Chapter 26: Another perfect score for strength penetration"Next up, Dai Youheng, please come to the stage."Just as he was contemplating his future plans, the voice of the examiner, Gongchang Long, rang out, calling his name.Although the focus of this promotion assessment was on Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin's bet, other students' assessments were also proceeding simultaneously. Dai Youheng was one of the students who needed to be assessed.He actually had a fleeting thought for a moment: 'What if I intentionally fail the assessment, let the academy expel me, and thus gain the freedom to leave?'But then he reconsidered. Currently, he still bore the identity of the Dai Family.His usual minor frictions with Dai Huabin and Dai Yueheng could be explained as common disputes between legitimate and illegitimate children within aristocratic families. However, intentionally failing the assessment to slap the Dai Family in the face would be openly challenging the family's authority, and the consequences could be very troublesome. At present, he did not have enough power to directly contend with the entire White Tiger Dukes Mansion.To be safe, it was better to pass the assessment smoothly first, cultivate to the fortieth level, obtain the item the Snow Empress mentioned, and only after having enough trump cards, consider leaving.He made his decision in an instant.Dai Youheng calmly walked to the center of the Spirit Arena."Dai Youheng, what year Spirit Beast do you choose?" Gongchang Long asked as usual."A thousand-year Spirit Beast," Dai Youheng replied in a calm tone.Since he had decided to fight, he would not be perfunctory. He also lacked practical experience fighting Spirit Beasts of this World. This kind of assessment, with a Titled Douluo ensuring safety at the sidelines, was perfect for practicing with a thousand-year Spirit Beast.No one was surprised by his choice of a thousand-year Spirit Beast. Even Simp Youheng's strength was not weak; his spirit power level was only a few levels lower than Dai Huabin's, and his Spirit was the top-tier Evil Shadow Demonic Tiger!His previous defeat by Xu Jiujiu in three Emperors Palms was purely because the opponent was a Spirit King, and the gap was too large.Soon, a massive, thick-skinned rhinoceros-type Spirit Beast with a thick horn on its nose was released into the arena. Its skin displayed a metallic gray-black luster, exuding a heavy sense of oppression."Another Iron Armored Rhinoceros?" Xiao Xiao, below the stage, couldn't help but exclaim, "This thing's defense is too high! I couldn't even break the defense of the eight-hundred-year one earlier. This one is a thousand-year beast. Can Youheng do it?"Huo Yuhao, hearing this, nodded, his tone carrying a hint of uncertainty, "It should… be fine, right? My brother's combat power is actually not weak."Although he was grateful for Dai Youheng's support, he didn't know much about his brother's actual combat abilities.In the arena, facing the slowly approaching thousand-year Iron Armored Rhinoceros, which was emitting a low, threatening growl, Dai Youheng's mind stirred.Spirit possession.A low, sinister tiger roar seemed to emanate from the void. Dai Youheng's muscles slightly bulged, his nails became sharp, a bloodthirsty crimson flashed in his eyes, and a faint black shadowy mist enveloped him, vaguely forming the outline of a fierce tiger.Two yellow and one purple spirit rings rose from beneath his feet, and his spirit power fluctuations stabilized at level thirty-two.The cultivation method injected into his mind by the person who sent him here had the ability to conceal his spirit power, which was a very practical ability.What he displayed at this moment was completely the level that the original simp Youheng should possess. As for the second Spirit, the fate reversal heavenly demon pill, and that terrifying seven-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, there was absolutely no way he would expose them in such a setting.Dai Youheng stood in the center of the arena, a faint black shadowy mist swirling around him. The sense of power brought by the Evil Shadow Demonic Tiger Martial Soul possession filled his entire body.He looked at the thousand-year Iron Armored Rhinoceros opposite him, thick-skinned and resembling a moving fortress, his eyes calm and unperturbed."Roar!" The Iron Armored Rhinoceros let out a dull roar, its thick hooves pawing the ground. Then, it lowered its head, aimed its black horn, capable of piercing metal and stone, at Dai Youheng, and charged fiercely! Its massive body running caused the ground to tremble slightly, and its momentum was astonishing!Facing this unstoppable charge, Dai Youheng neither dodged nor retreated."First Spirit Ability, Demonic Tiger Body!"He let out a low cry in his heart, and the yellow hundred-year spirit ring on him lit up. In an instant, the shadowy patterns around him became a few shades clearer, his muscles slightly bulged, and a powerful sense of strength instantly surged through his limbs and bones. His strength, speed, defense, and nerve reactions all increased by fifty percent!He slightly crouched, adopting a stance that seemed to be preparing for a head-on collision.Just a split second before the Iron Armored Rhinoceros was about to crash into him!Dai Youheng moved. Under the amplification of Demonic Tiger Body, his speed was so fast that he only left an afterimage. His body, with an extremely strange and flexible posture, slid past the Iron Armored Rhinoceros's thick neck like Gui Mei, narrowly avoiding the fatal rhinoceros horn!At the same time, his right palm silently pressed against the thick hide at the junction of the Iron Armored Rhinoceros's neck and shoulder blade! That spot was not its hardest back armor, but it was still thick-skinned and tough.The moment his palm was about to make contact, a faint light flashed in his eyes!Evil Shadow Soul-Splitting Claw!The second spirit ring flickered, and a dense dark attribute energy along with a tearing, destructive aura instantly condensed in his right palm. His five fingers slightly curled, as if transforming into an invisible tiger claw, but this time, he did not use it to tear, but rather contained this power within his palm and slapped it fiercely!Hiss!A muffled sound, so faint it was almost inaudible. The palm force did not leave much of a mark on the Iron Armored Rhinoceros's thick hide, nor did it even fully break through its outermost defense.Youheng did not use his full strength, because his goal was not the claw, but the palm.The moment he made his move, he subtly incorporated a trace of the force exertion technique from the "Emperors Palm: Great Cold Without Snow" that the Snow Empress had taught him in the past few days, condensing the power to an extreme, penetrating the surface, and directly striking the internal organs!However, the Snow Empress's Emperors Palm involved freezing and internal destruction with ultimate ice, while his Evil Shadow Demonic Tiger Martial Soul was of the evil attribute!The condensed palm strike, carrying the corrosive characteristic unique to Evil Shadow Soul-Splitting Claw, like an invisible poison, instantly penetrated the Iron Armored Rhinoceros's solid muscle and fat layers, directly smashing into its fragile internal organs!"Woo—!" The Iron Armored Rhinoceros, still in its charging posture, suddenly let out an incredibly painful wail. Its massive body stiffened abruptly, then its limbs went limp, and it crashed to the ground!Its exterior appeared completely unharmed, but internally, evil attribute spirit power was frantically corroding and rotting its internal organs! The intense pain made its whole body convulse, and black blood with a foul odor even began to seep from its mouth and nose!From start to finish, it was all in a flash of lightning. There seemed to be only two contacts, one dodge and one slap, but in reality, it contained three transitions of force exertion. Within three moves, the victor was decided!"What a ruthless method!" On the high platform, the Beast King Gongchang Long's face changed. As a Titled Douluo, he naturally saw at a glance that the Iron Armored Rhinoceros's true injury was internal!Feeling distressed for the Spirit Beast, he flashed and appeared beside the fallen and twitching Iron Armored Rhinoceros. He placed a palm on its back, and thick, vast spirit power surged in, quickly dispersing and expelling the palm force that was corroding its internal organs."Good kid, such exquisite penetrating power! You almost crippled another one of my thousand-year Spirit Beasts!" Gongchang Long checked the Iron Armored Rhinoceros, and after confirming its life was not in danger, he breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't help but glare at Dai Youheng, but his eyes held a hint of surprise and admiration.In the Sea of Spirit, the Snow Empress's cold voice carried a rare hint of praise, "I didn't expect that in just a few days, you would actually integrate some of the essence of the 'Emperors Palm's' force exertion into your own attacks. Though without the cold, it is even more corrosive and destructive. Very good."At the main seats of the viewing stands, Dean Yan Shaozhe's eyes sparkled, and he nodded slightly.With his discerning eye, he could naturally see the extraordinary nature of Dai Youheng's final palm strike. That was by no means a simple Spirit Ability application, but rather contained an extremely sophisticated force exertion technique capable of penetrating defenses and striking directly at the interior, which counted as a very good self-created Spirit Ability."Clear combat Ideas, decisive response, clever use of Spirit Abilities, and even more rare is his ability to master such exquisite penetrating power techniques." Yan Shaozhe slowly spoke, his voice echoing throughout the arena, "Dai Youheng, assessment passed. Outstanding skill application, astonishing self-created combat method. Score: 150 points, full marks."Full marks!The entire arena was silent for a moment, then a low murmur erupted!No one had expected that after Huo Yuhao, another student would achieve full marks! And it was achieved in such a clean, decisive, and even somewhat eerie and ruthless manner.Dai Huabin's face grew even uglier. Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie also showed looks of shock. Even Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and the others were utterly astonished.Dai Youheng calmly withdrew his Spirit, bowed slightly in the direction of Yan Shaozhe and Gongchang Long, and turned to walk off the stage.At this moment, no one dared to underestimate him because of his previous "simp" behavior.With a clean and decisive victory, he truly earned the admiration of everyone present.
