Chapter 608 - 250: The Selection Begins, Dragon Blood Shows Its Might
Chapter 608: Chapter 250: The Selection Begins, Dragon Blood Shows Its Might
Of the seventeen candidates, three were eliminated less than five minutes into the selection.
The atmosphere in the conference room grew increasingly heavy.
Just then, another scene captured everyone’s attention.
It was a ferry, completely frozen in solid ice, like a crystal-clear ice sculpture floating silently on the sea.
But strangely, through the thick layer of ice, one could see blinding red lights flickering inside the hull. On the deck, the frozen sailors all had flushed faces and were drenched in sweat, as if they were in a sauna.
"This is..." Zhu Mingyi stared, stunned.
A ripple passed through Yi Jiugao’s otherwise placid eyes, and he sighed softly.
"That girl... still so reckless."
Zhu Mingyi followed his gaze and noticed a stunningly beautiful figure in purple hovering silently above the frozen ferry.
Xia Lianxue.
"She froze the entire ship to protect the hull from damage. And then she created fireballs inside the cabins to keep the people from freezing to death?"
Zhu Mingyi instantly understood, a wry expression on his face.
The people on that ship would probably never forget this experience of both ice and fire.
Though her methods were extreme, the results were exceptionally effective.
The Deep Sea Dragon Beast’s attacks, whether its water cannons or sharp claws, only left shallow marks on the solid ice, unable to harm the hull in the slightest.
Xia Lianxue just waved her hand lightly, and the surrounding seawater surged up, forming massive waterspouts that trapped the Dragon Beast. A blizzard even began to fall over that small patch of sea, and the Dragon Beast’s movements became visibly sluggish.
On the ocean, where the Water Element was virtually inexhaustible, she was the absolute master.
"It seems this first trial is no match for her."
Hou Guanghe smiled faintly and tapped the tabletop.
The view on the light screen switched to another scene.
"Oh? It’s his turn."
Sun Lie’s eyes lit up. "Let’s see what this guy you’ve been hyping up to the heavens can do, Yi."
On the screen, the sea’s surface churned violently.
The next moment, a behemoth, a full size larger than all the previous Dragon Beasts, burst out of the water!
It was nearly a hundred meters long, its scales an ominous dark red. Vicious bone spurs grew all along its spine, and its scarlet, vertical pupils burned with pure tyranny and madness.
"It’s Rage Scale!"
Sun Lie exclaimed softly, "Of all the Dragon Beasts the principal raised, that one has the worst temper and is the strongest! This kid’s luck really isn’t great."
In the conference room, everyone’s gaze was fixed on the tiny ferry.
Rage Scale’s cavernous maw looked large enough to swallow the entire ship in a single bite.
And beneath that giant mouth, a figure stood silently.
He looked up at the terrifying behemoth that blotted out the sky. There was no panic or fear on his face, but rather a strange, thoughtful expression.
It was Lin Ye.
Zhu Mingyi’s and Yi Jiugao’s eyes lit up at the same time.
In the next moment, however, Yi Jiugao’s brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.
’Still at the Late Stage of the Gang Condensation Realm.’
’More than half a month has passed, and he still hasn’t broken through?’
As far as he knew, both Xia Lianxue and Xiao Lingchen of the Xiao Family had grown significantly stronger during this time. Their power was on a completely different level now.
If Lin Ye had been stagnating, the gap that was once like a chasm had likely been closed, or even surpassed.
Previously, Yi Jiugao had placed Lin Ye on the same level as Yui Hanyi, an unprecedented genius who was about to be specially recruited by Longyin.
But now, Yi Jiugao’s assessment of Lin Ye had dropped slightly.
On the ferry, shrill screams and desperate cries rose and fell.
But Lin Ye remained standing there, completely motionless.
Forget spiritual power; he hadn’t even mobilized a single shred of origin energy.
"What is he doing?"
"Don’t tell me he’s scared stiff?"
In the conference room, several of the deans could tell something was wrong.
Lin Ye’s stance, as if he had no intention of resisting, was too strange.
In the very next moment, as they watched in confusion...
Everyone saw the enormous Rage Scale, just a dozen meters from the hull and on the verge of devouring everything.
Its movement came to an abrupt halt!
It was as if someone had pressed a pause button.
BOOM!
Its massive body lost all momentum and crashed back into the sea, sending up a colossal wave.
The spray settled.
The crew on the deck, the examiners in the conference room—everyone witnessed an unbelievable scene.
Rage Scale, the most ferocious of them all, was... trembling!
The tyranny and madness in its scarlet, vertical pupils faded, replaced by an emotion called "fear"!
For the first time, the smile on Hou Guanghe’s face froze.
He couldn’t comprehend what he was seeing.
He had heard the name Lin Ye.
In the report submitted by Yi Jiugao, he even claimed this young man was a peerless genius on par with Yui Hanyi.
’But he hasn’t done anything.’
’He hasn’t even made a move.’
’And he made "Rage Scale," the most violent beast, show a posture of submission?’
On deck, Lin Ye watched the big fellow trembling in the sea, feeling a bit stunned himself.
In his perception, this so-called Deep Sea Dragon Beast before him truly had a trace of the Great Xia Celestial Dragon Bloodline flowing within it, albeit extremely diluted and impure.
It was faint, but it was definitely there.
And because of this, the Ancient Dragon Blood in his body exerted an absolute suppression on the Dragon Beast, one that originated from the very source of its bloodline.