Chapter 279: Unexpected Result
The Star Cloud Academy’s Martial Arts Branch test that lasted for a few days attracted the attention of countless people in the Earth Federation. Then, when the final result was released, it caused an uproar.
In the end, the person ranked first was neither Feng Mingxi nor Angie Prairie!
Although Rudy Karl was also a very famous young genius martial artist in the federation, compared to Feng Mingxi and Angie Prairie, who were directly related to Star-Grade Martial Artists and had an extremely powerful genius title a long time ago, he was still much inferior.
Before the test began, most people felt that the first and second place were already in the hands of Feng Mingxi and Angie Prairie. The only difference was who obtained first and second place.
However, now that the result was out, not only did these two people not obtain the first place, they did not even obtain the second!
Feng Mingxi was still considered good. He had been ranked first from the first day of the test. It was only on the last day that his points suddenly stopped rising. In the end, he obtained ninth place and barely maintained the top ten.
As for Angie Prairie? Her performance in the first few days was really not good. She did not even enter the top 50.
Although she began to work hard on the last day and raised her ranking to the final 23rd place in a row, which was considered to be at the top, compared to her true strength and the expectations of everyone, this ranking was undoubtedly too low.
One had to know that there were many underground casinos in the federation that had placed bets on the results of this test. Many people had placed their bets on Feng Mingxi and Angie Prairie.
In the end, the two of them obtained such a low ranking that these people immediately suffered a huge loss.
Apart from the two of them, the other rankings were not too surprising. Those who could be ranked at the top were all famous young martial artists in the federation. They had long been entrusted with high hopes before the test began, so it was not surprising that they obtained outstanding results in the end.
Of course… there were also accidents.
This accident was Chu Nan.
Compared to the other examinees who were also ranked at the top of the final points ranking, Chu Nan’s reputation was definitely not weak. He was even stronger than many people. In the hearts of the ordinary citizens of the Earth Federation, he had an extremely high reputation and even a certain amount of reputation.
However, fame and strength were completely different.
Chu Nan’s strength had already been known by everyone half a year ago in the West Cloud Planet’s martial arts competition.
Although he had jumped levels and defeated a third-stage Internal Breath Martial Artist like Maruk from the Kingdom of Kexley, anyone who had seen that competition would not think that Chu Nan really had such powerful strength. At most, he had underestimated his opponent and had a special cultivation method that allowed him to instantly erupt with super strength.
Regarding Chu Nan’s strength, most people judged him to be around the fourth and fifth-stage Overlord Body Realm.
Although he had shockingly broken through the Internal Breath Realm half a year later and become an initial-stage Internal Breath Realm Martial Artist, no matter how his strength increased, it was impossible for it to increase by much.
Before the test, the various major media outlets in the outside world estimated his strength to be around the third-stage Internal Breath Realm.
Now, everyone admitted that he should have the ability to easily defeat the previous Maruk. He was quite outstanding.
However, it was quite insufficient to throw him into the group of fourth-stage or even fifth-stage Internal Breath Martial Artists participating in the test.
However, the final result was far beyond everyone’s expectations.
Chu Nan actually obtained eighth place in the end!
He was even higher than Feng Mingxi!
This was simply unbelievable!
One had to know that without exception, the seven examinees in front of him all had the strength of a fifth-stage Internal Breath Realm Martial Artist.
There was no need to say anything about Feng Mingxi behind him. Angie Prairie, who was ranked 23rd, was also a fifth-stage Internal Breath Martial Artist who had long become famous.
It was even to the extent that only after the 100th place would the figures of fourth-stage Internal Breath Martial Artists appear.
As for third-stage Internal Breath Realm Martial Artists?
The strongest was only ranked 259th, and the others had already fallen beyond the 300th place.
This was the entrance test of the Star Cloud Academy’s Martial Arts Branch. It was completely different from the martial arts competition held by many martial artists on West Cloud Planet.
Many truly powerful young martial artists of the federation would not run to participate in the West Cloud Planet’s martial arts competition, but not many would miss the entrance test of Star Cloud Academy.
However, in such a competition filled with experts, Chu Nan was actually able to reach the eighth place!
How did this guy… do it?
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There were definitely many people who had doubts in their hearts. Among these people, the ones with the strongest doubts and the most obvious expressions were undoubtedly the other examinees participating in the test.
After the seven-day test ended, all the examinees were recalled by the rescue team sent by Star Cloud Academy. They were stored in the huge civilian spaceship and flew towards Earth.
On the way, various emotions filled the area where the examinees gathered.
Most of the examinees were depressed because they could not pass the final test and squeeze into the top 300. They were dejected, and many of the weaker ones even cried.
Looking over, they could occasionally see a few people hugging and crying. The situation was extremely miserable.
Because they had only recruited the top 300 in the end, compared to the total of more than 3,000 examinees, it was only an extremely small proportion. Therefore, there was no doubt that the vast majority of people were still depressed.
As for the examinees who finally squeezed into the top 300 and successfully passed the test, most of them could not suppress the joy in their hearts and appeared to be in high spirits. It was a stark contrast to the large number of dejected eliminated examinees.
Although Chu Nan was also happy, he was much more restrained than the other examinees.
In fact, he was not very satisfied with his performance.
If not for his bad luck in the first two days, with his powerful ability to heal himself, the speed at which he hunted ferocious beasts should have been much faster and more stable than the other examinees.
Under normal circumstances, it was not impossible for him to end up first.
Moreover, his original goal was to be first. Now, he had only obtained eighth place. Although he could successfully enter Star Cloud Academy, he could not help but worry.
If Star Cloud Academy was really as the rumors said and only imparted the precious S-rank cultivation method to the most outstanding student in the first batch, then he was only eighth place now. Without a doubt, he was already at a huge disadvantage compared to the first seven examinees, and he could not be compared to the first place, Rudy Karl.
Moreover, he was not as special as Feng Mingxi and Angie Prairie. Even if their rankings were not high, others would only think that they had not done their best and would not doubt their talent and strength.
“To put it bluntly, if I have a Star-Grade Martial Artist as my master, I don’t have to worry about this.” Chu Nan could not help but think of Mu Yutong before he laughed and shook his head.
If he really became Mu Yutong’s disciple, why would he risk his life for an Arhat Overlord Golden Body? Mu Yutong definitely had an equally powerful S-rank cultivation method to impart.
Of course, these were all unrealistic fantasies.
Moreover, even if Mu Yutong turned around and wanted to take him in as his disciple, Chu Nan would probably not agree.
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The various cultivation methods he was cultivating now had long become his own. They were not things that others could teach using their own experiences.
The path of a martial artist could only be walked by oneself!
When he thought of this, Chu Nan was still a little puzzled.
He already knew Angie Prairie’s goal in coming to Star Cloud Academy, so what was Feng Mingxi’s goal?
Just as he was thinking about Feng Mingxi, Chu Nan saw a figure walk out from the crowd.
When the people beside him saw him, they moved aside like water that had been split.
It was Feng Mingxi.
Feng Mingxi’s footsteps were stable as he walked straight towards Chu Nan.
Chu Nan watched in shock as he walked up to him and stood up to look at him.
“What’s the matter?”
Feng Mingxi glanced at him from head to toe and asked, “You killed Storm Killer King, right?”