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The War God Academy was the only institution of higher learning in the Empire.

It was built under the auspices of the original emperor of the wargod empire. After that, through generations of emperors, it refined all the necessary software and hardware before finally becoming the current wargod academy.

To use the name of the Empire as the name of the academy, this was enough to explain everything.

Every year, according to the percentage of spots allocated by the Empire, there would be a large number of youths under the age of eighteen who had talent for cultivation entering the imperial city. The academy would organize the entrance exams, leaving only a few hundred to a few hundred elites among the strict selection process.

Lin Ke quietly walked through the chaotic crowd towards the high platform. There, three spots were publicly announced for the selection competition to decide who would be the next.

Maybe winning the test slots in the Wind City didn't mean one could enter the War God Academy, and there was a high chance that they would still have to return to the Wind City to live. However, the commoners were still happy to look forward to it.

To the aristocratic families, winning in such a public show was not only for the sake of gaining an extra spot in the competition. It was also a public demonstration against the commoners, a process of showing off one's muscles, which was far more political than the Imperial College Entrance Examination itself.

Link knew that in a difficult situation like this, the Moutes needed to show off their strength even more. In the Wind City, he was the only child who had a job before the age of eighteen. This was one of the drawbacks of his lack of foundation.

The family would still need a few years of accumulation to complete a perfect talent training system. Only with such a system would the existence of a family be considered complete.

At this moment, the crowd was rather crowded, so he had no choice but to lean over and bump shoulders with others from time to time, even if there were guards to help him open the way.

As the density of the crowd increased, and the guards began to increase their strength to ensure that the crowd didn't get too close to him and hurt him, the civilians began to complain.

Suddenly, two petite figures were pushed by the crowd and almost fell. They staggered and bumped into Lin Ke, causing the latter's body to sway. Soon after, he was supported by Xue'er who was beside him.

Immediately, two guards walked over and grabbed one of them, wanting to throw the two scrawny people out of the protective circle. Lin Ke frowned and raised his hand to stop the two tall guards, then he gently smiled and nodded to the two frightened people.

"Young Master, is there something wrong?" Xue'er asked cautiously.

Lin Ke laughed as he shook his head, but his expression suddenly changed. His expression at that moment was as wonderful as it could be. After a moment, he returned to normal and called two guards to whisper to him.

When they finally squeezed through the crowd and arrived at the open field for the competitors, Xue'er, who was following Lin Ke, came over and asked, "Did something bad happen?"

Lin Ke smiled bitterly. Even in his 30 years of life on Earth, he had never encountered something like this before. So, his vigilance was really lacking.

"He lost his staff."

Xue'er: "…"

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The Large Competition was held on a high platform.

The participants of the test would walk up to the high platform one by one, and on the side of the high platform facing the plaza, they would launch their attacks at a normal looking rock placed there. This rock was the famous testing rock, and it was restricted to those who are at the Bear Strength realm.

The stone was engraved with a magic array, supported by an intermediate level magic crystal, forming an egg-shaped energy barrier to block all attacks against the stone. The stone would emit a brilliant light when attacked, the color of the light was divided into nine colors, red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, blue, purple, black and white, representing the intensity of the attacks, ranging from bear strength rank 1 to 9.

At this moment, the Large Competition had already begun. The first person to take the test was a boy who came from a commoner background. The boy was tall and muscular, and one could tell with a glance that he was a young man who was headed towards the battlefield.

He was clearly familiar with this scene, he puffed out his chest and walked up the stage, not minding the attention of the people around him. He walked up to the testing rock and stopped one meter in front of it, took a deep breath, then suddenly took a step forward and punched out!

Bang!" The punch carried a faint red color as it flew past. The punch that could barely be seen by most people suddenly stopped half a meter away from the rock. The powerful rebound forced the sturdy boy to take a step back, but there was only a hint of pink on the rock!

Sighs of regret could be heard from all around. Those who had seen the Large Competition more than once knew that strength like this was at the bottom of the ranks of the first stage of Bear Strength.

The boy, however, did not care about the discussions in the outside world. He did not retreat after a single strike, nor did he shake his head and walk away.

He gritted his teeth with a ferocious look on his face. Lin Ke, who was extremely close to the platform, could even see that the blood vessels on his face were beginning to swell and bleed.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The boy punched after punch at the invisible but firmly obstructing transparent barrier in front of him, it became heavier and heavier, faster and faster. With his attack on the rock, the pink light on the rock began to turn bright and then dark red, until finally it was accompanied by his powerful and resounding roar, stunning everyone!

The punch actually produced a faint orange coloured luster!

Xiong Li Second Order!

The square was silent for a moment, then erupted in cheers.

The commoners shouted in surprise, while the nobles frowned in displeasure.

This level of strength already had the ability to touch the three slots in the Annual Examinations where the results were a bit lower.

In the last decade or so, this boy had become the only person who had ever been born into a rank 2 profession, a bear power, born of his own accord among the commoners. Moreover, he was not even eighteen years old yet, and more importantly, in the last decade or so of his life, he had not received any material or education from any noble family.

People often said that even in this mystical world, one could not escape from the law. If one wanted to possess great strength, talent and hard work were important, but a complete and effective training method and a large amount of excellent ingredients were essential for a fighter. This way, the boy's achievements would be even harder to come by.

In the circle of the nobles on the platform, there were already people from small families instructing their servants to investigate the boy's origins and where he came from.

Only a small number of powerful and knowledgeable people would be able to recognize that he possessed an extremely rare profession — Berserker Warrior!

After going berserk, one's strength would increase by several folds, allowing one to be able to challenge opponents at a higher level or higher level.

If one wanted to become a powerful Berserker, aside from possessing unparalleled courage, one also needed an unknown special bloodline inheritance, which made this profession even more precious. If one wanted to become a powerful Berserker, aside from possessing unparalleled courage, one also needed an unknown special bloodline inheritance, which made this profession even more precious.

At this moment, not only were the nobles busy, but the servants of the several great families had already left the stage.

The Large Competition continued, but compared to the performance of the boy who was the first to appear, the dozen or so other contestants did not have much to show for their performance. The Large Competition continued, but compared to the performance of the boy who was the first to appear, the dozen or so contestants did not have much to show for their performance.

Sure enough, not long after, a young man from the Gaia Family stepped onto the stage. After striking out with all his strength, he shot out a bright orange ray of light and calmly left.

This not only brought out the powerful strength and background of the aristocratic families, but also allowed people to witness their unhurried, powerful confidence, their strong backing, and their greater confidence in themselves.

The commoners began cheering. The cheers were less of the usual disdain towards the aristocracy and more of the simple reverence towards the strong. This was the War God Empire, a country that highly revered martial arts. Lin Ke couldn't help but sigh again.

Someone looked over from the high platform. Lin Ke seemed to sense something and looked up. The source of the attention was the second elder representing the Moutes family. Lin Ke needed to address Second Grandpa as Shandi Latin.

Lin Ke smiled at the elder and nodded his head, indicating that he did not feel any pressure in front of the Gaia young man's performance. However, he did not know that at this moment, beneath Shan Di's calm exterior, his heart was surging.

He had used a special technique to conceal the energy fluctuations of his perceptive ability toward Link. Coupled with the cheers from the crowd, he originally thought that it was unreasonable for Link to feel it, but … The old man had a complicated expression on his face as he recalled what Heller had told him a few days ago. For some reason, he believed the old man's words.

This person was the one who had fought with him in the downtown area a few days ago, the son of the Fei Li family, Daley. At the moment, Daley was staring at him, and when he saw him looking back, he calmly nodded with a smile. Then, he didn't wait for Link's response before turning around and walking to the high platform.

His footsteps gradually turned from light to heavy as the rumbling sounds gradually caused the excited crowd to quiet down. One by one, they turned their gazes towards the imposing young man.

In this bizarre way, he attracted everyone's attention, and the scene began to become quiet. Everyone looked at the stage with either anticipation or disdain, and then looked at the figure that slowly moved from quiet to moving faster, until he was only a few meters away.

A light blue glow appeared on his fist and drew a line of light in the air with an extremely fast speed. In the eyes of the ordinary civilians, that moment seemed to have become very slow.

Boom!

A brilliant yellow light shone into everyone's eyes.

Silence.

Yellow light? Third Stage Bear Strength?! A bear strength third stage fighter who hadn't even reached the age of 18!

How many years had it been since such a talented young man appeared in Wind City? Everyone couldn't help but exclaim!

Even the noble circle started a small commotion. As the representative of the Philip family of Daley's family, Loke started to show his humble smile and kept nodding to the representatives of the smaller families who were showing good will in the surroundings.

Daly walked behind Loke and stood still. Ignoring the praises that kept going on around him, he merely took a deep look at where Link was.

It seemed to be a provocation, but also a look of anticipation.