Watching his medical insurance balance drop to zero, Dai Xingzhi thought to himself, "A pyrrhic victory?"
Dai Xingzhi's mind immediately flashed with the rule: "One side's medical insurance amount reaching zero results in a loss, but if both sides reach zero simultaneously, then the battle continues..."
But the next moment, after exhausting all his medical insurance funds, he felt an immense weakness in his body, and after staggering slightly, he half-knelt on the ground.
On the other hand, Bai Zhenzhen wiped the corner of her mouth, then slowly stood up, and with lightning crackling around her, she walked step by step towards Dai Xingzhi.
Dai Xingzhi's heart sank: "After spending 1 million on treatment, she recovered better than me?"
"Does this mean her injuries were lighter than mine? How is that possible? She clearly took my full-force attack."
A confident smile appeared on Bai Zhenzhen's lips, and her eyes, flashing with electricity, looked at Dai Xingzhi. She thought to herself, "These rich young masters from the Immortal Metropolis are indeed still... not as willing to risk their lives as I am."
The next moment, Bai Zhenzhen activated her Lightning Flash Step, and her whole body shot towards Dai Xingzhi like a bolt of lightning.
Although Bai Zhenzhen was still significantly injured and not fully healed, Dai Xingzhi's condition was weaker and more powerless.
Within a few moves, Dai Xingzhi was knocked off the stage by Bai Zhenzhen, completely losing the match.
Watching this scene, Huang Zichou sighed, "This Bai Zhenzhen is truly daring and willing to fight. Although she probably has someone backing her now, she must have originally climbed out of the poorest of the poor."
"After all, these poor people only have the chance to catch up with the rich little by little by risking their lives again and again, and not dying after ten or twenty attempts. This kind of fearlessness and ferocity born from poverty cannot be faked."
Off the stage, Dai Xingzhi's mind repeatedly replayed every detail of the battle, and he finally thought with some reluctance, "Was it because I didn't bet everything in that instant?"
But risking one's life, betting everything, a desperate gamble... these were inherently contrary to the teachings Dai Xingzhi had received since childhood, and were behaviors he had always disdained.
"I actually lost because of this?"
"Could it be that the family rules passed down through generations have flaws...?"
Dai Xingzhi shook his head: "No, it's that I wasn't careful enough, not cautious enough in this battle. I shouldn't have allowed myself to fall into a situation where I had to risk my life."
Looking at Bai Zhenzhen on the stage, Dai Xingzhi thought to himself, "Out-of-town woman, if I have the chance to fight you again, I will definitely defeat you."
As soon as the battle ended, Bai Zhenzhen immediately collapsed to the ground as soon as she reached the stage.
Feeling the injuries within her body, she thought to herself, "There's definitely no chance for the next match against Yun Jing, right?"
"But it doesn't matter, at least I've secured a top-two spot this time, and I can participate in the final Foundation Establishment Exam to compete for the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate."
"So, it's okay to just concede to Yun Jing, right?"
"I wonder how Yu Zi is doing..."
...
Just as Bai Zhenzhen won against Dai Xingzhi, on the other side, in the examination hall where Zhang Yu was, the simulated depth of the Sea Stabilizing Pillar had reached -300 meters.
The Xuanming Heavy Water in the Sea Stabilizing Pillar had become incredibly heavy at this moment, making Yu Xinghan feel as if he was bound by iron chains, making every breath he took heavy and difficult.
Especially some of the more fragile parts of his body were constantly compressed under this intense water pressure, making them particularly vulnerable to injury.
For example, Yu Xinghan could feel his ears beginning to ache, as if needles were piercing his ears.
In addition to this, his brow, throat, and chest were all constantly being squeezed by the Xuanming Heavy Water.
Yu Xinghan knew that this was because the cavities in his body and the Xuanming Heavy Water outside his body had failed to reach pressure equilibrium.
"It's like diving..."
Yu Xinghan took a deep breath of the air inside the oxygen mask, and then contracted his chest muscles, diaphragm, and throat muscles... pushing the inhaled air towards the cavities in his body, and after rounds of pressurization, he achieved a balance between the air pressure in the cavities and the pressure of the Xuanming Heavy Water outside his body.
"This process must be done very carefully. Once the gas pressure inside the body is too high, it can easily cause the air to injure the fragile parts of the body, and if the pressurization is not enough, it will lead to an imbalance between the inside and outside, eventually causing the eardrum to be ruptured by the Xuanming Heavy Water..."
Yu Xinghan endured the pressure of the Xuanming Heavy Water while contracting his muscles to adjust the pressure difference between the inside and outside, feeling the difficulty of this environment more and more.
"Not only must the physical strength be high enough, and the body must be tough enough, but it is also necessary to constantly control the physical strength to actively resist the Xuanming Heavy Water."
Yu Xinghan glanced at the surrounding contestants. Meng Tao and another contestant, like him, were silently resisting the Xuanming Heavy Water and adjusting their breathing.
But only Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao seemed different.
Especially Ye Lingxiao, under the stunned gaze of the crowd, actually tore off his oxygen mask with a look of disgust, casually opened his eyes, and stood calmly at the bottom of the Sea Stabilizing Pillar.
Yu Xinghan was shocked: "Has the effect of his intelligence-reducing capsule not worn off yet? Is he going to be directly eliminated?"
Zhang Yu was also overjoyed: "Haha, did he really make a mistake due to reduced intelligence?"
But soon everyone knew they were wrong. Ye Lingxiao stood motionless like a statue. Although he didn't have an oxygen mask, he was not affected at all, as if the surroundings were not Xuanming Heavy Water but air.
Ye Lingxiao tilted his head and thought to himself, "What should I do next? Just stand here... Just stand here, right? It should be like this. I guess the exam hasn't officially started yet."
Ye Lingxiao couldn't help but frown: "What is this exam... What is this exam testing? It can't be just standing here."
Looking at Ye Lingxiao, who seemed fine, Yu Xinghan was shocked and couldn't help but analyze, "Did this guy use some kind of technique that can control internal breathing?"
"No, he doesn't seem to be breathing at all, nor is he adjusting the pressure difference between the inside and outside? Is he using pure physical strength to resist the Xuanming Heavy Water?"
"Does that mean this guy has even tempered the fragile parts of the human body, such as the eardrums, to the point where they can forcibly resist the Xuanming Heavy Water?"
Thinking of this, Yu Xinghan gasped, and then couldn't help but feel fortunate, fortunate that he wouldn't have to face such a terrifying opponent in next year's Foundation Establishment Exam.
Then he looked at Zhang Yu on the other side, who was twisting his body in the Sea Stabilizing Pillar, practicing body refinement.
Yu Xinghan thought to himself, "Alas, I am the one with the lowest physical strength among the five."
As Zhang Yu repeatedly tempered his body and nourished it with the Longevity Mana, he felt his physical strength increasing bit by bit.
Especially the imitation Phoenix Hormone Element he had taken in the first half of the exam was still taking effect.
Streams of medicinal power, like flames, darted around in his body, stimulating the growth of human muscles and bones, and providing phoenix hormones for the repair of physical damage, repairing the body together with the Longevity Mana.
What surprised Zhang Yu was that the Xuanming Heavy Water also strengthened his body refinement effect.
The water pressure coming from all directions made him feel as if he was wearing layers of weighted clothing, causing his body to suffer more severe damage when he practiced the Spring and Autumn Endless Meditation.
"On the one hand, it strengthens the body's damage, and on the other hand, it enhances the body's repair. This back and forth makes the body refinement effect of the Spring and Autumn Endless Meditation even stronger."
And if the combination of level 10 Spring and Autumn Endless Meditation, the Qi Refining stage's top body refinement medicine imitation Phoenix Hormone Element, and Xuanming Heavy Water can be said to be a top body refinement condition, then what Zhang Yu is experiencing at this moment is top × 3!
This is because he, who possesses the High School Sacred Body, can increase the body refinement effect by two times when practicing any Qi Refining stage technique, reaching three times the original effect!
So at this moment, Zhang Yu felt his body erupting like a volcano during cultivation. Accompanied by the Xuanming Heavy Water surging back and forth, he achieved an unprecedented level of efficiency.
"Wonderful!"
"This is simply the best cultivation environment, the strongest cultivation conditions, and the highest cultivation efficiency I have encountered since coming to Kunxu!"
Physical strength level !
As every minute and every second passed, the simulated depth of the Xuanming Heavy Water became deeper and deeper. The pressure and damage that Zhang Yu's body felt during exercise became more and more severe, but the efficiency of exercise became higher and higher!
When the depth reached -500 meters, Zhang Yu's physical strength also increased to a level of .
At this moment, every time he exerted his strength and every time he twisted his body, he felt his body become heavier, and the exercise effect increased again with the pressurization of the Xuanming Heavy Water.
Especially as the cultivation became more and more difficult, the Residual Cow's Self-Sacrifice Heart Technique gradually came into play, constantly stimulating potential.
Compared to Zhang Yu's frantic exercise, Ye Lingxiao on the other side remained motionless, without a trace of breathing, just standing quietly with his arms folded at the bottom of the Sea Stabilizing Pillar.
Obviously, the current depth was far from his limit.
The simulated depth continued to decrease little by little, finally reaching a level of -1300 meters.
Zhang Yu felt that the surrounding Xuanming Heavy Water had turned into heavy steel plates, covering his body tightly, pressing on his muscles and bones, as if to completely flatten his body.
Zhang Yu tried his best to operate the muscles of his body to resist the overwhelming pressure, but gradually found that his current physical strength could not be perfectly operated.
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