In a private room of a restaurant outside the academy, Garlo, the genius of Class 2 of the Heroes' Club, booked three tables, all of which were delicacies cooked with exotic beast meat and source plants.
Compared to the preciousness of credits, spirit stones were much less valuable in their eyes. Every genius had at least hundreds of thousands of spirit stones in their pockets, which was more than enough to eat a few good meals.
Garlo was very charismatic.
In Hero City, he was a genius second only to Victor and Joe. He was famous, and his father was a Transcendent Rank-2, one of the top ten in the Heroes' Club.
But when he came to the World Tree Academy, he was assigned to Class 2, completely out of his expectations.
This was a disgrace!
"In tomorrow's month-end assessment, I must let the academy know the consequences of underestimating me!"
"Brother, you're right. I've asked around. The month-end assessment is a challenge mode. Every student can freely challenge the same class or a higher class. Brother, as long as you defeat any student of Class 1, you can be promoted. Also, the winner can continue to challenge … Well, it seems that there are at most three chances of failure, but brother, I'm sure you won't need it."
Victor listened quietly, feeling a little strange.
Where did they get their confidence from?
Even he was barely confident that he could stay in Class 1.
Could it be that they didn't know the strength of the other students at all?
After thinking for a moment, Victor felt that it was very likely.
Thinking about it, he didn't have any intention of asking about the other students. If he hadn't been tortured in the Stairway Battle, he wouldn't have known that his classmates were all experts in disguise.
Among the five students ranked 43-47, four of them were in the same class. Victor didn't know their names at first, but he remembered their appearances and auras.
Even if Garlo's strength doubled after coming to the World Tree Academy, he still wouldn't be a match for these people.
Victor probed from the side and learned that Garro spent most of his time cultivating. He had already surpassed the level of a newly advanced Transcendent and learned two new spells. Most of his credits were spent on learning spells.
But …
That was all.
Victor hinted several times, but Garlo didn't care. According to population ratio, the Heroes' Club had more people than Tree Shade City. Besides, he was one of the top five geniuses. Even if Tree Shade City was good at training powerhouses, it shouldn't be a problem for him to be in the top ten or twenty, right?
Garlo said several times that he would defeat at least five students of Class 1 tomorrow.
Victor opened his mouth but didn't say anything in the end.
The next day.
Victor logged into the 'Spiritual Space-World Tree Academy Area'. Unlike the empty square before, there were at least a few hundred people there.
It was said that they used the Mirror Dimension Technique. Only the students of the gifted class could be seen here.
A vice president used his authority to transform the square into a huge arena. There were ten arenas in the arena, and there was a high platform in front of them.
The Vice President, who looked like a middle-aged man, walked up to the stage and used half an hour to give a short speech.
After that, it was time for the challenge round.
"I can't wait any longer." Garro cracked his neck, and his bones made a cracking sound.
Birds of a feather flock together.
The original students of the World Tree Academy were gathered in a certain area according to their classes. Furthermore, the class and name were labeled above their heads for the convenience of those students who did not know each other. It was not just the exchange students. Among the original students of the World Tree Academy, there was no lack of closed-door cultivation maniacs. There were many people who had not met their classmates in the past few years.
Before the challenge, Garro observed him carefully.
He didn't know many of the students, but he wasn't a fool.
Those who were surrounded by the stars, those who exuded an aura that kept people away, and those who looked at him with awe in their eyes … those must be the masters who should not be messed with.
He had no intention of challenging these people, unless it was easy to defeat the students of the gifted class.
But that was obviously impossible.
Although Garro was confident, he didn't dare to underestimate the geniuses of Tree Shade City.
"With my level, I'm probably above average in the first class."
At this time, almost everyone was watching and waiting. No one dared to stand out.
Garro aimed at a girl who didn't look very confident and stepped out of the crowd. "Garro from the second class, I challenge this student."
After a few seconds, the girl reacted with a "Ah!" and was very surprised.
The two were teleported to the arena.
Garro was tall and strong, and his aura overshadowed the girl. He saw the girl hurriedly take out her long sword and calmed down.
Above the arena, the 10-second countdown hit zero.
Garro maintained his gentlemanly demeanor and didn't make the first move.
Suddenly.
His hair stood on end, and a chill rose from the soles of his feet straight to the sky.
"Danger!"
He immediately used a high-level footwork, leaving behind seven afterimages on the arena. His figure appeared in another position, and the armguard transformed into a Divine Weapon shield, blocking in front of him.
But he was still a step too late.
"I … …"
He looked down and saw that his chest had been pierced. The pain only came at this time.
On the opposite side, the girl who wasn't very confident was also surprised.
As if saying, why is the opponent so weak?
"Pfft!"
Garro spat out a mouthful of old blood. His figure turned into light particles and appeared outside the arena. The wound was healed, but he hadn't recovered yet.
What the hell happened?
Victor came over and patted him on the shoulder sympathetically, "The geniuses of Tree Shade City are not to be trifled with. You'd better be careful, in case all three challenge opportunities are used up …"
"No, it must be that I chose the wrong target!"
Garro seemed to be possessed. His eyes kept searching, and finally fell on a plain-looking young man with a mediocre aura.
"I challenge you."
The two figures appeared on an arena. The young man's mediocre aura gradually rose, rose, and rose again.
A spear thrust.
Garro, dead.
"This is not scientific, nor is it extraordinary!"
"How could this be!"
The other Heroes' Club exchange students were also stunned. When Garro was in Hero City, he had never been defeated except when he faced Victor and Charle. Furthermore, even the two big shots, Victor and Charle, did not have the ability to kill Garro instantly, right?
It must be.
It must be bad luck!
He picked those top geniuses!
Garro regretted that he didn't inquire about the information first.
But now, he couldn't back down.
Thinking of his vow last night to defeat at least five geniuses from Class 1, his face was a little hot.
The other Heroes' Club exchange students tacitly changed the topic, not daring to continue to sprinkle blood on Garro's wound.
But how could the geniuses from other Holy Lands let go of this good opportunity?
The geniuses from the White Bear Winter Fort, the European Vatican, and so on pretended to come over to express their condolences.
Don't be discouraged. After all, your strength is inferior.
You must be too careless. Otherwise, you can definitely … hold on for 0.01 more seconds.
Garro was fuming with anger.
"No, I must win the next match."
His eyes kept observing. At this time, there were also other students challenging, but most of them were concentrated in Class 3, 4, and 5.
Garro's brain kept analyzing and running at high speed.
He analyzed the interpersonal relationships, conversations, and eye contact of the students in Class 1.
His father was a big shot in intelligence. Although Garro was not a professional intelligence officer, he knew all these methods!
You're the one!
After a while, he chose a young man who looked a little girly. He was actually mingling with some weaklings from Class 2 and Class 3. He didn't have the demeanor of a master at all.
Yang Feixue!
A somewhat feminine name. Garro was afraid that he would be challenged, so he quickly confirmed it in the system.
Victor opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, he saw Garro's fierce movements.
He immediately facepalmed.
This time, he must be dead.
If he remembered correctly, this Yang Feixue was the third in the Celestial Ladder Competition, right?
Garro must be tired of living.
"I should have stopped him earlier …"
Victor sighed helplessly. But on second thought, Garro's desire to challenge was not dead. And whether it was the first or the last in Class 1, he couldn't defeat them.
It was the same.
In the distance, Yang Feixue, who was instructing a classmate, suddenly froze, "Give me ten seconds."
His figure disappeared.
From the time he stepped onto the ring to the end of the countdown, it was exactly ten seconds.
Ten seconds later, Yang Feixue's figure appeared again, "Where were we just now?"
On the other side.
Garro looked dejected.
The moment the countdown ended, he was defeated. He didn't even know what happened.
He was defeated even more thoroughly.
Three failure chances had been exhausted. Garro's face was burning. He lowered his head as if the people around him were laughing at him.
He had no face to stay any longer and was about to leave.
Suddenly,
A voice came from not far away, "Garro, I want to challenge you."
He looked up and saw a strange classmate. His clothes told him that he was a student from Tree Shade City.
But …
The class logo above his head was particularly dazzling.
Class 3!
Garro clenched his fists, making a cracking sound.
Like a wounded lion, his bloodshot eyes exuded monstrous anger.
Unbearable!
Garro accepted the challenge, and he couldn't refuse.
Ten minutes later.
Because his mind was filled with anger, Garro's battle was undisciplined and he lost by one move.
His emotions fluctuated violently, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. Under the effect of the spiritual space, his injuries recovered.
But the sense of decadence lingered.
The class number above his head also changed from Class 2 to Class 3.
As if mocking him for overestimating himself.
And because he wasted three failure chances, now, even if he wanted to continue to challenge and regain his status as a student of Class 2, he couldn't.
Garro left dejectedly.
Before leaving, he was challenged twice more. This time, it was the students of Class 4, who were only at the Awakening Rank. Garro easily won.
After being challenged three times, he had the right to refuse subsequent challengers.
Garro left halfway thanks to the last two challengers. Unfortunately, he wasn't in the mood.
The exchange students of the Heroes' Club were somewhat tragic.
Because of Garro's four defeats, whether it was the students of Tree Shade City or the exchange students from other Holy Lands, they all felt that the Heroes' Club was strong on the outside but weak on the inside … No, it should be said that they were not strong on the outside but weak on the inside.
Many people aimed their challenges at the exchange students of the Heroes' Club.
Victor also fought in two matches.
The challengers were all students of Class 2, and he won easily. After that, no one challenged him again.
But another genius, who was assigned to Class 1 at the beginning, was eliminated.
The month-end assessment challenge lasted for most of the day.
In the past, the assessment challenge often ended within an hour.
The students had a clear idea of who was strong and who was weak.
This year, there were many more exchange students, and it seemed that there was a little bit of them.
The challenge, and the challenged, lasted for a long time.
At first, the exchange students of the major Holy Lands were the initiators of the challenge. But after seeing Garro's fate, many people were terrified and became the challenged party.
Taking advantage of the expansion of the gifted class, many students of the World Tree Academy defeated the exchange students, promoted their rankings, and received higher benefits.
Of course.
Among the exchange students of the various Holy Lands, there were also some who succeeded in the challenge.
Victor saw that a genius from Class 3 of Winter Fort successfully challenged and was promoted to Class 2. There was also a genius from Class 4 from Warrendor who succeeded in the challenge.
But …
They did not challenge the original students of the World Tree Academy, but the exchange students of the other Holy Lands. One of them was from the Heroes' Club.
This was very awkward.
What was even more awkward was that the two genius exchange students who succeeded in the challenge did not stand firm for long before they were KO-ed by the original students of the World Tree Academy.
Victor glanced around. Not a single exchange student had advanced.
In fact, only 60% of them could maintain their current status in the class. The rest had fallen to the class behind them.
Victor realized that there were only four exchange students left in the entire Genius Class 1. They were him, Yao Chengwu, Gu Tang, and Eva.
The only thing that made Victor and the other exchange students heave a sigh of relief was that although this batch of exchange students was not as good as the previous batch, they were still stronger than the previous batch.
The exchange students from Genius Class 5 had all successfully defended their positions against the challenges from the Elite Class 1 students. They had barely managed to save a shred of face.
…
The month-end assessment made many exchange students completely recognize themselves.
Many of them could not care less about the orders from the higher-ups of their respective Holy Lands to scout for information. They all cultivated with all their might. Even if it was for themselves, for the reputation of the forces behind them, they could not … be too bad.
In the blink of an eye, another three months had passed. There were three month-end assessments.
The exchange students from the various Holy Lands were, after all, extremely talented people. With the excellent cultivation environment and resources, everyone's strength and realm had a qualitative breakthrough. Some of the geniuses who had fallen in the challenge at the end of the month had also regained their positions once again.
The number of exchange students in Genius Class 1 had increased to seven.
Victor's ranking on the Celestial Stairway Leaderboard had risen from 48th to 33rd. He was even in the top 25 of Genius Class 1.
Yes, the geniuses at the top of the Celestial Stairway Leaderboard were not all sixth-year students. There were many fourth-year and fifth-year students among them. Those were the true geniuses.
This made Victor even more afraid of being arrogant.
"Garro, on the other hand …"
Losing four consecutive times in the month-end assessment was a huge blow to Garro, who had been having a smooth sailing ever since the apocalypse. Not only did he not return to Genius Class 2, but he also heard that he could not even maintain his position in Genius Class 3 in the recent assessment.
His strength did not improve at all.
At the same time.
Far away in the Heroes' Gathering, Old Garro had also heard about his son.
"Ranked in the top 100? He's completely wasted and didn't even complete the basic cultivation homework every day? "
He frowned, suppressing his anger.
He immediately put down the work at hand and came to the Hero City's teleportation area. He used his authority to jump the queue and directly teleported to Tree Shade City.
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