Li Biao Steals the Show

"Finally, the exam is over!" Li Biao rushed to the area outside the third examination hall the moment he could, meeting up with Chen Mochuan with a look of relief on his face.

"The scheduling for this exam is just unreasonable!" Li Biao complained in a low voice. "We've been testing since seven this morning with only an hour break for lunch! Even if academic subjects only account for 10% of the total score, they shouldn't be putting us through this, right?"

"Perhaps the Ministry of Education believes that we students in the Martial Arts Department have vigorous blood-qi and abundant energy, and they want to use this intensive schedule to test whether our physiques and willpower are sufficiently resilient," Chen Mochuan comforted him with a playful tone.

"Fine, I suppose it's a good way to get a taste of the high-pressure atmosphere of the College Entrance Exam in advance." Li Biao shrugged helplessly, then remembered the matter at hand and asked with concern, "Brother Chuan, how did you find the difficulty of the Martial Arts General Knowledge questions?"

"It was alright. I didn't feel like there were any particularly difficult questions, so I handed in my paper an hour early," Chen Mochuan replied casually.

Li Biao was left speechless upon hearing this. After a long moment, he said dejectedly, "Then I'm done for... I felt the overall difficulty was on the high side, and I hadn't even finished the last long-answer question when time ran out... I'm afraid my score this time won't even be as good as the last one."

As they spoke, the two had already arrived at the Martial Arts Arena, which the school had temporarily set up for the martial arts exams.

Inside the arena, two rows totaling ten Virtual Pods were neatly arranged, along with several specialized measuring instruments of various designs.

Next, the various tests for the martial arts subjects would be conducted here.

As time passed, the 70 students from the key class had arrived one after another.

Some sat quietly with their eyes closed, feigning sleep, while others spoke in low voices.

Most of them appeared relatively relaxed; only a few students with poor mental fortitude felt the pressure of the impending exam and appeared somewhat restless.

But clearly, regardless of their state, everyone was using this precious break to try their best to recover from the mental fatigue caused by the continuous high-intensity written exams.

3:30 PM.

Two figures walked into the Martial Arts Arena one after the other: the head teacher and fist technique instructor, Han Zhen, and the Stance Training instructor, Lin Hong.

The whispering in the arena vanished immediately, and it became exceptionally quiet in an instant.

Han Zhen stood at the very front of the arena, looked around, and seeing that the students were all looking at him, he began to speak:

"Everyone should have rested enough and be prepared. I hope you can all perform at your best in this city-wide unified exam and achieve your ideal results."

"We will now begin the comprehensive physical fitness exam. We will start by measuring Blood-Qi Values. I will call names in order of student ID; those called, please step forward."

He walked over to a Blood Qi Measuring Device that looked like a thickened security gate and operated his Personal Terminal to pull up the class roster.

"First, Wei Shaohua!"

Wei Shaohua, who had been called, took a deep breath, stepped forward quickly, and stood inside the device with practiced ease, immediately becoming enveloped in a yellow, warm light emitted by the machine.

"Beep... beep..."

After about five seconds, the device emitted a short, sharp prompt.

Wei Shaohua immediately took a step forward and looked up at the display screen at the top of the device.

Seeing the text <strong>[Blood-Qi Value: 5.01]</strong> displayed, he let out a long sigh of relief.

His Blood-Qi Value in the last monthly exam had been 4.63, ranking him forty-first in the grade. An increase of nearly 0.4 in one month was a quite significant improvement.

Afterward, Wei Shaohua walked to a Basic Physical Fitness Testing Platform that was six meters wide and twenty meters long.

Following the exam requirements, he quickly completed a series of standard movement combinations, including short-distance sprints, continuous shuttles, rapid direction changes, standing vertical jumps, and sprint jumps.

Soon, the electronic screen at one end of the testing platform displayed his score: <strong>[Basic Physical Fitness: 425 points]</strong>

Wei Shaohua felt calm; this score was quite good and within his expectations.

According to the exam procedure, after measuring his Blood-Qi Value and physical fitness, Wei Shaohua arrived at another Punch Force Tester that resembled a boxing rack.

He set his stance, and after a brief moment of gathering strength, he threw a punch at the cushion made of special materials.

A line of data instantly popped up on the instrument's screen: <strong>[Punch Force: 416 kg, Body Control Degree: 83 points]</strong>

Seeing this result, Wei Shaohua felt relieved, knowing that his recent efforts had not been in vain and that his control over his body's strength was up to par.

The Body Control Degree is the ratio between the punch force in kilograms and the Blood-Qi Value, often used as a standard for judging how well a person controls their own strength.

Theoretically, if a martial artist can perfectly control their own strength, their punch force can reach at least a hundred times their Blood-Qi Value, which is a Body Control Degree of 100 points.

However, under normal circumstances, it is difficult for martial artists to finely mobilize all the blood-qi in their bodies, and being able to stably exert a punch force of fifty or sixty times their Blood-Qi Value is already considered excellent.

To this end, the sages of the martial arts in the Hua Nation integrated and created two basic cultivation techniques, the Root-Solidifying Stance and the Foundation Building Fist, and promoted them to the entire population.

They can not only temper the tendons and bones, channel blood-qi, and improve physical fitness, but they can also significantly enhance a martial artist's ability to control their own strength.

When one reaches a certain level of cultivation, they can increase their Body Control Degree to over 80 points; those who are proficient in this, when supplemented with exquisite force-exertion techniques, can do even better, and it is even possible to exceed 100 points.

Therefore, these two techniques are regarded as the foundation of martial arts and are also mandatory subjects for the martial arts College Entrance Exam.

Wei Shaohua threw two more punches, but neither exceeded the data of the first, so the system automatically recorded his highest score.

He was very satisfied with this result; at this rate of progress, breaking through a Blood-Qi Value of 7 by the time of the College Entrance Exam would certainly be no problem.

If he could maintain a Body Control Degree of over 80 points by then, as long as his other subjects didn't drag him down, his hopes of getting into one of the "Thirty-Six Elite Schools" would be high.

"Good rate of progress. Keep up this momentum and continue to work hard," Han Zhen said, encouraging him after seeing the results.

Afterward, he continued calling names.

"Next, Zhang Maoli!"

A young girl responded and walked into the blood-qi detector, and the results came out quickly: <strong>[Blood-Qi Value: 5.86]</strong>.

Compared to her 5.54 during the monthly exam, she had improved by 0.32; although the increase wasn't as high as Wei Shaohua's, considering the general rule that it becomes harder to increase Blood-Qi the closer one gets to 10 points, this growth was quite respectable.

After receiving a physical fitness score of 512, Zhang Maoli tested her punch force three more times, with a final result of [Punch Force: 498 kg, Body Control Degree: 85 points], and she returned to her seat feeling satisfied.

Next, the students were called up one by one by Han Zhen for testing; most of them showed considerable progress and received his approval and encouragement.

There were also a very small number of students whose progress was not obvious for various reasons, and after being given a few pointers by Han Zhen, they all expressed that they would strive to catch up.

"Li Biao!"

Hearing the homeroom teacher finally call his name, Li Biao excitedly whispered to Chen Mochuan beside him, "Brother Chuan, watch closely and see how I stun the whole crowd!"

Chen Mochuan didn't say much, only giving him an encouraging look.

Li Biao walked briskly into the Blood Qi Measuring Device.

"Beep... beep..."

The test ended, and when the screen clearly displayed [Blood-Qi Value: 6.96], an irrepressible exclamation erupted from the surrounding students.

"Am I seeing this right? His Blood-Qi hadn't even broken 6 during the monthly exam, and now it's almost at 7!?"

"This growth is too exaggerated! Could there be something wrong with the device?"

Lin Hong, standing beside Han Zhen, coughed heavily and said sternly, "Keep quiet! Do not disrupt the testing process!"

Most of the students held this typically strict Stance Training teacher in awe, and the murmurs immediately died down.

This result was well within Li Biao's expectations.

Ever since awakening his Spirit Talent, his Blood-Qi had first experienced a surge, and afterward, his family had continuously provided expensive martial arts supplements and Ferocious Beast meat, causing his Blood-Qi Value to rise at a rapid pace.

Having a Blood Qi Measuring Device at home, he measured himself several times a day and knew his own condition like the back of his hand.

At this moment, having successfully stolen the spotlight in front of his classmates, he felt a secret thrill.