Second Test

Dai Mubai snorted. "I'm just giving Tang San a reminder. Tang San is my brother—I can't let you trick him. Hurry up, before I have to do it myself."

Oscar clearly could not afford to offend Dai Mubai. Left with no choice, he stretched out his right hand and called out in that soft, somewhat sleazy voice of his, "I have a Great Sausage."

Yellow light suddenly gathered in his palm. Two yellow rings rose beneath Oscar's feet, and immediately afterward, a sausage identical to the one in Tang San's hand appeared in his palm.

"Uh..." The moment Tang San heard Oscar say, "I have a Great Sausage," his entire body stiffened. That sentence was far too suggestive. Never mind the sausage's quality or whether it was edible—just hearing Oscar say that was enough to make him not dare eat it.

Sensing Tang San's increasingly angry gaze, Oscar hurriedly explained, "I can't help it either. When a Food-Type Spirit is used, different spirit incantations are required to make the food change. That sentence is an incantation, not something I want to shout. Besides, there's absolutely nothing wrong with the quality of my sausages."

Tang San quickly put the sausage in his hand back on the charcoal brazier. "You should keep your sausages for yourself. Brother Dai, thanks for the warning."

A monster—he really was a monster. Tang San did not know whether to laugh or cry. Luckily, he had not eaten that sausage, or he would have made a complete fool of himself.

The cold young girl Dai Mubai had brought in merely gave Oscar a chilly glance before walking toward the line. Oscar innocently shrugged at Tang San. "Such delicious sausages, and no one wants to eat them. Sigh."

Dai Mubai glared at him. "Watch yourself. If you want to sell sausages, sell them outside the academy. Tang San, I'll take you through the test."

Back in the line, Tang San and Dai Mubai exchanged a glance. Unable to hold it in any longer, they burst out laughing.

The cold young girl stood behind them. A trace of amusement flashed through her eyes as she said quietly, "Boring."

Dai Mubai laughed. "This is Monster Academy. Naturally, there are all sorts of strange Spirits here. Still, Oscar is considered quite the oddity even in the academy. His Spirit has no offensive power whatsoever, but among Food-Type Spirits, it's top-class. After all, what he provides is meat. It's just that the incantations he has to say when summoning his Spirit are utterly disgusting. Anyone who knows him would never eat the sausages he makes. Maybe because of his food Spirit, his body hair is much thicker than normal. If he goes a day without shaving, his beard looks like this, so he has a nickname in the academy too: Uncle Great Sausage. But he calls himself Sausage Specialty."

Dai Mubai patted Tang San on the shoulder. "Come on. I'll take you through the test. No need to line up."

Tang San said, "Wouldn't that be inappropriate?"

Dai Mubai replied, "Don't worry, I'm not playing favorites. This is treatment you deserve." As he spoke, he led the two of them toward the front of the line.

The person in charge of the second test was also an older teacher. Because Tang San had gone to buy sausages earlier, he had not yet had a chance to see what this test involved.

Dai Mubai walked over to the teacher, whispered a few words into his ear, and pointed at Tang San.

The teacher nodded. "Fine. Take them straight to the fourth test. If they pass, they'll be admitted."

Dai Mubai returned to Tang San's side and was about to lead him deeper into the academy, but the candidates waiting in line were not having it.

One male candidate said, "Teacher, what's going on? Why can they skip straight to the fourth test while we have to pass each test one by one?"

The older teacher replied calmly, "If your Soul Power is also above rank twenty-five, then you may proceed directly to the fourth test as well. There's no need to waste time here. But your Soul Power tested at only rank twenty-one, so you must pass each test in order."

The male candidate said doubtfully, "Their Soul Power is above rank twenty-five? That's impossible. We're all only twelve years old. How could anyone have such high Soul Power?"

Everyone standing here was under thirteen and possessed Soul Power above rank twenty-one. At their former junior academies, people like them had undoubtedly been the stars of their schools. Yet after arriving at Shrek Academy, they had repeatedly run into obstacles, so it was inevitable that their moods would change.

Dai Mubai snorted. "Just because you can't do it doesn't mean others can't. When I entered the academy, my Soul Power was already rank twenty-five. Tang San, show them your Soul Power." As he spoke, he picked up a white crystal from the table and tossed it to Tang San.

Testing crystals came in different colors according to rank. This white crystal was specifically for testing Soul Power below rank thirty. If one's Soul Power exceeded rank thirty, the crystal would burst directly.

Only then did Tang San understand why Dai Mubai had said passing this test was treatment they deserved. Clearly, this round was meant to test the candidates' exact Soul Power level.

Without another word, he took the white crystal and directly infused it with the inner power of his Mysterious Heaven Skill.