Victory or defeat will be decided in the third round

During the break in watching the video, Huang Zichou, trying to keep the conversation going, casually remarked, "When you two get into university in the future, and after you've implanted your Dharma Skeleton or bought flying swords or Law Treasure, you must pay attention to things like this."

"Every day before leaving the house, I check if my gear has enough balance, if my services have been renewed, if all the ads have been cleared, and if my installment payments have been made..."

Huang Zichou warned as if reciting a familiar story, "Every year in university exams, we always encounter students who have similar problems on the day of the exam. Due to momentary carelessness, they underperform and ultimately get poor grades, which in turn affects their university GPA."

"Consider this a lesson I've given you in advance..."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "This is truly a lesson I've learned. I'll remember this for the rest of my life. When I get to university, I'll definitely check my notes repeatedly before every exam."

Ye Lingxiao thought to himself, "Isn't it all about automatic renewal and automatic deduction? What's there to check... Oh, right, poor people seem to have insufficient balances, right? How pitiful for poor people."

About a minute later, the Sword Tomb finally returned to normal and began to move again under the control of Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao.

But the uneasy feeling in Zhang Yu's heart never disappeared, and even the discomfort in his eyes worsened.

At the same time, with the access of the Sword Tomb, the synchronization rate above Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao changed again.

Zhang Yu 90%

Ye Lingxiao 95%

This synchronization rate represents the overall synchronization rate of all the Dharma Skeleton on their bodies. Obviously, after connecting to the neural signals of the Sword Tomb, the synchronization rates of the two of them declined.

Zhang Yu frowned. "The gap has widened a bit more..."

Meanwhile, within the internal network of the Orthodox God, Mu Guiyin said, "Besides their foundations, the biggest difference between the two lies in their Dao Heart."

"Ye Lingxiao's Dao Heart had already reached Level 10 last year, while Zhang Yu's is only Dao Heart 8 now."

"Although this test examines the physical body, the Dao Heart is the foundation of a cultivator's entire cultivation, influencing every aspect of their life. How could it not affect the physical body?"

"The difference in their Dao Heart determines that Zhang Yu has no chance of winning this test."

Another Orthodox God sighed, "After Ye Lingxiao has maintained Dao Heart Level 10 for a long time, and he can perfectly control his physical body every day. His body's adaptation to changes is the result of Lower Cultivator under the blessing of a Level 10 Dao Heart."

"Only by adapting to the physical body day and night, and constantly exploring its limits in subsequent practice, can one quickly adapt to new changes in the body."

Huang Zichou did not agree verbally, but he had to admit in his heart that Mu Guiyin was right. Zhang Yu's Dao Heart Level was too low, and his cultivation time was too short.

He thought to himself, "Zhang Yu has cultivated for a year less than Ye Lingxiao. It's already quite remarkable that his physical body can rival Ye Lingxiao's. It's only natural that there's a difference in their Dao Heart."

"Historically, the physical training track of the Foundation Establishment Exam has always been a contest between candidates with Dao Heart of Level 10, Mana Power of 100, and Physical Strength of Level 10, who compete in terms of physical strength and potential."

"Heh heh, who would have thought that such a young man would emerge this year, with Dao Heart Level of 8, and still manage to make it to the final round of the Foundation Establishment Exam."

While he was pondering, Huang Zichou continued to preside over the exam. He used his Divine Power to produce the third and final item for this round, the Dharma Skeleton.

It was a spine that shimmered with eerie, blood-red light, yet it resembled a white dragon, circling around Huang Zichou in mid-air as if it were a living creature.

Huang Zichou explained, "This is Enterprise Grade Dharma Skeleton manufactured by Dragon Soul Workshop, named the Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot."

"As a long-established manufacturer Specialization dragon-type Dharma Skeleton and using various dragon-related materials to create Dharma Skeleton, Dragon Soul Workshop's creation of this Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot can be considered a classic among Spinal Dharma Skeleton."

"After the Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot is implanted into the body, the dragon tendons extending from it can greatly enhance the cultivator's physical performance. The effect obtained during the Foundation Establishment stage is roughly equivalent to a +1 Level 1 increase in Physical Strength."

"Within the Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot, there is also a dragon-related Dao Arts sealed within, called the Dragon Might Art. Once activated, it can intimidate the spirit, making it difficult for cultivators within a radius of 100 meters with Dao Heart Level below 20 to circulate their cultivation methods..."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu's heart tightened, and he thought to himself, "Good heavens, a magic-suppressing domain, right? No, it's a mind-suppressing technique."

This was the first time Zhang Yu had witnessed the power of Dao Arts. After all, in high school, the so-called Daoist Arts Class were actually just classes on Talisman Arts, and he had never been exposed to real Dao Arts.

What followed was the same as before: Zhang Yu felt the nerve connection between his spine and brain being severed.

The impact of this was naturally far greater than the previous two times. After all, the spine is related to the movement of the whole body. Once he lost the connection with his spine, Zhang Yu immediately collapsed on the operating table, feeling as if he were completely paralyzed. He felt a slight tightness in his heart for no reason.

A dozen seconds later, Zhang Yu felt his spine again, but this time the feeling was even stranger, because the spine could not move his body; it was just bending back and forth according to his will.

At the same time, Zhang Yu felt as if his consciousness was being drawn into his spine, manipulating the Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot, as if he were transforming into a White Dragon soaring through the sky...

The next moment, Zhang Yu snapped back to his senses, inwardly thinking how close he had come to disaster. He seemed to have been affected by the Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot, experiencing a hallucination. Zhang Yu thought to himself, "This isn't even the actual implantation of Dharma Skeleton; just connecting the neural signals is already this bad. It seems that implanting various Dharma Skeleton after Foundation Establishment will be a much greater burden than I imagined."

So, besides the Eye Skeleton, will no other Dharma Skeleton be implanted in the future?

At worst, we can just use Law Treasure; why insist on implanting Dharma Skeleton?

Zhang Yu had a similar question before, and Fu Ji provided him with an answer at that time.

The answer is actually quite simple: using both Law Treasure and implanting Dharma Skeleton is more powerful than simply using Law Treasure.

Zhang Yu still remembered what Fu Ji had said back then.

"The Dharma Skeleton' was originally created by the same group of weapon refiners, with the aim of achieving a dimensional advantage in the Law Treasure market and initiating an industry revolution."

"If you want to climb up in Kunxu, you have to be better than others and achieve better results. As more and more people use Dharma Skeleton to enhance their performance and thus increase the power of their Law Treasure, if you want to catch up with them, you'll have to use Dharma Skeleton whether you want to or not."

Just as Zhang Yu was trying to adapt to the Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot, Er Ha Tou in the audience said, "This Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot looks pretty good."

Upon hearing this, the Mao Mao Tou frowned and said, "You're interested? Then I advise you not to buy it."

The Er Ha Tou asked curiously, "Do you have inside information?"

He knew that the people in the Finance Department were all well-connected, had extensive networks, and were well-informed, possessing all sorts of information.

The Mao Mao Tou said calmly, "We don't need any inside information. Didn't he make it clear himself? Focusing on dragon Dharma Skeleton means he's not good at other materials. A classic work means this Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot is already outdated."

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"There's also the Dragon Soul Workshop's past scandals; their Dharma Skeleton contained less than 5% dragon-related materials, and were mostly bone powder."

"For Spinal Dharma Skeleton at this price... I think most of it is made from Demon Beast materials. The dragon content might be around 3%, which is probably from a farmed hybrid dragon."

"After all, what good materials can you use for something mass-produced like this? If you have the money, you should get custom-made Dharma Skeleton."

Listening to the Mao Mao Tou's comments, the Er Ha Tou thought to himself, "Isn't it because I'm broke?"

However, he also lost interest in the Flood Dragon Spiritual Pivot, sighing, "These days, these Dharma Skeleton are always cutting corners and using false advertising. If you don't do your research before buying, you'll get ripped off..."

Just then, Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao's synchronization rate data was updated again.

Zhang Yu 79%

Ye Lingxiao 86%

Zhang Yu: "Did you lose?"

Zhang Yu wasn't too surprised by the final result of this trial. He thought to himself, "Perhaps it's because of my Dao Heart?"

Although he lost this round due to the burden of his Dao Heart, Zhang Yu did not dwell on it too much. After all, in the past year, he had used all sorts of methods to improve to the limit of what he could.

Right now, he just wants to prepare well for the next stage, do his best to defeat his opponent, and obtain the final Foundation Establishment Certificate.

Meanwhile, within the inner network of the Orthodox God, Mu Guiyin spoke eloquently, "There are two paths to the advancement of Dharma Skeleton. One is to refine different parts of one's own physical body into Dharma Skeleton. The stronger the physical body, the stronger the Dharma Skeleton that is refined will be, and it will be the most suitable Dharma Skeleton from the start."

"But this path is too difficult, and the personalized customization of the Dharma Skeleton is extremely expensive, costing an astronomical sum for most cultivators."

Therefore, most people can only choose the second option.

"That is, as one's cultivation level increases, one enhances one's strength by continuously replacing external, stronger Dharma Skeleton with them and gradually refining them into one's own."

"And in this process, if one cannot adapt to the newly implanted Dharma Skeleton, their cultivation will regress instead of advance."

"This is still Humanoid Dharma Skeleton; I've heard that Upper Level are already experimenting with Heteromorphic Dharma Skeleton."

A minor deity interjected, "That thing is quite powerful in competitions of the same level, but after implantation, it loses even its basic human form, and its compatibility with various Immortal Dao Cultivation Method is too low. After implantation, it becomes impossible to cultivate, which is completely putting the cart before the horse."

Mu Guiyin steered the conversation back on track. "In short, Zhang Yu's physical body is too strong, but his Dao Heart is too weak. He hasn't even been able to fully control his original body, so how can he adapt to a new one?"

"On the other hand, judging from Ye Lingxiao's performance, he is clearly able to adapt to the Dharma Skeleton more quickly after Foundation Establishment, and has a brighter future in the Foundation Establishment Realm."

With the conclusion of the second round and Ye Lingxiao's victory, Huang Zichou began announcing the content of the third round of the exam.

The outcome of this stage will completely determine who will receive the Foundation Establishment Certificate.

(End of this chapter)