Zhou Yi said: "Okay, you guys hurry and eat. After you finish eating, go rest for a bit. The competition in the afternoon will start soon. I will report your possession of a Battle Spirit Fusion Skill to the higher ups. If you really become core disciples, the academy will provide you with such delicacies for free. You know how much this would help your cultivation. However, just having a Battle Spirit Fusion Skill is not enough for you to become core disciples. Our Shrek Academy has never lacked geniuses. Your ranking in the elimination competition will greatly impact whether or not you can enter the core group. To tell you the truth, I also graduated from the outer school in the past but could not enter the core. So I did not have the qualifications to enter the inner school. Becoming core disciples is an important step after entering the academy. Within the core disciples, almost half have successfully entered the inner school. Becoming core disciples means you have received the school's recognition. Do you understand?"
"Yes." Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong answered at the same time and immediately began eating in big bites.
Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong agreed with Zhou Yi's praises of the chef. Huo Yuhao had never eaten such high quality foods before. But Wang Dong was different. He had these delicacies before but the chefs of his family could not be compared to those here.
After finishing the delicious meal, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong felt slightly warm, especially within their stomach. Waves of warm feeling radiated to their limbs. You get what you pay for!
Zhou Yi escorted them all the way to the dormitory entrance. Before leaving, she held Huo Yuhao's arm and faintly said, "Even if you are not born as a nobleman, you can use your own power to become one."
Finishing this sentence, she turned and left. From before the meal to now, her coldness seemed to have completely disappeared.
In front of the dormitory, the elder who never cared about anything was still sitting in his chair. He seemed to have heard Zhou Yi's words and mumbled something that no one could hear clearly.
Huo Yuhao greeted the elder out of habit and entered with Wang Dong. After eating good food, he wanted to cultivate a little. Wasting is shameful! The match in the afternoon would obviously not be as easy as the one in the morning.
Freshman Examination, Elimination Contest, thirty-two advancing to sixteen began with the afternoon bell in the Examination Area.
Compared to the morning, students participating have reduced to half. After drawing lots once again, they immediately headed for their assigned districts to start the match.
Since this was on the same day, the arenas did not change much but only sixteen were used.
There stood a twenty meter high platform, north of the Examination Area. It had six metal poles as support. From the bottom, it was impossible to see how many people stood on it. From twenty meters up, it was enough to see the situation in every district.
Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were not late this time but came early to draw lots. Xiao Xiao could finally let go of a breath.
This time, their examination district was number eight. By the time they arrived, the other team that also got a number eight lot was already there.
What surprised Huo Yuhao's team was that their opponents were all girls. They also had extremely beautiful features.
Observation Platform.
Zhou Yi quietly stood on the platform, scanning the matches that were about to start. During the first round, freshmen class one was the biggest winner. However, at the elimination round, more powerful students were able to show off their potential and strength. After the battles to determine the 32 best teams out of 64, there was only five teams left from class one. Although still more than the other classes, the advantage was now not very apparent.
The 32-choose-16 battle will be extremely important.
"Teacher Zhou, searching for your seed team? I just saw the lottery. Such a coincidence. Your seed group just happened to match our class's seed group at examination district eight. Who do you think is going to win?" A thirty something female teacher came next to Zhou Yi and said with a hint of a smile.
Zhou Yi's eyes narrowed, "Mu Jin, you believe that your students are going to win for sure?"
Although Mu Jin was not young in age, she could definitely be described as young and beautiful. She smiled and shook her head, "That's not it. Nothing is definite. However, I didn't hear about any special talents from your class. Not one above level 30. Such a shame."
Zhou Yi's glance became cold, "Are you picking a fight?"
Mu Jin's smile also disappeared from her face, "What if the answer is 'yes?' Isn't class one supposed to be good? I want to see exactly how many of your students can make it to the top eight. Previously, when my seed students got your seed students, I felt great. Last time, you expelled my brother; even after I begged you. This is the first time I felt so good since then. I heard that you wanted to get a promotion to become a senior teacher. I guess it will be going up in smoke again."
Zhou Yi did not pay attention to Mu Jin's provocative expressions but looked down toward the examination area to determine Huo Yuhao trio's district eight. Then she faintly said, "Want to bet?"
Mu Jin's goal was to anger and embarrass Zhou Yi, so she answered without hesitation, "Bet. What do you have to bet with me?"
Zhou Yi finally stopped ignoring her and turned to face her. In a grave tone, she said, "A spirit bone. Do you dare?"
Hearing the words "spirit bone," Mu Jin's pupils contracted a bit.
For Spirit Masters, spirit rings are a very precious existence that is needed by everyone to break through bottlenecks.
However, spirit bones are a hundred times more precious. Every Spirit Master can obtain a set of six spirit bones: head, torso, and four limbs.
Each spirit ring can provide the Spirit Master with an ability and a hundred-thousand year spirit ring can provide two. That is to say, a normal Spirit Master who cultivates to a nine ring Titled Douluo level should have nine skills. However, spirit bones belong to a different category. Each spirit bone can also provide the Spirit Master with a skill. It can even greatly increase the body's constitution depending on where it fuses.
Spirit rings are formed from every Spirit Beast but spirit bones are not. Only a hundred-thousand year old Spirit Beast has a sure chance of producing a spirit bone. For Spirit Beasts below the hundred-thousand year level, there is only a one out of ten-thousand chance of getting a spirit bone! Any spirit bone's appearance would result in Spirit Masters fighting over it.
The Spirit Master world has a saying that if one wants to become an exceptional Spirit Master, then he will have to improve his Spirit Power and obtain spirit rings that are at the limit for each level.
However, if one wants to become a peak Spirit Master, one of Douluo Dalu's powerhouses, then he will need his own spirit bone. The more spirit bones, the greater the power. From a certain perspective, spirit bones can also have the same effect as pills. Fusing with any spirit bone can increase a Spirit Master's Spirit Power.
Just then, Zhou Yi had proposed to use spirit bones as a bet, which had a meaning of robbing Mu Jin of all she had. How could Mu Jin not have been surprised? More importantly, she didn't understand where Zhou Yi's confidence had come from.
Zhou Yi's expression revealed disdain for her, "If you are afraid then get away from me. Don't let me catch a wiff of your disgusting perfume."
Mu Jin's eyes flashed, "Fine, I'll bet with you. Do you think a few empty words would scare me away? If I lose, I will give you a spirit bone. If you lose, then make Fan Yu create a modern spirit guide device for me."
Zhou Yi coldly replied, "I am the one betting with you, not him. If I lose, I can also give you a spirit bone."
Mu Jin snorted, "I don't want your spirit bone. I only want Fan Yu to make me a modern spirit guide device."
"Okay, then I will agree for her." A deep voice sounded out. A large figure had unknowingly appeared beside Zhou Yi. Wasn't this the Spirit Guide Department teacher that Zhou Yi had taken Huo Yuhao to see?
Seeing Fan Yu appear, Mu Jin's color suddenly changed. Her arrogance had suddenly completely disappeared. Her face was slightly pale. She took a slight step back and looked at Fan Yu with red eyes, "You are partnering with her to bully me."
Fan Yu's face was calm and his eyebrows slightly raised, "It was you who wanted to create trouble. If you want to bet then do it. If you don't want to bet then don't provoke Zhou Yi. As for us and you, we are all colleagues, so let it go."
"Bet, of course I will bet. Even if I lost to her, it doesn't mean my students will lose to her students." Mu Jin violently turned and grabbed the tall platform's railings. Her watery eyes turned toward the Examination Area.
Huo Yuhao's trio didn't know that there was such a scene on top of the observation platform, but were instead focused on their opponents.
The three opposing girls looked very beautiful with the same freshmen uniform. The girl who stood in the front was slightly taller than Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, with short, golden hair. She looked very neat. She also had big, water blue eyes with long eyelashes and a few small freckles on her face.
Behind her to the left, was a girl who had a head of short, fiery red hair. Her eyes were a rare shade of red as well. With a glance, she seemed rather scary. However, if observed more carefully, it could be seen that her features were extremely delicate. Even her skin was white as jade. However, her glance was extremely cold, enough to be compared to Old Lady Zhou.
The girl on the right presented a great contrast with the girl on the left. Her long, pale green hair falls behind her. Her dark eyes seemed gentle. The softness makes people unconsciously want to take care of her.
The examiner said, "Both teams enter and state your names."
Six people on both sides stepped into the wide arena at the same time. The three of them still used their old formation, Wang Dong in front, Xiao Xiao in the middle and Huo Yuhao at the back.
However, the three girls changed their formation as the golden hair girl who stood in the front stepped back and the other two stepped up in front of her.
The short, red haired girl declared proudly, "Freshman Class Nine, Wu Feng. Level twenty-five, offense type, Spirit Grandmaster."
The pale green haired girl looked at her with blame as if annoyed at her arrogance. She even told her opponents her Spirit Power level. However, she did not change this reporting style and said with a soft tone that was the opposite of Wu Feng's chill, "Freshman Class Nine, Nanmen Yun Er. Level twenty-four, agility type, Spirit Grandmaster."
From behind the two girls sounded a dull voice, "Freshman Class Nine, Ning Tian. Level thirty-one, support, tool type, Spirit Elder."
Huo Yuhao's trio was shocked at those words. A level thirty-one Spirit Elder? They really couldn't imagine that they would meet one of the three ring Spirit Elders in a thirty-two advance sixteen match, and she was a support, tool type Spirit Master.
It's important to know that tool Spirit Master's cultivation speed is usually slower than battle Spirit Master's. But their opponent was able to cultivate to level thirty-one at only twelve years old and even have three spirit rings. This was not simply a matter of talent.
Even though they were shocked, they still remembered to introduce themselves. Similar to their opponents, they also started from the offense type battle Spirit Master.
"Freshman Class One, Wang Dong. Level twenty-four, offense type, battle Spirit Grandmaster."
"Freshman Class One, Xiao Xiao. Level twenty-two, control type, battle Spirit Grandmaster."
Huo Yuhao was the last to speak out, "Freshman Class One, Huo Yuhao. Level nineteen, control type, battle Spirit Master."
Hearing the number nineteen, the opposing Wu Feng visibly puckered her lips, showing a contemptuous gesture.
Wang Dong slightly narrowed his eyes and his gaze focused on Wu Feng. Without knowing why, when he saw Wu Feng's contemptuous eyes, his heart seemed to have been lit afire.
Wu Feng also felt his gaze. They looked into each other's eyes and Wu Feng snorted. Before the match had even started, the smell of gunpowder had already started emerging from the two sides.
Huo Yuhao patted Wang Dong's shoulder. Wang Dong looked back and their eyes locked. Even though nothing was said, they had understood each other's meaning.
Just then, the proctoring teaching yelled, "Match begin."
Wang Dong tapped the tip of his foot against the ground and shot out like an arrow. As he charged forward, the pair of dazzling, blue-and-golden wings began to expand.
No matter how much confidence Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun Er and Ning Tian had, they couldn't but blink their eyes and secretly admire the beauty of those dazzling Bright Goddess Butterfly wings.
Wu Feng also bounced forward with a thick wave of heat pouring out of her. There was even the slight sound of a dragon's roar. Wu Feng's body suddenly became more slender. When her body was in the air, she seemed to have become a fully developed sixteen or seventeen year old girl. Her slender body broke her uniform as it expanded, showing her personal wear.
She was obviously prepared as her inner clothes were made of an elastic leather. She revealed a pair of large, meaty legs. Her leather clothes clung to her body and engulfed her bountiful breasts inside.
A layer of faint red glowed on her skin. Starting from the left side of her face, her skin was covered in a tight layer of dragon scales extending toward her neck down and followed to cover her entire left arm and hand.
Compared to Beibei's Blue Lighting Tyrant Dragon's spirit possession, Wu Feng's dragon Battle Spirit was more gentle. The fire attribute red dragon had a top level Battle Spirit's aura as two yellow spirit rings rose from her feet.
Even though Wu Feng's body looked slender and glamorous, it also gave people a sense of explosive force. With a flash, she had already appeared in front of Wang Dong. She swung her left arm directly at Wang Dong's body.
Meeting this direct attack, Wang Dong did not directly use his spirit ability but turned his body in the air. His right leg shock out like lightning and collided against Wu Feng's left arm.
With a muffled pong, Wang Dong's body flashed through the air five meters. Wu Feng went directly toward the ground. With this direct collision, it was obvious that Wang Dong suffered a loss. Even though they were both offense type battle Spirit Masters, their strong points were different. Comparing the strength of their bodies, the Bright Goddess Butterfly would obviously not have any advantages against the Red Dragon.
Just then, Ning Tian team's Nanmen Yun Er also moved. When she started, her body was as light as a feather but still moved rapidly toward where Wang Dong and Wu Feng had just collided. With a flash, she had already closed in by more than ten meters to appear in front of Xiao Xiao.
Only after coming close could one see that, unknowingly, a pair of jade green wings had appeared on Nanmen Yun Er's back. The wings were not big and couldn't be compared to Wang Dong's dazzling Bright Goddess Butterfly. But Nanmen Yun Er's speed was unparalleled as her hands also turned jade green, like having been sculpted from jade, and slapped toward Xiao Xiao.
At the same time, Ning Tian extended her right hand and clearly called out, "Seven treasures produce crystal." Her body rotated once off the ground as a dazzling seven colored ray appeared from her body. Just then, the seven colored glow gathered on her palm as a one foot tall, seven colored pagoda appeared.
This pagoda flickers with streams of overflowing colors. There seemed to be countless gems embedded in it. It drew the gaze of everyone on the observation platform with only its appearance.
Two yellow, one purple. Three rings rose from Ning Tian's palm and circled the seven layered pagoda on her palm.
On the observation platform, Mu Jin turned her head toward Zhou Yi and Fan Yu to see their shocked expressions. Zhou Yi called out with shock, "Nine Treasure Crystal Clan, Seven Treasure Crystal Pagoda!"