Infinite Potential System

One by one, William's various Talents were rendered ineffective by the Dimension. By the end, William had only his knowledge, Fitness, Magic, and the few Ascended Talents remaining. Even his Mana Dominator Talent was disabled.

To be honest, William wasn't surprised. After exploring the Velos Continent and fighting with the Andorea Faction, William realized that there were plenty of ways to counter his abilities. The System even said that their power originated from something, whether it was the World or something else.

The only thing I don't understand is why it didn't happen until now... William wondered.

The System didn't take the initiative to say anything, so William proceeded into a large examination room where a group aged between 20 and 25 were seated at individual tables. Well, group wasn't the right term because there were over two hundred students inside.

"Nice of you to show up." a stern-looking man seemingly in his forties said from the front of the room. His hands were calloused, and he looked like the definition of life's vicissitudes.

"You didn't even start yet, don't bully my potential student." Kenny walked into the room from behind William.

Almost everyone in the room recognized the Vice Principal immediately, including those who were stepping foot in Filem Academy for the first time.

Most of the students were from Excellent Families, which allowed them to attend the school, but that didn't mean they had an easy life. If anything, they were pushed even harder than normal people.

To secure a spot in the third most prestigious City in the Sightveil Plane, they had to extensively study both Cultivation and Magic theory, on top of the school's history just to convince their families that they were competent enough to attend.

Older Cultivators had many children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. The powerful ones would often pick and choose which of their descendants was worth spending resources on, while the others were ignored or even exiled from the Family if their achievements weren't high enough.

It was brutal competition.

Seeing that the Vice Principal himself was willing to vouch for William, the exam proctor let the matter slide and continued his explanation of the rules. Since William was late, he even approached him and went over what had been said beforehand.

Vice Principal Kenny left while the proctor explained the rules, sending a secret hand signal to the proctor that only William seemed to notice.

The rules were simple, and there were only three of them.

Don't cheat, answer all of the questions, and pass with a score of at least eighty out of a hundred. It seemed simple in practice, but when an exam paper was handed to William containing dozens of unfamiliar terms, William broke out in a cold sweat.

System, I don't know any of this! Can you help me?

-Hmm, should I? You're the one that wanted to join the school; you should have expected this.

William didn't want to bicker with the System, so he simply sighed and started his exam on his own. Surprisingly, he managed to answer almost half of the questions on the test, but there were quite a few related to the Slightveil Plane that William couldn't possibly answer on his own.

Just as he was about to stand up and turn in his test early, the System started feeding William the answers to the exam.

-That one is answer B. The current owner of the Slightveil Plane is Erowin Slightveil. His two sons are Ramone Slightwing and Juras Riverveil, each leaders of their own respective Factions.

-Come on, how can you not guess this one after what I just told you? That one is C, because there are only two major Factions in the Slightveil Plane. What kind of father would allow a third organization to creep up while his own family held control?

Not everyone is a psychopath. William retorted.

-Powerful Cultivators don't reach their level by making friends and giving things to others. Their hands are coated with the blood of enemies that couldn't match up to their strengths.

William nodded in understanding and filled in the correct answers one by one, then completed a written portion with more help from the System. It was a good thing that he had a helper, because Will was never a good tester.

The exam proctor collected all of the tests and stored them in a personal Space Ring, then had each student display their Signature ID Cards to him alone.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

When he saw William's status as an Excellent Cultivator and not simply part of an Excellent Family, the proctor raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything.

"Alright, good job everyone. The scores of each exam will be added together at the end."

As he spoke, the room suddenly extended in all directions, pulling the students far away from one another. When the room stopped moving, William and the others were separated by about fifty kilometers each. It was a large distance for regular humans, but still somewhat small for Ascended Cultivators.

An overwhelming suppressive effect engulfed the entire room at that moment, lowering everyone's ability by multiple times until William wondered if he could even match an Ascended Cultivator. Even the exam proctor himself was suppressed, but it didn't seem like his strength had gone down by much.

"The next portion of our test will be a practical exercise. Someone, step forward. It doesn't matter who."

One of the boys that looked a bit older than the rest stepped forward first. He was wearing a black set of robes that covered down to his knees, but the sleeves were cut off entirely, revealing a set of thick arms that glowed a slight yellow.

His Mana Signature was subtle, and his Cultivation was close to the middle of the Ascension Realm, but William could tell by the defined muscles that he was a Body Cultivator.

"Great. Pick someone to fight, Ascended Cultivator Juno."

None were surprised that there an Ascension Realm Cultivator was among the mix. There were over two hundred Cultivators, and over half of them had already reached the Ascension Realm.

No, what was surprising was Juno's specific stage, which he didn't bother to hide at all. The unique fluctuations of his aura revealed that he had just reached the upper stages of the Ascension Realm.

Few could be sure, but Juno might have the highest Cultivation among the students taking the exam.

He's both a Body Cultivator and his Spirit Qi Cultivation is higher than mine. I'd love to fight, but there's no need to make any enemies, and the proctor didn't offer any benefits. William thought to himself.

Juno scanned the room slowly, his confidence overflowing as he looked for a strong target to compete with. One by one, the students averted their gaze and twiddled their thumbs. No one else wanted to be the first to fight.

William followed their example and turned his head away, pretending to count the ceiling tiles while watching Juno's every movement. He noticed a faded insignia on Juno's shoulder that represented a pair of flaming wings.

What's that, System? William paid four hundred thousand Potential Points for an answer.

-That is the symbol of the Flamerium Family. They can't compare to the Slightwing or Riverveil Families on the Slightveil Plane, but they could be considered a much smaller third power. Their influence crosses into many Mortal Realms, and they have a good relationship with the Heavens.

Flamerium? Seems familiar...

Juno was about to pass over William when he sensed something about the latter's aura. Compared to everyone else that had grown up in the Slightveil Plane, something told Juno that Will had both low Cultivation and he was originally a true mortal.

"You." Juno pointed to William. The other students simultaneously turned their heads, trying to figure out what was special about William.

They couldn't find the answer, so they guessed that Juno just wanted an easy win.

Ah... fuck. William sighed as he stood up from his seat.

The exam proctor didn't introduce William, only nodding before he adjusted the space of the room. In a few moments, he had separated William and Juno from the rest while simultaneously raising a barrier to line the edges of their battle zone.

"As you should know by now, there's no need to worry about death here. That said, I'm not a sadist and I don't want to see anyone get hurt unnecessarily. Anyone not fighting will remain outside the barrier, do you understand?" the proctor looked around the room for any objections.

He nodded, "William, Juno. Battle as you please. You will be graded on your performance, not your success."

William opened his Space Ring and reached inside for the twin Starmetal Shortswords, but a speedy bolt of Lightning struck William's hand before he could fully produce the weapon, causing him to drop it back inside the Ring. Stay connected via empire

William made another attempt to retrieve his weapon, but Juno continued to shower him with weak attacks that diverted his movement, forcing William to form an Earthen Spear with Magic.