Chapter Twenty-Four: Rapid Progress

As myriad spiritual talismans lit up one by one, the world before his eyes twisted, transforming into a 100% realistic virtual environment. Li Yao appeared on a massive square paved with black rocks.

He was only there for a simple test, so there was no grand scene like the last simulated college entrance examination.

The diameter of the Black Rock Square was about 500 meters, surrounded by towering black walls that seemed to reach the sky. Looking into the distance, one could see countless blood-colored doorways around the square, from which the roars of demonic beasts faintly emanated.

Ferocious demonic beasts gradually revealed their forms.

Li Yao leisurely stretched each joint, producing a "crackling" sound, and suddenly had an idea. He imitated the smiling clown from last night and meticulously performed the "Fifth Set of Federal Fitness Gymnastics."

"Seems ordinary, no mystery at all. Never mind, let's test my maximum speed first!" Li Yao ignored the dozens of demonic beasts approaching him, knelt on one knee, propped up with both hands, raised his butt, and assumed a sprinting stance.

"Ao Ao Ao Ao!" A few red-eyed demonic wolves howled and pounced at him.

"Whoosh!" Every bundle of muscles in Li Yao's legs seemed to transform into countless sharp blades coming out of their sheaths in an instant. The black rock ground was stomped with two deep pits the size of fists, and he also turned into a residual image in an instant, flashing through the middle of seven or eight demonic wolves!

Li Yao didn't care about the demonic wolves pouncing at him at all. There was only one thought in his mind, run!

In a moment, he sprinted from the center of the Black Rock Square to the edge 250 meters away. When he was still at high speed five meters away from the wall, he jumped up in the air, turned strangely, and kicked heavily with both feet.

"Pa!"

The wall immediately had a spider web-like crack, and Li Yao was like an arrow off the string, shooting towards the other end of the square.

Until now, the dozens of demonic beasts have not yet grabbed a strand of his hair!

After another 500 meters of lightning speed, Li Yao turned back and stood in the center of the square again, took a look at the time that appeared in the sky.

"A kilometer, 1 minute and 32 seconds! Not bad, 41 seconds faster than before! Next, test the maximum jumping power!"

Li Yao squatted again, ran, accelerated, sprinted, and before the two demonic beasts could tear him to pieces, he leaped up like a sword out of its sheath, piercing the sky!

In this way, surrounded by the encirclement of demonic beasts, he tested his speed, endurance, jumping power, carrying capacity, and maximum explosive power one by one!

An hour later.

Li Yao was exhausted and panting, sitting in the midst of the shattered bodies of demonic beasts, his face smeared with the stinking blood of the beasts.

His eyes, through the blood fog, looked forward to the sky with anticipation.

In the sky, the dark clouds rolled, the cold wind raged, and the thunder rumbled. After a series of complex calculations, the virtual environment gave his current spiritual root development:

"58%!"

Seeing this shining number, Li Yao couldn't help but wave a fist and roar excitedly.

Two days ago, his spiritual root development was only 35%, belonging to the worst level of qualifications. After being tempered by Ou Yizi's divine soul in the longest dream, it actually increased by more than 20 percentage points, only one step away from the cultivation genius in the key class!

Although he is very clear that this kind of earth-shattering mutation is likely to happen only once, there are still 97 days left, and he is confident that he will be able to increase the spiritual root development by at least 10% during this period!

The road ahead is still long, but there is nothing that can stop his direction, and he will definitely be admitted to the nine elite universities, embark on the path of cultivation, and become a master of refining!

Until he left the virtual environment and stepped out of the test cabin, Li Yao's excited mood was still lingering for a long time.

He felt that every joint was itching, every muscle was howling, every breath was exhaling steam, and the uncontrollable strength was wandering around his body, making him extremely restless and eager to try.

Looking around, everyone was practicing seriously, and his best friend Meng Jiang didn't know where to go, and he couldn't share his joy.

He swallowed and his throat was still burning. Taking a deep breath, Li Yao walked to the deepest part of the stadium.

Here stands an old-fashioned strength tester that is shabby and broken.

Today's students are used to testing their strength in the virtual environment and are not interested in this old-fashioned magical treasure made of pure machinery and talisman structures.

No one has used this old-fashioned magical treasure to test strength for a long time, and the strength tester is covered with dust, just like a giant beast that has been dead for many years, leaving only dim bones.

Li Yao is very fond of this old-fashioned magical treasure. Compared with the intangible virtual environment, he feels that this old-fashioned magical treasure, which is assembled with countless parts, talismans, and pipelines, has a delicate and fascinating charm.

At this moment, he urgently needs to vent the excitement in his heart.

Although you can play to your heart's content in the virtual environment, how can it compare with the real pleasure of the real world, where every punch and kick hits the flesh?

"Bang!"

Li Yao simply punched out, hitting the center of the strength tester, instantly stirring up the dust all over the sky.

The old-fashioned magical treasure seemed like a beast that had been awakened. Talismans lit up one by one, and the interior of the treasure made pleasant metal collisions, gear rotations, and the noise of spiritual energy flowing through the crystal tubes. Finally, a number appeared in the crystal tube counter above the strength tester.

"355 Jin!"

"This thrust punch only has the power of more than 300 Jin? It doesn't seem to be enough! I always feel that it's a bit less, what exactly is it?" Li Yao squinted his eyes, let the dust linger around him, and stared at the back of his hand, pondering.

A moment later, he smiled slightly and took out two earplugs from his pocket.

These are the "Yinling" magical treasures made by the "Miao Yin Zong". When plugged into the ears and activated by a thought, the miniature talisman in the earplugs starts to operate, delivering beautiful music.

"Look at the rolling dark clouds that cannot block the flow of the Milky Way!"

"The endless darkness will eventually dissipate, and the stars will light up the light of life!"

Lu Yin Xi's high-pitched singing, which is fearless in meeting gods and Buddhas, explodes between Li Yao's ears!

"Yes, that's it. The rolling dark clouds cannot block the flow of the Milky Way, kill!" Li Yao's waist and hips sank, and he let out a low roar. The dust that had just fallen on him was instantly stirred up, forming a light gray envelope within half a meter, which was torn apart by the wind of the fist a moment later!

"Bang!"

"Bang Bang Bang!"

"Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang g Bang Bang 

At the moment when the power testing machine made a loud noise, a towering figure with an unparalleled and mighty aura strolled leisurely into the gymnasium.