#39Entrance exam, VS Xiao LinAI Model: gemini-3.0-flash
Chapter 3: Entrance Test, VS Xiao Lin
Lin Mo waited in the office for a moment, left his luggage there, and then followed Director Xue out of the admissions office.
Director Xue led him through several teaching areas to an open-air Spirit Master sparring field.
The field was quite large, with simple defensive measures around it. It was clearly a place the academy dedicated to students' practical combat practice.
At this moment, five older-looking students—four boys and one girl—were standing at the edge of the field, whispering to each other.
When they saw Director Xue bringing a strange child over, their gazes simultaneously fell upon Lin Mo.
Director Xue stopped, pointed at the five students, and said to Lin Mo, "Lin Mo, the content of the entrance exam is simple."
"Do you see those five students? They are all second-year students of the academy. You only need to choose one of them to spar with."
Lin Mo's gaze swept across the faces of the five students one by one, and he asked in a calm tone, "Director Xue, what is the standard for the exam?"
"Do I need to defeat the person I choose, or... do I need to defeat all of them?"
His voice wasn't loud, but it reached the ears of the five second-year students clearly.
Stunned and somewhat amused expressions immediately appeared on their faces. They looked at each other, all feeling that this child, who was clearly much younger than them, was talking quite big.
The most robust-looking boy couldn't help but let out a sneer. Though he didn't speak, the meaning in his eyes was very obvious: with that small frame of yours, you want to defeat all of us?
Director Xue's face showed no surprise as he explained calmly, "According to the regular process, you don't need to defeat your opponent."
"You only need to hold out for a period of time against your chosen student and fully demonstrate your strength, proving you aren't just a pretty but useless medicine jar. That will be enough."
"Practical combat is the best standard for testing strength! Of course..."
He changed his tone, adding a hint of playfulness, "As long as you can head-on defeat your chosen opponent, that will naturally prove your strength and allow you to enroll smoothly."
At this point, he paused and pointed at the five students. "The strength of these five is arranged from left to right, from lowest to highest."
"The one on the far left has Rank 14 spirit power, and the one on the far right has Rank 16 spirit power."
Then, as if remembering something, Director Xue added another sentence, his tone carrying a bit of a provocative flavor:
"Oh, right. If you choose to challenge the strongest one and successfully defeat him... the academy will not only waive all your tuition and fees but also provide an additional scholarship to fund your subsequent Cultivation."
"Consider this an extra credit question for your entrance test..."
Director Xue spoke quite generously.
From the soul master handbook and recommendation letter Lin Mo had produced earlier, he already knew that Lin Mo had entered Nuoding Academy as a Work-Study Student; his family background was clearly not wealthy.
Their Heaven Dou Intermediate Soul Master Academy didn't lack this bit of funding; what they truly lacked were Genius Spirit Masters with extraordinary talent like Lin Mo.
Using a few resources to attract and retain a Genius was a deal that couldn't be more cost-effective.
Hearing this, Lin Mo's brow twitched slightly. Waiving tuition and fees plus an extra scholarship?
This condition was quite practical, and since it was a benefit delivered to his door, there was no reason not to take it.
His gaze immediately landed on the student standing on the far right, a youth who looked to be thirteen or fourteen years old.
He had sharp eyes, a lean and powerful build, and clean-cut short hair. The Aura he radiated standing there was clearly different from the others.
"In that case," Lin Mo said without any hesitation, raising his hand to point at the one on the far right, "Director Xue, I choose him as my opponent."
Seeing Lin Mo directly choose the strongest one, the other four second-year students all showed expressions of surprise.
They had thought Lin Mo would choose someone of average strength just to last a bit longer; they hadn't expected him to pick the toughest bone so decisively.
The youth chosen by Lin Mo was also stunned for a moment, but then the corners of his mouth curled into an arc filled with Battle Intent. He took a step forward, looking at Lin Mo with a burning gaze.
Director Xue nodded; he wasn't surprised by Lin Mo's choice. "Xiao Lin, step forward. Lin Mo, your opponent is him."
Under Director Xue's signal, the two walked to the center of the sparring field and stood ten meters apart.
The four students who weren't chosen retreated to the edge of the field to watch the match with Director Xue.
According to the custom of Spirit Master sparring, both sides needed to announce their names and Ranks.
Xiao Lin spoke first. "Xiao Lin, Spirit: Demon Wolf, Rank 16 Power Attack System Spirit Master."
After reporting his information, he instinctively looked at Lin Mo. At this moment, his gaze held more curiosity than contempt.
He was very curious about what the spirit power Rank of this child, who looked several years younger than himself, actually was.
Lin Mo responded calmly, "Lin Mo, Spirit: Charmander, Rank 16 Power Attack System Spirit Master."
"Rank 16?!" When Xiao Lin heard the Rank Lin Mo reported, his eyes instantly widened, his face filled with disbelief.
He had originally thought Lin Mo was at most Rank 12 or 13 and only dared to challenge him because of a powerful Spirit. He hadn't expected the other's spirit power Rank to be exactly the same as his own!
Looking at Lin Mo's youthful face, at what age must he have reached Rank 16?
Not just Xiao Lin, but the four second-year students watching from the side also gasped in unison, looking at each other. They all saw the shock in each other's eyes.
This guy... is he really as young as he looks on the surface?
"The test begins!" Director Xue didn't give everyone much time to digest the information and directly announced the start of the spar.
As Director Xue's voice fell, Xiao Lin instantly reined in his astonishment and gave a low shout: "Demon Wolf, Possession!"
His body underwent a rapid transformation. His hair became grayish-black and coarse, his fingernails grew long and sharp with a cold glint, and a hint of a wolf's ferocity appeared in his pupils.
The Aura of a Rank 16 Spirit Master spread out, and a yellow hundred-year spirit ring immediately emerged beneath his feet.
He leaned forward slightly, assuming a posture ready to pounce at any moment.
Almost at the same time Xiao Lin completed his Possession, Lin Mo also had a thought.
A flash of red light passed before him, and Charmander instantly appeared at his feet, wagging its tail.
At the same time, a bright yellow spirit ring rose from beneath Charmander's feet, rotating around it rhythmically.
Feeling the Aura radiating from Charmander, Xiao Lin's pupils suddenly constricted, and the slight contempt in his eyes from before vanished completely.
To some extent, he was somewhat similar to Lin Mo; both came from commoner families and had reached this point by Awakening a decent Spirit and through their own hard work, eventually testing into Heaven Dou Intermediate Soul Master Academy.
However, his talent was clearly not as outstanding as Lin Mo's. He was already thirteen years old, yet his spirit power Rank was only 16.
Facing an opponent like Lin Mo, he suddenly felt an unprecedented pressure.
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