118: Chapter 118 One Punch Shattered! Excuse me, how are my star ratings calculated?

(This chapter is an extra update for "Shi Fang..."! Thanks to the boss for the Great God certification!)

(Wishing the boss endless wealth and boundless romantic luck!!!)

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100 tons of True Mass.

The moment the fist touched the chest armor, it all poured out!

The silicon-based liquid metal skeleton resonated at high frequency at the contact point, converting the terrifying density of mass into piercing kinetic energy, smashing into it all at once along a contact point the size of a fist.

This punch didn't bring up a single sound of wind.

There wasn't even a shred of Source Energy light.

There wasn't even the sound of an impact.

It was unnaturally quiet.

The next second.

"Crack—!!!"

A crisp, sharp, ear-piercing sound of alloy shattering, painful enough to burst everyone's eardrums, suddenly exploded!

The sound drowned out all the noise in the arena.

The shield-7 model, which had withstood countless bombardments of A-rank, B-rank, and even S-rank elemental talents today without leaving a single scratch on its armor surface—

Under Su Ming's fist, its chest armor underwent a massive, visible distortion and collapse!

A deep fist print was deeply imprinted into it!

Before anyone could react to this surreal scene!

"Crack! Crack, crack, crack, crack!"

With the fist print as the center, dense spiderweb cracks instantly spread across the entire body of the robot!

"Bang!"

A muffled explosion came from inside the robot!

The precision sensor chips, high-voltage energy storage circuits, and core artificial intelligence inside it... all shattered instantly under the penetration of this pure kinetic energy!

Boom!!

Accompanied by a deafening roar, the blue light flickering in the eyes of the shield-7 model suddenly extinguished.

A large cloud of dazzling electric sparks sprayed out from its joints and cracks.

Its massive metal body shook violently twice, and finally collapsed backward, slamming heavily onto the alloy platform!

The stone slab of the robot's base was smashed to pieces, and a strange dark purple energy sprayed out from the shattered gaps, dissipating into the air with a hissing sound.

The ground trembled slightly.

In an instant.

The entire martial arts arena had all its sounds crushed by an invisible hand.

The tens of thousands of mouths that had just been churning with anger and mockery all froze in their open positions.

No one made a single sound.

In the live broadcast room with 47 million online viewers, the barrage that had been scrolling faster than a waterfall was completely cleared.

47 million people simultaneously lost the ability to type.

Chief Examiner Li Feng froze on the spot.

His powerful Tier 4 Gold perception allowed him to clearly capture the terrifying kinetic energy of that moment.

There really was no Source Energy!

That was pure, extreme... physical strength!

How could a physical magnitude capable of shattering a shield-7 model exist in a human?

Wasn't that something only high-level Source Beast kings possessed?

What exactly was this kid's body made of?!

Chu Yao stood up with a start, her beautiful eyes full of disbelief!

Her Wind Whisper perception almost overloaded at the moment of that punch!

The air around the fist wasn't pushed away; it was sucked in and crushed.

She had only seen that mode of air distortion in one scenario.

Meteor impact!

She turned her head abruptly, her peripheral vision sweeping to the side.

She saw Associate Professor Zhou from Imperial Capital University, his old face drained of blood, his internal Source Energy surging uncontrollably, and in his eyes, besides shock, there was even a hint of... killing intent!

A top scholar who had been immersed in the Source Energy System for decades, when encountering power that completely overturned his cognition, his first reaction wasn't understanding, but repulsion.

It was to eradicate it.

Chu Yao moved half a step without a sound, blocking the line of sight between Associate Professor Zhou and the ring...

And Zhao Kuo, who had been clamoring the loudest just a moment ago, was now standing there blankly, his mouth open wide enough to fit an egg.

The Lava Earth Fire patterns on his dark red armor had dimmed, and he was ice-cold from the inside out.

His brain was still frantically rejecting the scene he had just witnessed.

What the hell, are you kidding me?!

F-rank!

He was clearly an F-rank waste who didn't even have Source Energy!

How could a Mortal shatter a shield-7 model that even I, an S-rank, couldn't move with one punch?!

This isn't scientific?!

"No way... it's fake... The machine must have been damaged internally by my Lava Earth Fire earlier! Yes! The machine must have had a problem, letting this brat pick up a bargain!"

Zhao Kuo gritted his teeth, roaring hysterically in his heart, desperately trying to piece together his collapsing worldview.

"I am the S-rank Genius that everyone admires! What is he?!"

Ye Xiao jumped up from his seat.

Arcs of lightning exploded around his body, scaring the two examinees next to him into scrambling away.

"Damn, damn, damn, awesome!"

He punched his own thigh, wincing in pain, but his whole face was beaming.

"From today on, you're my brother!"

The examinee next to him silently moved three seats away; this guy's lightning arcs were leaking, tingling, weirdly refreshing.

No one in the audience paid attention to him; everyone was still stuck in a crashed state.

Liu Ruyan froze in her seat, the blood draining from her face completely.

Her gaze was pinned to the pile of shattered robot wreckage in the center of the ring, her pupils dilated.

"Impossible..."

Her lips moved, her voice so small she could barely hear it herself.

She remembered how many times she had mocked Su Ming as an "F-rank waste" in front of Zhao Kuo, remembered the image of herself walking past him while holding Zhao Kuo's hand, remembered saying "We are no longer people from the same world."

Now, it was she who was not from the same world!

In her almond eyes, which were usually adept at calculation, something called "regret" surfaced for the first time.

Her fingers unconsciously crumpled her expensive skirt, the silk fabric twisting and deforming under her fingertips, just as ugly as her expression at that moment.

At the center of the storm, Su Ming slowly retracted his fist.

He looked down at the stone slab under the robot's base, which was pitted and scarred by the leaked purple energy, and raised his eyebrows imperceptibly.

Immediately, he spread his hands, turned around, and faced the silent audience and the dumbfounded Chief Examiner.

On his face, there was full innocence and confusion.

"Oops."

This sound was drawn out long and casually, spreading across the arena through the armor's built-in loudspeaker, smashing into everyone's ears.

"Teacher, teacher, this machine... the quality doesn't seem to be that great..."

"You aren't going to make me pay for it, are you...?"

No one answered.

No one could answer.

The whole arena was still rebooting.

Chief Examiner Li Feng opened his mouth, closed it, then opened it again, looking just like a fish pulled ashore.

Su Ming tilted his head and added a question that made the whole arena completely collapse.

"Um, may I ask..."

"How is my star rating... calculated?"

The martial arts exam grading System, facing a collapse!

The whole arena exploded again!

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