Secret Realm Command Center.


    "I fuck!"


    "What''s with that move? How is it so strong?"


    "I don''t know either."


    "Is that really still a student? Even I might not be a match for that Earth Element Beast!"


    "..."


    The city guards exploded, some stood up, some cursed, regardless of the presence of the education chief beside them.


    Of course, the education chief no longer cared about anything else. He was grinning like a fool who had just won the jackpot.


    The continuous surprises throughout the day had left Wang Haiping numb...


    Initially, he hadn''t expected Su Yuan to pull off anything spectacular. Yet now, here he was, pulling off a super big move?


    Compound skill!


    It was actually a compound skill!


    The city guards might not know this, but Wang Haiping was clear: Su Yuan''s move was definitely a compound skill composed of Steel Flame Finger and Hardened Iron Armor!


    A compound skill referred to a stronger skill formed by combining two or more perfect skills with sufficient compatibility. It could elevate the skill grade by half!


    Note, simply achieving perfect compatibility between two skills did not guarantee a compound skill.


    Achieving a perfect skill level was merely the basic condition for using a compound skill. It wasn''t just about using two perfect skills simultaneously to form a compound skill.


    The proportions of star power output for the two skills, the method of combination, the final form of release... all these details were crucial, and a slight error could lead to failure.


    Even with a "compound formula" in place, it took countless practices and attempts to master a compound skill.


    Because white skills were mostly transitional in the early stages, most people focused more on green skills once acquired, making the numbers of white compound skills relatively few.


    At least, Wang Haiping never heard of a compound skill combining Steel Flame Finger and Hardened Iron Armor.


    So Su Yuan not only used a compound skill, but it was an original one!


    Compared to this, the news that Su Yuan''s Hardened Iron Armor had also reached perfection didn''t even matter much.


    One month, perfect Steel Flame Finger and perfect Hardened Iron Armor, Great Success Gray Flame Strike, and at least Great Success Wind Walking...


    And a compound skill combining Steel Flame Finger and Hardened Iron Armor!


    How was Wang Haiping supposed to feel?


    Super genius?


    Freak!


    Little Huangfu Qi?


    Huangfu Qi didn''t create a compound skill during his Star Apprentice period either!


    Too much shock, too much surprise, Wang Haiping was completely numb...


    After calming down a bit, Wang Haiping looked at the screen, constantly pondering as he saw Su Yuan extracting the Earth Element Beast star core.


    Initially, he came to check on Chen Jiujun and Fang Kun, the two special recruits. But now... these two could wait!


    Yang Jun, feeling a bit dazed, also got up to leave with Wang Haiping, as he still needed to consolidate the students from the Fourth High School.


    Outside the Secret Realm, on the plaza deep in the base.


    One by one, students walked out from the teleportation gate. They gathered in the plaza and soon started chatting.


    "Oh man, I''m exhausted! I''ve never spent a night in the wild before, let alone in a more dangerous Secret Realm."


    "Heh, Yuan Jie, you managed to hold out till the end without being eliminated? You must have scored decently, huh?"


    "So-so, just over a thousand points."


    "Over a thousand points? Definitely in the top two hundred! That''s awesome, you''re guaranteed a useful White Card!"


    "Hehe, not bad~"


    ...


    "Geez, that Earth Element Beast was terrifying, it almost kicked the star power barrier on the locator to pieces and scared the crap out of me!"


    "No kidding, I was rooted meters away from it. How is such a thing in the Secret Realm for our trial? No way any of us could handle it!"


    "Well, actually, someone did defeat it in the end."


    "How''s that possible?!"


    "Why would I lie? Those who stayed till the end know, the Earth Element Beast''s mark was removed from the map in the end. But among the special recruits, it was probably either Fang Kun or Chen Jiujun, or maybe the two teamed up."


    ...


    Among the First High School team.


    Lv Xinghen whispered to Fang Kun: "Kun, was it you who killed the Earth Element Beast?"


    Fang Kun shrugged: "No."


    Lv Xinghen was surprised: "Then Chen Jiujun is that strong?"


    "He''s not the one either."


    "Huh? Then it''s..." Lv Xinghen suddenly thought of Su Yuan, who killed the Poison Fire Two-headed Python, "Could it be him..."


    "Him?" Fang Kun looked at Lv Xinghen in confusion.


    Lv Xinghen then detailed how Su Yuan killed the Poison Fire Two-headed Python with one blow.


    The more Fang Kun listened, the more shocked he became.


    This Su Yuan, it turned out he had killed a Bronze Middle Stage Poison Fire Two-headed Python?


    And with one strike?


    Fang Kun took a deep breath and said, "He''s the one who killed the Earth Element Beast."


    "It really was him? Damn!" Lv Xinghen couldn''t help but exclaim, then shook his head and sighed, "Why is the gap between people so huge? I''m considered a top genius in Guangchuan City too!"


    Both looked at the Fourth High School team, but almost everyone from there had arrived, except Su Yuan.


    "Still in the Secret Realm?" Fang Kun and Lv Xinghen were surprised.