Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Although Li Mo had lost the battle, wasn't the strength he displayed astonishing enough?
If it were themselves, how long could they last?
Li Mo nodded and sat to the side to recover his mental energy.
"So, who among the junior students will challenge next?"
As soon as the words fell, someone shouted, "Me!"
"Senior, my name is Yu Chi, and my current mentor is Mentor Mo Ling!"
"Oh?" Lei Mang's eyes curved with a smile. "Mentor Mo Ling was my former homeroom teacher. In that case, let's have another assessor spar with you to avoid me going easy on you, haha."
Lei Mang said to a beautiful woman in fiery red attire behind him, "Huo Wu, this match is for you."
On the seats, a beautiful woman with fiery red long hair and a striking red-sleeved robe smiled and nodded, slowly rising and walking onto the beast-taming arena.
"Junior, I won't hold back, you know."
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In the subsequent assessments, the fifty students who entered the final round challenged the assessors one by one. The gap in strength made many feel intimidated before the fight even began. Once on stage, they were hesitant and afraid to make a move, failing to display their true abilities before falling.
But this was unavoidable. Competitions were like this; besides testing individual comprehensive strength, they also required extremely high psychological fortitude. Once one faltered in the arena, no one could save them.
The students on the field had varied expressions, some with glum faces, others looking triumphant.
Lei Mang glanced at the list in his hand, nodded silently, and rose from his seat to approach the crowd.
"Junior students, junior siblings, the assessment has now concluded. A total of nine students passed this round of assessment. It is regrettable that the remaining forty-one did not win their challenges."
Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but sigh. Who said this assessment was very easy? But during the battles, even though the senior figures from the academy suppressed their strength, they were easily dominated. The combat experience between the two sides was simply not on the same level!
However, someone soon discovered the hidden meaning in these words. Nine people passed the assessment? What did that imply? It meant there was still one spot to be determined!
The previously dejected faces of the crowd suddenly lit up again, and they all looked towards Lei Mang.
Lei Mang seemed to sense their anticipation and laughed heartily.
"That's right, there is indeed one remaining spot." His gaze swept over Bai Qianqian, Zhou Tao, and others, saying with implied meaning, "The allocation of this last spot is also very simple. Whoever wins against two of us under special challenge rules will have the right to allocate this last spot."
Hearing this, the students who had regained hope lowered their heads again. Even a fool could understand what this meant. Were their gazes locked onto Bai Qianqian and the others? Besides them, who else possessed such strength? https:/
Bai Qianqian's brow furrowed sharply. She hadn't expected the mentors to pull such a stunt. This wasn't an assessment at all; it was clearly an excuse to test the strength levels of the younger generation of the academy.
But they had all witnessed Li Mo's battle just now. Even though he had performed flawlessly and almost perfectly, he still couldn't defeat the opponent, even though the opponent was using a contract beast tamed by the academy.
"Captain, I've already advanced, so why don't you let me try?"
A team member next to Zhou Tao whispered.
This team member was named Lin Fu, one of the few nine individuals who had already secured a spot in the inter-academy challenge matches.
Zhou Tao did not reply immediately but cast a sideways glance at Bai Qianqian.
Suddenly, Bai Qianqian stepped forward and said, "Mentor, I want to try."
At the same time, Zhou Tao also stepped forward, "Then there's no reason for me not to join in the fun."
Lei Mang was taken aback at first.
Then he laughed happily, "That's best."
He said to the two behind him, "Mentors Man Shan and Huo Wu will battle you!"
After a brief preparation, the atmosphere on the scene became lively again.
Bai Qianqian and Zhou Tao, one from the Extreme White team and the other from the Extreme Black team, although these two teams had always been at odds, they were undoubtedly both outstanding teams within the academy. Seeing them both compete simultaneously was a very rare event!
On one beast-taming arena, Bai Qianqian faced the assessor Huo Wu in fiery red attire. On the other arena, Zhou Tao faced the robust Man Shan.
With a command, the beast-taming battles officially began!
"Come out! 【Elegant Goddess】!"
Huo Wu smiled charmingly, "【Elegant Goddess】? Starting with a big move? Let me see who my contract beast is."
A moment later, a ground-shaking roar came from behind Huo Wu.
A monkey covered entirely in metal armor ran out. The monkey was tall and walked with a booming, earth-shattering gait.
However, such a seemingly not-weak contract beast was disliked by Huo Wu. She put on a disgusted expression.
"Why is it 【Armored Monkey】? What an ugly contract beast."
The 【Armored Monkey】, which had been excited moments ago, heard its temporary partner's complaint and its head drooped.
On the other side, a green bird-like contract beast circled above Zhou Tao's head.
"Green Flame Eagle!"
This was Zhou Tao's first contract beast, which had accompanied him from a novice beast tamer to his current intermediate level, and was also a gift from Zhou Nanfeng.
Unlike Zhou Shuyi, who had chosen a foolish dog as her contract beast, Zhou Tao's taste was much better. This 【Green Flame Eagle】 was cultivated from a 【Green Flame Bird】. If it were to evolve again into a 【Green Flame Eagle King】, it would be an S-class rare contract beast!
Man Shan, who had his hands crossed the entire time, mumbled, "Flying-type contract beast, I hate things that fly."
At this moment, from the passage behind Man Shan, a contract beast crawled out along the wall of the passage. Before its full form could be seen, everyone saw a huge tongue, flicking out a long snake's tongue.
Everyone gasped, feeling a chill run down their spines.
"【Giant Forest Boa】!"
With the appearance of the contract beasts on both sides, the battle was imminent!
Facing the fierce attacks of Bai Qianqian and Zhou Tao, the assessors Huo Wu and Man Shan only defended.
But unlike Lei Mang, their faces showed no panic of being at a disadvantage. On the contrary, they looked as if they were watching a show, both holding a common thought: to probe the strength of these junior students who were called the pillars of the new generation.