A twelve-year-old Level 24 Soul Grandmaster was not rare. What was rare was a Soul Grandmaster whose other physical readings were all at the Soul Ancestor and Soul King levels!
Were these fucking readings really from a Soul Grandmaster?
What the hell was going on?
"Is this kid a monster?" They had yet to test Qian Ran's Spiritual Power or attack power, but Fan Yu was already numb. In all his life, he had never seen such a monstrous genius!
These readings even made him start wondering whether the testing equipment was broken.
But obviously, however shoddy Shrek Academy's equipment might be, it could not malfunction so easily.
"What a monster!" The way Zhou Yi looked at Qian Ran had completely changed. His ability to create his own Soul Skills had already been outrageous, but that had been an abstract sort of talent. Something that could be expressed in numbers was clearly more convincing.
This pile of readings was more than enough to show just how absurd Qian Ran's talent was.
Zhou Yi suspected that, with just a little time cultivating, this kid might surpass her in strength before he even graduated from her class.
Fan Yu took out a notebook and recorded the equipment's readings, then repeated the tests several times. The results were identical.
After that, Fan Yu stopped treating Qian Ran like an ordinary person and led him to the area prepared for testing combat strength and Spiritual Power.
"Throw a punch with all your strength."
Boom!
Qian Ran held nothing back. He was also curious about exactly how strong he was in combat.
"Level 31!"
Zhou Yi and Fan Yu both looked at Qian Ran as though he were a monster.
Normally, without releasing their Martial Souls, most Power Attack System Soul Kings could only throw a punch with attack power equivalent to the Soul Elder level. Soul Kings outside the Power Attack System were even weaker without their Martial Souls. Did that mean Qian Ran could fight a Soul Elder who had released their Martial Soul one-on-one without using his own? Of course, that was not entirely accurate. After all, Soul Skills had a considerable influence on a battle, especially powerful ones.
"Release your Martial Soul and try using your strongest single-target attack Soul Skill." Fan Yu was already numb. These readings were beyond human anyway.
"Oh."
Qian Ran released his Martial Soul. A golden phantom of a Six-Winged Angel appeared behind him, bathing the entire room in gold. Qian Renxue had helped disguise his remaining Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings as Soul Rings of ordinary colors, but their power remained unchanged.
The Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul plus Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings!
Just how formidable would his combat strength be?
Even Qian Ran did not know.
Inside the Holy Sword Space, Qian Renxue was also extremely curious. She had never imagined that ten thousand years later, there would be such a direct way to test combat strength. Although these readings did not represent the outcome of actual combat, they could reveal the upper limits of a Soul Master's various offensive and defensive capabilities.
"What an imposing presence. Is he really still a Soul Grandmaster?" Fan Yu and Zhou Yi swallowed.
"Angel Assault!"
This was a close-combat Soul Skill that concentrated the Six-Winged Angel's holy power into the fist before releasing it. A golden shield of light formed during the attack, combining offense and defense. Qian Ran slammed his fist hard into the machine.
Bang!
The machine let out a wail, while its readings kept soaring, finally stopping at Level 52. Was this really still a Level 24 Soul Grandmaster? Why did he feel as though he were testing an Inner Court student? Plenty of Level 5 Soul Engineers in their Soul Tool Department had worse readings than Qian Ran.
Expressionless, Fan Yu took out his notebook and recorded the equipment's readings, then repeated the test several times. The results were identical.
He had already grown numb to Qian Ran's absurdity.
As a Level 8 Soul Engineer who put data above all else, he was beginning to question whether these readings were real.
He even wanted to test Qian Ran himself to see whether all this was true.
Fan Yu decided not to use the equipment to test Qian Ran's Spiritual Power. He wanted to do it himself.
Otherwise, he truly would not dare believe that Qian Ran was this monstrous.
Fan Yu's method of testing Spiritual Power was simple. He only needed to use pure mental attacks to determine what level of Spiritual Power Qian Ran could withstand.
Although it would not be precise enough, it would roughly establish the range of Qian Ran's Spiritual Power.
Perhaps he consumed some special Heavenly Treasures growing up, making his body stronger than an ordinary person's, while his other attributes aren't as formidable, Fan Yu thought to himself. Yet even he did not believe that explanation.
He still remembered that, when he first entered Shrek Academy, his Martial Soul talent could only be considered average.
Shrek Academy was divided into the Martial Soul Institute and the Soul Tool Institute. With such a monster joining them, the Martial Soul Institute would become even stronger, while their Soul Tool Institute... sigh...
"Then I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed." Zhou Yi looked at her husband with great amusement, unable to keep a measure of pride from rising in her heart. Such an outstanding genius was in her class now! This time, she would probably crush that woman Mu Jin.
Qian Ran alone could suppress all the other freshmen.
"I'd like to test your Spiritual Power myself through mental attacks. Would that be all right? I'll gradually increase the intensity until you start struggling." Fan Yu looked at Qian Ran. Qian Ran's readings were so high that they felt somewhat unreal. Only by testing him personally could he fully believe that none of this was an illusion.
"No problem. Go ahead, Teacher Fan Yu." Qian Ran smiled. As far as mental tests went, no one below Titled Douluo could put much pressure on him.
That was because his Spiritual Power had already reached the Titled Douluo level.
"All right!" The moment Fan Yu acted, he unleashed Soul Ancestor-level Spiritual Power. As a Level 8 Soul Engineer, Fan Yu also possessed formidable Spiritual Power.
"Teacher Fan Yu, you really shouldn't underestimate me. This little bit of Spiritual Power is too weak." Qian Ran smiled.
"Huh?"
Fan Yu was somewhat astonished, but he kept increasing the pressure of his Spiritual Power on Qian Ran.
Soul King, Soul Emperor, Soul Saint...
Even Zhou Yi felt a faint sense of oppression, and her head grew somewhat dizzy. After all, Zhou Yi was only a Soul Emperor, so she naturally felt some discomfort under Spiritual Power pressure of this level. Yet Qian Ran stood there as though nothing were happening, completely unaffected.
Zhou Yi and Fan Yu both felt numb.
They had thought the earlier readings were already frightening enough. Yet just how monstrous was Qian Ran's Spiritual Power?
Finally, when the Spiritual Power pressure Fan Yu exerted on Qian Ran reached the Soul Saint level, he shook his head and stopped. If he continued, he would no longer be able to control his Spiritual Power well enough to avoid hurting Qian Ran.
"You win. You really are a monster, kid! Your Spiritual Power is at least at the Soul Saint level, perhaps even..." Fan Yu's gaze grew exceedingly strange as he looked at Qian Ran. Was the one standing before him really still a human?!
Could he be a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that had taken human form?
He had thought Qian Ran's earlier Soul Ancestor- and Soul King-level readings were outrageous enough, but Qian Ran's Spiritual Power made even Fan Yu jealous.
[Guys, my mistake. I mixed up the Class One roster. At this point, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Ning Tian wouldn't be assigned to Zhou Yi's class until after the Freshman Assessment three months later. I've changed Dai Huabin's earlier appearance and posted an extra chapter to make up for it. My mistake.]
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