Instructors' Meeting Room.
The instructors, who had been leisurely watching the drill just moments ago, were now arguing heatedly over the final individual scores for this exercise.
"No, I think 17 points for Baili Tumming is too high. The total score is only 20. He merely used the power of a forbidden artifact to break the Spider Child's soul web, and he didn't accomplish much after that. He wasn't even a main force when killing the Sound Hunter. Seventeen is too high."
"But you can't deny that if he hadn't saved those hundred-odd recruits, they wouldn't have been able to take down the Spider Child at all."
"That may be true, but if we're calculating it that way, Cao Yuan merely used force to hold the Sound Hunter back for a few minutes. Sixteen points is a little high too."
"Bullshit! A Sound Hunter in that state would be among the very best even in the 'River' realm. He's just a kid in the 'Pool' realm, yet he could trade blows with it for that long, and you think 16 is high? Could you have done that when you were in the 'Pool' realm?"
"I agree. Absolute strength can make up for shortcomings in many areas!"
"Then it's settled. Shen Qingzhu gets 16 points. Any objections?"
"Wait, Instructor Hong. Why did the rest of us give him 17 while you gave him 16? He commanded an operation to take down the Spider Child, and he even entered the warehouse alone to face it. Sixteen feels a little low, doesn't it?"
"Hot-tempered and impulsive. Deducting one point is only natural!"
"...If that's the case, should Yang Zi's score be lowered too? After all, she didn't participate directly in the battle either. Seventeen seems a little high."
"No, it's not high at