As the abrupt voice rang out, four people stepped out of the crowd.
The young man at their head stood a full six feet tall, dressed in a white T-shirt and white trousers.
He was lean, yet he gave off a faint sense of danger.
The three people around him were either powerfully built or wore unrestrained grins.
All of them radiated the aura of at least a first-order mid-rank metahuman. One glance was enough to tell they were tough customers.
The young man leading them in white was Lei Zhou from First High School in Ning'an City, Jiangnan Province, who had placed second in the province's Martial Arts College Entrance Examination.
"Xu Jingming!"
Resentment filled Lei Zhou's face.
Both his parents were fourth-order metahumans, and he had been born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
At sixteen, he had awakened the A-rank elemental fire ability, Sinister Karma Fire.
From then on, he had soared to prominence, becoming a highly sought-after prodigy in Ning'an City, the capital of Jiangnan Province!
He had crushed every talented rival in the city, advancing from an Awakener to a first-order high-rank metahuman in just two years!
He had become the overwhelming favorite to take first place in Jiangnan Province's Martial Arts College Entrance Examination that year.
And he had indeed lived up to expectations, earning an impressive score of over 9,300 points!
After all, the highest scores in Jiangnan Province in previous years had only been around 8,800 or 8,900!
His score of over 9,300 had practically reserved the title of Provincial Top Scorer for him!
Yet just when he thought the title was firmly in his grasp, with both the Municipal Education Bureau and his family preparing celebratory banquets,
Xu Jingming had appeared out of nowhere and claimed the title of Jiangnan