"If I challenge them one by one and win them all, will the points accumulate?" Chen Feng asked after thinking for a moment.

"No, only the points from the last winning challenge will be counted," the electromechanical voice replied.

"If I defeat an opponent at the peak of the ninth rank, can I challenge an even stronger opponent?" Chen Feng thought for a moment and then asked.

"You have three chances to challenge opponents of higher ranks. Defeating an early-stage eighth-rank martial artist will earn you 550 points, defeating a mid-stage eighth-rank martial artist will earn you 650 points, and defeating a late-stage eighth-rank martial artist will earn you 750 points," the electronic voice replied.

Chen Feng frowned. Winning a challenge beyond one's realm can add up to 250 points. I'm afraid there will be quite a few candidates with over 600 or even 700 points.

Chen Feng knew that there were tens of millions of candidates in the Great Xia Dynasty this year, and many of them came from prominent families and possessed advanced cultivation techniques and martial arts skills.

Their true combat strength is likely enough to easily challenge opponents of higher levels, and it's even possible that some of them have already broken through to the eighth rank of martial artist.

Therefore, although the full score for the martial arts exam is 500 points, there will be many candidates who score above 500 points, because there will be quite a few candidates who take the super challenge.

Therefore, there will definitely be many people with a total score of over 1000, and it is not without reason that the admission scores of the four top universities have been above 850 in previous years.

"Alright, then I'll challenge a late-stage ninth-rank martial artist." Chen Feng decided not to think too much and to finish the exam first. He didn't directly challenge a peak ninth-rank martial artist because he wanted to test the strength of his opponents.

"Buzz—"

Immediately, a figure quickly materialized in front of Chen Feng, looking exactly like himself. Chen Feng was stunned, wondering if the figure's martial arts level was the same as his own.

If that's the case, it would be difficult to even defeat myself at the peak of the ninth rank, let alone challenge myself at the eighth rank.

"Whoosh—"

Instead of attacking directly, Chen Feng used the Meteor Step to dodge to the side of his opponent, and then used the Bull Fist to strike at his opponent, trying to test his speed and fist technique.

"boom--"

However, although his opponent dodged to the side, his Meteor Step was only at a minor level and he couldn't avoid Chen Feng's attack at all. Chen Feng punched him directly in the face.

"Bang--"

His opponent's body fell down, crashing heavily onto the ring. He rolled several times before getting up, and angrily charged forward, instantly drawing his longsword from his waist to stab.

However, there was only one sword flower on his longsword, which meant that his opponent's flying flower sword technique was also only at a minor level, and his footwork was not fast either.

"If that's all there is to it, then there's nothing more to say." After testing his opponent's strength, Chen Feng held back, quickly drawing his sword and unleashing five sword flowers in an instant, piercing his opponent's throat and killing him.

"Successfully challenged a late-stage ninth-rank martial artist, earning 450 points. Would you like to continue challenging a peak ninth-rank martial artist?" the electronic voice announced.

"Continue the challenge." With Chen Feng's voice, a new opponent quickly appeared in front of him, looking just like him, only much more rigid.

"Whoosh—"

Chen Feng still tested his opponent first and found that his opponent's various martial arts skills had reached the mastery level and his health was slightly higher than his. However, under his perfected martial arts skills, his opponent could not attack him at all, nor could he block his attacks.

"boom--"

In just a few minutes of fighting, Chen Feng successfully killed his opponent without expending too much of his energy, so his combat power had long surpassed that of a peak ninth-grade martial artist.

"Successfully challenged a peak ninth-rank martial artist, earning 500 points. Would you like to continue challenging an early eighth-rank martial artist?" The electronic voice sounded again.

"Keep the challenge going."

Chen Feng discovered that with each new challenge, his health and mental strength would return to their peak. However, the assessment system had a drawback: it could not detect his mental strength, so he could not use flying needle attacks.

Then, a version of himself at the early stage of the eighth rank appeared in front of him, but his aura was much stronger, and his blood and qi value was about 55 points.

"An eighth-rank martial artist, with stronger Qi and blood than me, could his martial arts level already be at its peak? If so, the challenge will probably be quite difficult," Chen Feng thought to himself.

"boom--"

However, after exchanging blows, Chen Feng discovered that his opponent's martial arts skills were only at the minor level. Although his health was higher than his own, the power of his martial arts bursts was not as great.

"kill--"

Immediately, Chen Feng went all out and engaged in a fierce battle with his opponent. In just about ten minutes, he killed his opponent on the spot, while he himself had 40% of his health remaining.

"Successfully challenged an early-stage Rank 8 martial artist, earning 550 points. Would you like to continue challenging a mid-stage Rank 8 martial artist?" The electronic voice sounded again.

Chen Feng naturally continued to challenge, but he felt that this battle would be difficult, because if nothing unexpected happened, his opponent's martial arts skills would definitely be at the peak of mastery.

"boom--"

As expected, when the challenge began, the opponent's power was even greater than Chen Feng's, and Chen Feng could only rely on his perfected Meteor Step to dodge and occasionally retaliate.

However, after about ten minutes of fighting, Chen Feng discovered that he had consumed nearly half of his own energy, while his opponent had consumed about 60% of his energy.

Moreover, because Chen Feng's Iron Shirt skill is at the perfect level, the opponent's attacks can only leave very minor injuries on him, while his attacks can also injure the opponent, and even more seriously.

"kill--"

Subsequently, Chen Feng changed his tactics, dodging the opponent's vital attacks while exchanging blows with the opponent, gradually depleting the opponent's health and aggravating their injuries, using this tactic to wear them down.

Sure enough, after half an hour of fighting, the opponent's injuries accumulated to a critical level. After a crucial attack by Chen Feng, he failed to avoid a vital point and was killed by a sword through the heart.

"call--"

At this moment, Chen Feng's own injuries were also quite severe. He was breathing heavily, feeling as if he was about to collapse. If it weren't for his willpower, he would have fallen to the ground.

"Successfully challenged a mid-stage Rank 8 martial artist, earning 650 points. Would you like to continue challenging a late-stage Rank 8 martial artist?" The electronic voice sounded again.

When he heard the electronic voice, Chen Feng collapsed, unable to hold on any longer. He did not choose to continue the challenge because he knew that he could not defeat himself, who was at the late stage of the eighth rank and whose martial arts were at their peak.

Of course, if it were an opponent encountered in real life, the martial arts skills of a late-stage eighth-rank martial artist might not be perfect, but their bodies, after undergoing bone tempering, would be far stronger than those of a ninth-rank martial artist, and they would also have C-rank martial arts skills.

Therefore, Chen Feng's current blood and qi value is still too low. Even if he can unleash power comparable to the late stage of the eighth rank by relying on martial arts, that is only if the opponent does not use martial arts to amplify it. Once amplified, the power will be even greater.