Chapter 22 Feel the Despair
"Hehe, Dean Xiao, you are trying to expose my past. I am not as miserable as you say. Can't I kill those slave-level monsters with my hands?"

Tang Longhui's Versailles act left everyone speechless. He killed the slave-level monsters indiscriminately. It was considered outstanding for the freshmen to be able to deal with a slave-level monster alone.

Seeing that no one had come up to challenge, Tang Longhui knew that the provocation method was useless, so he said,
"I don't know what you are hesitating about. If you are worried about being beaten up by my summoned beasts, then I can let my summoned beasts fight one against five. Is that okay?
Don’t say that all of you freshmen together can’t take down a dozen monsters. If that’s the case, you should drop out as soon as possible and don’t tarnish the reputation of Mingzhu Academy.”

After these words were spoken, all the freshmen stopped hesitating and clamored to teach Tang Longhui a lesson.

At least he can't look down on us.

"Student Tang Longhui, are you sure you want to do this?"

Dean Xiao opened his mouth to confirm.

"Yes."

"Okay, but let me tell you this first. If you succeed in the challenge, your rewards will remain the same. If you fail, your summoning department will only get the resources they are entitled to, and you won't get any extra. Are you sure you want to do this?"

"I am sure!"

Tang Longhui said confidently.

After receiving a positive response, the teacher in charge of the beast fighting competition reorganized the team and divided the freshmen into teams of five.

Facing the warrior-level monster, five mid-level mages among the freshmen united together, including Ding Yumian. She wanted to know what confidence this boy had to dare to approach her.

As the only five mid-level mages among the freshmen, they are the only ones who have the ability to defeat the general-level monsters. The other beginner-level mages are not even qualified to be cannon fodder.

After reorganizing it, the beast fighting competition continued, but this time the focus was obviously on whether Tang Longhui could defeat all the freshmen except the summoning department.

Such an exaggerated challenge attracted many online viewers to watch the live broadcast, and the name Tang Longhui gradually became known.

Whether it is arrogance or real ability depends on the next result.

Because of the previous promise, Tang Longhui could no longer send several monsters to crush the enemy as he did before.

However, even though it was one against five, the five freshmen still had a hard time fighting.

This is natural. Even five beginner mages who work in harmony with each other have to be cautious when facing slave-level monsters, let alone these five beginner mages who are temporarily combined.

After several rounds of fighting, five mages were knocked out one after another.

As for the shadow body, only one third of its undead energy was consumed by these people.

If Tang Longhui was willing to add more information, he might be able to reply immediately.

But unfortunately, what Tang Longhui has the most is slave-level monsters, so this challenge can be regarded as a clearing out of inventory.

The failure of the five people did not dampen the confidence of the challengers in the audience, or perhaps it was something that was expected.

Their main purpose is to rely on their numerical advantage to kill these dozen monsters and prove that they are not just trash that are fit to be eaten by the monsters!

Therefore, after five challengers failed, the next five challengers immediately came on stage, not giving Tang Longhui any chance to rest.

If it were another summoner who had to constantly command monsters to fight, he would definitely be mentally exhausted, but this would not work for Tang Longhui.

The shadow bodies he summoned retained their combat awareness from their lifetime and did not require Tang Longhui's command at all. He only needed to give orders. They were smarter than AI.

The fighting process was really boring. This kind of chicken-like fighting could not arouse Tang Longhui's interest at all. Tang Longhui simply took out the armchair from the space bracelet, and then sat on the armchair, lying leisurely while swiping his phone and waiting for the end of the fight.

The freshmen, who had been holding their breath, became furious when they saw Tang Longhui like this. How much did he look down on them!
When the five challengers on the field saw Tang Longhui like this, they became even angrier and wanted to teach him a lesson.

But ideals are full and reality is skinny. He was defeated by the shadow body within a few minutes of standing up.

Their results were not as good as the previous batch, and they failed to even achieve consumption.

Even though you feel indignant inside, if you are not as skilled as others, then you are not as skilled as others. If you don't have the strength, don't blame the other party for looking down on you. In the world of mages, the strong are respected, and the ivory tower is no exception.

The freshmen who came on the field one after another tried their best to ignore Tang Longhui's location and focused on dealing with the monster in front of them.

It’s no wonder that this effect is more interesting and practical than the previous beast fighting competition in Mingzhu Academy.

Previously, due to the limited number of students in the Summoning Department, the maximum number of challengers was one hundred. Even if two hundred people could be sent out, it was only one-tenth of the freshmen.

In other words, this is more like a training session for the stronger new mages to gain experience.

This may seem like there is nothing wrong with it, but don't forget that this is an institution of higher learning. Although they encourage the survival of the fittest, it does not mean that they will ignore ordinary students.

If this is really the case, wouldn’t it be better for universities to simply take the elite path, so that resources can be more concentrated and teaching can be more targeted?

But can this be done? No. Although there are mages from poor families who can stand out, in fact, the ones who excel in the academy are more likely to be disciples from aristocratic families with better family conditions.

If the elites really followed the path, wouldn't the academy become another kind of aristocratic family? Without the platform of the academy, ordinary mages would never have a chance to succeed.

Therefore, in the eyes of the school, allowing more students to receive education is the most important thing, and Tang Longhui's move happened to make up for this point.

Allowing all freshmen to participate gives those freshmen who originally had no chance to challenge themselves a chance to exercise. In a sense, this is much better than the resources provided by the institution.

At least such a challenge would not be life-threatening.

Fortunately, the mages who were able to enter the Pearl Academy still had some skills. Although they did not cooperate with each other so well, their simple routines were still very effective in dealing with the slave-level monsters with low intelligence and no one to command them.

Look, after more than two hundred freshmen took turns to challenge, the dozen or so slave-level monsters summoned by Tang Longhui were almost completely consumed.

In this light, it is no wonder that every summoning department has failed to achieve the goal of defeating two hundred people.

There are no more than 10 students in each class of the Summoning Department. With this conversion, even if we gather ten slave-level monsters, it is impossible to deal with challengers. Don’t forget, the intermediate magicians in the audience have not yet appeared on the stage.

When the freshmen saw that there was only one general-level monster left on the stage, they cheered excitedly.

Even if the five mid-level mages combined failed to defeat this general-level monster, they could at least greatly consume its energy.

It seems that the freshmen are sure to win this challenge.

But is it really so?

Tang Longhui just snapped his fingers lightly, and the scarlet magic circle reappeared. Then, more than a dozen slave-level monsters appeared on the arena.

At this moment, the original cheers suddenly fell silent.

(End of this chapter)