Riotous Spirit Ascension Platform

After listening to the reports from Su Hao and the other five, Wu Changkong nodded and said,

"If I were to score your Spirit Ascension Platform experience this time, Zhang Yangzi, zero points. Wang Jinxi, one point. Gu Yue, four points. Xie Xie, four points. Tang Wulin, three points. Su Hao, five points."

Zhang Yangzi had long expected his low score, and Wang Jinxi was the same. But when Wu Changkong gave Su Hao five points, Wang Jinxi and the others were stunned. Then they remembered that Su Hao had killed three Soul Beasts by himself, including a thousand-year Crystal Bear, and felt that he deserved those five points.

After evaluating Su Hao and the others, Wu Changkong said indifferently,

"Next, you need to deepen your understanding and study of Soul Beasts. Don't think such learning is useless just because Soul Beasts are rare now. On the contrary, understanding their traits will be greatly beneficial to your future cultivation.

Research has shown that ninety percent of the Soul Skills possessed by human Soul Masters were once abilities possessed by Soul Beasts. The more you understand the abilities of Soul Beasts, the more you understand your future competitors. At the same time, it will allow you to survive longer in the Spirit Ascension Platform, a place that produces top-tier experts.

You should have already experienced it yourselves. The longer you persist in the Spirit Ascension Platform, the greater the benefits you receive. So, you still have a long road ahead of you."

After saying that, Wu Changkong looked at the thoughtful students below the stage and continued,

"This morning, we'll cover the Soul Beasts you encountered yesterday, as well as their abilities and special traits at different cultivation levels."

After their trip to the Spirit Ascension Platform, Su Hao and the other five became as serious about studying as if they had been boosted by an enhancement Soul Skill.

Wu Changkong did not need to urge them at all. Even Zhang Yangzi put aside his competitiveness with Tang Wulin and the others, and the six of them began studying and cultivating diligently.

That night, Su Hao began using the history books he had borrowed from the library to search for clues about what had happened ten thousand years ago.

After some investigation, Su Hao learned from those scattered clues that the Ice Empress and Snow Empress had mysteriously disappeared in the Far North before Huo Yuhao rose to prominence. People at the time had speculated that the Ice Empress and Snow Empress had most likely perished beneath the Heavenly Tribulation.

As for the Mermaid Soul Beast, the records stated that when Huo Yuhao had destroyed an Evil Soul Master base near the coast, he discovered a great number of human and Sea Soul Beast skeletons. Among them were skeletons belonging to Mermaids. Thus, people at the time also speculated that the Mermaid Soul Beasts had most likely been exterminated by those coastal Evil Soul Masters. Even if they had not been wiped out, they must have retreated into the deep sea, though extermination seemed more likely.

After seeing this answer, Su Hao still had many questions in his heart. However, he could not obtain any more information from the history books, so he could only bury those questions deep within himself.

After clearing things up, Su Hao studied theory with Wu Changkong every morning, trained in combat during the afternoons, and read a large number of Soul Guidance books before bed at night.

He went to the Spirit Pagoda at least twice a week. One visit was for the school-organized Spirit Ascension Platform trial, while the second was a benefit the Spirit Pagoda provided Su Hao, though he sometimes did not go. Finally, he also had to attend the Spirit Pagoda's weekly classes.

On days when he did not go to the Spirit Pagoda, Su Hao practiced all of his Second Profession skills or thought about powerful offensive Soul Skills of his own.

Just like that, the end of Grade One's first semester arrived in the blink of an eye. Su Hao had made tremendous progress in every aspect, and the offensive Soul Skill he had been devising had also begun to take shape.

One day, Wu Changkong came to the classroom and told Su Hao and the other five that Class Zero would also be taking its Final Exam.

Tang Wulin asked in surprise,

"Teacher Wu, are we taking the Final Exam too?"

Aside from Su Hao, the other four also looked surprised.

However, Su Hao knew that this Final Exam would bring a new member into Class Zero: Xu Xiaoyan.

Tang Wulin and the others did not know that. They only felt that Grade One's Final Exam had no real meaning at all.

This was not arrogance. Although Class Zero had only existed for three months, the five of them could all feel that they had undergone a complete transformation during that time.

Leaving aside the increase in their Soul Power over those three months, what mattered more was the improvement in their Combat Ability. Their training in the Spirit Ascension Platform had not been for nothing. With the pressure of the Spirit Ascension Platform hanging over them, they had worked especially hard in their usual cultivation.

They had all reached the age of ten one after another. For ten-year-old children to possess Combat Ability like theirs, rare hardly began to describe it.

Seeing their reactions, Wu Changkong said indifferently,

"You do. And your Final Exam will have two subjects. The first subject is the Spirit Ascension Platform."

Hearing that the assessment would take place in the Spirit Ascension Platform, Tang Wulin and the others all wore extremely confident expressions. During these past three months in the Spirit Ascension Platform, as long as their luck was not especially bad, each of them could survive there alone for at least two hours. Su Hao, meanwhile, could survive there alone for as long as six hours.

Seeing their overly confident expressions, Wu Changkong reminded them calmly,

"You need to persist in the Spirit Ascension Platform for one hour to pass the Final Exam.

"However, I need to remind you that this time, you will be entering the Riotous Spirit Ascension Platform."

Hearing the words Riotous Spirit Ascension Platform, Xie Xie asked in surprise,

"Teacher, what does Riotous Spirit Ascension Platform mean?"

Xie Xie had never heard that term before, but it sounded as though it was a special state of the Spirit Ascension Platform.

Tang Wulin and the other three also looked at Wu Changkong in surprise. The Spirit Ascension Platform had greatly improved their Combat Ability. The Riotous Spirit Ascension Platform...

Since Su Hao had entered the Spirit Ascension Platform more often than Tang Wulin and the others, he naturally knew what the Riotous Spirit Ascension Platform meant.

After hearing Xie Xie's question, Wu Changkong told Su Hao to stand and explain it.

So Su Hao said,

"The Spirit Ascension Platform has two Riot Periods every year. At first, they were caused by instability within the energy used to construct the Spirit Ascension Platform.

"Later, as technology advanced, the Riot Periods of the Spirit Ascension Platform came under control and became a special feature. During a Riot Period, the Soul Beasts inside the Spirit Ascension Platform become especially active, and their numbers increase as well.

"The danger rises sharply. Whenever it enters a Riot Period, each of the Eighteen Heavenly Pillars has three hundred slots available."

After hearing Su Hao's explanation, Wu Changkong added,

"This time, you will be able to obtain five of those three hundred slots.

"For that, the academy paid no small price to persuade the East Sea Spirit Pagoda. You must cherish this opportunity."