126: Chapter 126 Power Bank? Charge it up like crazy!

The moment Chief Examiner Li Feng finished speaking, the highest-level Source Energy barrier hummed as it rose, completely sealing off the entire arena.

The life-and-death battle officially began.

On the arena, Zhao Kuo felt a turbid Luck continuously pouring into his body.

That power elevated his original Tier 2 Bronze Source Energy fluctuations to the Early Stage of Tier 3.

An unprecedented sense of expansion made him want to throw his head back and roar at the sky.

"Su Ming! You rat from the Lower District who doesn't even have Source Energy, what do you have to fight me with!"

His eyes were blood-red as he locked onto the pretentious teenager twenty meters away.

"Die!"

Zhao Kuo had no intention of wasting words. With a heavy stomp, he thrust his hands forward, unleashing his trump card at full power right from the start.

He held his hands in a phantom embrace before his chest, and a dark red fireball the size of a basketball rapidly condensed, expanding crazily!

One meter in diameter! One point five meters! Two meters! A giant Dragon Breath Bomb with a diameter exceeding two meters had successfully formed!

The massive dark red fireball carried a piercing sonic boom, scorching the air along its path until it twisted and warped, crashing toward Su Ming with the force of a thunderbolt.

On the periphery of the stands, tens of thousands of ordinary examinees gasped in unison.

Even through the barrier, they could feel the terrifying heat wave rushing toward them.

"Is he crazy? Using an ultimate move right at the start?"

"Holy crap! This power... it's at least three times stronger than when he hit the testing machine earlier!"

"Taking this hit with his Physical Body, he'll either be dead or crippled!"

Ye Xiao stood outside the arena, his brows tightly furrowed.

Even he, with his Tier 3 Lightning Body, would never dare to take this attack head-on!

However, illuminated by the firelight, Su Ming didn't even move.

Just as that massive Dragon Breath Bomb was about to touch him, the corners of Su Ming's mouth curled up.

"Finally waited for you. Kinetic Siphon, activate."

Boom!!! The firelight exploded, and flames rolled.

A massive mushroom cloud rose in the center of the arena, completely engulfing Su Ming's figure.

[Ding! Absorbed external impact kinetic energy, converted to mass points + 400!]

After deducting the 100-point activation cost, the net profit was 300 points.

Su Ming curled his lip in the center of the flames.

Is that it? With such a huge buildup and such a long wind-up, you only give me three hundred bucks? Even a massage therapist isn't as gentle as you.

The smoke and fire waves slowly dissipated, and a slender figure in black armor reappeared in everyone's view.

Su Ming maintained his standing posture with his hands in his pockets, and that set of black-gold Dark Star armor shone brightly in the sunlight.

Forget about missing limbs; not even a scratch of paint had fallen off.

Even more terrifyingly, not a single strand of his slightly messy hair had been singed!

The entire arena was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Then, an uproar ensued.

"Holy crap! Un... unscathed?!"

"Am I blind? Taking a Tier 3 power Dragon Breath Bomb head-on and not even a hair was harmed?!"

"What kind of god-tier Physical Body is this? Is it made of alloy?"

The wild laughter on Zhao Kuo's face froze, as if someone had shoved a mouthful of dung into his mouth.

On the observation deck of the main examination platform, Associate Professor Zhou from Imperial Capital University slammed the table heavily, snorted coldly, and pointed decisively at the screen: "What are you all shouting about? Do you really think a human Physical Body could withstand that? It's all thanks to that armor! If he has the guts, he should take it off and fight!"

He looked around at the shocked instructors from second-rate academies, his eyes full of disdain.

Someone in the live stream chat also found this plausible point.

"It's that armor! It must be the reason for that armor!"

"I just checked, what he's wearing is the Dark Star Type IV armor specially approved by the southern military industry! It's worth tens of millions, has amazing defense, and taking a Tier 3 attack head-on seems quite normal!"

After being "educated" by the experts, many netizens suddenly realized.

"So he's a pay-to-win big shot!"

"Damn, I thought there was really some kind of saintly Physical Body; it turns out he's just an equipment-reliant dog, disgusting!"

"Is this his confidence for not cultivating Source Energy? Ridiculous!"

On the arena, Zhao Kuo's expression was uglier than if he had eaten shit.

"I don't believe it!!!" He roared like a madman, his eyes blood-red.

He had also heard the crowd's discussion. His gaze also targeted the black armor on Su Ming.

"Armor?! Fine, I want to see how many hits your turtle shell can withstand! I'll melt it into molten iron for you today!"

"Come again!"

Relying on the abundance of Source Energy in his body, he frantically formed seals with his hands, and a second Dragon Breath Bomb blasted out!

This time, Su Ming couldn't even be bothered to lift an eyelid.

The cooldown time for Kinetic Siphon was five seconds. Just right.

Boom! Another violent explosion.

[Converted mass points: + 400!]

Su Ming stood where he was, even reaching out a finger with great interest to flick a spark that had landed on his shoulder armor.

That remaining 35% of damage, landing on his hundred-ton density silicon-based Physical Body, didn't even qualify to make him sway.

On the observation deck, everyone was still discussing the conclusion that "the god-tier equipment is awesome." Only Shen Qingci had an unprecedented brilliance erupting in her beautiful eyes.

Wrong! It is absolutely not the reason of the armor!

She had personally selected that set of Dark Star armor, and she knew its performance limits better than anyone.

Although the armor was strong and could prevent external high temperatures and tearing, it could absolutely not dissipate that kind of terrifying impact and internal vibration so cleanly.

After several consecutive Tier 3 burst skills, even if a Tier 3 were wearing this armor, their internal organs would have long since been injured by the shock! But Su Ming hadn't even swayed.

Compared to when they were in the Source Abyss, he... had become stronger again!

From the Source Abyss to the college entrance exam, how many days had it been? This speed of becoming stronger simply exceeded the common understanding of human logic.

If this continued, she would soon be unable to even catch up to his silhouette.

She subconsciously opened her palm, looking at the smooth, jade-like palm, and the words her father Shen Hongyuan once said suddenly emerged in her mind.

"Qingci, your Geng Metal Blade Bone is not just about blades. There is a blade hidden within the bone, and a soul hidden within the blade. When you can hear the heartbeat of every one of your blade bones, you will have truly stepped through this door."

Hear... the heartbeat?

Shen Qingci looked at her palm, fully sensing the innate sharp Qi within her body.

An unprecedented sense of pressure was spawning the opportunity for her to break through her Rank.

"Impossible! This is impossible!" On the arena, Zhao Kuo had gone completely insane.

Third shot! Fourth shot! Fifth shot! He frantically slammed one Dragon Breath Bomb after another at Su Ming. However, every result was just tickling Su Ming.

[mass points + 400!] [mass points + 400!] [mass points + 400!]

Su Ming watched his rapidly increasing balance, and the smile on his face grew wider.

Keep it up, kid! Charge me hard!

"Ahhhh! Why! Why won't you die!"

After five consecutive Dragon Breath Bombs, Su Ming remained unmoved. This completely shattered Zhao Kuo's psychological defense!

His face was deathly pale, and the intense consumption of Source Energy made him dizzy.

He shook his head frantically in a breakdown, roaring hysterically: "You don't even have Source Energy! How can you block my Dragon Breath Bomb!"

"Is this the gold content of an S-Rank Genius?" Su Ming stood in the sea of fire, tilting his head. "Did you not eat breakfast this morning?"

The whole arena was deathly silent! Now even Associate Professor Zhou couldn't hold it together; he stood up and stared fixedly at the screen.

If the first shot was carried by the armor, the power of this nearly Tier 3 artillery barrage should have caused the shock absorption System inside the armor to overload and fail long ago! Is this kid's insides made of titanium alloy?!

Zhao Kuo gasped for air, his face deathly pale. He shook his head frantically in a breakdown, roaring: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!! You don't even have Source Energy, how can you be completely fine! You fucking cheated!!"

Zhao Kuo, having completely lost his reason, had extreme malice flash in his eyes.

"I don't care what Demonic Technique you used; you must die today! Melt for me!"

He raised his hands high, and then, with all his madness, slammed them hard onto the alloy ground that had already been burned into countless pits. He unleashed the most powerful ultimate move he could currently perform without reservation.

"Lava Hell!!!"

Rumble! The floor of the entire arena began to melt!

With Zhao Kuo as the center, the entire alloy arena floor instantly turned into a pool of rolling lava.

The scorching, viscous lava quickly spread toward Su Ming, swallowing his legs completely in the blink of an eye!

The temperature exceeding one thousand degrees turned the air inside the Source Energy barrier into deadly poison gas.

"Burn! Burn him to ash for me!" Zhao Kuo roared, squeezing out all the remaining Source Energy in his body to maintain the operation of Lava Hell.

However, facing the rolling lava that could melt steel, Su Ming not only didn't resist or struggle in the slightest, but instead... squinted his eyes comfortably.

Hmm, the water temperature is just right!

A series of brand-new notifications on the System panel began to jump frantically.

[Detected continuous high-temperature thermal damage, performing Siphon conversion...] [mass points + 50!] [mass points + 50!] [mass points + 50!] ...

Su Ming was ecstatic. Holy crap! Isn't this better than that single-shot Dragon Breath Bomb skill? Fifty points per second, three thousand points in a minute!

If he could soak in this lava for ten days or half a month, he wouldn't even need to spend time consuming metal scrap; he could directly save up enough points to reach Tier 5! Good brother! Generous!

Su Ming stretched his neck comfortably. Through the distorted air, he looked teasingly at Zhao Kuo, who was trembling all over from Source Energy overdraw on the other side.

"Continue, don't stop, the heat is just right!"

Seeing this scene, Zhao Kuo almost fell into the lava himself.

The ultimate move he had risked half his life to unleash, and the opponent was actually... taking a bath in it? And damn it, he was enjoying it?!

However, with Zhao Kuo's insane overdraw from ten consecutive Dragon Breath Bombs plus high-intensity Lava Hell, it triggered an avalanche in another place.

"Ahhh—!!!" In the corner of the preparation area, Liu Ruyan, who had originally just been pale, suddenly let out a piercing, miserable scream.

As the Luck donor, Liu Ruyan clutched her chest tightly with both hands.

The Luck in her body was being frantically extracted by Zhao Kuo in a way that was like killing the goose to get the golden egg! The thread of Luck connecting the two had been stretched to its limit!

"Pfft..." She suddenly spat out a large mouthful of thick, black blood mixed with organ fragments.

Inside her body, the core of her A-Rank talent, Luck Companion, which had once helped her steal countless Luck, had finally reached its limit of endurance.

With a crisp "crack" sound. She lay on the ground, eyes wide as she watched the unscathed Su Ming on the big screen, tears streaming down mixed with blood.

It cracked. It shattered. Everything she had was over...