Gu Xiaoyue VS Xu Wenhan

As Gu Xiaoyue slept, she was naturally unaware that Gu Yongze's schemes were practically being shoved in her face.

The effects of the gathering spirit stone allowed her to sleep very well that night.

When Ye Wanrou asked if she and Chu Li had succeeded in absorbing it, both of them wore expressions of pride.

However, Gu Xiaoyue did not mention that she could summon two more pet beasts; such heaven-defying strength was best kept hidden.

Unless absolutely necessary, it was better to conserve her strength and not be overly ostentatious.

Gu Xiaoyue also fed the little bear a piece of lanzhi grass, so by the time the end-of-month exam arrived, it had already reached Young life stage 3, with intermediate Earth Shield.

After receiving the system mission to rank first in the monthly exam, Xiao Hei had also risen to Young life stage 4.

"Today's exam will be the same as last time: groups of three, free to form teams, and you must include a healing student."

After Teacher Han finished giving his instructions, he went to set up the beast combat simulator.

Chu Li stood by Gu Xiaoyue's side as usual, and Ye Wanrou dragged Chen Yixuan away to find others to form a team.

To Gu Xiaoyue's surprise, Yu Jing actually came to ask Chu Li to team up again.

Gu Xiaoyue didn't want to bring her along. Last time, she was the one who insisted on causing trouble. This time, she just wanted to coast through, so why would she bring Yu Jing along just to get stabbed in the back again?

Chu Li sneered and said with disdain, "Last time, I brought you along to get a good score, and instead, you claimed that Xiao Yue didn't deserve first place. You have the nerve to come ask me, and I have no interest in dealing with an ingrate like you."

Yu Jing's face turned red and then pale, with tears seemingly welling up in her eyes.

"Go find a team. There are only 62 people in the class now. If you end up with only a low-combat student to team up with, you might as well pack your bags and transfer to the key class!"

Yu Jing's face turned deathly pale, and she hurriedly turned to beg other classmates to take her for the exam.

Chu Li had always had a sharp tongue; he found it annoying when people who couldn't read the room hovered around him. He turned back, casually called out to a Human Level healing student, and finalized his team.

This exam involved four beasts at Young life stage 3 and one at Young life stage 4.

Gu Xiaoyue still didn't summon any pet beasts, just watching the performance of Chu Li and his phoenix.

This time, they emerged from the small secret realm in just 50 seconds.

The students showered Chu Li with praise, but Teacher Han didn't look surprised. He knew Chu Li was powerful, but he also knew that Gu Xiaoyue's strength was even more monstrous.

Teacher Han awarded first place to Gu Xiaoyue again.

He anticipated that some students would be dissatisfied, and he also wanted to see Gu Xiaoyue's strength for himself.

"Unfair, unfair! Teacher Han, why are you being biased towards Gu Xiaoyue again! You even gave her full marks for her usual performance!"

A few students really lost their cool, pointing out Teacher Han's bias.

Teacher Han explained calmly, "In the middle of this month, student Gu Xiaoyue applied to use the beast combat simulator. Although I don't know her specific battle record, I gave her full marks just for that drive to improve."

"You don't even know her record and you gave her full marks? Isn't that bias, Teacher Han?"

"But there are only three chances in total, and she's only used one so far. Her strength must be pretty strong, right?" Some students wavered.

"Teacher Han, I want to challenge Gu Xiaoyue." A somewhat cold voice rang out. Everyone looked over to see a student with Human Level talent—Xu Wenhan.

Everyone still remembered the monthly exam from last month and Gu Xiaoyue's words: "If you're not convinced, come fight me."

That was it. Before, everyone felt there was a huge gap in strength compared to Gu Xiaoyue. But this month, she had likely just been flirting with Chu Li and hadn't trained properly. After all, she was just a piece of trash with Human Level talent in all attributes!

Xu Wenhan would be the litmus test. If he won, then they could just challenge Xu Wenhan.

Even if he couldn't beat Gu Xiaoyue, he could at least see what her current strength was.

Chu Li, Ye Wanrou, and Chen Yixuan knew that Gu Xiaoyue had successfully absorbed the gathering spirit stone; her current strength was not inferior to Chu Li's.

But others didn't know. Gu Xiaoxing also looked at Gu Xiaoyue with venom, waiting to kick her while she was down after she lost to Xu Wenhan.

Gu Xiaoyue accepted the challenge with a smile and walked straight onto the arena.

"You cannot attack the Beastmaster, nor can you severely injure the pet beasts. Is there anything else that needs to be added?" Teacher Han was acting as the referee; he pushed up his glasses and asked.

Xu Wenhan thought for a moment. "You cannot use the phoenix's summoning skill."

He had witnessed Gu Xiaoyue use that move against Lin Zhiyi, and he certainly wouldn't have a chance of winning in a one-on-two.

Xu Wenhan's pet beast was a Young life stage 4 Golden Poison Dart Frog. Because of its poisonous attribute, it could fight above its level. So, even if Gu Xiaoyue's phoenix was at Young life stage 5, it wasn't impossible to fight.

Gu Xiaoyue still agreed with a smile. To outsiders, her smile looked incredibly gentle, but her smile carried a sharpness of certain victory.

The whistle blew. Xu Wenhan immediately drew a summoning circle, and a large golden frog appeared beside him.

In contrast, Gu Xiaoyue leisurely summoned Qingqing.

"Young life stage 5! Good heavens!"

"Just how many good things did Young Master Chu throw at Gu Xiaoyue!"

"Xu Wenhan, the phoenix is at Young life stage 5, come on!"

The students off the stage were marveling at the phoenix's leveling speed, cheering for Xu Wenhan, and lamenting how good Chu Li was to Gu Xiaoyue.

Gu Xiaoyue chuckled. Xu Wenhan thought he had found an opening and ordered the Poison Dart Frog to launch an attack on Gu Xiaoyue.

A Wood Thorns attack with added poison attribute was thrown at Qingqing.

Without needing Gu Xiaoyue's command, Qingqing dodged the attack with a swift movement.

"It's going to use Luan Song, Xu Wenhan, watch out!"

Xu Wenhan became alert. Taking advantage of the fact that the phoenix hadn't attacked yet, he had the Poison Dart Frog throw out a few more Wood Thorns skills.

"I originally didn't want to reveal my strength, but I feel that being challenged every time is a bit of a hassle."

As Gu Xiaoyue spoke, an Earth Shield appeared in front of Qingqing. The Wood Thorns passed through the Earth Shield and fell limply to the ground; the Earth Shield had neutralized the force of the attack.

Immediately, a gust of sand flew up. Xu Wenhan on the stage couldn't even open his eyes. He roared in a flustered manner, "Gu Xiaoyue, what tricks are you playing again?"

"What tricks am I playing? I just—summoned one more pet beast!"

As she finished speaking, the flying sand on the stage settled, and a muddy-yellow little bear stood by Gu Xiaoyue's side.

"A Heaven Level mid-grade Raging Sand Bear, and it's at Young life stage 3!"

"How can Gu Xiaoyue summon two pet beasts?"

"Oh my god, Great God Chu, look at me too!"

Gu Xiaoyue asked Xu Wenhan, "Do you want to keep fighting?"

Although Xu Wenhan was unwilling to give up, once the Sand Throw skill was released, he and the Golden Poison Dart Frog couldn't see anything. Even if they used skills, there was no guarantee they would hit; they were only left to be beaten.

Xu Wenhan gritted his teeth and squeezed the words "I concede" through his teeth.

"Your Poison Dart Frog is indeed quite powerful. If it were just Qingqing, I might have really lost to you. Keep up the good work!"

Gu Xiaoyue lied; she could have won even if she only used Qingqing to deal with the Poison Dart Frog.

But she didn't want the classmate challenging her to be disheartened because of her overly monstrous strength. After all, they were classmates, not mortal enemies.

Gu Xiaoyue put away Qingqing and the little bear and turned to leave the arena.

She did not notice the hatred in Xu Wenhan's eyes.

She only heard a loud roar: "Watch out—"