Advanced Student Assessment

"All right."

Luo Yuan asked no further questions. The staff member before him only handled registration. Though his attitude left something to be desired, he probably had connections in the Limitless Martial Hall. Otherwise, someone would have beaten him into the ground long ago.

After registering, Luo Yuan received an electronic application form. It actually contained his detailed personal information. It seemed population records were strictly managed in this world.

Only after entering did he discover that the place was divided into a Newcomer Area and a Student Assessment Area. The Newcomer Area was for ordinary beginners with no martial arts foundation whatsoever, while the Student Assessment Area was for newcomers who already had some training. They could take a student ranking assessment directly and, if they passed, receive an ID for the corresponding rank.

For example, when the protagonist, Luo Feng, first joined the martial hall at sixteen, he had passed the Intermediate Student assessment directly and earned the title of Intermediate Student.

Luo Yuan stepped out of the line of newcomers waiting to pay their tuition and headed straight for the Student Assessment Area. The people in the Newcomer Area cast curious looks his way, though some thought he was overestimating himself.

There were far fewer people waiting in the Student Assessment Area, only a dozen or so. Their clothes and accessories were clearly expensive, but Luo Yuan felt no discomfort. He submitted his application form and calmly waited for an examiner to call his name.

He waited about half an hour before an examiner finally called his name.

"Luo Yuan, eighteen years old. Hmm, which student rank would you like to test for?" a mature, alluring female examiner asked gently.

Luo Yuan looked at the beautiful woman in her tight-fitting skirt suit. Her gaze was warm, and the imposing swell of her chest made him swallow involuntarily. She showed no disdain for his cheap clothes, which gave him a favorable impression of her.

"Hello. I'd like to take the Advanced Student assessment," Luo Yuan said evenly.

A murmur rippled through the crowd.

Hearing Luo Yuan's words, the people around him couldn't help murmuring. Some of the newcomers in line then looked at him mockingly. Where did this country bumpkin come from? He wants to take the Advanced Student assessment as soon as he walks in? Such a thing had rarely happened in all the years since the Limitless Martial Hall had been established. Even when it did, only descendants of distinguished Warrior families possessed that kind of strength.

"Um, are you sure? At our Limitless Martial Hall, each person can only take the assessment once a year. If you fail, you'll have to wait until next year," the female examiner said, still perfectly polite.

"Yes, I'm sure. Thank you for the reminder," Luo Yuan said firmly.

"All right. Then I wish you success." The female examiner picked up a stamp and stamped Luo Yuan's application form.

Luo Yuan then entered a spacious hall, where a row of examiners in silver uniforms stood waiting.

"Your assessment consists of three tests: strength-specifically punching strength-speed, and neural reaction.

"This is the Punch Strength Tester, and this is the Speed Tester. Please take the punching strength test first. Just hit this target with your strongest punch. You may begin," an examiner explained.

Luo Yuan slowly took a deep breath, relaxing his entire body. Suddenly, his gaze sharpened. Like a languid lion springing into action, he tensed his spine like a bowstring. Power surged from his feet into his hips and waist, then traveled through his spine. His right fist shot out like a cannonball, tracing an arc-

Thud! Luo Yuan's right fist slammed into the target of the Punch Strength Tester.

The target shook violently.

A number immediately appeared on the Punch Strength Tester's screen: "805 kg."

"Wow, very good! Your strength has indeed reached the Advanced Student level. Now for the speed test. All you need to do is run at full speed along the Speed Tester's track." Anticipation shone in the examiners' eyes. Their Yangzhou Limitless Martial Hall was about to welcome another Advanced Student, and such a young one at that. Their performance bonuses would also increase considerably.

"All right," Luo Yuan replied easily.

Luo Yuan adjusted his breathing and stood on the track. It was sixty meters long, and the section near the Speed Tester was the measurement zone.

Luo Yuan suddenly pushed off!

Whoosh!

Almost in the blink of an eye, Luo Yuan accelerated to his top speed. His legs drove powerfully against the ground, generating tremendous thrust and sending him hurtling down the track like an arrow loosed from a bow. With a rush of wind, he shot through the Speed Tester's measurement zone. Then he eased his pace and came to a stop.

"22.8 m/s! Haha, excellent. Your speed meets the Advanced Student standard too," an examiner said with a smile.

"Next is the Nerve Reaction Test. Please follow me." The examiner led Luo Yuan to the Neural Reaction Testing Room adjoining the Martial Arts Hall.

It was a spacious room of about a hundred square meters.

A tall, expensive machine stood on the floor. Its front was covered with firing apertures resembling those of a six-barreled Gatling gun, except there were far more of them-several dozen in all.

Click! The switch was flipped on.

Hazy red light immediately rose from the edge of a circle 3.6 meters in diameter. Standing inside it, Luo Yuan seemed to be enclosed by a gauzy red curtain.

"Remember, no matter what happens, you must not leave the circle. If you do, you fail. Touching the red light will cost you points." After speaking, the examiner walked over to the Neural Reaction Tester and pressed several buttons to adjust the test's intensity.

"Begin!" The examiner pressed the red button.

Beep... beep...

The Neural Reaction Tester's barrel assembly rapidly accelerated, soon spinning at tremendous speed. Then streaks of red light burst from its dozens of muzzles almost simultaneously, and rubber bullets shot toward him.

"Hmm?" Luo Yuan kept his eyes fixed on them, rapidly calculating their positions. Like an agile cat, he darted forward, backward, left, and right, dodging rubber bullet after rubber bullet. Of course, some were simply too fast to evade, leaving him no choice but to take a hit. Perhaps because his mental power had increased considerably, his mind worked at lightning speed, and his physical reactions had become much faster too.

"Twenty hits in sixty seconds, with no contact with the red light. Excellent!" All the examiners smiled.

"Luo Yuan, congratulations on becoming the 128th Advanced Student of our Yangzhou Limitless Martial Hall. This is your Advanced Student ID. Let me pin it on for you."

An examiner personally stepped forward and pinned on Luo Yuan's student ID, the symbol of his status as an Advanced Student of the Limitless Martial Hall. From now on, he would need to swipe it to enter and leave the hall.

Luo Yuan was delighted as well. Now he could wander around with his ID and pick up attributes openly.

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