Besides the tests of age and cultivation, the third—and most important—assessment was battle!
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This often meant they possessed special physiques or other abilities.
Of course, such geniuses were even rarer.
Lianyang Academy did not truly place much importance on this. For the third assessment, it merely required strength that matched the examinee's current realm.
Anyone who knew a little about these three assessment criteria could learn of them.
However, the little booklet in Qin Shaofeng's hands gave a rather detailed introduction, along with several precautions. That was why Qin Shaofeng felt that the thousand taels of gold had not been wasted.
Yet what truly concerned Qin Shaofeng was the final ranking of the assessment.
As long as one entered the top hundred in the admissions assessment, there would be rewards. The rewards for the top ten in particular were even more enticing.
Besides pills that improved one's strength, the most unusual reward was Contribution Points.
As for these Contribution Points, Qin Shaofeng did not know much. Even the booklet did not mention them in detail. However, for the sake of those thousand taels of gold, the senior student guiding him had secretly told him that Contribution Points were vouchers that could be exchanged with the academy for any cultivation resources.
This made Qin Shaofeng think of his own System Shop and System Points.
So Contribution Points were Lianyang Academy's currency!
And precisely because of that, Qin Shaofeng cared greatly about Contribution Points.
That senior student had also told Qin Shaofeng that some things in Lianyang Academy could not be bought with gold alone. But with Contribution Points, it was a different story.
As long as one had enough Contribution Points in Lianyang Academy, even requesting guidance from a legendary expert by name would not be a problem.
After understanding this, Qin Shaofeng's eyes continuously flashed with sharp light.
How many people were participating in this assessment? To be honest, Qin Shaofeng was not too sure either.
But he reckoned there had to be no fewer than a hundred thousand people.
It sounded exaggerated, but this was an assessment gathering all the geniuses of the entire Lianyang Kingdom. How could the number be small?
To become one of the top hundred geniuses among a hundred thousand people was no easy task!
Before this, if Qin Shaofeng had not met the White-clothed girl and Du Meng, he would have been somewhat confident.
But now, Qin Shaofeng no longer dared make such a guarantee.
Still, no matter what, Qin Shaofeng decided he would do his utmost to strive for a good result.
Just as Qin Shaofeng was entertaining these thoughts, the system suddenly rang with a sharp notification.
"System Prompt: System random mission triggered—Assessment!"
Assessment: Random special mission, no rank. Rewards depend on the player's final ranking.
Low-grade: Enter the top hundred in Lianyang Academy's admissions assessment. Upon completion, the system rewards 1,000 Experience Points and 100 System Points!
Mid-grade: Enter the top ten in Lianyang Academy's admissions assessment. Upon completion, the system rewards 3,000 Experience Points and 300 System Points!
High-grade: Enter the top three in Lianyang Academy's admissions assessment. Upon completion, the system rewards 5,000 Experience Points and 500 System Points!
Perfect: Obtain first place in Lianyang Academy's admissions assessment. Upon completion, the system directly raises the player's level by one, rewards 1,000 System Points, and one Normal Draw Chance!
What was this?
Seeing the mission suddenly pop up from the system, Qin Shaofeng was somewhat stunned.
But when he clearly saw the mission, especially its rewards, his eyes instantly turned green.
"Ha! Good fellow, another draw chance!"
Qin Shaofeng was delighted, but then he became troubled.
"Damn it, perfect completion actually requires first place. This draw chance really isn't easy to get!"
Though he complained like that, a glimmer flashed through Qin Shaofeng's eyes.
"Though it's very difficult, pressure creates motivation! First place?"
Qin Shaofeng narrowed his eyes slightly, and made up his mind.
So what if it was first place? This young master would go all out this time!
There were still two days until the assessment. Qin Shaofeng intended to further improve his strength during those two days.
Since he had set his sights on first place, Qin Shaofeng naturally would not slack off.
Qin Shaofeng had only just broken through to the Houtian Eighth Layer. He was still more than seven thousand Experience Points away from the Houtian Ninth Layer, so raising his level was clearly impossible.
Since increasing his strength through leveling up was no longer possible—
Qin Shaofeng could only rely on other methods.
There were not no other methods. The most obvious was to find a skill suitable for himself and use it to increase his strength.
In Qin Shaofeng's view, Little Li Flying Dagger was incomparably sharp and immensely powerful.
But the true strength of Little Li Flying Dagger lay in erupting all of one's Inner Qi at once, allowing its might to reach its peak.
Using Little Li Flying Dagger with only a hundred or several hundred points of Inner Qi was, frankly speaking, completely weakening it.
Thus, this powerful skill could only serve as his final trump card.
What Qin Shaofeng needed now was a skill that suited him.
After summoning the system's Attribute Interface, Qin Shaofeng directly opened the System Shop and began searching through the skills section.
Naturally, Qin Shaofeng was not searching without direction. He had not forgotten that he possessed the Body of Thunder, so he selected the lightning-element skill category.
Nine Heavens Divine Lightning Art: A cultivation method of the ancient Thunder God. After cultivating it, one can summon divine lightning from the nine heavens and possess the power of the Thunder God! Cost: 30 billion System Points!
At first glance, Qin Shaofeng spotted an incomparably badass cultivation method.
Looking at its attributes, Qin Shaofeng exclaimed repeatedly in his heart.
My goodness, it's the cultivation method of an ancient Thunder God!
If I cultivated it...
But just as Qin Shaofeng had that thought, he saw the final line of text.
"Holy shit, 30 billion System Points? System, just kill me!"
Staring at that number glowing with golden light, Qin Shaofeng was completely dumbfounded.
Thirty billion?
Forget thirty billion—even if the word "billion" at the end were removed, Qin Shaofeng still did not have enough right now!
He only had three hundred System Points!
The more Qin Shaofeng looked afterward, the more his balls ached.
Primordial Five Lightning Art: ... Cost: 35 billion System Points!
Chaos Lightning Cultivation Great Art: ... Cost: 50 billion System Points!
Ninefold Divine Lightning Transformation: ... Cost: 23 billion System Points!
The longer he looked, the more numb Qin Shaofeng became. At the same time, he felt increasingly bitter inside.
"Damn it all, isn't this just messing with me? It's billions upon billions of System Points at every turn. This is too outrageous—it's clearly bullying me for not having any System Points!"
In the end, Qin Shaofeng truly could not keep looking. He directly ignored the skills with astronomical prices and chose skills he could afford instead.
Lightning Ball Technique: One-star Human-grade skill, one of the basic lightning-element skills! Cost: 100 System Points!
Lightning Strike Technique: Two-star Human-grade skill, one of the basic lightning-element skills! Cost: 200 System Points!
"Mm, this Lightning Ball Technique and Lightning Strike Technique are at least somewhat normal. I can afford them!"
Looking over the attribute descriptions of Lightning Ball Technique and Lightning Strike Technique, Qin Shaofeng finally let out a breath of relief and nodded to himself.
"These are the skills I want. Those Nine Heavens and Chaos lightning arts are purely here to make things difficult for me. Lower-grade skills are better!"
Whether he was comforting himself or feeling jealous of those powerful skills, Qin Shaofeng muttered a few words under his breath. His expression finally returned to normal.
Qin Shaofeng could afford Lightning Ball Technique and Lightning Strike Technique, but they clearly did not satisfy him. He could only continue looking.
Finally, after searching for quite some time, Qin Shaofeng's gaze suddenly settled on one spot.
The place Qin Shaofeng was looking at was actually a small category representing a series of lightning-element skills.
Lightning Release!
The moment he saw those two words, something stirred inexplicably in Qin Shaofeng's heart, as though he had recalled something. Then he impatiently clicked into it.
Swish!
The Attribute Interface of the System Shop trembled. The interface that appeared immediately afterward made Qin Shaofeng's breathing quicken, and excitement rose on his face.
"Hahaha! I didn't expect it to be exactly as I guessed. This Lightning Release category really is the Lightning Release ninjutsu from Naruto!"
That was right. What appeared before Qin Shaofeng now was precisely the lightning-element ninjutsu known as Lightning Release from Earth's wildly popular anime, Naruto.
Qin Shaofeng was no stranger to Naruto. After all, it was an anime that had accompanied him through elementary school, middle school, high school, and even university.
He had even learned quite a few of the hand seals from the anime online. Now that he saw Lightning Release ninjutsu—and might very well soon possess it himself—how could he not be excited?
Lightning Release Kirin: The ultimate profound meaning of Lightning Release ninjutsu!
The very first Lightning Release ninjutsu to appear made Qin Shaofeng's heart stir.
"Lightning Release Kirin! This is one of Sasuke's most badass ninjutsu!"
Qin Shaofeng still remembered that Sasuke had used Kirin to fight Itachi in the anime.
He first fired Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique into the sky, rapidly heating the atmosphere to create rising air currents and thunderclouds. Rather than using his own chakra, he wielded the vast energy of the atmosphere, guiding lightning amid torrential rain to strike his opponent dead. Its hit rate was one hundred percent. Its power and range were enough to make mountains collapse and the earth split apart, and because lightning fell in only one-thousandth of a second, it was an impossible technique to evade.
In Qin Shaofeng's eyes, this was the coolest and flashiest ninjutsu in all of Naruto.
Although the technique had ultimately been successfully blocked by Itachi's trump card—Susanoo.
In Qin Shaofeng's heart, Lightning Release Kirin was still an extremely powerful ninjutsu.
At a single glance, Qin Shaofeng was captivated.
Unfortunately, when he saw the words at the end stating that it required one hundred thousand System Points, Qin Shaofeng deflated.
"One hundred thousand System Points!"
Qin Shaofeng groaned in anguish, his face filled with helplessness.
Yet Qin Shaofeng made up his mind that once he possessed one hundred thousand System Points, he would definitely learn Kirin.
At the thought of unleashing a massive Kirin formed from lightning with a single move, Qin Shaofeng seemed to see countless demonic beasts and powerful experts vanishing into ash and smoke before his eyes.
One had to eat one bite at a time; hot tofu could not be eaten in haste.
Ahem!
Fine. His System Points were simply too scarce. In the end, Qin Shaofeng could only reluctantly shift his gaze away from Lightning Release Kirin and choose another ninjutsu.
At last, Qin Shaofeng finally selected a ninjutsu that satisfied him.
Lightning Release: Lightning Armor: Three-star Human-grade skill. Summon lightning to cover the body, forming Lightning Armor that increases the player's defense and blocks enemy attacks. Cost: 300 System Points!
Qin Shaofeng had not chosen Lightning Armor at random. In terms of offense, he possessed Little Li Flying Dagger, but he lacked defensive skills. Lightning Armor happened to make up for that weakness.
Little Li Flying Dagger and Lightning Armor—offense and defense alike. This indeed increased Qin Shaofeng's strength considerably.
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