5: Supreme Talent

Zhang Quan!!!

Lu Cheng turned his head toward class sixteen, gritting his teeth, his eyes red enough to kill.

"Is this my student?"

"I'm really going to take off!"

Zhang Quan's fists were clenched, his face flushed red.

Hmm?

"Cough..."

He caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye, immediately restrained his expression, and turned to give Lu Cheng an innocent look.

You have to believe me!

I really didn't know!

Damn it!

Lu Cheng withdrew his gaze with a look of resentment.

Acting all sly, are you?

Pretending to be a grandson yesterday just to wait and slap my face today, right?

Good, good, good!

I'll remember you!

Let's see if you treat me tonight!

Yu Jiao and the other seven were all carried away by the arriving Infirmary staff.

The discussions on the playground grew louder and louder.

The members of the Special Class kept inhaling sharply, their faces full of lingering fear.

Fortunately, fortunately!

Especially those few Rank One, Level Six students who were angry just seconds ago for not being called—they looked at Lu Cheng with immense gratitude.

Who could withstand a hit like that!

That Yuan Cheng—just looking at him made one's face hurt.

If not for the high quality of the arena, his head would have been pressed right into it.

"Principal."

"Can I leave now?"

Lin Yan acted as if he had done something trivial, his face full of calm.

It has to be Baji; the efficiency is quite good.

Kid, are you really in such a hurry?

Duan Tiancheng was speechless.

"Don't want the rewards?"

Lin Yan's eyes showed surprise.

"Of course I want them."

"Otherwise, I would have left already."

He thought to himself.

This Principal doesn't look that old, so why does he have the look of someone with Alzheimer's? He loves asking nonsense.

During the arena match just now, he already felt this guy was very long-winded; if they had just started, it would have been over sooner.

Duan Tiancheng keenly captured the slight micro-expression that flashed across Lin Yan's face.

Wait, kid, what do you mean by that?

His expression shifted as if he had thought of something, and he turned to look at the Vice Principal.

"You take charge."

What am I taking charge of?

The Vice Principal glanced at the rowdy playground.

Everyone has been beaten down.

How do we do the rankings?

Duan Tiancheng ignored him and looked at Lin Yan, a smile he thought was kind appearing on his face.

"The rewards are in my office, come with me."

Eh?

Wait!

The Vice Principal looked back at the numerous boxes on the stage.

Hmm?

Lin Yan glanced at the rostrum, then shifted his gaze to Duan Tiancheng, who was already walking toward the office building on his own, a hint of suspicion flashing in his eyes.

What does he want to do?

But he didn't think too much, leaped down from the arena, and followed him up.

Anyway, it's in the school.

"They're gone."

"Do we still have the Monthly Exam?"

"Nonsense."

"Didn't you see the School Leaders are still on the stage?"

Tsk tsk.

class sixteen is going to be famous now!"

"I reckon no one will dare call them the tail-enders anymore, right?"

"Do you want to die?"

"If Lin Yan hears you, he'll give you a punch directly."

"An anomaly like that is definitely going to the Special Class."

"It just feels so surreal."

"It was way too damn sudden."

"Do you think he can trade blows with those Prodigies from The Four Great Ones?"

The Monthly Exam continued.

Zhang Quan was thinking about how many extra dishes to order tonight.

The members of class sixteen whose names were called held their heads high as they went up to be beaten.

They didn't care.

Their class monitor was awesome; they couldn't lose face... In the Principal's office.

Lin Yan looked helplessly at Duan Tiancheng, who was leisurely brewing tea.

"Principal."

"I've already played along and let you trick me here."

"If you have something to say, just say it directly."

Duan Tiancheng's movements paused.

"You knew I was tricking..."

"Cough..."

"You knew I had something to say?"

Lin Yan nodded.

Nonsense.

"Fine then."

Duan Tiancheng picked up a piece of paper he had just printed and cleared his throat.

"Lin Yan, just turned eighteen today."

"Grew up in..."

Lin Yan rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"Get to the point."

"What do you want me to do?"

Duan Tiancheng crushed the paper and gave a mischievous laugh.

"I like talking to smart people."

"The Dragon Kingdom Freshman Grand Competition—know about it?"

Lin Yan raised an eyebrow.

Freshman Grand Competition?

On this world's Blue Star, there were many grand competitions.

The Dragon Kingdom's Freshman Grand Competition after the College Entrance Exams every year was naturally one of the hot topics.

If the College Entrance Exam focused more on a person's Martial Dao talent Rank,

then the Freshman Grand Competition was a test of that person's development after possessing Martial Dao talent.

After all, during the College Entrance Exam, everyone's talent had only just been awakened for a short time, and grades relied on the cultivation improvement driven by talent.

"I know."

"You want me to go?"

Duan Tiancheng nodded.

"Yes."

"Together with those people from the Special Class, representing Haotian University."

Lin Yan fell slightly silent.

Don't look at how he fought with overwhelming force just now.

That also depends on the opponent.

Not to mention those Rank Two Martial Artists in The Four Great Ones, even in other first-rate universities on the same level as Haotian University, it was said that the number of Rank Two Martial Artists was not small.

After all, this was the golden age recognized by all nations on Blue Star.

The combat power of those Prodigies was even less comparable to the likes of Yuan Cheng.

Mainly, the time was too tight; the cheat came too late, and it seemed there was only one week left before the competition started.

If his thoughts were known by others, they would definitely curse him out.

Still not satisfied, are you?

Do you want to fly to the heavens?

Lin Yan nodded.

"Fine."

"Put my name down."

No matter the outcome.

An Overlord should naturally forge ahead without looking back.

Duan Tiancheng laughed loudly.

"Good!"

He really hadn't misjudged him.

He didn't expect a university he had just founded, ranked at the bottom of the first-rate, to win the championship; just getting some ranking would do.

Same as what Lin Yan thought, the time was too tight.

With that matter settled,

he had an even more important matter.

Duan Tiancheng went to a cabinet and took out a crystal-clear stone, his eyes full of expectation.

"Take a test."

Lin Yan's eyes lit up.

A talent stone.

"Okay."

The System didn't display his current talent Rank.

He also wanted to know what it was now.

Lin Yan reached out and pressed his hand on it.

Suddenly.

Boom—!

A dazzling golden light abruptly erupted, enveloping the entire room and penetrating the walls at an alarming speed, like a brilliant sun.

The crowd far away on the playground still undergoing the Monthly Exam paused their movements, one after another looking up at the strange golden glow appearing in the sky.

"Holy crap!"

"An SSS-Rank talent phenomenon!"

"It's definitely Lin Yan!"

"The Principal took him to test his talent!"

"Damn!"

"Post-Heaven Awakening to SSS-Rank, is he a poet or something?"

"This kind of situation has never appeared on Blue Star, right?"

"No wonder he's so fierce!"

"Turns out he's at the same Rank as those freaks from The Four Great Ones!"

The phenomenon came quickly and vanished just as fast.

In the Principal's office.

Duan Tiancheng stared at the talent stone that had turned into fine powder, his eyes full of complex emotions.

There was shock, but also a sense of 'as expected'.

It exploded!

It really exploded!

This was the most important matter in his heart.

From the moment he saw Lin Yan strike, he had a premonition about the current situation.

As everyone knows,

the highest Martial Dao cultivation talent on Blue Star is SSS-Rank.

At least before this year's College Entrance Exam, everyone thought so.

Until that red-haired youth who swept through all the Prodigies appeared.

This year's Dragon Kingdom College Entrance Exam Champion, from Diwu University, Gu Chen.

This was a secret.

An absolute secret strictly blockaded by the Dragon Kingdom.

Very few people knew, but that didn't include him!

It was precisely because of this person's existence, plus the SSS-Ranks popping up like mushrooms all over Blue Star,

that this year would be hailed as the Blue Star Martial Dao golden age.

That's right.

It wasn't just the Dragon Kingdom.

He had already received news that there were many SSS-Ranks across the entire Blue Star this year.

This kind of Martial Dao Prodigy, which used to appear only once every few years at the shortest, was now flooding in!

And now,

a youth just as anomalous as that Gu Chen from Diwu University had appeared before him.

What should he do?