Plundering Star Light

"Has anyone counted how much Star Light this guy has swallowed by now?"

"I don't know the exact number, but it's probably around three thousand already."

"This guy... is he really still human? Can any human actually devour three thousand points of Star Light?"

The spectators at the College Entrance Examination venue were utterly stunned by Zhu Ping'an beyond words.

From just now until this moment, Zhu Ping'an had been bouncing back and forth on the top ten leaderboard. Every time he appeared on it, he would swallow some Star Light and vanish again, only to reappear a while later, over and over in a cycle.

His body had gone from being shattered and cracked all over at the start to now having no wounds at all.

Human nature is fickle. When they saw Zhu Ping'an frantically devouring Star Light while still bouncing around lively, the same people who had earlier condemned the Qingcheng High School principal for misleading students now switched to flattery.

They started spouting things like "excellent guidance," "teaching according to aptitude," and "tireless instruction," making the Qingcheng High School principal straighten his back a few notches.

"Not at all, not at all. It's all because Ping'an is a hardworking kid himself. Qingcheng High School merely played the role of a guide." The Qingcheng High School principal's mouth was practically splitting from his grin.

With one Zhu Ping'an and one Ye Qingxian, did he still need to worry about next year's enrollment rate for Qingcheng High School?

"But now that Zhu Ping'an has swallowed all that Star Light, what's he going to do next? The exam time is almost up. The only ones still daring to stay in the Secret Realm of Star Gazing are basically examinees who've already become warriors—none of them are easy to deal with!"

Someone voiced their opinion, earning nods from many.

Those examinees with ordinary strength had already gathered their Star Light early and voluntarily left the Secret Realm of Star Gazing to avoid being plundered.

The ones still wandering around in the Secret Realm of Star Gazing now were all confident in their own strength, aiming to seize even more Star Light.

Inside the Secret Realm of Star Gazing, Zhu Ping'an, who had been sitting cross-legged with his eyes tightly shut, suddenly opened them. The depths of his pupils were pitch-black, as profound as the stars.

"Star Light... it seems it can no longer harm my body..."

Zhu Ping'an swallowed another Star Light. This time, the violent energy within it couldn't stir up even a ripple in his body before being directly annihilated.

He could clearly feel that his body had undergone earth-shattering changes. He didn't even need to use any martial skills—his bare physical body alone could sweep through any First-Rank Warrior.

"The College Entrance Examination really does change your fate." Zhu Ping'an grinned, clearly very satisfied with the changes to his body.

At the same time, he lifted his gaze and looked into the distance at ten beams of starlight shooting into the sky. Those were pillars of light formed when Star Light gathered to a certain density, representing the positions of this year's top ten examinees.

"Alright, time to get down to business."

Zhu Ping'an fixed his eyes on the nearest beam of starlight and sped off.

Ten minutes later, Zhu Ping'an saw a red-haired youth carrying a large broadsword, bathed in the pillar of light.

"Oh? Another one coming to me willingly? Let me introduce myself. My name is Yao Xu, the biggest dark horse of this year's exam." The red-haired youth grinned arrogantly. "Now, hand over your Star Light. Don't worry, I only want half!"

Zhu Ping'an was taken aback for a moment, then smiled amiably. As expected of someone who'd made it into the top ten—arrogant enough.

This Yao Xu was pretty interesting too. Who introduces themselves as a dark horse?

"I get it. A robbery, right? Welcome, welcome!"

Zhu Ping'an was itching for a fight. He'd been wondering where to test how strong his body, transformed by Star Light, really was.

Yao Xu froze for a second, then his grin turned even more ferocious.

"You don't actually think I'm joking, do you? Watch the blade!"

Yao Xu didn't bother with more words. He swung his broadsword and chopped straight at Zhu Ping'an, with surging Qi and Blood Value coating the blade, amplifying its power.

Facing Yao Xu's terrifying strike, Zhu Ping'an didn't draw his Chuyi Sword. Instead, he chose to meet it barehanded.

With both palms clapping together, Zhu Ping'an caught the blade of Yao Xu's descending sword squarely.

A crisp metallic clang rang out. Zhu Ping'an's clap had left two palm prints embedded in Yao Xu's sword.

"Hiss!"

Yao Xu sucked in a sharp breath of cold air, staring at the palm prints on his blade. His scalp tingled.

Was this guy in front of him human or a humanoid Mutant Beast? What kind of person could leave palm prints on his sword with just a slap?

"Hold on! Please hold on!"

Seeing Zhu Ping'an brimming with battle intent and about to charge at him, Yao Xu quickly spoke up to stop him. He didn't want to fight a monster like this.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Ping'an asked, puzzled.

"How about we make a deal? Pretend you never saw me, alright?" Yao Xu gave an awkward smile.

"Fine. Leave half your Star Light, and I'll pretend I never saw you." Zhu Ping'an said calmly.

"Deal!"

Yao Xu was very straightforward. He directly took out half his Star Light and placed it on the ground. The pillar of light around him immediately dimmed.

Having lost half his Star Light, Yao Xu dropped out of the top ten.

"You're actually pretty decent."

Zhu Ping'an didn't make things hard for Yao Xu. Instead, he turned and went to find the owner of the next pillar of light.

"Damn it. How did a monster like this sneak into this year's exam? How did I not get any intel?"

Watching Zhu Ping'an walk away, Yao Xu finally looked at his broadsword with a pained expression. The two deep palm prints on it were nearly enough to snap the blade in half.

This scene was also witnessed by everyone outside.

"This Zhu Ping'an's physique is way too terrifying, isn't it? I remember Yao Xu's blade wasn't low-grade at all—how could it get dented just from a slap?"

"From the looks of it, he seems intent on plundering every single spot in the top ten..."

"Has he lost his mind...? Every one of those who make it into the top ten is a genius who looks down on the rest. Is he really trying to single-handedly crush all the geniuses in Green City's College Entrance Examination this year?"

Soon enough, Zhu Ping'an gave everyone the answer with his actions.

The second top-ten opponent he encountered was a genius from Green City's No. 1 High School, whose Qi and Blood Value had already surpassed a hundred—a genuine First-Rank Warrior—and who had also mastered a martial skill called the Starry Sky God Claw, which had never failed him.

But facing such a formidable opponent, Zhu Ping'an's response was extremely simple: he only threw two punches!

With the first punch, he used hardness to counter hardness, shattering the opponent's martial skill in one blow. With the second punch, he struck the opponent square in the chest, rendering him combat-incapable.

After successfully seizing this person's Star Light, Zhu Ping'an's Star Light reached over six hundred points.

He smiled in satisfaction. After this battle, he had roughly gauged his current physical strength—against ordinary First-Rank Warriors, he could completely bulldoze and crush them.

Zhu Ping'an didn't linger at all. Instead, he quickly rushed to the next place where starlight gathered. There was only one hour left until the College Entrance Examination ended!

To his surprise, this time he actually ran into an acquaintance!