Martial Artist: Stronger by Coasting Along

Chapter 568 - 169: Dark Horse

Sealing Talisman.

Forging Divine Weapons.

Condensing Golden Cores.

It can be said that the higher the plane, the less people underestimate the power of the Sea of Consciousness. Even with the use of Miracle Elixirs, people will find ways to achieve one hundred percent of the Sea of Consciousness power.

Jiang Nan once said, Divine Thought is one of the important forces that touch the third great system, and this statement is not an exaggeration.

Zhang Lingfeng also noticed the four words Talisman Master Disciple.

He himself possessed a Divine Grade Spirit Root and obtained Origin Power, and was also a Divine Thought Master.

His Heaven and Earth Harmony Index exceeded 40.0, and his Water Source Power could penetrate a kilometer underground, even Rajiv couldn’t discover the clue at first.

With his current strength, securing a top ten position in the continent examination should be a certainty.

If he wished, he might even become a Talisman Master Disciple.

Potentially even vying for a top three spot.

Divine Grade Spirit Root.

It means limitless spiritual power, an inexhaustible and endless supply.

The Dao Field formed by the Dantian Sea of Qi was also extraordinary. In the Divine Realm domain, unless someone mastered multiple Dao Origin Powers simultaneously and had a Heaven and Earth Harmony Index comparable to his, even Qin Qianyu wouldn’t be his match.

Of course, Zhang Lingfeng did not forget his mission.

The Qin Family had saved his life once.

No matter what, he would help Qin Qianyu enter the Star Gate, ideally becoming an Outer Disciple, although the requirements for a Super Grade Spirit Root are... alas.

Zhang Lingfeng could only take one step at a time.

Soon, the continent examination was held at Tisa Castle.

A total of six rounds, all to be completed in one day.

The rules differ from the national and provincial exams.

Here, a comprehensive promotion model is adopted.

Considering power, speed, attack power, defense power, life force—five forces are comprehensively evaluated.

Each round has a score record.

A perfect score is one hundred points.

To enter the final round, scores from the previous five rounds must all exceed ninety points.

If twenty people meet the score requirement, those twenty will enter the final round, with rankings based on corresponding scores.

Those ranked lower can challenge those ranked higher. If they succeed, they advance in rank; if they fail, they are automatically eliminated.

The top three scorers automatically enter the top five, not needing to accept any challenges from others until the rankings are decided.

In any case, the final round determines ranking and victory through combat strength.

The top three have a significant advantage, not only automatically entering the top five but potentially directly becoming Star Gate Outer Disciples, or at least Star Gate Servant Disciples.

Of course, all conditions must be met simultaneously.

Soon, amid countless expectations, the continent examination was held in the Divine Bull Country’s Tisa Castle.

Zhang Lingfeng, Qin Qianyu, Wen Duoduo, and Jin Yifei quickly secured their appearances.

Comparing the four, they found Jin Yifei entered the field first, followed by Zhang Lingfeng, then Wen Duoduo, and finally Qin Qianyu.

The first round was the test of power.

Among the eighty-three countries of the Eastern Continent, there were hundreds of martial arts students.

Those who could make it here mostly had the cultivation of Realm Traveler. However, representatives from resource-poor, geographically challenged small countries, some only had Martial Arts Grandmaster level.

Only countries with large populations and decent native resources, along with resources obtained from the Seven Great Star Systems Alliance, could ensure their martial arts students had the power of Realm Traveler, with a few even reaching Divine Realm level.

For example, the martial arts students from the Divine Bull Country.

As the host of this continent examination, the Divine Bull Country had ten martial arts students, all reaching Divine Realm level.

The martial arts students from the Witch Ghost Country and the Iron Rod Country also numbered six, each having three at the Divine Realm level, according to intelligence reports.

"Udawang, Lemon, Hams..."

The first round was a power selection.

Those ranked higher and martial arts students from other countries, upon hearing their names called, went down.

The power test was very straightforward.

On-site, there were many carved talismans, appearing ordinary but weighing over ten thousand catties, or even more than a hundred thousand catties.

These stone locks were made of special materials or had unexpected weight under the Talisman Power, with clear weight and score indications on them.

The standard of the power test was who could lift the heaviest stone lock.

Zhang Lingfeng thought of the power test method of ancient martial scholars in his past life, which was about the same as now, known as "lever trial" back then.

"A hundred thousand catties, and the power score is only eighty. A hundred and twenty thousand catties just get full ninety, and a hundred and fifty thousand catties for full marks."

Many could see the recorded weight and score on the corresponding stone lock. Quite a few couldn’t help but exclaim, many frowned, whispering among themselves.

"I only have a Middle Grade Spirit Root, at the perfection state of spiritual power, yet still unable to materialize power. Even at the peak of Great Realm Domain, with my current strength, a punch’s force is no less than a hundred and twenty thousand catties, perhaps close to a hundred and fifty thousand catties. But lifting a stone lock of a hundred and twenty thousand catties is another concept."

Wen Duoduo said gravely.

Jin Yifei clenched his fists, his gaze fixed on the stone lock of a hundred and twenty thousand catties. He had an Upper Grade Spirit Root, with materialized spiritual power, the spiritual power wave could tear apart an airship, kill a Demon God with a punch.

But lifting a hundred and twenty thousand catties stone lock wasn’t easy either.

The release of power and lifting power, as Wen Duoduo said, are different concepts.