Chapter 5: Combat Assessment

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Seeing that Ye Haoran ignored him, Zhao Hui snorted and put away the Aurora Wolf.

The few underlings did not want to ask for trouble and dispersed dejectedly.

By the time the bell rang, all ten classes had arrived.

“The rules of the exam are still to determine the top four from each class and then participate in the grade competition to determine the ranking.”

“At the same time, the students from each class can challenge each other if they agree to it. The winner will get the loser’s exam reward.”

After Director Wang from the Academic Affairs Office read out the exam rules, the form teacher of each class began to organize the competition.

“We’ll decide the top 16 according to the previous competition method. Ye Haoran will naturally take a bye. Is that okay?” Zhou Jianghai said indifferently as he looked at the class.

Everyone in the class shook their heads, indicating that there was no problem as if Ye Haoran’s bye was a matter of course. The reason being Ye Haoran was too valiant. There were originally thirty-four people in Class 5 but Ye Haoran beat up one of the transfer students in order to get a free pass.

At this moment, the system suddenly gave him options.

[Option 1: You will get a bye naturally and be ‘unemployed’. Reward: Increase strength by 5%.]

[Option 2: Rely on your own strength to enter the top 16 in the class and then duel with Zhao Hui. Reward: Strength potion +3.]

[Option 3: Use the bomb provided by the system to blow the school to the ground. Reward: Immortal tombstone +1.]

Was there even a need to choose? Of course, the reward for Option 2 was the best.

If he were to choose Option 3 and set off a bomb in a school with so many people, the tombstone reward already foreshadowed the consequences.

“No, I object!”

Everyone looked over and saw Ye Haoran raising his hand high.

“Su Chen is seriously injured. I suggest giving the bye to the injured.”

Ye Haoran pointed at Su Chen, who was spirited and full of vitality, and said it with a serious face.

Su Chen was surprised and thought, “When did you become so kind?”

Zhou Jianghai did not say much and directly gave the bye to Su Chen.

“Let’s begin the competition. The first group is Jiang Xue against Linghu Hanxuan.”

As soon as Zhou Jianghai’s voice fell, a man and a woman walked onto the spirit battle stage.

“Alright, both sides release your contract spirits. Get ready to start.”

Zhou Jianghai walked up to the stage and personally acted as the judge. A battle between spiritualists was more dangerous, and accidents could happen at any time.

“Brother Hanxuan, please show some mercy.”

Jiang Xue took the lead in summoning. The space around her shattered, and a fox rushed out, the aura of a Level 3 spirit spreading out.

Illusion Fox, a 2-star spirit, focused on control. It was a relatively common spirit.

Linghu Hanxuan’s expression did not change. The space around him split open, and a silver eagle appeared in his hand.

The Sky-Splitting Eagle was a 3-star spirit. It mainly relied on its speed to quickly approach the enemy and launch an attack. It was also a Level 3 spirit, and the two sides were equally matched.

“Begin!”

Zhou Jianghai’s voice rang out. The Illusion Fox beside Jiang Xue jumped onto her shoulder and a pink glow emanated from its body.

It was Illusion Fox’s innate skill, ‘Illusion’, which could disrupt the opponent’s perception.

Linghu Hanxuan’s eyes narrowed as he saw three Jiang Xue’s.

“Hmph!”

The Sky-Splitting Eagle in his hand understood and immediately released a silver light, causing Linghu Hanxuan’s eyes to be dyed with silver.

“Whoosh!”

Linghu Hanxuan’s figure shot out like an arrow from a bow, turning into a stream of light as he charged toward one of Jiang Xue’s figures.

Ye Haoran’s expression changed slightly. The speed boost of the Sky-Splitting Eagle was indeed powerful. If he had such a skill, he would not be afraid of being chased.

At this moment, Linghu Hanxuan was scurrying around like a headless fly. Under the influence of the illusion, he did not notice Jiang Xue who was standing in the middle of the spirit battle stage.

“Sigh.”

Zhou Jianghai sighed and stopped Linghu Hanxuan, who was about to rush out of the Spirit Arena.

“Jiang Xue wins.”

Jiang Xue retracted her Illusion Fox’s skill and Linghu Hanxuan’s eyes immediately regained their clarity.

He looked at Jiang Xue coldly, then turned around and left.

“I’m still going to say the same thing. An offensive-type spiritualist must observe carefully and find the weakness of a control-type enemy before launching an attack. You can’t be reckless.”

“Next group: Ye Haoran versus Zhou Hao,” Zhou Jianghai announced.

Ye Haoran did not expect it to be his turn so soon. He strode up to the stage.

Of course, he was holding a fish tank that he had prepared beforehand.

“What?”

Zhou Hao was stunned for a moment. He did not expect his opponent to be Ye Haoran. He had only studied Su Chen’s skill information, but he did not expect Ye Haoran to suddenly replace him.

“Both sides, get ready. Begin!”

Ye Haoran stretched his muscles and was about to summon his little goldfish when options suddenly popped up in front of him.

[Option 1: Directly reveal the goldfish’s powerful skill to defeat the opponent. Reward: Increase strength by 10%.]

[Option 2: Keep the goldfish and fight with brute force to prevent Zhao Hui from peeking. Reward: Strength potion +1.]

Ye Haoran raised his eyebrows. The system had a hint function!

He raised his head and looked around. Sure enough, he saw Zhao Hui secretly looking over from behind the pillar.

In that case, he would not use the little goldfish. Ye Haoran kept the fish tank, looked at Zhou Hao who was summoning and rushed up.

Zhou Hao was taken aback. His contract spirit was rather large, so it would take four to five seconds to summon it.

Ye Haoran used this period of time to arrive before Zhou Hao.

“Bang!”

The muffled sound of flesh hitting flesh rang out. Zhou Hao was directly knocked to the ground, and the spatial rift caused by the contract summoning became somewhat unstable.

“It was not interrupted?”

Ye Haoran frowned. He was afraid of hurting his classmate and did not use his full strength. He only wanted to interrupt the contract summoning.

Zhou Hao was kicked a few meters away again, but his eyes were filled with confidence because his contract summoning was completed.

“Roar!”

A black shadow appeared in front of Ye Haoran. It was a Black Gorilla that opened its mouth and roared at him.

“What are you roaring for!”

Ye Haoran’s mouth twitched, and he punched the gorilla that was about the same height as him.

“Wuwuwu!”

The Black Gorilla covered its mouth in pain and retreated a few steps. It had stuck out its tongue when it roared just now. In the end, Ye Haoran’s downward hook caused it to almost bit off its own tongue.

Zhou Hao also got up from the ground and approached the Black Gorilla.

“Roar! Roar!”

The man and the beast let out an angry roar at the same time. The Black Gorilla’s body gradually became illusionary and directly attached itself to Zhou Hao.

Black Gorilla’s innate skill, ‘Powerful Possession’, would add 70% of the contract spirit’s strength to the spiritualist.

Most humanoid contract spirits would have this innate skill, and the gorilla’s skill was considered a common one.

Zhou Hao’s eyes turned slightly red as he rushed forward and pounced on Ye Haoran.

Ye Haoran’s expression turned serious, and he bent his legs slightly to block the attack.

“Bang!”

The muscles in Ye Haoran’s arms suddenly bulged, blocking Zhou Hao’s forward momentum.

The students in the audience opened their mouths wide in surprise. How could an ordinary human who didn’t use a contract spirit withstand a strength-type spiritualist?

Zhou Jianghai was stunned as well. He did not expect Ye Haoran to become so strong.

At this moment, Zhou Hao was also a little dumbfounded. He was now in a state of blessing from the contract spirit.

This didn’t make any sense! This was not scientific!

Zhou Hao refused to believe this. The Black Gorilla phantom on his body roared and increased its strength again.

But Ye Haoran still didn’t take half a step back, and the two of them were in a stalemate.

Time passed by, and in the blink of an eye, ten minutes had passed.

The students below the stage had strange looks in their eyes. Why did this spiritualist competition feel a little strange?

Zhou Jianghai coughed lightly and said, “I say, there are still a lot of people waiting. If we can’t determine the winner in three minutes, both of you will lose!”

Hearing this, Zhou Hao really wanted to cry. He did not want to do this either. He just could not defeat Ye Haoran. He was only a Level 3 beast tamer, while the Black Gorilla only had one skill!

Ye Haoran’s muscles were also aching at the moment, but his eyes were fixed on the phantom on Zhou Hao’s body.

All of a sudden, the Black Gorilla’s phantom began to fade rapidly, and the power that Zhou Hao had been strengthened with instantly disappeared.

“Uh, I’ve used up all my spiritual power.”

Zhou Hao scratched his head in embarrassment. The blessing of the spirit consumed the spiritual power. Once the spiritual power was used up, it would be automatically retracted.

He was too engrossed in competing with Ye Haoran on the stage that he had forgotten the time.

“Uh, can we discuss this?” Zhou Hao asked weakly as he looked at Ye Haoran who was walking over.

“Go!”

Ye Haoran threw Zhou Hao out of the spirit battle stage. At the same time, the system beeped.

[Reward acquired: Strength potion +1.]