The first day of competition ended quickly.
To everyone's surprise, every student in Class A advanced as a group, leaving Gu Tian Yuan in high spirits all day.
Of course, the most dazzling performers in the matches were Xue Xiao Ran and Xiao Hong Chen.
Considering that both of them belonged to Class A, the other students felt that this was perfectly normal.
Xiao Hong Chen's proud heart had suffered two successive blows from Xue Xiao Ran. He knew he could not defeat enemies with simple movements as Xue Xiao Ran did, and it dealt a harsh blow to his self-esteem.
The teachers had quietly informed the students of Xue Xiao Ran's Martial Soul. They did not want all of Class A to win the championship either. You were eating meat, so at least let us have some soup, right?
"I really hope we don't run into him tomorrow."
Nangong Ling sat on his bed and sighed softly.
"If we do, I won't hold back." Xue Xiao Ran stretched, picked up his towel, and began to wash up.
"Neither will we."
Nangong Ling's voice came from behind him, and Xue Xiao Ran nodded.
He did not want opponents of his generation to go easy on him in any battle. To him, that was an insult.
"Moonlight Team of Class B versus Xue Xiao Ran of Class A!"
Xue Xiao Ran opened his eyes after sitting in quiet meditation, then walked down from the arena step by step.
Class B again?
So far, this was his only match today, while two Support System Soul Masters from Class A had been eliminated.
Gu Tian Yuan did not blame them. It had already been difficult enough for Support System Soul Masters to fight their way to the second day with Soul Tools.
"Are you ready?"
The referee teacher clearly had a very good impression of Xue Xiao Ran and asked with a smile.
Xue Xiao Ran nodded and turned his gaze toward the opposing team of two girls and one boy.
They each took strips of cloth from their pockets and tightly covered their mouths and noses.
Xue Xiao Ran could not help wanting to laugh. Who told you poison enters the body through the mouth and nose?
Unless you seal every pore on your bodies, my poison will still enter you.
Xue Xiao Ran revealed an unreadable smile, causing the three on the other side to frown.
"Don't drag this out with him. Watch out for his poison."
The leading boy spoke in a low voice, and the two girls immediately nodded.
After their Homeroom Teacher had told them yesterday that Xue Xiao Ran's Martial Soul was poison, the three had swiftly decided on a strategy in case they encountered him.
They would end the fight quickly. If they knocked him down before his poison took effect, they would win.
"Begin!"
The three shouted at once and charged toward Xue Xiao Ran. It was actually a lineup of one Assault System Soul Master and two Agility System Soul Masters.
Xue Xiao Ran raised a brow. What kind of bizarre lineup was this?
But as that thought crossed his mind, the leading Assault System Soul Master had already rushed before him. The yellow Soul Ring behind him flashed, and blood-red wolf claws slashed toward Xue Xiao Ran's chest.
Judging by his aura, he seemed to be among the stronger Two-Ring Soul Masters. Xue Xiao Ran even felt that in a direct clash, he might not be his opponent.
In this situation, the Tang Sect ultimate technique, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Steps, proved most useful.
A trace of purple flashed through Xue Xiao Ran's Jade Eyes. With a slight twist of his waist, he had already dodged the savage claw strike that would have ripped open his belly.
A faint glow spread across his hands as he blocked the Second Soul Skills of the two Agility System Soul Masters. His feet tapped the ground several times, dispersing all of the force behind their attacks.
It was one of the Tang Sect ultimate techniques, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, the method of using four ounces to deflect a thousand pounds.
Xue Xiao Ran grinned. Since his Martial Soul was no longer a secret, he might as well give them something fierce.
The purple Soul Ring behind him flashed sharply. Multicolored mist gradually emerged along with Xue Xiao Ran's smile, accompanied by a refreshing floral fragrance.
Xue Xiao Ran could have completely removed the color and fragrance from the Hundred Flowers Poison of Hundred Flowers Chaotic Dance, but their purpose was to numb his opponents' senses and preserve his trump card.
If the teachers all learned that his Soul Skills were colorless and odorless, how would he ambush people in the future?
"Hundred Flowers Chaotic Dance. Please enlighten me."
Xue Xiao Ran's cool voice drifted through the mist, throwing the three into immediate panic.
His figure flickered in and out of sight within the fog. Those Jade Eyes were like venomous snakes lurking in the shadows, coldly observing their prey.
"We surrender!"
After weighing the pros and cons, the leading boy gritted his teeth and spoke.
He had already felt the numb, itchy sensation spreading through his body and knew he had been poisoned long ago. He had no choice but to give up.
The two Agility System Soul Masters clearly did not have as much Soul Power as he did. The poison had entered their bodies much earlier, and their faces were now as red and green as the mist itself, horrifying to behold.
Xue Xiao Ran waved his hand, dispersing the mist and simultaneously removing the poisonous elements from their bodies. He cupped his hands toward the referee teacher at the side.
"This match goes to Xue Xiao Ran!"
The students in the audience immediately began discussing it, their voices as noisy as a marketplace.
"He's already won three in a row. Is there no one who can counter him?"
"How do you even avoid Xue Xiao Ran's poison? The three of them covered their mouths and noses, so why were they still poisoned?"
"Can no one defeat him?"
Jing Hong Chen coughed, and his voice came through the Amplifying Soul Tool. "Silence."
"Xue Xiao Ran has won this match." He repeated what the referee teacher had just said, then cut off the Amplifying Soul Tool.
Xiao Hong Chen's expression turned ugly. He had never expected it—never expected Xue Xiao Ran's Martial Soul to be Extreme Poison.
Xiao Hong Chen was not worried about poison at all. The Toad Poison of his Three-legged Golden Toad Martial Soul could instantly kill the vast majority of Soul Masters.
But Xue Xiao Ran's Martial Soul was Extreme Poison. The word "Extreme" was no joke.
His Martial Soul completely suppressed Xiao Hong Chen's. No matter how hard Xiao Hong Chen's Three-legged Golden Toad worked to refine poison, the poison refined by Extreme Poison would always be a level higher than his.
Moreover, Xue Xiao Ran had not even used the Tang Sect's poisons yet, and he already firmly held the upper hand over Xiao Hong Chen.
Xiao Hong Chen's Soul Power Level had now reached Level 29, while Xue Xiao Ran was at Level 27. He had already felt a threat from the latter.
Meng Hong Chen did not see it that way. She clapped and laughed as though she herself had won.
Xiao Hong Chen glanced at his younger sister and felt that it was time to speak with their grandfather, to see what attitude he had toward Xue Xiao Ran.
Xue Xiao Ran returned to Class A's area and saw Xiao Hong Chen deep in thought. He smiled, then sat in his original seat.
The battles would come to an end tomorrow. Before then, another large group of people would be eliminated.
Xue Xiao Ran shifted his gaze to Gu Tian Yuan's back. It seemed he wanted to teach everyone the importance of a team.
Although he kept saying that they would fight alone this year and that classmates were all competitors, he wanted everyone to understand the importance of a team through this Freshman Competition.
Realizing something through one's own experience and being forcibly told about it were two entirely different things.
So that's how it is. It seems Gu Tian Yuan really wants to place them in the Youth Soul Master Competition Reserve Team.
Interesting.
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