David Warren's expression also stiffened slightly, and his eyes grew dark: "Director Fang, although our school hasn't made significant progress compared to last year, some of our outstanding students still have a chance to break into the top twenty."

As everyone knows, the future achievements of a genius martial artist surpass those of a hundred ordinary armored martial artists.

Colin Faulkner's breath also caught for a moment.

This was because the holographic display behind Director Thompson clearly showed the current top twenty rankings for this practical assessment.

Right now, there was a name with the suffix "Second Metropolitan University" hanging at twentieth place.

However, just as Colin Faulkner looked over, the ranking list before their eyes changed.

A name, Ryan Lincoln, with the suffix "Mingde University," shot up the list, with his battle score ranking him fifteenth. As for the student from Second Metropolitan University, their name had already disappeared from the list.

"Hmm?" Director Thompson also noticed the change in the ranking behind him, and couldn't help but raise his thick eyebrows.

Someone from Mingde University actually managed to break into the top twenty in the last hour of the practical assessment?

It seemed that Mingde University's teaching wasn't as bad as he had imagined.

Colin Faulkner himself was utterly shocked.

His secretary had done detailed research, and it was expected that in this year's practical assessment for variant students, only two or three students from Mingde University would make it into the top hundred—and none of them were named Ryan Lincoln.

Colin Faulkner opened his personal terminal to check the situation.

His gaze sharpened again.

This Ryan Lincoln's record was actually undefeated?

So far, fifty-three matches, zero losses.

It should be noted that even the current top-ranked student only had fifty-one wins.

He quickly figured out why Ryan Lincoln hadn't broken into the top twenty until now.

It must be because Ryan Lincoln's results in previous mock assessments were too poor, so the system didn't consider him a seed candidate. Due to insufficient weighting, the system assigned him mostly lower-ranked opponents, which meant Ryan Lincoln couldn't earn many battle points early on.

Only now had Ryan Lincoln climbed up the ranks.

Just recently, Ryan Lincoln had consecutively defeated the students ranked twenty-second and fifteenth, and did so in a short time, causing the leaderboard to shift.

Colin Faulkner couldn't help but curl his lips slightly: "Is it true that we at Mingde University have no one in the top twenty?"

David Warren's face looked terrible, feeling as if he'd just been slapped in the face.

He had just mentioned this, and now his own student had been squeezed out by someone from Mingde University.

And who was this Ryan Lincoln? He'd never heard of this person before.

In all the previous mock assessment top hundred lists, this name had never appeared.

David Warren scrolled through his personal terminal, finally settling his mind.

The next opponent the practical assessment system had arranged for Ryan Lincoln was currently ranked fourth—Wade from First Metropolitan University.

This was a monster, a prodigy who, at just eighteen, had mastered two foundational martial arts to perfection. There was no way this Ryan Lincoln could be his match.

There was still an hour left before the assessment ended, and the current rankings were not yet set in stone. This Ryan Lincoln might not be able to hold onto his current position.

"Fifty-three matches, zero losses? More wins than the first place? This kid is interesting."

Director Thompson also saw Ryan Lincoln's record, his eyes lighting up. He immediately pulled up the battle footage between Ryan Lincoln and Wade, projecting it before everyone.

"At this ranking, this probably isn't his true strength. I wonder if Wade can suppress him?"

He was even more curious about what skills Ryan Lincoln possessed to achieve fifty-three matches without a single loss.

Colin Faulkner also focused his attention on the virtual image projected on the conference table.

He felt that his own reputation was now entirely tied to this Ryan Lincoln.

Chapter 7: Genius!

In the virtual battle arena, Ryan Lincoln stood with his blade planted in the ground, eyes closed, resting.

He didn't know he had gained a whole new audience and was seizing the time to rest.

In the simulated battle, although Ryan Lincoln's body was virtual and didn't tire or suffer from physical exhaustion, the mental and spiritual drain was very real.

After fifty-three consecutive battles, Ryan Lincoln's mind was inevitably fatigued.

So this practical assessment was also a stress test.

Many students performed well at first, but after one or two hours of continuous fighting, their results would plummet. This was due to weak stress resistance and excessive mental and spiritual exhaustion, preventing them from displaying their full strength in battle.

It wasn't until the last five seconds before the fight began that Ryan Lincoln finally opened his eyes.

He saw the name above his opponent's head—Wade (First Metropolitan University).

Ryan Lincoln's sword-like brows arched, his gaze growing serious.

He knew this person. On the very day he crossed over, Ryan Lincoln had heard from his classmates about the famed "Top Ten" of the 58th class.

Among the variant students of their 58th class, these ten were at the very top of the pyramid.

Since enrolling in 4159, these ten had consistently outperformed the many variant students of the Ninth Base City in every mock assessment, and were universally recognized as geniuses.

The Wade before him was ranked fourth among the Top Ten!

Wade was also looking at Ryan Lincoln.