After leaving the classroom, Chu Chen and Wang Lu headed towards Food is Heaven.
Wang Lu was going to celebrate and eat, while Chu Chen was accumulating Slaughter Value by hunting Star Beasts.
"I heard Zhang Yuyan has already broken through to Soul Warrior Level, and the academy has decided to make her a member of the Elite Class," Wang Lu suddenly said in a deep voice.
Chu Chen's expression slightly changed upon hearing this, but he quickly accepted this reality.
Zhang Yuyan's Initial Soul Power reached Seventh Rank Soul Pupil, and her Cultivation Talent is Blue Rank Lower Grade. Combined with unlimited cultivation resources, breaking through to Soul Warrior Level within a month is normal.
The two chatted while walking, and Chu Chen obtained a lot of information about competitors from Wang Lu.
Currently, Chu Chen has reached the Eighth Rank Soul Pupil Level, placing his strength among the top of the senior students. He still has a fair chance to enter the Elite Class, but competing for a top position might be difficult. Aside from Zhang Yuyan, there are three transfer students with Cyan Rank Cultivation Talent, and all three have achieved Ninth Rank Soul Pupil.
The three students are Qian Jiadong from Class One, Zhao Peng from Class Two, and Ji Mingyue from Class Six.
Many other classes also have powerful competitors, with dozens reaching Eighth Rank Soul Pupil Level.
Over half of them are transfer students from other Beast Taming High Schools.
This clearly shows Lord City Lord's determination and indicates that the resources poured into this year's Elite Class will be unprecedented.
After handling the Star Beast, Chu Chen headed to work at the Daoist School.
Since winning the Soul Pupil Group championship, Chu Chen's clientele doubled, earning thirteen thousand Alliance Coins a month. Including the share from membership fees, the income is about twenty thousand Alliance Coins, allowing him to repay his debts ahead of schedule next month at this rate.
However, Chu Chen has no intention of leaving the Daoist School, as this part-time job allows him to accumulate real combat experience while earning cultivation resources, which is rare to come by.
Early the next morning.
"Son, come and have breakfast."
"Coming," Chu Chen replied, wiping toothpaste foam from the corner of his mouth.
Looking at the nearly overflowing dining table, Chu Chen, somewhat startled, glanced towards Mrs. Chu.
Seeing this, Mrs. Chu's voice turned slightly low as she said, "Today's the combat evaluation, eat more to perform well; your dad went to execute a special task yesterday and needs four days to return. My workplace has a new research project, and I have to go to work soon, so we can't accompany you to the combat evaluation."
Mrs. Chu's voice grew even lower as she said this.
Seeing this, Chu Chen quickly shifted the topic, saying, "Don't worry mom, I won't let you down. Let's eat quickly, I'm hungry."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Chu smiled and pushed the food towards Chu Chen.
Not being polite, Chu Chen started eating heartily.
Carrying the hopes of his parents, Chu Chen left home. Upon reaching the school gate, he found it overcrowded, with parents accompanying their children outnumbering the students several times.
In the end, school leaders appeared to drive these parents away, clearing up the school gate somewhat.
Chu Chen originally thought many students would forfeit this combat evaluation, but it turned out he had overthought it.
However, he quickly realized why; failing to enter the Elite Class doesn't mean failing to get into Beast Taming University, just a difference in school quality.
Moreover, it's not uncommon for Elite Class students to fail and ordinary students to excel during exams each year.
Such occurrences are predominantly due to luck, as the combat evaluation contents vary each year. Some lucky students might perform outstandingly, while others underperform, which is not rare, as students who've gone through exams have likely heard of such things.
Time quickly reached six o'clock, and under the guidance of class teachers, all students participating in the combat evaluation lined up according to class order.
At this moment, an elderly man in a Zhongshan suit slowly walked to the front of the crowd.
Upon seeing the elderly man, the crowd fell silent with obedient expressions.
The elderly man was Chen Haoxiang, the principal of the high school, whose realm had reportedly reached Soul Master Level, making his strength rank among the top five of Celestial Star City.
This is one reason why the students are so well-behaved.
"Today is the day for the Elite Class selection combat evaluation. To ensure fairness, the evaluation content hasn't been announced," Chen Haoxiang said in a deep voice.
Upon hearing this, the students remained silent; this matter had been notified by class teachers, so it wasn't unexpected.
Seeing this, Chen Haoxiang continued, "The evaluation location is the East City Forest, encompassing the forest's outer region, lasting three days, with a points-based standard. Points are earned by killing Star Beasts—one point for killing a First Rank Slave Level Star Beast, progressing with ranks; killing a Seventh Rank Slave Level Star Beast yields twenty points, Eighth Rank thirty points, Ninth Rank fifty points. All spoils during the evaluation belong to individuals. If encountering danger, abandon the evaluation immediately; the Elite Class selection is merely the starting point of your Guardian Beast path, not the endpoint—cherish life as you move forward. Class teachers, please distribute communication bracelets to the students."
As Chen Haoxiang finished speaking, several City Defense Army personnel in combat uniforms carried over seven to eight metal boxes.
A moment later, Chu Chen received a communication bracelet from Chen Qian.
This bracelet is military equipment, heavy and textured in hand, with a metal shell that automatically fits the wrist when worn. Its function resembles a phone but is more advanced; point tallying is just one part. Its strongest function is Defense; by activating the bracelet's defense mechanism, it can create a hemispherical Defense Shield.
However, this function requires recharging after each use.
The defense levels are classified according to the bracelet's level.
The communication bracelet can be classified into nine levels: F-level, E-level, D-level... SSS-level, corresponding to Star Beast levels.
Of course, levels above A-level are merely a concept since bracelet recharging requires corresponding rank Star Cores.
F-level communication bracelet's Defense Shield can withstand a full-force attack from a Peak of Servant Level Star Beast.
Chu Chen and other students were assigned F-level communication bracelets.
Students became exceptionally excited upon receiving the communication bracelets, eager to test the bracelet's features.
However, within a mere minute, their excitement turned to disappointment, as over ninety percent of the functions were disabled, leaving only points recording, video recording, leaderboard, and defense functionalities.
Seeing all students had received communication bracelets, Chen Haoxiang clapped his hands and said, "Okay, everyone quiet down. Next, I will ride a Floating Vulture to the East City Forest for the combat evaluation."
Before the students could react, a black shadow rapidly approached from a distance.
After ten breaths, over a dozen large Floating Vultures gathered above the school gate.
The Floating Vultures resembled ordinary vultures but had sparse down on their necks, with a body length reaching three zhang and a wingspan of four zhang, with an extremely wide back and excellent load capacity.
Despite their large size, they are Battle Five Trash, possessing only Ordinary Level quality, with slow flight speed.
After a half-hour flight, the Floating Vultures finally arrived at the East City Forest.
Chen Haoxiang glanced at the time and loudly said, "It's now seven o'clock, the evaluation ends three days from now at seven o'clock—I declare the evaluation start."
As Chen Haoxiang finished speaking, students jumped off the Floating Vultures' backs like dumplings, eagerly rushing into the dense forest.