145: Chapter 145 The Night Before the Assessment: Li Fan Steps into the Saint Level!

In the blink of an eye.

Two more days passed.

Only one day remained before the Civilization Assessment officially began.

The Citizens of Great Xia were generally still immersed in the aftermath of the recent Great War of National Defense, some having not yet fully recovered.

However, regarding the upcoming Civilization Assessment.

The public was also extremely concerned.

It was just that the people did not know how this assessment would begin.

Therefore, in the streets and alleys of Great Xia, many Awakened Ones spontaneously formed teams, wanting to contribute their strength to this assessment and also to avenge their fallen compatriots.

In their view, the format of this assessment might be the same as the Great War of National Defense from some time ago.

...

The deep sea.

The current headquarters of the foreign races.

The elders of the various sea races who had already obtained the qualification to participate in the assessment, as well as the younger generation, were all gathered in a vast square.

The surroundings were almost packed with onlookers from the foreign races.

In the formation.

The older generation of foreign race experts were all at the Hall Master level, which is to say, God Rank existences.

These people were completely inaccessible in the lives of most ordinary foreign race members.

Seeing so many Hall Masters at once now, everyone was incredibly excited.

And it wasn't just them.

The younger generation of foreign races present were also each and every one beyond excited.

They would soon be fighting side-by-side with these Hall Master-level figures to jointly defend the future of their civilization.

This glory simply surpassed any of their previous achievements.

And then.

The speech began.

"Our ancestors have lived on Blue Star for billions of years; the day after tomorrow will be our first step into that vast starry sky!"

"..."

The purpose of this speech was very simple: it was purely to boost morale.

Speeches similar to this one.

Great Xia also had them.

However, they were mainly in the form of meetings and were not announced to the entire populace.

For example, in the current base.

Nearly all the 'seeds' who held a spot were called to the martial arts field, where instructors were responsible for cheering them on.

Setting aside strength for a moment.

At least in terms of momentum, the younger generation on the human side was not lacking at all.

The Great War of National Defense had given every one of them an infinite will to fight.

And among the younger generation, the one currently carrying the highest hopes was Bo Jun.

He was currently the only seed among everyone who had broken through to the Quasi-God Rank!

Several other seeds who were originally as famous as him were all still stuck at the peak of the Saint Rank, just one step away from becoming a Quasi-God.

...

Time passed.

In a flash, it was the afternoon of the following day.

Tomorrow would be the day the Civilization Assessment officially began.

This night was destined to be sleepless for both all of humanity and all the foreign races.

The heartland of Great Xia.

In a conference room.

"Tomorrow is the Civilization Assessment day; regardless of whether they've broken through, we must have them come out of seclusion."

Someone looked at Duke Yu in the main seat and spoke slowly.

As soon as these words were spoken.

They were quickly met with collective agreement from everyone.

Duke Yu fell into silence at this time.

Even though he could already predict the result, he still held onto a glimmer of hope.

Finally.

After checking the time, he could only choose to accept reality.

"Yes, Li Daguo and the others must come out of seclusion; there's a high probability they won't be able to break through."

"But regardless of whether we win or lose this assessment, we will do our best!"

"By the way, to prevent those foreign races from being restless during our assessment, have all the Quasi-Gods who do not have a spot in the battle go and guard the coastline."

"..."

Duke Yu spoke slowly, explaining and instructing every subsequent step one by one.

And as the meeting reached its end.

The committee members also began to leave one by one.

Duke Yu also returned to his office.

But not long after Duke Yu had just sat down.

A figure walked in.

"Xiao Lan?!"

Duke Yu recognized this person at a glance; it was none other than Li Fan's mother, Huang Lan!

He hadn't even gone to disturb the cultivation of Huang Lan and Li Daguo yet; she had come out of seclusion on her own—could it be that she had already broken through?

But it could be seen from the disappointed look on Huang Lan's face.

She clearly had not succeeded.

"Teacher, that step is still too difficult."

"It clearly felt so close, but I just couldn't take that step."

Huang Lan sighed, a look of self-reproach on her face.

To this, Duke Yu only smiled and comforted her, saying: "That step is indeed very difficult; it took me a full five hundred years to move from the God Rank to that step."

"You've only been cultivating for less than two hundred years; it's normal not to be able to break through that step, don't blame yourself too much."

"We just need to do our best."

However.

While Duke Yu was comforting her with his words, he actually couldn't help but feel disappointed in his heart.

Huang Lan's talent was second only to Li Daguo's.

Now Huang Lan had already announced her failure to break through.

The only hope rested on Li Daguo's shoulders.

And just as Duke Yu was comforting Huang Lan.

Another figure suddenly appeared before the two of them.

This person was none other than.

Li Daguo!

But unlike Huang Lan's expression.

Li Daguo's face was currently covered in smiles.

"Teacher! Xiao Lan! I did it!"

Hearing Li Daguo's words.

Both Duke Yu and Huang Lan had a look of disbelief on their faces, which was immediately followed by immense excitement.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Duke Yu said 'good' three times in a row, his emotions becoming excited for the first time in a long while.

Now that Li Daguo had also taken that step.

Then with him plus Li Daguo, two combatants surpassing the God Rank, the chances of winning at the human top-tier combat power level could completely double!

...

On the other side.

Inside the base.

By now, all the seeds had basically come out of seclusion one after another.

In the top-floor office.

Gu Dan was called over.

"Has Li Fan still not come out of seclusion? The assessment is starting tomorrow."

"Have him come out of seclusion early."

Gu Dan frowned slightly.

During this period, he had been busy with the affairs of those Senior Students.

He had very little contact with Li Fan.

The last time he had contact with Li Fan, he only knew that Li Fan had gone into seclusion.

He really didn't expect that Li Fan would actually stay in seclusion until now.

"Yes, I'll go call him right now."

With that.

Gu Dan headed towards the cultivation room.

However, just as Gu Dan arrived at the main entrance of the cultivation room.

Li Fan's figure came into view.

It turned out there was no need to call him.

However.

Looking at the aura emanating from Li Fan's body made his pupils involuntarily shrink.

"So strong!"

Gu Dan subconsciously uttered a word of praise in his heart.

This kind of pressure was something he had seemingly only felt from Bo Jun before.

Could it be that Li Fan's current strength was already comparable to Bo Jun's?

Thinking of this, Gu Dan immediately shook his head.

Bo Jun had broken through to the Quasi-God Rank only with the support of super-strong talent and after a long period of accumulation.

Although Li Fan's talent was also heaven-defying, it was still quite impossible to reach Quasi-God in such a short period of time.

After thinking about it, Gu Dan felt it might be because physical-enhancement-type Awakened Ones naturally carry a sense of pressure.

"Hello, Instructor Gu Dan."

"Mm, your strength has improved a lot. Tomorrow is the assessment period, keep it up!"

The two met, had a brief chat, and then went their separate ways.

Li Fan went straight back to his dormitory.

He had now pushed his own state to its peak.

Before the official assessment tomorrow.

He wanted to go and challenge those seven phoenixes again!

However, just as Li Fan was about to put on his virtual helmet and enter the inheritance pagoda.

Li Fan subconsciously clicked open his attribute panel.

"Name: Li Fan

Level: Lv523 (8%)

Strength: 25,124.3 (10k)

Defense: 23,857.9 (10k)

Spirit: 22,416.7 (10k)"

Now.

Li Fan's level had officially broken through to the Saint Rank!

His attributes in all aspects had undergone an exponential explosion!

It had to be said.

energy stones are indeed useful!

If he had used ordinary beast cores as the energy to absorb instead, it would have been completely impossible to reach this level in three days.