34: Sorry to steal your monster, Li Ziyu's swordsmanship is top-notch! ?

The Saber-toothed Boar was still foraging, completely unaware of Wang Hao's arrival. Everything was proceeding according to Wang Hao's plan.

But just as he was thirty meters away from the Saber-toothed Boar.

Suddenly!

A black blur flashed past him.

Wang Hao was startled and quickly stopped, his hair standing on end.

“Damn! What was that just now?”

Wang Hao rubbed his eyes and instinctively looked in the direction the black figure had rushed.

The sight that greeted him made his eyes widen instantly.

The black blur, whose form he couldn't discern, after flashing past him, went directly towards the Saber-toothed Boar.

The black blur passed in a flash the moment it made contact with the Saber-toothed Boar.

Then he saw a line of blood, the Saber-toothed Boar's head flew into the sky, and its massive body crashed down.

It was so fast that the Saber-toothed Boar still maintained its foraging posture.

“What the heck!?!?”

“A Saber-toothed Boar, a First-Level primary fierce beast, killed in one strike!? What kind of strength is this?”

“A silver bracelet, is he also a student taking the make-up Martial Exam like us?”

“This must be a genius on the same level as Bai Haoran. Why would a genius of this caliber come to the edge of the Wilderness Area instead of the central area?”

Looking at the scene before him, Wang Hao's eyes widened instantly, and he subconsciously swallowed, looking as if he had seen a ghost.

The silver-white bracelet on the person's right hand clearly indicated that he was a student participating in the Martial Exam, just like them.

But with this level of strength, which school's prodigy was he?

This strength was at least that of a Martial Artist on the same level as their school's top genius, Bai Haoran.

No!

Killing a First-Level primary fierce beast in one strike, Bai Haoran definitely couldn't do that either.

This should be a strong individual on the level of Nangong Ao.

But why would a strong individual of this caliber come to the outer area instead of directly hunting fierce beasts in the central area?

It wasn't just Wang Hao; Big Hei and Liu Can, dozens of meters away, were equally shocked, staring blankly at the figure holding a long blade in the distance.

“We still need to cooperate to kill a Saber-toothed Boar, but this guy actually killed a Saber-toothed Boar in one strike, and so cleanly too.”

“Not just his attack, his speed is so fast too!”

“Which school's genius is this person?”

After the shock, the same question arose in the minds of the three.

Just then, the black figure seemed to notice them as well, slowly turning around to reveal a face with sharp features and piercing eyes.

“Hiss!? Yu… Yu-ge?”

Seeing the newcomer's face, Wang Hao's mouth instantly dropped open, as if he could swallow an egg, and his voice trembled with shock.

The expert who had just killed the Saber-toothed Boar in one strike was actually his deskmate, Li Ziyu, whose blood qi test was only 0.8 and was incredibly weak?

This kind of shock.

It was like suddenly discovering that the old man who always sold pancakes downstairs in your building suddenly spread his wings one day and flew over a dozen-meter-high city wall, revealing himself to be a martial arts master.

“Oh? Wang Hao?”

“You're here too, what a coincidence.”

Li Ziyu was startled. He had been in the zone while hunting the boar, and coupled with his fast running speed, he hadn't noticed Wang Hao beside him.

He only realized it after the kill.

A moment later, Li Ziyu looked a bit embarrassed at his deskmate, and at Big Hei and Liu Can, who walked over, looking at him with awe.

“I didn't expect to steal your monster. My apologies.”

Li Ziyu scratched his head, a look of apology on his face.

Although the monsters in the exam venue were public, it would have been fine if they were strangers. Wang Hao was half of his best friend at school.

After he broke up with Xu Mengyao, Wang Hao often sent messages to comfort him.

Stealing their monster felt a bit awkward.

“No… no problem, Yu-ge, we just wanted to grind monsters, we hadn't even started yet.”

Wang Hao swallowed, cautiously sizing up Li Ziyu. He suddenly felt like he couldn't understand his deskmate anymore.

“Hey, I feel bad for stealing your monster. How about this, you guys wait here.”

Li Ziyu waved his hand, not giving the three of them a chance to object. He moved his feet, and a gust of wind lifted him as he shot towards the distance.

A moment later, in less than ten minutes.

Li Ziyu dragged three Saber-toothed Boars, their eyes rolled back, foam at their mouths, and their bodies convulsing, and tossed them in front of Wang Hao and the other two.

“I stole your monster, so these three Saber-toothed Boars are my compensation.”

“I'll continue grinding monsters now, you guys work hard too.”

Li Ziyu pointed at the Saber-toothed Boars on the ground, said something to Wang Hao and the other two, and then rushed towards the deeper parts of the exam venue in the distance.

Name: Li Ziyu.

Realm: First-Level Advanced Martial Artist.

Combat Skills: Advanced Mad Bull Tempering Method, Peak-level Knife Skill, Vajra Body, Swift Wind Blade Technique, Intermediate Body Movement Technique.

System: Martial God System.

Function: Can absorb all things, improve blood qi, other functions to be discovered by the host.

After being nourished by so many fierce beasts, his Knife Skill had now advanced to the Peak-level.

“...Was that person just now really Yu-ge, whose blood qi test was 0.8 a few days ago?”

“Am I dreaming?”

“Quick! Check Yu-ge's ranking!”

After Li Ziyu left, the three stood stunned, looking at each other, and it took them a long time to recover.

Wang Hao was the most adaptable. After a moment, he suddenly reacted, quickly opened the ranking on his bracelet, and called for the others to look.

“Hiss! Rank 49!? 160 points!?”

“Yu-ge is that strong? He's already killed sixteen First-Level fierce beasts in such a short time? He directly climbed to forty-ninth place among over ten thousand examinees?”

...

Outside the Wilderness Area, a four-story building not far from it.

This was a temporary command post built for this Martial Exam.

It was for the various important figures overseeing the Martial Exam to observe the situation at the exam venue.

In the center of the thousands of square meters of the command room were densely packed monitoring screens, and every examinee's voice was clearly audible.

At the start of the Martial Exam, thousands of monitoring drones, equipped with ultra-high-definition laser cameras, followed each examinee and were distributed throughout the Martial Exam venue.

They clearly transmitted each examinee's footage back to the command room.

In front of the monitoring screens, there were rows of wide seats, arranged in a semicircle, surrounding the monitoring screens in the center.

At this time, the seats were full of people, concentrating intently, staring unblinkingly at the images on the monitoring screens.

“To be able to obtain a First-Level Intermediate Martial Artist certification at such a young age, and to be able to kill a First-Level Advanced fierce beast with the realm of a First-Level Intermediate Martial Artist, Nangong Ao's strength is truly impressive!”

“President Wang, your First High School's ability to cultivate a genius like Nangong Ao is greatly due to your efforts!”

“The city still lacks a Deputy Director position in the Education Bureau. After this Martial Exam concludes, you can fill it.”

In the central position of the first row of seats, Mayor Wang Jiannan looked at the golden figure fighting fiercely with the fierce beast on the screen in front of him, and nodded in satisfaction.

“Judging by the strength Nangong Ao has shown, he is undoubtedly the first in this Xu Jiang City Martial Exam.”

“Perhaps, he might even contend for a ranking in Su Province!”

“It's all thanks to your excellent management, Mayor! Without the city's strong support for our First High School, a genius like Nangong Ao would never have been born!”

Beside Mayor Wang Jiannan, President Wang Denfa, the bald, gold-spectacled principal of First High School, replied humbly.

However, the joyful expression on his face and the uncontrollable smile in his eyes betrayed his true mood at the moment.

“Hmm, too modest. However, Xia Lin from Second High School is also quite good.”

Mayor Wang Jiannan chuckled and then praised President Liu Youde of Second High School, who was wearing a white shirt beside him.

The President of Second High School also responded with a beaming smile.

“Tsk, Wang Denfa and Liu Youde, those two bootlickers. What does a genius awakening have to do with them? It's uncontrollable anyway.”

From the back row, far away, President Chen Youde of Third High School looked at the beaming expression on the First High School President's face, feeling a sour taste in his mouth, and said to the President of Fourth High School next to him in a sour tone.

First High School, Second High School, and Third High School were old rivals.

Now the presidents of First High School and Second High School could sit in front of the leaders, and President Wang Denfa of First High School even received a promise of promotion from the Mayor.

But he, the President of Third High School, could only sit in the back row, feeling neglected. He felt resentful.

“No choice, who told our school not to have geniuses like Nangong Ao and Xia Lin… Tsk, Deputy Director of the Education Bureau, Old Wang really got lucky.”

The President of Fourth High School also spoke sourly, looking envious and jealous.

President Chen Youde of Third High School stopped speaking upon hearing this.

In Great Xia, Martial Artists came first. Since First High School produced such a formidable genius as Nangong Ao, he truly had nothing to say.

Although Third High School also had Bai Haoran, compared to Nangong Ao and Xia Lin, he was not on the same level.

“Alas, what a pity, why doesn't my Third High School have a genius!”

“Those who can enter the top fifty in such a short time are all elites of our Xu Jiang City!”

“Secretary Wang, display the rankings so everyone can see which geniuses they are and which schools they belong to.”

Mayor Wang Jiannan pointed to the large screen in the command room and said to Secretary Wang, who was wearing gold-rimmed glasses beside him.

Secretary Wang nodded quickly upon hearing this.

After some operations, out of the tens of thousands of densely packed monitoring screens, fifty were magnified.

Next to these fifty screens, the ranking with score changes was also displayed.

Nangong Ao and Xia Lin were prominently ranked first and second.

Mayor Wang Jiannan looked down from the top, reviewing them one by one, constantly commenting and praising:

“Very good, our Xu Jiang City has indeed produced many geniuses this year! This is a blessing for our Xu Jiang City!”

Mayor Wang Jiannan finished reviewing them in order. Before the Martial Exam, all schools had already reported their promising prodigies to him.

And with his memory as a Third-Level Martial Artist, he had all the information on these geniuses at his fingertips.

The fifty people displayed on the ranking were basically the same as those reported by the schools.

What surprised him somewhat was Wang Long from Fourth High School, whose ranking was actually third, with points directly catching up to Xia Lin from Second High School, which indeed surprised him.

“It seems another dark horse has emerged in this Martial Exam,” Mayor Wang Jiannan said with a smile, continuing to browse.

However, when he saw a name at the very end of the ranking, he let out a soft exclamation, a puzzled expression on his face:

“Huh? Li Ziyu, why haven't I heard of this name?”

“President Wang, is this Li Ziyu from your school?”

“No, he's not from our school. There's no such name.”

President Wang Denfa also looked puzzled. He first quickly typed Li Ziyu's name into his school's official website on his phone to search, and only after seeing no results did he answer.

“Mayor, Li Ziyu seems to be from Third High School.”

Less than ten seconds after Mayor Wang Jiannan asked, Secretary Wang quietly replied.

“Third High School? Old Liu's school?”

Mayor Wang Jiannan glanced back at Liu Youde, pondered for a moment, then said nothing more, turning his gaze back to the screen.

The screen was showing Li Ziyu killing the fierce beast, the Saber-toothed Boar.

Li Ziyu, dressed in a black combat suit, calmly drew his blade, struck, and sheathed it against the Saber-toothed Boar in front of him.

As the blade fell, the Saber-toothed Boar's body crashed down.

The entire action was fluid and seamless.

It was so smooth that Mayor Wang Jiannan felt it wasn't like hunting a fierce beast in the wilderness, but rather like a fishmonger who had been chopping fish for decades, raising his blade to chop fish.

It was full of beauty.

Even Secretary Wang and the other two who were following the two presidents and watching the screen were stunned.

The Knife Skill of the black-clad youth before them was simply art.

“What level is this kid's Knife Skill? Why does it look so practiced?”

Secretary Wang muttered.

“Peak-level Knife Skill!?”

“This Li Ziyu's Knife Skill is Peak-level!”

Mayor Wang Jiannan frowned, staring intently at Li Ziyu, who was fluidly harvesting the Saber-toothed Boar's corpse on the screen, a thoughtful expression on his face.

A moment later, as if he had suddenly thought of something, he abruptly stood up from his chair and said in surprise.