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Chapter 281: The final exam starts!

Looking at Duan Li wrathfully with a gaze that could conjure flames from her eyes, Ding Ziqing bellowed at the top of her lungs, "You despicable scammer! You dare to give such an erroneous lecture that almost got us killed!"

"Wait! It is actually our fault for taking things too literally and being hasty... However, I must admit that your lecture was too deep and profound that it had affected our sense of judgement..." Le Cenglei sighed helplessly.

He couldn't even get mad at the other party knowing that it was truly their own mistake! To think that an expert like him almost purposely went through a Qi deviation to challenge the nature..

Challenge the nature my head!

Hearing this, Ding Ziqing's rage slowly calmed down as well when she thought the matter further. "Fine! I admit that it was my mistake!"

Recalling that she almost swallowed a failed pill that could run her cultivation amok, her face reddened in embarrassment!

Zhang Xi's lips twitched continuously as he tried to remain calm himself. This was because even he wanted to make a drastic move to free himself from nature's grasp!

Taking a glance to his side, he saw Shen Long's index finger seemed to be pressing onto a certain acupoint within his abdomen with an ashened look.

"He... he was almost done in as well?!" Zhang Xi eye's widened in disbelief as he stared at Duan Li!

What... what a monster! To think that all four top notch expert of the Jiu Empire was beguiled to commit suicide on the spot just from hearing a lecture...

This was way too unprecedented!

Despite this, Zhang Xi and the other senior teachers still gave Duan Li a pass on his 2-Star rank exam for the three minor class. After all, to be able to beguile others on their subconscious level could be considered as a peerless skill as well! If used in the correct situation, his enemy wouldn't even know how they died!

Just that, they felt a little bit aggrieved and indignant knowing that hey were the victim this time around...

And so, the three senior teachers continued their exam until Duan Li completed the 5-Star rank exam for the three minor class. At this moment, their hair was already disheveled, and they looked extremely unkempt, their breathing haggard!

If one were to witness how they look right now, they might misunderstand thinking that the three of them had just finished fighting some gruesome and epic battle!

After all, Le Cenglei's robe himself was in tatters, because during the 4-star exam of the Appraiser class, Duan Li managed to convinced him that a certain artifact possesses the ability of body strengthening, a function that he previously did not know about. Feeling curious, he activated it, causing his muscles to expand rapidly which in turns ruined his robe to its current state!

Meanwhile, Ding Ziqing could be seen crying in the far corner of the Test hall. She had lost her confidence in pill concoction. As part of the Herbalogist class, to advance into the 5-Star rank, they needed to display a certain aptitude in pill concoction and thus she displayed her prowess as a demonstration.

But who could have thought that Duan Li would then berate her harshly for her poor display and instead showed monstrous skill in pill concoction that rivaled even the best Alchemist in their empire?

As for Zhang Xi, the final exam that he gave out for Duan Li to complete the 5-Star rank Master Teaching class was to play Xiangqi. This was a board strategy game where the player becomes the commander to move the generals and armies around in a simulated battlefield! After all, people who excelled in this class will usually be required to command some platoons in times of need and their leadership skills must be assessed for when such situations arise!

However, Zhang Xi, a renowned 8-Star rank Strategist as his main class, found himself cornered at the schemes and guerrilla tactics of Duan Li! The other three senior teachers that witnessed this was befuddled down to their very core and their faces showing extreme disbelief!

Who was Zhang Xi? Not only was he the Vice-Principal of the Jixue Knights Academy, but he was also the military advisor and strategist for the Jiu Army!

To think that a person of such caliber was defeated by a single junior, this was totally unheard-of!

Is this young man not human?

Unbeknownst to them, Duan Li had only followed the voice of the Mirealithians that suddenly intervened when the battle started. In fact, he knew jack-sh*t when it comes to strategy! In his opinion, all board games were totally unrealistic as each piece had predetermined number of spaces and movement direction that they should follow. In real battles however, power was everything, such that even a single soldier with overpowered abilities could wipe the whole battlefield themselves!

Being beaten by Duan Li, the face of Zhang Xi was utterly pale, and he stood up to question his entire life.

Who am I? What am I? Who is my ancestor?

It took the others quite a long time to be able to snap the Vice-Principal back to reality.

And so, Duan Li was able to complete the 5-Star rank exams for the three minor class, leaving only the combat class left!

"I have to trouble everyone here to set up a strong barrier so that we would not destroy the academy accidentally later on." Shen Long said to the others.

Hearing this, the other senior teachers swallowed their saliva!

"Shen Long, you couldn't possibly mean to..." Zhang Xi narrowed his eyes, seeming to realize what the other party meant.

"That's right! I'm going all out! This young man had managed to beat me in a single punch before, so I know of his battle capabilities well enough to not underestimate him! In fact, under my authority as a Combat Grandmaster, I hereby change this exam directly to an 8-Star Combat class exam!" Shen Long answered with a solemn and deep voice.

8-Star rank combat class exam?!

"This was already the exam that a Nascent Soul realm expert would struggle to clear, much less a Core formation realm student... is this young man truly that strong?" Le Cenglei and Ding Ziqing could not help but to look at Duan Li with fear creeping up inside them!

Shen Long had been renowned to possess the extreme might of the Dragon clan that coursed through every fiber of his being, an expert that was even acknowledged by the other eight empires! Therefore, if a person of such caliber was willing to go all out, then his opponent must at least be equal... or even stronger than him!

But how could that possibly be?!

"Very well. However, you'd best keep yourself in line and not go too overboard." Zhang Xi warned with a sharp glance.

"You must be kidding! You know full well of his battle prowess as well, so you should warn him instead of me! Hahahaha!" Shen Long gave out a hearty laugh before his countenance turned serious.

Su! Su! Su!

Forming a triangular formation, the three senior teachers flicked their hands at a rapid speed to make a series of incantation gestures before an invisible barrier was summoned that encased both Duan Li and Shen Long inside them!

"Duan Li, come!!!"

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The fourth chapter for this week! Enjoy and thanks for reading! ;)

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