Inner Courtyard Senior

Inner Courtyard Senior

Ye Qingchen watched as the three little ones hiding behind him turned pale, then gave them a look that said, Leave it to me. Only then did the three of them breathe a sigh of relief.

"Well, well, you've gotten bold, haven't you? Ye Qingchen, you speak first. If you don't give me a reasonable explanation today, all of you will be punished." Zhou Yi's face had begun to twitch.

"My martial soul is the Silver Dragon. Normally, dragon-type martial souls follow the assault path, but mine is different. My martial soul can control elements, yet my physical strength is extremely powerful. My elements can also enhance Soul Masters, and my speed is no weaker than that of an agility-attack type. What's wrong with taking the all-rounder path?"

After hearing Ye Qingchen's explanation, Zhou Yi nodded. "That makes sense. Since you have your own choice, I won't force you. But aren't you going to explain them?"

"As for why Wang Dong chose the control type, it may be because of me, or perhaps because of team formation. She chose the control type because she wants to team up and cooperate with me."

Zhou Yi glared at Wang Dong before saying, "Don't think I don't know. If I hadn't brought it up, you would have asked to be grouped with Ye Qingchen later anyway, wouldn't you?"

Zhou Yi continued, "Teamwork is extremely important. Have you ever seen a team made up entirely of control-type Soul Masters? Change it back immediately."

"Yes." Wang Dong promptly changed back to the assault type.

"As for Yuhao and Xiao Xiao, Yuhao's situation is special. His martial soul is his eyes, so taking the control path is perfectly reasonable. As for Xiao Xiao, if I'm not mistaken, she has Twin Martial Souls," Ye Qingchen said.

"Twin Martial Souls?" Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong said almost in unison.

Xiao Xiao lowered her head shyly. Zhou Yi's expression changed repeatedly as well. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Fine, control type it is. I'm giving you a task: in the New Student Assessment, the four of you have only one goal—become champions."

"Yes," they answered hurriedly.

After leaving the classroom, Ye Qingchen and the other two said goodbye to Xiao Xiao and headed to Sea God Lake. They went around the new student teaching building and headed east along the southern side of Shrek Plaza. Before long, they arrived at a lakeside path.

Passing through the woods beside the path, the sparkling Sea God Lake appeared before them. A gentle mist mixed with fresh air rushed toward them. Although Sea God Lake was merely an artificial lake, its water was exceptionally clear.

"It's so beautiful!" Wang Dong could not help taking a deep breath and stretching her body with all her might.

The main reason Ye Qingchen had brought Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong with him was to try his luck and secure an opportunity for the two little ones.

"Someone's coming," Ye Qingchen said. Sure enough, bringing them along had triggered the reward.

"What is it?" Wang Dong asked doubtfully.

In the next moment, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong widened their eyes. They too saw a red figure racing across the water's surface at an astonishing speed, and it seemed to be charging directly toward them.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong glanced at Ye Qingchen and cried out together, "An Inner Courtyard Senior?"

That red figure was simply too fast. In just that brief moment, she had already rushed to the middle of the lake. Now that she was closer, they could see more clearly. Not only were her clothes red, but even her hair was blood-red. Her figure was slender...

"This senior looks really strong! Look, she can run across the lake without even releasing her martial soul." Wang Dong analyzed excitedly.

The red figure approached far too quickly. While they were talking, she had already come within a hundred meters of the shore. A terrifying wave of heat swept over them instantly, and expressions of horror appeared in both Huo Yuhao's and Wang Dong's eyes.

The terrifying heat erupted in an instant. Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao felt as though they had been swallowed by a sea of fire, and both fell unconscious immediately.

"They've passed out. Leave the rest to me," Ye Qingchen said as he looked at the unconscious Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.

A blast of cold air suddenly spread from Ye Qingchen, dispersing all the scorching heat ahead. Ma Xiaotao let out a muffled groan, her body flying backward and falling. With Ye Qingchen at the center, half of Sea God Lake was frozen.

The red figure seemed to be trembling violently. Ye Qingchen slowly raised his right arm, and at some point, the index finger of his right hand had turned ice-blue.

"Ice Seal." Ye Qingchen pointed forward with his index finger, and an ice-blue ray flashed through the air before shooting straight toward Ma Xiaotao.

The temperature around Ma Xiaotao's body plummeted under the effect of the extreme chill emitted by Ye Qingchen. Her body suddenly struggled, and immediately afterward, a clear phoenix cry rang out.

Behind her, a gigantic Fire Phoenix rose into the air. A finger-thin line of fire shot from the Fire Phoenix's mouth and collided with the ice-blue ray.

"Sizzle, sizzle—"

A series of strange sounds rang out. The fireline instantly collapsed and shrank, while Ma Xiaotao's body flew backward. A layer of ice-blue spread across her entire body as she fell directly into the distant Sea God Lake.

The lakeside, which had been filled with terrifying Soul Power fluctuations only moments ago, had now completely returned to calm. On the shore, only Ye Qingchen remained, along with the unconscious Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.

(End of Chapter)