Soul Land IV (Douluo Dalu) : Ultimate Fighting

Chapter 434 – The Mission’s Gains

TL : GoldenLung

Lan Xuanyu’s team didn’t look any better than the others, and they were in an even more sorry state. Not only were they covered in dirt, but their faces were also pale and there were obvious injuries on their bodies.

Xiao Qi and the colonel were in the resting area. Seeing the ten of them enter one by one, the expressions on these two’s faces were somewhat strange. In fact, these two had always been watching what Lan Xuanyu’s team was doing and knew their schedule better than they did.

What Lan Xuanyu didn’t know was that when he was in that life-and-death crisis and protected his teammates by making them go into the cave one by one, as he was about to be swept away by the metal storm, in that chaotic metal storm, there was a figure silently watching him. Once he really couldn’t handle the life-threatening situation, that person would have immediately appeared by his side.

As they were focused on their team, they obviously had seen him sacrificing his life for his team and just after, the unwillingness of the team to abandon its leader through the monitor. That moment was truly heroic, especially coming from a bunch of twelve-or-so-year-old children.

“Alright, everyone is here. Other than Lan Xuanyu and Bing Tianliang’s team, the other teams can hand over the gains and do an inventory,” Xiao Qi said indifferently.

The moment he said that, everyone turned to look at Lan Xuanyu and Bing Tianliang. ‘Why are they excluded ?’

Other than Lan Xuanyu and his team, the largest team only had five people. This was to restrain the number of rare metals they had to obtain.

Lan Xuanyu and his team weren’t the only ones who had seen the map; everyone else had as well. When they realized that there were only four types of rare metals around the base, even the team that had previously organized a team of six split up and noticed Xiao Qi.

Very soon, piles of rare metals appeared before Xiao Qi, weighing and recording them.

There were some students who had benefited quite a bit. As the four types of metal were around the base, when everyone displayed their abilities and discovered mineral veins in different ways, they would transport the ores back after they mined them and then continue to mine, obtaining even more metal.

Lan Xuanyu and the others weren’t the only ones who knew about the importance and benefits of rare metals; the others also knew about it. Everyone naturally got as much as they could.

Tang Yuge whispered into Lan Xuanyu’s ear, “In a sense, the two final exams for the first years are also opportunities for the new students. The academy is giving the new students a better chance to obtain cultivation resources, but it’s different every year. Back then, we also went to a Resource Planet where we could obtain energy crystals. Those energy crystals could be used as a substitute for soul energy, and the purity of one energy crystal was extremely high. I was also very lucky that time and found an energy crystal core and a large amount of energy ores alongside it. Although I only collected the core, the discovery of that mineral vein had awarded me a special reward.”

Upon hearing her words, Lan Xuanyu finally understood why Tang Yuge had so many cultivation resources as a third year. So this was the root cause of it. It seemed like although everyone’s gains this time were huge, it was still incomparable to Tang Yuge’s. After all, she benefited alone at that time while they were a group of people this time. Although they didn’t calculate carefully, it shouldn’t be too much if they split it evenly.

Very soon, the rest of the students handed in everything. There were quite a number of them, and all of them had completed the basic tasks for the final exam. The team that had the most metal had obtained four types of rare metals, each of which was over 100 kilograms, and 200 kilograms of Heavenly Spirit Iron, causing everyone to be surprised.

Even if they split the resources evenly among the four members of their team, these resources were enough for them to make their Battle Armor.

The captain of this team was called Ding Zhuohan. When the new students entered the school, he was ranked in the middle of the class. At that time, he was also a four-ring soul master, but he didn’t particularly stand out. This time, it could be said that he had shocked everyone with a single brilliant feat. He was obviously quite pleased with himself, and he would occasionally turn his gaze towards Lan Xuanyu’s team.

“Alright, the measuring is done.” Xiao Qi looked at his students and said in satisfaction, “Firstly, I have to congratulate all of you. In the first semester’s final exam, everyone has successfully completed the test and obtained quite a lot of rare metals. According to the academy’s rules, all of your gains during the test will belong to you. But these rare metals cannot be sold to outsiders, they can only be sold to the academy according to the academy’s price, or they can be used for your personal uses. When you return, you can exchange them for emblems.”

Although everyone had already guessed this, they still couldn’t help but cheer. To the majority of the students, the harvest of these rare metals was definitely the largest one they had obtained after coming to Shrek Academy.

“Alright, I’ll give you two hours to rest and reorganize. You can go take a shower and eat something before returning to the academy.” Xiao Qi smiled.

He was in a very good mood today. One had to know that all the students’ final examinations would be recorded in the academy’s archive. He dared to say that this batch of first years he brought was definitely the most outstanding batch in the past ten years, and not just one of the most. As the teacher in charge, how could he not be happy?

Other than being the host, the colonel was also the monitor and witness of the test. All the tests had to be conducted in an absolutely fair manner. Unless the students encountered a great crisis, the teachers were not allowed to interfere. The colonel was also somewhat excited at this moment as he had witnessed an almost impossible test result!

“Wait a minute. Teacher Xiao, why didn’t Lan Xuanyu and Bing Tianliang’s team report their results?” Ding Zhuohan, who was first in the final exam, suddenly asked.

He really couldn’t hold it in anymore. He had trained hard for an entire semester and finally obtained such good results, all for the sake of gaining the first place in the cohort! Why would Lan Xuanyu and the rest be exempted from being measured ?

“Because their test process is different from yours,” Xiao Qi said. “It’s not very fair to evaluate them together with you guys. Tang Yuge, who is in her third year, has joined their team, and Bing Tianliang’s team has completed the mission together with Lan Xuanyu’s team. So their results will not be compared to yours, and will be listed separately.”

Upon hearing his words, not only did Ding Zhuohan not feel relieved, he even furrowed his brows. He was also from Mother Planet and had an elder from Shrek Academy. Hence, he was quite familiar with Shrek Academy’s situation.

Ding Zhuohan knew what receiving a special treatment meant. It meant that they had already been noticed by the higher-ups of the academy and were being tested through some special assessment methods. Once their assessment reached the results that the academy wanted, they would definitely obtain more resources in the future. They would definitely become the most outstanding ones in their batch of first years.

How many resources did Shrek Academy have? With the academy’s support, no matter what kind of soul master it was, their speed would definitely increase drastically, far surpassing their peers. How could Ding Zhuohan, who had fought so hard to get first place, be willing to accept this?

“Teacher Xiao, why are they treated differently ? The academy has always said that it is fair, but why do we have to treat them differently during the test? This is unfair to us.” Ding Zhuohan looked at Xiao Qi stubbornly. If they wanted to become stronger, they had to fight. Lan Xuanyu’s team had fought against the third years and won because of them fighting for it. His elders had once told him that if he wanted to stand out in Shrek Academy, he had to display abilities that surpassed others. He had to have the spirit to fight. He absolutely could not stay in the middle of the pack because there were too many geniuses here. If he did not display his talent, who would pay attention to him?

Xiao Qi looked at him and then at the other students. As expected, Ding Zhuohan’s words caused the other first years to reveal looks of indignation. There were many people who were still unconvinced of Lan Xuanyu’s strength, whose fault was it for his weakness ? At this moment, many students walked behind Ding Zhuohan and expressed their support for him.

The colonel standing next to Xiao Qi furrowed his brows and shouted, “It’s important to have self-awareness. I’m also from Shrek, and Shrek has always been fair. Why do they have different treatments? It’s because they’re stronger than you guys. It’s because they might be able to endure an even more difficult test than you guys. Not because their test is simpler than yours. If you guys were to complete the same test, it would have been life-threatening for you. They have encountered an even more difficult process than yours.”

C’est Ding Zhuohan retorted, “If they can, and so can we. We’re not afraid of difficulty, but we’re afraid that the academy won’t give us the same opportunity to compete.”