Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 984 - 985 Intermission

Chapter 984: Chapter 985 Intermission

"Found you～"

Feng Yuan’s whisper echoed in Dou Yanlan’s ear as she swiftly turned around, Cotton opening its small mouth, a beam of energy surged out, repelling Feng Yuan. However, in the next moment, Dou Yanlan felt a numbness throughout her body. Unbeknownst to her, another Feng Yuan had appeared behind her, a dagger pressed against her back, while the Feng Yuan she repelled transformed into black smoke and dissipated. One by one, more Feng Yuans with smiles, holding daggers, walked towards Dou Yanlan.

Seeing those Feng Yuans dissolving into black smoke, Dou Yanlan, turning to the Feng Yuan behind her, said,

"It looks like I won’t be getting any extra points."

"You actually guessed it? I thought you’d take me for a regular examinee."

Feng Yuan, somewhat surprised, looked at Dou Yanlan even as he thought she would be clueless like Qi Chen about what was actually happening. Dou Yanlan, eyeing Feng Yuan’s examiner uniform, said with a hint of amusement,

"That outfit... suits you quite well."

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan chuckled and said,

"You might still get some points, just not as many as Qi Chen, seeing that your performance isn’t as good as his with me. Alright, off you go now, don’t delay the next part of the exam."

Upon hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Dou Yanlan was stunned for a moment. She hadn’t expected Qi Chen to score higher than her in his hands. But considering that realization, Dou Yanlan smiled with satisfaction while silently motivating herself. By then, Feng Yuan had already lifted everyone’s restrictions. Stretching her limbs, most examinees, like Dou Yanlan, dashed towards their destination, though a few sought to confront Feng Yuan.

Sadly for them, he had already concealed himself, rendering him unfindable.

"I never thought this job would be so exhausting."

During the lunch break, Yang Hongzhi, spotting Feng Yuan eating, raised his gaze and curiously asked,

"What’s the content of the exam on your end?"

"Team combat. Why? I don’t have the knack to test bizarre things like you do."

Yang Hongzhi chuckled. Honestly, he had been surprised upon hearing that Feng Yuan’s special exam content was counter-surprise attacks. After all, even their fellow academy students, let alone high school students, hardly mastered this, especially since Feng Yuan was personally executing the sneak attacks. With Feng Yuan’s skills, Yang Hongzhi assumed that even if he stood right in front of someone, they wouldn’t notice.

"And you didn’t try something new? Like a supreme challenge, battling Najia for instance?"

Feng Yuan smirked and said, after which Najia, shaking his head in resignation, chuckled,

"I’m not cut out for fighting."

"Isn’t overpowering them simple enough? Most of the examinees wouldn’t be able to evade your attacks anyway."

"By the way, how many points did Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan score on your end?"

Suddenly recalling, Feng Yuan casually asked. After pondering for a moment, Najia replied,

"I guess, Dou Yanlan might get around twenty-three points, Qi Chen perhaps only seven."

"That less?!"

Feng Yuan was taken aback. Normally, the special tasks in their exams capped at thirty points, any higher required submitting the entire video for higher-ups to decide. Yet, Dou Yanlan hadn’t even reached thirty.

"Not so few. Her score is among the top in this morning’s batch."

Najia nibbled on a fruit, sitting on Yang Hongzhi’s shoulder, Feng Yuan then understood something and said,

"Did you just increase the difficulty?"

"Increase the difficulty?"

Yang Hongzhi looked oddly at Feng Yuan, who discretely tapped Xiao Ji’s head, pretending nothing happened, and said,

"I mean your special exam content. You didn’t just increase the difficulty of the original content, did you?"

Xiao Ji quickly turned his head, scanning their surroundings with a puzzled look. Seeing nothing suspicious among the Spirit Beasts nearby, he observed Feng Yuan for a while, then resumed eating, though his eyes occasionally swept the surroundings. Seeing Xiao Ji’s actions, Najia said somewhat exasperatedly to Feng Yuan,

"You really are..."

"We don’t have the ability to use surprise attacks for assessments."

Yang Hongzhi said helplessly. Feng Yuan’s tactic had indeed amazed them, but it was not something ordinary people could achieve. At least for himself, he lacked the ability to test other candidates in such a way. Insufficient strength could lead to the embarrassment of being counter-killed by a candidate.

"It’s no wonder you can’t give out thirty points."

Feng Yuan said, realizing it now. Indeed, it was difficult to give high marks if the difficulty of the regular assessment content was increased, since the purpose of a special assessment was to provide opportunities for students with special talents beyond the regular assessment content, not to give extra points to students who could easily pass the original assessment.

Despite his surprise attack being extremely difficult, in reality, just withstanding the first round of surprise attack greatly increased the probability of scoring ten points, and enduring three rounds naturally meant a very high chance of scoring thirty points.

"I can’t help it. I don’t have your ability to assess their capabilities from a special direction."

Yang Hongzhi said with some resignation. Najia was a support-type Divine Beast, which didn’t have much advantage in this area, and he himself was merely a powerhouse, not as versatile as Feng Yuan.

"How about it? Any remarkable candidates?"

A woman dressed in military uniform approached a man who was eating and sorting documents and asked. The chief commander seemed to have left for some matter, leaving him alone in the empty monitoring room. Hearing the woman’s question, the man casually picked up several documents and said,

"These individuals are quite unique. We can consult with Great Xia Academy. Wait, this one won’t do."

As he glanced over a document, he quickly snatched it back. Seeing this, the woman asked in surprise,

"Why? Is there some special circumstance?"

Although she hadn’t looked closely, she clearly saw the word "thirty points" crossed out and rewritten on the document. The man placed the document aside, took a bite of his sandwich, and while sorting the rest, he said after a while,

"If you want him to turn against Great Xia, you can try. Not to mention whether Qi Chen would agree to join the military. Even if he agrees, how do you plan to use him? With his abilities, he’ll surely be placed in a dangerous position, and then..."

Seeing the man looking at her with a half-smile, the woman tapped her left arm with her right hand and asked,

"Then what do you think?"

"There’s no need to do anything extra. Just score normally and don’t do more than necessary."

Hearing the man’s answer, the woman chuckled and casually picked up the document to glance at it,

"What if the other party knows we didn’t choose him? Won’t they feel dissatisfied?"

"No, I understand their thoughts better than you."

The man said nonchalantly, and the woman, looking puzzled, gauged him,

"You seem quite resentful."

Putting Qi Chen’s document aside, the man stared at the woman for a long while and said,

"You should understand why I gave up that opportunity. Besides, don’t treat others as fools. They might not be as cunning as you, but when you play games with others, be prepared to get figured out."

"Hope we can finish the assessment by the afternoon; otherwise, it might be troublesome if it drags into the evening."

Lying on a bench, Feng Yuan shook his left hand and muttered to himself. Seeing Xiao Ji blocking his sun, Feng Yuan pushed Xiao Ji a bit and said,

"Alright, stop blocking my sun."

"More than half of the candidates have already been assessed, and there shouldn’t be any problem as long as no accidents happen midway. But can it hold on?"

Agunas looked at Xiao Ji doubtfully. Xiao Ji held its head high and emitted a loud eagle cry as if saying something. Feng Yuan glanced at Xiao Ji and said,

"There shouldn’t be a problem. After all, it has a substantial amount of energy, and it hasn’t really taken much action."

In reality, Xiao Ji’s attack method was only straightforward assault, and since he was testing the ability to counter surprise attacks, he couldn’t let Xiao Ji do that. Therefore, after a few trials, he had Xiao Ji stay aside and provide power for him.

"Do you need our help?"

Veronia, sitting on the Rainbow Bubbles, asked. Previously, to avoid affecting other candidates, they had not approached the area where Feng Yuan was located. Shaking his head, Feng Yuan said,

"No need."