CHAPTER 830: CHAPTER 830: SCARLETT JENNINGS, PASSED THE CROSS-LEVEL ASSESSMENT

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Three months later.

Capital Metropolitan, Academy of Mystique.

Today is the monthly examination results announcement day.

Students who usually rush to class at the last minute are waiting early in front of the electronic bulletin board today.

There are newcomers who just entered the school, eagerly asking the closest student,

"Has it come out yet? Is she jumping grades again?"

"Not yet! But I think it’s a sure thing."

"Jump on, who can jump higher than her!"

The speaker was a student from the Intermediate Class of the Demon Level, with a laid-back tone that was all too clear,

"The forum on the Spiritual Affairs has posts about her jumping grades with threads reaching over a thousand posts. Even those students from the Taoism Academy are watching, I heard that those Half-Demons are betting that she’ll definitely jump grades again..."

Three months ago, when Scarlett Jennings had a Spiritual Affairs delivery made, it stirred the Young Demons of the Young Demon Class to pester their parents to activate the Spiritual Affairs APP.

Afterward, Scarlett Jennings, serving as a representative for both the Mystic Regulation Office and Spiritual Affairs, directly confirmed the collaboration between both sides. In less than a month, a Demonic Affairs section was officially launched on the app.

The Mystic Regulation Office can now manage Demon Records through system operations on the Spiritual Affairs APP.

At the same time, the app offers various functions to demons everywhere, and through the recording of demon energy, it can even filter out Evil Demons that are tainted with human lives...

In short, the current Spiritual Affairs APP is bustling with activity not only by the Mystical Sect and Ghost Cultivators but by various demon accounts as well.

The betting pool discussed on the Spiritual Affairs forum is mainly about whether Scarlett Jennings will jump grades again after today’s examination results are announced.

"In three months’ time, she directly leapt from the Young Demon Level to the Initial Demon Level, then to the Intermediate Class of the Demon Level. Now those Half-Demons in the Academy practically worship her."

The speaker’s tone carried a hint of bitterness, just as a nearby Half-Demon overheard and justified,

"Scarlett is amazing!! Since the founding of Mystic Academy, only a handful have risen to the Demon Level in just three months, let alone with only one-quarter Demon Clan blood in her veins!

Let this prove all of you who look down on us Half-Demons wrong, thinking our blood is impure and our demonic power mixed! The fact is, Half-Demons can be remarkable too!"

Being retorted by the Half-Demon he usually looked down upon, the young man’s face flushed with shame and anger,

"Just because she can doesn’t mean all Half-Demons can! You Half-Demons inherently have impure demonic power, being in the same class as us is a burden!"

His loud outburst quickly caught the attention of several nearby Half-Demons, one of whom, a young Half-Demon from the Young Demon Class, lifted her head fearlessly despite facing a clearly stronger Young Demon, and retorted furiously,

"The new academy rules say, Pure Demons and Half-Demons are equal in status! If you target us, I will report you to the Academy Oversight Council!"

Hearing her mention the Academy Oversight Council, the young man showed a fleeting panic on his face, before scurrying off in resentment,

"All you do is tell on others! Childish!"

With that, he bypassed the surrounding Half-Demons and slipped away.

The young Half-Demon watched the young man leave, her previous bravado suddenly shrinking, as she looked nervously at the surrounding Half-Demon brothers.

She had just loudly refuted a Pureblood Demon.

She was amazing.

The few surrounding Half-Demons also found this young demon impressive, unable to resist patting her head.

In the Academy of Mystique, Half-Demons make up less than one-tenth of the total demon population.

They are a weak faction within this academy, let alone being Half-Demons with distinctly lesser demonic power and bloodlines compared to Pureblood Demons.

Yet, three months ago, the Mystic Regulation Office suddenly issued a series of reform mandates.

Subsequently, some vague rules within the academy were clarified, with one particular rule being clearly defined—

Within the Academy of Mystique, regardless of being pure demon bloodline, half-demon bloodline, or even born of Half-Demon bloodline, all students are treated equally upon enrollment.

Moreover, it prohibits Demon Masters and demon students from bullying or abusing Half-Demons. The academy established an Oversight Council, where any instances of bullying or abuse of Half-Demons can be reported.

The council will investigate and can directly report and handle incidents, with the repeated offense three times leading to expulsion, be it Demon Master or student.

For severe cases, violators could be expelled from the Capital Metropolitan’s Demon Records and banished from the city.

Academic treatment for Half-Demons is to align with Pureblood Demons during their time at the academy, except under special teaching circumstances, discrimination is not allowed.

After the new regulations were implemented, the academy experienced a period of unrest, but Scarlett Jennings, as the execution supervisor, first forced the academy to deal with two Demon Masters who frequently and arbitrarily beat Half-Demons in the past, and then selected the first batch of Oversight Council members.

The members included Demon Masters, Pure Demon students, and Half-Demon students.

Perhaps those selected for the Oversight Council were not the strongest, but they all had one necessary condition: they genuinely never discriminated against Half-Demon bloodline.

After its establishment, the Oversight Council absorbed a considerable amount of backlash, and over the span of two months, it brought a new wave of change to the academy.

Due to these changes, Scarlett Jennings now holds a high reputation among the Half-Demon students; it can be said that internally, ninety percent of the Half-Demon students look up to her.

Not only because she proposed reforming the academy but also due to the prowess she has demonstrated since enrolling.

As other demon students would put it, she is a little lunatic.

"In three months, being busy every day supervising the implementation of academy reforms, and the cooperation between Spiritual Affairs and the Mystic Regulation Office, yet she somehow still finds time for cultivation! And maintains the speed of jumping a grade a month."

Who else would be as crazy if she isn’t?

The demons in the Special Demon Squad aren’t as crazy as she is.

Because the academy regulations allow for skipping grades through challenges, as long as you sign up, after passing the exam, the announcement will include a reallocation of classes according to the exam results.

In the past few months, Scarlett Jennings has changed her position on this board several times, which is why the demons at all levels within the academy cannot help but pay attention.

But most who have seen her performance in the last examination feel there shouldn’t be any problems.

"After moving up to the advanced class of the Demon Level this time, she can’t advance any further, right?"

One demon quietly asked the demon next to them.

Only to hear that demon quietly reply,

"That’s not certain, the advanced class of the Demon Level is the highest in our East District, but isn’t there still a Special Demon Squad in the West District?"

What he didn’t say was that the demons in the Special Demon Squad are truly like monsters.

Upon hearing this, the surrounding demons gave him a look as if asking what kind of joke he was making.

A Half-Demon managing to reach the advanced class’s position was already remarkable.

Was she actually thinking of entering the Special Demon Squad?

It is known that since the creation of the Special Demon Squad, no Half-Demon has ever entered!

None of the demon students took Scarlett Jennings’ potential enrollment in the Special Demon Squad seriously, deeming it merely another instance of blind admiration by some young Half-Demon. Just as they were about to mock it further, a shout came from among the group,

"The results are out!"

All the demons simultaneously looked up to see the new round of examination data and rankings displayed on the electronic screen at the front of the plaza.

Every demon immediately focused on the advanced class column of the Demon Level.

No new students replaced anyone!

Scarlett Jennings did not pass the exam to advance to the advanced class!

"Roar!!"

Various roars emerged from among the demons, each sounding either gleeful, regretful, or incredulous.

The assortment of reactions ranged from relief mixed with some schadenfreude among those fearing her outstanding performance would embolden the Half-Demons, to the regret among Half-Demons who held her as a role model for not having broken the record to shock the Pureblood Demons again.

Then, amidst the noisy clamor of demons, another demon randomly pointed to a place in disbelief,

"Wait a minute, there’s an update on the Special Demon Squad list..."

All the demons instinctively looked over at his words, and almost instantly, the previously boisterous group of demons fell silent.

There, beneath the section belonging to the Special Demon Squad, a conspicuously bright new entry appeared—

[Scarlett Jennings, Fox Tribe Half-Demon, passed the Demon Level challenge examination to enter the Special Demon Squad.]