As the students underwent data testing one by one, no one could surpass Gu Xun and Dong Qianqiu's scores.
"Students, you may freely form teams to take the virtual world exam within your own groups."
Upon hearing the teacher's words, the students began searching for their teammates—Gu Xun and Dong Qianqiu.
Many eyes turned toward Gu Xun and Dong Qianqiu, yet no one made a rash move. After all, Gu Xun's aura made everyone hesitant to engage with him.
Moreover, Gu Xun and Dong Qianqiu possessed spirit power that stood head and shoulders above the rest. Everyone assumed joining their team would mean even greater pressure.
Half a year had passed, and this class boasted the highest talent pool among all first-year classes.
The lowest-ranked student now held an 11th-level rank, but aside from Gu Xun and Dong Qianqiu, the highest-ranked spirit master only reached 13th level.
The more talented students had mostly been snapped up by major factions. Those who could enter the elementry academy generally lacked any background.
Elementry Academy diplomas could be bought with money, so prodigies from wealthy families were typically trained at home.
The knowledge taught at the Elementry Academy is common sense in the spirit master world. They could teach this themselves—why send them to the academy?
In the end, neither Gu Xun nor Dong Qianqiu found partners. Gu Xun didn't care. How hard could the primary academy midterm exams be?
Soon, everyone formed teams and headed to the exam hall. They finally arrived at another campus, which seemed to be the Heaven Duo Intermediate Academy campus.
Since the elementry academy lacked a virtual world cabin, the instructor led them to another campus.
There was also a monitoring room with dedicated examiners responsible for grading. Following instructions, everyone entered the virtual pods.
Soon, as their consciousnesses sank into the virtual world, they opened their eyes once more. Everyone found themselves seemingly transported to a forest alongside others.
"Your task is to survive in the Spirit Beast Forest for three hours. Full marks are awarded for six hours."
The invigilator's voice echoed through the virtual realm as the students nervously scanned the surrounding trees.
Dong Qianqiu also looked around warily, ready for battle at any moment. Gu Xun surveyed the area before finally sitting down on a large boulder.
"You just sat down like that?"
Dong Qianqiu froze upon seeing Gu Xun settle down. Gu Xun nodded.
"What else? Do you have to use your stamina?"
"That... that makes sense."
Dong Qianqiu agreed with Gu Xun's reasoning and sat down beside him.
The two sat leisurely on the boulder, waiting. The monitoring teacher, exasperated, began the task immediately to prevent Gu Xun and Dong Qianqiu from relaxing too much.
Suddenly, the carefree Gu Xun paused and looked toward a certain direction.
"What is it?"
Dong Qianqiu noticed Gu Xun's movement and immediately asked loudly. Gu Xun replied.
"The wind elements around us tell me enemies are approaching. Prepare for battle."
"Got it!"
Dong Qianqiu sprang to her feet the moment she heard this, a spear of condensed ice elemental energy materializing in her hand as she scanned the direction Gu Xun was facing.
Soon, Dong Qianqiu also sensed movement. Swish! Swish! A figure burst out of the grass.
A century-old blue shadow wolf charged forth, followed closely by seven or eight ten-year-old blue wolves.
"So many!"
Dong Qianqiu gasped at the sight of nearly ten wolf spirit beasts, instinctively taking a step back. Meanwhile, Gu Xun's right hand formed a sword shape, holding a white talisman.
"Fu Jun True Form, Qianqiu is about to rise—you've been empowered!"
Gu Xun's voice boomed. A terrifying chill emanated from Dong Qianqiu's body as she felt the power surge through her.
"This Pawa! I'll take on ten!"
Dong Qianqiu felt utterly formidable now, her confidence soaring. The wolf spirit beasts across from him sensed the icy aura radiating from her, their eyes filled with terror.
"Qianqiu, hurry up and take them down!"
Gu Xun immediately pointed at the enemy. Dong Qianqiu wasted no time, charging forward with her ice spear.
The lead wolf howled upon seeing Dong Qianqiu's advance. Several smaller wolves, seemingly emboldened, charged toward her.
Dong Qianqiu raised her hand, firing several ice picks. The ice spikes struck the opposing blue wolves precisely in the head, killing them instantly. Then, Dong Qianqiu swept her spear forward.
Like slicing tofu, the three blue wolves before her were cut clean in half. Dong Qianqiu felt her power surge, her eyes widening in astonishment.
"My attack power has at least tripled!"
The leader wolf, seeing its pack wiped out in an instant, recoiled in terror and turned to flee.
Finally, the spear pierced the century-old Blue Shadow Wolf with a flash kill. The next moment, Dong Qianqiu felt the amplification fade.
"And you said you weren't a support spirit master?"
Dong Qianqiu turned to confront Gu Xun. Gu Xun spread his hands helplessly—he truly wasn't a support soul master.
"Who says an attacak-system soul master can't possess support skills?"
"...But your amplification just now was incredibly powerful. Wait—why didn't you need to summon your martial spirit to unleash that spirit skill?"