Whose Retainer Is This (Seeking Support)

"Whose Retainers are these? They're so fierce! Look, they've actually broken through the teacher's Retainer formation and are pushing them back!"

In the classroom, most of the students' attention was drawn to the scene of Liang Ji's Retainer assessment. Someone asked in amazement.

"I know, I know, it's that Liang... Liang something, the one who's always following the beautiful Peng Yue..."

Someone immediately shouted, but clearly knew little about Liang Ji.

"It's Liang Ji's Retainers!" Finally, someone answered, and even opened the official website, saying, "Look, his information is on the official website. His Retainers mutated during their evolution."

"I was curious at the time and looked up all sorts of information about mutations on the Star Net."

"Are mutated Retainers this strong?"

"Look at their hands, they're using ordinary shields, hammers... uh, are those hammers?"

"They're definitely not Rune Artifacts!"

"They're basically fighting the teacher's Retainers with their own bodies!"

"And they've lasted this long, their performance isn't worse than the others."

A student exclaimed loudly, then his eyes darted around, and he asked with a chuckle:

"If these Retainers were equipped with Rune Artifacts, do you think they could counter-kill the teacher's Retainers?"

"Incredibly strong!"

"Invulnerable!"

"And they have strong resistance to the teacher's Retainers' potent poison!"

A student recounted the performance of Liang Ji's Retainers in battle, their eyes shining:

"These are simply my dream... Pfft... These are simply the best Retainers I could dream of."

"No! I want mutations too!"

At this moment, as the class discussed, the homeroom teacher, Teacher Du, enlarged the assessment screen of Liang Ji's Retainers and displayed it for everyone to see.

In the assessment area, the ground was already covered in pits and ravaged, with scattered broken iron pieces and bodies everywhere.

Of the one thousand Half-Dragonfolk Retainers participating in Liang Ji's assessment, only a little over three hundred remained, all bearing injuries. Over six hundred had died, a casualty rate of two-thirds.

However, the remaining three hundred-plus Half-Dragonfolk Retainers, each with injuries, were still wielding their broken battle axes and shields, or even fighting with their fists and feet, desperately battling and clashing with the teacher's assessment Retainers, constantly launching attacks.

At this moment, of the one hundred first-tier Spotted Serpentfolk Retainers under Teacher Du's charge for the assessment, only a little over seventy remained, with more than twenty dead or injured, a casualty rate of nearly one-third.

More importantly, Teacher Du's Retainers had initially gathered together to form a circular formation, which effectively reduced the contact and engagement area with Liang Ji's Half-Dragonfolk Retainers, minimizing the impact of the difference in numbers.

This was a common battle formation used by the teacher's Retainers when assessing students, to reduce the student's Retainer numerical advantage to a suitable level before launching a proactive offense.

But at this moment, everyone could clearly see in the battle assessment displayed on the screen that Liang Ji's Retainers had directly broken through and shattered the circular formation formed by the teacher's Retainers.

As a result, the teacher's remaining seventy-odd Spotted Serpentfolk Retainers were forced to disperse and form several small circular formations to fight and clash with Liang Ji's Retainers.

"That's not right!" At this moment, Xu Hong in the class looked at the battle on the starlight screen and offered a different opinion, shouting, "From my perspective, it wasn't Liang Ji's Retainers who broke through the teacher's Retainer formation, but rather the teacher's Retainers who voluntarily broke up the large circular formation and formed these smaller ones."

"Pay attention..." Xu Hong said, pointing to the starlight screen, "Look, the small circular formations formed by the teacher's Retainers are constantly moving in battle, coordinating with each other in an extremely skillful manner."

"They are like several finely coordinated swords and sabers, skillfully dismembering Liang Ji's Retainer squad."

"Have you noticed that the teacher's Retainer squad's combat is becoming smoother and smoother, their efficiency in killing Liang Ji's Retainers is increasing, while Liang Ji's Retainers' resistance is weakening?"

"I don't see any coordination or smoothness!" A student immediately retorted, "Liang Ji's Retainers are getting weaker because they don't have Rune Armor or Rune Weapons. Look at their bodies, their injuries are increasing and becoming more severe, and they don't even have weapons in their hands anymore, only fighting with their fists and feet against the teacher's Retainers. Heh, it's no wonder they're dying faster."

"I really don't understand, Liang Ji has such good Retainers, why doesn't he equip them with Rune Gear?"

"Training a Rune Master doesn't cost that much."

"These Retainers are being wasted with Liang Ji!"

"If they were mine, I could definitely get first place in this mock exam!"

"Even... Heh heh... I could have a good spar with the teacher's Retainers, see if I can wipe them out completely!"

Xu Hong, standing nearby, couldn't help but roll his eyes and shake his head, "You brute, you don't understand tactics or formation arrangements at all! All you know is to spend money. I can't talk to you!"

At this moment, Teacher Du, the homeroom teacher, also began to comment on the battle between Liang Ji's Retainers on the screen:

"You should all know by now that this is the assessment screen for Liang Ji's Retainers."

"Liang Ji's Retainers have undergone mutation, but don't think that all mutations are good things."

"Regarding Retainer mutations, many Academies and Star Palaces in the Star Alliance have specialized research courses."

"And in these studies, Retainer mutations usually end in collapse in ninety percent of cases. In severe cases, they can even affect the Natal Star, leading to mass extinctions of creatures in the Star, damaging the Dao Fruit, and even causing severe injuries to the Star Lord!"

"And even in the remaining ten percent of cases, over ninety-nine percent of mutations are useless, or even make the Retainers weaker and worse."

"Overall, the probability of a beneficial Retainer mutation is less than one in a thousand. And this is under experimental conditions, with various environments, resources, and beneficial induction."

Teacher Du said, looking at the students in the class, most of whom showed expressions of surprise.

"Therefore, don't just because Liang Ji's Retainers seem very strong, think about seeking mutations for your own Retainers. More than ninety-nine percent of the time, you'll just bring about your own destruction."

"Settle down, cultivate your Retainers step by step, improve your Star, and advance your cultivation. That is the royal road!"

"Look at Liang Ji's mutated retainers; aren't they also being beaten into submission by the teacher's retainers right now?"

"Instead of seeking some mutation, you'd all be better off cultivating properly and advancing. Once your Natal Stars advance to the second, third, or fourth tier, and your retainers' tiers also rise, your combat power will increase far more than any mutation!"

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