Top Ten! Spear Like a Dragon!

More than 1,400 candidates were taking Jiangcheng's Martial Arts College Entrance Examination, so it was perfectly normal for the rankings to change constantly.

However, sudden jumps or drops of more than ten places usually only happened among the lower-ranked candidates.

Their strengths were similar, so even a slight change in score could cause their rankings to fluctuate by more than ten places.

The candidates who could make it into the top fifty, however, were all powerful, and the gaps between their scores were relatively large.

Even if their rankings changed, it would usually only be by one or two places.

A jump of more than ten places at once like this was extremely rare.

Thus, not only did Chen Fan notice this, but the other teachers from Second High School noticed it as well and began discussing it.

"Eh, Xu Jingming's rank has risen. He's already rushed up to twenty-fifth place!"

"Holy crap?! Twenty-fifth? Is that real?"

"We only went to eat and came back. How did the rankings change so dramatically?"

"Is he really from a regular class? That's way too fierce, isn't it?"

"..."

At this moment, nine students from Second High School were in the top fifty of the Jiangcheng Martial Arts College Entrance Examination rankings.

Aside from eighteenth and twenty-second place, Second High School's highest-ranked student was Xu Jingming, at twenty-fifth place!

"His ranking jumped directly from thirty-second to twenty-fifth, and his score rose from 328 to 372."

At the front of the stands, Second High School Principal Zhao Yao narrowed his eyes slightly.

As a Mental Type C-Rank Metahuman, although he was only First-Order, he could still memorize every bit of information on the rankings.

He paid particularly close attention to the information on Second High School's candidates.

Naturally, Xu Jingming's change in score and ranking had not escaped his notice.

Yet even so, he still found it unbelievable.

According to the scoring method of the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination, killing a peak unranked ferocious beast earned six to eight points.

Killing a First-Order Low-Rank Ferocious Beast earned fourteen to sixteen points.

The Smart Watch updated its kill count at intervals of roughly four seconds.

Xu Jingming had gained forty-four points in one go. In other words, within just four seconds, he had killed either five peak unranked ferocious beasts or three First-Order Low-Rank Ferocious Beasts.

Either possibility was enough to demonstrate Xu Jingming's formidable strength.

"His strength may not match Zhou Mingyang and the others in the First Tier, but he's definitely at a top-ten level."

"When did our school produce such a fierce student?"

Principal Zhao Yao was somewhat bewildered.

According to Great Xia Country's regulations, the principals of secondary schools nationwide, as well as the directors and deputy directors of each city's Education Bureau, had to be First-Order Metahumans or above.

Although Principal Zhao Yao had not seen Xu Jingming fight, he could estimate Xu Jingming's approximate strength solely from that sudden change in ranking.

The other two principals and the Education Bureau Director had naturally figured it out as well.

"Principal Zhao, it seems your school still has some outstanding students. This Xu Jingming probably wasn't giving it his all before. The moment he started exerting himself, his ranking immediately rose."

Education Bureau Director Zhang Wenshan nodded slightly.

"Principal Zhao's student has roughly top-ten strength."

Liu Hang, the principal of First High School, added.

"By the way, what metahuman ability did this student awaken? Why haven't we heard about him before?"

Zhang Wenshan was somewhat puzzled.

A candidate with this kind of strength should not have been completely unknown.

"To be honest, Xu Jingming only suddenly erupted during today's examination. As for his specific information, I'll have to ask his homeroom teacher."

"Teacher Chen, come over here."

In response to Director Zhang Wenshan's question, Zhao Yao directly called over homeroom teacher Chen Fan.

Thus, under the envious gazes of Second High School's teachers, Chen Fan took a seat beside the principal.

For an ordinary homeroom teacher like Chen Fan, the Education Bureau Director and principals, all of whom were Metahumans, were unquestionably major figures.

So, faced with their gazes, his expression naturally became somewhat restrained.

"Principal, Director, as far as I know, Xu Jingming only awakened an E-rank metahuman ability, Weak Electricity."

"An E-rank metahuman ability?!"

Principal Zhao Yao frowned. "Teacher Chen, are you sure you remember correctly?"

"Principal, I remember correctly. Before the college entrance examination, I even specifically warned him not to take the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination."

Chen Fan gave a bitter smile.

In truth, even he, as Xu Jingming's homeroom teacher, had begun to wonder whether there had been a mistake in the metahuman ability registration back then.

"To come this far with only an E-rank metahuman ability, it seems this Xu Jingming must have exceptional qualities in other areas."

Director Zhang Wenshan fell into thought. "Unfortunately, he hasn't entered the top ten yet, so we still can't see his battle footage."

The Martial Arts College Entrance Examination's livestream system operated according to a program customized by the province. Even he could not interfere with it.

And trying to find Xu Jingming among the footage from thousands of fixed cameras would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Just wait. With his strength, he should be able to break into the top ten soon enough."

Although Xu Jingming's situation was somewhat unusual, Zhang Wenshan, as the Education Bureau Director, still had this much patience.

"Then all we can do is wait."

Second High School Principal Zhao Yao nodded, then stopped Chen Fan, who was about to return to his seat. "Also, Teacher Chen, sit here."

Chen Fan's face lit up with delight. Not every teacher had the opportunity to get so close to the director and principals.

Time slowly passed, and the Martial Arts College Entrance Examination rankings continued to shift.

Yet among all those rankings, one name kept climbing higher.

Twenty-fifth place, Xu Jingming...

Twenty-first place, Xu Jingming...

Sixteenth place, Xu Jingming...

Twelfth place, Xu Jingming...

Ninth place, Xu Jingming...

Less than an hour had passed, and Xu Jingming had already charged into the top ten!

"Xu Jingming did it! He really made it into the top ten!"

Homeroom teacher Chen Fan was ecstatic. As merely a regular-class homeroom teacher, he had never dreamed that a student from his class would make Jiangcheng's top ten!

"He made the top ten!"

Second High School Principal Zhao Yao also breathed a sigh of relief.

Otherwise, being suppressed by Third High School all this time would not have looked good for him as principal.

"Now we can finally see what Xu Jingming relied on to enter the top ten."

Education Bureau Director Zhang Wenshan looked expectantly into the air. After waiting a moment, the virtual projection belonging to ninth place flickered.

In its place appeared the figure of a somewhat tall young man.

The young man wore black combat gear. His features were resolute, and his eyes were steady and bright.

He held a Black Spear about 2.1 meters long. Its spearhead was sharp and keen, while the bright red bloodstains upon it added a touch of savagery.

Several ferocious beasts that had already lost all signs of life lay at the young man's feet.

Not far away, another ferocious beast cowered, too afraid to approach.

Black clothes, a long spear, ferocious beasts...

All the elements of the scene came together, radiating a sharp and powerful aura.

The next moment.

The young man moved. Spear Like a Dragon, and in a single instant—

The remaining ferocious beast did not even have time to react before the spear pierced through it, killing it in one strike!