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Su Mo hurriedly nodded. "I like it, I like it! This is the one!"
President Li quickly gave Su Mo a thumbs-up. "Hahaha, good! As expected of this year's College Entrance Exam Champion. Only a heaven-blessed talent like you deserves a mount like this.
Come, next I'll help you form the contract. After that, you'll be able to summon this mount anytime."
As he spoke, President Li stepped up to the tiger and pointed a finger. A drop of dazzling red blood flew from the tiger's forehead.
With a slight movement of his hand, a contract written in some unknown script appeared in his palm.
The blood fused with the contract, and he handed it to Su Mo. "Sign your name on this, and you're good to go."
Su Mo took the contract. Though he couldn't recognize a single word on it, he could clearly sense its meaning. After confirming it was just a standard contract, he quickly wrote his name.
Immediately, he felt a special connection form between him and the Golden-Winged Sky-Devouring Tiger.
With a thought, the five-meter-long Golden-Winged Sky-Devouring Tiger turned into a streak of golden light and merged into Su Mo's body.
Su Mo tried summoning it again, and the tiger's figure appeared beside him. It shook its head, snorted loudly, then flopped down next to him.
Even lying down, the three-meter-tall Golden-Winged Sky-Devouring Tiger was nearly as tall as Su Mo standing.
Seeing it settle, Su Mo's excitement surged—he couldn't wait to give it a try.
Old Li clearly noticed Su Mo's eagerness and said, "This place is too small to really stretch its legs. Since you're heading out for training, why not ride it there? I've packed up all the other stuff you bought—here!"
With that, Old Li handed Su Mo a large bag. Without even looking, Su Mo stashed it into his system space.
Back in the day, his system space might not have fit such a huge pile of goods.
But now, with 1,300 cubic meters of space, he could stuff his entire old family home in there if he wanted.
"Alright, then I'll thank you, President Li. If there's anything I can help with, just let me know."
"Hahaha, good, good, good! If I ever need anything, I'll definitely come to you."
Since President Li didn't specify what he needed and Su Mo didn't press further, he simply stored the Golden-Winged Sky-Devouring Tiger back into his body, grabbed his sister's hand, and dashed outside.
Once they reached a wide, open spot on the street, he summoned the Golden-Winged Sky-Devouring Tiger again.
Perhaps it had been too long since it last breathed fresh air, because the moment it appeared, it let out a sky-shaking roar.
[Roar]
The massive tiger's cry reverberated through the air, drawing the gazes of countless passersby.
Seeing such a ferocious beast suddenly materialize out of thin air—its gaping maw large enough to swallow half a person, its terrifying fangs glinting like daggers—sent the surrounding crowd into a panicked scramble in all directions.
[Smack!]
Su Mo slapped the Golden-Winged Sky-Devouring Tiger's side. "Quiet down and crouch!"
The tiger, which had been ready to roar its heart out, gave Su Mo a resentful glance before reluctantly lying down.
Once the Golden-Winged Sky-Devouring Tiger obediently settled, Su Mo turned to Su Yu. "Sister, do you want to sit in front or behind?"
Su Yu hesitated, eyeing the massive beast before looking back at Su Mo. "Uh, are we really riding this thing? It looks so scary. And isn't this a bit too flashy?"
"Flashy? If riding this counts as flashy, then what about this!"
As he spoke, Su Mo activated his College Entrance Exam Champion title. The golden words "College Entrance Exam Champion" shone brilliantly above his head, radiating light and completely capturing Su Yu's attention.
In the next moment, Su Mo leapt onto the tiger's back, pulled Su Yu up to sit in front of him, and clamped his legs against the tiger's sides. The Golden-Winged Sky-Devouring Tiger instantly understood, rising to its feet with a mighty leap. Its snow-white wings flapped, and it soared into the sky.
The fleeing crowd immediately drew the attention of several high-tier awakened ones. But when they saw the scene before them, they all froze in their tracks, their breaths catching.
A young man in a Tianfu High School uniform, with the golden words "College Entrance Exam Champion" gleaming above his head, sat atop a colossal winged tiger alongside a beautiful, slightly flustered young woman, flying into the sky.
After a long pause, a middle-aged man smacked his lips and muttered, "What a perfect match of talent and beauty. If I'd only…"
"What are you staring at? Didn't you notice that tiger is the 98-million-yuan Golden-Winged Sky-Devouring Tiger from the Great Xia Trading House?"
"A 98-million-yuan mount? Even if that tiger were made of gold, it wouldn't cost that much!"
"Exactly! Spending 98 million on a beast like that—if it were me, I could buy a new electric scooter every day for 30 years and never repeat a model."
"That's all the ambition you've got? With 98 million, you'd still ride an electric scooter?"
"Are you all blind? You're only noticing the woman and the tiger? Didn't you see those huge glowing words above that young guy's head?"
"Huh? There's a young guy too?"
"He's got words above his head?"
"Yeah, why does he have words up there?"
"It's 'College Entrance Exam Champion'—it's a title, a rank! Do you even know what a title is? Forget it, I'm too lazy to explain. People like you wouldn't touch something like a title in your whole lives."
"College Entrance Exam Champion! You mean Su Mo!"
"Hmph, now you get it. This is this year's champion. I heard he was even taken as a disciple by some Slaughter God. He's a big name in Tianfu City!"
"Holy crap, so being the College Entrance Exam Champion means you get to ride a 98-million-yuan mount? And that girl in front—I think I saw in some tabloid that Su Mo's family is supposed to be poor. How could he afford this?"
"Now that you mention it, that makes sense. Could he be… sponsored by someone?"
"With a girl that pretty, I'd let her sponsor me any day!"
"Pfft! Go take a leak and look at yourself in the reflection. Sponsor you? That's obviously Su Mo getting sponsored after becoming the champion. If you could become the champion, someone would sponsor you too."
"Didn't the news say Su Mo was taken as a disciple by the Blood Slaughter God, Tu Hongwu? Couldn't this mount just be a gift from his master? What's wrong with a god-tier giving his disciple a mount? You guys are just sour grapes because you can't have it—pfft!"
"Exactly! Su Mo earned all this step by step on his own. You think everyone's as petty-minded as you?"
Hearing this, someone immediately shot back, unconvinced. "Even if he's the College Entrance Exam Champion, does he have to be so over-the-top? 'College Entrance Exam Champion' glowing above his head, riding such a flashy mount—it's obviously showing off."
"Over-the-top? He's the College Entrance Exam Champion—what's wrong with a little flair? Did he eat your rice? If you don't like it, don't look."
"Yeah! If a young guy isn't bold and loud, can you even call him young?"
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