Michael entered the exam chamber after every student. It was the order that he had been given. As soon as he entered the room, the aura storm erupted from the panellists and bombarded him. But Michael brushed it off easily. He did not show any reaction. After all, it was only peak emperor aura. He had killed many of those. The aura increased as he looked at the panellists right in the eye.

Early saint realm. It was as if 6 early saints were pressuring him their auras. Nothing! Michael did not bother to give any reaction still looking at these experts.

The bewildered panellists increased it by yet another realm - 6 mid-saint realms!

Michael also found hard to stand due to the pressure. But at that time, he released his own aura.

Booooom!

It was as if an avalanche had arrived! His aura soared to the skies! He stood tall in front of these peerless masters his aura comparing for hegemony!

The auras of experts depended on their cultivation, confidence and willpower. Michael's willpower was probably more than all the experts here combined. Thus, there was no way he would lose an aura battle!

The experts were rattled.

Even before the test started, Karslon had asked for Michael to be put at the end. He had said that the kid was interesting and that they should take their time with the guy.

Thus, they were quite looking forward to meeting the young genius of humans. But, who would have thought that he would start an aura battle with them.

All of them smiled and raised the aura to peak saint realm - the fort guardian level.

6 fort guardians!

Still, Michael's aura was unsurpassable. The panellists' expressions changed. Things were getting serious now. Perfect realm was the boundary three of them were currently at.

Booooom!

The auras increased simultaneously to early perfect realm. Even Paul would have to get serious! But Michael gritted his teeth and held on.

His aura defying the heavens as he stood his ground! He would not yield! His unfathomably deep willpower started to fuel his aura making it almost tangible.

Boooom!

The entire chamber felt suffocating due to the battle! If a saint were to come in, they would be paralyzed due to the sheer magnitude of the auras.

The experts too were getting anxious. If they lost in aura battle to a kid, it would be the shame of their lives. They directly raised their auras to peak perfect realm!

Michael felt as if his body was being battered to the ground. He felt as if he was lifting a mountain. While he did have abundant willpower, his cultivation was not there yet to overwhelm these experts in an aura battle. But, at the moment, Michael became even more aggressive! He needed to be aggressive!

This was his nature. After the encounter with devils, Michael had a sense of aggressiveness inside of him. It was the drive to get stronger! The drive that had caused him to cultivate on the verge of death!

It was his dao! This was a domineering dao!

If experts beyond the plane were to know of such a dao, they would be shocked. The dao was an ephemeral concept and many did not understand it. In fact, even in the realms after the immortal realm, the dao was not frequently encountered. It was at the top of the power chain that one could use the dao.

While Michel was very, very far from that level, he was already budding a dao! If the ancient being that made the deal with Michael were to know, it would be rattled to the core.

He started using life energy to support himself. Then, he continued to battle for the hegemony in the aura battle.

The panellists were now sweating. Their reputation was proving too hard to save. They were almost at their maximum capacity! But, Karslon's eyes were shining with a light so brilliant that one would not be able to look into them directly.

What was a genius?

This was it!

He increased the aura to the immortal level - the highest he was capable of. The other two immortals did the same. Michael felt like he was going to be crushed under the pressure. Even life energy was not sufficient. But he still did not yield! As his body and soul were stimulated, he started gaining more comprehensions in the first chapter of Endless Life Scripture! He used the immortals' aura to advance his law comprehension. Even at the cost of his body being broken!

This was a crazy thing to do. Michael was definitely not crazy. It was just that he had formed his dao too early! And like his personal persona blessing - it was a double edged sword!

He could not control his dao. When it erupted, Michael did not think rationally.

But, it was also that if one day he ever reached that realm, his dao would be earth-shatteringly powerful. If he could reach that level remained to be seen.

When these experts realized that they could not win, they retracted their auras not wanting to keep hurting Michael. But, they were looking at him as if one would look at a monster.

This kid was famous for many things - all the wrong things!

If the world was to know about his will and his heart - they would be scared out of their minds! This was an overlord in making! Perhaps even the strongest and greatest overlord in Aterna! With such a will, even going beyond the immortal realm would be possible! His talent did not matter!

They then proceeded to check his cultivation - full 80 points. Even if it would have been lower, it would not have mattered.

Then they asked Michael to show his combat arts. Michael showed them the Flowing River Art at half-completion. The experts were not surprised at all. In fact, whatever Micahel did now, they would not be surprised. They had already eaten enough shock to last them a lifetime.

Their evaluation was - martial arts and combat arts - 45. Next, they asked Michael to show something unique.

Michael without hesitation showed them his close-combat soul art and illusion combat techniques. The experts were already expecting something like this to happen.

But even then they were stunned. These arts were never seen before. Either Micahel got the legacy of some powerful soul cultivator which left no historical records at the tower - quite impossible as the tower was an ancient institution itself.

The only other possibility was that they were Micahel's own creations! This caused them to get even more shocked at Micahel. They could already see his rise. And there was no one qualified to stop him!

Karslon Dumbledore had already decided to take in Michael as a legacy disciple.

After discussions, the experts gave a score of 17 in the unique section.

And thus, Michael set a record that was unprecedented and un-postcedented in the tower.

Michael Rageberg - 142 points of potential.

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As soon the the results were announced, the entire area went silent. All earlier results had incited conversations among the crowd and congratulations to the respective families. But, at this moment in the light tower, no one was saying anything.

All of the crowd was still looking at the words written on the declaration board: Michael Rageberg - 142 points.

It took a while for these experts to snap out of their shock. Jerome and Reez were looking at each other with disbelief in their eyes. This was the highest record for potential. And, it had surpassed Karslon's score by a lot! They only felt lucky that they were in the same team as the Ragebergs.

The empress Atrexia, on the other hand, was feeling a chilling killing intent towards Michael. The more brilliantly he shined, the more danger she felt to her authority and position. She wanted to go out and kill that brat right then. But, she controlled herself, dissolving her killing intent. No matter how much of a monster the kid was, he was still a kid. As long as he died before growing up, his potential would not matter.

The crowd erupted into a discussion at the same time. A string of congratulations was sent towards Collins and the Emperor Atrexia. All the different races were focussing on the same name today.

Collins and Sitara only felt boundless happiness and pride. They already believed that Michael was a supreme talent and was bound to reach much greater heights. It was now that the world came to know what they had known in their heart for a long time. This uplifted the feeling of elation even more.

Leonor and Tresline were also very happy. If it would have been an older brother or someone of comparable age, they would have had jealousy or rivalry. But, Michael had been a kid and they had played with him at his birth. They thought of him less as a brother and more as someone of the younger generation. Thus, Michael's achievements only brought them happiness.

There was also the fact that Michael loved his family dearly. It was evident from the fact that the first thing that he did after returning from the tower was to form an alliance to strengthen his family. For Tresline's sake, he had even organised an immortal expedition from the shadows! He later had given the family hordes of techniques and cultivation manuals. This was a resource not available even to the royal family! All his actions were easily seen through with his family member's experienced eyes. Michael was doing this due to the worry in his heart and this was true. Looking at such a small kid worrying about them filled them with more love, even if they knew that Michael was a genius. His love for his family was a core part of Michael's personality now, unlike his previous life.

Kevin looked at the result and thought: "Fuck! This kid is much more of a monster than what I assumed! Even with his ancient bloodline, Kandrif is no match! We must bring him to our camp! We definitely can not let him be more friendly with other powers and definitely cannot become his enemy!"

He started thinking at rapid speed on how to form good relations with Michael.

Ragnar was also thinking at the same time: "Even if this kid is a human, if I get him under my control, he would be a pretty good catch. He will be entering puberty soon! I will send him some slaves from my prized collection. Have him become addicted to some elven women so that later he would have good feelings for elves. Then I shall control him from the shadows!"

This was indeed an insidious honey trap. But Ragnar really had no idea that Michael was not as ignorant as he thought him to be.

Michael came out of the test chamber. As soon as he emerged, all the experts turned their eyes towards him trying to measure him up.

Countless gasps could be heard after a moment.

Heavens! Am I not seeing wrongly? This kid reached the early emperor realm before his growth period even started? Is this for real?

Can you not see that he has 142 points for potential? Is that for show? Of course, he was bound to be a freak!

To think that such a freak has been born in the human race! If he had been born an elf or a werebeast, how good would that be?

Look at the positive side! If he had been born in the dark empire, our light empire might have been at a risk later!

Countless conversations buzzed. Amidst these conversations, Omar was looking at Michael as if he was seeing a ghost. This kid had given him the shock of his life. This was not potential, this was a monster in making! At his level, even he himself might have to follow the guy in future, let alone his disciple! All his thoughts from earlier vanished. In fact, the Duke's words made perfect sense to him.

It did not matter if this guy did not become the crown prince. He was already going to acquire a much greater title.

Demitrus was looking at Micahel with shining eyes. He had not chosen wrong. Perhaps, in his lifetime, his Moonflower race would have the protection of someone formidable.

As the other students also knew about Michael's results, they were very, very scared of him! There were many that had badmouthed him behind his back thinking of him to be young and incompetent. But now, looking at his cultivation, they did not dare utter a word and bowed to him! Even the students of the other races gave a bow! It was a respect for the strong!

Ramsus came up to him and kneeled:

Ramsus : Lord, I am happy to see that you are well. I have completed the task that you had given me and obtained sufficient strength!

It was quite a weird scene for a 17-year-old boy to kneel before a 12-year-old boy. But such were the customs in this world. Nobles were respected due to the strength backing them. And Michael was stronger than Ramsus - by a lot.

Micahel was pleasantly surprised by Ramsus' growth. He smiled and said:

Micahel : You have done very well. You must have obtained your own lucky chance. I am very happy for you! Will you be my brother in arm when I go out to the world? Ramsus, are you willing to be my sword and shield?

Ramsus : Yes Lord! I gladly accept!

Their conversation was heard by all. What Michael had done was raise Ramsus' status from a retainer to a knight. This was Michael Rageberg's first knight, Ramsus Rageberg!

Remeus stood in the crowd looking at the scene with complicated eyes. He was frustrated that the boy who was the same age as himself was so powerful that his brother was no match. He was also happy that his brother was raised in position but felt stifled as well. He looked on with his conflicted feelings.

Omar, on the other hand, was happy. His disciple was formidable? Yes - but he was not meant to be a main character in Aterna. It was clear from his talent and lineage. Omar himself was just a side character in Aterna. Thus, he did not expect his disciple to become some heaven shaking expert. It was not that he did not wish so, but that it was unreasonable. But, now that his disciple was the knight of that monster, his future would be brighter than his own. It was easy to see that Michael would become an overlord. Then, Ramsus would have more resources and chances to advance.

As these things happened, the panellists came out of the room. They had made a unanimous decision to keep the shameful incident under tight lips! After all, their collective reputations were on the stake.

Karslon Dumbledore said - the second exam is over. Now, we will start the final exam. Any student can begin when they feel like it.

The crowd was excited as well. They wanted to see if Michael could fight as well as he could cultivate.