Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 985 - 986: Meeting Chen Xin

Chapter 985: Chapter 986: Meeting Chen Xin

"Yue Bai! Lonely Light!"

Chen Xin suddenly shouted at Yue Bai beside her, and at the same time, she immediately directed her teammates to weave a special energy net around them. Various strange energies flowed within the energy net, and some students, like Chen Xin, directed their spirit beasts to respond.

"Hostile forces?"

Chen Xin squinted and surveyed the surroundings, speaking in a low voice. However, noticing the attitude of her teammates behind her, it seemed she understood something. Seeing their unconcerned expressions, she quickly guessed what had happened. Although students who had not formally participated in the examination could not communicate with the outside, they were not fools. The reaction of their own teammates clearly confirmed that this was part of the examination.

As for why such content would appear in the official examination, they were unclear, but they just needed to give their all. They also didn’t believe that the examiners in charge of the examination would be heartless enough to directly increase the difficulty to a level they couldn’t cope with. However, it was precisely because of this that many people misjudged, thinking that since the examiners chose to launch stealth attacks, the attack power must be limited. Otherwise, if a one-hit-kill attack power was combined with stealth, who could deal with it?

Unfortunately, this thought did not last long. The continuously flashing dark shadows instantly overturned their conjecture. Looking at the students lying on the ground, when would they not understand that this examination allowed for the situation where all participants could fail to occur.

"Feng Yuan?!"

Seeing the figure that appeared near her, Chen Xin was stunned for a moment. The other party was actually wearing an examiner’s uniform? So, was Feng Yuan also an examiner in this examination? Without time to think further, Chen Xin immediately commanded Yue Bai to attack Feng Yuan. In fact, Feng Yuan didn’t take the first round of attack seriously, just needing to sense danger was enough. But the subsequent two rounds of stealth attacks were not so easy to deal with.

Although she didn’t understand Feng Yuan’s way of examining, Chen Xin was very clear about how strong that guy was. Perhaps he wasn’t serious at first, but she dared not bet that he would continue to be so.

"Tsk! This is really..."

Looking at the huge shield that blocked his dagger, Feng Yuan didn’t even know what to say. He had never expected that this well-built girl would carry a shield with her, although his dagger was not incapable of penetrating the shield. He had always acted according to the established rules—with the power of the second round, he could not break through the defense of this huge shield.

"This girl..."

The commanding officer watched the huge shield somewhat speechlessly. He did not expect such an odd candidate to exist among the students. The man silently wrote down his score without speaking, while the woman next to him, dressed in military uniform, stared at the commanding officer unfavorably and said,

"What’s wrong with the girl? Does the giant shield discriminate by gender? Or are you..."

"I’m merely surprised she would bring such a thing into the examination room, considering how much it affects mobility."

"Her father is an immigrant from the Audric region and has a special fondness for such giant weapons. Moreover, I don’t believe this will impact her mobility."

The woman challenged the commanding officer with a glance, shaking his head, the commanding officer said,

"Such a waste of physical strength is not a good choice. Acting like this will cause problems later on."

"Perhaps,"

the woman commented noncommittally, or rather, she herself was not clear about what her abilities actually were.

"Was that necessary to be so brutal?"

Dodging the explosion, Feng Yuan said in surprise, looking at the hemispherical pit blasted out by Yue Bai. Chen Xin, on guard, said to Feng Yuan,

"After all, the opponent is you. If I don’t give my all, I’m afraid I’ll lose miserably."

"I’m truly flattered~ But how many more times can you use such a move?"

Feng Yuan said with a slight smile and disappeared again. While Chen Xin was letting Yue Bai charge up again, several Feng Yuans suddenly appeared in the air. In the next moment, those Feng Yuans flashed by at incredible speed, and Chen Xin felt a numbness in her back, falling to the ground unable to move. Clenching his dagger, Feng Yuan sighed at the sight of the girl with the giant shield not far away. Suddenly he threw the dagger and pushed the head of the attacking Yue Bai with his hand, pushing it back, caught the falling dagger, and Feng Yuan disappeared in front of Yue Bai.

"She’s the only one left. I’m really curious if she can withstand his third attack."

The man watched the surveillance curiously, noting that all the others were already dealt with by Feng Yuan, except for the girl who wielded a massive shield. They had guessed the intensity of Feng Yuan’s attacks and, even though they were surprised at his precise control of strength, his legendary status made this seem not so extraordinary.

"Maybe not, although her huge shield should block his dagger, it’s hard to say if she can withstand his attacks if he doesn’t directly confront her."

The woman beside him commented uncertainly, having witnessed Feng Yuan’s capabilities firsthand. She knew that if someone like him were an enemy on the battlefield, they would all rest uneasily, not knowing when he might silently creep up and claim their lives.

"A crisis intuition? Not bad as a talent."

Feng Yuan, holding a dagger, stood in front of the girl with the shield and smiled, "This all right now? Okay, your anti-ambush assessment is over. Not bad~"

The female student hesitated for a moment before asking, after seeing Feng Yuan turn to leave,

"Did you go easy? With your strength, there’s no way you could fail."

She didn’t know Feng Yuan’s exact power, but during the last assault, the split images of Feng Yuan rushing towards her were clearly much stronger than the force that hit her shield. Despite her sharp crisis reaction and quick prediction to block all of Feng Yuan’s attacks with her shield, she knew that if he hadn’t pulled his punches at the end, even that massive shield probably couldn’t have defended against his strike.

Hearing this, Feng Yuan smiled, turned his head to look at the girl, and said,

"This is an assessment, not a battle or a duel. I simply need to act according to the established rules."

After bowing slightly toward the direction Feng Yuan had disappeared, the girl quickly turned and left. Chen Xin, who overheard Feng Yuan’s words, chuckled softly to herself,

"Perhaps, in a special assessment, you’re the only one with the ability to do so."

She was aware that Feng Yuan applied the same amount of force to everyone, and while she was surprised by his precision, she admired his commitment to ensuring fairness even more; special assessments often revealed disparities in strength due to the abilities of the examiners.

"It’s a shame, her talents still fall short compared to his."

The woman spoke with a touch of regret. The commander-in-chief glanced at her and said,

"Your standards are high, aren’t they? Don’t we also try to recruit such talented individuals regularly?"

"Because I never expected there to be so many gifted people. Perhaps even they didn’t understand their talents before this."

The woman sighed. Their focus was now on Feng Yuan’s special assessment, while others were responsible for monitoring different areas. As for Yang Hongzhi’s assessment, it was so standard that it bordered on mediocrity in terms of identifying anyone with exceptional talents.

"It’s mainly because he utilizes a variety of tactics. If there is any battle-specific special talent, he’s likely to draw it out."

The man said while working on documents, an opinion shared not only by the two of them but also by those in the surveillance room who occasionally glanced their way. Feng Yuan’s varied methods meant that no matter how one responded, he could counter it, and without sufficient potential, no trick was enough to last beyond three rounds.

"It’s such a pity. We should have those who concoct the assessment content see his performance."

The woman spoke as if dissatisfied, yet neither of them responded. They knew it was just a passing complaint; in truth, Feng Yuan’s approach put high demands on examiners, and even they might struggle to find many capable of meeting that standard.

"What do you think of that Chen Xin? She seems quite formidable~"

Remembering the commotion Chen Xin had caused leading those people, the woman asked with a slight smile.