High Martial Arts: Grinding for the Supreme Talent

Chapter 413: Chapter 398: Lin Qi’s Ranking

BAM!!

A Blood-Scaled Iron Pig was sent flying, crashing into several Gray Ridge Giant Wolves and clearing out a large space.

Lin Qi transformed into a bolt of lightning, continuously thrusting the long spear in his hand to hunt the Gray Ridge Giant Wolves.

THWIP! THWIP! THWIP!

In a state of absolute focus, he unconsciously merged into the Thunder Shadow Realm.

He repeatedly executed the Mountain and River Spear Technique, and his proficiency with the spear technique grew steadily.

Numerous insights also began to surface.

...

「58 minutes later.」

On the concrete road, the corpses of countless Gray Ridge Giant Wolves lay strewn across the ground.

Blood soaked the pavement!

CLANG! CLANG!!

THWIP!

Lin Qi swung his Black Great Spear, blocking the Iron-Scaled Eagle’s steel-like talons.

The great spear suddenly whipped out, releasing Golden Edge Power that slit the Iron-Scaled Eagle’s throat.

THUD!

huff...

Hearing the thud of the Iron-Scaled Eagle’s corpse hitting the ground, he gasped for breath.

His body felt unusually heavy. In the trial, the stamina of Martial Artists like them was not infinite.

They could feel fatigue too!

The intense exhaustion caused his killing efficiency to plummet.

He was drenched in blood. A panel floated in the air, showing that the trial would end in less than three minutes!

And according to his Perception, there were still 20 Calamity Beasts left.

’I’m so close. I’m about to pass the 11th floor of the trial.’

AWOOO—

Several agile Gray Ridge Giant Wolves either leaped through the air or opened their gaping maws, unleashing a storm of gore as they hunted Lin Qi together.

huff...

Lin Qi continued to mobilize all the Power in his body. Although his physical attributes were capped at 99...

...his Spiritual Power was still as high as 600, allowing him to sense the movements of every Calamity Beast around him.

He once again used the Thunder Shadow Instant Kill Step, flashing past two Gray Ridge Giant Wolves and dodging their attacks.

At the same time, the Black Great Spear in his hand shot out like a dragon as he unleashed his Shaking Mountain Realm.

With the enhancement from the Mental Realm, the speed of his spear thrusts skyrocketed, increasing by a huge margin.

THWIP!

”Die, die, die!!”

Lin Qi gritted his teeth, seizing the last chance to attack all the remaining Calamity Beasts.

SCREEE—

The Iron-Scaled Eagle in the air was instantly pierced through the head. The Power exploded, and its skull burst.

THWIP! THWIP!

Before he knew it, only the last Blood-Scaled Iron Pig remained!

huff... huff...

BOOM!

The ground shook as it stomped its iron hooves, kicking up clouds of dust.

Lin Qi leaped up and brought his great spear smashing down. The image of an immovable, majestic mountain instantly appeared around him.

Shaking Mountain Realm—Mountain Town!

BAM!!

The spear tip smashed violently onto the head of the Blood-Scaled Iron Pig. With a heavy thud, its head was driven into the concrete ground.

Lin Qi could clearly hear the sound of bones shattering.

The entire concrete road fell silent once more.

[Student Lin Qi, congratulations on successfully passing the 11th-floor trial. Time: 59 minutes and 35 seconds.]

[Grade Ranking: 3]

[Overall Ranking: 90→60]

[Enter the 12th-floor trial? Yes/No]

...

Lin Qi stared at the information that popped up, lost in thought.

He had passed the 11th-floor trial just in the nick of time. Based on his judgment, one generally needed Tier Four 20% Spear Technique and a Tier Four 15% Body Technique Realm to clear it.

But he hadn’t reached either of those benchmarks. The only reason he had managed to pass was his own powerful Combat Talent.

He looked at his rank. He had climbed a full 30 spots. Among the 181 Awakened geniuses, he was now ranked 60th, which was already in the upper-middle tier.

Even some of the S-class Awakened geniuses from the junior year couldn’t compare to him.

[Begin 12th-floor trial!]

Lin Qi didn’t hesitate and proceeded to the 12th-floor trial. He wanted to see his own limits.

[12th-Floor Trial Content: Within 80 minutes, kill 600 Calamity Beasts: 200 Level 3 Disaster Beast Gray Ridge Giant Wolves, 200 Level 3 Disaster Beast Blood-Scaled Iron Pigs, 150 Level 3 Disaster Beast Iron-Scaled Eagles, 50 Fourth-Level Calamity Beasts.]

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[The 12th-floor trial now officially begins!]

An emotionless, synthetic voice echoed through the air.

...

「40 minutes later.」

ROAR—

THWIP! THWIP!

Lin Qi’s body was sent flying by a Bronze Bull, and he was then devoured by countless Gray Ridge Giant Wolves.

[Student Lin Qi, we regret to inform you that you have died!]

[Grade Ranking: 3]

[Overall Ranking: 60→42]

Lin Qi reappeared. He looked at the information that popped up and let out a breath. ’The feeling of death really sucks.’

He was quite surprised to see his rank. ’I actually broke into the top 50 this quickly.’

There were only 41 people stronger than him.

His ranking was getting higher and higher. Most of the people ahead of him were seniors from the fourth year, and most of them had already broken through to Tier Four Martial Arts.

Thinking of this, he chose to exit the Disaster Beast Trial Tower.

...

「A few seconds later.」

”Brother Qi, you finished the trial too!”

Outside the Disaster Beast Trial Tower, Wan Ming was just coming out as well. He saw Lin Qi and asked curiously.

Lin Qi nodded and looked at the Trial Rankings.

Wan Ming looked up at the rankings.

[Second-Year Disaster Beast Trial Rankings]

[1st Place: Chu Yu, Floor: 14]

[2nd Place: Du Shanyan, Floor: 14]

[3rd Place: Lin Qi, Floor: 12]

...

Wan Ming wasn’t surprised to see Lin Qi’s name in third place, but he was stunned to see that he had reached the 12th floor.

’He’s that strong?’

Yu Zhuoran, Kong Ruoxuan, and Wang Mingxi were all still stuck on the 10th floor. ’The gap is even bigger than I thought!’

”Brother Qi, you’re incredible!” Wan Ming exclaimed.

Lin Qi listened with a calm expression and glanced around the rankings as well.

[4th Place: Yu Zhuoran, 5th Place: Kong Ruoxuan, 6th Place: Wang Mingxi, 7th Place: Pei Jiu, 8th Place: Huo Wanyang, 9th Place: Li Hanjiang, 10th Place: Wei Peng!]