Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 982 - 983 Passed

Chapter 982: Chapter 983 Passed

"But, the other party might not be willing to join us."

Upon hearing the commander-in-chief’s words, the man chuckled lightly, his gaze fixed on Qi Chen in the monitor as he said,

"What of it? As long as he remains loyal to Great Xia, when crisis hits, who else but traitors can retreat? Who can flee? Behind us lies our homelands and beloved family. For their sake, who would back down? Who can?"

"Your viewpoint is really... headache-inducing..."

The commander-in-chief let out a light sigh, feeling that while nothing was wrong with his thoughts, with so many people around, he shouldn’t be voicing them here.

"What of it? Do I care about their opinions?"

The man said disdainfully, his hands constantly writing something.

"There!"

Qi Chen released his hand, and a jade-green arrow shot towards an open field where lush wild grass swayed in the wind. Ah Mu forcefully threw a massive rock into the air, forcing Xiao Ji, who was diving again, to avoid the attack. The rock exploded mid-air, and several Seistal Steles floated in the air, blocking Xiao Ji’s path of attack.

Seeing this, Xiao Ji cried out in dissatisfaction while in the air. It wasn’t that it couldn’t destroy the steles, but Feng Yuan’s requirement was to avoid injury and not to brute force its way through. Aside from Crimson Judgement, it had no suitable Ultimate Move to destroy Ah Mu’s Seistal Steles.

Throwing a dagger to ignite the jade-green arrow shot by Qi Chen, Feng Yuan smiled and said to him,

"Not bad, not bad at all—you’ve achieved this much without my teaching. You’re quite good, aren’t you?"

Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Qi Chen glanced at him silently and then drew his Longbow again. Was that guy really taking leaking answers so lightly? To blurt it out so carelessly? Sneaking a peek at his teammates behind him, they seemed surprised but not angry?

Something didn’t quite fit. Qi Chen’s brows furrowed slightly. He couldn’t believe those people would let Feng Yuan mess around, his contributions notwithstanding. After all, this was an academy assessment. How could such an important matter allow for chaos?

"Be careful, the third attack is the final test. I’m really looking forward to you passing."

Seeing Qi Chen zoning out, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but speak up as a reminder before disappearing again. At that moment, Xiao Ji in the sky seemed to have received Feng Yuan’s command and stopped attempting to strike Ah Mu and Qi Chen below, continuously circling in the air as a dark fog slowly rose from the ground. The fog suppressed everyone’s vision and spiritual power sensing to a very low level.

"This is... a direct test of intuition? If so, there’s indeed no problem."

The commander-in-chief also understood Feng Yuan’s intent by now. While not sure what exactly the black fog was, he could guess it was likely to completely disrupt all means of perception and observation. That his Divine Beast had such an ability was truly worthy of a legend.

Looking at the monitor filled with interference ripples, the man said somewhat surprised,

"Isn’t his Divine Beast at a Good Level? How can its Ultimate Move disrupt the surveillance line?"

The fog probably had a targeted exemption effect; otherwise, the monitor would show more than just interference waves—it would show nothing at all. But such a fog that could specify exemptions, while it should have mediocre concealing effects, was disrupting a protected surveillance line, which wasn’t even on the battlefield.

"Completely insensible, this guy..."

Qi Chen sighed and closed his eyes. In such an environment, seeing made no difference. If that guy got close, unless detected in advance, there would be no timely reaction. Qi Chen’s teammates, seeing him close his eyes in what seemed like surrender, grew anxious, but according to the rules, they couldn’t speak up to warn him.

While they were fretfully silent, Qi Chen suddenly adjusted the Longbow’s direction. Amidst their surprise, Qi Chen shot three jade-green arrows into the fog. The three explosions followed by plumes of thick smoke indicated hits, even though they couldn’t see it. The teammates looked at Qi Chen in astonishment, but he showed no sign of self-congratulation. Holding his breath, Qi Chen quickly turned around, his Longbow parrying a strike. Feng Yuan, seeing his dagger blocked by the Longbow, smiled and said,

"Not bad at all, you really do have a special combat intuition."

"What the hell are you up to?"

Seeing Feng Yuan throw down his dagger, allowing it to turn back into a small shield orbiting around him, Qi Chen asked somewhat dissatisfied, pointing at his own uniform. Feng Yuan said,

"Can’t you tell? I’m a special examiner, you know~"

"Examiner?!"

Although Qi Chen had some guesses, he never expected it to be true. All of them were taking the academy assessment as students, yet this guy turned out to be an examiner?

"Special examiner, the kind responsible for extra credit, that is. You’ve done well this time, I reckon I could add 30 points for you~"

Feng Yuan said with a smile as he stroked Xiao Ji’s head, which had returned to his side. Qi Chen, speechless, glanced at Feng Yuan and, remembering something, asked with a hint of suspicion,

"Why would you be an examiner? Don’t academy assessments have strict screenings for their examiners?"

Even if he was a special examiner, Qi Chen still thought something was off. Great Xia wouldn’t just let anyone with strong abilities be an examiner; after all, the academy assessment and college entrance exams were among the most important matters, and they would not be lax about them.

"Did you forget my contributions? With my abilities, it’s very simple to judge whether someone has malicious intent against Great Xia. As long as that checks out, the rest is actually quite straightforward. Isn’t Wu Feng also an examiner?"

Feng Yuan said nonchalantly. Wu Feng had gone a step further, after all, his background was problematic, whereas Wu Feng had been under the military’s care for so long, they were certainly well aware of what kind of person he was. Therefore, it wasn’t strange for them to arrange him as an examiner. As for him taking the academy assessment? That was a joke. He was, after all, a Divine Pact Maker, and given the situation, it was natural to select more potential recruits and not let him occupy someone else’s spot.

Even for Feng Yuan, once his name was reported, he was admitted to Maomu Academy through a special process, naturally not taking up a normal academy assessment admission quota.

At that moment, several students, who had been knocked down by Feng Yuan at the start, gathered around with an unfriendly gaze toward Feng Yuan, who was talking with Qi Chen. Despite wearing the examiner’s uniform for the academy assessment, his age and his manner of speaking with Qi Chen made them doubt his identity.

"Those of you who failed the special assessment, shouldn’t you be on your way already? Don’t wait until the final results come out, and find that you’re all lacking."

Feng Yuan showed his credentials and said without any courtesy. One of the students, pointing at Qi Chen and somewhat angrily, said,

"Even if you are an examiner, what’s with the blatant favoritism?"

"Me, showing favoritism? I’m not the one scoring, I’m only responsible for conducting the assessment. If you have any complaints, talk to the scoring team. As for him, what if he is my friend? I certainly didn’t show any favoritism. You all saw just now, do you think you had a chance at withstanding my attacks three times?"

"Hah, I almost forgot, you were all wiped out in the first round, let alone three."

Feng Yuan said with disdain. As for Qi Chen, he might have vaguely revealed the type of his attacks, but he had never taught Qi Chen how to counter them. Besides, they had only sparred for half a day; if Qi Chen had no talent, what good would it do to tell him in advance? Do they really think that just knowing he would use assassination techniques would be enough to stop him?

"You should get moving too, there’s one more special assessment. As for what it entails, I’m not sure."

Feng Yuan said, then glanced at the other students and added,

"Consider this a heads up: there’s another special assessment coming. As for what it involves, I don’t know, but I can tell you, the examiner is a Divine Pact Maker, and their Divine Beast is Najia."

"Hong Zhi is here too?!"

Qi Chen was taken aback for a moment, but then it dawned on him. The person in question was a student at Maomu Academy and also a Divine Pact Maker. It seemed only natural that he’d join the academy assessment as a special examiner.