Chapter 56
One-on-One Against the Entire School
The noisy Qingdou Hall instantly fell into a deathly silence.
Everyone knows that no matter how powerful a servant-level summoned beast is, it can only dominate at the initial stage, but why is the result in the arena different from what we expected?
Shouldn't it be that once a mid-level player emerges, no one can rival them?
How could a mid-level mage be almost instantly killed by a servant-level summoned beast while casting a mid-level spell?
Seeing the claws so close at hand, Luo Song felt as if he had just been pulled out of cold water, his whole body covered in cold sweat.
How is that possible? How can Lin Chen's summoned beast be so fast, and completely unafraid of the icy aura, unaffected by it?
"You lost!" Lin Chen said with a smile.
When those three words rang in Luo Song's ears, he froze. He couldn't accept it. He had originally come to stop Lin Chen, but he had become the last stepping stone for Lin Chen to enter Mingzhu Academy.
For a moment, Luo Song seemed to be frozen by ice magic, unable to speak for a long time.
"If you don't admit defeat, I'm going to take further action," Lin Chen warned.
Luo Song shivered, snapping out of his daze, and raised his right hand: "I surrender!"
With Luo Song's surrender, the battle ended, and the entire arena erupted in uproar once again as everyone discussed Lin Chen's true identity and true strength.
Before long, various versions of Lin Chen's identity spread throughout the venue.
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Jiang Yunming was overjoyed to see Lin Chen victorious in the arena. Not only did he gain another talented student, but this student also brought him extra income.
"Old Zhou, when are you going to pay up the bet?" Jiang Yunming asked Zhou Zhenghua excitedly as he approached him.
"Don't worry, you'll get your share. I'm not the kind of person who reneges on debts. But I really didn't expect this kid to win." Zhou Zhenghua said, "Did you guys notice that although Lin Chen's summoned beast's aura was only at the servant level, its speed and reaction speed were clearly at the warrior level?"
"I discovered it early, and I have to thank the dean for recruiting such a good student for me," Jiang Yunming said. "Dean, please go and announce Lin Chen's results."
Dean Xiao nodded and returned to the stage: "Lin Chen, congratulations on completing the assessment I set for you. From today onwards, you are a student of our Pearl Academy. You can choose to step down and rest now, or you can continue the challenge."
Lin Chen was about to go downstairs to rest when he suddenly remembered what Old Man Bao had said before.
"You represent the face of my Azure Sky Hunting Grounds. Don't hold back. Show your strength and silence all dissenting voices. When it's time to be assertive, don't let me down."
Lin Chen stopped and looked up at Dean Xiao: "Dean Xiao, I've always had a question, but I didn't say anything before I wasn't a student at our school. Now that I am, I'd like to ask you to answer it for me."
"Go ahead," Dean Xiao said, curious about what kind of surprise Lin Chen was going to give him this time.
"Our Summoning Department couldn't withstand the results of 100 people, so the resources for this semester will be allocated to other departments. Does that mean we don't deserve any rewards even though we won?" Lin Chen asked loudly.
"Of course not, we've certainly considered that. If your Summoning Department students can withstand 200 people, then all the cultivation resources of this year's graduating class will belong to the Summoning Department!" Dean Xiao said loudly in return. "So, do you have any further questions?"
"That's all," Lin Chen replied calmly, but a smile slowly appeared on his lips. "Here, I'd like to announce something to all the students present."
What's wrong?
All the freshmen, teachers, and school leaders present had a bad feeling; they felt that Lin Chen was about to do something extremely crazy.
"I have a lot of summoned beasts, and they need some particularly rare resources, so I'll take all your resources!" Lin Chen bowed slightly, expressing his apology.
"Of course, to prevent any objections, I won't count based on the 200-person limit. I'll take on all of you by myself!" Lin Chen stood up straight, a smug smile spreading across his face. "Alright, from now on, the roles are reversed. It's your turn to defend your resources!"
As soon as Lin Chen finished speaking, the entire Qingdou Hall erupted in excitement.
"Wow, Lin Chen's performance was amazing, I give it full marks!" Mo Fan, sitting backstage, exclaimed excitedly, then added with extreme displeasure, "Why wasn't I the one putting on this show?!"
"I really want to go up and beat him up, and then let me pretend. I'd definitely be more handsome and eye-catching than him. It's just a pity he's my good brother. He got off easy!" Mo Fan said indignantly, which made Lingling roll her eyes at him.
"What do you think, Dean?" Other school leaders asked Dean Xiao for his opinion.
Dean Xiao didn't reply, he just waved his hand. He didn't expect Lin Chen to give him such a shocking surprise. He just hoped that Lin Chen could revitalize the Beast Fighting Tournament, which had been stagnant for years.
Make all students understand one thing: resources are something that must be fought for, even in a school!
Luo Song had just emerged from the iron cage barrier and was barely able to regain his senses when he heard Lin Chen's extremely arrogant remarks, causing his face to turn extremely ugly.
"Do you have to be so arrogant? Do you have to be so pretentious! And where were you all this time? If you had acted like this earlier, I wouldn't have ended up like this so easily."
Originally, I wanted to deflate Lin Chen's arrogance and disgust Mo Fan today, and also make myself the protagonist, so that countless people would admire me after the competition. But I never expected that I would end up as a stepping stone, and the most important one at that.
Thinking of this, Luo Song muttered to himself that if Lin Chen had successfully challenged the entire school, his miserable state just now would have been forgotten by everyone, and he wouldn't have been so embarrassed.
In an instant, Luo Song became the only student present, besides Mo Fan and the summoning students, who hoped that Lin Chen would succeed in his challenge.
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"This kid is too arrogant. What does he think we are? Just some Tom, Dick, or Harry?" someone in the audience said.
"Any Tom, Dick, or Harry? Even a few thousand Tom, Dick, or Harry would exhaust Lei, let alone us, the elites of Mingzhu Academy!" someone immediately chimed in.
"We don't know if he defeated him with his own strength. Maybe he bribed that mid-level mage to put on an act!" some people speculated.
However, when these words reached Luo Song's ears, his expression turned ugly again. He increasingly hoped that Lin Chen could let those ignorant people know how powerful he was.
"Brothers, let's go together! Even if we can't kill him, we'll exhaust him to death!" Some impulsive students stood up from their seats and rushed towards the entrance of the iron cage barrier.
Before long, a long line formed at the entrance of the iron cage barrier, a stark contrast to the few cats and kittens that had been there before.