Under the condition of Class Zero's weekly training in the Spirit Ascension Platform, everyone's progress was rapid.
Arthur returned to his day-to-day cultivation. For some reason, as his Soul Power Rank continued to rise, the slowdown in cultivation speed caused by his Ultimate Attribute after Rank 30 seemed to have less and less of an impact.
He could feel a special power gradually welling up within his body, and his cultivation speed increased accordingly. Now, he had easily reached the Peak of Rank 35.
His Forging hadn't fallen behind either; he was just one step away from Spirit Forging. Perhaps by his next practice, he would become a Rank 5 Blacksmith—a Rank 5 Blacksmith under the age of ten.
Gu Yue had also unknowingly caught up to Na'er's progress and made a Breakthrough to Spirit Elder.
With the resources of Class Zero, Tang Wulin had risen to the Peak of Rank 15.
Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi were all at Rank 22, Spirit Grandmasters.
Soon, the day of the final exam arrived.
Early in the morning, Wu Zhangkong looked at the students of Class Zero indifferously. "Your final exam is divided into two subjects. Do you remember the Spirit Ascension Platform I mentioned before? The Spirit Ascension Platform is the first subject."
"The Spirit Ascension Platform doesn't seem that hard now." Xie Xie was a bit smug; after this period of training, he was confident in passing the Spirit Ascension Platform assessment.
Wu Zhangkong's tone shifted. "Therefore, this time you will be entering the Riot Spirit Ascension Platform."
"Riot Spirit Ascension Platform?"
Even Xie Xie had never heard of this term. He hurriedly asked, "Teacher, what does 'Riot' Spirit Ascension Platform mean?"
Aside from Arthur, Na'er, and Gu Yue, the others were also full of confusion.
Wu Zhangkong explained, "The Spirit Ascension Platform has two Riot Periods every year. During these times, the Spirit Beasts inside are more active, their numbers are greater, and the danger level increases significantly. However, you can enter together as a team."
"Enter as a team?"
"Meaning we can be with Arthur?"
Hearing this, everyone looked at Arthur at the same time.
With this big boss around, what Riot Period? Isn't it all just a piece of cake?
This final exam is practically a freebie.
Taking in everyone's reactions, Wu Zhangkong said nothing.
This assessment was actually focused on spirit ascension; the training was only secondary. After all, Riot Periods were very rare.
He continued, "I need to remind you that the entry limit for the Elementary Spirit Ascension Platform is the Peak of three-ring. And to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform during a Riot Period, the price that must be paid is very high."
"Because every time a Riot Period occurs, there are only three hundred slots available across the entire Federation's Eighteen Heaven Pillars."
"Therefore, many Soul Masters only come to take a gamble when they reach the Peak of three-ring, to see if they can kill more Spirit Beasts to promote their soul spirits."
"You must be careful of these people."
"Because inside the Riot Spirit Ascension Platform, it takes a hundred seconds to absorb a Spirit Beast's spiritual energy. During this time, others might come to snatch that energy."
"You can snatch other people's spiritual energy?"
"Be careful of other Soul Masters?"
Everyone was stunned, but they weren't worried.
Zhang Yangzi immediately followed up, "In other words, besides hunting Spirit Beasts, we can also snatch from others?"
He didn't mention the possibility of being snatched from by others.
The others' eyes were also shining.
They had Arthur! Who could beat this big boss?
At most, only Spirit Elders can enter. With them and Arthur joining forces, wouldn't they just slaughter everything in their path?
Wu Zhangkong didn't refute him. By not restricting teaming, he was allowing Arthur to carry them more.
There were too many benefits to the Riot Period.
Afterwards, Wu Zhangkong took the Class Zero students to the East Sea Spirit Conduction Tower.
Along the way, he constantly reminded them of the things they needed to be careful about.
However, few people were listening seriously.
They had already started fantasizing.
Under Arthur's lead, was it possible for them to evolve their soul spirits to the thousand-year level this time?
That's thousand-year level.
Every time they saw the Thousand-year spirit rings of Arthur and Na'er, they would drool with envy.
Meanwhile, Arthur was wondering if this Riot Period would be enough for his soul spirit to break through to the Ten-thousand-year level.
Na'er was carefully pondering how to snatch everyone else's spiritual energy and give it to Arthur later.
Gu Yue was wondering what the Spirit Beast forest would look like inside the Spirit Ascension Platform during a Riot Period.
It was a pity it was a simulation; otherwise, she would definitely bring some desserts inside to eat while she strolled.
After arriving at the Spirit Conduction Tower, there was no need for the entry vouchers the East Sea Academy had issued to Wu Zhangkong.
Simply by Arthur showing his face, they had a clear path the whole way and enjoyed the special treatment of a private entry room and teacher monitoring.
After the staff briefly instructed them to "exit immediately if you encounter danger," several of them lay down in the machine pods.
The staff inserted the cards, pressed the red Riot Period protection device button, and operated the equipment to start the transmission.
After a brief moment of blurred consciousness, everyone appeared together in the vast forest of the Spirit Ascension Platform.
Gu Yue's eyes dimmed; this environment seemed no different from the normal Spirit Ascension Platform. There were no more new things to see.
The others hurriedly looked around.
They all breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Arthur's reassuring figure.
As expected, they were together.
"We're solid!"
"I'll act alone for a while," Arthur's calm voice rang out, his gaze sweeping over everyone. "I move faster on my own. Once I finish evolving my own soul spirit, I'll come back to help you push for thousand-year soul spirits."
Helping his classmates was fine, but before that, he had to reach the Ten-thousand-year level himself to complete his goal.
"Brother Art is so generous!" Xie Xie was the first to react, jumping excitedly on the spot and cheering, "With Brother Art here, we're definitely going to evolve to thousand-year soul spirits this time!"
He began rubbing his hands together like a fly, his eyes full of anticipation.
At the thought of soon possessing a Thousand-year spirit ring, he couldn't help but hum a little tune.
Who wouldn't want their first soul spirit to evolve to the thousand-year level?
Gratitude and anticipation flashed in Tang Wulin's eyes as well. Although he had always cultivated steadily, a thousand-year soul spirit was still a distant goal for him.
Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi were even more overjoyed.
Zhang Yangzi had even started planning to follow Arthur and coast to victory, closing his eyes to imagine the scene of snatching spiritual energy from other Soul Masters, the corners of his mouth curling up unconsciously.
No one had any objections to Arthur leaving the team to evolve his spirit first.
After all, Arthur had no obligation to take care of them like this. Helping was a favor, not helping was his right.
"I want to go too! I want to go too!" Na'er skipped over to Arthur, blinking her large purple eyes.
"Na'er is very strong. You saw it last time; Na'er can help you catch lots and lots of Spirit Beasts."
Watching from the side, Gu Yue felt physically uncomfortable and couldn't help but make a gagging sound. Although she also wanted to win Arthur over, she had always intended to do so with her own charm.
She strongly disapproved of Na'er's deliberate acting cute and simp-like behavior. It was truly disgraceful and beneath the status of a Spirit Beast King.
Gu Yue couldn't help but say sarcastically, "Tsk tsk, 'Na'er is very strong~~'"
"'Help you catch lots and lots of Spirit Beasts~~'"
"Look at yourself."
Na'er huffed, "What's it to you?! I've told you so many times!"
"I! LIKE! IT!"
The surrounding air fell silent.
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