Sealed Divine Throne II: Twin Sons of Dragon
Chapter 101 - 101 50 Ranked 1st to 2nd in the Grade

Chapter 101: Chapter 50: Ranked 1st to 2nd in the Grade Chapter 101: Chapter 50: Ranked 1st to 2nd in the Grade Long Dangdang swept his gaze around, instantly noticing that his fellow classmates in Knights Class One seemed unusually lively and spirited, as if they had something to brag about.

After yesterday’s examination, there was talk among the other classes about the necessity of knights in a joint battle. Knights, with their defensive capabilities and comprehensive skills, played a huge role during group fights. Blocking enemies for their comrades, providing enhancements and healing, as well as their considerable offensive abilities. When combating the demon tribe, they often played a crucial role. It’s clear that they provide more protection for magic professionists than assassins and warriors.

In this examination, the most unfortunate pairs were those that paired an assassin with a priest or a summoner. Assassins struggled to buy mages enough time to cast spells. This was manageable when fighting weaker enemies, but when confronted with formidable opponents like the jade green dual blades demon, assassins found themselves in dire straits. Of course, an exception would be exceptional individuals like Cyclical Reincarnation’s prodigy, Chu Yu.

Thus, the pairs that completed their examinations first were mostly these combinations. Whereas the pairs with knights in them could at least endure through the round with the jade green dual blades demon, these pairs tended to have a much more comfortable experience.

The feeling of safety, that’s how Knights Class One was rated by the magic professionists in this examination.

The dismissive attitude towards Knights Class One underwent a fundamental transformation this time.

“Come, let’s toast to our class president.” Jian Mu lifted his water cup, directing it to Long Kongkong. Yes, he had mistaken the person.

“Let’s do this,” Long Kongkong declared, not bothering to correct the mistake, while lifting his cup with a generous smile.

At his words, and seeing his animated expression, every cup instantly turned towards Long Dangdang.

After this examination, the entire Knights Class One had an absolute recognition of him as their class president. It’s fair to say that without the Explosive Burst skill passed on by Long Dangdang, they wouldn’t have achieved such outstanding results. The explosive power of the ‘Explosive Burst’ at critical moments had significantly contributed to solving many problems in this examination.

In Knights Class One, there were five knights who had reached the 5th rank, while the rest were mostly at the peak of the 4th rank, with the exception of Long Kongkong.

An explosive burst for a 5th Rank knight who had cultivated liquid spiritual power, could unleash a fighting power that was just as potent as a mage’s full-force explosion. This examination served a precursor to the spirit furnace providential selection ritual; it was no surprise that everyone was ecstatic about their results.

Long Dangdang smiled, “It was due to everyone’s concerted efforts.”

Hea Hongyin laughed, “Dangdang, they’re going to announce the results of yesterday’s examination in today’s class. Do you think we have a chance at first place?”

Although Long Dangdang and Divine Maiden Menglu were the last to come out, it didn’t imply that taking a longer time secured them first place. The efficiency of defeating enemies was also a factor. It is possible that if a student won their fights quickly and emerged earlier, they could have defeated more of the demon tribe. And hence, the longer time implies a higher probability of securing first place.

Long Dangdang replied, “I’m not sure. We did our best anyway.”

Jian Mu said, “Actually, we are all very curious about how you managed to do it. You are a Knight, and the other is a Priest. Priests are not known for their offensive capabilities. You haven’t reached the 5th rank yet, although your burst strength is strong, without the liquid spiritual power of the 5th rank, your sustained combat capacity might be weaker. There should have been 6th Rank demons at the end, yet you two managed to persevere for so long.”

Long Dangdang answered with a smile, “I’ve been meaning to ask you all, when you’re breaking through from the 4th rank to the 5th rank, does the transformation of spiritual power into liquid form happen all at once, or gradually?” He adeptly shifted the topic. He couldn’t possibly reveal his trump card or his cousin’s. Who said priests don’t have offensive power? They had never seen a certain beautiful lady with her giant hammer. Just thinking about his cousin wielding her Divine Hammer made him twitch. She was truly formidable!

Jian Mu replied, “It varies for everyone. The breakthrough from the 4th rank to the 5th rank is a threshold. Those with exceptional talents can make the breakthrough at once, but most have to accumulate gradually. By continuously cultivating at 1999 spiritual power, we seek out opportunities for breakthroughs. Once the breakthrough happens, the transformation to liquid spiritual power happens gradually. It is a process.”

Long Dangdang’s eyes flickered with understanding. While his talents were unquestionable with an innate spiritual force exceeding 90, achieving the 5th rank should have been a piece of cake. However, his current predicament was that he had clones, each with different attributes. To reach a breakthrough, he needed to harmonize these attributes. This harmonization had proven to be his biggest challenge. It seemed he had to experiment further.

Even the teacher had said that there were no specific tricks or techniques to navigate the breakthrough from the 4th rank to the 5th rank. It relied on personal understanding of one’s own spiritual power. Even if it was the same attribute spiritual power, each had its unique characteristics. There was no possible way to teach this, it could only be perceived individually. It looked like he had to spend more time in meditation.

After having breakfast, everyone went together to the Knights Class One classroom.

Today, Yan Yao arrived surprisingly early, and the smile on this beautiful head teacher’s face revealed that she was in a great mood, an exceptionally good one!

“Hello, teacher!” Everyone greeted her in unison.

“Mm, hello, hello, everyone, take a seat,” Yan Yao said with a beaming smile.

Truth be told, seeing her full of smiles made the young knights somewhat uncomfortable. She usually had a fiery temper.

Once all the students had settled in their seats, Yan Yao smiled and said, “Very good, indeed. You all made significant improvements during this assessment period. It gives me hope. Firstly, I want to commend Long Dangdang, your arrival injected vitality into the class, and you even led everyone in learning the Explosive Burst, allowing us to make significant strides in this assessment period. Now, I announce that in these exams, our Knights Class One has scored second in the entire grade, just behind the Priests Class One. Even the Mages Class One only placed third this time.”

“Aaaaahhh——”

Suddenly, the whole class roared with excitement.

The young knights had been guessing they certainly wouldn’t be last this time; they were expecting a third or fourth place, but they hadn’t expected to outperform even the Mages Class One, and incredibly secure the second place. For the Knights Class One, this was an astronomical leap from the sixth place to the second.

In fact, they were able to secure the second place because the average score of Knights Class One was excellent. Almost all the knight teams ranked in the upper half. And some teams from Mages Class One, Summoners Class One, and Assassins Class One were eliminated shortly after the exam started. After combining the scores, Knights Class One made it to the forefront.

“Alright, alright, I haven’t finished,” Yan Yao waved her hand to calm the young knights down.

She then turned her gaze towards Long Dangdang in the last row, her lips curling up into a smile, “Long Dangdang, please stand up.”

Long Dangdang was taken aback but promptly stood up.

Yan Yao beckoned him, “Come to the front.”

Long Dangdang walked to the front and stood beside her.

Yan Yao said, “Firstly, I want to apologize for the initial exclusion of both of you brothers. I was short-sighted.”

Before Long Dangdang could reply, Long Kongkong, seated at the back, blurted out, “Teacher, why don’t you call me up front too?”

“Shut up!” said Yan Yao and Long Dangdang almost in unison.

Annoyed, Yan Yao replied, “If you can also get me a first place in the grade, you can even sit beside me during the class every day. Well, secondly, I want to congratulate you, Dangdang. This time, your team with Ling Menglu from the Priest’s Class One, won the first place in the first grade, or should I say the entire lower grades. Your scores were slightly better than the top scorers of the third grade.”

Even though they had guessed such a possibility, the class erupted with excitement again as Yan Yao made the announcement.

“Class President! Class President! Class President!”

Looking at Long Dangdang, Yan Yao’s eyes filled with excitement. He was just a 4th Rank knight! Although she subconsciously believed that Divine Maiden Menglu must have played a definitive role in their success and Long Dangdang’s first place had some component of luck, it was still the first place! It indeed brought great honour to her.”

“Dangdang, go. The academy requires the champions of each grade to gather at the office of academic affairs. They probably have some special rewards for you.”