Chapter 716: The Little Witch Whose Skills Shocked Everyone
“… Hehe,” Bai Jiacao chuckled.
She did not even look at the young man named Hao and walked straight toward the cauldron.
However, she “accidentally” stomped on Hao, causing the boy who had just created this year’s best new student’s result to jump three feet high in pain.
Before Hao’s cla.s.smates could help him up, Bai Jiacao had already stretched out her leg and hooked one of the cauldron’s legs. With a light lift, the cauldron, which weighed a total of 300 kilograms and was comparable to a small Demonic Halberd Pig, flew up lightly and landed firmly on her shoulder.
Such a lightweight move was too beautiful. The surrounding freshmen were stunned.
Even Hao, who was hugging his toes and jumping around, grimaced.
Including him, everyone had used the Overlord Cauldron Lifting method. They half-knelt and half-squatted to pick up or carry the cauldron.
How could anyone use the strength of one leg to lift the cauldron up and steadily catch it?
Not to mention, it was such a pet.i.te and Pet.i.te Girl with a babyface.
What kind of terrifying strength was contained in those seemingly slender legs!
“Who is she?”
“Is it that exaggerated?”
“She seems to be from Jianzhong.”
“Seventh in the city, third in our department’s college entrance examination results!”
Amidst the exclamations of the crowd, Bai Jiacao carried the 300-kilogram cauldron and strode up the stairway to Heaven.
The first ten steps of the stairway to heaven were just ordinary stairs. She did not stop at all and climbed up the stairway in just three steps like a dragonfly skimming the surface of the water. Naturally, the crowd was amazed again.
Starting from the eleventh step, the stairway to heaven gradually shrank. Not only did the area that one could stand on become smaller and smaller, the gap between the Stairway to Heaven and the one above the Stairway to Heaven also became larger and larger. The gap between each step was different, making it impossible for people to lock onto the muscle memory.
However, Bai Jiacao was expressionless and her eyes were determined. She continued to stride forward without any hesitation and soon reached Level 20.
“17 seconds!”
“She actually used only 17 seconds to climb up to the 20th level of the stairway. It took Hao 25 seconds to reach this height just now!”
“She must have broken the speed record of this year’s freshmen, right?”
“No, hurry up and check. She seems to have broken the record of all the freshmen in previous years. Even when w.a.n.g Dao broke through the 47th stairway, the top 20 students were not as fast as her!”
The crowd gradually turned into a boiling pot of oil.
Many people were desperately swiping their phones to check the data.
More people were holding their phones up high. Ka-cha, ka-cha. They were taking pictures of Bai Jiacao’s valiant and heroic appearance.
Bai Jiacao was unmoved. Her round face was slightly red, and a crystal clear bead of sweat oozed out from the tip of her nose.
She pouted and blew away a strand of her hair. She adjusted the position of the cauldron slightly and marched toward level 30.
Starting from level 21, not only did the stairway become narrow and steep, but it was also sloping left, right, front, and back.
Some of the stairways were sloping at an astonishing angle. If one wanted to carry the cauldron and maintain balance on it, one would have to break one’s ankle.
There were usually two ways to pa.s.s through such stairways.
One was to walk steadily and step on the slope until the soles of one’s feet were firm. Then, one would mobilize spirit energy to strengthen the tendons and ensure the balance of every bone and muscle in one’s body. One would walk up step by step.
Or, they could perform marvelous footwork and fly over without any dust on their feet.
Naturally, most of the new students would choose the former.
After all, the failure rate of the latter was too high. Once they fell from the stairway, all their previous efforts would be wasted, and their grades would be zero. They would only be able to get the most basic credits and pick the remaining new instructors to sleep in a bed that was shared by dozens of people.
To put it bluntly, even if one knew that it was difficult and retreated at this point, one would still be able to obtain twenty stairway points and not be at the bottom.
In any case, 20-30% of the freshmen fell from the stairway to heaven every year because they were greedy and rushed forward. They misjudged their own strength.
As long as they were stronger than these people, it would be fine.
Therefore, the Stairway to Heaven not only tested the strength, balance, exquisite control of the body of the freshmen, but also their will, state of mind, and wisdom.
Everyone held their breaths and waited.
What kind of choice would this seemingly innocent little girl make?
Bai Jiacao did not hesitate for long.
She made a move that shocked everyone.
She stood on her tiptoes and, like a figure skater, spun a few times on the narrow and steep Stairway to Heaven.
With the help of centrifugal force, she once again threw the 300-kilogram cauldron high up the Stairway to Heaven.
Without the restriction of the cauldron, her body instantly became a hundred times lighter.
Everyone’s vision blurred, and they saw a blurry afterimage fly over the Stairway to Heaven. In one breath, she crossed the 21st to 30th levels and stood steadily on the 31st level. She was the first to arrive, and she grabbed the cauldron that was late, she spun a few more times like a figure skater to get rid of the impact of the cauldron. With a push of her heel, the cauldron rolled along her waist and back to her shoulder.
The huge sports field was instantly silent.
The dozens of large screens around them were filled with the Bai Jiacao’s graceful figure.
Everyone seemed to have been struck by lightning, and they were all dumbstruck.
Only the metal ball was left spinning rapidly in the cauldron. Krak, krak, krak. The sound of metal sc.r.a.ping could be heard.
Chao Meng and his parents were holding hands. They could feel the cold sweat seeping out of their palms.
Meng Chao grinned and gently pinched his parents’ palms, signaling to them. “Don’t be nervous, it’s okay. You have to have confidence in our Xiaocao!”
But he was also surprised, “When did Xiaocao grow to such a level?”?
“The Night Demon Blood is indeed powerful. It hasn’t fully awakened yet, but it can help master use such a shocking technique!”
“No, it’s not just because of her bloodline. It’s too unfair to Xiaocao.”.
“She just displayed an astonishing balance and flexibility. She mobilized her muscle fibers, capillaries, and branches to release the force. It’s obviously a technique of the Ultimate Style.”
“It seems that my younger sister says that she doesn’t like the Ultimate Style and only likes the Overkill Style’s imposing manner, but she’s just stubborn. Behind my back, she has practiced the Ultimate Style that I taught her.”.
“In just two short years, she has been able to cultivate the Ultimate Style to such a degree. The sweat and suffering she has endured are not any less than mine.
“Yet, every time I see her, she looks relaxed and bouncy. When I ask her if her cultivation is tough, she shakes her head like a rattle drum.
“This d.a.m.n stubborn girl is really stubborn. No wonder she was able to turn the entire foreign world continent upside down in her previous life as the Dark Witch!”
When Meng Chao thought of this, everyone finally reacted.
Waves of exclamations, waves of praise, and waves of discussion flooded over like a tidal wave.
Everyone was shocked by Bai Jiacao’s actions. No matter how much they racked their brains, they would never have thought that there was someone who dared to play such a heart-stimulating game while climbing the Stairway to Heaven.
There were also some who whispered to each other, questioning whether this was in accordance with the rules.
However, regardless of whether it was Dragon City University or Agricultural University, there were almost no rules in the freshman entrance exam. Other than not being able to use underhanded methods to attack the students’ vital points, or using prohibited items such as poison, acid, or grenades, they were free to do whatever they wanted, they could do whatever they wanted, and they were even encouraged by the school.
After all, monsters would not talk about rules with humans.
To be able to find loopholes and successfully use the rules, it was a test of the freshmen’s imagination and creativity!
Besides, even if the freshmen were warned in advance that they could play like this, who could be like Bai Jiacao, who could throw away a 300-kilogram cauldron like that?
“Hao, no wonder she didn’t like to talk to you just now.”
Seeing Bai Jiacao’s amazing skills, the students snickered. “It seems that she will soon break the record of the level 45 freshman year that you just set. Moreover, she used at least 30 seconds less than you!”
The young man named Hao blushed and whispered, “It won’t be that easy. The next steps of the Stairway to Heaven are more difficult than the previous ones. If you’re not careful, you’ll make a mistake, and all your efforts will be wasted!”
Indeed, in every new year’s entrance exam, there would always be an unlucky person who was greedy and wanted to earn more credits even though he had already broken through level 40. In the end, one mistake would result in eternal hatred.
Seeing how cute this little girl was, all the boys, even Hao, who had just been stepped on by her, prayed silently in their hearts. Come on, steady, Don’t fall down!
Bai Jiacao became cautious as expected.
From Level 31 to Level 40, she didn’t play any more frightening tricks. Instead, she behaved obediently and took every step carefully.
The redness on her cheeks gradually spread to her neck, then to her arms and body. Together with the white steam rising from her body, it showed that she had reached the limit of fatigue.
“Level 40, it’s time to turn back!”
Seeing that she had successfully broken through Level 40, many students were relieved.
However, they were worried about her next choice.
Although spirit energy stimulated cells and psionic power enhanced life magnetic field, it could level the gap between men and women to the greatest extent.
However, there were differences between men and women. Different genders still had different areas of advantage in combat.
Generally speaking, men were stronger in explosive power and endurance, while women were stronger in balance, flexibility, and stability.
In the Stairway to Heaven event, the results of the female students were more average. Many of them could steadily break through to Level 20 or 30, or even below level 40, and maintain a calm posture.
However, once they broke through Level 40, when the Stairway to Heaven beneath their feet began to slip and shake continuously, the probability of the female students making a mistake would skyrocket in a very steep curve.
The male students were relatively rash. Many of the very capable male students would fall down at Level 20 or 30 for all sorts of inexplicable reasons, or they would overestimate themselves and be able to get up but not get down.
However, once they broke through Level 40, it was easier for them to stabilize their state of mind. The ones who broke the record were also the boys, such as w.a.n.g Dao from a few years ago and Hao this year.
Therefore, many people felt that Bai Jiacao should quit while she was ahead.
Although the average scores of this year’s freshmen had increased significantly, 40 steps was still a rather dazzling number. It was enough for her to pick a mentor she liked and exchange for sufficient cultivation resources to get a good start.
There was no need to take risks for one more level and one less level.
After all, even if she took two more steps up, could she really break Hao’s record?
Who knew that even though Bai Jiacao’s hair was already wet at the corner of her eyes and her chest was drenched in sweat, she still did not stay at Level 40 for half a second.
It was as if she did not regard the 40th step of the Stairway to Heaven as the endpoint from the very beginning. She just collapsed casually and without any hesitation!