Either Arrogant or Just Plain Stupid!

When the surrounding students heard that Le Ling had chosen to enter the Simulated Cultivation Environment alone for a one-on-one challenge, they began whispering among themselves.

Their Great Deacon Class consisted of Soul Elders, and their Soul Power Levels were relatively low.

So under normal circumstances, unless the rules required a single person to take the challenge, hardly anyone would choose to go in alone!

Yet Le Ling had chosen to form a group by herself. The other students all thought that she was either arrogant or simply stupid!!

At that moment, everyone was watching for entertainment.

Teacher Lu Yuan, standing nearby, frowned slightly when he heard Le Ling's choice.

He kindly reminded her, "Although passing a one-on-one challenge alone earns the most points, two or three people can only split the points between them."

"But two or three people will certainly have an easier time than one person alone, since they have companions to help them! And you'll be the first to enter, so you have no idea what conditions are inside."

"Besides, the spirit beasts simulated in practical combat classes are all at the ten-thousand-year level. I already told you that their strength is the same as that of real spirit beasts, so are you sure you want to enter alone for a one-on-one challenge?"

"I'm sure!"

Le Ling smiled faintly and repeated firmly, "Teacher Lu, I'll take the one-on-one challenge alone!"

Lu Yuan still frowned as he looked at her.

However, he felt that he had already made the warning clear enough. If Le Ling still insisted on challenging it alone, there was nothing he could do!

Moreover, seeing how resolute her gaze was, he suddenly became interested.

He wanted to see whether she truly had the ability!

"Fine. Since you're so determined, let's begin. Just go straight in."

Lu Yuan watched her curiously.

At the same time, he hoped her confidence would not disappoint everyone!

Le Ling nodded without saying anything and walked toward the entrance of the Simulated Cultivation Environment.

Behind her, Hu Liena called out, "Little Le Sister, be careful!"

Without turning around, Le Ling waved her hand to show that she understood.

Afterward, Lu Yuan and the students went to a specially designated observation point in the Simulated Cultivation Environment to watch Le Ling's practical combat.

Elsewhere, inside the Simulated Cultivation Environment.

The moment Le Ling stepped inside, the scene changed as if by magic. It felt as though space itself had been switched!

She immediately closed her eyes and shook her head.

When she opened them again, she was already standing in a tropical rainforest.

There were six environmental zones in the Simulated Cultivation Environment: tropical rainforest, forest wilderness, rushing valley streams, snowy plains, thorny scrubland, and desert dunes.

All six environments appeared at random.

However, the spirit beasts that appeared in those six environments were simulated according to the strength of those who entered.

If two or more people entered, the environment would simulate spirit beasts slightly stronger than the entrants' combined strength for them to fight.

At that moment, Le Ling walked through the tropical rainforest of the simulated environment, both curious and alert.

As she walked, a colossal creature suddenly appeared not far ahead of her. It was roughly three meters tall and powerfully built.

The moment she noticed something ahead, she immediately summoned her Martial Soul.

A nimble fox instantly possessed her body. Three fluffy tails swayed behind her, each encircled by a black Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring.

At the observation point above, everyone except Hu Liena was shocked when they saw Le Ling's Martial Soul and spirit rings!

Three Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings!!!

How had she done it?!

No wonder she had dared to choose a one-on-one challenge alone. Someone who could absorb three Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings was hardly even human!

If she didn't take the challenge alone, who would?!

Lu Yuan was even more astonished!

Throughout his teaching career, he had never seen a Soul Elder capable of absorbing three Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings!

And all three of them—the first, second, and third spirit rings—were ten-thousand-year rings.

It was simply unbelievable!

The moment that colossal creature appeared in the training ground, Lu Yuan had already recognized it as a Blood Demon Berserk Bear with fifty thousand years of cultivation.

But he could not understand why the Simulated Cultivation Environment would create a Blood Demon Berserk Bear—a bear-type spirit beast known for its tough hide, thick flesh, extreme savagery, and bloodthirst—for someone with the strength of a Soul Elder?!

And it was even a fifty-thousand-year spirit beast!!

If Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan had entered together as a team, he could understand a Blood Demon Berserk Bear with fifty or sixty thousand years of cultivation appearing.

After all, their combined strength truly should be able to challenge something at that level!

But Le Ling had entered alone. It should not have happened!

Yet the moment Lu Yuan saw her summon her Martial Soul, he instantly understood.

For an entrant with the power of three Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings, it would make no sense for the Simulated Cultivation Environment not to have her face a fifty-thousand-year Blood Demon Berserk Bear alone!

As they watched the colossal creature suddenly appear, Hu Liena asked Lu Yuan, "Teacher, what kind of spirit beast is that?"

Lu Yuan explained, "That spirit beast is a Blood Demon Berserk Bear with fifty thousand years of cultivation. They are bloodthirsty by nature and possess extremely high endurance as well as violent attack power."

"Furthermore, when a Blood Demon Berserk Bear enters a 'Frenzied Rampage' state, all of its attributes increase. A circle of blood-red flames may even surround its body because of its frenzy!"

After hearing her teacher's explanation, Hu Liena immediately asked anxiously, "Teacher, can Little Le Sister handle it?!"

Lu Yuan said calmly, "The Simulated Cultivation Environment creates corresponding challenge spirit beasts according to the entrant's strength, so she should have the ability to deal with it!"

Xie Yue stepped forward and placed a hand on his sister's shoulder, soothing her. "Don't worry. Little Le Sister absorbed three Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings as a level thirty-nine Soul Elder. She definitely has the ability to handle it!"

Her brother's words put Hu Liena much more at ease!

At that moment, the other students had yet to recover from the shock of Le Ling's three Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings.

Before Le Ling entered the Simulated Cultivation Environment, they had thought that if she dared to choose a one-on-one challenge alone, she was either arrogant or stupid.

But everyone who had thought that now felt that Le Ling had every right to choose a one-on-one challenge alone. The stupid ones were actually themselves!

At that moment, inside the Simulated Cultivation Environment.

After her Martial Soul possessed her, Le Ling immediately used her agility to leap onto a large tree nearby.

But just as she landed in the tree, the Blood Demon Berserk Bear in the distance charged fiercely in her direction.

She finally saw the colossal creature clearly.

It was a giant bear covered in scarlet fur, with sharp fangs and barbs. Its appearance was utterly terrifying.

Standing on a high branch, Le Ling watched the giant bear's massive paw reach toward her. Her alluring eyes instantly sharpened.

Then, using her three large tails to grasp different tree trunks, she leapt repeatedly, continuously evading the giant bear's endlessly swinging claws.

Although the Blood Demon Berserk Bear possessed great attack power, it was nowhere near as fast or agile as Le Ling's Heavenly Fox!