You dare to cultivate without money?!-Chapter 62 - 46 The Great Mountain
62: Chapter 46: The Great Mountain
62 -46: The Great Mountain
One detection patch after another was pressed onto the students’ arms.
Immediately, a judge gently pointed at the student’s arm, and a stream of special magic power was slowly infused into it.
At the same time, the panel on the detection patch showed numbers jumping with the infusion of mana, rising from 0.5 to 1.3, then 2.4…
until it stopped at 5.
This meant the judge infused a total of 5 units of special magic power into the other party’s arm.
During this infusion process, the judge was also extremely cautious, fearing any mistake that might accidentally kill the participant.
Even if the student belonged to an ordinary high school, causing injury or death could lead to compensation, with amounts varying depending on the type.
In case the student had a contract, the compensation would be even higher.
After all, there had been news of the aftermath of a Foundation Establishment expert’s battle accidentally killing bystanders, who turned out to be heavily invested senior high students, and the compensation through tuition, boarding, extra classes, fertility loss, etc., resulted in bankruptcy.
And during these few seconds of mana infusion, the student’s body suddenly tensed, and their breathing became heavier, obviously affected by the special magic power.
Even without anyone actively using this special magic power to attack, merely having it stay in the body would cause some damage.
Fortunately, the student took painkillers, though uncomfortable, it was bearable.
As the infused mana reached 5, the panel on the detection patch started timing, recording how long the student would take to resolve this special magic power.
The shorter the time, the higher the score would be.
Since each student had a different duration of special magic power infusion, the ranking couldn’t be based on who finishes first but on their respective durations.
After stopping the mana infusion, the judge took a capsule from an assistant.
He swallowed the capsule and then smiled at the camera in front of him saying, “For mana replenishment, choose Purple Cloud, consuming this Purple Cloud Spirit Gathering Capsule quickly replenishes my mana, even infusing another 50 students wouldn’t be a problem.”
Thus, as the competition began, several judges kept infusing special magic power into the students’ hands one after another.
More and more participating students began to close their eyes and concentrate on dissolving the special magic power invading their body, making the entire venue increasingly silent, with only the sound of breathing and mana circulation remaining.
Since the moment the ball of special magic power was infused by the judge, Zhang Yu felt as if there was a ball of fire burning on his right arm, growing stronger and hotter with continuous mana infusion.
The sharp pain constantly transmitted from his arm to his brain, making Zhang Yu understand why so many other participants took painkillers.
For instance, in this moment, he felt so much pain that he wanted to punch the judge still infusing him with special magic power, Old Deng.
“Damn it, no wonder I saw people selling insurance earlier, this competition is too easy to get injured.”
He quickly activated the Wild Bull Soul Suppressing Heart Technique, finally feeling the unbearable pain being gradually diminished.
He then directed the mana from his dantian towards his right arm.
“What invaded is a heat-type special magic power.”
“Then we need to counter it with cold-type mana.”
Zhang Yu recalled Teacher Yan’s instructions on mana transformation routes, circulated the mana within his dantian, transforming it into cold-type mana and directing it to his right arm.
Where this cold-type mana passed, a refreshing sensation spread throughout, like a bucket of ice water being poured down.
When Zhang Yu’s cold-type mana clashed with the invading heat mana, he could feel the heat in his arm begin to cool down.
Yet, his cold mana rapidly depleted during this process, like using a bucket of water to extinguish a fire.
Although the fire diminished, the water ran out too.
Zhang Yu could only strive to transform more mana to extinguish the fire.
Luckily, he had the Circulation Qi Gathering Method for a full-body mana cycle to continuously restore his mana, the Wild Bull Soul Suppressing Heart Technique to stabilize his mind, and strong control power over mana to continuously transform it into cold mana.
…
A short while back.
Before the judge reached Songyang High School.
In the White Dragon High School’s competition area,
Han Xingye glanced at Song Halong resolving the special magic power within his body, then looked at the large screen ahead, secretly thinking, “It should be soon, right?”
Inside Song Halong’s body, his mana was like the Yangtze River, surging towards the ball of heat mana in his right arm.
The Kangling Needle continuously restored his mana, along with his astonishing mana capacity, allowing him to recklessly circulate his internal mana, even encasing the entire heat mana, attempting to extinguish it in one go.
The various pains during the mana resolution process were also suppressed to virtually non-existent, letting Song Halong barely sense any anomaly, focusing solely on his task.
“With my mana capacity and control, who can be faster in this round than me?”
At this moment, cries for help suddenly echoed in the arena.
One student let out a muffled groan, collapsing to the ground, as people around him immediately rushed to administer anti-mana medicine.
“It’s fine, just mana exhaustion, anti-mana medicine has been given.”
Soon after, another student screamed miserably, vomiting blood as he fell.
This occurred from improper handling of dissolved mana, dispersing the special mana throughout the body, causing internal injuries.
Han Xingye glanced at the direction of the fallen students.
Insignificant, insignificant, insignificant…
He knew that more ordinary high school students would likely falter under insufficient mana or control, or poor-quality medicine, being eliminated one by one.
He was indifferent to this.
“They think taking medicine makes them closer in competition?”
“Everyone takes medicine, but the gap between ordinary schools and the three prestigious schools only grows wider…”
While he thought this, the large screen flickered to reveal a name.
White Dragon High School, Song Halong, 1:29
Seeing this, Han Xingye smiled slightly: “Oh?
Faster than in school, looks like the atmosphere excites him.”
One by one, more names appeared on the big screen, quickly filling ten lines.
This screen only displayed the top ten names.
The next lines continually changed from second to tenth place as students’ rankings fluctuated, except Song Halong’s name remained at the top, seeming to single-handedly suppress all at the venue.
Soon many names began to stabilize, stopping changes from second to tenth positions.
The crowd watched the unchanged ten names in shock, soon noting a clear reality: “These ten…
are all White Dragon High School students!”
Although White Dragon High School wasn’t the first batch to have mana infused, as Song Halong took the lead, the others also resolved the special mana within them, occupying the ranking board according to their completion times…
Teacher Yan looked at the ten unmoving names on the screen, feeling as if a mountain blocked Songyang High School’s path.
“Ah, the three prestigious schools…
this competition is inherently their domain.”
Then suddenly, positions from second to ninth all shifted down, as a newcomer suddenly took second place.
Red Tower High School, Xiong Bufan, 1:35
Students from Red Tower High School also began resolving their internal special mana.
After Xiong Bufan reached second place, two more students from Red Tower also entered the top ten.
Han Xingye turned towards Red Tower High’s direction, immediately identifying the most conspicuous presence through his Heavenly Eye Talisman.
Protection Zone | Drug Container | High-speed Mana
Protection Zone was a clear evaluation; Han Xingye guessed the monster must be from the Demon Descendant Protection Zone.
High-speed Mana…
Han Xingye wasn’t certain yet, but that Drug Container was evident.
“How much medicine did they pump into this monster?”
“Damn, are they secretly using monsters for drug testing?”
The monster’s body must contain banned substances, really should report them.
What?
Our school also does this?
On humans?
Never mind.
Though Xiong Bufan’s performance also brought great attention to Red Tower High, without clinching first place, White Dragon High School still held dominant rank on the leaderboard.
Yet moments later, students from fourth to ninth place all descended by one rank.
With Purple Cloud High School’s Le Mulan’s name suddenly appearing in first place, it felt like a roar exploded in the air.
Purple Cloud High School, Le Mulan, 00:25
“25 seconds!”
More and more students exclaimed in shock.
They could hardly imagine that while they were barely coping with the alien mana in their body, someone could resolve it in just 25 seconds.
Is this even human?
Everyone could imagine that Le Mulan would certainly score a full 100 points in this second round, but this 100 points actually limited her score, or else her lead would be even greater.
This marked Han Xingye’s third shock of the day.
He frowned, looking at the words “Icy Skin and Jade Bones” above Le Mulan, pondering that her remarkable speed in resolving mana must relate to her special physique.
In the distance, Song Halong showed no anger but instead laughed heartily looking towards Purple Cloud High’s direction: “Interesting, interesting, it seems my greatest rival for the next three years in high school will be Le Mulan.”
Over a minute later, the other students of Purple Cloud High gradually resolved the alien mana within them, ultimately having Lian Tianji and another student also enter the top ten.
Thus, it was Le Mulan, Song Halong, and Xiong Bufan occupying the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd positions.
The top ten was wholly dominated by four students from White Dragon High School, three from Purple Cloud High School, and three from Red Tower High School.
Seeing this unchanging ranking, numerous high school students on-site felt a heavy pressure.
It was their first experience realizing the substantial gap between themselves and the three prestigious schools.
The ten names and scores on the screen loomed like a mountain over them, showcasing the chasm-like disparity.
Right then, the rankings on the big screen changed once more.
From fourth to tenth positions collectively dropped by one rank.
Amid the almost total domination by the three prestigious schools, someone forcefully interrupted, rising to fourth place.
Songyang High School, Zhang Yu, 1:38
Upon noticing Zhang Yu resolving the special mana within his body, the timer emitted a soft beep.
Yet this gentle beep felt like a stone plunging into the hearts of several Songyang High School students nearby.
Even the students from the three prestigious schools involuntarily glanced in Songyang’s direction, surprised to find a student of comparable level.
Teacher Yan swiftly took out his phone and snapped a photo of the rankings.
These are all significant teaching achievements.
