Wang Haiping smiled and said, "Everyone just mind your own business, feel free to relax."
"Yes!"
The City Guard members resumed their seats and started working. However, with such a master around, no one dared to be too casual.
Wang Haiping walked over to Xiao Yong and asked, "Captain Xiao, how are things now? How are the students performing in this batch?"
Xiao Yong pondered for a moment before he gave a true picture, "On the whole, it's quite good, but there's a big variance, with the best being especially good and the worst being especially bad."
"That's normal. After all, Star Card Masters heavily rely on talent," Wang Haiping nodded and smiled, "Where are those two seeds? Let me see them."
Xiao Yong had already guessed that Wang Haiping must have come over because of those two special recruits. He immediately nodded, "Director Wang, this way, please. I have specially assigned two drones to monitor these two people in real time. Look at these two screens here. The one on the left is Fang Kun from First High, and on the right is Chen Jiujun from Fourth High."
"Well done."
Wang Haiping nodded again and started observing the situation of the two students with his hands behind his back.
Fang Kun possessed the Power of the Fierce Tiger, his sword skill was fierce, and his physique was astonishing. He had already slain five Ninth Stage Star Beasts, and countless others of the Seventh and Eighth Stage. He had now entered the territory of a Bronze-level Star Beast.
Chen Jiujun, on the other hand, was recovering while hurrying to the next red zone.
Xiao Yong introduced, "Just now, Chen Jiujun killed a Bronze Early Stage Iron-Backed Ape without a scratch. Apart from his soul skill, the skills he commands include Lightning Beam, Thunder Strike Array, and Thunder Magnetic Shield."
"Oh? All three are Green skills?" Wang Haiping smiled with some surprise, "Already mastering three green Thunder Type skills at the Apprentice Level, his father Chen Yan Chuan is really generous."
Chen Yan Chuan was the father of Chen Jiujun, a Gold Star Card Master.
In Guangchuan City, Gold-Level was definitely a notable figure, and Wang Haiping naturally recognized him.
Wang Haiping looked at Chen Jiujun on the screen and said slowly, "However, he surprisingly didn't choose a martial arts-based close combat skill. This is quite a retro Magician route. Nowadays, magicians at the early stage usually learn at least one close combat skill for self-defense."
Due to different qualifications, Star Card Masters have varying levels of growth in their strength, agility, and other attributes.
To maximize their abilities, Star Card Masters usually choose skills based on their talents and Six-dimensional Qualification.
This also means that each Star Card Master is different from others, each with their own characteristics.
However, with humanity's rule for countless years, there are generally two major directions they follow: warrior and magician.
Warrior refers to Star Card Masters who coordinate their bodies with Star Power in combat.
Magician refers to Star Card Masters who do not rely on the body but focus on using Star Power and even spiritual power for combat.
These two categories can be further divided into many branches and schools.
But for now, more than 99% of Star Card Masters are warriors because warriors are more versatile and better suited for personal growth.
Magicians, on account of their lower physical quality and weaker survival ability prior to learning some life-saving skills, lead many Magicians to fall before they can grow, which is why their numbers are decreasing and they're even on the brink of elimination.
Survival of the fittest, survival of the adaptable.
At this moment, Xiao Yong nodded, "Indeed, there are fewer magicians now. Furthermore, this type of retro magician who completely forsakes martial arts skills is rare, so it's no wonder Wanzhou Academy selected him among the many special recruitment candidates."
Wang Haiping's gaze then shifted to Fang Kun on the left, "How is this Fang Kun performing?"
Xiao Yong expressed his appreciation and said, "Not bad at all, this kid has a Great Success Stage white skill 'Black Tiger Strong Strike'. His fighting style is bold and expansive, which I quite like.
However, compared to Chen Jiujun, who has an entire set of green skills, he has only two green skills, and among them, Bloodthirsty Battle Intent is just at entry-level, which seems to be a special admission reward from Shuzhou College."
Wang Haiping nodded, "You're seeing clearly. I've heard from a teacher at No.1 Middle School that Bloodthirsty Battle Intent was indeed his reward for choosing Shuzhou College.
Shuzhou College is something we at Guangchuan Education Bureau can't compare with. Bloodthirsty Battle Intent can enhance recovery abilities, increase attack and movement speed, and the improvement is quite substantial. It's one of the top-tier green skills."
Wang Haiping suddenly turned to Xiao Yong and asked, "Captain Xiao, in your opinion, who will emerge as the first in the end?"
"Well..."
After pondering for a moment, Xiao Yong replied, "If it's a one-on-one duel between them, it's hard to say, but in this kind of points-based trial, at the moment, I'm more optimistic about Fang Kun."
"Oh?" Wang Haiping smiled, "Why is that? I'd like to hear your thoughts."
Xiao Yong watched Chen Jiujun on the screen, who was using the Lightning Beam to seriously injure the Armored Rhinoceros blocking his path, and said slowly, "In a one-on-one fight, you don't need to worry too much about consumption. But in this kind of two-day-long points trial, there are higher demands for star power control and endurance.
Chen Jiujun is following the Magician's path. Although his skills are of higher grade and greater power, his consumption is correspondingly high as well.
And compared to white skills, the training of green skills is much more difficult, and their level upgrade is also slower.
Like now, Fang Kun's white skill Black Tiger Strong Strike has reached Great Success, while Chen Jiujun's three skills are one Master and two Skilled, none at Great Success.
Even in terms of lethality, Fang Kun wouldn't be much worse off than Chen Jiujun; and when it comes to combat consumption and flexibility, there's simply no comparison."
After listening to Xiao Yong's analysis, Wang Haiping looked at him with evident admiration.
"Captain Xiao is truly an elite of the City Guard, well said.
You're right, considering the aspects of consumption endurance and skill level, Fang Kun does have some advantages.
Embedding green skills at Star Apprentice Level surely suggests greater potential, and there's no need to wait until reaching the Bronze Level to start training new green skills, saving a lot of time that would have been used to improve skill proficiency.
But as of now, high-level white skills might not necessarily be less practical."
As the two conversed, Chen Jiujun had already dealt with the Armored Rhinoceros and continued on his way, but his complexion had become noticeably paler after continuous battles.
Wang Haiping said slowly, "Being able to kill a Bronze-level Iron-Backed Ape without injury is indeed commendable, but he has also expended quite a bit of energy.
I estimate that he probably has less than thirty percent of his star power left. In this rainforest teeming with star beasts, he'll likely need to rest for a few hours to recover his star power before he can continue fighting.
Otherwise, a Star Card Master, especially a Magician, with not much star power left, might very well have an accident in the Secret Realm."
Xiao Yong said, "But after all, he has killed a Bronze-level Star Beast, putting him ahead of most others, so taking a break isn't really a problem.
For any of the students here to kill a Bronze-level Star Beast, they would have to go all out, and if the price is only spending a large amount of spiritual power, that's already quite good..."
Wang Haiping nodded and was about to say, "Captain Xiao's words are..."
"My god, he actually one-shot the Bronze-level Black Shadow Leopard!"
Wang Haiping had not finished speaking when he was interrupted by an exclamation from behind.