Jiang Qin moved closer curiously. "New professor? Who is he?"
Zhao Qingwei shook his head slightly. "I can't reveal the name yet, but it's the news from my family. He used to work at Federation Academy of Sciences, and rarely taught students directly. If I am lucky enough to become a teacher, it may be able to solve some of my subsequent bottlenecks."
She studied <Flowing Shadow Sword>, which is also a B-level martial arts, following the Extreme Speed and precise route, but it is not a family tradition.
However, there are still many seniors worth asking for advice on Kuai Jian's journey, and this is the current situation.
As long as you become familiar with that person, even if you fail to become a disciple in the end, as a student of Star Martial University, you will not be rejected if you ask some questions.
Jiang Qin nodded in understanding. She knew that Zhao Qingwei was very independent in martial arts, so she stopped asking.
She turned to the portable terminal and projected the Star Martial Battle Net interface.
"Stop talking about this, look at the rankings, you have been surpassed!" Jiang Qin pointed at the light screen, with a tone of anger for his friend, "This is Shen Wei, who came out of nowhere, and the clearance time is more than a minute faster than you!"
On the light screen, the name Shen Wei ranked first.
Zhao Qingwei glanced at it, his expression unchanged at all, as if he was not the one being surpassed.
"It's just a time record." Zhao Qingwei said calmly, "For the fourth level Earth-Splitting Bear, as long as you find the right method and play a few more times, it is not difficult to refresh the time. I don't have the mind to care about this now, I am busy attacking the fifth level."
When she mentioned the fifth level, her brows furrowed slightly, with a rare trace of distress on her face.
"The fifth level? Is that White Ape holding the stick at the other end?" Jiang Qin asked. She had just passed the third level and had only heard a little bit about the situation in the fifth level.
"Well, Mountain-Splitting White Ape." Zhao Qingwei nodded, with a hint of helplessness in his tone, "This White Ape is more difficult to deal with than all the previous Star Beasts."
She recalled the experience of several challenges, and her eyes became solemn. "Star Beast in the previous levels all have obvious emphasis. Star-Spotted Wolf is fast and weak in defense, Iron-Spine Lizard is strong in defense and slow in speed, Venom-Fang Bat relies on poison and quantity to win, and Earth-Splitting Bear is strong but slow to turn."
"To deal with them, as long as you use martial arts in a targeted manner, you can find flaws and pass the level relatively easily." Zhao Qingwei said, "For example, to deal with Iron-Spine Lizard, just use a fast sword to focus on the weak points in the abdomen; to deal with Venom-Fang Bat, you can rely on mental techniques to shock and disrupt their formation."
"Of course, this is my method. Others must have different methods to target these weaknesses."
"But this Mountain-Splitting White Ape is different." Her voice was deep, "Its power is comparable to Earth-Splitting Bear, its speed is faster than Star-Spotted Wolf, and its defense is even more amazing. It also has a Blood and Qi barrier on its body, and ordinary attacks cannot break it."
"What's even worse is that it has very strong recovery power. It can heal shallow wounds quickly, and it can also use a long stick--
--Great strength, fast speed, almost no flaws."
Jiang Qin was stunned when he heard this. "So perverted? Isn't there no way to take advantage of it?"
"There is no trick." Zhao Qingwei shook his head and said with certainty, "It is too comprehensive. Whether it is roaming consumption or frontal attack, it is difficult to be effective."
"I tried four times, and each time Blood and Qi consumed more than half of it. Before I could cause fatal damage to it, it was knocked away with a stick."
She practices <Flowing Shadow Sword>, which focuses on fast characters and relies on speed and tricky angles to win.
But facing Mountain-Splitting White Ape, her speed advantage was greatly weakened, because White Ape was not slow either, and occasionally she was hit by a few swords, but the injuries were negligible.
Although her sword was sharp, it would take a lot of Blood and Qi to break through White Ape's defense. In the long run, it would be worn down by White Ape.
"Then what are you going to do?" Jiang Qin asked worriedly.
"What else can I do? I can only go head-to-head." Zhao Qingwei's eyes narrowed, with a bit of stubbornness in his tone, "I'm already adjusting my sword moves, trying to add stronger explosive power to the fast attack, and try to break through the defense with one blow."
"But it takes time to get used to it. I've been practicing it these past few days."
She originally thought that with her talent and control over <Flowing Shadow Sword>, she could clear the fifth level in a week at most.
But now it seems that it may not be that easy.
Jiang Qin nodded and said no more. He picked up the terminal and looked at it again, muttering, "This Shen Wei is also pretty awesome. He cleared the fourth level in 4 minutes and 03 seconds, so much faster than you. I don't know how he did it----"
As soon as she finished speaking, the terminal screen suddenly flashed and the rankings automatically refreshed.
Jiang Qin's eyes fell on the screen subconsciously. The next second, her eyes widened suddenly, the expression on her face froze instantly, and then she burst out with an exclamation. "Qingwei! Look!"
Her voice was so loud that the green plants nearby shook in fright.
Zhao Qingwei was startled by her. "What's wrong? Are you making such a fuss?"
"No! Look at the rankings!" Jiang Qin grabbed Zhao Qingwei's arm excitedly and thrust the terminal in front of her eyes, "Xu Wuyi----that Xu Wuyi, he has cleared the fifth level!"
"What?" Zhao Qingwei's pupils shrank suddenly, and the calmness on her face was instantly broken. She subconsciously moved closer to the terminal screen, staring at the top of the ranking list.
[Freshman Challenge Leaderboard]
First place: Xu Wuyi (number of levels cleared: 5)
Second place: Shen Wei (number of levels cleared: 4)
Third place: Zhao Qingwei (number of levels cleared: 4)
Fourth place: Li Hao (number of levels cleared: 4)
Lines of text came into view clearly. At the top of the list was the name Xu Wuyi, and in the column for the number of levels cleared, "5" was clearly written!
Zhao Qingwei's breathing froze for a moment. She looked at the "5" in disbelief. She even subconsciously wiped her eyes with her fingers, thinking she had seen it wrong.
"How--how is this possible?" Her voice had an imperceptible tremor, which was one of the few gaffes she had made since she was a child.
She knows better than anyone how difficult that Mountain-Splitting White Ape is to deal with.
She has been practicing <Flowing Shadow Sword> for so many years, her talent is not bad, and her resources are top-notch. However, she was forced to do nothing by White Ape. She tried four times and failed to pass the level.
"Xu Wuyi?" She whispered the name again, as if searching for relevant information in her memory, "Dongjiang Province's top pick?"
She had some vague impressions of this person, who seemed to be a dark horse this year, but in the information circles she came into contact with, she didn't pay much attention to him.
After all, Federation has a vast territory, and there are endless Provincial Top Scholars emerging every year, but only a few can reach the top in the end.
Besides, these Provincial Top Scholars, except for a few states and provinces, are definitely not as good as her in terms of martial arts heritage and resources.
So Xu Wuyi, how did he clear the fifth level?
After a moment of silence, Zhao Qingwei stood up and walked toward the training room built into the villa.
"Where are you going?" Jiang Qin asked.
"Cultivation." Zhao Qingwei said without looking back, with a firm voice, "If someone can do it, then I can do it too."
She is going to Battle Net, and she will meet Mountain-Splitting White Ape on the other side.