The Competition Ends, Side Effects

"It's time to end this."

Jiang Ming felt he had dragged things out long enough. He had given this roommate and classmate of his plenty of face. It was time to end the match.

After all, although Teacher Zhou Yi had already given him the so-called reward for winning the championship in advance, he still had to hurry up and actually take the title. Delay invited trouble. He had given enough face, so now he would finish this quickly!

Jiang Ming's eyes narrowed slightly. The beating frequency of his heart kept climbing, and his overwhelming aura surged to another level once more!

The next moment, Dai Yueheng felt a tremendous force come crashing through the palms locked against Jiang Ming's.

That force was surging and majestic, like waves pounding the shore, one after another without end.

Not only that, but under the coverage of the support Soul Master's soul skill, he had originally been immune to Jiang Ming's First Soul Skill.

Yet for some reason, Dai Yueheng heard a strong, powerful heartbeat. Its frequency was so high and its force so great that even he, in the state of White Tiger Adamant Transformation, was directly dragged into Jiang Ming's rhythm!

Thump! Thump!

Dai Yueheng only felt his own heart rate begin to turn chaotic.

After being pulled into Jiang Ming's heartbeat frequency, his own heart also started beating faster, as if trying to reach the same rhythm as Jiang Ming's.

But Jiang Ming's Martial Soul was the Golden Heart. Although Dai Yueheng possessed the top-tier Beast Martial Soul, the Evil Eye White Tiger, there was no way he could keep up with Jiang Ming's heartbeat rhythm.

And once he failed to keep up, a chaotic heartbeat was terrifying for a Soul Master!

"What's going on?! Why did my soul skill fail?!"

The support Soul Master far in the rear naturally noticed that something was wrong with Dai Yueheng. He activated his Soul Power and used his soul skill, wanting to exempt Dai Yueheng from the negative effects once again.

But after using the soul skill, he discovered that his soul skill had failed!

The Soul Power amplification from his First Soul Skill was still there, but his Second Soul Skill simply had no effect at all!

"Damn it!"

Dai Yueheng's expression had already become somewhat ferocious. His heart was beating faster and faster, making his entire mind grow dazed, and the rapidly flowing blood also gradually covered his body in a dark red color.

"I said, it's time to end this!"

Jiang Ming said it lightly, then his entire body abruptly radiated Golden Light.

Immediately afterward, Jiang Ming changed his fists into palms and pushed fiercely. His hands shot out swiftly and grabbed Dai Yueheng by both arms. With tremendous strength, he directly lifted Dai Yueheng into the air!

After spinning once in midair, Dai Yueheng was thrown straight out of the arena by Jiang Ming.

Truth be told, he did not want to end the fight by throwing him out of the arena. After all, it looked somewhat violent, and it also left his opponent with no dignity. They were all classmates, after all.

But if he did not end the battle this way, with Dai Yueheng's heart in an abnormal state for too long, Jiang Ming was not sure he could save him!

Even if he could save him, there might still be aftereffects.

"All right, your captain has already been eliminated. Are you surrendering, or... should I send you on your way?"

After sending Dai Yueheng out of the field, Jiang Ming turned to look at the Control System Soul Master who was fighting back and forth with Ling Luochen.

He had to say, Ling Luochen's strength was quite impressive. Even when the other side had a support Soul Master, she could still fight him to a standstill. Very strong.

The opposing Control System Soul Master glanced at Dai Yueheng, who was already outside the field, then looked at Jiang Ming, who was currently in peak condition, and sighed helplessly.

"We surrender!"

He surrendered.

There was nothing else he could do. Their strongest captain had been directly thrown out of the arena by the opponent. With only the two of them left, it was even more impossible for them to win the match!

After the other side admitted defeat, Jiang Ming also hurriedly canceled the Golden Blood state.

Golden Blood's one hundred and forty percent all-attribute amplification was certainly awesome, but if he used it for too long, it burdened his Martial Soul! Every time he finished using it, he would fall into varying degrees of weakness depending on how long he had used it.

Fortunately, fighting Dai Yueheng had not taken much time, and with his body now sturdy enough, it was not a big problem.

"Ah, seriously, it's just a Freshman Assessment, but every single one of them fights so hard. They even made me use Golden Blood. Honestly..."

Jiang Ming shook his head rather lazily, stretched, and walked straight toward the contestant seats at the side with Ling Luochen.

"Bro, make some room. I'm gonna sleep for a bit."

When the contestant in front of Jiang Ming saw Jiang Ming talking to him, he was scared half to death and hurriedly moved aside.

Jiang Ming's performance in the arena just now had truly been a little too fierce. Even though he had already restrained his aura at this moment, the people around him still felt he was terrifying to the extreme.

"Thanks, bro."

Jiang Ming waved at the guy who had run off ridiculously fast and thanked him, then sank into a deep sleep.

The weakness caused by using Golden Blood to this extent was not a big deal. A nap would pretty much fix it.

In any case, there would still be matches for second and third place next. If he took a nap, it should not delay the award ceremony.

On the high platform, after Jiang Ming ended the match, the Sloppy Elder had originally wanted to go straight down and find him.

But when he saw Jiang Ming had fallen asleep, he decided to wait a little longer.

With his strength, he could naturally see Jiang Ming's physical condition.

Using a powerful amplification-type soul skill would have a certain impact on the body, and for an amplification soul skill of Jiang Ming's degree, that impact would be even greater!

"Dean, I'll go down and take a look!"

After Zhou Yi saw Jiang Ming's condition, her delicate brows immediately furrowed. After greeting the Dean, she went straight down.

The matches continued, but the champion had already been decided. The remaining two matches were merely to determine second and third place.

Who knew how long it had been, but when Jiang Ming woke up, a huge crowd had already gathered around him!

Zhou Yi, Ling Luochen, and the other students from his class were all surrounding him, making Jiang Ming feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"Why are you all looking at me? Are the matches over?"

Jiang Ming scratched his head, sat up, and asked.

"Mm, they just ended. The award ceremony is tomorrow morning."

Zhou Yi said softly.

Hearing this, Jiang Ming frowned and asked, "Wasn't the award ceremony today?"

Ling Luochen, off to the side, rolled her eyes and said helplessly, "Who told you it was today? Today was just for finishing all the matches. The awards are tomorrow! Did you even seriously read the schedule for the Freshman Assessment?"

"All right, all of you go back. You've been competing all day, so go get some proper rest."

Zhou Yi waved her hand and dispersed the surrounding students who had been watching the excitement.

Jiang Ming and Ling Luochen also returned to their respective dormitories.

The top three of every Freshman Assessment had two fixed rewards: the so-called status of an Outer Court Core Disciple, and the academy would help the student obtain a soul ring at the limit of their age range that also suited them.

Zhou Yi had told Jiang Ming before that the status of a Core Disciple was mainly reflected in receiving better resource allocation than other students.

Among those resources was, but was not limited to, the highest-standard meals every day!

Originally, Jiang Ming had not felt much about this reward. But when he heard that Core Disciples were provided meals of the highest standard—and for free—he immediately made up his mind to take the championship!

"Today, I'm going to eat two basins of Ironclad Savage Bull meat!"