A figure instantly appeared beside Chen Tian.

It was the referee.

He knelt down and checked Chen Tian’s injuries.

’What domineering power!’

This force had not only destroyed the defenses on the surface of Chen Tian’s body and torn through his flesh but had also seeped into him like a maggot burrowing into bone, completely obliterating nearly half of his internal cellular tissue!

An injury this severe, even with the tenacious life force of a Third-level Martial Artist and the Empire’s most advanced medical technology, would require at least three to four months of meticulous care to heal!

This meant that even if Chen Tian’s path on the Martial Dao wasn’t completely severed, it would be delayed by at least half a semester!

"Qiming First Martial High School, Qin Feng, is the victor!"

The referee stood up and announced the result of the match.

...

Dead silence.

After more than ten seconds of dead silence.

BOOM—!!!!!!!!!!

The spectator stands for Qiming First High School instantly erupted into a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering celebration, like a volcanic eruption, like a sweeping tsunami!!!

"We won!!! We won!!!"

"Qin Feng!! Qin Feng!! Qin Feng!!!"

"Awesome!! Awesome!! Old Qin is fucking awesome!!!"

Qian Duoduo was so excited he hugged Shi Potian, who was right beside him!

Even Shi Potian, with his perpetually unchanging, ice-cold face, revealed a trace of genuine joy!

On his medical bed, Sun He watched the figure slowly walk back, his eyes welling up with tears of excitement.

He tried to get up but pulled at his wounds, grimacing in pain, yet he still burst into loud laughter!

At that moment, every student from Qiming First High School was screaming themselves hoarse, shouting the name of the one who had brought them victory and glory!

"Qin Feng! Qin Feng! Qin Feng!"

Meanwhile, the spectator sections for the other schools were filled with hushed whispers, dominated by fear and shock.

"My god... Is... is he even human?"

"Less than a minute... Chen Tian, the arrogant ’Golden Dragon’ from Golden Dragon Martial High School, didn’t even last a minute..."

"A total domination! A complete and utter domination! Power, speed, spear techniques... he crushed him in every aspect! What kind of monster is that Qin Feng?!"

...

「Inside the Spectator Tower.」

The hundred or so recruitment masters from the Top 100 Starry Sky Martial Arts Universities all stared with wide eyes.

They looked at each other, seeing the same astonishment reflected in one another’s eyes.

The masters from the seven great Martial Arts High Schools had likewise fallen into a collective, stunned silence.

The elderly master from Dubhe Martial High School, the one with an immortal-like bearing, had at some point dropped the Energy Tea Cup in his hand, which dissipated into specks of light on the floor.

As for Jin Chengwu, the master from Golden Dragon Martial High School, the smile that had once graced his face was now gone, replaced by an ashen, utterly unsightly expression, as if he’d just eaten a ton of Starry Sky Giant Beast dung.

"This... this level of strength..."

"His power, his speed... It’s terrifying! Far beyond that of other Martial Artists at his level! His physical body must be at least Gold Standard Human, Grade III. A true monster."

Another master, the perpetually serious one from Star River Military Affiliated High School, remarked in awe.

"That ’Thousand Soldiers’ Evasion’..."

The elderly master from Dubhe Martial High School stared intently at Qin Feng below, muttering to himself, "Flawless!"

"And... Am I seeing things? His spear technique... it seems to carry a hint of the ’Ferocious Bird Fist Style’... Don’t tell me... don’t tell me he’s... touched the threshold of the Control Realm?"

The shocking conclusion blurted out from one of the masters’ mouths!

"He must have touched the threshold of the Control Realm!"

"A true prodigy!"

"..."

All the masters turned to look at Master Gu Yue—the one who had been perfectly calm and composed from the very beginning, as if he had everything under control—with strange expressions.

"Gu Yue, you old fox."

The elderly master from Dubhe Martial High School pointed at Gu Yue. "No wonder you wouldn’t say a thing! So your school has been hiding a Demon like him!"

"Haha."

Master Gu Yue just gave a light chuckle and didn’t elaborate.

As for the recruitment masters from the Top 100 Starry Sky Martial Arts Universities, they finally snapped out of their brief shock!

"Quick! Hurry, hurry! Send him a new contract!"

"A-rank! No! S-rank! It has to be an S-rank contract!"

"Dammit! The one I sent him before... I think it was C-rank... I’m screwed. Totally screwed. It’s hopeless now!"

One master was filled with regret.

To make up for their previous mistakes, the recruitment masters pulled out all the stops and started frantically upping their offers!

Amidst the crowd, Zhang Ruoyu of Du Na Star Martial Arts University was slightly dazed.

She had thought her A-rank contract, with the added bonus of care for his family, was a surefire winning offer. Now she realized it was still too low. No wonder Qin Feng had never replied.

Zhang Ruoyu was filled with regret. If she had known, she wouldn’t have been so greedy. If she had just offered an S-rank contract from the start, she might have already recruited Qin Feng into Du Na Star Martial Arts University.