Suspicion of Cheating

Ordinary Heroic Lifeforms were not enough to make the Homeroom Teachers lose their composure.

Countless facts had proven that even Heroic Lifeforms as powerful as Sword Wind Iron Cutter could not withstand the siege of an overwhelming number of followers.

But the Heroic Lifeform that appeared in the ranking assessment was different.

Its overall strength was very weak—one could even say it stood at the bottom among Heroic Lifeforms.

Yet if placed in a special situation, the power it could unleash would increase by hundreds or even thousands of times, approaching that of a higher-tier Lord Lifeform!

And that special situation was bones.

The information on this Heroic Lifeform was as follows.

Bone Controller

Race: Skeleton Race.

Level: Heroic Lifeform.

Talents: Bone Manipulation, Bone Aggregation.

The instant the Heroic Lifeform Bone Controller invaded the divine domain, the scattered bone fragments on the ground seemed to be drawn by some force, flying toward the Bone Controller one after another.

Ten waves of Skeleton Soldiers added up to over a million.

The bone fragments they produced were enough to pile into a mountain.

Under the Bone Controller's command, countless bone fragments aggregated and reshaped, condensing within three seconds into a mountain-like Bone Giant.

The moment the Bone Giant took form, it began displaying astonishing Destructive Power.

Its fists could shatter mountains, its stomps could split the earth.

The followers that had previously held the advantage were struck hard in succession.

In less than three minutes, eight students chose to withdraw from the assessment after their followers suffered devastating losses.

The remaining ten students were still stubbornly resisting by every possible means.

But the scene within one student's divine domain left the Homeroom Teachers present at a loss for words.

That student was Han Wu.

A Heroic Lifeform Bone Controller had likewise entered his divine domain.

But after entering, the Bone Controller had not been able to display its might. Instead, it was chased around by the volcano Han Wu had "artificially" created, fleeing in all directions and scurrying wildly through the divine domain.

This was because there were very few bone fragments in Han Wu's divine domain.

The vast majority of them had been melted into ash by the lava.

Without bone fragments to bolster it, the Bone Controller's combat strength was simply pitiful. Iron Cutting Sword Wind chased after it and hacked it into eighteen pieces.

Some of the bones from key parts were even taken away by the Ember Dwarves, who planned to forge them into Faith Equipment.

As a result, Han Wu became the first among the remaining ten to pass the eleventh wave of invasion.

"This is cheating. It's absolutely cheating!" Liu Letian said jealously.

Seeing Han Wu defeat the Heroic Lifeform Bone Controller so easily made him extremely unhappy.

The other Homeroom Teachers also harbored doubts.

Han Wu had dealt with the Bone Controller far too easily.

It was hard not to think that Han Wu had gotten hold of the questions in advance.

"I object." Tian Wen naturally had to stand up for his student.

"Tian Wen, you're covering for your student. Be careful, or I'll file a complaint against you with the education authorities!" Liu Letian threatened.

"If you're publicly slandering my student and claiming he cheated, do you have any evidence?" Tian Wen retorted without giving an inch.

Liu Letian snorted coldly. "Who needs evidence? Everyone here has eyes. Who can't see Han Wu's unusual actions while fighting the Skeleton Soldiers?"

"Tell me, who would proactively clean up the battlefield after defeating Skeleton Soldiers? Unless that person knew in advance that a Bone Controller capable of controlling bones would appear later, and that clearing away the bone fragments on the battlefield could effectively weaken it."

"I seriously suspect that Han Wu learned the test questions beforehand. This is serious cheating, and the school must investigate it thoroughly."

Tian Wen was left speechless by the rebuttal. Although he believed in Han Wu's character, he also felt that this was too much of a coincidence.

"Ahem." At this moment, Director of Studies Xu Mei stepped forward. "Allow me to say a fair word regarding Han Wu's results."

"The content of this unified examination was arranged by the principal right before departure. Even I did not know the specific contents before the examination began. If Han Wu knew the examination contents beforehand, then there is only one possibility: the principal leaked the questions to him."

"Teacher Liu, do you think the principal would do something that foolish?"

That final question made a cold sweat break out across Liu Letian's forehead.

If he continued insisting that Han Wu had obtained the questions beforehand, then he would be implying that the principal had helped Han Wu cheat.

The dignity of a True God could not be questioned.

Liu Letian could not afford the risk of questioning the principal. He could only change his tune. "Perhaps I was mistaken. Han Wu only defeated the Bone Controller through his own luck."

But even so, Liu Letian still did not want to see Han Wu achieve a good result.

He continued, "Even if Han Wu didn't cheat, there's still a great deal of inflation in his score. It's extremely unfair to the other students."

The other Homeroom Teachers followed his gaze toward Xu Mei.

Han Wu's sudden rise had made them realize the danger.

Only by suppressing Han Wu would their own students have a chance to stand out and earn more generous rewards.

Hearing Liu Letian's words, a trace of mockery appeared on Xu Mei's cool, stunning face.

"Teacher Liu, as a demigod, do you realize how laughable your words are? When Divine Realm Civilization nurtures seeds, it has never preached fairness, only survival of the fittest. No matter what Han Wu relied on to achieve such excellent results, so long as he didn't cheat, those results belong to him."

"As for the fairness you mentioned—do you think it's fair to the other students that you used your authority to secretly funnel resources to your nephew, Liu Mo? Qin Shuang's family has funded her with tens of millions in divine power. Is that fair to the other students?"

Liu Letian was instantly rendered speechless. He had never imagined that Xu Mei had long since learned of information he had hidden so carefully.

"Bastard! So Liu Mo is your nephew! No wonder you wanted to bet against me with him!" Only then did Tian Wen realize that Liu Letian had set this up to trap him.

But on second thought, Han Wu had risen out of nowhere and effortlessly dealt with the Heroic Lifeform Bone Controller, and Tian Wen began to grin again.

"There's a saying: lifting a stone only to smash your own foot. My student Han Wu has already passed the eleventh wave. For your nephew Liu Mo to pass the eleventh wave... the difficulty must be far beyond what you expected, right?"

Liu Letian hurriedly looked toward Liu Mo's interface.

He saw the Bone Giant controlled by the Bone Controller wreaking havoc throughout Liu Mo's Divine Realm. Large numbers of buildings had been destroyed, while countless Elite Lifeform Big Goblins were slaughtered.

After forcibly enduring several attacks from the Bone Giant, Liu Mo could no longer hold on and had no choice but to declare defeat.

His result was fixed at seventh place in the grade, which was already quite good.

But compared with Han Wu, he was still worlds apart.

"The result of the bet is out. My student Han Wu passed the eleventh wave, while your nephew Liu Mo failed to pass the eleventh wave. Teacher Liu, all the teachers present are witnesses. You're not going to renege on the wager of five points of divinity, are you?" Tian Wen was now riding high on the spring breeze.

Liu Letian truly wanted to leave without another word.

But he could not afford to lose that much face.

Left with no choice, he gritted his teeth and took five points of divinity from his Divine Realm, condensed them into cards, and handed them to Tian Wen.

He did not forget to warn him, "Teacher Tian, take good care of those five points of divinity. One day, I will take them all back."

Tian Wen accepted the five Divinity Cards without ceremony and replied, "Thank you for your divinity. I won't let that day come."

The ranking assessment continued.