Hearing Caelus's voice, the body of that main referee teacher trembled violently.
His lips quivered, and he subconsciously wanted to say something, but the corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably.
That pervasive, bone-chilling cold made even this seven-ring Spirit Saint-level powerhouse unable to stop himself from shivering.
He had an incredibly terrifying feeling; if that cold air just now had been aimed at him, even if he had activated his Spirit Avatar immediately, he likely wouldn't have escaped being frozen.
The best result would have been barely breaking free from the ice by relying on his powerful Soul Power.
But Caelus was only a Spirit Ancestor, yet he was already able to control a Spirit Saint—what kind of concept was that?
What kind of power was that? It wasn't just terrifying offensive power; what was even more frightening was that unreasonable, absolute suppression.
It fused power attack and control together in the most perfect and violent way.
No wonder... no wonder he dared to call himself a Power Attack Control System.
In this year's Outer Court freshmen, an incredible Little freak has truly appeared.
Waves of shock surged in the referee teacher's heart, but on the surface, he forcibly maintained his professionalism.
He took a deep breath and, with a slightly dry voice, announced loudly toward the high platform:
"Second Year, Class One, Caelus, challenged the Thousand-Year Spirit Beast Blazing Flame Demon Lion, success. Performance... perfect."
He paused, looked at the ice sculpture with a complex gaze, and then loudly announced the final verdict.
"The Chief Examiner and the Judging Panel have unanimously ruled that Caelus has passed the assessment. Final score... one hundred and fifty points."
That's right, one hundred and fifty points.
As soon as this score was announced, the crowd outside the arena fell into an uproar once again.
Director Du Weilun on the high platform timely picked up a voice-amplifying spirit tool, his majestic voice echoing throughout the field:
"Explanation of the assessment rules: the maximum score for this assessment is not one hundred points. The Soul Beast a student chooses to challenge uses one hundred years as the base unit. For every hundred years of cultivation increased, ten base points are awarded. A Thousand-Year Spirit Beast grants one hundred base points. Additionally, based on the student's performance in battle, the Judging Panel gives a combat score of up to fifty points. The two added together make the final score."
He paused and cast a look of approval at Caelus in the arena:
"Student Caelus challenged the highest difficulty Thousand-Year Spirit Beast and killed it instantly with thunderous momentum. The process was clean and efficient, without any delay, demonstrating perfect control over his own power. Combat score: a full fifty points, totaling one hundred and fifty points."
Amidst Director's explanation and final verdict, Caelus had already walked out of the Beast Fighting Arena.
Everywhere he passed, all the students subconsciously backed away to both sides, making a wide path.
Their eyes were filled with awe.
Caelus didn't care about these gazes and walked straight back to the Class One team.
At a glance, he saw Ye Guyi, who was still dazed. Her large, usually spirited eyes were now wide and round, and her small mouth was slightly open, looking as if her World view had been shattered.
A playful thought suddenly struck Caelus; he walked up to her and suddenly raised his hand, making a celebratory high-five motion.
Ye Guyi was still immersed in massive shock. Almost out of instinct, she subconsciously raised her hand, and with a crisp "clap," she high-fived Caelus's palm.
It wasn't until she felt the warmth in her palm that she suddenly snapped back to her senses.
"Wait."
She jumped up like a cat whose Tail had been stepped on, grabbed Caelus's arm, and questioned loudly:
"Caelus, when did you get an ice attribute? Have you been hiding something from us all this time?!"
"It's not exactly hiding it,"
Caelus said with an innocent face as he pulled back his hand.
"My Second Martial Soul is of the ice attribute."
"Second Martial Soul?!"
"twin spirits?!"
These two terms were like a deep-water bomb, setting off an even more terrifying massive uproar among the crowd that had just slightly calmed down.
If the Ultimate Ice just now was shocking, then the words 'twin spirits' brought pure horror.
"You... you you you... you're actually twin spirits, and you say you weren't hiding it from us?"
Ye Guyi pointed at Caelus, so angry that her words were a bit incoherent, feeling as if she had been cheated.
"You didn't ask."
Caelus shrugged, his expression innocent to the extreme.
"I..."
Ye Guyi was suddenly speechless. her pretty face turned bright red, but she couldn't come up with a single word to refute him.
Indeed, who could have imagined that a classmate they spent day and night with would be a one-in-ten-thousand twin spirits Genius?
This simply wasn't within a normal person's range of questions.
"Brother Caelus, you're twin spirits, how come we didn't know at all?"
The two sisters, Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, also gathered around, their faces full of grievance and gloom.
They prided themselves on being Childhood friends who grew up with Caelus and being the closest to him. As it turned out, they were also kept in the dark about such a major matter.
Sharing the same thoughts were Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu on the other side of the crowd.
Dai Huabin looked as if all the strength had been drained from his body; he was completely lost in thought.
He was also a classmate who grew up with Caelus. Back at the Elementary Academy in the Star Luo Empire, he had challenged this white-haired youth, who was always a step ahead of him, countless times, and without exception, all ended in miserable defeat.
He had always thought it was only because the other's Martial Soul was too strange.
He had never thought, nor did he even dare to think, that the other was actually hiding another Martial Soul.
"This bastard... he's hiding it... really deep..."
Dai Huabin's lips trembled slightly, his voice so low only he could hear it.
Originally, he still held onto a sliver of fantasy, believing that as long as he worked hard to Cultivate, he would one day be able to surpass Caelus and wash away past humiliations.
But now, the words 'twin spirits' were like an insurmountable ten-thousand-foot divine mountain, crashing down and crushing all his pride and hope into powder.
He was already no match for him, and now he discovered that the other's trump card was far more terrifying than he had imagined. How could he catch up? How could he surpass him?
A deep sense of powerlessness enveloped his heart.
Facing the twin sisters' resentful glares, Caelus just smiled and reached out, ruffling both sisters' heads at the same time, instantly turning their smooth blue hair into messy bird's nests.
"There's a lot more you don't know,"
He said with a smile, his tone carrying a hint of intimacy and reassurance.
This action successfully drew even more indignant glares from the two sisters, along with coquettish pouting as they hurriedly tried to fix their hair.
Caelus's secrets were far more than just being twin spirits.
His real secrets were too many.
And what he showed the World was always just a tiny corner floating above the sea.
Even the Star Luo Princess Xu Jiujiu, who had already established an official boyfriend-girlfriend relationship with him, only knew the tip of the iceberg.
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