Chapter 13 Part 6

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Chapter 13 Part 6: The Challenge From Tingfeng Academy, Su Huan’s Strength Shocks the Whole School! (6)

Before long, the two of them walked into Battle Hall together. At this time, most of the others who had entered the formal selection process had arrived. Feng Qinqin also smiled and waved over at them.

Su Huan pretended to be familiar, nodded, and then went to a corner alone.

A few minutes later, the mentor who was in charge of scoring yesterday also walked in.

She first looked around, then calmly walked over to Su Huan.

"Su Huan, you don’t look too good. Are you ready for today’s match?"

"I guess so…"

"Everyone has to battle at least once today. Do you have anyone in mind you want to challenge? Anyone here, including Daiyue, is fine."

Su Huan pretended not to notice the mentor’s hint and shook his head.

If he guessed correctly, Tingfeng Academy must have said something behind the scenes.

For example, the requirement for a friendly match might involve him passing a qualifying round…

"Su Huan, do you know anyone from Tingfeng Academy?"

In a corner of Battle Hall, the female mentor with long black hair couldn’t help but ask Su Huan directly, as he remained silent.

It was only yesterday when she found out about this after being asked for information about Su Huan by the senior officials of the academy when submitting the list of selected candidates.

Tingfeng Academy is organizing a special freshman tournament for assessment.

How terrifying is the true strength of this student?

Why did he play tricks again during the selection yesterday? Could it be that he still doesn’t want to reveal his true strength…?

The mentor speculated about many possibilities in her mind.

At the same time, after hearing this sentence, Su Huan had basically confirmed in his heart.

It must be that Tingfeng Academy had caught onto his new student identity, and in order to test his real level, they might have even proposed some kind of exchange request…

"Su Huan, can the Thunder Element’s Lightning Chain be effective against other wind-type mature-stage battle pets? What is its limit?"

"Do you think you can win against the students of Tingfeng Academy?"

"No, let’s not talk about that now. The selection is still ongoing, why are we talking about Tingfeng Academy? Many people are watching, go and preside over it quickly."

The mentor kept asking questions, but Su Huan raised his hand to interrupt them.

In this level of pretend assessment, every 5 minutes that pass represent five minutes less of his lifespan.

Hearing this, the mentor was momentarily surprised, then showed a somewhat embarrassed expression.

"Okay, I will come find you after the official selection is over."

"……"

"……"

With that, the mentor with black hair returned to the center of the hall, and then started explaining the selection rules under the tense gaze of the students.

"Apart from Daiyue and Huang Yao, the other students participating in the selection must choose at least one present member to challenge in battle. There is no limit to the number of challenges, but you cannot challenge the same person repeatedly."

"The person being challenged cannot refuse."

"If you want to compete for the position of team leader, you can challenge Daiyue directly."

"Alright, let’s start by having Zhang Lan, who is the third-seat freshman, choose someone to challenge!"

This mysterious battle rule is meant to identify the strongest all-round student.

For example, some students may struggle against gold-type opponents but easily defeat others. They need to confirm their skills through multiple battles.

At this moment, after being the first one called out by the mentor, the fire-type student, Zhang Lan, walked out with a serious expression on his face.

He was the captain of the third team yesterday.

After yesterday’s initial selection, Daiyue and Huang Yao had already proven their strength.

Daiyue easily defeated a mature-stage battle pet, securing her position as the team leader.

Huang Yao directly faced an attack from a mature-stage BOSS, showcasing her incredible defense needed to fight against Tingfeng Academy’s wind-type team.

Even if the situation changes drastically, their positions as main members are not likely to be affected.

As the third strongest, she failed to block an attack from that mature-stage battle pet, putting her ranking in a precarious position…

Zhang Lan nervously scanned the crowd of students, observing them closely.

There are only three spots left for the main team, and Feng Qinqin, who poses the biggest threat to her, will surely be challenged.

Su Huan, who has strong control abilities, must not be underestimated…

Lastly, there was the female gold-type Battle Pet Master who was previously the leader of the fifth team and ranked fourth.

As a pure attacker, she must defeat them all to secure her spot on the main team.

"I want to challenge Su Huan…"

After thinking for a while, Zhang Lan pointed towards the black-haired young man leaning against the corner not far away.

He planned to warm up first with two other students who were not very strong in their abilities, improve his handling and the Battle Pet’s Resonance Value, and then have a perfect battle with Feng Qinqin.

After being called out, Su Huan didn’t say much. He walked expressionless into the battle pod.

Seeing this, the female mentor’s expression became slightly strange.

She wasn’t worried about anything else, but was suspicious whether Su Huan would continue to act or play tricks.

However…

Thinking about Su Huan’s previous impatience and reprimanding tone.

She felt like he was a completely different person from yesterday.

[Loading data…]

[Generating map…]

[Mode: 1v1 Duel]

[Map: Tianfeng Academy Battle Arena]

After linking, the two entered the virtual map of Tianfeng Academy directly.

There wasn’t any fancy terrain, just a huge arena where both sides could freely battle.

As the illusionary characters took shape, Zhang Lan looked ahead at the black-haired teenager and the Thunder Element perched motionless on his head like a hat, with a serious expression on his face.

Then, he began the motion to summon his Battle Pet.

"Fire Satin!!!!!!"

With a command, the air around quickly turned scorching hot, and terrifying high temperatures formed heat waves sweeping in all directions.

After a few seconds, a flame elemental with red bands wrapped around its arms, wearing a fiery cloak, appeared with a dominating and cool posture.

The arena and ground turned charred black under its high temperature.

Compared to the average Thunder Element, the Fire Satin with a Resonance Value as high as 70% in the infancy stage of fire elements seemed like a demon.

Watching this scene, the onlooker Feng Qinqin couldn’t help but nervously clench her fists.

Even the other students didn’t think Su Huan had any chance of winning.

Just then, Zhang Lan suddenly asked:

"Su Huan, wasn’t your acting a bit too fake yesterday?"

"Anyone with eyes can see that you were messing around."

"So, do you still need to act in this play?"

Trash-talking during the countdown is also considered a classic segment.

Zhang Lan didn’t have any other thoughts, he just wanted to impact the accuracy of the Thunder Element, especially since he was very wary of the Lightning Chain that seemed to be of Purple Quality.

However, facing the opponent’s challenge, Su Huan said solemnly and unashamedly, "Acting? I never act, I give my all in every battle."

"……"

"……."

Hearing such shameless words, even Daiyue, who was always calm and composed, silently wiped the sweat beads off her face.

Child, this is not funny.

You’re not going to act?

Who played that role yesterday?

At the same time, as Zhang Lan looked strange and different, the countdown entered the final second.

He immediately cleared his mind and gave an attack command to Fire Satin.

"Fire…"

However, before the command was halfway through, time seemed to freeze in a strange way.

Not only did the virtual battle map freeze, but Zhang Lan and Fire Satin’s thoughts also inexplicably came to a standstill.

Because, in the face of the terrifying thunderstorm on the opposite side, even their awareness was forcibly paused.

Instead, the Thunder Element gradually transformed into an element outline.

As the lightning flashed in its pupils, all cells and blood in Thunder Element’s body were converted into lightning factors.

The purple illusionary outline was covered by a cloak woven with thunder, and the electric field at the top almost pierced through the edge of the map arena.

[Golden Skill·Overload, Resonance Value 101%]

[Golden Skill·Falling Thunder, Resonance Value 102%]

Following that…

Without warning, all sound within the map disappeared.

Zhang Lan and Fire Satin’s astonished faces were gradually covered by a white light.

There was no more sound around them.

"……."

"……."

"Boom!!!"

In the next moment, accompanied by a deafening roar, the purple Falling Thunder descended from the sky like a javelin.

Before the Falling Thunder even hit the ground, the surrounding scenery began to vanish inch by inch, the whole map disintegrating like paper paste.

To everyone’s disbelief, in that instant, the entire scene was cut into black and white comic strip-like still images by lightning.

Afterwards, everything in it dispersed into smoke and clouds.

After a dozen seconds, the dust settled.

Apart from the black-haired boy and the motionless Thunder Element, everything around them turned into ashes.

The huge arena disappeared without a trace.

Su Huan, with all his hair standing on end, had a cold expression on his face as a faint arc of electricity slowly escaped from his mouth.

"I have said it before, I never act…"