Chapter 19
Final Assessment
It was early in the morning. It was also the tenth day since Mo Xiu arrived at the Cosmic Tuition Class.
On the fourth day, after the group battle, Wang Lei set up the final test, which was to injure him.
This made the four of them very vexed. If they couldn’t even break through Wang Lei’s defenses, how could they injure him?
Over the past few days, Wang Lei and Wang Yu did not come up with any new tricks. They allowed the four of them to practice freely. Whenever they wanted to challenge Wang Lei, they would fight him.
The four of them had fought with Wang Lei quite a few times, but the results were just as tragic. Every time, they were beaten until they could not fight back.
Over the last two days, the four of them behaved abnormally and no longer challenged Wang Lei. Instead, they started fighting on their own, which surprised Wang Lei.
There was something that made Mo Xiu feel strange over the past few days.
Zheng Yi sent a message five days ago saying that the school was spreading rumors about him, but Mo Xiu told Zheng Yi not to mind them.
Given Zheng Yi’s personality, he would definitely not let the matter rest. However, he had not received any news from him for the past few days.
Last night, Mo Xiu asked Zheng Yi whether anything happened at school.
Zheng Yi only replied with two words, “It’s nothing.”
Mo Xiu’s instincts told him that Zheng Yi would definitely be fine. If not, Zheng Yi would not have acted so abnormally. He might as well return after today’s assessment and see what happened then.
The assessment began at 9 am.
Other than Wang Lei and Wang Yu, there was another person Mo Xiu was familiar with.
It was Elder Tang.
Mo Xiu was still wondering why Elder Tang had not made any moves for the past few days. This time, he actually took the initiative to appear.
Unlike Mo Xiu, Mu Qingyi, Liu Ziyang, and Yue Yuan all looked very serious when they saw Elder Tang appear.
Elder Tang sat down and said, “Don’t worry about me. I’m just here to take a look. You guys just have to perform normally.”
The last time Mu Qingyi had introduced Elder Tang, she had stopped mid-sentence. He must have participated in a great battle. Thus, it seemed like Elder Tang’s identity was not ordinary.
Wang Lei walked to the center of the arena and said, “Kids, whether or not you can become a Shadow depends on your performance this time.”
The four of them entered the arena. Then, Mo Xiu stood at the front and said, “Can we begin?”
Wang Lei spread out his hands and said, “The rules are the same as before. I will only use one skill. If you injure me, you win. Let’s begin.”
Mo Xiu activated Descent of the Martial God. Then, three rays of light rose from beneath his feet. The three metal arrays stacked on top of Mo Xiu’s body. As a result, his attack power was rather impressive.
Wang Lei narrowed his eyes. He obviously did not expect Yue Yuan’s skill to be used in such a way. He had stacked arrays to increase Mo Xiu’s attack power.
If that was the case, with Mo Xiu’s current attack power, a full-power strike should be able to injure him.
Wang Lei no longer stood still like before. Instead, he took the initiative to attack Mo Xiu.
Mo Xiu used Baguazhang. Although it was only a basic martial art technique, it had relatively fewer weaknesses and was quite invasive.
As for Wang Lei’s moves, they didn’t involve any actual moves. Instead, it was a typical military style of fighting. Every move was aimed at Mo Xiu’s weak point. Furthermore, he simplified his movements as much as possible without any unnecessary movements.
Even if Mo Xiu had an attack boost, he would still be at a disadvantage after two moves.
At this moment, Mu Qingyi started to throw flying daggers to disturb Wang Lei. Meanwhile, Liu Ziyang wandered around, looking for an opportunity to attack Wang Lei from time to time. As for Yue Yuan, he took the opportunity to set up another array.
This was a tactic that they used frequently before, so they were very familiar with it.
Wang Lei said, “It’s still the same. How boring. Can you come up with something new?”
Seeing that they still had the same routine, Wang Lei gradually relaxed. He wanted to play with them for a while. Then, when he was done playing with them, he would deal with them together.
Just as Wang Lei was relaxing, he suddenly realized that Mo Xiu’s attacking style had changed. It was no longer Baguazhang. Instead, every move was firm and unyielding. Why did it seem like…
“Good boy. Are you using me for practice?”
Wang Lei finally reacted. Wasn’t the move Mo Xiu used his own attack?
He had actually learned his opponent’s techniques at such a critical moment to become stronger. Even an expert of Wang Lei’s level felt a chill in his heart.
Wang Lei immediately changed his mind. He didn’t want to drag this on any longer and wanted to end the battle as soon as possible.
Mo Xiu was too much of a variable. He wasn’t a threat now, but it didn’t mean that he would think of a move to injure him in the next second.
Wang Lei began to attack ferociously, and Mo Xiu immediately felt the pressure multiply.
“Liu Ziyang, help me!”
When Liu Ziyang heard this, he immediately charged forward. He held his dagger and attacked Wang Lei a few times.
However, Wang Lei wanted to get rid of Mo Xiu. Liu Ziyang couldn’t break through his defense anyway, so Wang Lei simply ignored him.
As a result, the battle became a battle between Wang Lei and Mo Xiu. Mo Xiu struggled to hold on, while Liu Ziyang chased after Wang Lei but to no avail.
Suddenly, Mo Xiu staggered and was punched by Wang Lei. After taking a step back, Mo Xiu actually punched Liu Ziyang.
Wang Lei thought that Mo Xiu had gone mad. He had even beaten up the members of his own team. He didn’t care about anything else and continued to attack.
However, Liu Ziyang’s Afterimage was triggered by Mo Xiu’s attack. In the next second, he appeared behind Wang Lei.
Two golden lights flashed, and two metal arrays were activated on Liu Ziyang.
At this moment, Wang Lei realized that he had been tricked. Mo Xiu had purposely hit Liu Ziyang just now. This way, he could trigger Liu Ziyang’s Afterimage. Previously, when he staggered, he had probably sent a signal to Yue Yuan and Liu Ziyang.
During the battle a few days ago, Wang Lei also knew that Liu Ziyang’s first attack after activating Afterimage would result in a critical hit. Now, with the support of the metal array, his attack power could not be underestimated.
He wanted to turn around and defend himself, but he was held back by Mo Xiu. Wang Lei understood that this was their killer move.
It had to be said that the older one was, the more experience they would have. Wang Lei did not turn around. Instead, he swung his right leg backwards with all his might.
Although he did not kick Liu Ziyang away, he had also used most of his strength. Liu Ziyang’s dagger did not cause any damage.
Seeing that he didn’t succeed, Mo Xiu let go of him. Meanwhile, Wang Lei turned around and kicked Liu Ziyang far away.
Right at this time, Mu Qingyi, who no one noticed, threw out three flying daggers.
Two of the flying daggers moved in midair and appeared in front of Wang Lei, completely blocking his line of sight. Thus, Wang Lei could only take a step back.
The last flying dagger flew towards Mo Xiu, who caught it.
Since Wang Lei took a step back, this gave Mo Xiu enough space to exert force.
All his attributes had been increased by 100%. The increase in speed could increase his attack power. Meanwhile, the increase in his toughness and endurance could increase the amount of force exerted. As for the increase in defense, it could allow him to use their full strength without any worries.
The strength that emerged from his feet on the ground reached his waist. Then, the strength in his waist reached his arms.
“Shua!!!”
Mo Xiu attacked with the dagger.
Blood dripped from Wang Lei’s arm.
They had succeeded!
Together, the four of them made the impossible possible.
“We’ve succeeded!!!”
Liu Ziyang and Yue Yuan hugged each other to celebrate. Mu Qingyi also started to spin around excitedly.
Elder Tang and Wang Yu sighed as well. These four people had improved so much in these ten days.
Meanwhile, Wang Lei retracted his armor and started clapping.
“You little guys are pretty impressive. Everything that happened before was fake. You were all hiding this final move.”
“Everyone has improved. Yue Yuan used five metal arrays to increase Mo Xiu and Liu Ziyang’s attack power. Meanwhile, Liu Ziyang used Mo Xiu’s attack to activate Afterimage and almost injured me.”
Liu Ziyang and Yue Yuan were grinning from ear to ear.
“Mu Qingyi had the two flying daggers move at the same time to block my line of sight. She used her skill for this. Lastly, Mo Xiu was too steady.”
Everyone looked at Mo Xiu because everyone knew that Mo Xiu was the greatest contributor.
However, Mo Xiu stood rooted to the spot, as if he hadn’t moved since Wang Lei was injured.
Actually, Mo Xiu had been in a state of shock the entire time. What shocked him wasn’t Wang Lei.
Instead, just as he used his understanding of Descent of the Martial God to injure Wang Lei with all his power, a golden light flashed in his mind.
His skill had been upgraded…