Chapter 65: Foreknowledge

The White Condensation Demon Snake struggled in pain, twisting its body frantically in an attempt to shake Su Yu off its back, but Su Yu remained seated firmly upon it.

However, after struggling for a while, the White Condensation Demon Snake clearly sensed that it seemed unable to shake this human off its body; a ring of white light emerged within its scarlet eyes, and subsequently, ice thorns continuously spread across its body.

The White Condensation Demon Snake's ice-attribute soul skill, Extreme Ice Thorn.

There is a significant difference between a Millennium Soul Beast and a Century Soul Beast; a Century Soul Beast only potentially possesses long-range attack capabilities, whereas a Millennium Soul Beast inevitably possesses soul skills for long-range or area-of-effect attacks.

It must be said that once this White Condensation Demon Snake gained intelligence, it was much smarter than those brainless soul beasts; it was originally a long-range piercing skill, but once it hit an opponent, it would instantly form hard ice to restrict the opponent's movements.

Seeing it used on himself now, Su Yu nodded slightly; it really did have some brains, it seemed to have some intelligence after all.

The ice thorns continuously spread toward Su Yu, and the referees on both sides were also somewhat nervous; if Su Yu could not withstand these ice thorn spikes, they would intervene immediately, but the moment they intervened, it would also announce the failure of Su Yu's assessment.

Battles between soul beasts and Soul Masters are sometimes very short, where even a difference in a single detail can dictate the outcome of a fight, but sometimes they are also very long, especially when both sides are evenly matched.

Just at the moment when the White Condensation Demon Snake's ice thorns were about to rush toward Su Yu, Su Yu slowly stood up, bent his body slightly, and simultaneously raised his right hand high, slamming a fist heavily onto the back of the White Condensation Demon Snake.

A series of ice thorn fragments were also completely shattered by this punch, and the White Condensation Demon Snake's soul skill was instantly broken. Thus, that terrifying power was poured entirely onto the back of the White Condensation Demon Snake.

The body of the White Condensation Demon Snake shuddered violently, followed by a painful wail; behind Su Yu, his Second Soul Ring slowly lit up, and a burst of black mist emerged, completely engulfing Su Yu's figure.

Just as the White Condensation Demon Snake wanted to escape, the long sword suspended in the air fell straight down, piercing into the tail of the White Condensation Demon Snake like divine retribution, pinning it to the ground.

The smoke cleared, and a youth holding dual swords was seen standing slowly in front of the White Condensation Demon Snake; in front of him, the White Condensation Demon Snake hissed in pain, struggling frantically to get rid of the giant sword that had fixed it to the ground.

A cold light emerged from the dual swords in Su Yu's hands, points of cold light appearing on the blade edges, and then the youth's figure flashed, appearing directly beside the White Condensation Demon Snake; under the gaze of everyone, the dual swords fell and pierced directly into the body of the White Condensation Demon Snake.

Roar...

The White Condensation Demon Snake bit toward Su Yu, but Su Yu tapped his feet and vanished from the White Condensation Demon Snake's field of vision; although the White Condensation Demon Snake had by now broken free from the long sword that restricted its movements, it still could not touch Su Yu in the slightest.

Within just a few breaths, Su Yu had struck repeatedly, leaving long bloodstains on its belly, back, and tail.

Feeling the aura from Su Yu that suppressed it, the White Condensation Demon Snake finally felt fear; it raised its head with difficulty, looking at the human youth before it, and managed to condense a ring of white light, turning it into ice thorn armor to wrap its body in solid ice.

It was not that it did not want to fight back, but it simply could not touch this human at all; even when it had several opportunities to land a hit, for some reason, this human would eerily appear in another direction.

As a Millennium Soul Beast, its defense was not as fragile as that of a Century Soul Beast; after being ravaged by Su Yu for several minutes, this White Condensation Demon Snake had nearly lost the ability to fight back and could only coil itself into a ball, huddling in a narrow corner.

At this moment, the White Condensation Demon Snake discovered that the human before it had turned into a mass of black mist and slowly dissipated; only then did Wang Dong suddenly realize that the person who had been fighting the White Condensation Demon Snake all along was Su Yu's clone.

This originated from Su Yu's Second Soul Skill, Phantom Shadow.

"So even I was fooled; it seems you haven't slacked off much during this vacation. It's fortunate that this handsome guy has already reached Three-Ring, otherwise I really would have been outdone by you."

Wang Dong on the spectator stand couldn't help but sigh; Su Yu's strength was indeed within his expectations, but he had not expected this battle to end so quickly.

"Alright Su Yu, the assessment is over."

Du Weilun's voice came from the spectator stand, so Su Yu did not strike again, just sitting quietly on top of the White Condensation Demon Snake's head.

For this assessment, if Su Yu didn't get a high score, it would simply be contrary to reason.

Without the referees needing to speak, everyone could guess that even if Su Yu's score wasn't perfect, it was nearly so.

This was a detail the crowd did not notice: Su Yu's complexion remained as usual, which also indicated that Su Yu did not have much consumption!

After Du Weilun and Yan Shaozhe on the stand discussed for a while, they made their judging decision.

It was thought that Du Weilun would speak, but unexpectedly it was Yan Shaozhe who opened his mouth; Yan Shaozhe said in a deep voice: "Second-year student Su Yu, facing the highest-level Millennium Soul Beast assessment, base score is one hundred points; based on your attacks, the White Condensation Demon Snake would definitely have been killed, but you still did not exert your full strength, so the base score is only ninety points. Your performance in battle can be called perfect, and you can receive a full score for battle technique."

In the Upgrade Assessment, different soul beasts have different base scores. The lowest-level Century Soul Beast has a base score of only ten points, and one must perform well in battle technique and defeat a Century-level soul beast to pass the assessment.

And the Millennium Soul Beast that Su Yu chose had a base score of one hundred. Plus the fifty points for battle technique, the full score was as high as one hundred and fifty points.

And the second-year Upgrade Assessment only required thirty points to pass. In other words, even if he hadn't defeated the White Condensation Demon Snake, his score would easily have exceeded thirty.

However, Su Yu, who was expected to get a perfect score, only got one hundred and forty points this time. But Su Yu did not care about the score; he wanted to know Yan Shaozhe's final evaluation of him.

In the original story, Wang Dong also had fifty points deducted; he wanted to know how many points he would be deducted for not using his full strength.

Actually, Su Yu himself had not expected that his lack of full effort would be discovered by Yan Shaozhe and the others.

"However, the White Condensation Demon Snake itself is an ice-type demon beast, and its defense and attack power are among the best even among Millennium demon beasts; although you had a one hundred percent chance of killing it, due to your underestimation and carelessness, even with a one hundred percent chance, you could still potentially be killed by the soul beast because of that carelessness. As a Soul Master, we should deal with every battle rigorously; no matter how strong the opponent is, we should go all out. Therefore, after discussion between myself and Director Du, we have decided to deduct forty points. Thus, your final assessment score is one hundred points. You have passed the Upgrade Assessment."

Du Weilun had not spoken from beginning to end; the reason Yan Shaozhe spoke was because of Su Yu's special status—only Yan Shaozhe's words could convince Su Yu.

Regarding this verdict, Su Yu was actually not surprised; as long as he could pass the assessment, he didn't care about scores.

What he cared about was how strong his own power actually was.

Returning to the spectator stand, Wang Dong had an expression of unwillingness and said: "This is too unfair, to deduct so many!"

Su Yu was very calm and said: "If I remember correctly, you should be in the same group as Xiao Xiao."

"Why are you suddenly asking this?" Wang Dong asked, somewhat puzzled; he also couldn't understand why Su Yu had let them be in a group with Xiao Xiao back then, while he himself ran off to the Soul Guidance Department.

"Don't ask about that; you'd better think about what you're going to do in a moment. Don't tell me our Class Monitor is afraid to challenge a Millennium Soul Beast." Su Yu said, turning to leave the assessment arena.

Before leaving, Su Yu walked to Wang Dong's side and said slowly: "Class Monitor, since I sent Huo Yu Hao to the Martial Soul Department back then, I naturally had my reasons; please stay tuned for Huo Yu Hao's upcoming assessment. After all, Xiao Xiao isn't the only one with Twin Martial Souls, hahaha..."

After leaving this inexplicable sentence, Su Yu turned and left; he already knew what would happen later, so there was no need to stay.

"What is it, what are you talking about, you bastard?" After finding an excuse that the Soul Guidance Department also had assessments, he left the assessment arena openly.

Just like that, leaving behind a bewildered Class Monitor, the next assessment was Wang Dong's; he chose the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear, and with Huo Yu Hao's help, he ultimately achieved a score of one hundred points.

Next was Dai Huabin; this guy's unyielding nature staged a display of extremely bloody violent aesthetics in front of everyone, ultimately receiving the highest score of the day: one hundred and forty-five points!

After receiving this score, he gave a contemptuous smile toward where Wang Dong was, as if showing off his results.

"If Su Yu were here, you wouldn't dare to be this arrogant. What are you being so rampant about here? Do you really think I don't dare to make a move on you?"

Looking at Dai Huabin's contemptuous appearance, Wang Dong was also a bit angry; he just got a high score, was it worth showing off like this?

But what happened next made Wang Dong's jaw drop in surprise.

Because Su Yu's words had come true...

Huo Yu Hao's performance truly shocked everyone: Twin Martial Souls!

Second, the martial soul was actually Extreme Ice!

How exactly did Su Yu discover it?

This question left Wang Dong completely entangled; he didn't know why, but no matter what Su Yu did, it seemed like he had foreknowledge.

Clearly, he was a twelve or thirteen-year-old youth just like him, but Su Yu's body seemed to be filled with countless mysteries.

When Huo Yu Hao came out from the teaching building, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao stepped forward and looked at him as if they were looking at a monster.

Wang Dong opened his mouth and asked, "Are you a Twin Martial Souls possessor?"

"That's right, I was just about to mention this, how did you know?"