What’s the point of cultivating immortality if you don’t have money?

One by one, detection patches were placed on the students' arms.

Immediately afterward, a judge gently pointed at the student's arm, slowly injecting a special type of mana into it.

At the same time, on the panel of the detection patch, numbers jumped continuously with the injection of mana, from 0.5 to 1.3, then to 2.4... finally stopping at 5.

This meant the judge had injected a total of 5 units of special mana into the student's arm.

During this injection process, the judge was also very careful, afraid of making a mistake and accidentally killing the student.

Even if it was a student from an ordinary high school, injuring or killing them would require compensation, with the price varying depending on the student's 'breed'.

If it was a student with a contract, one who already 'belonged' to someone, the compensation would be even more expensive.

After all, there had been news of a Foundation Establishment expert's battle aftermath accidentally killing a passerby, only to discover they were more than a dozen talented senior high school students who had been heavily invested in, resulting in the expert being bankrupted by calculating the cultivation fees, food expenses, tuition fees, tutoring fees, sterilization fees... all the way down the line.

During those few seconds of mana injection, the student's body suddenly tensed, and their breathing became heavier, clearly showing that their body was already affected by the special mana.

Even if no one actively urged this special mana to attack, just its continued presence within the body would cause some damage.

Fortunately, the student had taken painkillers, so although they felt uncomfortable, it wasn't unbearable.

As the injected mana reached 5, the panel on the detection patch also began to time, recording the time it would take for the student to resolve this special mana. The shorter the time, the higher the score.

Because each student was injected with special mana for a different amount of time, they naturally couldn't be ranked in order of who went first. Instead, it would be based on their recorded time.

After stopping the mana injection, the judge took a capsule from the assistant next to him.

He opened his mouth and swallowed the capsule, then smiled at the camera in front of him and said, "To replenish mana, choose Ziyun. After taking this Ziyun Spirit Gathering Capsule, my mana is quickly replenished, and I can inject 50 more students without any problems."

And so, as the competition began, several judges injected special mana into the students' hands one after another.

More and more participating students began to close their eyes and circulate their energy, wholeheartedly resolving the special mana that had invaded their bodies. The entire venue became quieter and quieter, gradually leaving only the sound of breathing and exhalation.

Ever since that wisp of special mana had been injected by the judge, Zhang Yu felt like there was a fire burning on his right arm, and as the mana continued to be injected, it became more and more intense, more and more scorching.

The intense stinging sensation constantly transmitted from his arm to his brain, also allowing Zhang Yu to understand why so many contestants had taken painkillers.

For example, at this moment, he was in so much pain that he wanted to punch the old geezer judge in front of him who was still injecting special mana into him.

"Damn it, no wonder I saw someone selling insurance just now. This competition is too easy to get injured in."

Quickly circulating the Desolate Bull Soul Suppression Heart Sutra, Zhang Yu felt the unbearable pain gradually weaken.

Then, he mobilized the mana in his dantian and surged towards his right arm.

"It's an injection of heat-type special mana."

"Then I need to use cold-type mana to counteract it."

Zhang Yu recalled the mana conversion routes taught by Teacher Yan, circulating the mana in his dantian and transforming it into a stream of low-temperature mana that surged towards his right arm.

Wherever this low-temperature mana passed, a cool sensation came from within his body, as if a bucket of ice water had been poured on him.

When Zhang Yu's low-temperature mana collided with the invading heat mana, he could feel the burning sensation in his arm begin to cool down.

But his low-temperature mana was also rapidly consumed in this process, like using a bucket of water to put out a fire. Although the fire was reduced, the water was also gone.

Zhang Yu could only try his best to convert more mana to extinguish the fire.

Fortunately, he had the whole-body mana circulation of the Zhou Tian Qi Gathering Technique to constantly restore his mana, the Desolate Bull Soul Suppression Heart Sutra to stabilize his spirit, and powerful mana control to constantly convert low-temperature mana.

...

Not long ago.

Just before the judges arrived at Songyang High School.

In the Bailong High School competition area.

Han Xingye glanced at Song Hailong, who was resolving the special mana in his body, and looked at the large screen in front, thinking to himself, "It should be soon, right?"

Within Song Hailong's body, his mana was like a great river, endlessly surging towards the scorching mana in his right arm.

The Kangling Needle continuously restored his mana, and coupled with his own astonishing amount of mana, allowed him to circulate his mana recklessly, even enveloping the entire mass of scorching mana, intending to extinguish it in one breath.

The various pains during the mana resolution process were also suppressed by drugs to the point of being almost non-existent, allowing Song Hailong to hardly feel any abnormalities. He only needed to consider what he had to do.

"With my amount of mana and control over mana, who can be faster than me in this round?"

Just then, a cry for help rang out in the arena.

A student groaned and fell to the ground. People immediately rushed up to feed him a mana dissipation pill.

"It's okay, he just ran out of mana. He's already been given a mana dissipation pill."

Soon after, another student screamed, spitting out a mouthful of blood and falling down.

This was because they hadn't operated well when resolving the mana, scattering the special mana throughout their body, causing internal injuries.

Han Xingye glanced in the direction of the fallen student.

Insignificant, insignificant, insignificant...

He knew that more and more students from ordinary high schools would probably be unable to hold on, either because they lacked mana, or because they lacked mana control, or because the quality of the medicine was too poor... and would be eliminated one by one.

He didn't care about this.

"Do you think you can narrow the gap by taking medicine together?"

"Everyone takes medicine, the gap between ordinary high schools and the three famous schools will only become bigger..."

Just as he was thinking this, the large screen in front suddenly flashed, and a name appeared.

Bailong High School, Song Hailong, 1:29

Seeing this, Han Xingye smiled slightly: "Oh? Faster than in school. It seems the atmosphere here makes him more excited."

Then one name after another began to appear on the big screen, quickly filling ten lines.

This big screen only shows the top ten names.

Next, the lines of names on it changed back and forth, with the students ranked from second to tenth constantly changing, but only Song Hailong's name always stood at the top, as if suppressing all the students on the scene with his own strength.

But soon more and more names began to stabilize, and the second to tenth lines gradually stopped changing.

Everyone looked at the unchanging ten names on it in shock, and soon a student discovered an obvious fact: "These ten people... are all students from Bailong High School!"

Although Bailong High School was not the first batch of contestants to be injected with mana, after Song Hailong took the lead in reaching the top, they also resolved the special mana in their bodies one after another, according to their respective completion times... directly dominating the top ten.

Teacher Yan looked at the ten motionless names on the big screen, feeling like a mountain was blocking Songyang High School's path.

"Alas, the three famous schools... so these kinds of competitions are ultimately their territory."

Just then, the students from second to ninth place suddenly moved down one place in unison. A newcomer had rushed to second place in one go.

Red Pagoda High School, Xiong Bufan, 1:35

The students from Red Pagoda High School also began to resolve the special mana in their bodies.

Soon after Xiong Bufan reached second place, two more students from Red Pagoda High School squeezed into the top ten.

Han Xingye turned to look in the direction of Red Pagoda High School, and immediately found the most conspicuous thing in the field of vision of the Heavenly Eye Talisman.

Protection Zone | Medicine Bucket | High-Speed Mana

The evaluation of the protection zone was easy to understand. Han Xingye guessed that this monster should be from the monster descendant protection zone.

High-speed mana... Han Xingye was not very sure yet, but he understood the medicine bucket very well.

"How much medicine did they stuff this monster with?"

"Damn it, are you secretly doing drug experiments on monsters?"

There must be illegal drugs in that monster's body, I really should report you.

What? Our school is also doing it? And using it on people?

Then forget it, forget it.

Although Xiong Bufan's performance also made Red Pagoda High School stand out, after all, he did not reach the first place. At this moment, Bailong High School still occupies a dominant position on the leaderboard.

But after a while, the students in the top nine all dropped one place.

As the name of Le Mulan from Ziyun High School parachuted into the first place, it was as if a roar rang out in the air.

Ziyun High School, Le Mulan, 00:25

"25 seconds!"

More and more students exclaimed.

They could hardly imagine that while they were still struggling with the strange mana in their bodies, someone could resolve it in just 25 seconds.

Is this still a person?

Everyone could imagine that Le Mulan would definitely get a perfect score of 100 in this second round, but she was limited by this 100 points, otherwise the difference between her and others should be even greater.

This was the third time Han Xingye was shocked today.

He frowned, looking at the words "Ice Muscle Jade Bone" above Le Mulan's head, thinking that her ability to resolve foreign mana so quickly must be related to her special physique.

Not far away, Song Hailong did not show anger on his face. Instead, he looked in the direction of Ziyun High School and laughed loudly: "Interesting, interesting. It seems that my biggest opponent in the next three years of high school will be this Le Mulan."

More than a minute later, the other students from Ziyun High School resolved the foreign mana in their bodies one after another. In the end, Lian Tianji and another person also reached the top ten.

In the end, Le Mulan, Song Hailong, and Xiong Bufan each occupied the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places.

The top ten on the list were completely divided by four students from Bailong High School, three students from Ziyun High School, and three students from Red Pagoda High School.

Looking at the ranking that had not changed at all, the many high school students on the scene felt a burst of depression.

This was the first time most of them had experienced the gap between themselves and the three famous schools.

The ten names and results on the screen were like a mountain pressing on them, showing the gap between the three famous schools and them, which was like a natural chasm.

Just then, the ranking on the big screen changed again.

The rankings from fourth to tenth place all dropped by one place.

In the case where these three famous schools almost dominated the entire arena, someone actually cut in and rushed to fourth place.

Songyang High School, Zhang Yu, 1:38

When Zhang Yu's side was found to have resolved the special mana in his body, the timer made a 'di' sound.

This soft 'di' sound was like a boulder thrown into the heart lake of several students from Songyang High School around him.

The students from the three famous schools also subconsciously glanced in the direction of Songyang High School, not expecting that there would be a student there with a level close to theirs.

Teacher Yan looked at the ranking list and quickly took a photo with his mobile phone.

These are all important teaching results.

Thanks to 'Osmanthus and Wine' for the Oscar trophy gift sent to the Bai Zhenzhen character.