"That badass?" The Rosy Girl was stunned.
Seeing the goddess stunned by Xiao Ye, the muscle-bound Yi Luren couldn't help but say sourly, "The instructor didn't do his best, he only won by luck. If they went at it again, he might not win."
The Rosy Girl tilted her head and retorted, "Could you beat the instructor as easily as Xiao Ye did?"
Yi Luren's face turned red and his neck thickened, "I..."
"You can't!" Seeing Yi Luren stammer, the Rosy Girl answered for him.
*All the genius Contractors present were shocked by the power of the SSS-tier Summoned Beast.*
Especially the two Summoners of the Demon Disc, the couple leading the Second High teams, their eyes practically overflowed with admiration for Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi.
"Babe, from now on, Xiao Ye is my idol, I'm afraid I'll be living in his shadow for life!"
"I get it, there's a lot I need to learn from such a strong man!"
"Wow, babe, look at how gentle Xiao Ye is with his girlfriend, I totally love it!"
"If you were as pretty as Cheng Xiaohua, I'd be gentle too."
"You wanna die, huh? So I'm not pretty? You're sleeping on the floor tonight."
The young couple started bickering as they talked.
Cheng Bingxi asked Xiao Ye with a curious look, "Xiao Ye, how did our Summoned Beasts awaken a Talent Skill out of nowhere?"
"It actually dealt real damage, that's insane, I love it!"
Xiao Ye smiled mysteriously, "Wanna know how it got awakened? If you wanna know, come closer and I'll tell you."
Heh! Seeing how mysterious he was acting, Cheng Bingxi's curiosity got even stronger, so she leaned in, "Why?"
Xiao Ye blew in her ear and made up nonsense, "When we work out together, we increase our mutual understanding, which enhances our Contractual Power, so without realizing it, our Summoned Beasts awakened new Talent Skills."
"Oh my god, that's possible?" Cheng Bingxi was stunned.
Xiao Ye looked at her and nodded.
Cheng Bingxi's cheeks turned pink, and she said, "Then we need to work out more!"
[Defeated Tier One Gorilla, mission complete! Reward: 100 evolution points, one Rule Fragment Crystal has been stored in the System Space]
[Congratulations, host, Rule Fragment Crystal has automatically bonded, binding successful, host: Xiao Ye]
[After bonding, no matter what the host uses the Crystal for, it can be materialized and reclaimed at any time]
Rule Fragment Crystal, bonded automatically!
It could also be materialized and reclaimed at any time!
*Xiao Ye was happy inside, he already had one, but he had no idea how many he would need to unseal the Rosy Girl's template.*
Inside the training camp, in the high tower, two middle-aged men with imposing presences had witnessed the entire test.
"Old Yi, your kid is still so stubborn, hasn't changed a bit."
"That's just who he is, he'll never turn back until he hits rock bottom, you can't teach him with words, only by letting him mess up will he learn."
"Maybe. But get this, I say my daughter has an SSS-tier Fierce Beast Template, can you believe it?"
"I believe it! I saw the vision when she awakened, it was about as massive as the one Cheng Bingxi from Third High produced, but the results came out as C-tier. That's a fact. I've never heard of anything like this before."
"You need to understand, and your son even more so—my daughter is never going to contract with him!"
"They were never meant to be, Luren's just... too infatuated."
The two fell into silence for a long while, then continued,
"After the training, in this college entrance exam, our base city won't be dead last overall."
"Don't be so sure. I heard the base city next door, the one that was second to last last year, started their own Youth Training Camp today."
"..."
"We need to find a chance to meet Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi."
Below, the genius Contractors from the three high schools were escorted by the Welcoming Team into the training camp.
The Contractors lined up on open ground as the newly-awakened Reception Team Captain introduced the pair of bald instructors beside him.
"During this one-month boot camp, these two will be your instructors. Don't judge them just because their heads could double as light bulbs. These two were S-tier Fierce Beast Summoners transferred from the Imperial Capital ten years ago!"
S-tier template?
At that moment, everyone's attention shifted to the instructors.
The Reception Team Captain went on, "You're in luck. He was originally an instructor for our Hunting Team, known as the Training Demon."
The bald male instructor took off his shirt, showing off his muscular body lined with bulging veins and eight-pack abs.
Everyone was shocked.
On the bald male instructor's torso and neck, there were countless scabbed white scars, densely packed—a horrifying sight that made everyone draw in a breath.
"One thousand eight hundred ninety-six scars!" the bald male instructor suddenly said, rolling up the bald female instructor's sleeve to reveal her arm, also covered in dense white scars. "The two of us each have one thousand eight hundred ninety-six scars!"
"These are from carrying out over five hundred Hell Level missions in the past ten years."
Suddenly, his voice grew louder!
"We have never regretted that. On the contrary, we are proud of it! We are honored! Because,"
"every scar on our bodies is a contribution we made to the Dragon Country!"
*Everyone was shocked. Just how much hardship had they been through, how many hard times they'd survived!*
*Everyone was filled with deep respect.*
*In the disaster-ridden apocalypse, the reason they grew up safely was because someone shouldered the burden for them.*
Seeing everyone's expressions, the Bald Instructor nodded and then changed the subject,
"Our job this time is to turn you into iron-blooded prodigies, decisive and quick-thinking in the wild!"
"And in this year's college entrance exam, take our city out of dead last in overall score!"
"We're classifying this mission's level as..."
"Hell Level!!"
*The geniuses present were stunned. Getting out of last place was supposed to be Hell Level?*
The Second High leader's face turned crimson, and he protested loudly, "Don't look down on us! We're not that bad, are we?"
Someone chimed in, "Yeah!"
Cheng Bingxi shouted at the top of her lungs, "Why act all wimpy, let's aim for number one instead!!"
Swoosh! Everyone's eyes zoomed in on Cheng Bingxi; the look in their eyes seemed to say, *Damn, she's hardcore!*
The Rosy Girl, Nangong Siyao, looked at Cheng Bingxi with shining eyes, like some hidden kink was flipped on.
Cheng Bingxi blushed at the sudden attention, then said firmly, "Second to last is fine too!"
*Everyone nearly faceplanted. Using the firmest tone to say the weakest thing, that's so you.*
*Xiao Ye thought going for first place sounded exhausting, so he figured just taking it naturally would be good enough.*
*With his talent, as long as he wasn't dead last in the college entrance exams, he'd be fine.*
At that moment, the system's voice suddenly boomed in his mind.
[Event detected, mission triggered]
[Stage mission: Rank first in the nation individually, base city's overall score breaks into the national top ten. Reward: Supreme Mystery Grand Prize]
[Accept mission? No penalty for declining, no penalty for failing.]
*Xiao Ye's starry eyes snapped open wide. Supreme Mystery Grand Prize? That sounded crazy high-end, major cool points.*
"System, accept the mission."
[Mission accepted]
*Xiao Ye thought,*
*Screw the rewards, what mattered was bringing glory to Wilderness Base City!*
*We Beastmasters are full of fighting spirit, iron-blooded men; of course, we've got to go head-to-head with all the prodigies in the country and fight for number one, and we've got to get our base city's overall college entrance exam score into the top ten in the country!*