"The competition begins!"
Hearing the referee's voice, Zhuang Jie immediately activated the energy in his body. In an instant, a huge black tortoise phantom spread out from him and expanded rapidly. In less than a breath, it occupied half of the ring!
Such a huge black turtle, even if it was just an illusion, released a pressure as heavy as a mountain. Even the students in the audience could feel a strong sense of oppression and a stuffy feeling in their chests.
"Zhuang Jie actually cultivated the Black Turtle Civilization! That Black Turtle is known to have the strongest defense among all the mythical beasts. If Yang Fan can't break the Black Turtle's defense, Zhuang Jie might be able to seize the opportunity to force Yang Fan off the stage and end his winning streak!"
Seeing the black tortoise phantom displayed by Zhuang Jie, some students in the audience couldn't help but get excited, hoping that he could defeat Yang Fan and avenge those students who had been defeated by Yang Fan before.
However, more students remained rational and did not think that Zhuang Jie could defeat Yang Fan.
"The Black Turtle Civilization is strong, but that's only when compared to ordinary geniuses. Do you think Yang Fan can be considered an ordinary genius?"
"Three top students from No. 1 Middle School, one of whom was even ranked in the top ten, were still easily defeated by Yang Fan. The Black Turtle Civilization is nothing more than a punching bag!"
As for the students of No. 2 Middle School, they naturally knew more about their school's prodigies than those from other schools, and they also clearly understood how difficult it would be for Zhuang Jie to win this competition.
"Zhuang Jie's strength in my No. 2 Middle School is second only to Li Yanghui. If he were in any other school, he would definitely be in the top three. But forget it if he wants to fight someone as overly strong as Yang Fan. He's not qualified!"
"Although I really want Zhuang Jie to fight for No. 2 Middle School, I'm sorry, I can't deceive myself. It's impossible for Zhuang Jie to beat Yang Fan!"
On the ring, Zhuang Jie did not hear the discussions coming from the audience. His attention was always focused on Yang Fan.
Before stepping onto the ring, Zhuang Jie knew that he could not beat Yang Fan, so his goal was different from others. He did not seek victory, but only wanted to lose beautifully.
After casting the Black Turtle Phantom, he did not attack Yang Fan immediately, but continued to release defensive skills such as [Xuan Tu Shield] and [Xuan Tian Jia] to maximize his defensive capabilities.
He had already struck what he thought was the coolest pose, waiting for Yang Fan to release the Five Elements Sword Formation and sweep him off the stage!
And Yang Fan seemed to be doing as Zhuang Jie expected, with strong spiritual energy bursting out of his body, as if he was about to use a big move.
"Here it comes! The powerful sword formation that swept through all 24 groups and defeated three No. 1 middle school geniuses is about to be unleashed!"
Zhuang Jie was excited, a little scared, and also felt a little relieved.
What excites me is the chance to compete with a strong man like Yang Fan and experience firsthand the powerful might of the Five Elements Sword Formation.
He was afraid that he was destined to be swept off the stage, and that the strongest defensive technique that he was proud of would be shattered by the sword formation in an instant, and his self-esteem as a genius would definitely be hit.
The reason why he felt relieved was that fighting with a strong man like Yang Fan was too stressful. Now that he was about to be swept off the ring, he felt very relaxed in his heart.
However, Yang Fan did not use the Five Elements Sword Formation, but instead condensed all the spiritual energy in his body at his fingertips and drew in the air.
Seeing Yang Fan's incredible behavior, the audience was dumbfounded.
"Yang Fan...what are you doing?"
"We were all waiting for you and Zhuang Jie to fight, and you were actually drawing?"
"Although Zhuang Jie is definitely no match for you, please respect him. He's almost been fooled by your show!"
Zhuang Jie was really stupid. He had already made his stance and preparations, just waiting for Yang Fan to kill him. But Yang Fan did nothing and just started painting in front of him.
The students in the audience were puzzled by Yang Fan's behavior and talked about it a lot, but the principal of No. 4 Middle School looked at Yang Fan and nodded slightly.
"This kid is really good. He can flexibly apply the Taoism evolved on the planet so quickly."
"And judging by his appearance, the planet's civilization should be flourishing, with multiple paths of development. The entire civilization is vibrant and has endless possibilities. In terms of civilization cultivation alone, he should have surpassed all the students present!"
"Alas, why can't my No. 4 Middle School produce such a talent?"
Hearing the sour words of the principal of No. 4 Middle School, the principal of No. 3 Middle School couldn't help but smile with satisfaction. Thinking of Yang Fan's growth in the past month, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
When Yang Fan's awakening results broke the record, he just took the opportunity to promote it and let No. 3 Middle School get some attention.
Who would have thought that a student with such low initial awakening scores could actually make it this far?
And this is just the beginning. The joint entrance examination of the five middle schools is just a small stage. The future college entrance examination and the university after the college entrance examination are the starting point for a genius to truly complete his transformation and become strong.
On the stage, Zhuang Jie initially felt like the students in the audience, thinking that Yang Fan was simply humiliating him and not taking him seriously. He was therefore filled with grief and anger, and wanted to rush up and fight Yang Fan to the death.
But gradually, the objects that Yang Fan outlined with spiritual energy began to take shape, and Zhuang Jie began to realize that things did not seem as simple as he thought.
When Yang Fan controlled the alchemy furnace with his left hand, drew talismans with his right hand, was surrounded by eight formation flags, and had a puppet standing next to him, Zhuang Jie suddenly understood.
Yang Fan is not painting at all, he is clearly practicing Taoism!
"Alchemy, talisman drawing, formation formation, puppetry... so many Daoist techniques have actually evolved on his planet! I used to think that his immortal cultivation civilization was solely focused on the Dao of the Sword, with other Daoist techniques still undeveloped!"
At the high school level, most planet masters have limited abilities to cultivate civilization, and they need a long period of training to gradually improve.
In order to prevent large-scale disasters from occurring in the process of cultivating civilization, high school students with insufficient control will limit the direction of civilization development, leaving only one or two civilization development routes.
For example, Zhuang Jie, his planet only cultivated one powerful exotic beast, the black turtle, and the other species on the planet had no characteristics at all.
This is done to avoid civilization developing in too many directions and being unable to control it, which would lead to the collapse of civilization.
Like Yang Fan, a senior high school student who presents a state of development with a hundred schools of thought contending on the planet, perhaps only the top three students in No. 1 Middle School in the entire Zhangcheng can achieve this!
In other words, Yang Fan must be a genius at the same level as Jiang Chen, and may even have a chance to surpass him!
"Could it be that the first place in this year's joint entrance exam for the five middle schools will go to No. 3 Middle School?"
Thinking of this, Zhuang Jie couldn't help but feel a dreamlike sense of unreality.
No. 1 Middle School is recognized as the best middle school in the entire Zhangcheng. If, like in previous years, they only send the top 20 students to participate in the competition, then if they lose, they lose, it’s no big deal.
But this year is different. Since No. 1 Middle School sent their third place student to compete in the joint entrance examination of the five middle schools, it proves that they are determined to win the first place in this joint entrance examination. If the first place is taken away by students from other middle schools under this circumstance, it would be extremely embarrassing!
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