Chapter 25 The Second Assessment"Dai Youheng!" Dai Yueheng's voice rose with anger, carrying a threat, "Aren't you afraid I'll tell father exactly what you said today?"He knew very well that his father, White Tiger Duke Dai Hao, was the person this illegitimate younger brother had revered most since childhood. Using his father to pressure him had always been the most effective method.However, Dai Youheng's reaction once again exceeded his expectations.Dai Youheng showed no fear or panic on his face; instead, there was a nearly indifferent calm. He calmly uttered two words, "Do as you please."His tone was as if he were speaking of a trivial matter unrelated to him.Dai Youheng wasn't afraid of Dai Hao. That was the bootlicker's father, not his father. He didn't care at all what Dai Hao thought of him. At worst, he would simply never return to the White Tiger Dukes Mansion! In this World, strength reigns supreme. Why rely on the name of a family that had long since become estranged?Dai Yueheng looked at his unyielding, even slightly contemptuous expression, and laughed in extreme anger, "Good! Good! Good! Dai Youheng, you've really grown some guts. I hope you remember every word you said today! Don't regret it then!"Facing Dai Yueheng's fury and threats, Dai Youheng merely turned slightly, opened the dorm door, and made a 'please' gesture, his tone still calm, "Take care, no need to see you out."From beginning to end, he showed not the slightest fear towards this distinguished eldest brother, nor any expected respect, only a cold, boundary-drawing aloofness.Dai Yueheng glared at him fiercely, snorted, and left with a flick of his sleeve. The dorm door slammed shut, leaving only Dai Youheng alone, and the trembling Zhou Sichen outside the door.Zhou Sichen carefully snuck back into the dorm, looking at Dai Youheng, who was calm as if nothing had happened, and couldn't help but exclaim in wonder, "Wow, Youheng! I'm really impressed by you. That was Senior Dai Yueheng! Not only is he one of our academy's current Shrek Seven Devils, but he's also your biological elder brother. How dare you speak to him like that?"The conversation between the two in the room just now was not intentionally quiet, and Zhou Sichen outside the door heard everything clearly. At this moment, his heart was filled with admiration and a hint of lingering fear.Dai Youheng just smiled faintly and didn't answer. In his heart, strictly speaking, in this World, he was an "orphan."If he had to name any family, perhaps the Snow Empress, who shared a body and soul with him, and was intimately connected, could be considered one. Besides her, whether it was his nominal father Dai Hao, or the mother and younger brother Dai Luoli of the original bootlicker Youheng, he had no emotional ties to any of them.Since he didn't intend to gain any familial affection from the White Tiger Dukes Mansion, didn't plan to stay in Shrek for long, and had even planned the timing of his departure, why should he be subservient to those people and compromise himself?Three days later, the promotion assessment restarted.To ensure the "fairness" of the bet and prevent Huo Yuhao from pulling any more tricks, Dai Huabin strongly requested a change in the betting method. It was no longer a personal duel, but a comparison of total team scores.The team of Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie would compete against the team of Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao. The team with the higher total score of its three members would win.However, an additional condition was that if any one of the six participants failed the assessment, the bet would automatically be void.Dai Huabin's move was to prevent Huo Yuhao from using special methods to influence the entire arena again, forcing him into a direct confrontation. Huo Yuhao agreed after a brief thought, as he had confidence in the strength of Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.Spirit Beast King Gongchang Long once again served as the chief examiner. He was clearly still wary of Huo Yuhao and specifically arranged his assessment order for last.Gongchang Long stood in the center of the arena and announced the detailed new assessment rules: The promotion assessment had a maximum score of 150 points, consisting of a base score and a skill score. The skill score was a fixed 50 points, awarded by the examiner based on combat performance. The base score was determined by the age of the Spirit Beast chosen: successfully defeating a thousand-year Spirit Beast yielded a base score of 100 points; a 700-999-year Spirit Beast, 90 points; a 400-699-year Spirit Beast, 85 points; and a Spirit Beast under 400 years, 80 points. This meant that only by choosing a thousand-year Spirit Beast and performing perfectly could one potentially achieve the full score of 150 points. A total score of 90 points was considered passing. Those who failed would need to retake the assessment, and a second failure would lead to dismissal.The assessment began. Wang Dong was the first to enter the arena. She confidently chose a thousand-year Spirit Beast and successfully defeated her opponent. Unfortunately, she became a bit careless after gaining the upper hand, revealing a flaw, which led to Dean Yan Shaozhe, with his keen eye, deducting 40 points from her skill score, resulting in a final score of 110.Next was Xiao Xiao. She challenged an eight-hundred-year Spirit Beast, but had bad luck, encountering an Iron Armored Rhinoceros with extremely abnormal defense.She was only a twenty-eighth-level Spirit Grandmaster, and her Spirit was not of the strong-attack type. After a bitter struggle, she still couldn't break through the Iron Armored Rhinoceros's defense, only managing to maintain an undefeated stance. Ultimately, her base score was lower, and with her skill score, she barely managed 96 points, just passing the qualification line.In contrast, in Dai Huabin's group, Zhu Lu successfully challenged a seven-hundred-year Spirit Beast, gaining skill bonus points for her flexible movements as an agility-attack system Spirit Master, resulting in a final score of 100. Cui Yajie, furthermore, achieved a score of 110 due to her excellent use of skills.At this point, Dai Huabin's group had already surpassed Huo Yuhao's group by 4 points!The pressure now fell on Dai Huabin.Filled with suppressed anger, he personally entered the arena and chose a thousand-year Spirit Beast. His combat style was extremely tough and fierce, ultimately even using a head-on approach to forcefully kill his opponent, a thousand-year Wind Tiger!Killing a Spirit Beast in the beast-fighting arena was originally against the rules, and Gongchang Long immediately flew into a rage.But Dai Huabin argued eloquently, claiming it was merely to avoid repeating Wang Dong's mistake of underestimating the opponent and getting points deducted, and emphasized that "the examination hall is a battlefield, and one must never show mercy to the enemy"!This explanation actually won Yan Shaozhe's praise, who believed he possessed the resolute demeanor of a soldier, and he immediately gave him an exceptionally high score of 145 points!As a result, Dai Huabin's group reached an astonishing total of 355 points! Huo Yuhao's group currently had only 206 points, which meant that unless Huo Yuhao, who was the final contestant, could get a perfect score of 150 points, he would undoubtedly lose!Dai Youheng, watching from below, remained completely calm. Because he knew very well that Huo Yuhao would get a perfect score in this match!The result was also without suspense.Huo Yuhao once again used the power of Ultimate Ice, but this time it was not to simulate an aura, but to directly use his Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Spirit, perfectly suppressing and crushing his opponent, a thousand-year Flame Lion.Yan Shaozhe unhesitatingly gave him a perfect score of 150 points!Huo Yuhao's group's total score thus reached 356 points, narrowly reversing the situation by one point and winning the bet!"Hehe, I hit the jackpot," Dai Youheng secretly rejoiced. Another Spirit Bone and three million gold coins were about to be his. He remembered that the annual Shrek City Treasure Appreciation Fair was coming soon, and his funds would be sufficient for a large shopping spree there.
