"Wang Zheng, I heard there are no training missions today. Today is all about combat, including battles against alien beasts!"

Mei Yiqi heard the news early in the morning and was extremely excited. He had never seen a strange beast before, so he was naturally quite excited.

Ling Tong and Yu Kan had both participated in the training camp and killed alien beasts, so naturally they didn't experience any emotional fluctuations.

Upon hearing this news, Wang Zheng immediately perked up. He had come to Jingxiang just to wait for this moment. Ever since he discovered that he had no talent for cultivating visualization techniques, he had become obsessed with the upper limit of spiritual energy. Now, a strange beast had finally come to his door, and he could finally have some meat.

Wang Zheng excitedly stood up and rushed to the training field.

Although Ling Tong found it strange that Wang Zheng was so excited, he followed along. He didn't think that any powerful beasts would be sent over this time; they were probably just basic creatures like fang wolves, earth pigs, or even wind chime rabbits.

After all, there are so many students here, and their quality is far inferior to that of the trainees in the training camp. He guessed that Wang Zheng might want to fight against powerful alien beasts to test his own strength and progress.

Soon the group arrived at the training ground. When they got there, they found that many classmates had already gathered. After a short while, the instructor asked everyone to assemble.

The rules for today's match were then announced.

There are four types of mythical beasts in total. Each student can choose their own weapon and fight against them independently. The school's teachers and instructors will score them based on their performance in the battle.

Every new student is required to participate in a match, and they will be surrounded by teachers and instructors to provide comprehensive protection and prevent any accidents.

You can enter and then give up, and there is no mandatory requirement to be able to defeat the alien beast alone. The performance in the battle includes, but is not limited to, actual combat ability.

Being able to demonstrate courage, combat intelligence, and strategy are all pluses.

However, if they choose to give up after taking the field, this will be recorded in their student file, and they will have to postpone any future benefits within the school.

Although that's what they say, apart from Jingnan University, which received slightly more resources thanks to Wang Zheng's efforts, the other three universities didn't get enough. Saying they were relegated to the back of the list basically means they were being abandoned in their training.

Judging from the actions taken by the government, the situation may indeed be very serious now, and the principals have to give more consideration to the students who may have to go to war in the future.

Actually, this is quite fair. If you don't even have the courage to face alien beasts head-on, then it's almost impossible for you to go to the battlefield in the future. So you shouldn't enjoy these resources. Just stay in the rear and slowly improve your strength.

No one in this world owes anyone anything. When the government allocates funds and resources to schools to cultivate awakened individuals, it is not to cultivate cowards who dare not fight.

Of course, they won't condemn them outright. If they do change their ways in the future, they might be reinstated.

However, these are things that the principals need to consider, and they will not tell the students these things directly.

As for Wang Zheng and his group, they naturally didn't care at all when they heard the instructor mention the battle.

Upon seeing that there were no high-level beasts, Wang Zheng was even more disappointed and quipped, "Low-grade beasts are nothing. Who hasn't killed one? Right? Heh! You're so disloyal!"

Mei Yiqi and He Yiyi were furious with him but couldn't say anything back. They were seething with anger because they were the only two people here who had never killed a strange beast.

Wang Zheng wasn't entirely mocking them; he was also worried that the two might panic and make a mistake.

As for the opponents in this actual battle, Ling Tong's guess was correct. There were only four kinds of second-grade exotic beasts used in the actual battle: in addition to the Fang Wolf and Earth Boar, there were also the Gale Lynx and the Pangolin.

As their names suggest, they evolved from wild felines and canines, both being the most common primitive beasts in the wild. One type is fast and agile, while the other is strong with sharp claws, capable of breaking rocks and digging burrows.

In short, they were terrible, and Wang Zheng didn't take them seriously at all.

Although none of them took these second-grade exotic beasts seriously, for the freshmen who had never encountered exotic beasts before, having to face them in battle was already a very cruel challenge.

It's important to understand that not all Awakened Ones' abilities are suited for combat, and they won't be encouraged or taught to fight during their high school years. Also, not everyone has combat experience.

However, none of these are excuses. Let's not even talk about Wang Zheng, who is a cheater. Just take Chu Xiaoman as an example. Her water-based healing ability is of no help in actual combat. She is a solid support player and a healer who recovers after battle.

Under Wang Zheng's pressure, he also had experience killing Fang Wolf on his own on Butterfly Island. Moreover, after such a long period of training, his physical fitness has improved, not to mention that he has now mastered the external training method.

Ultimately, it's because the current Awakened Ones don't distinguish between different types of abilities. After all, no matter what type of Awakened One you are, as long as you can increase your ability level and raise your spiritual energy limit, your physical fitness will improve.

These new students have a solid physical foundation. As long as they don't rush in recklessly and seek death, although defeating a second-grade beast of the same level is not easy, dealing with them and keeping their lives is not a problem at all.

Most importantly, the school dared to do this only to toughen up the students and let them see blood, not to harm them.

Otherwise, what's the point of spending so much money to obtain body-tempering liquid, supplying it to them for free, and even bringing so many exotic beasts to the front lines for them to practice on?

We can't just select and eliminate a group of people simply for the sake of survival of the fittest.