Inside the Secret Realm Command Center.
"Holy shit!"
"What the hell was that move, and why was it so strong?"
"I have no idea."
"Is this guy really still a student? I might not even be a match for that Earth Element Beast!"
"..."
The City Guards were in an uproar, standing up and cursing without minding that there was a director of the Education Bureau nearby.
Of course, at this moment, the director of the Education Bureau couldn't care less about anyone else, grinning like a fool who had won a jackpot and couldn't close his mouth.
One surprise after another had left Wang Haiping completely numb...
He hadn't expected Su Yuan to come up with anything else, and now here was a huge surprise?
Compound skills!
It was actually a compound skill!
The City Guards might not know, but Wang Haiping was clear that the move Su Yuan used was definitely a compound skill formed by Steel Flame Finger and Hardened Iron Armor!
A compound skill refers to two or more perfect skills that, when their compatibility is sufficient, combine and interact with each other to form a stronger skill, usually improving the grade by half a level!
However, even if two compatible skills are perfected, it doesn't mean they will surely form a compound skill.
Reaching the perfect level in skill is just the basic condition to use compound skills, not that using two perfect skills together constitutes a compound skill.
The proportion of Star Power output of the two skills, the way they are combined, the final form of release... There are many particulars involved, and a slight deviation might lead to failure.
Even with a "compound formula," mastering a compound skill requires countless practices and attempts.
Because most white skills are only transitional in the early stages, most people focus more on green skills once they obtain them, making the number of white compound skills relatively rare.
At least Wang Haiping had never heard of a compound skill involving Steel Flame Finger and Hardened Iron Armor.
So Su Yuan not only used a compound skill but also created an original one!
Compared to this, the news of Su Yuan's Hardened Iron Armor reaching perfection wasn't much at all.
In one month, a perfect Steel Flame Finger and perfect Hardened Iron Armor, Great Success with Gray Flame Strike, and at least Great Success with Wind Walking...
As well as the compound skill formed by Steel Flame Finger and Hardened Iron Armor!
What could Wang Haiping think?
A supergenius?
A freak of nature!
Little Huangfu Qi?
Huangfu Qi hadn't created a compound skill during his Star Apprentice days!
Too many shocks, too many surprises, Wang Haiping was completely numb...
After regaining his composure, Wang Haiping watched Su Yuan carefully harvest the gray-black Star Core of the Earth Element Beast on the screen and pondered.
Su Yuan's talent for skills was unmatched, not losing out to any of the varied prodigies and monsters in the Three Cities.
With such talent, no matter what realm he is in the future, he is bound to be among the strongest at his level, and even fighting across larger realms might not be impossible!
Guangchuan is under the jurisdiction of Shuzhou, and as the director of the Guangchuan Education Bureau, it is his duty to send outstanding talents to Shuzhou College.
Even if Su Yuan's realm is slightly lacking, sending him to Shuzhou College would be no issue, which is quite standard practice.
But for Su Yuan, for the talent cultivation in Great Flame... and for himself, perhaps there should be a better path available!
Wang Haiping pondered for a while and soon made up his mind.
To help a supergenius in his youth, the feedback he would receive in the future would undoubtedly be dozens to hundreds of times greater!
Such cases are numerous throughout the years on Blue Sea Star.
To encounter this opportunity and to give a push while going with the flow would be beneficial for both sides.
"I'll contact my teacher when I get back!"
Thinking of that old man, Wang Haiping felt a bit annoyed but let it be; at worst, he would just get scolded again.
In the Secret Realm.
Seeing Su Yuan carefully packing away the gray-black Star Core of the Earth Element Beast, Fang Kun and Chen Jiujun both coveted it, but they quickly let it go, knowing that even with an Earth Element Beast Star Core, extracting the Elemental Magnetism Pressure Star Card was not guaranteed.
There was more than a 50% chance of getting a white Earth Element Shield, and of the remaining 50%, half would be Crack Earth Gorge, and only the other half would be Elemental Magnetism Pressure.
However, the thrill in Su Yuan's heart was naturally beyond their understanding.
"I've struck it rich, Elemental Magnetism Pressure!"
Su Yuan's eyes gleamed; this Earth Origin Beast Star Core was more precious to him—who could definitely extract Elemental Magnetism Pressure—than a Green Weapon Card!
If it weren't for the fact that now was not the right time, Su Yuan would have already extracted Elemental Magnetism Pressure!
Su Yuan checked the time; it was almost five o'clock.
With his current condition, he could still make good use of the time to hunt some low-level Star Beasts and accumulate more Star Dust.
"Please feel free to carry on, I'll be taking my leave," Su Yuan said cheerfully as he waved goodbye and happily continued the battle within the Secret Realm...
Time passed swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, six o'clock had arrived.
With the "beep beep beep" alert sounding from the locator, the trial had come to a Perfect end.
The map indicated over a dozen teleportation points—approaching any one of them would teleport the participants directly out of the Secret Realm to the plaza outside.
Since the Secret Realm was quite large, participants had to return to the plaza within two hours, that is, before eight o'clock.
"There are still two hours left; if I hurry, I can earn a few dozen more points of Star Dust," Su Yuan thought, quickly planning a route to farm more points, and promptly resumed his actions...
After dealing with the Earth Element Beast, Captain Xiao had already returned to the Secret Realm Command Center and was now managing the aftermath of the trial, including evacuating the students, tallying the results, and handling the scene...
"Captain Xiao, I'll be leaving now," Wang Haiping said as he stood up to leave.
At this moment, Wang Haiping was eager for a one-on-one meeting with Su Yuan, the suddenly emerged talented student.
He originally came to observe the special recruits Chen Jiujun and Fang Kun, but now... well, those two could wait!
Yang Jun still felt somewhat unreal and followed Wang Haiping as he got up to take his leave because he needed to reassemble the students from the Fourth School.
Outside the Secret Realm, in the depths of the stationed area, students emerged one by one from the teleportation gate and quickly gathered on the plaza, where they immediately started exchanging words.
"Wow, I'm dead tired! I've never spent a night in the wild before, and this time, I actually spent a night in an even more dangerous Secret Realm, geez."
"Ha, Yuan Jie, you actually lasted until the end without being eliminated? You must have scored quite a bit, right?"
"Just middling, about a thousand points or so~"
"A thousand points? That definitely puts you in the top two hundred! Awesome, you score a practical White Card!"
"Hehe, pretty decent~"
...
"Man, that Earth Element Beast was really terrifying, barely missing the Star Power Barrier with one stomp nearly had me jump out of my skin!"
"No kidding, I was petrified even standing tens of meters away; how could such a creature appear in the Secret Realm as part of the trial? Utterly absurd; it's not something we can handle!"
"Cut it out guys, that Earth Element Beast actually was defeated in the end."
"How's that possible?!"
"I'm not kidding, everyone who stayed until the end knew, its marker on the map was wiped off. But the one who killed the Earth Element Beast must have been one of the two special recruits, either Fang Kun or Chen Jiujun, or maybe they teamed up."
...
At the First School's group.
Lv Xinghen asked Fang Kun in a low voice, "Kun, was it you who killed that Earth Element Beast?"
Fang Kun shrugged, "No."
Lv Xinghen was quite surprised, "Then is Chen Jiujun really that powerful?"
"It wasn't him either."
"Huh? Then who..." Lv Xinghen suddenly thought of Su Yuan, who had killed the Poison Fire Two-headed Python, "Don't tell me it was him..."
"Him?" Fang Kun looked puzzledly at Lv Xinghen.
Lv Xinghen immediately detailed the event of Su Yuan defeating the Poison Fire Two-headed Python with a single strike.
The more Fang Kun listened, the more alarmed he became.
This Su Yuan had also killed a Poison Fire Two-headed Python at the Bronze Middle Stage?
And with just one strike?
Fang Kun took a deep breath, "It was him who killed the Earth Element Beast."
"Really him? My gosh!" Lv Xinghen couldn't help but exclaim softly, and then shook his head and sighed, "Why is the gap between people so huge? I'm considered a talent in Guangchuan City too!"
Both turned to look toward the group from the Fourth School, as most of them had gathered, but they did not see Su Yuan.
"Is he still in the Secret Realm?" both Fang Kun and Lv Xinghen were quite surprised.