Second Round: Comprehension Trial, Passed!

"Ke Ying, I know that the Interstellar Relations between your Wood Source Planet and Blue Star is complex."

"Whatever the problem, we martial artists can resolve it through competition. Besides, you and Chen Lie are both outstanding individuals from your respective planets, and influential figures among the younger generation of both stars. Isn't it inappropriate for you to speak so sarcastically?"

Zhu Jingshu spoke slowly to the girl.

"Although my statement that he's like a turtle is reasonable, since Princess Jing Shu has put it that way, I'll give you face and take back what I just said," the girl from Wood Source Planet said calmly.

At this moment, Han Keke said aggressively, "How dare you, a woman from Wood Source Planet, be so arrogant?"

How dare you insult my elder brother? Do you even know who my elder brother is?

The girl from Wood Source Planet glanced at Han Keke, then walked away without saying a word.

Among the fifteen people selected by Blue Star, this person named Chen Lie has a mouth double and a Blue Star, which shows that he is indeed a leader of great importance.

Those who can get here are all geniuses; if the other party weren't strong enough, who would willingly be a follower?

Zhu Jingshu smiled apologetically at Chen Lie: "Lord Chen Lie, the grudges between your Blue Star and Wood Source Planet are complicated, so it's not surprising that you had a verbal argument when you met."

"Who was that person from Wood Source Planet just now?" Chen Lie asked.

"All I know is that her Zu Keying. She is outstanding among the younger generation on Wood Source Planet. With nine times the Strength Value and nine Blood Tempering, she is probably only one step away from the Great Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi," Zhu Jingshu said.

"Zu Keying?"

Chen Lie glanced at the departing girl from Wood Source Planet. This Zu Keying was the one who had tripped him earlier.

At this moment, Wang Jie, the teaching assistant in charge of the Five Stars of the Eastern Region, suddenly said, "The combat strength test is over. Everyone, come over here, and we will begin the second round of tests."

Hearing the teaching assistant's call, the people of the Five Stars of the Eastern Region all went over.

Zhu Jingshu bowed slightly to Chen Lie: "Your Excellency Chen Lie, I'll head over now!"

Chen Lie hummed in agreement, and seeing Zhu Jingshu leave, he went to where teaching assistant Wang Jie was.

Of the 75 participants in the Five Stars of the Eastern Region competition, 36 were eliminated and 39 advanced after the first round.

Soon, all 39 people who had advanced gathered around Wang Jie.

"Students who have advanced from the combat strength test, begin the second test: the second test of comprehension."

Don't be discouraged if you're eliminated; Starry Sky University won't let you go for nothing.

During the combat strength test, any eliminated participant who makes it to the third stage of the test, regardless of whether they pass or not, will receive a spot to enter Starry Sky University.

"This will no longer take up the three thousand slots available on your respective planets."

When teaching assistant Wang Jie spoke, those who had been eliminated, though still looking worried, regained a little spirits.

Wang Jie continued, "The second test is a test of comprehension."

The comprehension test at Starry Sky University is extremely difficult.

You can team up in pairs, or you can take the test solo if you don't want to team up. The score for solo tests will be doubled.

Follow me, everyone!

After Wang Jie finished speaking, she led the 39 people from the Five Stars of the Eastern Region competition through a wall of light and into a hall filled with towering pillars.

"This is the Hall of Testing Comprehension, and these pillars are for testing comprehension."

Inside the pillar are one hundred martial arts secrets. Each time you successfully comprehend a martial arts secret, a light pattern will light up on the pillar.

Comprehending martial arts secrets is very difficult. You can work together as a pair, using your combined wisdom to test your comprehension.

Those who can comprehend more than eighty martial arts secrets will pass the test.

The test is for one person; you can pass by mastering forty martial arts secrets. However, I still recommend that you two work together, because it is very difficult for a single person to master more than fifty martial arts secrets.

Those who master ninety martial arts secrets may be selected based on merit.

The two individuals may have different levels of comprehension, so there's another rule for them to participate in the comprehension test together.

If you fail the comprehension test and you feel that your teammate has poor comprehension and is a liability who dragged you down during the test, causing you to fail, you can apply for a personal test.

The subsequent individual tests will also count as passing the assessment if one can master more than forty martial arts secret techniques in the field.

I have explained the rules for the test of comprehension. You can choose to take the test together as a pair or individually!

In front of the pillar in the hall, teaching assistant Wang Jie crossed her arms and explained the rules to everyone.

After Wang Jie finished speaking, the 39 people from the Five Stars of the Eastern Region began to exchange ideas.

From the crowd, Ruan Liusu approached Chen Lie and directly invited him, "Chen Lie, how about we team up for the comprehension test?"

Chen Lie asked, "My comprehension is average. Aren't you afraid I'll hold you back?"

"Let it drag on. The worst that can happen is we get eliminated. Anyway, even if we pass the initial screening, it's unlikely we'll be selected."

Ruan Liusu didn't seem to care, and then asked, "Is your comprehension average? How average?"

"Very average."

Ruan Liusu was utterly puzzled. How could someone from an ordinary family in Chuanzhong Province, with even the most average comprehension, possibly be so mediocre?

Perhaps it's just average compared to other aspects.

What are the weaknesses of geniuses are also the strengths that ordinary people can only dream of.

Soon, all the Five Stars of the Eastern Region who advanced had chosen their teammates.

Teaching assistant Wang Jie continued, "The second test, the test of comprehension, will now begin."

Everyone placed their identity cards on the pillars to verify their identities, and the test of comprehension officially began.

The comprehension test has a time limit of five hours!

After Wang Jie finished speaking, the members of the Five Stars of the Eastern Region went to the platform pillar to undergo the test.

Ruan Liusu also led Chen Lie to a pillar, where she verified his identity along with Chen Lie identity token. Immediately, a five-hour countdown timer appeared on the pillar.

"Chen Lie, let's begin!"

After verifying her identity, Ruan Liusu said.

"Wait a minute, let me check the structure inside the pillars first."

After Chen Lie finished speaking, he immediately reached out to touch the pillar, and at the same time, a wisp of divine sense probed into it.

Every platform used to test comprehension is equipped with a Mental Power array set up by Divine Sense Master.

Chen Lie's divine sense immersed himself for a moment, he immediately detected the magnificent and powerful Mental Power chains. At the center of the chains was a Mental Power array that maintained the operation of the platform. Around the array was a dense, giant net formed by divine sense, without a single gap.

Upon discovering this scene, Chen Lie was immediately taken aback.

The person who set up the comprehension testing array inside the pillar was actually a Divine Sense Master at the Tenth-Order Heaven-Human Grandmaster Realm.

The array set up by Divine Sense Master at the Heavenly Human Grandmaster Realm is Chen Lie is currently unable to break. Even with his superior Mental Power, it is impossible for him to break it.

It seems that Ruan Liusu is the only one who can test comprehension.

Chen Lie knew his own limitations. Back on Blue Star, his comprehension was only enough to light up ten Crystal Stone, let alone the testing platform produced by Canglong Star, which was several levels higher than Blue Star.

"Chen Lie, have you finished checking?"

Beside her, Ruan Liusu asked.

Chen Lie nodded. "Alright, let's begin!"

"Alright, I'll go first. Comprehending the first few martial arts techniques should be quite easy!"

When I get stuck, you can start practicing, and we can share our insights with each other.

"Then you can go first!"

Ruan Liusu turned around and walked to the side of the pillar, where she began to calm down and comprehend the martial arts secrets hidden within.

Soon after, light patterns lit up one after another on the pillar.

One, two, three...

In less than thirty minutes, Ruan Liusu successfully mastered nineteen martial arts secrets, surpassing all the other top practitioners around her.

Half an hour later, Ruan Liusu stopped her meditation. She glanced back at Chen Lie and said, "Chen Lie, why don't you give it a try? The difficulty level is very low right now. Don't wait until it gets harder, or you won't be able to adapt."

"Okay, I'll give it a try!"

Chen Lie walked up, placed his hand on the pillar, and began to concentrate on comprehending its meaning.

Ruan Liusu had already comprehended twenty-three martial arts secrets in just over half an hour, while Chen Lie had begun to comprehend the twenty-fourth.

The comprehension testing array set up by Divine Sense Master at the Heavenly Human Grandmaster Realm is indeed a great test of one's comprehension.

Despite possessing martial insight that surpassed that of the Canglan Star Domain and martial arts understanding from his previous life as a Ninth-Order Grandmaster, Chen Lie did not gain much of an advantage.

Five or six minutes later, Chen Lie finally mastered the twenty-fourth martial arts technique.

Ruan Liusu watched Chen Lie Chen Lie the side and saw that it took him five or six minutes to comprehend a martial arts technique. She assumed that Chen Lie was clumsy at first and not prepared.

Ten minutes passed quickly, and seeing that Chen Lie had not yet successfully grasped the next martial arts technique, he couldn't help but feel puzzled.

Chen Lie just said his comprehension is average, but it can't be that average, right?

She found the twenty martial arts secrets quite easy to comprehend, almost mastering them in one go.

It doesn't make sense that the latter two martial arts techniques are so much more difficult to comprehend.

Fifteen minutes later, Chen Lie finally comprehended the twenty-fifth martial arts secret technique.

As the twenty-fifth light pattern lit up on the pillar, Chen Lie immediately stopped.

"Never mind, I'm too slow, you do it!"

Ruan Liusu was immediately filled with question marks.

"Chen Lie, are you too nervous? Are you restless?"

"A restless mind will disturb your peace of mind."

"I'm not nervous. I already told you, my comprehension is average."

"Even if it's just average, it shouldn't be this average, right?"

Ruan Liusu felt somewhat confused.

Those who can emerge victorious from rounds of competition in East River Province and on Blue Star, even with only average comprehension, are one in ten thousand. Isn't "average" a bit too much?

"It's just average. You go ahead. Whether you can pass the test of comprehension depends on you!"

Ruan Liusu nodded in disbelief and walked back to the platform to begin comprehending the twenty-sixth martial arts secret technique.

In about a minute, the twenty-sixth light pattern successfully lit up.

Ruan Liusu thought to herself: This isn't difficult at all...

She had thought Chen Lie was extremely strong in all aspects and had no weaknesses, but she didn't expect him to be so ordinary in terms of comprehension.

Knowing that Chen Lie had obvious shortcomings in comprehension, Ruan Liusu actually felt relieved.

Because Chen Lie had put so much pressure on her before, she had actually reached the top twenty of the Blue Star Blood-Qi Ranking in a short period of time.

Now that she knew Chen Lie's comprehension was only so-so, she felt much less pressured.

Calming down, Ruan Liusu began to fully dedicate herself to being a pillar of the stage.

As Ruan Liusu quickly grasped the concept, the light patterns on the pillars continued to light up.

In just one hour, Ruan Liusu comprehended the 40th martial arts secret technique.

This also means that if Ruan Liusu hadn't teamed up with Chen Lie, she would have already cleared the game on her own.

However, after the 40th martial arts technique, Ruan Liusu's participation speed suddenly slowed down, becoming an average of ten minutes before a single light pattern would light up.

As the five-hour timer on the platform reached its halfway point, Ruan Liusu finally succeeded in comprehending the 50th martial arts secret technique.

Chen Lie said from the side, "Why don't you take a rest?"

"Constantly focusing all one's energy on comprehending martial arts will be extremely mentally taxing."

Ruan Liusu closed her eyes and shook her head in refusal. "No, since half the time has already passed, we should try to comprehend it as quickly as possible."

I feel that the later martial arts techniques are becoming increasingly difficult to comprehend, so I can't waste time.

Otherwise, you definitely won't be able to pass the level.

Upon hearing Ruan Liusu's words, Chen Lie stopped trying to persuade her.

Time passed second by second, and the five-hour test of comprehension was quickly coming to an end.

Ruan Liusu devoted herself to comprehending the platform pillars and finally reached the 70th level.

Inside the examination hall, in front of a light screen displaying the examination questions.

After listening to the words of Cheng Fengan, the instructor of the Martial Way Department, the academic affairs officer focused his attention on Chen Lie.

He watched the scene of Chen Lie undergoing the test several times, but each time he saw Chen Lie waiting on the side, while Ruan Liusu, who was with Chen Lie, was undergoing the test.

"How can this female examinee named Ruan Liusu be so quick to understand? It seems she's about to pass the combined standard of two people on her own."

At this moment, Cheng Fengan, the Martial Way Department instructor, walked up to the light screen and asked, "Did you pay attention to that naturally gifted person with superhuman strength from earlier?"

The academic affairs officer replied, "We've taken note. That person with golden blood and innate divine strength reached the sixth level during the combat strength test."

"The sixth level? Not bad. People born with superhuman strength are inherently extraordinary in combat." Cheng Fengan nodded.

"Instructor Cheng, in this test of comprehension, this person with superhuman strength doesn't seem to have done much. It's all thanks to this girl named Ruan Liusu that she managed to light up more than seventy light patterns all by herself."

"Oh? How can someone have such high comprehension? Logically speaking, only two people with excellent comprehension who work together and share their experiences can comprehend the seventieth martial arts technique."

"Yes, it is indeed quite unbelievable."

"Then let's keep an eye on it."

"Yes!"

In the Hall of Comprehension Test, before the pillar, Ruan Liusu, through her own efforts, finally comprehended the 79th martial arts secret technique.

In the final ten minutes of the five-hour trial period, Ruan Liusu finally succeeded in comprehending the last martial arts secret technique, and the eightieth light pattern lit up.

At that moment, a warning voice sounded from the pillar.

"Eighty light patterns lit up; the second test passed."

Hearing this reminder, Ruan Liusu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"I cleared the level..."

Five consecutive hours of intense meditation had exhausted all of Ruan Liusu's mental energy.

Now that she's passed the test, it means she's already carried Chen Lie to victory, and she instantly feels relieved.