MM Racing Chapter 25, Second Assessment
Chapter 25, Second Assessment
"Dai Youheng!" Dai Yueheng's voice rose in anger, laced with threat, "Aren't you afraid I'll tell Father everything you said today?"
He knew all too well that his father, Duke Daihao, was the person his half-brother had always revered most since childhood. Using his father to pressure him was always the most effective method.
However, Dai Youheng's reaction once again exceeded his expectations.
Dai Youheng's face showed no fear or panic, but rather an almost indifferent calm. He uttered two words indifferently, "Whatever."
The tone was as if he were talking about something trivial that had nothing to do with him.
Dai Youheng wasn't afraid of Dai Hao. That was the father of that sycophant, not his own. He didn't care what Dai Hao thought of him. At worst, he'd just never return to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion! In this world, strength reigns supreme; why rely on the name of a family that had long since alienated him?
Looking at his unyielding, even slightly contemptuous, expression, Dai Yueheng laughed in fury, "Fine! Fine! Fine! Dai Youheng, you've really grown some guts. I hope you remember every word you said today! Don't regret it later!"
Faced with Dai Yueheng's anger and threats, Dai Youheng simply turned slightly to the side, opened the dormitory door, made a "please" gesture, and said in a calm tone, "Take care, don't bother seeing me out."
Throughout the entire process, he showed no fear or respect whatsoever towards his esteemed elder brother, only a cold and distant aloofness.
Dai Yueheng glared at him fiercely, snorted coldly, and stormed off. The dormitory door slammed shut, leaving only Dai Youheng and Zhou Sichen, who stood outside in fear.
Zhou Sichen cautiously slipped back to the dormitory and looked at Dai Youheng, who seemed completely calm as if nothing had happened. She couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement, "Wow, Youheng! I'm really impressed with you. That's Senior Dai Yueheng! Not only is he one of the Shrek Seven Devils of our academy, but he's also your older brother. How dare you talk to him like that?"
The two hadn't bothered to lower their voices during their conversation in the room, and Zhou Sichen, standing outside the door, heard it all clearly. He was filled with admiration and a lingering fear.
Dai Youheng simply smiled faintly and did not answer. In his heart, strictly speaking, he was an "orphan" in this world.
If one had to name a family member, perhaps Xue Di, who shared his soul and fate, could be considered one. Apart from that, he had no emotional ties to either his nominal father, Dai Hao, or his former sycophantic mother, You Heng, or his younger brother, Dai Luoli.
Since he didn't intend to gain any affection from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, didn't plan to stay at Shrek Academy for long, and had even planned his departure, why should he be subservient to those people and wrong himself?
Three days later, the upgrade assessment restarted.
To ensure the "fairness" of the bet and prevent Huo Yuhao from causing any more trouble, Dai Huabin strongly demanded a change in the bet's format. It was no longer an individual duel, but a comparison of the team's total score.
The trio of Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie will face off against the trio of Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao. The team with the higher total score will win.
However, the condition is that if any one of the six people on both sides fails the assessment, the bet will be automatically void.
Dai Huabin's move was to prevent Huo Yuhao from using special methods to influence the entire event again, forcing him into a direct confrontation. Huo Yuhao agreed after a brief consideration, confident in Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao's abilities.
Beast King Bow Longlong once again served as the chief examiner. He was clearly still wary of Huo Yuhao, and deliberately arranged for him to be examined last.
Gong Changlong stood in the center of the arena and announced the detailed new assessment rules: the upgrade assessment is out of 150 points, consisting of a base score and a skill score. The skill score is fixed at 50 points and is determined by the examiners based on combat performance. The base score is determined by the age of the chosen spirit beast: choosing a thousand-year spirit beast and winning grants 100 points; a spirit beast aged 700-999 years grants 90 points; a spirit beast aged 400-699 years grants 85 points; and a spirit beast under 400 years grants 80 points. This means that only by choosing a thousand-year spirit beast and performing flawlessly can one potentially obtain the full 150 points. A total score of 90 points is required to pass; those who fail must retake the test, and a second failure will result in expulsion.
The assessment began. Wang Dong was the first to go on stage. She confidently chose a thousand-year-old soul beast and successfully defeated her opponent. Unfortunately, she became somewhat careless after gaining the upper hand and revealed a flaw. Dean Yan Shaozhe, with his keen eye, deducted 40 skill points in one go, leaving her with a final score of 110.
Next was Xiao Xiao, who challenged an eight-hundred-year-old soul beast, but she was unlucky and encountered an armored rhinoceros with extremely abnormal defense.
She was only a level 28 Great Soul Master, and her Martial Soul wasn't an offensive type. Despite a fierce battle, she couldn't break through the Ironclad Rhino's defenses and could only remain undefeated. Her base score was low, and with the skill score added, she barely reached 96 points, just passing the qualifying mark.
In contrast, Zhu Lu from Dai Huabin's group successfully challenged a 700-year-old soul beast, gaining skill bonuses through her agile movements as an agile attack-type soul master, ultimately scoring 100 points. Cui Yajie, even more impressively, achieved a score of 110 due to her excellent application of techniques.
At this point, Dai Huabin's group has surpassed Huo Yuhao's group by 4 points!
The pressure fell on Dai Huabin.
Fueled by pent-up anger, he personally took to the field, choosing a thousand-year-old soul beast. His fighting style was extremely aggressive and fierce, ultimately even resorting to a head-on confrontation to forcibly kill his opponent—a thousand-year-old wind tiger!
Killing a soul beast in the arena is against the rules, and Gong Changlong immediately flew into a rage.
However, Dai Huabin argued that this was only to avoid repeating Wang Dong's mistake of underestimating the enemy and losing points, and emphasized that "the examination room is the battlefield, and we must not show mercy to the enemy!"
This speech actually won Yan Shaozhe's praise, who thought he had the iron-blooded demeanor of a soldier and gave him an extremely high score of 145 points on the spot!
With this, Dai Huabin's group has reached an astonishing total score of 355 points! Huo Yuhao's group currently only has 206 points, which means that unless Huo Yuhao, who will be the last to perform, can get a perfect score of 150 points, they will definitely lose!
Watching from the sidelines, Dai Youheng remained completely calm. He knew perfectly well that Huo Yuhao had scored a perfect score!
The result was as expected.
Huo Yuhao once again used the power of extreme ice, but this time he did not simulate the aura. Instead, he directly used the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul, perfectly restraining and crushing his opponent, a thousand-year-old flame lion.
Yan Shaozhe gave it a perfect score of 150 without hesitation!
Huo Yuhao's team thus reached a total score of 356 points, narrowly reversing the score by one point and winning the bet!
"Hehe, I've hit the jackpot." Dai Youheng thought to himself with delight. Another soul bone and three million gold soul coins were about to be his. He remembered that the annual treasure hunt in Shrek City was coming up soon, and he had enough funds to make a big purchase there.