Chapter 24: The Bet (3)

  "Alright, you all hurry up and eat. After finishing your meal, go back and rest for a while, the afternoon match is about to begin. I will report your possession of martial soul fusion skills, if ultimately you are approved as outer court core disciples. Then, from now on, your meals will be provided by the academy with this top-level cuisine for free. How much benefit it has for your cultivation, you can figure it out yourself. However, having martial soul fusion skills doesn't necessarily mean you'll become a core disciple, our Shrek Academy never lacks geniuses. The final ranking in the elimination match will greatly influence whether or not you can enter that core circle. Honestly speaking, I also graduated from outer court back then, but I wasn't able to become a core disciple, nor did I have the qualifications to enter inner court. Becoming a core disciple is an important step for your future entry into inner court. Among core disciples, almost half successfully passed the inner court examination. Becoming a core disciple also means you will receive the academy's teacher resources' favoritism, understand?"

  "Yes." Huo Yu Hao and Wang Dong responded in unison before immediately starting to devour their food with gusto.

  Zhou Wei's praise of the chef was immediately endorsed by Huo Yu Hao and Wang Dong. Huo Yu Hao was a bit better, as he had never eaten high-quality ingredients before, but Wang Dong was different. He had also eaten these good things before, but the flavor of his family's cooking compared to the top-notch dishes made in the college cafeteria was not just one level worse.

  After a delicious meal, both He Yuhao and Wang Dong felt a slight warmth spreading throughout their bodies, especially in the abdomen, where a warm and cozy feeling radiated to all four limbs. Indeed, you get what you pay for!

  Zhou Wei saw them off to the dormitory entrance, and before leaving, she pressed down on Huo Yu Hao's shoulder, saying lightly: "If you're not born into a noble family, then use your own strength to become one."

  After she finished speaking, she turned around and left. From dinner until now, her coldness seemed to have completely disappeared.

  At the entrance of the dormitory, the old man who seemed to be the dormitory administrator but never managed anything was still leaning on a recliner. He seemed to have heard Zhou Wei's words and muttered something in his mouth, but no one could hear clearly.

  After habitually greeting the old man, Huo Yu Hao finally returned to the dormitory with Wang Dong. Having just eaten something good, he had to cultivate for a while longer; wasting it would be shameful! And as for the afternoon's match, it was clear that it wouldn't be as easy as the morning's.

  The new student assessment elimination match, the 32-to-16 competition officially started in the examination area when the afternoon class bell rang.

  Compared with this morning, the number of students participating in the knockout match has been reduced by half. After re-drawing lots, they immediately went to their respective areas for competition.

  As it was on the same day's competition, the venue did not change at all and was still divided like in the morning, but only courts numbered 1 to 16 were used.

  In the north of the assessment area, a high platform was erected, with a height of more than 20 meters, supported by six metal pillars. From below, it was impossible to see how many people could be accommodated on top, and it seemed that there were some people watching from above. At an altitude of 20 meters, it was possible to overlook the entire assessment area and clearly see the situation in each test site.

  Huo Yu Hao and Wang Dong didn't arrive late this time, but instead arrived early at the examination area to draw lots, finally letting Xiao Xiao breathe a sigh of relief.

  This time, the three-person assessment area became No. 8. When they arrived at the venue, another team that had also drawn the No. 8 area was already there.

  What surprised He Yu and others was that the three of them were all women, and they were all very pretty little girls.

  Observation deck.

  Zhou Wei stood quietly on the stage, surveying the upcoming competition below. In the round-robin tournament, Class 1 was the biggest winner, but when it came to the knockout stage, some individual students with strong strength began to show their potential and strength. In the match of sixty-four advancing to thirty-two, only five teams from Class 1 remained. Although there were still more than other freshman classes, the advantage was no longer obvious.

  The next thirty-two into sixteen will be crucial.

  "Teacher Zhou, are you looking for your seeded team? I just took a look at the draw and what a coincidence! The seeded team you chose happens to be matched up against our class's seeded team in Exam Area 8. Guess who will win?"

  A woman who looked like she was in her thirties came over to Zhou Wei's side and said with a low smile.

  Zhou Wei's eyes suddenly fixed, "Mu Jin, do you think your student has won for sure?"

  Although Mu Jin was not young, he could still be described as youthful and handsome. He smiled and shook his head, saying, "That's not the case. Nothing is absolute, after all. However, I haven't heard that there are any particularly outstanding talents in your class this time. At least, no one above level 30. What a pity."

  "Are you here to provoke me?"

  The smile on Mu Ge's face also disappeared instantly, "What about it? Your class isn't doing well, is it? I'd like to see how many of your students can make it into the top eight. When the draw just ended, I found out that my seeded student was matched up against yours, and I felt great. This is the first time I've felt this good since you expelled my brother despite my repeated pleas last time. I heard you're thinking of getting promoted to a higher position? Ah, it looks like that's going down the drain again."

  Zhou Wei didn't look at Mu Jin's provocative expression, but instead gazed down at the competition arena, locking onto the eighth district where Huo Yu Hao and his teammates were. He said calmly, "Want to make a bet?"

  Mu Ge's goal was to provoke and humiliate Zhou Wei, who immediately responded without hesitation: "Bet, what do you want to bet with me?"

  Zhou Wei finally stopped ignoring her, turned around to face her, and said in a low voice: "One soul bone, do you dare?"

  When she heard the two words "soul bone", Mu Jin's pupils suddenly contracted slightly.

  For Soul Masters, Soul Rings are already precious existences, because they are the existences that every Soul Master must obtain in order to break through bottlenecks.

  The soul bones are even more precious than the soul rings, and each soul master can fuse six pieces of soul bones, which are the head soul bone, torso soul bone, and four limb soul bones.

  Each soul ring can bring a skill to the Soul Master, and the ten-thousand-year soul ring can bring two skills. In other words, a normal Soul Master who has cultivated to the nine-ring title of Douluo should have nine skills. The soul bone is an additional system, each piece of soul bone can also bring a skill to the Soul Master, and greatly enhance the physical quality of the attached body position.

  Soul rings are a must-have for every soul beast, but soul bones are not. Only 100,000-year-old soul beasts have the ability to produce soul bones. For soul beasts below the 100,000-year-old rank, the probability of producing soul bones is only one in ten thousand! The appearance of any piece of soul bone will inevitably lead to a scramble among soul masters.