Chapter 59: Dai Huabin's Disdain.
In the upgrade assessment, different soul beasts have different base scores. The lowest level, a hundred-year-old soul beast, only has ten base scores; only by demonstrating exceptional combat skills and defeating a hundred-year-old soul beast can one pass the assessment.
Wang Dong's chosen thousand-year-old soul beast, however, has over one hundred base scores. Adding the fifty points for combat skills, the maximum score is one hundred and fifty.
The second-year upgrade assessment only requires thirty points to pass. In other words, even if he fails to defeat the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear, his score will easily exceed thirty.
"Huh?" Wang Dong exclaimed in disbelief, "This score is too low! Although I didn't win, I challenged a thousand-year-old soul beast!"
Du Weilun frowned and said coldly, "As an excellent soul master, your first priority should be self-preservation in battle. Only then should you consider defeating your opponent. How many years have you cultivated since you were a child? If you insist on challenging an invincible soul beast and lose your life, what's the point of your cultivation?"
"And the academy has listed you as a core disciple for training, and this is how you repay the school? If there's a next time, the academy will revoke your core disciple status. Next!"
Wang Dong was extremely frustrated, but he had no other choice but to walk out of the arena dejectedly.
Wang Dong walked back to Huo Yuhao's side, looking frustrated, and whispered, "Yuhao, why is your face so pale! And why did your mental detection disappear in an instant?"
Huo Yuhao waved his hand weakly, indicating that Wang Dong could ask again later.
The next moment, Wang Dong looked up and met Wang Yan's disappointed gaze.
Wang Dong immediately took a few steps back awkwardly.
Mu Jin turned to Wu Xuan and Dai Huabin and asked, "Next, which of you two will go? Remember, you need to set a good example for the students. If you act like Wang Dong, don't blame the teacher for giving you extra training later."
"I'll go."
As soon as Mu Jin finished speaking, Dai Huabin's voice rang out. Dai Huabin glanced at Wang Dong with an arrogant expression. As he walked past Wang Dong, he intentionally or unintentionally bumped into the other's shoulder. This infuriated Wang Dong.
It seemed that Wang Dong's poor performance earlier had no effect on him at all.
When he arrived at the arena, before the examiner could even ask a question, he made his choice.
"I choose the Thousand-Year Soul Beast."
Because Wang Dong had already chosen the Thousand-Year Soul Beast once, the examiner wasn't too surprised this time.
As the strongest among this year's freshmen, second only to Wu Xuan in individual strength, Dai Huabin, the son of the White Tiger Duke, was indeed very talented.
When Du Weilun saw that it was Dai Huabin who was going to be examined, he focused his attention a little more.
A huge figure slowly walked out from the dark beast enclosure.
The onlookers fell silent, only the heavy footsteps of the enormous figure remaining.
Coincidentally, Dai Huabin's opponent possessed the same martial soul as him.
A low growl rang out. A two-meter-long, agile tiger-type spirit beast leaped out of its enclosure.
As soon as it emerged from the cage, it stopped, cautiously and warily observing Dai Huabin opposite it. This tiger-type spirit beast was pale yellow with dark blue stripes. Its eyes emitted a ghostly green light. A Wind Tiger, the fastest of the tiger-type spirit beasts, of the wind element.
The Wind Tiger seemed to sense the dangerous aura emanating from Dai Huabin; instead of advancing, it moved sideways.
Ignoring everything else, Dai Huabin activated his Martial Soul and charged forward.
The Wind Tiger's eyes flashed with azure light, and it accelerated like an arrow, its four paws pushing off the ground. Like a bolt of azure lightning, it pounced on Dai Huabin in an instant.
The distance between them closed in almost a single breath. The Wind Tiger leaped into the air. While in mid-air, its paws opened simultaneously, its claws extending, unleashing ten azure wind blades, each a foot long, crisscrossing and slashing towards Dai Huabin.
Facing the Thousand-Year Wind Tiger's attack, Dai Huabin neither dodged nor evaded. He roared fiercely, and his first and third Soul Rings shone brightly simultaneously.
White Tiger Protective Barrier and White Tiger Vajra Transformation activated at the same time.
These two amplifying Soul Skills caused Dai Huabin's strength to rapidly expand, his physical state instantly reaching its peak.
Dai Huabin ignored the ten wind blades slashing towards him, and even ignored the Thousand-Year Wind Tiger's powerful, cutting claws.
His own paws reached straight for the sides of the Thousand-Year Wind Tiger's head.
A series of wind blades slashed at Dai Huabin. Even with the White Tiger Barrier amplified by the White Tiger Vajra Transformation, it couldn't completely withstand the attack skills unleashed by a thousand-year-old tiger-type soul beast. Shallow bloodstains immediately appeared on Dai Huabin's shoulders and chest.
Dai Huabin swung his tiger claws repeatedly, and the thousand-year-old wind tiger's weak body instantly cracked open with several deep, bone-revealing bloodstains.
A deafening scream suddenly erupted from the thousand-year-old wind tiger's mouth.
Dai Huabin's eyes turned cold. He pushed off with his legs, his body suddenly springing up and crashing forward.
In a head-on collision, the thousand-year-old wind tiger's two front paws were knocked back by Dai Huabin's shoulders. Dai Huabin followed up, his tiger paws, covered in golden claws, slammed hard into the thousand-year -old wind tiger's cheeks from both sides.
Terrifying combat power reached its peak at this moment. The thousand-year-old wind tiger groaned, its eyes already glazed over when it was struck, and it didn't even have the strength to stand up.
"Alright, the assessment is over." Du Weilun's voice echoed from the high platform.
Zhu Lu, who was watching from the sidelines, had a strange light in her eyes. At this moment, she felt that the confident and arrogant boy who had been silent for nearly a year had returned to her heart.
The thousand-year-old wind tiger was quickly sent off by the arena's assessment instructors. Soul beasts have strong recovery abilities; such injuries can be basically healed in half a month.
"Dai Huabin, facing the highest level thousand-year-old soul beast assessment. You defeated your opponent in a head-on battle, demonstrating the advantages of a power-attack type battle soul master, and can obtain all the basic points of one hundred. However, your skills are somewhat lacking, and you can obtain forty points for combat skills. Your final score is one hundred and forty points, and you pass the upgrade assessment."
Upon hearing that he had obtained one hundred and forty points, Dai Huabin's heart couldn't help but be excited. On the way back to the rest area, he glanced at Wang Dong, who had provoked him, raised his middle finger, and his eyes were full of disdain.
A piece of trash with only fifty points dared to provoke him with Huo Yuhao yesterday. If it weren't for his upbringing, he would have slapped him on the spot.
Dai Huabin's nonchalant disdain infuriated Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao, their faces flushing red with anger.
Before Dai Huabin could even rejoice for long, his excitement vanished when his gaze fell upon Wu Xuan's calm expression.
"My 140 points aren't enough to impress him? Wu Xuan! Just how strong are you now?"
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