Chapter 37: Low‑Level Mistake

"Oh…" Wang Dong was somewhat displeased, but said little; after all, the first‑year class promotion test only requires thirty points to pass, and a hundred points is sufficient.

After returning to the audience seats and seeing the somewhat depressed Wang Dong, Su Yun Tian stepped forward and rubbed his head, "It's fine, the score doesn't matter; passing is what counts."

Wang Dong nodded, then asked curiously, "By the way, I just saw you with Dai Huabin; what were you talking about?"

Su Yun Tian gave a slight smile and said, "Nothing much, just talked about the Shrek Seven Monsters."

After Wang Dong finished, he quickly went to Dai Huabin, who unsurprisingly also chose a thousand‑year soul beast and earned 145 points, second only to Su Yun Tian.

"Next round, Class One, Huo Yuhao," Du Weilun looked at the list and said gravely.

Huo Yuhao stood up, gave Dai Huabin a cold stare, and thought to himself.

"Just wait, Dai Huabin, I will make you bow and admit your mistake!"

Upon stepping onto the stage, he respectfully told Du Weilun, "I choose a thousand‑year soul beast."

"Hmm." Du Weilun nodded and added, "Since you are a Control Class soul master, there is no requirement to defeat the soul beast; you only need to control it."

"Fine." Huo Yuhao said little else; although he inherited Ilex's legacy, he has no second martial soul, and his current soul power level is insufficient, with few usable soul skills, so he naturally wouldn't force it.

Watching Huo Yuhao on the stage, Su Yun Tian had an ambiguous smile at the corner of his mouth.

A hint of azure light flashed in his eyes, Fate Control activated!

Because Huo Yuhao's personal fortune was overwhelming, Su Yun Tian felt his soul power vanish more than half in an instant!

Over at Huo Yuhao's side, he felt a bit dizzy and light‑headed, but only for an instant before it vanished.

Therefore he didn't pay much attention.

Soon, a thousand‑year wind spirit wolf burst from the cave entrance, accompanied by a gust of wind, and in the blink of an eye was before Huo Yuhao.

"Awooo!"

After a wolf howl, the wind spirit wolf leapt high and lunged straight at Huo Yuhao.

But how could he compare to Huo Yuhao, who possesses the divine skill Spirit Detection?

With a flash, Huo Yuhao easily dodged, and at that moment, Fate Control took effect!

Huo Yuhao's body staggered and he fell straight to the ground.

"Uh…" Du Weilun on the stage saw this and his eyes nearly popped out.

How could anyone make such a lowest‑level mistake?

Moreover, there were no small stones in the beast arena, so how could one be tripped?

Even Huo Yuhao was bewildered; despite having Spirit Detection, he can easily evade hidden weapons, yet he was inexplicably tripped.

Only Dai Huabin stared uncertainly at Su Yun Tian, already forming some speculation.

Feeling the mocking gazes on the stage, Huo Yuhao clenched his fists, his face flushed bright red.

The wind spirit wolf didn't overthink; seizing the gap as Huo Yuhao fell, it pounced directly.

In his panic, Huo Yuhao hurriedly got up and dodged back and forth, but was still struck by a claw at his chest, sending him flying backward.

At the moment he was about to land, the wind spirit wolf surged forward at a speed invisible to the naked eye, reaching Huo Yuhao's landing spot first and clawed again.

"Snap!"

Thus, Huo Yuhao was airborne again before he could even touch the ground.

He was already a Control Class soul master, and still lacks any strong controlling soul skill, so once engaged up close he had essentially no ability to resist.

Du Weilun couldn't bear to watch, and hurriedly caught Huo Yuhao.

At this moment Huo Yuhao looked truly disheveled; his once clean white school uniform was covered in scratch marks and dust.

His eyes were somewhat dim now.

It's over, completely over; not only is it embarrassing, but he also has to bow and apologize to Dai Huabin!

For a moment, he even felt a desire to die.

After a careful examination, Du Weilun found Huo Yuhao had no serious injuries, breathed a sigh of relief, and said gravely, "The match is over; Huo Yuhao's chosen thousand‑year soul beast receives a base score of one hundred. Since it was not defeated and survived, he gains an additional thirty base points!"

Logically, based on Huo Yuhao's performance just now, he couldn't have passed the assessment, but considering his talent and the accidental trip, Du Weilun gave him a chance.

【Congratulations, host, storyline alteration successful! It caused Huo Yuhao's Dao heart to shatter, his fortune to be damaged, and awarded: 10,000 points, a 100,000-year Bright Holy Dragon right arm bone!】

A 100,000-year soul bone! Or a genuine Bright Holy Dragon soul bone?!

I have to admit, the system is truly generous!

From the soul bone dropped by the previous 10,000-year Golden Earth Dragon King, one can see how precious a genuine dragon soul bone is.

After all, even a soul bone that's just a 10,000-year outlier with a faint trace of Bright Dragon bloodline can sell for tens of millions of Gold Soul Coin!

Su Yun Tian dares to guarantee that if he took this soul bone to the biggest auction house, its price would be more than double the price of Xue Di's embryo in the original work.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Xue Di's soul ring and soul bone are weaker than the 100,000-year Bright Holy Dragon soul bone; after all, how could anyone have guessed that the soul beast inside that embryo would be the Ice Sky Snow Maiden, the chief of the three great northern heavenly kings, Xue Di?

Otherwise, the starting bid would probably exceed five hundred million, right?

The soul bone is temporarily stored in system space, and as for the ten thousand points, they are negligible for Su Yun Tian, who has over a hundred thousand in his bag.

As for Dai Huabin, his mouth was practically smiling to the heavens; seeing Huo Yuhao eat his words, he excitedly clenched his fist.

Yet he also understood that all this was thanks to Su Yun Tian; otherwise Huo Yuhao wouldn't have made such a low‑level mistake.

After leaving the stage, Huo Yuhao looked resentfully at the gloating Dai Huabin, tightened his fist, like a deflated balloon.

"Huo Yuhao, I await you; bow and admit your mistake," Dai Huabin said with a cold gaze.

Huo Yuhao stood stunned for a moment, suppressing his murderous intent, ignored him, and walked away.

In the past, given Dai Huabin's arrogance, seeing Huo Yuhao disregard him would surely have made him erupt in anger.

But today Dai Huabin found he couldn't get angry at all.

Su Yun Tian and Wang Dong exchanged a glance, said a few words to Mu Jin, and left early, since there was nothing worth watching anyway.

About ten minutes later, Dai Huabin came over; although his face still bore arrogance, his tone had noticeably softened.

"Su Yun Tian, speak up—what exactly did you summon me for?"

Su Yun Tian looked at him, raised an eyebrow and said, "Dai Huabin, if I'm not mistaken, you also have a brother named Dai Yueheng, who is one of the Inner Court Shrek Seven Monsters, right?"

"So what?" Dai Huabin frowned, a little puzzled.

"Don't you want to become a Shrek Seven Monster just like your brother? Then you'd have the chance to arm‑wrestle Dai Yueheng, and besides, in your generation only Zhu Lu and you possess the Soul Weapon Fusion Technique. How could your brother surpass you then?" Su Yun Tian's voice seemed to have a special magical power, constantly coaxing Dai Huabin.

(End of chapter)