12: If you don't make a move, I will!

I thought I was carrying this Qi Refining Second Star examinee to an easy win, but it turns out I'm the one being carried?

Jiang Zhengyu was dumbfounded!

Awakening a Dark Attribute Combat Class was something he took pride in, but upon seeing Lu Yuan's Puppet Corps, Jiang Zhengyu suddenly felt the Dark Attribute wasn't all that impressive.

"If you don't kill it soon, the points will be mine," Lu Yuan reminded him.

The golden lion was about to stop breathing.

"Oh, oh, thanks, buddy." Jiang Zhengyu hurriedly controlled his Skeleton Warrior to hack the golden lion to death.

"How do you control your Skeleton Warrior?" Lu Yuan asked.

"With my mind, of course," Jiang Zhengyu said, wiping the sweat from his forehead as if it were obvious.

Lu Yuan shrugged; there was a difference between a Puppet Master and a Dark Attribute Combat Class.

After all, he could not only control ghost puppet soldiers, but he also hadn't even used his exclusive Puppet Master Spirit Skill yet.

"Here, the demon crystal is yours." Jiang Zhengyu handed the golden lion's demon crystal to Lu Yuan. He already felt embarrassed enough for freeloading six or seven hundred points; the demon crystal rightfully belonged to Lu Yuan.

"Mm."

Lu Yuan didn't refuse, and he parted ways with Jiang Zhengyu to continue hunting fierce beasts.

He was currently deep within Tai'an City, where he rarely encountered other examinees, and those he did meet were either at the Body Tempering Realm Peak or the Qi Refining Realm First Star.

Only those with such strength dared to venture deep inside to hunt fierce beasts!

"Four more to go," Lu Yuan kept the task issued by the system in mind.

The audience in Jiang Zhengyu's livestream, who witnessed Lu Yuan controlling the Puppet Corps, were dumbfounded!

"That examinee easily took down two Qi Refining Fifth Star golden lions and even gave one to Jiang Zhengyu?"

"Is he also one of the Dark Attribute Professionals? He doesn't look like one. Jiang Zhengyu summons Skeleton Warriors, but the monsters he summons are a hundred or even a thousand times stronger than Skeleton Warriors!"

"The monster in red armor is so cool, and there's also the one in azure armor that hasn't even attacked yet. Compared to them, the Skeleton Warriors are completely inferior in both appearance and strength!"

"Lu Yuan! That examinee is named Lu Yuan, the number one in Tianhua City!"

Some viewers found Lu Yuan's livestream, and the audience, which originally only had thirty or forty thousand people, surged.

Seventy thousand, one hundred thousand, two hundred thousand... In less than ten minutes, it broke one million!

The Tianhua City government conference room was similarly shocked by Lu Yuan's fighting style!

Multiple LCD screens hung on the wall, broadcasting the live footage of the examinees.

The city-wide ranking appeared on the central screen.

[First Place: Lu Yuan, 7400 points (Yunhai High School, Tianhua City)]

[Second Place: Li Jinxue, 6000 points (Tianhua High School, Tianhua City)]

[Third Place: Jiang Wangchuan, 3000 points (Xinghui High School, Tianhua City)]

"He's overtaken her! Lu Yuan is leading Li Jinxue by 1400 points!"

Principal of Yunhai High School, Zhang Zhenghong, slapped his thigh wildly and laughed out loud, ignoring his image.

Awesome!

How many years had it been? Yunhai High School had finally made it, producing a student who was first in the city for the Martial Examination!

Thinking about how their Martial Examination results had been inferior every year in the past, and how he was always pulled aside by the Mayor for a lecture, Zhang Zhenghong's smile grew even wider.

Luo Jingrui, the principal of Tianhua High School, who had just lost the top spot in the city, looked grim.

The reason Tianhua High School was named Tianhua High School was because its teaching standards had consistently remained the best among the three high schools for years; it was the face of Tianhua City.

Now, this title had to be temporarily yielded to Yunhai High School.

The two principals were locked in a rivalry, but only the principal of Xinghui High School felt bored.

Nothing else, Jiang Wangchuan had long ago lost the qualifications to compete with the top two.

"Where did Lu Yuan learn that Puppet Master Spirit Skill? His fighting style is somewhat similar to that of a Dark Attribute Professionals," Mayor said, watching Lu Yuan's livestream.

Seeing Lu Yuan break through to the Qi Refining Second Star, Mayor felt surprised.

Is this the power of an SSS-Rank Talent?

So far, there were fewer than one hundred examinees who had broken through the Qi Refining Realm in the Martial Examination, and those at the Qi Refining Second Star could be counted on one hand!

And Lu Yuan's way of controlling the ghost puppet soldiers felt very novel to him.

Although this was the first time he had heard of the Puppet Master profession, Mayor, who was in the Divine Power Realm, knew that Lu Yuan's ghost puppet soldiers were not condensed from spiritual energy, but were physical entities!

"Did he create it himself?"

"There are no exclusive Puppet Master Spirit Skills among the ones The Authorities provide to schools; I can be one hundred percent certain of that!" Zhang Zhenghong said firmly.

Spirit Skills are divided into Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow ranks. The Authorities provide schools with Spirit Skills below the Profound rank; Earth-rank skills must be purchased with money or obtained by joining a faction.

"Perhaps. I hope Lu Yuan continues to work hard," Mayor said in a deep voice.

Tianhua City belonged to Hailan Province, and there were fifteen such cities in total.

Before Mayor took office as the Mayor of Tianhua City, its economy ranked last among the fifteen cities; now, it was third from the bottom.

As for the Martial Examination results, they were similar to the economic level—although there was some improvement, it wasn't much.

Apparently, the provincial leaders were not satisfied with this slow progress in Tianhua City, which was why they decided to dissolve this city, reducing the number of cities from fifteen to fourteen.

If either the economic level or the Martial Examination results were to make great strides, it would change the minds of the provincial leaders!

"Lu Yuan and Li Jinxue have run into each other," a homeroom teacher said.

Upon hearing this, everyone's attention shifted to the livestream footage of the two.

Li Jinxue had previously always been the number one in Tianhua City, until today when Lu Yuan finally overtook her.

Compared to Lu Yuan, Li Jinxue was not inferior in the slightest; she had awakened the Space Attribute and possessed an SS-Rank Talent!

...

In the dilapidated downtown stadium, a giant bear over ten meters tall, with a burly build, was patrolling its territory.

The giant bear's fur was golden, its paws were like large fans, and five or six prey lay on the ground.

These prey had died miserable deaths; all of them had trespassed into the giant bear's territory and been slapped to death, becoming its breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

In an inconspicuous spot, a group of examinees observed the giant bear through the cracks.

Among them was Jiang Zhengyu, who had just parted ways with Lu Yuan.

Seeing Lu Yuan, Jiang Zhengyu's expression lit up with joy.

"Buddy, what a coincidence! We met again!" Jiang Zhengyu lowered his voice and waved, then made a gesture for silence.

"What are you doing here?" Lu Yuan walked over.

He had a fairly good impression of Jiang Zhengyu, who, without knowing his true strength, had been willing to voluntarily give him a Qi Refining Fifth Star fierce beast.

Although the end result was that he had given one to him instead.

"There's a Qi Refining Eighth Star Diamond Bear here!" Jiang Zhengyu said.

A Qi Refining Eighth Star Diamond Bear?

Lu Yuan became interested; any fierce beast related to bears was not a pushover.

The Diamond Bear could reach the Qi Refining Realm Peak; this type of fierce beast had extremely formidable combat power and defense!

Killing this Diamond Bear would grant 1000 high points!

"Qi Refining Second Star, what's your profession?"

Seeing Lu Yuan, who had been called over by Jiang Zhengyu, a flat-topped examinee who was peeking at the Diamond Bear asked.

There were twelve examinees here in total, and without exception, they were all Qi Refining First Star Practitioners!

They were discussing how to cooperate to kill the Diamond Bear and secure these 1000 high points!

Before Lu Yuan could speak, Jiang Zhengyu began to introduce him with great enthusiasm.

"This guy single-handedly beat up two Qi Refining Fifth Star golden lions. Tell me, isn't he fierce!"

"He is one of the Dark Attribute Professionals, the monsters he summons are worth ten of mine—no, one hundred Skeleton Warriors!" Jiang Zhengyu said.

"That fierce?"

The examinees present sized Lu Yuan up.

Jiang Zhengyu was among the best in terms of strength, but he couldn't single-handedly take on two Qi Refining Fifth Star fierce beasts, and neither could any one of them!

Hearing Jiang Zhengyu's words, Lu Yuan remained expressionless, his peripheral vision glancing at a girl wearing a white school uniform with the word "Tianhua" printed on her chest.

Li Jinxue, the school beauty of Tianhua High School; both her looks and academic results were top-tier!

"To think I'd meet her here." Lu Yuan looked at Li Jinxue, who had fair skin, a tall figure, and wore her hair in a single ponytail.

"Yunhai High School?"

Li Jinxue also noticed Lu Yuan; Yunhai High School was part of Tianhua City.

However, she hadn't heard of Lu Yuan; all she knew was Lin Shuying, who had awakened the Space Attribute Combat Class and possessed an S-Rank Talent.

The two exchanged a look and remained silent. This was the Martial Examination, not some other place; even though they were from the same city, they were still competitors!

"Let's discuss how to hunt the Diamond Bear. With so many of us, we might just be its match!"

The flat-topped examinee seemed exceptionally proactive.

"There's a good chance of taking down the Diamond Bear if we cooperate, but what I'm afraid of is someone harboring ill intentions, secretly hiding their strength, and then killing the Diamond Bear at the critical moment to hoard all the points!"

Someone said.

The examinees all fell silent.

That's right; among the thirteen of them, only one could get the points for the Diamond Bear, and no one was willing to hand over 1000 points to someone else!

"Let's all just go all out; whoever kills the Diamond Bear first gets the points," Jiang Zhengyu suggested.

The flat-topped examinee sneered.

"Easier said than done."

The situation reached a stalemate; everyone was suspicious of each other and on guard, and no one wanted to do the hard work only to be exploited.

Lu Yuan stood up and stared directly at the Diamond Bear in the stadium.

"If you guys won't make a move, I will!"

With that, he gathered spiritual energy and threw a screaming Guie at the Diamond Bear.

Puppet Master Profound-rank Spirit Skill: Sorrowful Puppet!

In an instant, creepy laughter filled the entire stadium, making one's scalp tingle!

Watching Lu Yuan attract the Diamond Bear's attention, causing their hiding spot to be exposed, the flat-topped examinee was furious.

"Are you crazy?!"