Chapter 93: Score Card Appraisal

Chapter 93: Chapter 93: Score Card Appraisal

There are many types of Tier Two Soul Beasts. To know them all inside and out is quite difficult.

However, since the three of them had been entrusted to be the score-tallying teachers for this secret realm college entrance exam, they had done their homework on the Soul Beasts in the Desolate Moon Islands Secret Realm and had a certain level of understanding.

What’s more, the Ice Simurgh Bird was one of the few Tier Two High-Grade Soul Beasts in the Desolate Moon Islands. It was also worth a lot of points, which made it all the more memorable.

The three teachers’ shock and surprise upon seeing the Ice Simurgh Bird’s Score Card wasn’t an overreaction. On the contrary, their reaction was precisely because they knew exactly what this card signified!

After all, for the small number of high school students still at the Soul Pupil Realm, an encounter with a Tier Two High-Grade Soul Beast was absolutely fatal.

Besides, the Ice Simurgh Bird could fly!

In every respect, even down to the possibility of escape, it was deadly for a Soul Pupil!

Even a group of Soul Pupils running into an Ice Simurgh Bird would be nothing more than serving themselves up on a platter.

The three teachers even believed that if their own team were ill-prepared, they too would have no choice but to take a beating or flee from an Ice Simurgh Bird!

The reality was even starker, as the vast majority of students hadn’t even broken through to the Soul Pupil Realm!

Not being scared stiff, frozen in a daze, and managing to run away or teleport out would already be considered extraordinarily bold or commendably brave.

But now... this Score Card representing the Ice Simurgh Bird was sitting right there on the table. The high score of 218 on it pulsed with a faint white light.

After the white light flashed, the expressions in the three teachers’ eyes changed. The way they looked at Li Heng transformed for a second time.

The teacher responsible for authenticating Score Cards had confirmed the points for the Ice Simurgh Bird.

The Soul Beast Score Card was authentic and valid!

"Li Heng, I know this is a bit against the rules, but I can’t help myself. This is just a personal inquiry. You can choose not to answer, as you have every right to refuse. May I ask you a few questions?"

The teacher authenticating the Score Cards slowly placed the Ice Simurgh Bird card down. His tone toward Li Heng had changed dramatically from before.

Based solely on the Soul Beast Score Cards he’d turned in, this student named Li Heng had already surpassed 700 points!

What did 700 points even mean?!

So far, they hadn’t tallied such a high score at this high school’s examination site!

He recalled that the highest score until now was just over six hundred, and that was the total score including soul energy herbs and medicinal materials.

To put it simply, Li Heng’s score in this "single subject" had already crushed the current first-place student at this test site!

No!

A Soul Beast kill score of over 700 points—in the entire Maple City, for this single category—would be guaranteed a spot in the top three, and might even be number one!

"Go ahead and ask, sir. I’ll do my best to answer your questions."

Li Heng didn’t know what the teacher was going to ask, but since the man had made the offer and even mentioned his right to refuse, he couldn’t be so clueless as to not understand the gesture.

"Your current realm should still be Soul Pupil, but based on the Score Cards you’ve submitted, your performance in the secret realm seems to far exceed that of a Soul Pupil. Did you team up with anyone in the secret realm? I mean... a temporary team formed after entering."

The authenticating teacher spoke, and the other two also looked at Li Heng, immensely curious and awaiting his answer.

Li Heng answered frankly, "There was a girl, also a Soul Pupil, but I didn’t team up with her. If you had to stretch the definition, I guess you could call us temporary teammates. We took turns keeping watch at night to rest."

"Only one female teammate?! And you never teamed up to kill Soul Beasts?"

Li Heng: "Mhm! It was just me and her on the island. I don’t think we ever killed a Soul Beast together. I was usually exploring up the mountain, while she was down below..."

"Excuse me, wait! I’m sorry to interrupt. You said... a mountain? An island with a mountain?"

The authenticating teacher had caught the key point in Li Heng’s words. His emotions clearly wavered, and he even interrupted Li Heng, questioning him in a tone mixed with surprise and a hint of uncertainty.

"That’s right! It’s a good thing there was a mountain, or I wouldn’t have run into so many Tier Two Soul Beasts! And I definitely wouldn’t have encountered the Ice Simurgh. I was so lucky!"

Thinking back, Li Heng felt his luck was incredible—truly off the charts. ’My first soul energy pet!’

He had ground Dungeons to exhaustion and never saw so much as a single pet hair, yet the secret realm college entrance exam had given him such a huge surprise.

But while these words were a pleasant surprise for Li Heng, for the three teachers, they were more of a terrifying shock.

"Two people... no... one person... solo-killed an Ice Simurgh?"

The teacher holding Li Heng’s identification spoke his first words since Li Heng had entered the room. But in saying this one sentence, he didn’t even notice that he had unconsciously bent the pen in his hand.

Li Heng sensed the atmosphere was a little off. Seeming to realize something, he quickly smiled and replied, "It was all good luck! Purely a fluke! Just a fluke!"

"Staying on an island with a mountain for six days, and having this many Tier Two Soul Beast cards... that can’t be summed up as a simple fluke! If you don’t want to talk about it, we won’t press you."

"However... to be able to stay there for six days requires talent, strength, and courage—not one can be missing. Setting other aspects aside, just in terms of courage and guts alone, you... are the most outstanding student I have seen this year, bar none!"

The authenticating teacher said all this in one breath, his tone gradually becoming more sincere, culminating in praise and admiration.

Faced with such lavish praise from a stranger, Li Heng felt a little shy and quickly waved his hands. "There are plenty of people more outstanding than me. I was just lucky! Just lucky!"

"The Score Card tally is complete. Your final calculated score is 721 points. Student Li Heng, do you have any objections to this score? If you do, please fill out these two application forms, and the other two teachers will submit them to file an appeal for you!"

The teacher authenticating the Score Cards was very satisfied with Li Heng’s reactions so far.

Although Li Heng wasn’t his student, as a teacher, he was happy to see such an exceptional student.

After nodding, he stopped asking other questions and finalized the score for Li Heng’s Soul Beast Cards.

"I have no objections. Thank you for tallying my score, sir!" Li Heng gave a slight bow to express his gratitude.

Seeing Li Heng’s slight bow, the female teacher in the middle thought to herself, ’How long has it been since I’ve seen a student who is not only powerful and courageous, but also so polite!’

’No, he’s not a student anymore! He’s a treasure!’

After this thought flashed through her mind, the female teacher also spoke up. "I am the teacher responsible for appraising herbs and medicinal materials. My surname is Su. This is also against the rules, but I’d like to ask a few questions as well. You can also choose not to answer. Is that alright, Li Heng?"

"Of course," Li Heng nodded.

"I was wondering, Li Heng, do you have a particular Soul Energy University you’re hoping to attend? Based on my personal experience, actually..."