Chapter 39: Chapter 39: The Scolded Honor Studentl
Translator: 549690339
“Command test, begin!”
As Tan Qingsheng’s voice fell, the scenery in front of Duan Anxun, who was wearing a helmet, changed rapidly.
One second she was in the classroom, the next it was as if she was on top of a cliff with a howling gale.
Following a fierce cry, a robust quadruped mythical bird swooped down at her.
It was…
A Wind Pet Beast, a Wind-Splitting Griffin!
Duan Anxun, who had already undergone many command tests, wasn’t flustered and commanded in a deep voice, “Rise three meters, God’s Dazzling Light!”
The Colorful Cloud Parrot, standing ready in front of her, instantly soared to the corresponding height, its long feathers bursting with dazzling colorful light.
This light, piercing into one’s eyes, would not only temporarily blind the opponent, but could also induce a period of dizziness.
Two stars Skills, Stardust Level-God’s Dazzling Light!
The surrounding monitoring equipment recorded all movements of the Colorful Cloud Parrot and simultaneously projected it into Duan Anxun’s field of view as a counterattack against the Wind-Splitting Griffin. The simulated Wind-Splitting Griffin responded in kind.
Duan Anxun repelled each attack calmly.
Three minutes later, the Wind-Splitting Griffin ceased its attack and the virtual scenario dissolved.
The test ended, and the final score for Duan Anxun appeared on the instrument.
98.3 points.
The same score as Su Xiaoxiao.
Duan Anxun looked back at Su Xiaoxiao.
Even if you momentarily surpass me, I will promptly catch up and surpass you again!
She went straight to the second testing device.
If the score for the first item was the same, then she had to score higher than Su Xiaoxiao for the remaining six items!
The second item… the third item… the fourth item…
One test after another was completed.
Due to the Colorful Cloud Parrot’s good condition, Duan Anxun achieved her best score ever on every test.
However, her face didn’t look very good.
Because she didn’t manage to surpass Su Xiaoxiao as she had envisioned.
Finally, Duan Anxun stood on the last test.
The total score she achieved in the previous six tests was 573.1 points.
Su Xiaoxiao’s total score for the seven items was 663.8 points.
To surpass her, she needed to score 90.7 points in the last test.
She glanced at the label on the machine.
The last test was for stress resistance.
This was a test that was almost impossible to score over 90 points.
She had never scored it before, and Su Xiaoxiao hadn’t either.
With a bite of her lip, Duan Anxun caressed the smooth and slender feathers of the Colorful Cloud Parrot and placed it in the test area.
The next moment, an energy form opponent that looked identical to the Colorful Cloud Parrot appeared.
The strength of the energy form opponent was exactly equal to the Colorful Cloud Parrot at the start, and it increased by a fixed proportion as time passed.
The longer the pet beast persisted, the higher the final score.
To score 90 points you have to endure for 60 seconds, at which point the power of the energy form opponent would be double that of the test pet beast.
Taking a deep breath, Duan Anxun commanded the Colorful Cloud Parrot to nimbly dodge in the test area.
The stress resistance timer starts!
As time went by second by second, the Colorful Cloud Parrot, which could initially dodge the opponent’s attack with ease, became more and more difficult to control as time passed.
Even with Duan Anxun’s proficient command, it still felt an immense pressure.
At the 45th second, the Colorful Cloud Parrot was injured for the first time, obtaining a wound on its wing.
This made it more difficult to move and its condition deteriorated rapidly.
At the 54th second, the Colorful Cloud Parrot was covered in injuries and had no strength left to dodge.
Duan Anxun drew a deep breath.
The short span of six seconds seemed so long at this point.
At this moment, in her mind flashed her mother’s smile when she was entertaining, her mother’s repression when her face was expressionless, and her suffocation when her mother looked her in the eyes.
She didn’t want… didn’t want this anymore!
Looking at the Colorful Cloud Parrot, whose condition was rapidly deteriorating and could only passively take hits, Duan Anxun’s eyes gradually turned red, and the voice transmitted to the Colorful Cloud Parrot’s brain was pleading.
“Hold on, I beg you, would you please hang in there?”
She didn’t notice the astonished and bewildered glances of other classmates standing behind her. She also didn’t notice that Tan Qingsheng’s expression had changed from initial satisfaction to disappointment and finally into suppressed fury.
61 seconds!
Duan Anxun immediately pressed the stop button, wanting to rush towards the unconscious Colorful Cloud Parrot in the test area, but was held back by a strong hand.
“Stop it!” Tan Qingsheng barked, his gaze filled with disappointment as he looked at this straight A student he used to praise over and over again.
At his side, a peacock-shaped pet beast, enveloped in a hazy green light and brilliant feathers, spurted a life-giving green light, enveloping the Colorful Cloud Parrot- the Phoenix of Revival, an Elite Stage Earth and Wind dual-attribute pet beast.
“Your pet beast can’t hold on any longer, are you blind?” Tan Qingsheng glared at Duan Anxun, “Why didn’t you stop in time? Why did you persist for seven more seconds?!”
“Because… because…” Duan Anxun was pale and seemed at a loss.
As a student who had always been praised by teachers, she was being scolded by them so harshly for the first time.
Duan Anxun’s final score appeared at this moment.
91.0 points.
The screen calculated her total score.
664.1 points.
Upon seeing this score, it seemed as if Tan Qingsheng understood something.
What followed was even deeper disappointment.
“All for the sake of being first in a test?” He looked at his once-promising student as if seeing her for the first time, “Can’t you distinguish which is more important between your grades and your pet beast?”
“I…” Occasionally catching sight of the Colorful Cloud Parrot, which was gradually recovering under the healing of the Phoenix of Revival, Duan Anxun felt as if she had been hit on the head by a hammer and her mind went blank.
What… what had she just done?
Duan Anxun’s expression became increasingly complex.
There was confusion, regret, disappointment, and fear.
“For this, you will receive a zero.” Watching the changes in Duan Anxun’s expression, Tan Qingsheng huffed coldly and manually changed Duan Anxun’s seventh item score from 91 points to 0 points, “You need to cool down.”
Looking at the updated score, Duan Anxun turned pale.
“Xiaoxiao, here!” Lin Yue handed a can of Coca Cola to Su Xiaoxiao, opened her own can with a “popper”, took a big gulp, and burped, “You ranked first in the entire class for this practical test!”
“Hmm…” Su Xiaoxiao nodded slightly. She seemed lackluster as she looked at the girl not far away who had been lying on her seat with her head down the whole time. She suddenly spoke, “A Yue, do you think… are grades really that important?”
“Who knows, anyway, I would never let my pet beast suffer like that just for a few points.” Lin Yue glanced at the girl, “Some people treat their pet beasts as tools and deserved to be scolded.”
Su Xiaoxiao was silent for a moment, “It seems like you bought an extra can of Coca Cola?”
“Yes, I was going to drink it this afternoon… what are you doing?” As she watched Su Xiaoxiao take her Coca Cola, Lin Yue’s eyes widened.
“Let me borrow it.” Su Xiaoxiao stood up and walked towards Duan Anxun, “I’ll buy another can for you later.”
“…hey! Why are you playing good Samaritan at a time like this!” Realizing what Su Xiaoxiao was intending to do, Lin Yue rolled her eyes dramatically and shook her head helplessly.
“But this way, you’re the Su Xiaoxiao I recognize….”
