Chapter 718: The Shocking Truth

The entrance exam for the freshmen of Dragon City University’s Martial Arts Department usually did not forbid the spectators from cheering, clapping, taking photos, or even booing. There would be all kinds of sound, light, and electric interference.

After all, if they could not even withstand such a small interference, they would be treated as fodder even if they ran up to a monster. It would be better to get out of there as soon as possible so that they did not embarrass Dragon City University’s Martial Arts Department.

On the other hand, most of the freshmen and their parents were professionals in the industry. They knew the rules. Even if they could not hold back on their reactions, they would not go too far. It was fine if they shouted a few times, but it was also rare for them to be noisy from the beginning to the end.

However, today, the exclamations, discussions, and heartfelt applause from the onlookers came as a result of Bai Jiacao turning around from the stairway’s 48th step all the way until she landed safely.

The 48th step of the stairway!

It took a total of three minutes and 57 seconds!

Regardless of the level or speed, both had broken the Tyrant’s freshman record!

What was even more unfathomable was that after asking around, very few people actually knew about the delicate and cute little girl’s background.

They only heard that she came from Dragon City Construction High School, but even after asking a few new students from that school, they did not know much about her situation.

That was because Bai Jiacao was not a third-year high school examinee this year.

She had skipped a grade. As a second-year high school student, she had directly participated in the college entrance exam and had actually been able to obtain seventh place in the whole city. It was also a unique miracle since Dragon City’s transmigration.

For a time, the young girl with extremely great strength became even more mysterious and unpredictable with everyone focusing their eyes on her.

Bai Jiacao herself did not have the awareness to “create a miracle.”.

Compared with the miracle that her brother had created, where could she find her place?

Wanting to trample her brother under her feet was only the first step on the journey of many thousand miles!

She placed the cauldron back in its place and went to the invigilator to confirm her results and ranking. Then, she walked out as if nothing had happened.

“Student Bai, please wait!”

Ah Hao, who had previously set the freshman record of the year at the 45th level of the stairway, had immediately been blown to pieces by Bai Jiacao. With encouragement from his classmates, he took the most confident step, reached out, and said with a bright smile, “My name is Xie Tianhao, from No. 1 high school, and I just broke through Level 45. I thought I was sure to win, but I didn’t expect to lose to you. Don’t misunderstand me, I’m completely convinced of my loss. I just want to know if I can…”

Before she could say the words “Let’s get to know each other”, Bai Jiacao curled her lips and hid her grimace at her parents and brother. She said coldly, “You can’t.”

“Eh?”

Xie Tianhao and his classmates were stunned by her attitude of rejecting them thousands of miles away.

It Can’t be. She looked like an innocent and cute young girl, and even… She looked like a little girl who was easy to fool.

Why was there such a big difference between her temperament and image when she said that?

Bai Jiacao ignored them and continued to walk forward. After thinking for a while, she turned around and walked back to Xie Tianhao.

Xie Tianhao and his classmates looked at her eagerly.

“You were the one who said that you wanted to beat Meng Chao Up, right?” Bai Jiacao narrowed her eyes and looked at him expressionlessly.

“Uh, yes, there is. Is there a problem?” Xie Tianhao swallowed a mouthful of saliva. Facing the girl’s increasingly fierce aura, he suddenly felt guilty.

“Are you bragging?”

Bai Jiacao said, “In fact, deep down, you don’t think that you have a chance of defeating Meng Chao, nor have you seriously considered this matter. You Don’t even have the courage to challenge him. That’s why you, you, you, and you are talking about this matter loudly in such a frivolous tone. It shows that you don’t have the courage to do so.”

Xie Tianhao and his classmates were speechless, and their faces turned red.

“Not to mention that Meng Chao has made the Martial Arts Department of Agricultural University rise in power in just a few years, from being the ‘number two in a thousand years to being able to compete with the martial arts department of Dragon University—among the top ten in this year’s college entrance exam, three of them chose the Martial Arts Department of Dragon City University, and the other three chose the Martial Arts Department of Agricultural University. Isn’t this enough to explain the problem?

“Let’s not talk about Meng Chao going through life and death and making outstanding contributions. He has killed more monsters than you boastful fellows have ever seen in your dreams.

“Let’s just say that on paper, his combat strength has long reached Heaven Realm, while you guys have only just awakened your superhuman strength. At most, you guys are at the one-star or two-star Earth Realm warriors.

“Other than Senior Brother Wang Dao, even if you guys are tied together, what qualifications do you have to say in such a frivolous tone that you can beat Meng Chao, the Ultimate Style and Agricultural University’s Martial Arts Department expert, to a pulp?”

Xie Tianhao and his classmates looked at each other in dismay. They wanted to refute loudly, but they didn’t know what to say. Their faces were burning with pain, as if Bai Jiacao’s words were whips dipped in chili water, whipping them all over the ground.

“Meng Chao, the Ultimate Style, and Agricultural University’s Martial Arts Department are all our competitors, but to respect our opponents is to respect ourselves. If our opponents are really as weak as you guys say, then what are we, who have become increasingly unable to restrain our opponents in the past few years?”

Bai Jiacao snorted coldly and said, “I want to defeat Meng Chao just as much as you do, but the first step to defeating an opponent is to face up to their strength. Meng Chao is an existence as terrifying as the ultimate demon king. Even I have to work very, very hard to see his back, let alone trample on him… and defeat him.

“Therefore, if you’re just saying that to satisfy your craving, then go back to where you came from and don’t pollute my ears.

“If you’re like me and sincerely want to defeat and surpass Meng Chao, and you’re willing to put in all your effort for this, then cut the crap and seize every second to start your university-level cultivation!”

Xie Tianhao and his classmates were dumbfounded by what he said.

The content of his speech was very impassioned, and in theory, it was also very correct.

It was just that, looking at the delicate and cute little girl, her aura was as powerful as the legendary “queen bee” Lu Siya, and people could not help but want to obey her commands.

The feeling was too strange!

“Our Xiaocao has grown up.”

Meng Chao, who had witnessed this scene not far away, took off his cap and scratched his hair. He said to Meng Yishan and Bai Suxin, “Dad, Mom, can you be completely at base Now?”

..

“My record has been broken?”

Wang Dao had just returned to Dragon City University’s campus when he heard the news.

He had specially rushed back to Dragon City by armored airship from the depths of Monster Mountain Range. He was prepared to hold an admission seminar for the new students of the Martial Arts Department as their big brother to answer questions.

The beast blood and acid on his armor had not been wiped clean. There were still two scabs left on his face. His hair had been condensed into clumps by the blood of the monsters. He looked like a saber that had killed thousands of monsters and countless fierce souls, he was indescribably sharp and fierce.

Wang Dao did not care about his own record.

After all, that was just a game for freshmen.

After a few years of cultivation, he could now carry a huge cauldron that weighed an entire ton and walk on the stairway as if he was flying.

However, when he heard that the one who broke the record was a freshman girl who had skipped a grade to participate in the college entrance examination, he became interested.

The high school stage was a crucial period of growth and development. The difference of one year was like the difference between heaven and earth in terms of combat power.

Even though she cultivated one year less than the seniors, she was able to rank seventh in the entire city and even broke his own freshman record. The surname “Bai” was also not among the nine great cultivation families. It was worth knowing who this person was.

However, when Wang Dao and a few seniors arrived at the scene of the Stairway to Heaven, they discovered that not only had Bai Jiacao left a long time ago, most of the freshmen and their parents had disappeared without a trace. There were only two or three kittens present, still replaying the shocking scene from earlier.

Only then did Wang Dao know that after Bai Jiacao broke the record, she did not stop to enjoy the glory or celebrate with her family and classmates.

She did not waste even a second. She had rushed to the training center of the Martial Arts Department of Dragon City University without stopping and continued to cultivate.

Moreover, she said some bold words that touched many of the students who had just completed the Stairway to Heaven like her. Everyone took advantage of the time when the instructor had not arrived to race against time to cultivate.

“Interesting. Let’s go to the cultivation center and take a look,” Wang Dao said and was about to leave.

Suddenly, his body shook as if someone had cast a petrification spell. He stared at the ground not far away in a daze.

“This is…”

Wang Dao narrowed his eyes. An incredulous expression appeared on his face that was covered in smoke and beast blood.

He walked over and gently rubbed the ground that Meng Chao had just stood on.

With a few faint cracking sounds, the seemingly hard ground actually collapsed, shattered, and turned into fine powder.

Wang Dao hollowed out the powder and blew it away. Two footprints that were twenty to thirty centimeters deep suddenly appeared on the ground!

“How could this be?”

Those who were qualified to stand beside Wang Dao were naturally the outstanding seniors of Dragon City University’s Martial Arts Department.

However, when they saw these two footprints, they were also greatly surprised.

The stone material laid in this open-air training area was called Starflower Stone because of the radiating patterns on the surface of the stone material.

Although it was not as high-end as the Black Star used by Battle God Palace, it was both firm and gentle. It could absorb the impact of the cultivator to the greatest extent. Even if one smashed it with a hammer, it would not be so easy to shatter it.

In order to welcome the arrival of the new semester, the entire field had just undergone maintenance and renovation. All the Starflower Stones had just been laid a few days ago. Where did these two footprints, which were surrounded by strong spirit energy, come from?

No, it was not just two footprints.

With the footprints as the center, the Starflower Stones within a one-meter radius were slightly dented, forming an absolutely accurate circle.

It was as if a one-meter-wide, formless war hammer was forcefully pressed down by 0.5 millimeters.

“He’s an expert.”

Wang Dao stood behind the footprints and closed his eyes to imagine for a moment. When he opened his eyes again, his pupils had already shrunk to their limits. “Based on the rate at which the spiritual energy dissipated, there was an expert standing here half an hour ago. For some unknown reason, he was willing to suddenly raise his spirit flame to its limit and stomp on the ground fiercely, creating these two footprints and a one-meter-wide weak depression.

“However, it seems that he didn’t do it on purpose. He lost control of his strength in a moment of impatience. As a result, his spirit flames are somewhat scattered. The bottom of his footprints are riddled with holes as if hundreds of steel needles are poking at them.”

Wang Dao knelt on one knee and groped carefully.

“How is this possible?”

The senior students were all shocked. “Just now, many students and parents were watching the Stairway to Heaven. It was bustling here, shoulder to shoulder. who could ‘stomp hard on the ground and blast out overwhelming strength’, creating such deep footprints without being noticed?

“We asked the people who had been here the whole time. Other than Bai Jiacao who broke the record, there was nothing unusual about the crowd.”

“That’s why I said that he was an expert. He could control his strength to such an exquisite level that he could break through the armor of a tank without being noticed by anyone else. Such techniques of exerting strength, if used in stealth, assassination, or sneak attacks, are simply too terrifying!”

Wang Dao continued to fumble around, twirling the stone powder on his fingertip. His expression changed again. “Wait, this expert seems to be injured.”

“What?”

The senior students were even more in disbelief. “An injured expert can still erupt with such powerful strength and silently blast out two such deep holes in the Starflower Stone?”

“That should be said in reverse.”

Wang Dao flicked away the stone powder at his fingertip and said seriously, “This expert’s control over his own body has already reached the peak of perfection. If it wasn’t for the fact that he was heavily injured and in a moment of impatience, his vitality magnetic field wouldn’t have gone out of control at all, resulting in such a terrifying power leaking out from the soles of his feet.

“However, the instant his power leaked out, he sensed that something was wrong and immediately restrained it to the point that not a single drop of water could leak out. Other than these two footprints, nothing else was left behind.

“I really don’t know who this expert is and what happened to make him lose his composure on the spot and become so anxious!”

“Today, there are many new students participating in the Stairway to Heaven test. Many parents are senior experts of Dragon City, even at the peak of Heaven Realm.”

A senior student thought for a moment and said, “Perhaps someone at the peak of Heaven Realm saw their child in danger on the Stairway to Heaven and became worried.”

“That makes sense. If he wasn’t a peak Heaven Realm, it would be difficult for him to fight with injuries, and he could still produce such terrifying and precise strength.”

Wang Dao took a deep look at the two footprints again, straightened his back, and said with a long sigh, “Ever since I lost to Meng Chao in the inter-school competition, I have learned from the painful experience that there is always someone better than me. I have been training crazily for the past few years, and now I have finally caught up with Meng Chao.

“However, how can a mere Meng Chao be my limit?

“Dragon City is very big, and there are many strong people. The foreign world is even bigger, and there might be people who are hundreds of times stronger.

“My goal shouldn’t be Meng Chao, but the strong people who can leave their footprints even though they are seriously injured. They should be even more terrifying than the Apocalyptic Beasts in the depths of the vast Other World.

“Let’s go to the cultivation center!”

Wang Dao raised his head and puffed out his chest as he strode forward.

“We’re going to see Bai Jiacao?” a senior student who was traveling with him asked.

“No.”

Wang Dao shook his head and smiled. “We’re going to cultivate.”