Soon,
it was Class One's turn again.
The third female student was fairly ordinary in strength. She chose a two-hundred-year Soul Beast and defeated it in a thoroughly unremarkable fashion.
Amid a chorus of cheers, she left the arena.
The advancement assessment wasn't based solely on strength. As long as a student had reached level twenty, even if they were weak, they could still score well by handling every factor properly during battle.
The fourth male student was somewhat stronger.
But after seeing the huge contrast Ding Ning had made, everyone's expectations had risen.
The cheers weren't nearly as enthusiastic.
Then came the fifth... the seventh... the ninth...
After who knew how many more students,
it was Wang Dong's turn.
She tapped Lu Ran on the shoulder and said excitedly, "Watch me!"
She stepped forward with determination,
and handed her assessment form to the teacher.
Confidently, she said:
"I choose a thousand-year Soul Beast!"
Her voice echoed across the arena.
"Whoa—"
The whole venue erupted in an uproar!
"A thousand-year one?!"
"That's the highest difficulty!"
"What level is your Class One's Wang Dong?!"
"A Second Ring student dares to choose a thousand-year one?!"
She was the first student to dare choose a thousand-year Soul Beast since the assessment began.
Wang Yan watched Wang Dong with an amused expression. In his mind, Wang Dong wasn't someone who simply liked to prove she was better than others.
Sure enough,
Wang Dong's lips curled upward.
Behind her, the dazzling wings of the Light Goddess Butterfly beat as three Soul Rings—yellow, purple, and purple—rose around her.
The entire venue was stunned.
"Two purple Soul Rings?!"
"She's almost caught up with Lu Ran! Lu Ran has three purple Soul Rings!"
"Are all the students in Class One monsters?!"
On the other side of the Beast