"Su Ba. Strength: 1,500 jin. Speed: 18.1 meters per second. Reflexes: Exceptional. Overall score: 99 points!"
Helplessly, the examiner was forced to repeat the announcement again—this time, even louder!
And this time—
Everyone heard it clearly!
The hall instantly exploded into chaos!
"What the hell?! That can't be real! How could Su Ba's stats be this good?!"
"It's fake, has to be! There's no way Su Ba is better than Wang Quan!"
"Yeah, he's always been at the bottom of the entire year, stuck at the One-Star early stage. How the hell did he get 99 points?! That's practically a perfect score!"
The students were wide-eyed, the crowd in complete uproar.
But on the platform, the headmaster, Xu, the vice headmaster, and Yan Hua were all frozen in stunned silence!
The students might not know, but they did—
That was: in academy assessments, there was an unwritten rule—there was no such thing as a 100-point perfect score. The highest achievable was always 99.
This was intentional, meant to remind even the most gifted students that there's always someone stronger, that arrogance leads to downfall.
So no matter how amazing a student performed, even if they deserved 100, the system would always deduct that final point automatically.
But Su Ba… got a perfect 99?
The three exchanged glances, their faces twitching with disbelief.
Wang Quan's mocking smile froze completely.
Jiang Lu Wan's beautiful eyes were vacant in shock—she looked like she couldn't process what she had just heard.
On the platform—
The thirty-two martial institute recruiters from across the kingdom all turned to look at each other, visible traces of surprise and doubt in their expressions.
Just moments ago, they hadn't paid much attention to that kid. He looked average, and they'd heard he was an expelled student. Naturally, they had written him off.
But now—
This result?!
They all understood the academy assessment rule. Which meant this "Su Ba" kid... was the real deal. A genuine, rare genius.
After all—
They had been recruitment officials for years, some even over a decade. They had tested thousands of students. But among all those candidates…
Those who managed to score 99?
You could count them on one hand.
To think—a genius like this would appear in such a seemingly average academy. What an unexpected surprise!
Even the recruiter seated at the head of the platform, from Yunmeng Martial Institute, leaned forward slightly, his demeanor shifting as his eyes locked onto the results.
A score of 99? Could that young man's strength have reached late-stage Two-Star?
As he pondered—
Click.
The door of the assessment room opened with a soft push.
Su Ba stepped out, hands clasped behind his back, his expression calm and composed.
Whoosh whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
In an instant—
Countless gazes shot toward him like arrows!
"What? One-Star mid-stage?!"
The Yunmeng Martial Institute recruiter, who had been focusing intently on Su Ba, suddenly sensed his cultivation level clearly—and jumped to his feet!
Clang!
The chair behind him tipped over and crashed to the ground from the sudden movement!
But—
He didn't care.
His eyes were locked onto Su Ba, his face full of shock and disbelief!
This was the first time Xia Hang, in all his years as a recruiter, had ever lost his composure like this!
A One-Starone-star mid-stage actually managed to achieve a perfect score. Which meant Su Ba had at least the strength to contend with a late-stage Two-Star martial artist!
That was a leap of an entire level and a half!
And what did that mean…?
Xia Hang's eyes sparkled intensely.
At the same time, the other recruiters all began to probe Su Ba's cultivation as well—
And the moment they did—
Every last one of them felt like they'd been struck by lightning!