Start With Contracting Sprites

"Sister Ji, where are the best candidates in our province? Why can't we even see sprites?"

In the town.

They only saw Ground Wolf, Mountain Moving Ape, Leaf Blade Warrior, and other sprites.

They were all following alongside the solemn-looking Sprite Trainers in black battle suits.

Just looking at them made the novice assistant shiver a little.

The female reporter, Ji Nanqing, had done her homework, despite not being able to obtain much information in advance.

"Come on, let's go find out the location of the training hall."

...

The town's training hall didn't look grand, but the facilities inside were very well-equipped and advanced.

The Power Testing Machine alone was better than the one used for the second stage of the assessment, and could better withstand the attacks of elite-level sprites.

When they came in, they saw sprites training their unique skills.

But not many.

Ji Nanqing saw an Ascetic Dog continuously punching at a sandbag-shaped equipment while making rumbling sounds.

Her eyes lit up.

She approached for an interview. "Hello, student, I can interview…"

"No, I'm not free. I reject it."

Li Songting shot her a glance and rejected coldly.

He also found a punching bag himself, and began to throw punches without even looking at the exquisite-looking female reporter.

Women were just hindrances.

"Hehehehe…"

Ji Nanqing glanced at the other candidates in the training hall.

Ten minutes later.

"Hehehehehe…"

She calmed herself down from the urge to hit someone, took a deep breath, put on a professional smile, and stood in front of the camera.

"Ladies and gentlemen…"

"I am currently at the combat preparation area for the College Entrance Examination. Before me are the most outstanding, genius Sprite Trainers who stood out from more than 10,000 other Sprite Trainers."

The camera took a wide-angle shot at the perfect timing.

"One can see that they are extremely hardworking just from the tiny details. Not only are the sprites training, they are training themselves, which is the reason why they are able to be where they are today…"

With that, the female reporter took a deep breath.

"Let's go, I don't believe that we can't find a single candidate to interview."

...

In the town.

Su Hao sat on a seat by the shore. Beside him was a few bottles of drinks he had bought.

They weren't training for their lives like the others.

Well…

Not that they weren't, exactly.

Reverie Butterfly was using its psychic power to control a cell phone, while a few bottles of beverages hung in mid air.

He reached for a bottle.

"Gurgle~"

The little rascal glanced at it and withdrew the Psychic power wrapped around the drink.

The other beverages were still hanging steadily.

Through the glass bottle, one could see that the Fat Otaku water inside didn't shake at all.

At first glance, it looked like he was practicing Psychic power.

In fact, he was practicing spiritual force control.

Su Hao took a sip of Fat Otaku Water. He felt that it was not cold enough.

It tasted a little off.

He looked at the Water Unicorn Beast.

After staring at it for a long while, he had no choice but to say say, "Reduce the temperature."

The Water Unicorn Beast that had successfully evolved in Cold Water Lake didn't have the ice properties, but it could bring a bit of cold air with it.

Not strong.

But it was enough to use as an air conditioner.

Su Hao didn't sweat much the whole day.

The Water Unicorn Beast was very happy to be able to show off its value again. It opened its mouth slightly and took a deep breath.

Puff~

Cold air could be seen with the naked eye.

Su Hao froze suddenly. His hand that was holding the drink bottle couldn't help but tremble, and his teeth made clicking sounds.

His eyes were filled with hostility.

He let out the anger of a Sprite Trainer.

The Water Unicorn Beast took two steps back.

Horse Face didn't understand.

He couldn't help but look at Reverie Butterfly. "Neighhh? Neighhh?"

"Gurgle~"

Reverie Butterfly flew onto the head of the stupid horse and enjoyed the air-conditioning.

And told it it was doing the right thing.

It was just that this Sprite Trainer was not good at expressing himself.

Su Hao had just recovered from the cold.

Just as he was about to teach the Water Unicorn Beast what the dignity of a Sprite Trainer was, he saw a few people walking over.

People weren't important.

The important thing was that there was a camera.

"Cough."

Su Hao, who had just stood up, conveniently neatened his clothes.

Unfortunately, it was the school uniform.

"Hello, can I interview you?"

Ji Nanqing asked.

At the same time, her eyes indicated for the cameraman to quickly film the sprite.

Even if they couldn't interview the sprites, it would not have been a loss.

Three sprites.

She could already tell that this candidate in front of her was the big boss among the candidates.

She was also prepared to be coldly rejected.

Then they heard.

"Alright."

The female reporter's good professionalism allowed her to suppress her joy and maintain a calm expression.

Just as she was about to ask the interview questions…

She saw the candidate pull the sprite in front of him. "This is my main sprite. If you have any questions you want to interview, you can ask it."

"Gurgle~"

Reverie Butterfly waved its little hand, expressing that it was greeting the fans behind the TV.

The female reporter's mouth twitched.

She thought…

This was a candidate who could be interviewed.

But she had to maintain her professionalism, and could only patiently ask two conventional questions.

She received "Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle" as her answers.

At this point, Su Hao had already walked away.

...

He had returned to the small courtyard in his accommodation.

Then, Liu Ren ran over and waved the cell phone in his hand. "Old Su, look what I got. Rare intel!"

He turned on his cell phone.

Several videos were played.

In the videos, Thorny Turtle and vines were dancing in the air.

There was a Winged Dragon with with a wingspan of four to five meters and lightning wrapped around its whole body, flying in the sky.

Thunder rumbled.

There were also sprites three to four meters long that looked like giant yellow lizards.

On its back was a slightly darker miniature pyramid.

Including the tower on its back, the sprite was more than two meters tall.

It looked like a terrifying giant creature.

"This is… the Back Tower Dragon?"

The Back Tower Dragon was the evolved form of the Earth Mound Dragon, while its final evolved form, the Nine-Level Tower Dragon, had monarch-level potential.

As long as it was cultivated well, it would be a sprite not inferior to those of the Fiery Bird pathway.

"That's right."

Liu Ren said, "The Sprite Trainer of the Back Tower Dragon is called Yu Jiang. He's a young boy, probably 14 to 15 years old at most, but he's definitely your competitor this time."

"There's also the Sprite Trainer of the Lightning-Winged Dragon, called Feng Liangcai, who also possesses a large threat."

"They were evaluated as two of the three most competitive candidates in the advanced area."

"Where's the other one?"

Su Hao asked.

After asking for half a second, it dawned on him. "So it's me. It's reasonable, reasonable, and reasonable."

As he spoke, he suddenly thought of something.

"That's not right, you can't attack each other in the combat test, why are you collecting intelligence?"

"Habit, cough, habit."

"I'll feel uncomfortable all over if I don't scout for information for a day."

Su Hao thought about it. It was indeed like Liu Ren to do so.

"But how did you secretly take these videos? You didn't get beaten to death?"

If any other candidates dared to secretly take videos of him…

Well, he had to see if it was a girl first.

Then, he would see if she was pretty.

It wasn't impossible to forgive someone who could score above 90 marks.

Liu Ren chuckled. "That requires stealth!"

"Isn't there a reporter interviewing? I only gave her five minutes for an interview. In exchange, I asked them for some footage of the shoot."

"It's a win-win."

Su Hao was rendered speechless.

You are really a clever fatty.

But that interview team was too… miserable.

...

Two days later.

Early in the morning.

At dawn.

A horn beeped.

Su Hao and the other candidates changed into the special battle clothes distributed by the examination hall, brought their sprites and went to the designated gathering point.

A muscular man, whose style was similar to Coach Xiong's with a strong back and a strong waist, strode over to them.

He swept his gaze across, paused, and said straight to the point,

"You all understand the rules of the combat test, so I won't say much here."

"The assessment will be held in two days. There will be a live broadcast. I hope you can show the best battle stance of your sprites to the audience in the country."

"Now, bring your backpack and wristband and board the transport plane."

"When you step onto the isolated island, the combat test will begin."