บท 293: A Shocking Entrance Test (1)
"B-B-Rank?" The young man stuttered with a bit of cold sweat in his forehead. "A-Apologies, Miss Liu Ying, Can I ask how old you are?"
"Fifteen. Why?" Liu Ying asked with a smirk.
The young man's expression turned stiff. He did not know how he should react.
He could see the people around laughing softly at him. After all, he bragged so much about how he just broke through B-Rank and how he was going to go easy on Liu Ying, and in the end, Liu Ying was at the B-Rank as well.
Furthermore, anyone could see that Liu Ying was much younger than him. Although the young man did not state his age, judging from his appearance, he should be in his early twenties.
Slightly embarrassed, the young man glared at his surroundings with a fierce expression, making the people laughing at him shut up.
Then, he looked once more towards Liu Ying.
"Miss Liu Ying, this…"
"Are we going to take the test or not?"
"R-Right, sorry…"
Still with a stiff smile, the young man led Liu Ying towards the testing grounds. Bloed and Regina, who were also going to take the test, followed after them (Although the young man was so focused on Liu Ying that he did not pay attention to them).
The tests were done in a small arena located at a side of the entrance. There were several stages one the arena, one after another, where the examiners could test the skills of the aspiring students.
Actually, the test was nothing hard, and you could pass it as long as your mana rank reached D-Rank. The reason that it required a spar was that the city wanted to use this method to find talented students.
Due to that, many of the clubs of the city sent some of their members to watch over the test. That way, if they noticed a talented newcomer they could immediately try to recruit him or her.
When it was Liu Ying's turn, she stood in front of the young man with an impish smile.
"Senior, remember to go easy on me."
"… Please don't joke with me, miss Liu Ying." The young man said with an awkward expression.
In fact, he was cursing his luck right now. The fact that Liu Ying had reached B-Rank at such a young age meant she was not someone ordinary. There was a big probability that she practiced some powerful techniques.
He, on the other hand, had just broken through B-Rank recently, and his new rank had not been stabilized yet. In other words, he was one of the weakest B-Ranks. If he was not careful, he could be easily defeated.
If the news that he was defeated by a newcomer spread through the city, he did not know how he was going to face his friends from today onwards.
He could only pray that Liu Ying did not have much battle experience and he could use that as the edge to win the battle.
But as soon as the battle started, his hopes were dashed.
Liu Ying stomped the ground, releasing her B-Rank Mana wildly and appearing in front of the young man in an instant!
Clenching her right fist into a punch, she threw it towards the young man's chest!
Her speed was so fast that the young man could only cross his arms in front of his chest in answer. At the same time, he hurriedly used as much mana as he could to strengthen his defenses.
But to his surprise, Liu Ying punch stopped an inch away from touching him.
Then–
*BOOM!!!*
His body was flung away at great speed, flying out from the stage immediately.
It was a one-hit kill!
"T-That is…" Several of the people observing the battle were astonished.
They looked at the young man lying on the ground, and then at the smiling Liu Ying, and gulped down in astonishment.
"That girl…"
"B-Rank…"
"She defeated Mathew so easily. She can't be a normal B-Rank…"
"How old is she? She doesn't look older than eighteen…"
"Hurry up, get all her information! We need to recruit her before the other clubs!"
Liu Ying ignored all of that. After defeating the young man in charge of testing her, she smiled softly and bowed.
"Thank you for letting me win, senior."
The young man's expression was a bit ugly. However, facing Liu Ying's mile, he could only do his best to hide his awkwardness and nod stiffly.
In fact, he was sure Liu Ying had done it on purpose. But he was the one that tried to flirt with her first, so there was nothing he could do.
"Y-You pass." He spat that out.
Liu Ying smiled again before looking at Bloed with a smug expression.
Bloed did not know whether to laugh or to cry. He never thought Liu Ying would be so vengeful.
Although as her boyfriend, he felt happy about that.
Plus, he thought it was not too bad. He was already prepared to attract attention once he reached Academy City. After all, what he planned to do was not something he could do quietly.
'… Thinking about it, perhaps being a bit more forceful here will be good.'
With these thoughts, Bloed went up the stage.
His opponent was the same young man Liu Ying just fought. Right now, though, his expression was much uglier, and it was obvious he was in a horrendous mood.
He had not been injured gravely by Liu Ying's punch, mainly because Liu Ying held back. But even so, his pride had been wounded.
He had been defeated by a newcomer! A girl much younger than him! In one blow!
In fact, he was even emitting a bit of killing intent. It seemed like he wanted to vent out his frustration with the next examinee.
"Name, age, and mana rank."
When he saw Bloed go up the stage, the young man spoke up harshly with an expression that would have intimidated anyone weaker than him.
Bloed, however, just smiled.
"Bloed Norman, sixteen, B-Rank."
The young man was stunned.
'Again!?' He wanted to curse out loud. What was the probability of meeting two genius B-Ranks on the same day?
Was he cursed by someone today?
However, Bloed's next words made him feel chills.
"By the way, you should know that Liu Ying, the girl you were trying to hit up just now, is my girlfriend."
The young man immediately stiffened.
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