Chapter 41

"Team Deng Lei, three mid-stage low-level spirit beast essences, eight early-stage low-level spirit beast essences..."

"Team Liu Yun, two mid-stage low-level spirit beast essences..."

"Team Ying Zong..."

"..."

The camp became exceptionally lively. Excited students kept coming up to the recorders, presenting all the spoils their teams had gathered over the period.

"Dust, do you think we can be first?" Tang Qian'er looked at the bustling scene, her beautiful eyes shining brightly, and asked hopefully.

"The treatment for the top three is the same, whether we are first or not, it’s the same," Dust smiled, not really caring about being first.

"That’s true, but the only ones who might surpass us here are probably Liu Mu Bai. His brothers have been keeping an eye on you these days. If we lose to them, it would be too frustrating," Tang Qian'er muttered.

Hearing this, Dust’s gaze also turned to the opposite side, where Liu Mu Bai was staring at him with cold eyes. Beside him was Hong Ling, dressed in red and looking rather alluring, though she seemed a bit distracted, occasionally glancing in Dust’s direction with her watery eyes.

"These guys..."

Dust smiled faintly. Since Xue Tu’s death, Liu Mu Bai’s gaze toward him had been somewhat off, as if he was regretful and angry. This made Dust feel a bit more, and it seemed that Xue Tu’s sudden attack on them that day might have had some ulterior motives.

"Dust, it’s our turn."

Tang Qian'er suddenly nudged Dust and whispered.

"Then go ahead, don’t you have everything?" Dust smiled.

Tang Qian'er nodded and quickly walked up. Many eyes turned to her. Dust was already quite famous here, and the story of him leading Mo Ling and others to hunt the Fire Spirit Ape had spread, shocking the other students. After all, who would have thought that while they were still dealing with low-level spirit beasts one by one, Dust would dare to do something they wouldn’t even dream of?

Moreover, the incident with Xue Tu made Dust seem a bit mysterious. Although they didn’t think Dust could really kill a late-stage Spirit Wheel Realm Xue Tu on his own, the fact that he managed to survive Xue Tu’s pursuit was already an incredible feat.

All these things undoubtedly made Dust the most dazzling figure in this training. Those who had previously looked down on him as a newcomer no longer dared to show such attitudes.

Therefore, many were extremely curious about how Dust’s team would perform.

Under the watchful eyes of many, Tang Qian'er walked up to the recorder and reached into her chest, pulling out several small light orbs. The spirit beast essences inside the orbs shimmered with a brilliant glow.

"Thirty-five mid-stage low-level spirit beast essences." The recorder glanced at them, a hint of surprise in his eyes. These spirit beasts should have had mid-stage Spirit Movement Realm strength in life. Such powerful spirit beasts usually required a team to hunt, and getting one a day was already quite good. It was unexpected that Tang Qian'er could bring out so many at once.

Tang Qian'er extended her hand again, and fifteen even brighter light orbs appeared.

"Fifteen late-stage low-level spirit beast essences."

Finally, a murmur of surprise erupted from the crowd. These late-stage Spirit Movement Realm spirit beasts were usually avoided. Dust was indeed impressive, having hunted so many.

Hearing the surprised murmurs around her, Tang Qian'er felt a bit smug. After some thought, she carefully pulled out another light orb that resembled a flame from her chest.

Inside the orb, a miniature Fire Ape seemed to roar, its astonishing spiritual energy causing the surrounding students to fall silent.

"Is this... the essence of the Fire Spirit Ape King?!"

Mo Ling, Jiang Li, and others looked at the essence in shock. They had seen the Fire Spirit Ape King themselves and later saw Dust return with its head. Now, it was clear that the spirit beast essence had indeed fallen into his hands.

"This is too outrageous. With the Fire Spirit Ape King’s essence, who could possibly surpass him?" Mo Ling and the others muttered. That was a mid-stage Spirit Wheel Realm spirit beast, and how could they, mere students, have the ability to hunt it?

Teacher Mo and Teacher Xi also looked at the Fire Spirit Ape King’s essence, the latter’s eyes filled with surprise, while the former remained calm, having witnessed firsthand how Dust had cleverly driven the Fire Spirit Ape King to its demise.

The recorder was stunned for a moment, clearly not expecting a student to present an essence of such a high-level spirit beast.

"Mid-stage late Spirit Wheel Realm spirit beast essence... one..."

After a moment, the recorder’s voice, filled with surprise, finally rang out, causing another uproar.

"Teacher Xi, I protest! Dust couldn’t possibly have the ability to hunt a late-stage Spirit Wheel Realm spirit beast. This must be cheating!" A discordant voice suddenly sounded, and everyone saw Liu Yang step forward, his voice filled with doubt.

"When Dust hunted the Fire Spirit Ape King, I was there. Although his methods were a bit clever, it is part of the training, so there’s no cheating involved," Teacher Mo said calmly.

Liu Yang’s face turned red upon hearing this, feeling somewhat frustrated.

"Ha, Teacher Mo is right. No matter what methods are used, as long as one can hunt a spirit beast, it’s a skill," Liu Mu Bai said with a light laugh.

After speaking, he also stepped forward and pulled out many light orbs from his chest. These were spirit beast essences, and among them were two mid-stage spirit beasts that had reached the early-stage Spirit Wheel Realm in life.

To some extent, if it weren’t for the Fire Spirit Ape King’s essence, they might have been outshone by Liu Mu Bai. But there was no such thing as "if," and with that flame-like essence, Liu Mu Bai’s performance seemed a bit dimmer.

Seeing this, a hint of joy flashed in Tang Qian'er’s eyes. She didn’t like Liu Mu Bai overshadowing Dust.

Although the joy in Tang Qian'er’s eyes was faint, Liu Mu Bai still noticed it, and the corners of his lips twitched slightly as his hand reached into his chest again.

Everyone watched him closely, wondering if Liu Mu Bai had more hidden goods.

"Ha, I happened to encounter two late-stage Spirit Wheel Realm spirit beasts whose strength had been greatly reduced for some reason, so I got lucky."

Liu Mu Bai smiled and extended his hand. In his palm, two light orbs, one green and one dark yellow, slowly danced, emitting astonishing spiritual energy.

These two spirit beast essences had also reached the late-stage Spirit Wheel Realm!

Rustle!

The crowd erupted in a flurry of murmurs, their eyes filled with disbelief as they stared at Liu Mu Bai. He had actually hunted two late-stage Spirit Wheel Realm spirit beasts?

"You... you’re cheating!" Tang Qian'er’s face turned pale, and she shouted angrily. Liu Mu Bai was indeed strong, but it was impossible for him to hunt late-stage Spirit Wheel Realm spirit beasts. As for the excuse of encountering two weakened late-stage Spirit Wheel Realm spirit beasts, no one would believe it!

"Is it only you who can be clever? Good things don’t always fall into your lap," Liu Yang sneered.

Teacher Mo and Teacher Xi frowned at this scene but said nothing. The evaluation of performance was quite relaxed, and what they cared about was whether the students had gained experience, not the final results.

Tang Qian'er clenched her fists, clearly very angry, but with no other options, she could only stomp her foot in frustration.

Dust watched calmly, but when Liu Mu Bai presented the two late-stage Spirit Wheel Realm spirit beast essences, he glanced at Hong Ling, whose face was slightly uneasy. She avoided his gaze when she noticed it.

"Never mind, as long as we’re in the top three, we can get the Spirit Nourishing Pill."

Dust smiled faintly, pulling the furious Tang Qian'er and trying to console her.

"But they are clearly cheating," Tang Qian'er said angrily. The Fire Spirit Ape King was almost the end of Dust’s life, but she absolutely didn’t believe Liu Mu Bai had the ability to obtain those two late-stage Spirit Wheel Realm spirit beast essences.

"Ha, it’s just a small competition. What’s the harm in losing once? There will be plenty of other opportunities," Liu Mu Bai smiled at Dust, but his smile was a bit cold and challenging.

Dust rubbed his nose, feeling a bit helpless. He really didn’t want to play such childish cheating games, but who asked you to come up to me...

"Teacher Mo."

Dust suddenly looked at Teacher Mo and said with a smile, "I suddenly forgot. I had some spirit beast essences with me. Can I still add them now?"

Teacher Mo smiled and looked at Dust, knowing that this little guy was about to do something that would drop jaws. He nodded.

Seeing this, Dust shrugged at Liu Mu Bai, whose expression had turned a bit dark, and reached into his chest, rummaging around.

All eyes were on Dust, wondering if he could pull out anything else.

Under their watchful eyes, Dust finally extended his hand, and everyone was dumbfounded to see five light orbs rising in his palm, each emitting spiritual energy that was no weaker than the Fire Spirit Ape King’s essence.

These five orbs were all late-stage Spirit Wheel Realm spirit beast essences!

Dust scratched his head, looking at Liu Mu Bai’s ashen face, and smiled faintly, "Sorry, a few days ago, five mid-stage late Spirit Wheel Realm spirit beasts were fighting, and they all ended up injured. So I went up and finished them off."

Everyone was speechless, wondering if this reason was specifically to mock Liu Mu Bai.

Their gazes turned to Liu Mu Bai, and indeed, his handsome face had turned exceptionally ugly.

Clearly, this time, Liu Mu Bai had lost.

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