Level Twenty!

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, several months had passed.

Over these past few months, life had been relatively peaceful.

Every day, Su Yu still traveled between the dormitory, classroom, cafeteria, and Blacksmith Association.

And during these past few months, they went to the Spirit Pagoda's Ascension Pagoda every week for special training.

However, Su Yu was completely unable to benefit from this training.

He could be said to reign supreme in the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform. Unless he encountered a siege by a group of Soul Beasts, forcing him to get somewhat serious, every other situation was simply elemental advantage and overwhelming stats.

After that, Wu Zhangkong directly had Su Yu enter the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform for actual combat training.

Only in the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform did Su Yu feel pressure, and only there did he have the chance to improve his combat skills.

At this moment, inside the Eastsea Academy dormitory.

Su Yu slowly opened his eyes. In an instant, golden light burst forth.

"Level twenty!"

He carefully sensed the changes in his Soul Power. The Soul Power within his body had indeed reached level twenty.

That meant he could obtain the whereabouts of the next Slate.

With a thought, Su Yu raised his head and looked in a certain direction, guided by some unseen force.

He murmured softly:

"Found it! Is it north this time?"

Su Yu stood up and stretched his body.

"Master, I'm hungry!"

"Xiao You, why are you hungry again?" Su Yu said helplessly to his right hand.

The next second, golden light emerged from his right hand, followed by the appearance of a golden Dreadclaw.

Three sharp blades sprang out, and then golden radiance completely covered Su Yu's entire right arm.

This was the result of the Battle Armor absorbing the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear's right palm bone.

Xiao You was the name Su Yu had given it.

Because of the fused Soul Bone, Xiao You could no longer change forms.

It could only maintain the appearance of a Dreadclaw.

But in return, it gained these incomparably sharp blades.

Afterward, Xiao You developed a simple consciousness, like a newly hatched eaglet.

"Eat, eat!" Su Yu held a piece of metal from beside him.

The next moment, the light on Su Yu's right hand flared brightly, and the metal in his hand was continuously devoured and assimilated.

Watching this scene, Su Yu always felt that something was strange.

"This shouldn't count as Battle Armor anymore, right?"

He had previously thought Xiao You was an existence somewhere between Battle Armor and a Pokémon.

But now, it seemed that Xiao You no longer counted as Battle Armor. What kind of Battle Armor could talk?

As for calling it a Pokémon...

That worked too. Xiao You had now completely mastered the Steel type and could even use moves.

The metal in Su Yu's hand gradually shrank until it completely disappeared.

At the connection point on Xiao You's arm, it visibly extended a little.

"Later on, will it cover my whole body?"

"Master, I'm full!"

Xiao You began sinking into Su Yu's body. Within a few breaths, it had completely vanished.

Su Yu's right hand fully returned to normal.

"Don't call me Master. Call me Trainer!" Su Yu said.

"Okay, Master!"

Su Yu rubbed his forehead. He did not know whether Xiao You's intelligence was incomplete or whether that was simply its personality.

In any case, it was incredibly stubborn!

Maybe Steel-type Pokémon were just like that!

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Old Dou had already set off toward the next Slate.

The Team Rocket was also developing as usual, with no other forces coming to cause trouble.

Moreover, the Team Rocket's influence was growing larger and larger.

The Team Rocket's Pokémon Soul Spirits had now been fully publicized. People from Shrek and the War God Hall had even come specifically to East Sea City to inspect them.

They were all very interested in Pokémon.

That afternoon.

Su Yu entered Class Zero.

The others were already in the classroom.

He walked over and sat down in his seat.

At that moment, Wu Zhangkong entered the classroom, walked to the podium, and swept his gaze over the six students below.

He slowly said, "Finals are in a couple of days, and your final exams are about to begin as well!"

Hearing this, Su Yu and the other five looked at one another.

Xie Xie raised his hand and asked, "Teacher Wu, what is the final exam?"

"Last for more than one hour in the Spirit Ascension Platform, and you will pass the final exam!" Wu Zhangkong said calmly.

"Is it that easy?" Tang Wulin asked doubtfully.

With their current strength and coordination, lasting more than an hour in the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform was as easy as turning over one's hand.

Even Su Yu could easily last three or four hours in the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, as long as he did not encounter a Ten-thousand-year Soul Beast.

They did not believe Teacher Wu would go easy on them.

"Who said it would be an ordinary Spirit Ascension Platform? In two days, the Spirit Pagoda's Ascension Pagoda will enter its rampage period. This is called the Rampaging Spirit Ascension Platform!"

"Rampaging Spirit Ascension Platform?"

Wu Zhangkong continued, "During the rampage period, Soul Beasts become active, and their numbers will be far greater than usual! Your task is to last one hour in the Rampaging Spirit Ascension Platform!"

"Teacher Wu, am I still going to the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform?" Su Yu asked.

Wu Zhangkong nodded. "Yes, but you only need to last half an hour to pass the final exam!"

"The academy went to great lengths to secure a ticket for the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform. You need to treasure it!"

His gaze rested on Su Yu as he spoke.

Su Yu nodded to show that he understood.

"Oh, right. During the rampage period, the speed at which you absorb spiritual energy will greatly decrease, so you also need to watch out for other Soul Masters!"

After saying that, Wu Zhangkong did not say anything more. He had said everything that needed to be said; the rest depended on them.

Afterward, Su Yu and the other five began their physical training for the day.

Su Yu summoned Snorlax and Riolu.

Gu Yue summoned Eevee.

Tang Wulin had Bewear, while Xie Xie had Zangoose.

In the end, Xie Xie had still joined the Team Rocket family.

Four people and five Pokémon.

No, counting Xiao You inside Su Yu's body, there should be six Pokémon.

The afternoon training ended quickly.

Evening arrived as well.

After casually taking care of dinner in the cafeteria, he and Tang Wulin headed toward the Forging Association.

As soon as they arrived at the Forging Association, he saw Mu Xi holding Teddiursa.

Teddiursa was also holding two miniature forging hammers in its little paws.

After seeing that Su Yu's Riolu could forge, she wanted her own Teddiursa to learn forging as well.

Forging had to be learned from a young age.

When Mu Xi saw Su Yu and Tang Wulin, her eyes lit up. She stepped forward and said, "Su Yu, hurry up and bring Riolu out. Teach my little bear how to forge!"

It was worth mentioning that Su Yu had already had Riolu become Mu Chen's disciple, as well as Tang Wulin and Mu Xi's junior brother.

Su Yu himself had not become Mu Chen's disciple. Although Mu Chen fully acknowledged Su Yu's talent for forging, having Riolu learn was enough.

It would be about the same for him to learn forging from Riolu afterward.

"Later, later!" Su Yu slipped away and headed toward the forging room.

After closing the forging room door, he summoned Riolu.

"Rio, Rio!" Riolu looked around after coming out. When it realized it was in the forging room, its eyes immediately lit up.