Chapter 270: Change of First Place
On the last day of the test.
The spacecraft docked in the orbit of the Beast Garden Planet was a nervous and busy scene.
Entering the final sprint stage of the test, nearly half of the 3,286 examinees who participated in the initial test had been eliminated. Now, only 1,793 examinees were still persisting on the Beast Garden Planet’s Continent 3.
However, to the mere 300 students that Star Cloud Academy accepted in the end, this number was still too much.
Therefore, after entering the last day, the competition between the examinees became even more intense.
Not to mention that the examinees who had already entered the top 300 did not dare to relax at all, they were afraid that if they were not careful, they would be squeezed out of the top 300. Even for the examinees after the top 300, which one of them did not want to grasp this last day and try their best to rush forward to enter the top 300?
On the real-time points ranking, almost all the examinees’ points were rising rapidly. The ranking kept rising and falling, and it was changing every second.
However, it was also because the examinees were too desperate on the last day that dangerous situations occurred continuously.
The warning from the monitoring department on the spaceship had almost never stopped since early in the morning. All the rescue teams prepared by Star Cloud Academy had been sent out, and only ten backup teams were left in case of trouble.
However, even so, Sun Xiangren still looked very nervous. He had been extremely focused since he woke up in the morning and did not dare to relax at all.
It was not easy for him to survive the first six days safely. If anything happened on the last day, all his efforts would be in vain.
“Heh, Old Sun, it’s been six days. Are you sure you want to focus on those few?” Zhao Zhiming came to Sun Xiangren’s side with a cup of coffee and asked as he handed it over.
Sun Xiangren took it and took a sip. He exhaled and pinched the bridge of his nose.
“Just a few. How can you not know?”
“Feng Mingxi should be one of them. Then, Rudy Karl should be alright. In addition, there are a few fellows who are worth paying attention to. As for Angie Prairie…”
Zhao Zhiming frowned with a puzzled expression.
“What’s wrong with this girl? It’s already the last day, but she’s still hanging around in the top 50. Could it be that she’s really not interested in getting first? Or is it her strength… No, that’s impossible. She’s the disciple of Supremacy Oville. Her strength can’t be bad.”
“You don’t have to worry about that. Regarding Angie Prairie, the academy has already made the corresponding arrangements. Her ranking is not important,” Sun Xiangren said.
Zhao Xueming was stunned, “What? Supremacy Oville called the higher-ups? Why did Dean Lin agree to let her use this back door?”
“It’s not what you think.” Sun Xiangren shook his head. “Angie Prairie’s goal in entering the academy is very clear. She’s here for the Arhat Overlord Golden Body. She’s not interested in anything else. After the academy’s discussion, they feel that they might as well give her some corresponding tests. If she can pass, it’s not a problem to impart them to her. If not, Supremacy Oville has nothing to say.”
“Is that so… that’s fine. Speaking of the Arhat Overlord Golden Body, why is Angie Prairie interested in this? Supremacy Oville even specially sent her to register for our academy? Supremacy Oville is the strongest martial artist in the federation in terms of body control. Although the Arhat Overlord Golden Body is a rare S-rank cultivation method, she won’t value it so much, right?”
“Then I don’t know. You should ask Supremacy Oville.”
Zhao Xueming rolled his eyes, “You clearly know that it’s impossible for me to see her.” After saying that, he waved his hand and asked, “Alright, you’ve already approved of these most eye-catching ones. What about Chu Nan? Do you still think he’s not qualified to attract our attention like before?”
“This…” Sun Xiangren pondered for a moment and raised his head to look at the real-time ranking displayed on the huge screen in the middle of the spaceship. He found Chu Nan’s name at the 37th place, “This kid is really hardworking…”
Zhao Xueming followed his gaze and chuckled.
“It’s not just hard work. I saw that this kid was only in the 90s yesterday, but he has already risen to 37 today. Could it be that this still can’t prove his strength is outstanding? Moreover, he killed a C-rank beast! Apart from him, no other candidate who participated in the test killed a C-rank beast.”
Sun Xiangren glanced at him indifferently, “Do you think Feng Mingxi, Angie Prairie, and Rudy Karl won’t be able to kill it if they encounter one?”
Zhao Xueming frowned and looked at Sun Xiangren for a while before shaking his head.
“Old Sun, why do you have such a huge bias against Chu Nan?”
“How can I have a problem with him?” Sun Xiangren glared, “However… after all, two Star-Grade Martial Artists made that judgment. I can’t help but worry.”
Zhao Xueming sneered, “I’ve said it before. Star-Grade Martial Artists are not gods. What they say might not be true. This Chu Nan has performed so well now. If he breaks through the Cosmic Heaven’s Gate in the future, I want to see how embarrassed Mu Yutong will be.”
Sun Xiangren could not help but smile.
“I say, Old Zhao, it’s not me who has any bias towards Chu Nan, but you who have a bias towards Mu Yutong, right?”
“Me? How could I dare to have any bias towards a Star-Grade Martial Artist? I just can’t stand him using Chu…”
“Old Zhao!” Sun Xiangren suddenly shouted and stopped Zhao Xueming from continuing.
Zhao Xueming immediately woke up and looked around. When he discovered that no one was paying attention to their conversation, he heaved a sigh of relief, but he was still a little unconvinced.
“Let’s wait and see. Old Sun, this Chu Nan can even kill a C-rank ferocious beast now. I’m certain that he can definitely break through the Cosmic Heaven’s Gate in the future!”
“I hope so. If he really breaks through, that means that there’s another super genius martial artist in the federation. I’m naturally happy to see it happen.”
Sun Xiangren’s gaze landed on the real-time points ranking on the virtual screen again and discovered that in the short period of time he was talking to Zhao Xueming, Chu Nan’s points had actually increased by 70 points and his ranking had jumped three places to 34th.
According to the tradition of Star Cloud Academy in the past, if one’s results could be ranked in the top ten during the entrance examination, they would receive special treatment after entering the academy.
With Chu Nan’s current increase in points, he might really be able to enter the top ten today.
“Alright. If he can enter the top ten, even if he can’t break through the Cosmic Heaven’s Gate in the future, it’s not a big deal for the academy to waste some resources on him.” Sun Xiangren secretly made up his mind.
His gaze swept up from Chu Nan’s line and started looking up from the tenth place.
Those who could still be in the top ten of the real-time points ranking on the last day were all famous young martial artists in the federation. They had always performed well in the test and were all young martial artists worthy of Star Cloud Academy’s special attention.
When his gaze landed on the first place, Sun Xiangren was suddenly stunned.
“Hey, Old Zhao, am I seeing things?”
“What do you mean?” Zhao Xueming was stunned.
“Feng Mingxi’s points… don’t seem to have moved for a long time?”
Zhao Xueming looked over and was stunned.
At this moment, Feng Mingxi was still ranked first on the scoreboard, but the difference between him and the second place, Rudy Karl, was only 23 points!
“It doesn’t seem to have increased in a long time…” Zhao Xueming said.
As soon as he finished speaking, Rudy Karl’s points suddenly jumped, increasing by 10 points. Then, it jumped again and increased by 10 points, closing the gap to only 3 points.
Then, under the gaze of the two of them, Rudy Karl’s points increased by 10 points again, surpassing Feng Mingxi in one go.
From the first day of the test, Feng Mingxi had always been first.
Now, he had actually been surpassed!
Sun Xiangren and Zhao Xueming looked at each other in surprise and saw the doubt in each other’s eyes.
What was Feng Mingxi… doing?