The sun stood high overhead, and the afternoon weather carried an unusually stifling heat. The students and teachers of second-year Classes One and Two had already arrived at the Beast Arena District. Jiang Hai and his companions were relatively late; the students of both classes were already lining up to collect their assessment forms, while the teachers waited outside the Beast Arena District, below the Spectator Area.
Spectator seats surrounded the Beast Arena. Du Weilun and four other scoring teachers were in charge of this assessment, while more than twenty teachers stood below, responsible for protecting the students and maintaining order.
Mu Jin had naturally arrived early as well. Seeing Jiang Hai and the others, he immediately waved, walked over, and handed them several forms with a smile. "These are your score sheets. Your scores won't count toward your individual assessment results, but you'll still be ranked alongside everyone else, and the results will go into your personal records. So make sure you perform well later. You must crush Classes One and Two and show them who's strongest! Are you confident?"
"Yes!" Jiang Hai answered listlessly.
Mu Jin shot him a fierce glare and snapped, "Didn't you eat lunch? If you don't take first place, just wait until we get back. You'll have it coming..."
"All right, the assessment order is supposed to alternate between classes, with each sending out one person at a time. But Class Three is a special case, with only four students participating, so we'll go first. The other classes won't begin until all of us have finished!"
Mu Jin glanced at the Beast Arena. The other classes had already entered. "Let's go. It's about to begin. Which of you will go first?"
"Go, class monitor!" Up in the stands, several Class Three students spotted Jiang