Zhang Yu, Unfathomable

Under the astonished gazes of many students and the gods present, Zhang Yu abruptly stopped circulating his magical power.

The students on site were all giving it their all, and apart from the first and second place winners, the data for each student was very close.

And so... with Zhang Yu's sudden pause, the bar chart representing him was quickly left behind, and in the blink of an eye, it was rushing towards last place.

As Zhang Yu watched his rankings steadily decline, his fighting spirit grew stronger and stronger. The Remnant Ox he imagined in his mind also supported its broken limbs and roared to the sky, its broken horns emitting a cold light.

"Come on, let's fight to the death and then live!"

Under the pressure Zhang Yu actively put on himself, the Remnant Ox Abandoning Self Heart Sutra" in facing pressure and desperate situations was continuously amplified.

Zhang Yu felt his magical power surge, like oil being poured over a raging fire, radiating unprecedented vitality.

His brain started working at lightning speed, and he began to control his magical power as it circulated throughout his body.

"I have strong control over my magical power, but I have always lacked the training to unleash its full potential."

"To make a breakthrough in this exam, you must fully utilize your advantage in self-control."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu had a flash of inspiration and thought of the Dragon Elephant Mountain Shattering Palm, a general martial art that cost him 200,000.

Just like the previous Back Dragon Overturning Mountain Hand, this kind of pure physical martial art is called a universal martial art because it can be enhanced by any magical power and unleash tremendous power.

"The Dragon Elephant Mountain Shattering Palm should be my most explosive Martial Arts. If I were to use magical power to power this martial art..."

With a loud bang, Zhang Yu's internal magical power slammed into the detection patch in his palm.

At the same time, he felt a sharp pain in his meridians.

"My meridians are still not strong enough..."

"Since that's the case, I'll wrap my meridians with the Formless Cloud Gang, treating it as a new passage..."

"Then use the Dragon Elephant Mountain Shattering Palm to blast all that magic power away!"

The Formless Cloud Gang rose from Zhang Yu's dantian and instantly transformed into layers of Subdermal Gang Qi, enveloping his meridians and forming a passage from his dantian to his palm.

The next moment, a roar erupted from Zhang Yu's body, and explosive magical power blasted out along the passage in an extremely brutal manner.

Under the pressure of desperate circumstances, with the blessing of the Remnant Ox Abandoning Self Heart Sutra, "the Formless Cloud Gang transformed into an orbit, and the magic power was released with the Dragon Elephant Mountain Shattering Palm. Each strike strongly vibrated the Formless Cloud Gang within Zhang Yu's body.

At this moment, Zhang Yu felt as if he had become a cannon, using the Formless Cloud Gang as the barrel, the Dragon Elephant Mountain Shattering Palm as the gunpowder, and his magic power as the bullets, firing one shot after another within his body.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

However, with such a series of actions and Zhang Yu's brutal and fierce magical power, his ranking instantly accelerated, surging forward rapidly.

30 people!

28 people!

21st place!

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Yu not only surged back to 21st place, but is now accelerating towards 20th place!

Meanwhile, the student standing in the 20th position at this moment is a student named Li Tongyun.

When she saw the bar chart representing number 55 on the Light Screen constantly chasing after her, Li Tongyun felt immense pressure.

"Damn it... why?"

Why was I driven to this point?

Looking back on my past performance, which placed me in the top five of my grade at Immortal Cloud High School, I've seen my grades plummet over the past six months, leading to where I am now...

A strong sense of resentment welled up in Li Tongyun's heart.

Six months ago, her father lost a power struggle within the company and became a scapegoat, eventually being kicked out of the company.

With severance pay delayed, the family is facing pressure from various loans, bills, and expenses for spiritual practice.

At the time, my parents' savings were only enough to cover one month's expenses.

In order to maintain her status among friends, classmates, and teachers, Li Tongyun dared not reveal this fact and could only keep borrowing money, forcing herself to maintain her image as a wealthy person.

As the saying goes, when your bank account is empty, your loan account is full.

As of today, Li Tongyun's bank account balance is -1.5 million.

Even so, due to a lack of financial support, her cultivation level failed to keep up with her classmates' progress and plummeted instantly.

After all, on the high school Immortal Dao path where everyone is making rapid progress, once the pace of progress slows down, one will be left far behind.

"I can't lose..."

But if that's all there is to it, although the gap is huge and she's gradually being abandoned by her original Moments, at least she can still go to university and find a good job in the future.

But Li Tongyun knew things weren't that simple, because she couldn't afford to lose now.

Back when her family's annual income was at its highest, when her grades were among the top five in Immortal Cloud High School, when she was at the peak of her life and considered getting into the top ten a certainty.

She signed a Betting Contract with her father's company.

"I must obtain the Foundation Establishment Certificate, otherwise... I will become a company asset."

As number 55 drew ever closer, Li Tongyun felt as if he were an abyss of endless despair, relentlessly pursuing her and trying to devour her completely.

"I can't lose!"

With a roar in his heart, Li Tongyun unleashed twelve percent of his magical power, accompanied by waves of excruciating pain as if his meridians were being torn apart, and blasted the power outwards.

No matter how hard she tried, how desperately she fought, even to the point of bleeding from all seven orifices, she could only watch helplessly as Zhang Yu surpassed her number step by step, squeezing her down to the 21st position.

The moment he reached number 20, Zhang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, "Finally made it up."

As the pressure lessened, Zhang Yu also voluntarily reduced his output of magic power.

After all, his current brutal methods are bound to cause some damage to his body. While maintaining his position in the top 20, he also needs to ensure his health.

But Zhang Yu soon discovered that the 21st was still chasing him. As they got closer and closer, the pressure increased, and Zhang Yu had to increase his mana output to try and shake them off again.

Even with the protection of the Formless Cloud Gang, such a brutal bombardment of magical power still gradually injured his body.

"Damn, is this guy really that persistent?"

Zhang Yu rubbed his slightly aching stomach and looked at the 21st person still chasing him... He remembered that the other person's number was 36.

With blood flowing from all seven orifices and her meridians tearing apart in pain, Li Tongyun was staring intently at number 55 on the Light Screen.

Every time she got close to the other person, number 55 would accelerate again, leaving her far behind.

But once she's outpaced, the other person will slow down slightly, as if waiting for her to catch up again.

Li Tongyun thought resentfully, "Is number 55 that super rich out-of-towner?"

Are you teasing me? Are you playing a trick on me?

She could almost see him looking at her with a wicked grin, watching her struggle repeatedly but unable to catch up.

Meanwhile, Dai Xingzhi on the other side was also observing No. 55's performance.

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When he saw number 55 voluntarily stop circulating his magic and jump to the last place in one go, he felt extremely puzzled.

When he saw number 55 accelerate all the way to 20th place, he thought the opponent was about to start challenging for the top three.

But when he saw that number 55 had stopped at 20th place, he felt puzzled again.

Until he watched number 55 remain stuck in 20th place, and watched number 36 catch up time and time again, only to be left behind again and again...

A flash of realization crossed Dai Xingzhi's eyes. "He... he's playing around, isn't he?"

Seeing that the other person had maintained a stable ranking of 20th until the end of this round of exams, Dai Xingzhi became even more certain of this.

"Intentionally staying in 20th place, not surpassing the person above, yet controlling so as not to be surpassed by anyone."

"They actually manipulated the rankings during the Foundation Establishment Exam?"

"This is something that only someone with absolute self-confidence could do."

Dai Xingzhi glanced in Zhang Yu's direction, thinking to himself, "Just how rich is this guy?"

He wasn't the only one at the scene who shared Dai Xingzhi's thoughts.

After staring at Ye Lingxiao for a while, Yun Jing, who ultimately came in second place, turned and glanced at Zhang Yu: "Hmph, hiding in the back and playing these tricks. Is he showing off his control? Or deliberately concealing his strength?"

After Ye Lingxiao secured first place, a hint of helplessness appeared on his face. He thought to himself, "I couldn't resist taking first place after just a little provocation."

"I guess I'm still a bit impatient."

He glanced in Zhang Yu's direction, thinking to himself, "This guy actually manages to have a playful attitude even during the exam."

At this moment, Zhang Yu became even more unfathomable in Ye Lingxiao's eyes.

In particular, Ye Lingxiao believed that Zhang Yu in this round was definitely hiding his true strength.

An opponent whose strength he didn't know made him feel even more threatened.

"This guy might be even more dangerous than Yun Jing."

As he spoke, Ye Lingxiao greeted Zhang Yu: "Having fun."

"Huh?" Zhang Yu looked bewildered upon hearing the greeting. "What do you mean you're good at playing?"

"Is this kid trying to provoke me?"

"So you came here to laugh at me because I was struggling in 20th place?"

How to describe this feeling... Zhang Yu decided that after returning home, he would never again praise Zhao Tianxing's boxing skills in class.

"Damn, these kinds of words sound so unpleasant, they're so sarcastic and sarcastic."

Bai Zhenzhen comforted her, "Yu Zi, there are advantages to being looked down upon. That way, you'll be even more impressive when you surpass them in the future."

"Surpassing these rich people is a privilege reserved for us poor people! Even these top-tier Immortal Capital Master have never had this experience since birth!"

Clearly, in Bai Zhenzhen's view, Ye Lingxiao's words and actions just now were full of provocation, mockery, disdain, and contempt.

But Zhang Yu didn't feel comforted at all by Bai Zhenzhen's words of comfort.

"Damn, there are still two exams left. Is that guy going to keep sabotaging me?"

"It's just criticism of him throwing away red envelopes carelessly, is it really necessary to hold such a grudge?"

With the Magical Power Exam over, the next challenge for many students is the physical exam.

Deng Bingding said, "A person's Body Tempering level can be reflected in many aspects."

"But one thing is something a person can't live without every day, and that can't be faked."

That's about appetite.

"The stronger a person is, the more they eat; the more they eat, the stronger they become. Food intake is one of the indicators of a person's Body Tempering strength, testing their overall metabolism, digestion, and gastrointestinal tract's ability to recruit nutrients."

"Today's second test is the Gluttony Contest!"

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