Under everyone's gaze, Xu Yue lay down on the spiritual power testing chair and quietly waited for the results.
With a faint hum, Xu Yue felt a cool sensation wash over his mind as an inexplicable ripple swept through his Sea of Spirit.
Outside, everyone watched the numbers on the display screen climb without pause, their mouths opening wider and wider.
The white indicator light representing the Spirit Origin Realm almost instantly shifted to the yellow light representing the Spirit Connection Realm.
One hundred, two hundred, four hundred...
Even after the number surpassed Gu Yue's three hundred and twenty-one, it showed no sign of slowing down. Instead, it accelerated.
Ding!
With a soft chime, the yellow indicator light instantly turned purple.
This meant that Xu Yue's spiritual power had completely surpassed the Spirit Connection Realm and reached the Spirit Sea Realm, a level possessed only by Soul Kings, Soul Emperors, and even Soul Saints.
A moment later, the jumping number finally stopped.
Not a sound remained in the room. Even the faintest breaths seemed to have ceased.
Everyone stared blankly at the number they had not even dared to imagine.
"Nine hundred and ninety-nine?!"
(Lord Wolf Venerable! Sob... I miss you!)
Whether it was Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, Tang Wulin, or Xie Xie, they could not help swallowing hard.
They looked at Xu Yue as though he were a monster.
Spirit Sea Realm!
Nearly a thousand points—he was not merely at the threshold of the Spirit Sea Realm, but had already progressed a considerable distance within it.
Once spiritual power reached the Spirit Sea Realm, it meant he was qualified to contract a black Soul Spirit and absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.
As long as his body was strong enough, there would be no problem.
Given Xu Yue's talent, perhaps he would only need one or two years. Once his Soul Power reached level forty, he could directly contract a ten-thousand-year Soul Spirit.
"That's not right, Brother A-Yue!"
Xu Xiaoyan, who had always been by Xu Yue's side, stared blankly at the scene before suddenly crying out in surprise.
"I remember you told me when you graduated from Primary Academy that you hadn't reached the Spirit Sea Realm yet!"
"It's only been a few months. How could you have improved so quickly?"
This revelation stunned everyone present once more.
"What? Xu Yue hadn't reached the Spirit Sea Realm just a few months ago?"
Xie Xie blurted it out, thinking of legendary immortal herbs and rare treasures such as Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
"Could he have eaten some heavenly treasure?"
"That's possible. Otherwise, there's no way he could have improved this quickly!"
"I'm so jealous of Brother Yue!"
Everyone began discussing it, their eyes filled with envy as they looked at Xu Yue.
However.
Wu Zhangkong directly denied their guess.
"No!"
Everyone froze, looking at Wu Zhangkong in surprise.
His gaze, however, was fixed intently on Xu Yue as he rose from the testing chair. He said with certainty,
"I think the rapid growth of your spiritual power is due to your Spear Intent!"
"Spear Intent?!" Everyone was shocked again.
"That's right, Spear Intent." Wu Zhangkong nodded. "When I fought Xu Yue, I sensed the spiritual intent attached to his spear—the impact and pressure it exerted on the Sea of Spirit."
"And that is precisely the characteristic of Spear Intent."
Under everyone's curious gazes, he began to explain.
"This is not knowledge you should be learning at your current stage, but since it has come up, I'll explain it to you."
Wu Zhangkong paused, his expression stern.
"Any Soul Master who practices with weapon-type martial souls, whether saber, spear, sword, halberd, or anything else, will touch upon the three realms of Intent, Soul, and Spirit Realm once their skill reaches a certain level."
"This is a Soul Master's understanding of their own weapon, as well as the condensation of spiritual intent."
"Once comprehended, it not only tempers spiritual power, but also greatly aids its growth and breakthroughs."
"Most importantly, it enormously increases a Soul Master's combat strength!"
"A Soul Master who has just entered the Soul Elder rank can easily defeat a high-level Soul Master of the same realm if they comprehend an Intent realm."
"Even at Shrek, this is the mark of a genius."
"Hiss..."
Everyone immediately drew sharp breaths, looking at Xu Yue as if he were a monster.
"That's right!" Xu Yue smiled and nodded beneath everyone's stares. "After I comprehended Spear Intent some time ago, I could feel that my spiritual power was growing far faster than usual."
Especially after comprehending the Spear Intent of Water, its growth rate was even faster than the tempering brought by the Spear Intent of Rock alone.
"Student Xu Yue, your spear technique looks somewhat familiar to me. May I ask which family you inherited it from?" Wu Zhangkong asked, then added, "If it's inconvenient, you don't have to say."
"I inherited the Yang Family's Soul-Breaking Spear," Xu Yue answered.
"Soul-Breaking Spear?! No wonder!" Wu Zhangkong suddenly understood. "But you seem to have broken free of the Soul-Breaking Spear's original limitations and found your own path. Very good."
After praising him, Wu Zhangkong's expression turned cold and stern again. His gaze swept over Wang Jinxi, Xie Xie, and the others.
"Some of your spiritual power has far exceeded my expectations, but some of you need to work harder. Understood?"
"Understood!!" everyone answered in unison.
Next, Wu Zhangkong took Xu Yue and the others to another testing room to begin testing their physical strength.
However, Xu Yue did not take part this time.
It was not that he did not want to shock everyone, but because Eastsea Academy's testing equipment was simply incapable of measuring his limit.
A ten-thousand-kilogram testing device was only ten tons, after all.
Before enrolling, Xu Yue had tested himself on Mu Chen's advanced strength tester. His arm strength had been nearly three tons, while the impact of his punch could reach around twelve tons.
If he used gravity amplification, it could increase further.
That might sound like a lot, but one had to remember that this was the era of Legend of the Dragon King, twenty thousand years later.
This was not the era of Spirit Hall, when even a Limit Douluo could only lift one hundred and eight thousand jin.
Moreover, although the Star of Eden possessed Ultimate Strength, it had no way of greatly enhancing Xu Yue's body.
The physical strength Xu Yue possessed now was mainly the result of his own relentless training and cultivation under gravity.
If he wanted to dramatically increase his strength out of nowhere, he would have to awaken the Purple Imperial Heaven-Destroying Dragon Bloodline within his body.
Awaken my bloodline? That is an option... Xu Yue's thoughts stirred. It seems I can find some time to visit Uncle Zhen Hua. The Body Douluo has done extensive research in this area!
While Xu Yue was lost in thought, the strength tests came to an end.
As expected, under Wu Zhangkong's additional request, Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon Claw once again pierced straight through the testing device.
Eastsea Academy testing device -1.
Yet this allowed everyone to indirectly appreciate just how absurd Xu Yue's physical strength was.
Tang Wulin's claw had pierced straight through a testing device made of metal, yet Xu Yue had only suffered a scraped patch of skin—not even a minor injury.
"Very good. Today's test data has far exceeded my expectations. In the coming lessons, I will teach you about Battle Armor, Mecha, techniques, and other knowledge."
"Also, I sincerely hope that all of you will be able to enter Shrek Academy during the next round of admissions."
Hearing these encouraging words, most of them had surprise and excitement in their eyes.
Wei Xiaofeng in particular had never imagined that Eastsea Academy's specially established Zero Class would be exposed to knowledge related to Battle Armor Masters and even have a chance to strive for Shrek Academy.
Wu Zhangkong looked at everyone and nodded in satisfaction.
"You may go back and rest. Tang Wulin, stay behind."
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