Plundering Star Light

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

"The exact number's unclear, but probably around three thousand by now."

"This guy... Is he really still human? Can a human really swallow three thousand points of Star Light?"

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

From just a moment ago until now, Zhu Ping'an had kept bouncing in and out of the top ten rankings. Every time he appeared on the list, he swallowed Star Light and disappeared again, only to reappear after a while. The cycle went on and on.

His body had gone from being shattered and covered in cracks to having no wounds at all.

Human nature was fickle as a weathervane. When the people who had initially condemned the Qingcheng High School principal for misleading his students saw Zhu Ping'an gobbling up Star Light and still leaping about full of life, they now began to shower the principal with praise.

They went on about how he was an excellent teacher, how he taught students according to their abilities, and how tireless he was in guiding them. The Qingcheng High School principal stood a little straighter as he listened.

"Not at all, not at all. Ping'an is the one who deserves the credit. Our Qingcheng High School merely served as his guide." The principal of Qingcheng High School was grinning from ear to ear.

With both Zhu Ping'an and Ye Qingxian on his roster, why would he have to worry about Qingcheng High School's enrollment next year?

"But now that Zhu Ping'an has swallowed all that Star Light, what's he going to do next? The College Entrance Examination is almost over, and the candidates still daring to stay in the Secret Realm of Star Gazing are basically all Warriors. Not one of them is a pushover!"

Someone voiced their opinion, and many others agreed.

The more ordinary candidates had gathered their Star Light and left the Secret Realm of Star Gazing early to avoid having it stolen.

Those still wandering around inside the Secret Realm of Star Gazing were all confident in their strength and wanted to seize even more Star Light.

Inside the Secret Realm of Star Gazing, Zhu Ping'an had been sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed. Suddenly, he opened them. His pupils were pitch-black, as deep as the stars.

"Star Light... seems to be unable to harm my body anymore..."

Zhu Ping'an swallowed another mote of Star Light. This time, its violent energy failed to stir up even the slightest wave inside him before it was completely annihilated.

He could clearly feel that his body had undergone a complete transformation. He could sweep aside any First-Rank Warrior with nothing but his physical strength, without even using a martial skill.

"The College Entrance Examination really does change your fate." Zhu Ping'an grinned, evidently very pleased with how his body had changed.

At the same time, he lifted his eyes and looked toward ten beams of starlight shooting up in the distance. They were formed by an abundance of Star Light gathering together, and marked the top ten places in this year's College Entrance Examination.

"Right, time to get down to business."

Zhu Ping'an fixed his gaze on the nearest beam of starlight and raced toward it.

Ten minutes later, Zhu Ping'an came upon a red-haired youth standing bathed in a beam of light, a great saber slung over his shoulder.

"Oh? Someone else has come knocking? Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Yao Xu, the biggest dark horse in this year's College Entrance Examination." 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. No wonder Yao Xu had made it into the top ten. He really was arrogant.

Yao Xu was an interesting fellow, too. Who introduced himself as a dark horse?

"I get it. This is a robbery, right? You're welcome to try!"

Zhu Ping'an was raring to go. He'd been looking for someone to test just how strong his body had become after being transformed by Star Light.

Yao Xu froze for a moment, then his grin grew increasingly vicious.

"Don't tell me you think I'm joking. Take this!"

Yao Xu couldn't be bothered to waste words. He swung his great saber at Zhu Ping'an, the immense Qi and Blood Value covering its blade and adding to its power.

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

Zhu Ping'an clapped both palms together, catching the blade Yao Xu swung at him squarely between them.

A clear clang of metal rang out. With that single clap, Zhu Ping'an left two palm prints in Yao Xu's blade.

"Gasp!"

Yao Xu sucked in a sharp breath. Looking at the palm prints in his blade, he felt his scalp prickle.

Was this guy in front of him human, or some humanoid Mutant Beast? What human could leave palm prints in his blade with a single slap?

"Wait! Please, wait!"

Seeing Zhu Ping'an brimming with fighting spirit and about to charge at him, Yao Xu hurriedly tried to talk him down. He didn't want to fight a monster like this.

"What is it?" Zhu Ping'an asked in confusion.

"Let's make a deal. Just pretend you never saw me, okay?" Yao Xu smiled awkwardly.

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

"Deal!"

Yao Xu was quite willing. He immediately took out half his Star Light and left it there. The beam of light above him dimmed at once.

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

"You're actually a pretty nice guy."

Zhu Ping'an didn't make things difficult for Yao Xu. Instead, he turned and went to find the next person beneath a beam of light.

"Damn it, how did a monster like this get into this year's exam? How come I didn't hear a thing about him?"

Only after Zhu Ping'an had gone far away did Yao Xu look ruefully at his great saber. The two deep palm prints had almost cut the entire blade in half.

Everyone outside had witnessed the scene.

"Zhu Ping'an's physical strength is terrifying! I remember Yao Xu's saber is pretty high-grade. How could someone leave dents in it with their palms?"

"From the looks of it, he wants to rob everyone in the top ten..."

"Is he crazy? Everyone in the top ten is a genius who stands head and shoulders above the rest. Is he trying to crush every genius in Qingcheng this year's College Entrance Examination all by himself?"

Zhu Ping'an soon answered them all with his actions.

The second person in the top ten he encountered was a genius from Qingcheng First High School. His Qi and Blood Value had long since exceeded a hundred, making him a true First-Rank Warrior. He had also mastered a martial skill called the Starry Sky God Claw, which had never failed him.

But when faced with such a formidable opponent, Zhu Ping'an's response was simple: he threw just two punches!

With the first punch, he met force with force and shattered the opponent's martial skill. With the second, he struck the opponent in the chest and left him unable to fight.

After successfully taking the man's Star Light, Zhu Ping'an's total rose to more than six hundred points.

He smiled with satisfaction. After that fight, he had a rough idea of his physical strength. Against an ordinary First-Rank Warrior, he could completely overwhelm them.

Zhu Ping'an didn't linger for even a moment. He hurried toward the next place where starlight had gathered. There was only one hour left in the College Entrance Examination!

To his surprise, this time he ran into someone he knew!