Transformation Complete, Eighth Trial Ends

"Dean Shi, Hu Haoran still hasn't come out?" With nothing else to do, Lan Ziyu came to the Thunder Pool and looked up at its towering form. "It feels like it's been a long time already."

"Mm... it's already the eighth day. No one has ever stayed in the Thunder Pool for more than seven days, yet this fellow has broken the academy's record. It's the eighth day now. How much longer do you think he'll stay?" Shi Yanxu gazed at the Thunder Pool with deep emotion. "This fellow really is formidable!"

"Dean Shi, do you think Hu Haoran might be..." Lan Ziyu asked cautiously. After all, the only people who had lasted seven days in the Thunder Pool were Elder Zhong and Hu Moxie. There were simply far too few who could endure it. He could not imagine anyone staying in such a harsh place for so long, especially when there was no food inside. Of course, absorbing the powerful lightning element within the Thunder Pool was itself a way of replenishing energy. Soul Masters could go without eating.

Shi Yanxu shook his head and said calmly, "He's fine inside, and I can sense that his strength has increased considerably. I already arranged a few safeguards on him, just in case. How are the other academies progressing with their assessments?"

"They've generally reached the seventh trial. They should enter the eighth trial before long. But their eighth trial is not entering a place like the Thunder Pool!" Lan Ziyu reported calmly.

Shi Yanxu nodded. "Naturally! If Elder Zhong hadn't told me to let Hu Haoran enter the Thunder Pool, I couldn't be bothered to open this place for him! At first, I wondered whether Hu Haoran could last even a day in the Thunder Pool. Now it seems I