Assessment

Soon.

Jin Shiao returned to the classroom and casually pulled a wooden staff out of the black bag. Then, he calmly stepped onto the central platform.

“The assessment will follow the national college entrance standards.”

“Same old rules—maximum score is 10 points.”

“Anyone scoring five or below… will get a one-on-one training session with me.” Jin Shiao yawned as he slung the wooden staff lazily over his shoulder and spoke in a relaxed tone.

“Now then, I’ll call names in order.”

“The first one in the last row—our new student, Shen Tianling. Please, show us what you’ve got.”

Everyone turned to look behind them, and sure enough, at the back of the room stood a stranger—like a beautifully painted landscape, drawing all attention.

Shen Tianling: …

He had already sensed this was going to happen, but he didn’t expect Jin Shiao to be so shameless and make him go first.

There was no doubt that this entire assessment had been specially arranged for him. The other students were just along for the ride.

“Go get ’em, Ling-ge!” Li Yang gave him a thumbs-up from behind.

Shen Tianling nodded slightly in response.

He stepped forward, heading into the open space at the center of the classroom.

The classroom was clearly divided from the training area, where various blood-qi testing devices floated mid-air in precise formation.

“Let’s start with a basic body metrics scan,” Jin Shiao smiled at Shen Tianling.
“Begin physical assessment.”

Buzz—

Above, the dormant instruments came to life, glowing with soft white light.

The light shone down, fully enveloping Shen Tianling.

Just one second later—

A floating digital screen lit up in the center of the classroom, displaying three lines of data.

【Shen Tianling — S-Rank Strength Amplification, Physical Constitution: 5.4】

Three tidy lines appeared clearly on the screen.

The national physical constitution benchmark for the college entrance exam was 5.0. Full score: 10.0.

“S-Rank!!!!!!”

“Wait, our school didn’t have any S-Ranks before, right?”

“No way—how could Shen Tianling be S-Rank?” Gasps and exclamations rang out from the crowd.

“It’s real. The data doesn’t lie.”

Jin Shiao, being the first teacher to receive this information, wasn’t all that surprised. In fact, he felt rather lucky to have acted fast, before the other two class instructors could steal this gem.

Otherwise, which class the S-Rank student belonged to would’ve been up for debate.

【Several classmates are shocked by you. Reputation +400】

【Jin Shiao is highly interested in you. Reputation +600】

For some reason, Shen Tianling felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at Jin Shiao’s ever-present smile.

That smile wasn’t warm—it was the grin of a starving wolf who had finally found its long-awaited prey.

“Next,” Jin Shiao said slowly, voice deep with excitement,
“You’ll test your burst speed and punching force. After that, we’ll do the skill assessment.”

“I’m quite eager to see what kind of numbers an S-Rank can put up.”

“Yes, sir.” Shen Tianling nodded.

Last night in the martial arts chamber, he had tested his blood-qi and spiritual power, but not his speed or punch force.

So, he was just as curious—how far had he come?

He already had strength amplification. But as for speed—he wasn’t sure if the [Nine Heavens Divine Thunder] had added any buffs.

“Activate speed and punch strength tests,” Jin Shiao called to the AI system in the center of the room.

With a mechanical hum, two sleek metal tracks—shining with a cold metallic sheen—rose from either side of the open area like serpentine steel dragons.

Speed tests were different from blood-qi scans.

The latter required no movement—just standing still.

But the speed test was more like a giant treadmill challenge.

Shen Tianling stored his spear and calmly walked to the starting point.

As soon as the test began—

He shot forward like an arrow leaving the bowstring, moving with explosive force and fluid grace, unstoppable like a tidal wave.

【16.9 meters/second】

“?? That’s not possible for a 5.0 physique, right?”

“Isn’t the standard for 5.0 around 10.0 m/s? This guy’s almost 7 m/s faster!”

“My physique is already 7.5, and I can’t even hit 16.0 m/s… Is S-Rank really that broken?”

The crowd buzzed—some stunned, some envious.

But to others, it was hardly surprising. After all, this was an S-Rank. People like him were born on a whole different level.

“Impressive,” Jin Shiao murmured internally. “Even better than I expected.”

He’d originally assumed Shen Tianling’s strength would be his best stat—but it turned out his burst speed was just as monstrous.

Whether it was constitution or speed, Jin Shiao had no doubts anymore.

S-Ranks really were beyond the norm.

And now, he was even more eager to see just how terrifying S-Rank strength amplification could get.

Shen Tianling approached the punch testing device.

He lowered his center of gravity, planted his feet, and drew back his right fist.

Crackles of electric current snaked across his arm—and then…

Boom!

A thunderous bang echoed through the room as numbers rapidly climbed on the machine’s display:

“2666 kilograms!”

Shen Tianling blinked.
“Wait, could this punch kill an elephant?”

The room went dead silent.

2666 kilograms—what did that even mean?

For a 5.0 constitution, the standard full-force punch was around 200 kg.

This number… was borderline 10.0—almost reaching 11.0, a level considered First Rank Martial Artist realm.

Over 5000 pounds in a single punch. Could someone not even in the martial artist ranks possibly reach that?

Jin Shiao inhaled sharply. His impression of Shen Tianling’s strength rose to a whole new level.

If someone came up to him again, claiming 5.0s couldn’t break 1000 kg in a punch—he’d slap Shen Tianling’s data right in their face.

“Did I see that right? Was that 266 or 2666?”

“Dude… this is a dream, right?”

“Are you both insane? Martial artists can punch way beyond 3000 kg. And he’s S-Rank with strength amplification. 2666 kg is nothing surprising!”

“I feel like I’ve been wasting my life. I can’t even break 800 kg…”

“Same here.” ×50 voices echoed in agreement.

【Numerous students are shocked by you. Reputation +1000】

【Jin Shiao thinks you’re a total freak and is eager to see even more. Reputation +1000】

Shen Tianling was quite happy with how things were going.

Not only did he get a better grasp of his own power, but he was raking in reputation points.

Why not keep it up?

Opening his system panel, he navigated to the one page he both loved and hated—the lottery interface.

【Reputation Points: 10050】

He glanced at his accumulated points.

Then at the premium draw section.

【Advanced Lottery: 10,000 points/draw — Guaranteed Epic reward after 10,000 draws】

“Hmm.”

“I finally saved up enough.” Shen Tianling’s eyes gleamed. He decided not to wait any longer.

He moved to the lottery section.

And lightly tapped the Advanced Draw button.

A brilliant light flashed.

【Ding! Congratulations, you have received…】

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