Chapter Twenty-Four: Her Despair

  After several weeks of delay, the school examination finally arrived as scheduled. The first round of teacher assessment was just to give the puppet technique class students a preliminary graduation qualification. Everyone knows that according to the school rules, students who do not pass the first round of assessment will be directly expelled and sent back to the mortal world, so the school has always been very lenient in the first round, even if it is barely possible to break through the boundary, students can still get through. When Yun Hai Fan broke through Lan Si Cheng's boundary with a perfect posture, Lan Si Cheng smiled at her with an unclear meaning, his eyes pointing directly at An Su, who was not far away and was pulling the wind with magic.

  Yun Hai's eyes swept over with a hint of disdain, her gaze was filled with an unspoken mockery. There was no need to compete with An Su, who always tried to steal the spotlight at every turn. She just waited for the second round to defeat An Su in one move.

  The first day's assessment ended perfectly in a harmonious atmosphere, and the second day's assessment had to be carried out early in the morning.

  The assessment of Yunhai Fan was scheduled for the first session, and all the assessments of the Puppetry Class were arranged very early on, roughly as an appetizer for everyone to enjoy, or more likely to prevent students from parallel classes from wasting too much time during free trials.

  Yin Xuguang did as he said, and Yun Haifeng dared to say that this was the most enjoyable trial for her. A wooden puppet fought a paper puppet, pretending to fight for two rounds. The wooden puppet suddenly rose up and tore the paper puppet in half, then sat on the ground, holding the two halves of the paper man in contemplation, finally tearing it into powder. With a wave of its hand, the paper scraps flew out from between the wooden puppet's fingers, as if assisted by spiritual power, the flying paper scraps were truly beautiful.

  Yin Xu didn't mind at all that the paper man she cut was crooked and twisted, but instead laughed loudly and patted Yun Hai Fan's shoulder: "Fan sister, from now on 'Puppet Artisan' will be famous far and wide."

  Yun Hai Fan whispered in his ear: "Watch how I defeat An Su, if I lose, you'll have to collect my corpse for me."

  "Don't worry, I won't let you die."

  "Clouds and sails are smiling: 'Young people should not make promises they cannot keep.'"

  Then he turned around and left the trial field.

  Yin Xu looked at Yun Hai Fan's back and shook his head, then shouted: "Fan sister, save me a spot!"

  The puppet class Bambi 708 fell behind, and the parallel class students who were the first to wake up from their dream finally had some self-awareness. As the cold trial field was illuminated by sunlight, they slowly entered the field one after another.

  The next game is against Kexin.

  Yun Hai Fan looked at Xiang Ke with some concern, Xiang Ke smoothed her hair and made an "OK" gesture to Yun Hai Fan before walking onto the trial arena.

  Shu Ruo quietly waited in the scene, still with a humble and obedient appearance, if not for feeling the sudden drop in temperature in the scene, no one would have thought that such a gentle student would set up what kind of situation.

  Shu Ruo walked in, smiling sweetly at Xiang Ke. Before Xiang Ke could respond to her smile, Shu Ruo's hands covered her shoulders, and the next second a large number of ice needles shot towards Xiang Ke. Xiang Ke summoned a puppet, which flew around her, creating a protective net that blocked the malicious ice needles.

  Yun Hai Fan gazed at Xiang Ke with some concern, for she had only mastered the puppet technique after obtaining Ge Hui's spiritual power. Since getting the book "Puppet Technique", Xiang Ke knew that Yun Hai Fan didn't force her to learn these techniques. As a result, all his moves would become defensive light magic.

  The question is, without spiritual power condensing, how long can a reliable puppet physically withstand Shu Luo's attack?

  Moreover, Yun Haiyan felt that Shu Ruo was not as simple as wanting to shatter Xiang Ke's puppet.

  As expected, as the puppet spun into a spiral rotation, the path it flew in gradually took shape, and the puppet attached to Shu Ruo's ice needles became a carrier of ice magic. At the same time as it resisted attacks for Xiang Ke, it also cast an ice wall that firmly trapped Xiang Ke inside.

  Through the semi-transparent ice wall, Yun Haiyan could clearly see Xiangke's expression. Xiangke, trapped in the ice coffin, did not feel cold, but it was unknown what she saw, a look similar to despair rose from her face, and a pair of bright eyes were filled with sorrow and sadness.

  Shu Ruo walked step by step to the outer wall of the ice, muttering to herself. Every time she said a sentence, Yu Ke's face became more desperate.

  "It's an ice curse, a variant of the ice coffin technique that traps people in an ice coffin and slowly drains their willpower." Yin Xu suddenly spoke up, "Xiang Ke has been controlled by Shu Ruo, the ice wall in front of her must be an illusion created by her own mind."

  Yun Hai Fan turned his head and looked at Yin Xu.

  Yin Xu just replied with a sentence: "I heard it from Lao Da Lan."

  Because they were too far apart, Yun Hai Fan couldn't hear what Shu Ruo was saying. She could only concentrate and "read" from Shu Ruo's rapidly moving lips:

  "Poor child, you are destined to live in deception. The people closest to you actually have no relation to you at all."

  She curled up in a corner of the ice coffin, her eyes staring blankly at the wall. Towards Zhi, because that warm face appeared in front of her, clearly with a smile, but there was no hint of a smile between her eyebrows and eyes.

  "He's not your brother, he's just looking for an heir. Unfortunately, it's not you. You're the one who will be abandoned sooner or later."

  Xu Ruo smiled with curved eyebrows and eyes, but her tone was icy and piercing.

  Toward Ke's eyes indeed appeared Toward Zi Yin's resolute expression, although she couldn't hear the sound, but Toward Ke could easily imagine all the ruthless words from her brother and sister when they parted ways. Her eyes were filled with tears, and in the silence, a faint rustling sound was emitted.

  That's the sound of heartbreak.

  "And your best friend, Yun Hai Fan. She's determined to pass the assessment, she's long been prepared to deal with An Su, but just didn't tell you."

  Toward Ke, dazed and listening, the usual bright eyes were shrouded in a layer of gloom, unable to shine again.

  "She secretly gathered spiritual energy for you, and she knew you would definitely surpass her."

  The sea of clouds outside the court suddenly shocked her, she could imagine how Shu Ruo smiled and said such a sentence with the most vicious tone.

  She raised her head and looked at Shu Ruo, her eyes were a blur, her unfocused gaze stared blankly at the other person, no one could understand what she was thinking.

  Two lines of clear tears slid down from her eyes, replacing words to express her despair.

  Xu Ruo's smile grew even brighter, and at this moment, Xiang Ke looked like a floating reed in a stormy rain, swaying precariously. The puppets of the puppeteer all more or less condensed the puppeteer's wisdom, although Xiang Ke still couldn't attach her own thoughts to the puppet, but it was also very easy for her to control through the puppet.

  If this trick is used on Yunhai Fan's puppet body, which can attach spiritual power, the effect will be even better.