will not force anyone."

After Zuo Zizhi finished speaking, the people on the deck took out their Earth Mirror and began to register, while others waited for notification from the Celestial Timing Academy.

Zhao Xing originally planned to use the Earth Mirror to register, but he saw Lu Bang and Zuo Zizhi waving at him.

"You want me to come over?"

Zhao Xing was somewhat puzzled, so he went up to the second-floor attic.

There will be two more updates before midnight, after which all updates will be in the evening. It's impossible to post at a precise time every day, so I'll just try my best to ensure daily updates! And if anything comes up, please let me know in advance.

As for the bonus chapter for 6,000 votes, there definitely won't be one today, so you don't need to wait for the fourth chapter.