boyutpedia Chapter 10: The Lone Beast!
Chapter 10: The Lone Beast!
"All students whose cultivation level has not reached the intermediate level are not qualified to participate in the main campus assessment."
"Three years. You still have three years to enjoy the resources and preferential treatment provided by the school. If you haven't broken through to the intermediate-level mage within these three years, then after leaving Pearl Academy, you should no longer consider yourselves students of Pearl Academy!"
Dean Xiao's words struck the minds of all the new students like a thunderbolt.
If you don't break through to the intermediate level within three years, you'll no longer be a student of Pearl Academy.
Seeing that no one had left, Dean Xiao frowned and said in a deep voice, "Haven't you all understood? The weak are not worthy of being formal students of Pearl Academy. What you need to do now is stand here with your heads held high and your heads held high when I say these words again next year!"
"Now, you can all go and work hard for next year!"
Despite the simmering resentment among the crowd, no one uttered a single word of protest against these words.
Gradually, some people started to take steps.
Some senior students who had been in the Qing Campus for a while and had not yet broken through to the intermediate level left first, followed by some freshmen.
Soon, only one thousand students remained in the entire auditorium.
"Congratulations to those who stayed on and have entered the main campus of Pearl Academy."
Dean Xiao's demeanor changed completely; he reverted to being the kind and gentle old professor he always was.
"No? They just went in like that?"
"What about the assessment? Where did the assessment go?"
"I don't understand. If there's no assessment, wouldn't there be people taking advantage of the situation?"
"..."
After the murmurs subsided, Dean Xiao took out a rolled-up instruction from his shirt pocket.
"We just received news that one of the semi-tamed Shadow Beasts used by the military for training escaped overnight due to management issues."
"It is said that the Shadow Beast possesses shadow-based abilities, allowing it to hide well at night and move through the city undetected."
"Originally, our school was to assist the military by notifying them once they discovered traces of the Shadow Beasts."
"Now I order you to capture this Shadow Beast alive and bring it to the designated location."
"There's one more thing. Because it's semi-domesticated, this shadow beast won't attack humans on its own initiative, and it doesn't have any bloodlust."
"It's worth mentioning that if it's under a fatal threat, its danger level is second only to demons, so please plan carefully when you find the Shadow Beast and intend to take it down."
"Any student or team that captures a Shadow Beast and delivers it to the Beast Taming Cage will receive a reward: an opportunity to train in the Three-Step Tower!"
As soon as Dean Xiao finished speaking, a heated discussion immediately erupted in the crowd:
"Holy crap! It's a three-step tower!"
"Haha, now that we're a five-person team, taking down this three-step tower is a piece of cake!"
"The advantage is in my hands!"
"..."
Three-Step Tower!
All students at Mingzhu Academy are familiar with it. Even students from the main campus fight tooth and nail for the Three-Step Tower. This time, they actually gave out five spots in one go.
Mo Fan was also extremely excited.
He had recently entered the Three-Step Tower and knew very well how terrifyingly fast a magician's cultivation speed could be.
"Dean Xiao, aren't there any clues or hints?"
"You'll have to find that yourselves."
……
Back in the apartment, Ai Tutu rushed up to Yang Guang with an expectant look on her face and said, "Yang Guang, Yang Guang, this assessment allows for team formation. Why don't you join our beautiful girl group?"
"With me as your strategist, plus Sister Mu who is both intelligent and capable, and you, tall and strong enough to withstand pressure, and then bringing in two more people with strong control, the advantage is definitely in our hands!"
Yang Guang glanced at her and Mu Nujiao and asked, "Are you sure you want to team up?"
Ai Tutu nodded excitedly, and under her expectant gaze, Yang Guang spoke:
"Cattle and horses always travel in herds, but wild beasts always roam alone... Ta-ga, koku-wa-lu!"
"How could you do this? I sincerely invited you to join our girl group, and you actually refused! You're such a heartless person!" Ai Tutu said angrily.
Yang Guang didn't explain, because if he did, how could he possibly gain any advantage from it?
Selling a spot for 20 million, isn't that expensive?
He even felt he had sold it too cheaply.
Anyway, the school doesn't have any explicit rules against doing this.
……
Yang Guang, who had read many fanfictions, knew that the tamed Shadow Beasts had an extreme fondness for beef and would eat half a cow almost every day.
Although he didn't have a strategist like Lingling to assist him, there's a saying: "Self-reliance leads to abundance!"
Moreover, those so-called Luo Song and Shen Mingxiao will capture the Shadow Beast first.
Since someone had caught the Shadow Beast for him beforehand, he could only awkwardly go and bring it back.
Oh right, and that unlucky kid Xu Zhaoting too.
We have to try to save them; after all, they've been classmates for years, not to mention this is a regret for the whole of France.
Following the disgusting scent left by the black beast demon along the HuangP River, Yang Guang arrived at the outside of a factory.
As soon as he arrived, he saw a figure cautiously sneaking into the factory; that person was Xu Zhaoting.
"Sure enough, they're here. One, two, three... Strange, where did one go?"
Looking down from his vantage point, Xu Zhaoting discovered that there were only four men in gray cloaks lying in ambush.
Are you looking for me?
Suddenly, a sinister voice sounded from behind him.
Xu Zhaoting was startled, then turned around and stared in astonishment at the fifth person standing not far from him.
How did they know they were being followed?
"Lightning Seal - Wrathful Strike!"
In an instant, purple lightning marks connected with the star trails and quickly appeared around Xu Zhaoting, transforming into streaks of purple pythons that attacked the man.
"It's lightning-type! Target spotted, take him down!"
With that man's command, Xu Zhaoting was shocked to find himself surrounded.
There are ten black beast demons ahead, seven on the steel beams, and eight more coming from the main entrance and windows!
A total of twenty-five black beast demons!
Xu Zhaoting would never have imagined that these beasts would set up such a trap to surround him!
"I'll fight you to the death!"
"Boom!"
A deafening roar of thunder echoed from inside the factory.
Zhang Lulu, hiding outside, looked at the purple lightning flashing inside the factory with a worried expression.
For a moment, she didn't know what to do.
With a bite of her lip, Zhang Lulu ran towards the processing plant.
At this moment, she no longer cared about Xu Zhaoting's previous instructions.
As soon as she ran to the factory gate, she first saw several monsters with monkey faces and deformed human bodies, and then she saw a person stepping on Xu Zhaoting, who was covered in blood.
"Damn it! How dare they ruin our plans!!"