"Owen Carter, 16 points!"
"Nolan Pierce, 24 points!"
"Gavin Brooks, 37 points!"
"Ethan Cole, 0 points!"
The instructor responsible for calculating the points looked at the injured Ethan and immediately guessed what had happened, he had most likely been robbed of his collected materials and beaten badly, which was why he had returned with zero points. However, the instructor had no sympathy for him, after all, this was a trial, and without strength, being robbed of one's harvest was only to be expected.
"Leon Vance, 312 points!"
When Leon's score was announced, the students from his academy immediately showed proud expressions. After all, Leon was one of their students, so his performance naturally brought some pride to their academy.
"Cut, it's only 312 points, and with such a result, you deserve to challenge me?" Connor Blake walked out of the controlled wilderness area and looked at Leon with a sneer.
Immediately afterward, he took out his harvest one bag after another, three large bags in total, and the instructor carefully calculated Connor's materials, and after some time, announced a shocking score.
"Connor Blake, 684 points!"
"So many?" Leon's expression changed, and he immediately said coldly, "You must have robbed someone else!"
"That's what I'm capable of!" Connor sneered.
Leon's face turned red, but he didn't know how to refute it.
"Wow, 684 points, Connor should be first!"
"Among the five seed students of First Martial Academy, Connor is the strongest, and he's probably one of the strongest Blood Warrior Apprentices participating in this trial, there shouldn't be many people with more points than him."
"You don't know yet? A Fire Lion in the trial area actually broke through and became a genuine Rank 1 beast! That Fire Lion was surrounded and seriously injured by a large group of students, but someone eventually took advantage of the situation and finished it off, and the proof from that Rank 1 Fire Lion alone is worth 1,600 points!"
"What? One thousand six hundred? Who got the Fire Lion's proof? That alone is enough to take first place!"
"Although that's good luck, whoever got it basically took it from the hands of Connor and the others, they fought that Fire Lion for so long. If that person really dares to exchange the proof for points, his identity will immediately be exposed."
"Tsk, the first-place reward is three portions of Intermediate Beast Blood and 170,000 denari, if Connor gets offended, then he gets offended, what can Connor do here?"
"He might not dare to attack openly, but Connor isn't an ordinary student, with his background and First Martial Academy behind him, causing some trouble for that person wouldn't exactly be difficult."
Connor ignored the surrounding conversations, and his gaze remained fixed on the entrance to the trial area.
"Hmph, I don't believe you're willing to give up first place, once I know your identity, you just wait and see!" A fierce light flashed in his eyes.
Just as the allotted time was about to end, a young man walked out of the wilderness carrying a large bag and a smaller one, and this young man was Ryan.
"Teacher, this is my harvest, please calculate it." Ryan handed the bags to the instructor responsible for the points and spoke with a smile.
The instructor opened them and began counting carefully, and after some time, he said, "A total of 261 points!"
That was already a respectable score, even if it wasn't enough to compete for first place, it was close to the range required to enter the top ten.
Ryan glanced toward Connor, he had naturally heard the conversations outside. If he handed over the Fire Lion's proof, everyone would know that he was the one who had taken it, and Connor would undoubtedly hold a grudge against him.
For a brief moment, Ryan considered simply keeping the material so that he could avoid the trouble, but almost immediately, he dismissed the thought.
"Three portions of Intermediate Beast Blood and 170,000 denari are already in my hands in all but name, am I really supposed to throw them away merely because someone might cause trouble for me later?" Ryan thought to himself, and his eyes became calm.
Danger was something to consider, not something to fear. If he became afraid of taking opportunities simply because they came with consequences, then what was the point of struggling to become stronger? He would not act recklessly, but neither would he be a coward, as for Connor, if trouble came, he would deal with it when it came.
"Teacher, I still have another piece of material." Ryan reached into his belongings and took out a section of dark crimson mane.
The moment it appeared, several nearby instructors immediately recognized it, because a faint pressure still lingered on the material, and the scoring instructor's expression changed.
"The Rank 1 Fire Lion's proof was actually obtained by you!" He looked at Ryan in surprise. "This material counts as 1,600 points, your total score is 1,861 points!"
For a moment, the surroundings became quiet, and then...
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
A series of cold gazes immediately fell upon Ryan, and Connor's expression darkened as he strode forward.
"Who are you, that you dare to rob our Fire Lion proof?"
"Connor, he seems to be a student of Aegis Martial Academy." One of Connor's companions leaned closer and whispered.
"Aegis?" When Connor heard this, his expression became even uglier.
First Martial Academy already considered itself superior to Aegis in practical combat, yet now an Aegis student had taken away the most valuable reward from a Rank 1 beast that Connor and the others had spent so much effort fighting, to Connor, this was no different from being slapped in the face. Although he did not necessarily need the Intermediate Beast Blood reward desperately, losing first place in this manner was something he couldn't tolerate.
"It's funny to say I robbed your Fire Lion, the beasts in the trial area don't belong to your family, if I can hunt it, then naturally what I hunt is mine." Ryan looked at him calmly.
He wasn't particularly afraid of offending Connor. Ryan had personally delivered the finishing blow to the Fire Lion and obtained the required proof, and the rules of the trial were clear, whoever returned with the designated material received the points. Moreover, this was a joint trial held by all five academies, so Connor couldn't simply decide the rules by himself.
Connor also understood that arguing further was useless, so he glared fiercely at Ryan and finally dropped a sentence.
"Boy, you wait and see!"
The other First Martial Academy students also looked at Ryan unpleasantly, but none of them said anything, because they knew Connor would not simply forget the matter.
The trial was officially over, and with 1,861 points, Ryan took first place and, as promised, received three portions of Intermediate Beast Blood and 170,000 denari.