"Old Principal, doesn't your conscience hurt?!"

"I've shed blood for this school!"

The Old Principal's right eyelid twitched wildly. He was already regretting calling Su Bai into the office to ask what he wanted.

If he had known earlier, he would have just announced the reward and been done with it!

But now that things had come to this, the Old Principal could only speak earnestly:

"Su Bai, a Bronze Tier Beast Core is worth 150 military points with the military. Don't be fooled by the Blood Qi Powder only costing ten points; that's because it's made from ordinary Beast Cores. The price of a Bronze Tier Beast Core is far beyond that."

"Your 1,300 military points can't even exchange for ten Bronze Tier Beast Cores. The school is covering the difference for you!"

"As for Silver Tier Beast Cores, those require over 500 military points each! Don't even mention giving you 800 of them; I couldn't even exchange that many military points myself!"

Su Bai hadn't known the value of a Bronze Tier Beast Core before, but now that the Old Principal had laid it all out, Su Bai felt more confident.

Earlier, he had asked for a thousand Silver Tier Beast Cores, but he never really expected to get that many. It was just a bargaining tactic.

Even though he only had 1,300 military points, the school was bound to reward him, and the Old Principal's offer of ten Bronze Tier Beast Cores wasn't his bottom line.

Finally, after nearly an hour of haggling, they settled on a reward of fifteen Bronze Tier Beast Cores.

The Old Principal's face was a mix of helplessness, heartache, anger, and anxiety as he slumped into his chair.

"Is Su Bai really only eighteen? His bargaining skills are no worse than those of the aunties at the market!"

"Next time I discuss these things with Su Bai, I'll have to bring the school's negotiation team to haggle with him! Otherwise, I'll be exhausted!"

After muttering to himself, the Old Principal felt a pang of heartache for his wallet. The extra Beast Cores were all coming out of his own pocket to make up for Su Bai!

Su Bai, on the other hand, was happily holding the fifteen Beast Cores and the Gold Medal, glancing at the muttering Old Principal. "Old Principal, do you have anything else? If not, I'll take my leave."

The Old Principal was instantly infuriated. Su Bai only started addressing him respectfully after getting what he wanted?

But now wasn't the time to argue with this little rascal. The Old Principal said weakly:

"I called you here mainly for two things. The second is about the Hundred Schools Tournament. The rewards are generous, and I think you might be interested in participating."

After dealing with Su Bai for so long, the Old Principal had figured out that Su Bai was someone who wouldn't get up early without a benefit. As long as the rewards were laid out, it would save a lot of talking.

Sure enough, Su Bai's expression changed instantly upon hearing this, and he said righteously:

"As a member of Jiangzhou Martial Academy, it's my duty to bring honor to the school. Don't worry, Old Principal! I, Su Bai, will shed my last drop of blood for Jiangzhou Martial Academy!"

The Old Principal rolled his eyes. Without rewards, Su Bai would probably have a completely different attitude, right?

But since Su Bai agreed, the Old Principal nodded and said, "Alright, let me see your current strength. I'm curious how you managed to kill a Silver Tier Nether Cat!"

Su Bai glanced around the office. Although it was about thirty to forty square meters, it was still too small for Little Eight's size:

"Old Principal, I'm a Beast Tamer Superpowered Individual. This room is too small; I can't release my tamed beast."

The Old Principal was a bit surprised and said, "Is this room still too small? Alright, let's go to the training ground."

With that, the Old Principal stood up from his chair and led Su Bai to the indoor training ground reserved for instructors.

This time, the place was big enough, spanning several hundred square meters. Su Bai immediately released Little Eight.

"Boom!"

A loud noise echoed as Little Eight landed.

It opened its lantern-sized eyes to scrutinize the Old Principal.

As a Gold Tier existence, the Old Principal naturally wouldn't be as cautious as Su Zihao in front of Little Eight.

He walked directly up to Little Eight, turned his right palm upward, and tapped three times on the shell with two slightly bent fingers.

These seemingly casual taps carried the weight of a thousand tons!

"Thud, thud, thud!"

A dull sound echoed, and the previously lazy Little Eight was startled, its eyes flashing with a terrifying ferocity as it glared at the Old Principal.

If the Old Principal made any further moves, Little Eight might just bite!

The Old Principal glanced at Little Eight's eyes, chuckled, and suddenly unleashed his Gold Tier aura!

Golden light enveloped the entire training ground, and a gust of wind rose out of nowhere, knocking over the training equipment in the corners.

Little Eight, who could suppress a Silver Tier Nether Cat, was forced to retreat several steps, even finding it hard to breathe.

The terror of Gold Tier power was evident!

The Old Principal stood firm, his aura continuously rising!

Hundreds of meters away, the tightly shut windows were directly shattered into countless cracks by this aura.

"Crash!"

Glass shattered all over the ground!

Finally, as the pressure mounted, Little Eight had no choice but to activate its three innate abilities to enhance its strength.

Innate Ability: Earth Bastion!

Innate Ability: Earth Spirit!

Innate Ability: Earth Gravity!

Three earth-colored lights flickered uncertainly under the terrifying Gold Tier pressure.

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Seeing this, the Old Principal looked at Little Eight in disbelief and exclaimed, "What? Three innate abilities? And this is just a Bronze Tier beast?!"

"What kind of bloodline is this?!"

Generally, Myriad Races' fierce beasts awaken one innate ability at Silver Tier, two at Gold Tier, and the Platinum Tier beasts, known as the scourge of beasts requiring at least a province's strength to resist, have only three innate abilities.

But Su Bai's tamed beast already possessed three innate abilities at the Bronze Tier, leaving the Old Principal astonished!

What the Old Principal didn't know was that Little Eight had already possessed three innate abilities at the high ordinary level!

After awakening the Basalt Bloodline, these three innate abilities were each enhanced once.

The Old Principal slowly withdrew his aura, refraining from asking Su Bai where he found such a terrifyingly talented tamed beast. After all, everyone has their secrets.

As long as the secret doesn't endanger human interests, it can be allowed to exist.

After calming himself, the Old Principal nodded in satisfaction:

"Su Bai, put away your tamed beast. With you participating this time, perhaps our Jiangzhou Martial Academy can break into the top three in the Hundred Schools Tournament!"

For a moment, the Old Principal's resentment from Su Bai's earlier demand for fifteen Bronze Tier Beast Cores dissipated significantly.

If Jiangzhou Martial Academy's ranking rose to the top three because of Su Bai, the military's investment in Jiangzhou Martial Academy would be vastly different.

That would be a benefit far beyond the mere fifteen Bronze Tier Beast Cores!