The Class Advancement Tournament Approaches, Mu Xi's Frustration (Part 3)

Han Lan had won her previous two matches through this very method.

As an Earth Element Control user, she had chosen the control route.

This Soul Skill could directly restrain her opponent.

Wu Zhangkong had said that as long as someone was trapped within Han Lan's Stone Prison for ten seconds, they would lose.

"Five!"

"Four!"

Wu Zhangkong glared at Long Yuan and began counting. He thought Long Yuan was foolish.

Little did he know that Long Yuan merely wanted to conceal his true abilities.

Roar! Just as Wu Zhangkong counted to three, Long Yuan's soul power surged, and Mystic Ice Dragon Flight appeared once more.

A Mystic Frost Giant Dragon raised its head and let out a long roar before charging fiercely at the Stone Prison.

"One!"

Bang...

Just as Wu Zhangkong counted to one, the Mystic Frost Giant Dragon smashed through the Stone Prison.

Han Lan was sent flying by the powerful shockwave of soul power and fell to the ground.

Long Yuan, meanwhile, stood firmly where he was.

"Long Yuan... wins!"

Wu Zhangkong shot Long Yuan a glare before finally announcing his victory.

Yet dissatisfaction could be heard in his voice.

Still, Long Yuan had ultimately claimed victory with overwhelming strength, so Wu Zhangkong said nothing more.

Long Yuan did not even look at Wu Zhangkong. He had his own thoughts and plans.

So what if Wu Zhangkong was his teacher? He could not simply do whatever his teacher told him to do.

"The match is over. Do you know what impression you've given me?"

Wu Zhangkong swept his gaze across the class and said coldly, "Rotten wood cannot be carved!"

"No wonder you were assigned to Class Five. You're all utterly useless."

As he spoke, seemingly answering his own question, he even glanced in Long Yuan's direction.

Long Yuan's Spiritual Power was powerful, so he had noticed it long ago and shifted his gaze elsewhere in advance.

Hearing the word "useless" made Long Yuan quite unhappy.

"However, even if you are nothing but scrap iron, I will forge you into steel through a hundred refinements."

After rambling for a few more sentences, Wu Zhangkong said, "Through this match, I've seen that many of you lack physical strength.

"Since your Martial Souls are too weak and your physiques are lacking as well, starting tomorrow, our class will begin physical training.

"Physical training every morning, theoretical lessons every afternoon."

After saying that, he told Long Yuan and Xie Xie to come with him, while everyone else was dismissed.

"When I called you useless just now, that included the two of you!"

After dismissal, Long Yuan and Xie Xie appeared in Wu Zhangkong's office.

The moment they entered, Wu Zhangkong once again called them useless.

"Although both of you performed well today, you did not fully display your advantages."

As he said this, Wu Zhangkong shot Long Yuan another glare.

Long Yuan thought to himself that it was better not to reveal some of his advantages if he could help it.

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle.

If he displayed all his advantages and others saw them, how would he catch them off guard and seize the initiative in future matches? What a joke.

Even if his teacher demanded that he reveal everything, he could not possibly show it all.

"Xie Xie, was it fun hiding your Twin Martial Souls? Soul Power Rank Eighteen—more of that came from the innate advantage of Twin Martial Souls, and Innate Full Soul Power, didn't it?

"Are you proud of that?"

Wu Zhangkong looked at Xie Xie, blaming him for not using his Twin Martial Souls earlier.

If he had used them, perhaps he might even have defeated Long Yuan.

After all, although Long Yuan's White Dragon Martial Soul was powerful, he only had one Martial Soul.

Upon hearing the words "Twin Martial Souls," Xie Xie looked at Wu Zhangkong in shock. How did his teacher know he possessed Twin Martial Souls?

"Well, Teacher, those who possess Twin Martial Souls are rare. Of course I'm proud of it; it's something I can be proud of.

"I usually don't want to expose my Twin Martial Souls. It's so I can catch others off guard."

"Once my opponents know I have Twin Martial Souls and prepare in advance, the advantage of having Twin Martial Souls will be greatly reduced. That would be detrimental to me!"

Xie Xie voiced his thoughts.

Besides, Twin Martial Souls really were his secret. The less he exposed them, the better.

Even teachers had no right to interfere. Wasn't it normal for a Soul Master to have a few secrets of their own? "Hmph, nonsense. It's not like there haven't been useless people with Twin Martial Souls. What's there to be proud of?"

"I..."

Xie Xie's expression turned extremely ugly. Like Long Yuan, he disliked the word "useless" when Wu Zhangkong said it.

"Alright, let's get to the point. Every new school year, the academy holds a competition.

Both the Intermediate Department and Senior Department have one. Our Intermediate Department has six grades in total, and all of them must participate. The competition is called the Class Advancement Tournament."

"The so-called Class Advancement Tournament starts with the weakest class, with students selected to issue challenges. Class Five challenges Class Four, and so on.

If the challenge succeeds, the class prefixes are swapped.

In other words, if we defeat Class Four, we will no longer be the bottom-ranked Class Five and will become First Grade Class Four.

Following that pattern, the highest title we can obtain is First Grade Class One.

If we can continue challenging classes in higher grades, we will receive rewards for every victory!"

For the classes, this was a battle for honor.

At the same time, if they could challenge classes above their grade level, the rewards would be extremely generous.

"The minimum number of participants is two, so I intend to have the two of you compete together!"

Afterward, once he had explained some arrangements, the two of them walked out of the classroom in a daze.

The task Wu Zhangkong had given them sounded simple: change the name Class Five into First Grade Class One.

But they were students from the bottom-ranked Class Five. The higher the class, the more outstanding its students were.

It would not be easy for the two of them to defeat Class Four, Class Three, Class Two, and Class One.

After lunch, they continued with meditation class in the afternoon.

The meditation technique Wu Zhangkong taught was far more complicated than the one taught at Red Mountain Academy, but its effects were much more apparent.

It was said to be a simplified version of the Super Meditation Technique derived from Shrek Academy, the legendary academy of Douluo Continent.

Over the course of the afternoon, most of the students in the class mastered this Super Meditation Technique.

After school, Long Yuan and Tang Wulin went to the Forging Masters Association to collect their Forging Master Badges.

Tang Wulin received a Second-Level Forging Master Badge, while Long Yuan received a Third-Level Forging Master Badge.

Seeing Long Yuan's Third-Level Forging Master Badge, Tang Wulin was filled with envy.

"Move aside!"

Just as Long Yuan and Tang Wulin walked out of the Forging Masters Association's main entrance, a young girl rushed in from outside and hurried into the Soul Tool elevator of the Forging Masters Association.

She had long golden hair and a tall, sexy figure.

Mu Xi had been in a particularly bad mood these past two days. The day before yesterday, when she had successfully completed the Hundred Refinements purification of Rare Metal, passed all the assessments, and become a Second-Level Forging Master, she suddenly learned that, before her assessment, two boys who were only nine years old had already passed the second-level assessment.

Nine years old—she felt that was simply impossible.

She had poured a great deal of Heart's Blood into passing the second-level assessment, so she knew exactly how difficult it was.

Yet two little nine-year-olds had actually passed the assessment. It was simply unbelievable.

She had started learning forging at the age of five, swinging a specially made little iron hammer.

Later, she had even received personal instruction from Mu Chen, the President of the Eastsea City Forging Masters Association.

Even with such excellent conditions, she had only completed the second-level assessment at the age of thirteen.

What gave Tang Wulin and Long Yuan the right to pass it at the age of nine?