180: Chapter 180: 100% Accuracy! The entire audience fell silent!

At the same time,

in the first-floor Low Grade assessment hall.

The final assessment had concluded.

The steady old man and the clever young girl, having successfully passed the assessment, wore expressions of joy.

The youth who had repeatedly mocked Jiang Yun, however, looked dejected and crestfallen, having failed to pass.

The proctor in charge announced the results, congratulated the successful examinees, consoled the unsuccessful ones, and then impatiently waved his hand, signaling them to leave.

On the surface, he maintained composure.

But inwardly, a massive storm had already been unleashed!

Although he was invigilating on the first floor, staff members he knew had been constantly relaying the earth-shattering events happening upstairs.

Hearing that Jiang Yun not only passed the Mid Grade assessment with a terrifying 150 points but also immediately proceeded to challenge the High-Grade Appraiser assessment,

he was so shocked he was almost speechless!

Then he heard that proctors from other floors had almost all run upstairs to watch.

How could he possibly stay seated?

He yearned to immediately rush to the seventh floor,

to witness an event destined to be recorded in the annals of the Appraiser Assessment Tower!

The proctor hurried away.

Leaving behind the group of examinees with varied emotions.

The old man and the young girl exchanged a smile.

preparing to leave contentedly.

The failed youth,

however, was disheartened and lost.

Yet,

when they walked out of the examination room,

and saw the first-floor hall, which should have been bustling and noisy, now so empty you could race horses across it, everyone was stunned!

"Holy shit! What's going on? Where is everyone?"

The youth instinctively cursed.

his face full of disbelief.

Just then, a staff member hurried past, and the group quickly stopped him to ask.

The staff member explained to them what had happened outside while they were taking the exam.

When, from the staff member's account,

they heard how that black-robed youth Dong Xuan, who had taken the Low Grade assessment with them, had created miracle after miracle in such a short time.

Ten minutes to clear the Low Grade.

Half a minute to score 150 points in the Mid Grade.

And now, on the seventh floor, he was challenging the High Grade assessment.

All the examinees who had just finished their assessment

became as if struck by a paralysis spell,

frozen in place.

shocked into speechlessness!

"He... he was serious?!"

The old man who had passed stammered, voice trembling.

His eyes were about to pop out of his head.

"He's really going for the Grand Tutor Level?!"

"I... I thought he was just young and arrogant, spouting nonsense... I never imagined..."

The young girl who had passed covered her small mouth,

her beautiful eyes filled with utter astonishment.

"He finished the Mid Grade assessment in just a few minutes... What kind of Prodigy is this?!"

She originally thought Jiang Yun was just overly ambitious.

and would inevitably fail miserably in the Mid Grade assessment.

Who could have thought

that not only did he pass with ease,

but he also charged towards an even higher level in a manner they could not comprehend!

The failed youth,

his face now paled to an extreme,

fluctuating between green and white.

Recalling all his previous mockery and doubts toward Jiang Yun inside the examination hall, he felt his face burn as if slapped by an invisible hand.

So, the clown was actually me... Intense humiliation and incredulity intertwined, making him almost want to crawl into a hole.

This group who had just undergone the Low Grade assessment,

their emotions still unsettled,

how could they think of leaving now?

As if driven by an invisible force, they rushed toward the upper floors like madmen, scrambling to get ahead!

They couldn't believe it!

Nor did they want to believe it!

How could that guy, who not long ago stood on the same starting line as them, even secretly despised by them, leap to become a Mid-grade Appraiser they must look up to in less than an hour?

And now... he's even challenging the seemingly unreachable High Grade position?!

They had to see it with their own eyes!

To confirm it!

To see if that mythic Dong Xuan from the staff's tale was truly the black-robed figure from their memory!

...Seventh floor.

Myriad Forms Law Forest assessment area.

The Rune Pen in Jiang Yun's hand continued to slide rapidly across the light screen, emitting a faint, rhythmic rustling sound.

The scene fell into an eerie silence.

Everyone's gaze

was fixed dead on the seated black-robed figure.

Their looks held disdain, mockery, amusement, but more than anything, a tension and anticipation they themselves hadn't even noticed.

Some felt envy and jealousy,

wondering why such prodigious talent wasn't theirs.

But others set aside prejudice, genuinely admiring the emergence of such a world-shaking genius in the Appraiser community.

Their expressions were tense,

their palms even slightly sweaty.

As if they themselves were the ones taking the assessment.

That nervousness

was several times more intense than Jiang Yun's, the actual examinee!

Time

slipped away quietly between the pen tip and the light screen.

After more than twenty minutes,

"Shh!!!"

As the final character was placed,

Jiang Yun gently raised his wrist.

and steadily placed that Rune Pen on the desk.

He lifted his head.

His calm voice once again broke the silence of the scene.

"Proctor, I have finished writing."

Perhaps because similar scenes had played out too many times.

Perhaps because everyone subconsciously had come to view this unconventional behavior as Jiang Yun's norm.

The area did not immediately erupt into massive uproar.

Instead,

it was replaced by a suppressed, heavy mixture of sighs and sharp intakes of breath.

People looked at each other.

seeing the same emotion in each other's eyes.

A tension akin to awaiting a final verdict.

Now!

The result is all that matters!

Can this guy who has repeatedly overturned their understanding pass this Hell-difficulty High Grade assessment?

A group of proctors from various floors, squeezed at the front of the Viewing Area, had completely abandoned decorum, each stretching their necks, eyes wide like bronze bells, staring intently at the large screen that had not yet lit up with the scoring results, hearts pounding wildly.

Steward Wang had been guarding inside the assessment area.

witnessing the entire writing process of Jiang Yun up close.

His expression

had shifted from initial doubt, to mid-assessment surprise, to now an extreme gravity!

Because with his High-Grade Appraiser's eye,

he could discern that

most of the content written by Jiang Yun, especially for those items whose answers he already knew, were accurate to the finest detail!

There were even a few items that he himself hadn't fully figured out, yet Jiang Yun wrote the answers without the slightest hesitation.

The entire process was done in one go!

Without a single pause!

This stirred a tempest in his heart!

He finally began to understand

why the Grand Elder and Second Elder held this youth in such high regard, even personally overseeing matters.

This Dong Xuan!

truly possesses Heaven-Defying capabilities!

He was so absorbed that when Jiang Yun spoke, he snapped back to reality, quickly composed himself, and solemnly announced:

"Good! Examinee Dong Xuan has completed the answers! The System will now begin verification!"

As his words fell,

the large light screen in the assessment area lit up.

Complex streams of data began to scroll rapidly across it.

At this moment!

Everyone held their breath!

Whether it was the ordinary spectators in the Viewing Area, the proctors from various floors, or Grand Tutor Mo Xuan and Second Elder Grand Tutor on the VIP platform, or even the other three examinees temporarily pausing their comprehension inside the assessment area—everyone's gaze was locked on that screen!

They wanted to see with their own eyes

whether this guy, confident to the point of arrogance, whose actions have repeatedly challenged the limits of their understanding, could continue his unbelievable myth in this High Grade assessment, the threshold of the Appraiser's high Ranks?

If he really succeeded... then what about them, who had toiled for decades to barely reach the High Grade, or even those who found it unreachable?

An indescribable, complex emotion spread among them.

In this extreme silence and waiting, the data stream on the screen finally stopped.

Everyone's heart was in their throat, their breathing even more shallow and tense.

However,

Jiang Yun, at the center of the storm,

stood in stark contrast to the highly charged atmosphere around him.

He remained seated calmly, his posture under the black robe serene, his demeanor indifferent, as if what he had just completed was a trivial matter.

Finally,

under the gaze of all,

the light screen refreshed once more.

"Examinee: Dong Xuan"

"Assessment Level: High Grade, First Tier"

"Number of Items: 100"

"Correct Items: 100"

"Final Score: 100"

"Result: PASS"

Silence.

A deathly silence.

For half a minute,

the entire seventh-floor assessment area,

including the viewing section, seemed to have a mute button pressed.

Everyone's expression was frozen on their faces.

Pupils violently contracted.

Their minds went blank from a result that far exceeded their wildest imagination.