Reincarnated as a Mosquito, I Sucked the Reborn Empress to Tears-Chapter 177: First in All Categories! Super Divine Locust, Is the Beast Taming Academy About to Take Off?
(Sorry everyone, my old eyes must have been failing me yesterday. I accidentally uploaded the draft for the previous Chapter, so some things might not line up. I corrected it at 10 AM this morning. For those who read it before 10 AM, you can go back and reread the previous Chapter. If you don’t, it won’t affect the plot too much. I’m so sorry, I’m kowtowing in apology!)
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BOOM... BANG!!!!
Before the staff member could even finish speaking, a massive explosion suddenly rang out. Everyone turned their heads in shock to look...
A testing board... had exploded.
The crowd, which had just been chattering, was instantly stunned silent.
What happened?
There were five testing boards in total. The one directly in front of Ye Xiao was currently resetting.
The three in the middle were perfectly fine.
But the one on the far left was now toppled on the ground, charred black... It was clearly broken beyond repair.
The corner of the staff member’s mouth twitched. He hurried over and prodded the testing board with a wooden stick... The next second, the entire board silently disintegrated into dust.
Everyone’s jaws... collectively hit the floor, including Ye Xiao’s.
’No way, what kind of Attack could do this to a testing board? This wasn’t just breaking it; this was annihilation!’
The staff member seemed dazed and muttered to himself,
"Impossible, right?"
"To blow up one of these testing boards, you’d need a Damage Value of over 12,000 at the very least! But even with more than 12,000, it’s impossible to destroy a board to this extent."
’Wait a minute, forget what kind of Attack it was. Who did it?’
The crowd’s eyes scanned the area.
Right now, the only ones in the testing area were the staff, Ye Xiao and his Contracted Beast, and... a giant cockroach!
The Crimson Flame Frenzied Lion’s damage data was already out, so it couldn’t have been him.
Could it be?
Was it really the cockroach?
It seemed like the cockroach was the only possibility.
After a moment of shock, a staff member finally came to his senses and spoke to Chu Sheng.
"Excuse me... Sir Cockroach Demon Beast, was it you who attacked that testing board just now?"
As he asked, all eyes focused on Chu Sheng, awaiting an answer.
Chu Sheng glanced at the staff member, then nodded his cockroach head. ’I... probably don’t have to pay for that, right?’
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「Three minutes earlier」
Back when Ye Xiao had first arrived, Chu Sheng was waiting for the test ahead of him to finish.
A mere Crimson Flame Frenzied Lion wanted him to step aside? Impossible. The Azure Flame Flying Lion, with a far nobler Bloodline, was still wailing and calling him ’Mama’...
’As for why I didn’t move? I couldn’t be bothered.’
When Ye Xiao stepped forward for his test, the board in front of Chu Sheng happened to finish resetting, so he walked up, ready to begin.
It was Chu Sheng’s first time seeing one of these damage-testing boards. He was quite interested, seeing it as the perfect opportunity to test the power of his Skills.
So he fired off a blast of Celestial Flame.
And then... the testing board exploded!
Chu Sheng knew his Celestial Flame was powerful, but he never expected it to be *this* powerful. It blew the board to bits in an instant, not even giving it time to display a Damage Value.
Thankfully, he’d managed to cut off the Celestial Flame in time. Otherwise, the testing board would have likely been melted into slag!
’Looks like the Celestial Flame can threaten even humans and beasts at the Fifth-Grade Middle Stage Realm! Not bad. Not bad at all!’
’It’s just a bit draining, is all.’
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"Holy shit, was it really that giant cockroach?"
"No way. How could an insect-type Demon Beast possibly deal that much damage!"
"Yeah! And from what I could see, its Qi Blood is only around the Second-Grade. Even if it was hiding its true strength, there’s no reason for it to be this ridiculous!"
"But who else could it have been?"
As the crowd slowly recovered from their utter shock, some people still expressed their doubts, even though it seemed Chu Sheng was the only possible culprit.
After all, this completely defied common sense!
That included Ye Xiao. He refused to believe his own Crimson Flame Frenzied Lion had been outdone by a cockroach!
"That’s right! I don’t believe it either!"
"I was standing right next to it, and I didn’t see it make a move! Did any of you?"
"I won’t believe it unless it can do it again, right here in front of everyone!"
Ye Xiao’s shouts resonated with many in the crowd.
In truth, the activation of Amaterasu was so fast and subtle that practically no one had seen it.
Seeing the situation, the staff member hesitated for a moment before turning back to Chu Sheng.
"Um... New Roach Battle Treasure? The staff from the adjacent area just synchronized your registered name."
"You see, because the testing board failed to read your damage data, would you be able to test one more time?"
"Of course, if you’d rather not, that’s fine too. We can just pull the surveillance footage for review..."
The staff member was halfway through his sentence when a cockroach leg stopped his mouth...
’Sure.’
’Of course I can!’
Chu Sheng had been worried that he still had Skills he hadn’t tested yet. ’I can break stuff without having to pay for it, and they’ll even let me keep going? Is there really such a good deal in this world?’
Seeing Chu Sheng nod, the staff member breathed a sigh of relief.
And so, with everyone watching, Chu Sheng’s second attempt quickly began.
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’This time, which move should I test?’
[Soul-Bursting Flame Feather]
Dozens of fiery Feather Blades materialized out of thin air above his head.
However, unlike before, these Feather Blades didn’t shoot out immediately. Instead, they swirled and coiled above Chu Sheng’s head. Soon, the dozens of Flaming Feather Blades fused into a single, larger, and far more condensed Feather Blade!
This was a new application of the skill, born from his increased control after reaching Great Success in his Flame Realm. He could now fuse approximately ninety Soul Burst Feather Blades at once.
’A single Feather Blade might only have the power of a Fourth-Grade Middle Stage, but what about dozens fused together?’
Chu Sheng was eager to find out!
[Soul-Bursting Flame Feather PLUS]
’Go!’
Under Chu Sheng’s control, the massive, fused Flaming Feather Blade shot toward the testing board.
However, halfway there, it suddenly vanished, only to reappear an instant later, right in front of the testing board!
[Soul-Bursting Flame Feather PLUS—Blink Edition]
This was another new technique Chu Sheng had mastered after reaching Great Success in his Spatial Realm. It allowed the Feather Blades of his Soul-Bursting Flame Feather to use Instant Teleportation over a short distance, increasing their speed and creating an element of surprise!
BOOM!
The massive Flaming Feather Blade struck the target, and the testing board exploded on the spot... The second testing board... was toast.
The mouths of several staff members twitched...
"Excuse me, could you please be a little... gentler?"
In response to the staff member’s plea, Chu Sheng gave a polite nod—and then proceeded to destroy two more testing boards.
Finally, he determined that fusing approximately thirty Feather Blades from his Soul-Bursting Flame Feather produced a score of exactly 9999.
Attack Power Challenge Zone, leaderboard updated:
First Place: New Roach Battle Treasure, Damage Value: 9999!
Amidst the stunned silence of the crowd, Chu Sheng, piloting the New Roach Battle Treasure, swaggered off to the next zone.
At the same time, his entourage of followers grew even larger! 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦
Soon, the leaderboards in the other zones were updated one by one:
Speed Challenge Zone Leaderboard: New Roach Battle Treasure — 100 meters in 0.1 seconds.
Defense Challenge Zone Leaderboard: New Roach Battle Treasure — Withstood Damage Value: 9999.
Mental Power Challenge Zone Leaderboard: New Roach Battle Treasure — Third-Grade Middle Stage. Chu Sheng almost didn’t take first place in this one; the only reason he did was because very few Contracted Beasts focused on cultivating Mental Power.
Bloodline Challenge Zone Leaderboard: New Roach Battle Treasure — King-level One-star Bloodline.
The final category: the Support Ability Challenge!
As Chu Sheng continued his challenges, the number of students won over by his performance, becoming his devoted fans, grew and grew. By the time he reached the final event, nearly everyone in the entire venue had crowded around the Support Ability Challenge Zone.
For the final challenge, Chu Sheng likewise took first place with the Super Perception Ability of his *Nether Vision*.
First place in all seven challenges!
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「Meanwhile, outside the exhibition hall.」
Shepherd Mountain, the dean of the Beast Taming Academy, arrived with several other high-ranking academy officials.
The competition was about to end, and they had come to check on the results and present the awards.
However, the moment Shepherd Mountain stepped into the hall, he was dumbfounded.
The entire venue’s population was crowded around the final challenge zone, leaving the other areas occupied only by a few staff members.
He took a closer look.
What was going on?
Why was the name "New Roach Battle Treasure" at the top of every single leaderboard?
Shepherd Mountain immediately called over a staff member to inquire.
"What’s going on here?"
"What kind of Demon Beast is this New Roach Battle Treasure? It managed to take first place in all seven challenges!"
"Re... Reporting, Dean."
"New Roach Battle Treasure is a... cockroach!"
Shepherd Mountain stared blankly for a moment, then his face hardened.
"Do you think this is a joke?"
The staff member replied,
"I’m sorry, Dean, but I’m not joking."
"Our academy is about to soar!"
"Our academy has produced... a super Divine Locust!"
