I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

"That is the strangest ability and the deepest curse of the intelligent species that is humankind, and its name is—love."

Li Suisui hesitated: "You, the great demon king, actually said that word so seriously... I really don't know what expression to make right now."

……

The next day.

All the students in Xue Jing's class gathered together, each staring at the countdown on their wristbands.

"Ten, nine, eight..."

Everyone was thrilled as they watched the stopwatch tick away second by second.

Until the countdown reaches zero.

[Exam Over]

[Team member 'Cao Sini' became the knockout leader, and all team members received a team score of +2000...]

[Our team is ranked first in the average score rankings. All team members receive an individual score increase of 1000 and the team score increase of 2000...]

[Final rankings are being finalized...]

The students cheered as they saw the notification appear on their wristbands.

"Great!!"

Everyone immediately rushed excitedly to Xue Jing's side and lifted him up with their hands and feet.

Xue Jing didn't struggle; he just smiled and looked at the excited students.

The crowd lifted him high, tossed him into the air, caught him gently, and tossed him into the air again.

Each time, it's accompanied by all sorts of strange slogans.

"Long live Teacher Xue!"

"Teacher Xue is the best in the world!"

"Teacher Xue is like heaven!"

"Teacher Xue, an enemy from outer space... oh no, Teacher Xue, a celestial being descending from the heavens!"

"Emperor Xue Tian is unparalleled throughout eternity!"

Many students looked dazed, as if it were all unreal, like they were in a dream.

Most of them were only mediocre in martial arts, not outstanding. Their biggest hope in taking the martial arts exam was simply to get into university.

Who would have thought that the entire class of thirty students would achieve such outstanding results, enough to get into any university?

This is a miracle that no one would even dare to imagine.

The person who achieved this miracle was a boy of the same age as them.

Everyone stared at Xue Jing, their hearts overflowing with gratitude.

What was originally a life-threatening, and not guaranteed-good-results-with joint exam battle turned into a vacation-like experience thanks to Teacher Xue.

Basically, they won over the girl while eating hot pot and singing songs.

It feels like a dream.

Thinking back to how they had previously doubted Xue Jing's abilities as an outsider and even tried to pressure their superiors to change the examiner...

Thinking of this, Chen Xingyan couldn't help but feel extremely fortunate.

Fortunately, Mr. Xue is a broad-minded and gentle person. He didn't take it to heart at all and just thought it was the children playing around.

“When I used to practice martial arts, I would only practice sporadically, always thinking that I would start working hard tomorrow and take it seriously tomorrow. Before I knew it, it was time to take the martial arts exam.”

"I originally thought that no matter how good Teacher Xue was, he could only let me cram at the last minute and it wouldn't have much impact on my final martial arts exam score... But I didn't expect that I not only managed to cram, but I almost tore off the Buddha's pants."

He Han stood next to Chen Xingyan and sighed.

"This proves that choice is more important than effort. It shows that when faced with absolute luck, effort is completely useless. From now on, I'm going to continue slacking off... Ah!"

He Han clutched her head with both hands, wincing in pain as she looked at Cao Sini, who had thrown a punch, and cried out in a drawn-out voice, "What are you doing?!"

Cao Sini said calmly, "If you dare to waste Teacher Xue's support and embarrass Teacher Xue in the future, I will definitely clean up the mess for her."

He Han rubbed his head and clicked his tongue, saying, "It feels like Miss Cao's majesty is becoming more and more like Teacher Xue's... It's true what they say, 'The onlooker sees more of the moon, and the person near it sees more of it.'"

Chen Xingyan glanced at him: "How do you manage to make five mistakes out of eight words in a single sentence?"

He Han waved his hand and said, "I can't talk to an ordinary person like you who doesn't surf the internet."

"Let's go, let's go. The results are settled, the gate should be opening soon. Let's hurry back to the real world. This godforsaken place, the Sea of ​​Steel, doesn't even have a place to take a shower..."

……

In the present world, at the entrance to the Sea of ​​Steel.

A burly man wearing sunglasses squatted on a clearing in the wilderness not far from the entrance, like a giant brown bear lying in wait.

A hundred meters away from the man, Ning Yuantai sat in the aircraft cabin, anxiously swiping his bracelet while looking at the entrance to the Sea of ​​Steel.

Suddenly, the page displayed on the bracelet changed.

[Announcement of the Martial Arts Exam Results for the Steel Tree Sea Joint Examination]

[Final Ranking]

[First: Examination Room No. 9, Yincheng, Cao Sini, student ID...]

……

Looking at the row of names from Examination Room No. 9 in Yincheng, Ning Yuantai's expression changed, and he suddenly fixed his gaze on the back of the man squatting on the ground.

Shen Tu Guang, nicknamed "Lion Eyes," stared at his nearly seven-inch smartphone for a few seconds, then squeezed it so hard that it instantly shattered, crushing the phone into a small, round black ball slightly smaller than a ping-pong ball.

"A bunch of useless trash..."

He flicked the small, extremely smooth black ball with his finger, and it exploded with a burst of airflow. With a sonic boom and a shrill whistle, the ball shot towards the horizon at an unknown speed of sound. Before long, it burned up due to the heat generated by friction with the air.

The man slowly stood up, took off his sunglasses, revealing a pair of strange, menacing eyes like a lion.

Seeing this, Ning Yuantai opened the chat software with his bracelet and frantically typed and sent messages to Xue Jing.

[Brother Xue, there's danger! Don't go back to the real world!!]

【Don't go back to the real world!!】

【Don't go back to the real world!!】

..............................

Chapter 353 A Just Two Against One, The Ultimate Limit Breaker (4K)

Li Suisui stepped out of the Sea of ​​Steel Trees and out of the light membrane into the real world.

In an instant, the world changed. The leaden sky and metallic landscape transformed into a normal wilderness, and the smell of blood-red rust was replaced by fresh, natural air.

Before she could even adjust to the new world she hadn't seen for seven days, Li Suisui stopped in her tracks and looked toward a burly figure standing not far to her left.

The moment Li Suisui saw the pair of strange, lion-like eyes, she felt a ferocious aura emanating from the figure like a tidal wave, spreading outwards in waves, almost creating visible air fluctuations.

A faint chill ran down Li Suisui's spine.

'Such pure and intense fighting spirit...'

Li Suisui narrowed her eyes.

Those who practice martial arts collectively categorize the emotional power emanating from their spirit and will, such as 'qi' and 'fighting spirit,' as 'moving qi'.

Emotions such as murderous intent, arrogance, anger, and greed all possess the power to influence actual combat effectiveness.

The person before me possessed an extremely pure and intense "dynamic energy," as if all emotions had been purified and refined, ultimately transforming into a highly pure "fighting spirit" that existed solely for the purpose of struggle.

This level of 'moving energy' is something that even the well-informed Li Suisui has never seen before in her life.

Only a first-rate, born battle maniac could possess such a pure level of dynamic energy.

In today's trendy parlance... this person should be considered an 'ultra-male among ultra-males'.

After making eye contact with him for only a second, Li Suisui naturally looked away.

Who exactly is this person?

However, after realizing the unusual shape of the person's eyes, Li Suisui quickly came to some answers.

As a genius in the old martial arts world and a member of the conservative faction of the Secret Martial Arts Society, he had been in contact with people who practiced old martial arts since he was a child. He knew almost all the powerful people in the old martial arts circle.

He shouldn't be unaware of someone of that level of strength.

This person seems to be a martial artist who follows a unique path. I wonder if they practice a new martial art, or if they engage in dual cultivation like Xue Jing, or perhaps...

Having roughly guessed why this person was there, Li Suisui wanted to slip away as quickly as possible.

He turned around and began to direct the students who followed him out of the Sea of ​​Steel.

There were nearly forty students when they came, but now there are less than twenty left... most of them were eliminated by students from Xue Jing's class.

The remaining people were also listless, pale, and even a bit emaciated, showing no signs of being part of the top elite class.

Staying in the Sea of ​​Steel for seven days, with extremely scarce supplies, not being able to eat or sleep well, and having to fight constantly, their bodies naturally couldn't take it.

It's not just a physical problem.

Most importantly, they were mentally devastated by that "devil class"... Their original pride as outstanding candidates, coupled with the fact that the head examiner was Li Suisui, completely vanished.

Sighing and feeling dejected, the students followed Li Suisui to the large aircraft that had come to pick them up.

at this time.

"boom--!!"

The large, bread-shaped aircraft, about the size of a bus, suddenly exploded in the middle and split into two pieces, each flying hundreds of meters away.

Li Suisui immediately stepped in front of the students, spreading her arms and radiating an invisible aura that blocked the aftershocks of the explosion.

"Ahhh!!"

"What happened?"