Smoke and Ashes Vanished

Although everyone had long anticipated this outcome, when they truly faced this moment, quite a few still felt despair in their hearts.

After all.

No one was willing to admit that they were ordinary.

Yet reality was just this cruel!

In fact, 99.9 percent of people could not even meet the most basic C-rank standard.

The overwhelming majority were destined to spend their entire lives as nothing more than D-rank, E-rank... or even F-rank ordinary people.

This also meant...

Their ceiling for growth was very low. The greatest achievement of their lives would most likely be becoming a Postnatal Realm martial artist.

Amid such a stifling atmosphere, the testing continued in an orderly fashion.

Fate...

Would not pause for anyone's sighs.

Soon, it was No. 241's turn.

He was a scrawny youth, with sunken eyes and hollow cheeks.

Judging by his clothes, he should have come from a commoner family. Almost no one remembered him.

Just from his appearance alone, he was far too ordinary.

But when he slowly placed his right hand on the groove, one dazzling light after another lit up.

In the end, seven lights actually appeared on the electronic screen.

The female evaluator froze slightly at first, then instinctively covered her red lips with her jade-like hand, completely losing her previous composure.

"A+ rank... top-grade martial talent!"

It far surpassed the level Sun Zhengchu had reached earlier.

Countless gazes around them converged on him almost instantly. Every pair of widened eyes was filled with shock and disbelief.

Sun Zhengchu, standing amid the crowd, stared blankly at the data scrolling across the electronic screen. A deep flash of jealousy passed through his eyes.

Deep down, he believed this scene should have belonged to him!

But now...

"Damn it!"

"Where the hell did this kid come from?"

Sun Zhengchu was extremely unwilling to accept it, but he understood that this was probably the highest result of the day.

Tong City only had a population of thirty or forty million. In the annual talent test, having a few B+ rank talents emerge was already rare enough.

As for an A+ rank martial talent like this, who knew how many years it took for one to appear.

And at this moment, when the people present finally realized what had happened, a stunned uproar swept through Testing Area No. 9 like mountains collapsing and seas surging.

In the Spirit Revival Era, martial strength was supreme.

No matter what kind of past someone had, as long as they possessed sufficient martial talent, they were absolutely worthy of respect.

By now, everyone understood that this frail-looking youth had already defied heaven and changed his fate.

From this day forth, his life would set out upon a broad, sunlit road.

The weak youth slowly stepped down from the stage. Because he was too excited, a faint flush appeared on his previously pale face.

While the others cast envious looks at him, Lu Yun silently made his way onto the platform.

Finally, it was my turn...

What kind of result would I get?

Logically speaking, since the system has already restored my meridians, I should get a pretty good result.

I should... at least get an A+ rank, right?!

Although Lu Yun had great confidence in himself, he still felt somewhat uneasy as he approached the talent testing device.

After all...

From the female evaluator's expression earlier, it was obvious just how rare an A+ rank martial talent was.

No matter what, as long as it's a little better than that guy Sun Zhengchu, it'll do.

As Lu Yun thought this, he placed his right hand into the groove.

The next second.

The detector was quickly activated again. The first light appeared on the electronic screen almost instantly.

How... could it be this fast?

Lu Yun felt that the pattern was appearing at an utterly unbelievable speed.

But while he was still slightly astonished, the second light had already appeared, and then...

The third light...

The fourth light...

The fifth light...

The sixth light...

Without the slightest pause, six brilliant lamp-shaped patterns had already appeared on the electronic screen.

A+ rank martial talent.

A smile flickered across Lu Yun's lips.

It was in the bag.

Although the final result had yet to emerge, the score of six lights was already no worse than that youth who had just caused such a sensation.

"No way?"

"Another A+ rank?"

"Oh my god!!!"

The female evaluator's breathing quickened, her face flushed red, and her beautiful eyes stared fixedly at Lu Yun on the stage.

The area around the testing platform fell silent again, as though someone had suddenly pressed pause. The atmosphere instantly became incomparably grave.

How could this be?

Based on past experience, as long as one A+ rank prodigy appeared over several years, it would be enough to set the entire city ablaze with excitement.

But what about now?

Two youths with A+ rank martial talents had appeared in succession.

Countless gazes shot toward Lu Yun. It was as though they were witnessing some unbelievable miracle; their eyeballs were practically about to pop out.

An A+ rank martial talent!!!

Forget little Tong City—even among all the Human Bases on Sky Net Star, there were probably only a handful of martial artists with such monstrous talent.

Could there be something wrong with the testing device?

Otherwise...

How could two appear one after another?

This was simply too much of a coincidence, wasn't it?!

Sun Zhengchu, standing to one side, had completely lost all color from his face.

His eyes were filled with shock and disbelief.

Because he was too nervous, he unconsciously bit through his own lip without noticing at all.

Then.

Sun Zhengchu glared venomously at Lu Yun on the testing platform and muttered:

"Bastard!"

"How could this happen?"

"In front of an A+ rank martial talent, my B- rank from earlier looks like nothing but a joke!!!"

The intense sense of superiority he had felt when facing Lu Yun earlier suddenly vanished like smoke and ashes.