The profile picture was of a girl. Just by looking at the photo, she gave off a cold aura.

Su Hao remembered that her name was… Bing Ning.

She was one of the strong opponents Su Hao encountered during the combat practice of the five schools.

Su Hao had quite an impression of her. After all, Bing Ning almost…

got ‘killed’ by him.

“But that girl, I don’t recall hearing any news during the College Entrance Examination. How did she become a master?”

Apart from him, Feng Liangcai and Yu Jiang were the top three candidates for the Tiannan Province College Entrance Examination.

Su Hao didn’t know which school Yu Jiang, the young cute boy, had gone to, but he did know Feng Liangcai. Feng Liangcai was barely allowed to enter the special training camp last year. In terms of strength, he was inferior to Bai, and Bai’s Polar Nine Tails was still struggling at the elite-level limit.

“Indeed, everyone has their own fortuitous encounters. Who knows when a child of destiny who contracted a ‘divine beast’ might appear.”

As an ordinary person, Su Hao could only work diligently and steadily.

…

The opening ceremony was in the morning, and the preliminary round started in the afternoon.

The intelligence expert Liu wasn’t around, and Su Hao didn’t know anyone else, so he had no way of getting information on his opponent, the plain and ugly young man 159.

But there was no need.

Su Hao took a nap before arriving at Arena Three.

At this point, one of the two parties fighting happened to be Bing Ning.

The White Seal back then had already evolved into Ice Emperor Tooth that was as big as a car, but…

“Not much development. He probably broke through to the extraordinary level within two months.”

Among the participants, Bing Ning’s Ice Emperor Tooth was at the bottom level.

But with the help of an exquisite secret manual and three sprites who were also pretty good at the elite-level limit, she was able to win.

When the judge announced the victory, Ice Emperor Tooth finally couldn’t hold on anymore. Its body swayed and fell heavily to the ground.

It was an evenly matched battle.

Apart from the loser who was a little unwilling, the others all gave their applause.

“It’s you, Su Hao.”

After sending the sprite for treatment, Bing Ning, who had just returned to the audience seats, suddenly paused.

Her gaze landed on the familiar yet unfamiliar figure in front.

“You… became stronger again.”

Bing Ning’s expression was complicated.

She also took the College Entrance Examination, but she didn’t enroll in any university. Instead, she returned to the ice-element dojo where she lived and cultivated continuously.

With luck, the trump card Ice Emperor Tooth broke through to extraordinary level, and even had a chance of becoming a monarch in the future.

She thought, I should be able to surpass that person now, right?

But when she returned to modern society to search for information on Su Hao, she was stunned to discover…

Su Hao was already a master-level Sprite Trainer a few months ago!

At that time, he already had two extraordinary sprites. She wondered how much he had improved since then.

Not only did the distance not close, it even became further.

The girl wanted to say something but stopped herself…

Su Hao looked at her and really wanted to say something to her.

“As a Sprite Trainer, the most important thing is to be happy. Think about how you’ll be thrown further away in the future. Isn’t it less sad now?”

But before he could say anything, the broadcast on the arena rang.

“Next, number 107 and 159, please come as soon as possible.”

Su Hao could only hurriedly say goodbye and jump down directly from the spectator stand two floors high.

Bang~!

Su Hao landed with both feet on the ground, as there was no need for him to roll and divert the force. He directly allowed the rebound force to spread from the tip of his feet to his whole body, feeling a little bit of soreness.

He walked quickly to the side of the arena. At this moment, the ugly young man 159 opposite him had already arrived.

“The battle begins. Contestants from both sides, please summon your sprites at the same time.”

The judge shouted.

Su Hao stood upright in the standard Sprite Commandeering posture. His right arm stretched forward, level with his chest, and his fingers spread open.

“Sprite Commandeering: Summon.”

Ding… Ding…

At a pace that was neither fast nor slow, Su Hao finished two degrees at the same time as the ugly young man opposite him.

Instantly, ripples appeared in the space in front of both parties.

Dazed Crow appeared. With a shake of its feathers, it let out a cry full of battle intent.

“Squawk…”

The sprite that appeared on the opposite side was a Mountain Moving Ape wearing a three-piece earth-element suit. It had strong muscles, shiny black hair, and bright eyes.

But…

Seeing this, Dazed Crow lowered its head in disappointment.

Was the crow looking down on its opponent?!

“Well, after all, most masters only have one extraordinary sprite. It’s unlikely that they’ll have them go on directly.”

“Squawk~!”

Crow seemed to have understood. It had to kill the small monsters before it could fight the Boss—according to Big Sister…

“Squawk~!”

Its wings tore through the air, emitting bright sparks.

…

“The first one sent out is an extraordinary ace?”

The ugly young man’s expression became solemn.

In the contract, he gave the Mountain Moving Ape an order—to trade injuries for injuries. As long as it could cause enough damage to the Flaming Spiritcrow, it could create an opportunity for his trump card to win.

Its target was its wings!

The Mountain Moving Ape had one arm in front and another behind, maintaining some kind of martial arts stance. Its legs were spread apart, and its fan-sized feet were planted on the ground. Its gaze was fixed on the Flaming Spiritcrow 100 meters away.

Suddenly…

“It… disappeared!”

With extraordinary eyesight, it determined that the Flaming Spiritcrow 100 meters away had suddenly turned into an afterimage.

But just as this thought appeared, a red figure appeared in front of him. Its feathers stuck together piece by piece, forming a red shadow under its eyes.

Pfft—

The Mountain Moving Ape’s fist had just begun to emit an earth yellow glow when it quickly dimmed.

A red line appeared on its left shoulder, extending straight to its right leg.

The Mountain Moving Ape, which maintained its punching posture, fell heavily to the ground. At this moment, the Flaming Spiritcrow’s body had long swayed and returned to its original spot, as though it had never moved.

“This, this…”

“What kind of speed is that?”

In the audience, many Sprite Trainers who were chatting had stunned looks on their faces.

In just a moment of distraction, the battle… ended?

Even if an extraordinary fought an elite, it wouldn’t be so one-sided, right?

Even big bosses couldn’t KO its enemy in one hit…

“His Flaming Spiritcrow is indeed very strong!”

Bing Ning was the only one in the audience who expected the outcome long ago.

After all, in the early years of the High School League, before the Flaming Spiritcrow broke through, it had already been able to defeat some weak elite-level limit opponents instantly.

At this moment…

The ugly young man, who originally didn’t have much confidence in himself, felt even more hopeless.

Why did I have to be so unlucky to meet an expert in the first round!

No, no, I have to change my strategy…

He shouted in a low voice, “Sprite Commandeering: Summon.” A Sandstorm Giant Scorpion about the size of a heavy truck with its tail raised, two storeys tall, suddenly appeared on the field.

The ground shook, and the giant scorpion stepped forward. Its tail kept shaking, its sharp stinger emitting a cold light…

It was probably an extraordinary sprite!

Dazed Crow became happy the moment it saw it, and enthusiastically greeted the giant scorpion opposite it.

Let’s have a hearty battle ~!

Sandstorm Giant Scorpion :”…”

It didn’t reply and instead raised sand.

The yellow sand quickly covered the entire arena. The Sandstorm Giant Scorpion with a yellowish-brown shell soon disappeared into the yellow sand.

“Sand Rope! Sand Blast!”

The plain and ugly youth gave the order. Immediately, the yellow sand danced around and gathered into ropes, covering Dazed Crow’s feet and wings.

At the same time…

In the depths of the sandstorm, balls made of sand appeared around the Giant Scorpion. Each ball had the power to easily flatten a three or four-story building.

More than ten sandstorms flew out with a whoosh, hitting the vague red shadow in the sand like cannonballs.

“Did it succeed? The agile Flaming Spiritcrow isn’t so easy to snatch with the sand rope. As long as I can buy a bit of time…”

The ugly young man was deep in thought.

At this moment, 100 meters away from where he could see, red flames leaped up on the wings and feet of the Dazed Crow, burning the sand into ashes in an instant.

Crow leaned forward, spread its wings, and flew out while sticking close to the ground.

Red halos spread out all over its body. The extremely high temperature distorted the air, and the gravel that hit it was all crushed and burned up.

In front of it, sandstorms containing a large amount of energy flew over. The Dazed Crow didn’t dodge and continued to fly in a straight line at high speed, bumping into it head-on.

Time seemed to have slowed down a thousand times.

Dazed Crow, which was about to crash into the net, extended its wings with flaming feathers. The red blades on its wings were slender, and its flying body moved instantly.

Whoosh!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Its body flipped 360 degrees in the air, and the Flaming Feather Saber slashed continuously, accurately slashing onto every sand ball.

It didn’t slow down at all as it flew past the ball.

The next moment…

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The sand balls exploded one after another, bursting with countless gravel. The gravel continued to explode, exploding into fireworks that filled the sky.

But they couldn’t catch up to the flaming tail of the Dazed Crow.

The Dazed Crow with double wing-blades had already arrived in front of the Sandstorm Scorpion.

It suddenly slashed!

The scarlet blade light was bright and dazzling, piercing through the cover of the sandstorm.

Swish.

After a while, the sandstorm gradually dissipated. What appeared in front of the audience was a Giant Sandstorm Scorpion covered in blade marks.

And the unscathed Flaming Spiritcrow.

“Thirteen consecutive, violent slashes in an instant. nullifying the Sandstorm Giant Scorpion’s counterattack, slashing through its hard carapace, and directly defeating the Sandstorm Giant Scorpion. Too strong! With just the Flaming Spiritcrow, Number 107 is qualified to qualify for the next round!”

A Sprite Trainer observing the battle clearly with the help of a sprite couldn’t help but exclaim.

He categorized Su Hao as a strong enemy and prayed to avoid 107.

At this moment, the plain and ugly young man had already given up.

Only Flaming Spiritcrow was left on the field. It tilted its head and was in a daze.

It turned around and asked Su Hao, “Squawk ~?”

It was wondering why a huge, spicy scorpion was so… weak?

Weren’t we just warming up, Squawk ~?

…

During the preliminary rounds, one battle would be held in the morning and another in the afternoon.

On the second and third days, Su Hao went on the field with the same Dazed Crow. With just one sprite, he had been able to defeat two, three, and even five sprites in a single go.

The reason why the contestant who sent out two sprites didn’t send out more sprites was not because he didn’t have more sprites, but he simply gave up after the second sprite was defeated.

It made Dazed Crow very sad and puzzled.

It didn’t understand why these opponents were all so weak.

“This question…”

It all had to do with luck.

Su Hao couldn’t figure out whether he had good or bad luck.

Ordinary players would definitely hope that the weaker the opponent they matched, the better, but Dazed Crow… hoped that the enemy was strong.

The battle it wanted the most was to defeat the enemy with a weak advantage after 300 rounds of battle.

For example… Fighting with the Big Fat Bear, who was Crow’s favorite opponent.

However, the bear wasn’t interested in fighting with the crow. Instead, crow went for next best thing, Dumb Unicorn. After a few battles, Dumb Unicorn, the winner of the battles, also started to refuse battling crow.

Dazed Crow didn’t understand why.

Didn’t Dumb Unicorn win?

“Squawk~!”

A long sigh came from the resting area.

…

In the accommodation arranged by the provincial guild, at the spacious training ground under the courtyard.

At this moment, there were two figures, one white and one black. Their colors were completely different, their auras were different, but their figures and looks were completely the same.

“Eheh” and “Fufu”.

Under the light and dark form, their respective battle patterns were developed.

“Sun Princess”

/ “Eternal Night Princess”.

It had fused a special clone-type unique skill and developed the secret manual of “Two Body Unification”. It could split into two bodies of light and darkness for a short period of time and maintain its peak state.

Fufu, who was wearing a white dress, was surrounded by a warm halo. It stood there quietly, its hands folded in front of its abdomen. It called out softly, “Fufu ~ ~”

Eheh moved around more easily in a black Lolita suit. Its body hung in the air, and its feet swayed. Its head also shook… It seemed to have a Bluetooth earpiece stuffed in its ears.

“Fufu ~?”

The white fufu called out, sounding a little helpless.

Su Hao could tell at a glance. Eheh was being uncooperative. Immediately, Su Hao used his special technique: Sprite Trainer’s Gaze.

Stare–

“Eh! Eh, eh!”

The black figure immediately hid behind the testing device.

“Get! Out! Of! There!”

Eheh finally floated out, glancing at Su Hao before lowering its head again. “Eh…”

“Finish today’s mission. Otherwise, I’ll make you fight… or get beaten.”

After Su Hao finished speaking, he covered his forehead.

This threat didn’t seem to be very motivating for Eheh. Fufu, on the other hand, looked at Su Hao pitifully, as if saying, “I don’t want to fight, Fufu ~”

Fortunately, Su Hao was able to maintain his authority as a Sprite Trainer.

The separated Fufu and Eheh stood together. Apart from the color, there was no difference between the two no matter how carefully one looked.

At this moment…

Fufu and Eheh flew up. The light and dark-element energy on their bodies were constantly being entangled. When it reached the critical point, it happened to maintain a certain balance.

The two merged again.

It looked a little different. Behind it, there were black and white halos of all sizes. They looked like rings that were put together, emitting palpitating waves.

The energy in the whole underground training room also became agitated, strong wind swept across, only its body remained calm.

At this moment…

The Eternal Night Glory Concubine on the interface showed that it was in the “fusion state”. At this point, its level had also gone from the limit of elite-level to the initial level of extraordinary.

The fused mode was extraordinary!

It was the mysterious state that it could step into after “fusing the two bodies”.

It wouldn’t last very long in battle, much shorter than the Dazed Crow’s “Sun Stance”, but under the “fusion mode”, not only did its energy level reach extraordinary, it could also sense the light and dark elements everywhere in the air.

It was equivalent to experiencing the “extraordinary realm”.

“As long as Ehfu completes the ‘fusion mode’ once a day and comprehends the extraordinary, it won’t be long before it can naturally step into the extraordinary level.”

“Besides, every time it completes the ‘fusion mode’,the seemingly maxed out energy levels and other qualities are also improved visibly…”

However, all of this was limited to the Eternal Night Glory Concubine. The same theory could not be applied on Butterfly or Ah Yan.

The conditions for the birth of the Eternal Night Glory Concubine had always been harsher than that of Butterfly Fairy.

Su Hao heard that there weren’t many Bright Night Spirit in the world at the moment.

“I clearly uploaded the paper. Why is it so difficult for other laboratories to evolve a Bright Night Spirit?”

When it came to the academic paper, Su Hao wrote that “The Bright Night Spirit needs to be tailored to the light, dark ratio, and evolution time according to each ball of light. Once it fails, it may evolve into Morning Light Spirit, Twilight Spirit, or something like that…”.Su Hao could only publish the papers and what others did with it was none of his business.

…

In the ninth round of the preliminary round, Su Hao’s… Dazed Crow finally met an opponent that made it excited.

The opponent’s profile picture showed that he was a young man with a stubble.

Dazed Crow had heard from Dumb Unicorn that the young man with the stubble was confident that he would qualify for Dragon Nation. He must be a very strong opponent, right, Crow ~!

With battle intent and excitement, the Dazed Crow stepped onto the arena.

On the opposite side was a Cloud Water Dragon Horse.

Its strong body was filled with explosive power. Mist surrounded its body, which happened to be the water-element that countered the Flaming Spiritcrow.

“Number 107 is indeed using his Flaming Spiritcrow again. Is he really so confident, or… does he only have one sprite?”

The young man with the stubble was inclined towards his first guess.

He didn’t dare to be careless at all in the face of No. 107’s Fire Crow.

“If only I could get more information on No. 107! But… I don’t know where this young Sprite Trainer came from. I asked around, but none of them actually know the name of No. 107.”

But despite all that, the young man still had confidence.

To put it bluntly, in the entire Heavenly South Region, apart from the Head of the Countermeasure Bureau and a few other people, he didn’t care for any of the other master-level players.

The dark horse that suddenly appeared was probably… just a mediocre dark horse.

He turned and saw his female disciple waving at him to cheer him on in the audience. She also made a gesture.

“Watch how I, your master, take down my opponent!”

…

“106 vs 107, battle… begin!”

“Water Dragon!”

The stubbly young man’s command sounded almost at the same time as the announcement.

The mist surrounding the Cloud Water Dragon Horse turned into a ten-meter long water dragon. It didn’t attack, but circled around the Cloud Water Dragon Horse as a defensive stance.

“The speed of the Flaming Spiritcrow is very fast, so I can’t compete against it head-on, so…”

Just like last time, the Flaming Spiritcrow disappeared and instantly appeared in front of the Cloud Water Dragon Horse. The extended Flaming Feather Saber slashed down.

Slash–

Splash!

The Flaming Blade didn’t cut the Water Dragon, but bounced off, blowing up water vapor all over the sky.

Countless water spikes pierced out of the water-covered ground in an instant. The Cloud Water Dragon Horse also charged forward abruptly, bringing with it torrential waves.

Instantly, the Flaming Spiritcrow fell into a desperate situation.

“How is he going to deal with it?” Bing Ning thought.

“If you use the same move too many times, you will be caught and end up in a dead end!”

Some of the audience members also said the same thing.

The water spike approached, and the Cloud Water Dragon Horse came with the waves. The secret manual, “Water Dragon”, also lingered, opening its mouth to bite it…

Dazed Crow sensed danger.

Its rich experience told it that these killer moves could heavily injure it directly.

Fiery red feathers appeared out of thin air around the stupid crow, covering its body like a coat.

In an instant, the temperature rose sharply, the water accumulated evaporated in an instant, the constantly shrinking water spikes also shattered when it stabbed into the Flaming Feather Gown.

Dazed Crow had used 30% of its strength!

It slashed apart the Water Dragon and slashed at the Cloud Water Dragon Horse…

Boom!!!

The wave of the Cloud Water Dragon Horse was broken, and Dazed Crow was also sent flying back by the impact, but it was basically uninjured. In the next moment, the red figure flew over, and before the Cloud Water Dragon Horse could react…

With two slashes, the Water Dragon completely dissipated.

With another slash, a bright red light broke through the water screen in front of the Cloud Water Dragon Horse and slashed down on its head.

Slash–

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…

Five slashes in a second!

Screams came.

When the smoke cloud dissipated, what appeared in front of everyone was only the collapsed Cloud Water Dragon Horse whose legs were still twitching unconsciously.

“How can this be…”

The stubby youth’s palms were covered in sweat. After the Cloud Water Dragon Horse was taken away, he summoned a second sprite.

Giant Armored Crab.

It was the size of a car, with spikes as sharp as blades on its shell.

An extraordinary Giant Armored Crab.

It had extraordinary power.

But…

Dazed Crow seemed a little disappointed.

As expected, neither the Cloud Water Dragon Horse nor the Giant Armored Crab was worthy of being its opponent.

Dazed Crow regretted having its hopes raised.

It couldn’t dawdle anymore. Big Sister had said before that if it played around with too many noobs, it might become a real noob itself.

Dazed Crow thought for a moment, and then its gaze immediately became sharp.

With a flap of its wings, it suddenly flew out. Halfway through its flight, a dazzling sun suddenly appeared on the field. With unparalleled power, it charged straight at the Giant Armored Crab at one end.

Boom!!!

In an instant, the red sun erupted, and flames raged. Endless light and heat filled the entire arena, and many spectators’ pupils shrank as they stood up abruptly.

When the piercing light faded a little, the Masters could see the hard ground caving in. The Giant Armored Crab was completely charred black, its carapace had actually cracked, and its aura was very dispirited.

With just one hit, it heavily injured the Giant Armored Crab, which was good at defense, on the spot!

The young man with the stubble was stunned on the spot.

Breathing heavily, his fists were tightly clenched and covered in sweat. He tried twice before finally summoning his third sprite.

It was also his last extraordinary.

Armored Dragon Eagle.

The moment the Dragon Hawk appeared, it flew high into the sky.

He wanted to stall for time, but…

The dazzling and resplendent Blazing Sun chased after it at an even faster speed.

Boom!!!

Bright fire clouds erupted in the sky, and an Armored Dragon Eagle that was charred black fell from the sky.

It was another instant kill!

And the blazing sun was still dazzling, emitting endless light and heat, as if the two slashes just now were only insignificant slashes.

It shocked every Sprite Trainer present.

This made the stubby young man who was confident a moment ago look bitter and hopeless.

“No. 106 surrenders, 107 wins.”

The judge announced the results.

The blazing Sun slowly descended from the sky, the flames gradually retracted as the crow’s flaming feathers returned to normal. It also put its wings away.

Flaming Spiritcrow turned around and walked towards its Sprite Trainer step by step.

Its back view seemed invincible and lonely.

As expected… There wasn’t a single sprite who was worthy of being its opponent…