No Tactics, Just Overwhelm!

"Were you waiting for me?"

Jiang Ming was a little surprised, and a little puzzled. He could not understand why Ling Luochen would be waiting for him downstairs at the Dormitory Building so late at night.

"Of course! If I wasn't waiting for an arrogant maniac like you, who else would I be waiting for?"

Ling Luochen said irritably.

"Although it will be very difficult for the two of us to win the championship in a three-person Team Battle, since you've already agreed to Teacher Zhou, we have to give it everything we've got."

"I wanted to find you during the day to discuss tactics, but I looked all over and couldn't find you anywhere!"

Ling Luochen got a little angry as soon as she brought this up.

They were all freshmen and had only been enrolled for three months. How had Jiang Ming gotten so busy that no one could see him from morning till night?

Hearing Ling Luochen say this, Jiang Ming also smiled a little sheepishly.

It was normal that Ling Luochen could not find him. Although they were both in the outer court, the Soul Tool Department and the Martial Soul Department were not in the same area, and there was not much contact between them. It really was somewhat difficult for Ling Luochen to look for him.

"Heh, no choice. I've been a little busy lately."

Jiang Ming smiled. Then his palm brushed over his Storage Soul Tool, and two chairs appeared beneath the big tree.

"Come on, let's sit and talk."

Downstairs at the Dormitory Building, Jiang Ming and Ling Luochen sat in the chairs and spoke softly.

"There are only two of us. I'm currently a Level 29 Soul Grandmaster, and at my current pace, I'm afraid it'll be very hard for me to reach Level 30 before the Freshman Assessment."

"If we rely on me, our chances of winning the championship are basically zero! So I want to know your Soul Power Level and your martial soul. It'll make it easier to prepare tactics!"

Ling Luochen said with a serious expression.

She had a clear understanding of her own strength. She was not weak. It could even be said that she was second only to that top group.

After all, she was only one level away from becoming a Soul Elder!

But if they relied on her alone, never mind the championship—whether they could avoid being eliminated would be a problem!

So right now, she urgently wanted to know Jiang Ming's strength.

Of course, there was another reason she wanted to know Jiang Ming's martial soul. That was a secret she had always kept hidden in her heart.

"Heh, actually, you don't need to be so nervous."

Jiang Ming took two drinks out of his Storage Soul Tool and handed one to Ling Luochen.

Of his three great hobbies in life, besides researching soul tools, another was studying all kinds of food. Otherwise, he would not have carried so many Ice Pattern Melons around with him.

"This is..."

Ling Luochen accepted the drink from Jiang Ming and looked at the ice-blue, milky-white beverage in the transparent cup, somewhat curious.

"This is a drink I made with Ice Pattern Melon, some milk, and sugar. It tastes really good. Try it."

Jiang Ming smiled, then put in a straw and started drinking, his face full of enjoyment.

Seeing how much Jiang Ming was enjoying it, Ling Luochen could not help putting in a straw and taking a sip as well.

"Mmm..."

After just one sip, Ling Luochen could not help letting out a soft hum.

The drink was a little cold, but in this scorching summer heat, it was incredibly refreshing.

The juice of the Ice Pattern Melon combined with the fragrance of milk, creating a very wonderful texture. Moreover, because Ice Pattern Melon itself was already very sweet, after a little sugar and salt were added, that sweetness became even more distinct.

And among all the flavors—sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy—sweetness was the one that made people feel happiness most easily.

At the very least, after Ling Luochen took a sip of the drink, the tension between her brows instantly faded by more than half.

"This drink of yours..."

Ling Luochen wanted to say something, but could not quite get the words out. She only felt as if that sweet taste was eroding her heart, making her unable to help losing herself in it.

"The drink's pretty good, right? I spent a lot of effort adjusting the recipe. You could say it's one of my own works that I'm fairly satisfied with."

Jiang Ming said somewhat smugly.

"Mm, it really is good. Ah, no, wait, I almost forgot! What exactly is your martial soul? What's your soul power? Hurry up and tell me! We still need to set up tactics!"

Ling Luochen was almost delayed from the important matter by the drink. She quickly released the straw from between her lips, looked at Jiang Ming, and asked seriously.

"My martial soul..."

Jiang Ming thought for a moment, then said with a smile:

"My martial soul is called Golden Heart, a Body Martial Soul. As for my soul power, I can't tell you that for now. Anyway, it's higher than Level 30."

"A Body Martial Soul?!"

Ling Luochen was somewhat shocked.

As a little princess from a great clan, her knowledge was not something an ordinary person could compare to. Although she did not know much about Body Martial Souls, she did know a little.

"So it was a Body Martial Soul..."

After her surprise passed, a hint of disappointment suddenly appeared on Ling Luochen's small face.

A Body Martial Soul—then it was not him. She remembered that person's martial soul had been a book.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing the faint disappointment on Ling Luochen's face, Jiang Ming could not help asking.

"Nothing."

Ling Luochen shook her head and set aside the figure in her heart. Then she looked at Jiang Ming and said in realization, "As expected, you're at the Soul Elder level!"

In truth, when Zhou Yi had given the two of them this task, Ling Luochen had already thought of this.

She was only a Level 29 Soul Grandmaster. It was impossible for her to win the championship on her own. But based on what she had learned about Zhou Yi over these past three months, Zhou Yi would never give them a task they had no chance of completing.

In other words, Zhou Yi believed they had hope of winning the Freshman Assessment championship!

If it was impossible to rely on her, then they could only rely on Jiang Ming!

And if the two of them were going to win the championship, then Jiang Ming had to be at the Soul Elder level! Otherwise, the possibility was far too small!

Jiang Ming did not speak. He simply kept drinking his beverage as if nothing had happened.

He was currently at the Soul Ancestor level. But since Ling Luochen believed he was at the Soul Elder level, then Soul Elder it was. In any case, his Golden Heart martial soul had not yet had soul rings added to it, so it looked more or less like a Soul Elder's.

"If you're a Soul Elder, then our chances of winning the championship are indeed much higher. But we still can't let our guard down! Among this year's freshmen, there are two other teams with Soul Elders. We need to formulate tactics specifically for those two teams."

Ling Luochen analyzed it with great seriousness.

With her strength as a Level 29 Soul Grandmaster, combined with Jiang Ming's cultivation as a Soul Elder, it would not be too difficult for them to defeat the other groups that did not have Soul Elders.

But if they ran into a team with a Soul Elder, then it was hard to say.

"Tactics?"

Jiang Ming raised a brow, then shook his head. Looking at Ling Luochen, he said softly, "My suggestion is: don't bother with any tactics. No tactics. Just bulldoze straight through!"

His words were understated, yet utterly domineering and brimming with confidence!

Ling Luochen's brows even drew tightly together.

"Aren't you a little too confident? Even if you're a Soul Elder, the other groups also have Soul Elders, and there are only two of us. Bulldoze through?"

Ling Luochen could not understand where Jiang Ming's confidence came from. If he was only a Soul Elder, then in her view, he had no right to say something like that.

"Mm. Listen to me. Just bulldoze through."

Jiang Ming nodded. Without waiting for Ling Luochen to speak again, he continued, "If you don't believe me, then how about we make a bet? If we can bulldoze our way to the Freshman Assessment championship, then you agree to one request from me. It won't be too excessive. If we can't, then I'll agree to one request from you, and it can't be too excessive either.

In any case, with our strength, the chances of us being eliminated from the Freshman Assessment are practically nonexistent. As for Teacher Zhou, I'll talk to her. How about it? Bet or not?"