Chapter 78: Chapter 76: Unrivaled Battle Intent, Finalizing the Quota!
[You have unlocked a new achievement: Twelve hours of high-intensity continuous combat, surpassing the limits of Grounded Martial Arts world, relentless battle without retreat]
[Title Unlocked: Fighting Spirit!]
[Reward:
1. In combat, stamina consumption rate decreased by 30%, with 10% of lost stamina automatically recovered for each hour of continuous battle
2. Gained [Frenzy Guardian], negative effects reduced by 30% after more than 1 hour of continuous combat
3. Gained [Unrivaled Battle Intent], attack speed increased by 5% for each hour of continuous combat, stacking up to ten times]
——
As lines of text flashed before him.
Jiang Ye didn’t have time to check.
He only felt a strange fluctuation emerge from the depths of his soul.
Like a pool of icy spring water in the scorching summer, it spread throughout his entire body.
Immensely refreshing.
In an instant, most of the fatigue from Jiang Ye’s twelve hours of continuous combat was relieved.
He went from being utterly exhausted to replenished and instantly regained vitality.
"Fighting Spirit?"
Jiang Ye quickly glanced over the panel, filled with delight: "Frenzy Guardian? Unrivaled Battle Intent?"
The new achievement came just in time.
He had originally planned to retreat, but unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, he regained most of his stamina.
"Luckily, I held on until the end." Jiang Ye felt immensely fortunate.
If he had given up prematurely, even by just a minute, he wouldn’t have unlocked this achievement.
Indeed, those who persevere are the luckiest!
"However, this achievement seems unrelated to the previous Demon Path."
"Does it mean that Demon Path achievements require task completion?"
After a brief thought, Jiang Ye didn’t dwell further.
"Kill!"
His gaze swept toward the surging Shadow Race tide around him, filled with murderous intent.
With ample stamina, there was no need to worry about the next steps.
"Swish!" Jiang Ye turned into a phantom, charging into the black tide once again.
"Boom!" Golden light erupted from his hand, tearing through the air like a long rainbow, piercing through the Shadow Race.
The slaughter began anew.
...
Time passed.
In a blink, another two hours passed.
Lin Yushu finally couldn’t hold on and retreated to the market gate.
Noticing his action.
Soon, two other boys also retreated to the gate, breathing heavily.
In no time, Song Wanbai and four other girls also withdrew.
"Damn it, why are you all retreating?" Lin Yushu cursed upon seeing this: "Leaving Jiang Ye to hold the front alone?"
Song Wanbai felt embarrassed hearing this.
She couldn’t help but look ahead, at the golden light still shining in the darkness.
"Is this guy a perpetual motion machine? How can he last this long?"
Song Wanbai bit her silver tooth, feeling overwhelmed.
They had been fighting for fourteen hours straight.
Even for the First Break, this intensity of combat was nearing exhaustion.
But Jiang Ye? He was still fighting.
Twenty minutes later.
Lin Yushu stood up and rejoined the battle.
Song Wanbai saw this and quickly got up, saying to the cat-ear girl, "You and I will go next, the other two can switch later."
"Okay."
All the girls nodded.
Song Wanbai and the cat-ear girl stepped forward.
...
The battle situation at Corridor 21 of the Starry Sky was undoubtedly rare.
The entire team had been fighting continuously for over 14 hours.
Across hundreds of Starry Sky Corridors in Cyan Yang City, among thousands of examinees, very few could achieve this.
However, 14 hours was far from Jiang Ye’s limit.
Amidst the slaughter, time flew by.
Another 10 hours passed.
Jiang Ye finally stopped, extracting himself from the Shadow tide and came to rest at the market gate.
"Finally, he’s at a standstill!"
Lin Yushu saw this and couldn’t help but lament internally.
At the gate, Song Wanbai and the cat-ear girl also looked at Jiang Ye with strange expressions.
Continuous combat for 24 hours!
Is this still human?
During this time, they had rotated with their comrades two or three times already.
Yet Jiang Ye had never stopped.
"This young man from An City is something else..."
Song Wanbai had long put aside her contempt, realizing that her previous arrogance was misplaced.
Of Jiang Ye’s thoughts about others, he naturally had no idea.
At this moment, he sat down by the door, regulating his breath.
"Completely spent." Jiang Ye assessed himself, revealing a helpless smile.
Even with the ’Fighting Spirit’ buff.
hours of continuous combat was extremely taxing.
After all, the stamina consumption was only reduced by 30%, not eliminated.
The reason Jiang Ye persisted for so long was mainly to test the [Unrivaled Battle Intent] effect.
[Gained [Unrivaled Battle Intent], attack speed increased by 5% for each hour of continuous battle, stacking up to ten times]
Stacking ten times, which means fighting continuously for ten hours, enhances attack speed by 50%!
"A 50% increase in attack speed is indeed terrifying." Jiang Ye recalled.
Even a nearly three-meter-tall Shadow Race.
Under the 50% attack speed boost, could be slain in under a minute.
Thinking about this, Jiang Ye checked his wristband.
"Beep~!"
The projection appeared.
"Defeated 401 heads?" Seeing this achievement, Jiang Ye showed a satisfied smile.
It was only the first day.
Four days remain until the end.
Now, he was absolutely confident that he could complete this task.
"Replenish energy." Jiang Ye opened the backpack on the ground.
Before he came, he had already prepared high-energy supplements for these five days of continuous combat.
...
Four hours later, once Jiang Ye had restored his energy, he rejoined the battle.
Though this time, he could not fight continuously for 24 hours like before, he could still last over ten hours.
...
Time continued to pass amid the slaughter.
Two days.
Three days.
Four days.
...
In the blink of an eye, it was the fifth day.
Each corridor area was immersed in intense slaughter, with everyone sprinting towards the final stage.
In the high-level meeting room of the Examination Bureau building.
A group of high-level officials was also watching closely.
But if any Cyan Yang High School teacher were present, they would be incredibly surprised.
Because these executives weren’t focusing on any of the students from Cyan Yang High School.
Instead, they were all watching the handsome-looking young man in Corridor 21 of the Starry Sky.
"For five consecutive days, he’s been able to maintain battles for more than ten hours each time."
"Resting only three or four hours at most before fighting again?"
"Such enduring combat power I’ve only seen in Second Break Martial Artists."
"But this Jiang Ye is not even at the First Break?"
The executives discussed fervently, their faces filled with astonishment.
Even by their standards, Jiang Ye’s performance was extremely rare.
"Director Li, you truly have the Fire-Eyed Golden Gaze. You noticed this kid’s peculiarity on the first day."
At the conference table, many flattered the silver-haired middle-aged man sitting at the head.
Director Li, however, shook his head.
"Actually, Jiang Ye’s special nature wasn’t discovered by me."
"It was Tang who noticed it." He looked at the woman in the black cheongsam beside him.
Tang Huochan couldn’t help but straighten her proud chest.
She enjoyed the amazement and admiration directed at her.
She smiled and said, "Thanks to Director Li’s earlier advice, as examiners, we must disregard backgrounds and carefully review every piece of information."
"Remembering these words, I inadvertently discovered this child’s uniqueness while examining the materials."
Director Li laughed heartily, clearly pleased.
"Tang," he smiled and said, "you’ll handle Jiang Ye from now on."
"Yes," Tang Huochan immediately nodded.
This statement from Director Li also essentially confirmed Jiang Ye’s place.
Priority admission!
Regardless of whether Jiang Ye made it to the top three in the upcoming specialized assessment, he would surely become one of the Preparatory Star Professionals.
Of course, if Jiang Ye failed to make the top three, the post-admission treatment would likely be reduced.
"The top three seem unlikely."
Tang Huochan quietly shook her head, acknowledging Jiang Ye’s current capabilities.
The upcoming specialized assessment, though it would level everyone to the same playing field.
Jiang Ye, hailing from An City and not having reached the First Break, lacked experience in battling his talented contemporaries.
Facing the Shadow Race was manageable, merely requiring mindless slashing.
After all, they were merely infantile forms.
But compared to peer talents? Jiang Ye was lacking significantly.
"Let’s not tell Zhang Jianwu for now; it’ll be a pleasant surprise once the assessment ends." A sly smile played on Tang Huochan’s pretty face.