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Chapter 405: Murder in the Dream! Meng Huangliang's Shattered Defense!
Chapter 405: Murder in the Dream! Meng Huangliang's Shattered Defense!
[The Top 12 Emerge! Top Provincial Exam Candidates Dominate!]
[The outstanding candidates from the Advanced Academy occupy the top 12 spots, indicating the success of educational reforms in providing more accessible resources.]
[Su Ping and Shen Fu are the only participants from the provincial exams, sparking discussions on why provincial candidates are less competitive than academy beastmasters.]
[The second day of the final exam concludes, and the third day will determine the top 3, top 10, and top 20 rankings!]
[...]
These headlines flooded the internet, capturing the nation's attention.
However, amidst this frenzy, no one disturbed Su Ping.
For the past few days, even Guan Shu, his family's caretaker, had refrained from calling to report on potential developments within the Heart of Ten Thousand Spirits.
Li Shu, Dong Mu Yun, and others respected his focus, only contacting him if absolutely necessary.
Every upcoming battle was crucial, as just one more win would secure a 66% chance of obtaining a dragon companion reward.
While Su Ping had more opportunities to acquire dragon companions than others, this was unknown to outsiders.
Browsing through the articles and news on his phone, Su Ping's thoughts wandered.
[The Top 12 Candidates: Analyzing Their Pets' Abilities, Styles, and Beastmaster Combat Approaches]
[The final exam concludes, and the top 12 are confirmed!
Among them are Su Ping, the top provincial candidate from Jianghai Province, and Shen Fu, the top candidate from Qilu Province. These two are the only beastmasters in the top 12 not from academies.
Additionally, there's Ye Zhou, the top candidate from Capital Academy, and Qin Xiaoxue, the third-ranked candidate from the same academy.
Chen Zhan, the top provincial candidate and a direct descendant of the Chen family, also secured a spot. As one of the highest-ranked academies in Dragon Nation, the Capital Academy's performance might not satisfy the expectations of Grandmaster Chen and the other deans.
Qiu Zhen from Tianfu Academy, who successfully advanced with his recently developed Kung Fu Panda pet, is also among the top 12.
Xijing Academy's top two candidates, Qin Feng and Xie Qiong, both made it to the top 12, showcasing the academy's rising prowess, potentially surpassing Capital and Imperial Capital Academies.
Pan Xiaoyu from Southern Sea Academy impressed everyone with her performance against Dong Mu Xuan, the second-ranked candidate from Capital Academy.
Following closely is Mu Hanchan from Iceplain Academy, known as the Ice Goddess.
Zhao Ling from Mountain River Academy, who eliminated the top-ranked candidate, surprisingly made it to the top 12, along with the previously less notable fourth-ranked candidate, An Hong. This unexpected turn of events caught everyone off guard!
Additionally, the top candidate from Spirit Academy, Feng Rong, secured a spot in the top 12, despite their academy being the lowest-ranked among the eight academies.
First, let's focus on Su Ping, the beastmaster trainer...]
Su Ping quickly skimmed through the article, impressed by the media's insightful analysis.
The article accurately assessed the top 12 candidates, providing a comprehensive overview.
This professional exam seemed to have a random allocation system, resulting in a relatively balanced distribution of advancements.
According to previous estimates, Capital and Imperial Capital Academies were expected to dominate half of the top spots.
Surprisingly, they only secured three positions, while the other advanced academies, especially Xijing Academy, showcased their potential to surpass the top two academies.
Spirit Academy, which Su Ping had heard of before, was located in Yunmeng Province, adjacent to two unique locations.
One was the renowned Yunmeng Marsh, and the other was the Xuanming Ancient Battlefield, the largest ancient battlefield site in Dragon Nation, covering an area nearly half the size of a province.
Along with Yunmeng Marsh, Yunmeng Province stood out as one of the most distinctive inland provinces.
Spirit Academy was established in this unique environment, specializing in a single, pure focus on necromantic pets.
Additionally, they had basic weapon-type pets like the Rusted Sword and the Decaying Blade, partially overlapping with Xijing Academy's offerings.
With the top 12 spots determined, this article slightly criticized the distribution of rewards.
However, it must be said that every student who made it to the top twelve has genuine skills.
Even Su Ping, with the help of this post and the accompanying videos focusing on the opponents' battles, gained valuable insights.
The post also revealed Su Ping's weakness.
Indeed, it's an age-old issue.
Compared to the three beasts of the other competitors, Su Ping's mere two beasts were at a significant disadvantage.
While it's true that beast trainers generally focus on quality over quantity in beast cultivation,
having one less beast than others is a significant challenge.
Relying solely on Qing for defense, it's clear that the post's author doesn't hold much hope for Su Ping's success.
Su Ping merely smiled and didn't seem to mind.
In fact, everyone knows that the remaining contestants in the top twelve have hidden strengths.
They possess secret techniques they haven't revealed to the public.
For instance, Pan Xiaoyu's vast oceanic skill.
Super-tier skills are the ultimate trump cards that can truly seal the deal.
However, has Su Ping ever fully unleashed the capabilities of his beasts?
Not to mention, Qin Xiaoxue, Sang Sheng, and Qin Erlong are all aware that
when Qian Yi activates the Five Elements Rotation, he doesn't remain stationary!
He isn't unable to act!
Instead, he can activate the rotation during combat, eventually reaching the pinnacle of the Five Elements' full power.
Outsiders believe that disrupting Qian Yi's charge-up by breaking through Qing's defense will guarantee victory.
But if Qing fails to control the opponent's three beasts, Qian Yi will have a surprise in store!
However, can anyone easily break through Qing's defense?
Su Ping doesn't think it's that simple.
Even now, almost no one can force Qing to reveal her full strength!
From start to finish, Qing has only demonstrated abilities based on her Emerald Demon Body's poison!
Her Extra Corporeal Incarnation abilities have not been disclosed in the slightest.
Of course, Su Ping is aware that Qing had shown her clone ability back in the Jianghai competition, and he believes that the other competitors will be prepared for it.
However, if the Extra Corporeal Incarnation were that easy to counter, it wouldn't be a hall-level super-tier skill.
This ancient super-tier skill is not only powerful in combat,
but its true value lies in its unparalleled coordination and flexibility on the battlefield, as well as its rapid growth outside of battles.
Throughout the competition, the Extra Corporeal Incarnation has barely been used, and at most, it has only been employed to secretly poison opponents with Split Shadow.
It's worth noting that the three Extra Corporeal Incarnations are completely independent of Qing's main body.
Thinking of this, Su Ping shook his head.
Lying on his bed, he spoke again:
"Fatty, how is Meng Huangliang doing?"
With the finals approaching, Su Ping had been busy and had paid less attention to Meng Huangliang.
However, the finals were crucial, and Meng Huangliang's situation was equally important.
Fatty's mechanical voice promptly responded:
"Master, in the past few days, Player 0062 has been entering the Dream Heart, and his improvement has been rapid!"
"Hmm?"
Su Ping was slightly taken aback:
"Could it be that his level has caught up with the first-tier players? I recall you mentioning that Dream Heart operates on a seasonal basis, and level progression comes with more dungeon challenges. How could he have progressed so quickly?"
Fatty 'shook his head':
"That's not the case. This player's level is still at one, but his improvement primarily comes from practicing his combat techniques and mastering the dagger proficiency of the Assassin class.
According to Dream Heart's rules, players can learn corresponding skills within the game, and in the past few days, this player has already mastered three skills.
One of them required reaching level ten to unlock, and it cost him one hundred gold."
Su Ping raised his eyebrows.
Indeed, Meng Huangliang's talent was exceptional.
Thinking of this, Su Ping recalled the movie he watched with Qin Xiaoxue before the competition.
During his free time in the evenings, he had gathered some information on the dream skill.
He had developed a few more ideas about the skill from the dream.
However, it was still challenging.
Su Ping didn't rush to rest; instead, he put on his Dream Heart helmet.
He wanted to try contacting Meng Huangliang within the Dream Heart.
...
[Player 'Su Ping' has sent you a friend request. Accept?]
Meng Huangliang, who was practicing against a training dummy, paused and furrowed his brows slightly.
He no longer resisted entering the Dream Heart.
He is human, and even with strong psychological cues, it's impossible to completely abandon one's thoughts and self.
He still wants to bring back the skills he learns in this world to his country.
So, he can't afford to die! But not resisting entry doesn't mean Meng Huangliang believes in the reality of this world.
Since the mysterious individual known as Su Ping contacted him, his life had taken an unexpected turn. Despite his reclusive nature, he found himself agreeing to this seemingly intrusive request. Compared to the countless generic intruders, this intruder in his dream seemed genuinely different.
【Player 'Su Ping' requests to team up. Do you agree to join the team?】
(Note: After teaming up, you and your teammates can enter instances together. Additionally, your teammates can access your private village for online play.)
Meng Yan's eyebrows furrowed slightly, but he chose to accept.
The next moment, a figure appeared beside Meng Yan, accompanied by an electromagnetic stream.
Su Ping's face didn't differ much from his real-life appearance, as the Dream Heart technology could accurately capture real-life facial features.
"Senior Meng, it's been a few days since we last met. I've been busy with the final trial of the professional assessment, so I haven't contacted you in a while. My apologies!"
Meng Yan put down the dagger and glanced at Su Ping, then smiled, "Congratulations! I heard from Ah Mei's broadcast that you made it to the Top Twelve, and you're the youngest among them!"
Su Ping smiled slightly but didn't respond.
He knew that Meng Yan's words were just polite, and he didn't believe in the so-called professional assessment or the Top Twelve.
All the pleasantries and respect towards this person were unnecessary, and a direct approach would be clearer.
So, Su Ping spoke up, "Senior Meng, I had an idea recently about dream skills. I'd like to share it with you and see if there's any chance of success!"
Meng Yan opened his mouth, his eyebrows furrowing, but he sighed, "Fine, this dream world is so boring. It's rare to have someone like you enter the consciousness. What do you want to say?"
Su Ping quickly replied, "I understand that even if I ask, you won't reveal the dream skill's dream spirit wave frequency.
So, I'm asking about an idea I had before. How can we silently harm the enemy within the dream?"
Meng Yan's expression turned serious, "Such a realm is beyond what you or your real self can comprehend! Dreams are an extension of the spirit. As I've said, the effect of entering dreams can only guide the opponent's consciousness and thoughts, and it's impossible to harm others. After all, in the spiritual world, even if you erase the opponent's spirit, they'll only lose a portion of their spiritual power.
At most, they'll feel uncomfortable for a while. Causing direct substantial harm is impossible!"
Su Ping paid no heed to Meng Yan's denial and continued, "I know you understand the intricacies of spiritual power. Through remote spiritual force and the virtual dream created by spiritual force, it's impossible to kill the opponent directly.
But what if the opponent themselves can't distinguish between dream and reality?"
Meng Yan was taken aback, "What are you saying? It's impossible!"
"I know it's difficult to construct a dream, and any slight mistake can lead to the dream being exposed as unrealistic. But what if the opponent themselves can't tell the difference between dream and reality?"
Meng Yan muttered, "It's impossible to not distinguish...!"
Before Su Ping could react, Meng Yan's body transformed into a data stream and disappeared.
He had logged off.
Su Ping smirked, thinking, "Indeed, people tend to be more vulnerable in the areas they take pride in."
(End of Chapter)
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