Versatile Mage: Soul and Demon Dual Cultivation

The exhausted group didn't truly relax until they returned to the safety zone.

Through this experience, both academies suffered heavy losses. The Imperial Capital Academy lost a total of six students: Xu Mingcong, Lu Zhenghe, Liao Mingxuan, Zhao Mingyue, Xu Dalong, and Xiaofeng.

Lu Zhenghe's death could be considered deserved due to his connection to Lu Nian, but the other five students from the Imperial Capital Academy were innocent. Their deaths were truly regrettable. If Mu Ningxue hadn't revealed her true strength at a crucial moment, the Imperial Capital Academy's training team would have likely been completely wiped out, except for Mu Ningxue.

Compared to the Imperial Capital Academy, the Pearl Academy's losses were significantly smaller. The Pearl Academy only lost two students: Luo Song and Shen Mingxiao.

Lin Chen disapproved of the Jinlin City training exercise from the bottom of his heart. The situation in Jinlin City was far more complex than previously understood.

Many areas were unknown, and as the saying goes, the unknown is the most terrifying. Whether they were students from the Pearl Academy or the Imperial Capital Academy, those who participated in this training were already outstanding in their abilities, and most were from prominent families.

If they hadn't participated in this training, those who died would have had enough time to grow. By then, they would have become a force against the demon beasts.

Even though Lin Chen now possessed considerable strength, he wasn't overly complacent or arrogant. He always believed in the principle that there's always someone better.

Only a genius who grows can become a strong person. Isn't the purpose of the academy to help those potential geniuses grow?

These deceased students could also be considered geniuses, but unfortunately, they no longer have the opportunity to become strong.

The academy's intention was good, hoping that students could experience slaughter and death, but the academy could have arranged reasonable and known training grounds for the students to train. The complexity of Jinlin City had completely negated the meaning of this training.

A group of Intermediate-level mages facing numerous demon beast hordes and Commander-level demon beasts—it was already a luxury for them to survive.

Is this called training?

What was there to train with?

No, this was sending students to their deaths, using the students' lives for training.

After this training, the surviving students probably didn't learn anything else, only how to escape.

And the academy's teachers didn't do anything either. Knowing that Jinlin City was unknown and uncontrollable, why didn't the school arrange for teachers to hide in the shadows to protect the students?

It's truly unbelievable that the Pearl Academy and the Imperial Capital Academy, as the top two academies in China, would make such a mistake.

Despite all this, Lin Chen was in a pretty good mood. Although the Imperial Capital Academy suffered heavy losses this time, many of the deceased students were Mu Ningxue's simps. Lu Zhenghe's intentions were obvious to everyone, which was one of the reasons why Lin Chen didn't step in to save people.

As everyone returned to the safety zone, this thrilling training came to a complete end. Mu Ningxue was returning to the Imperial Capital Academy, while Lin Chen and the rest of the Pearl Academy were returning to Shanghai.

As soon as he arrived in Shanghai, Lin Chen sought out Mo Fan alone.

"Mo Fan, this is a Blood Beneficiary. It's the experiment Lu Nian mentioned. According to my understanding, this Blood Beneficiary can temporarily increase your power by a major realm. Take this Blood Beneficiary for self-defense!"

Lin Chen took out a Blood Beneficiary from the Spirit World and handed it to Mo Fan. The Blood Beneficiary from Lu Nian's side had already been transferred to the Spirit World by Lin Chen without anyone noticing when Mu Ningxue went into battle.

"What is this...?" Mo Fan looked at Lin Chen in confusion, asking. He hesitated to take the Blood Beneficiary. Lu Nian had previously said that no one had ever successfully survived this experiment.

"The newly added magic element is different from ordinary magic elements. It can be said that it overdrafts the power of the future. Such powerful power will inevitably come at a certain price, and that price is the essence soul. As long as there are enough essence souls, you can survive unharmed after using the Demon Element. I know that everyone has their own secrets, and I think... you also have your own secret. Whether to use this Blood Beneficiary or not is up to you!" Lin Chen said quietly, glancing at Mo Fan's chest. He didn't spell it out. Everyone has their own secrets. Being too direct might cause Mo Fan to feel resentful. As a fellow transmigrator, Lin Chen knew best what transmigrators feared most. Lin Chen only needed to hint, and the choice was entirely up to Mo Fan.

Mo Fan also noticed Lin Chen's gaze. Lin Chen's hint was obvious enough. He understood that his secret had been seen through by Lin Chen. However, he didn't care too much. Lin Chen had helped him several times. He still remembered this kindness. Moreover, Lin Chen was completely out of good intentions this time!

"Thank you, Lin Chen!" After thinking for a moment, Mo Fan still took the Blood Beneficiary from Lin Chen's hand, thanking him.

According to Lin Chen, if he had enough essence souls, he could use this power that surpassed levels. Mo Fan didn't mind trying it out. After all, with the Little Loach, he had the most essence souls.

After saying goodbye to Mo Fan, Lin Chen returned to the Pearl Academy. Before that, he had received a call from Dean Xiao.

When he arrived at the dean's office, he saw Dean Xiao with a face full of joy.

"Lin Chen, thank you for your hard work this time. Fortunately, we had you, otherwise the Pearl Academy would have suffered great losses this time!" Dean Xiao said with a smile. As soon as they arrived at the safety zone, a teacher had told him all the details of this training. In the unknown Jinlin City, they not only faced Commander-level demon beasts and demon beast hordes, but also encountered the scum of humanity. Despite this, most of the students who were sent out survived. Compared to the Imperial Capital Academy, it was like heaven and earth. Lin Chen's contribution was self-evident.

Lin Chen smiled slightly and said, "You're too kind, Dean, but I hope that such training missions won't happen again in the future!"

"Oh? How so?" Dean Xiao asked with a smile, hearing this.

"Dean Xiao, what do you say is the duty and meaning of our Pearl Academy's existence?" Lin Chen asked.

Dean Xiao gradually restrained his smile and asked seriously, "Lin Chen, if you have something you want to say, just say it directly! Don't worry about anything! Our Pearl Academy is not so closed-minded that we can't listen to students' suggestions!"

Lin Chen nodded and slowly began to speak, "Not only the Pearl Academy, but as long as it's a school, its primary duty is to educate people. After coming to Pearl, I learned a lot of knowledge that I hadn't learned before. To be honest, I still have a strong sense of belonging to the Pearl Academy, but the academy's series of operations in this training made me very disappointed."