Overwhelming Victory

"It had better not be!"

Ma Xiaotao glanced at Dai Yueheng but did not dwell on it. She said to Jiang Qingtong, "Qingtong, when the New Student Assessment begins, Teacher and Dean Cai will both be there watching. Do your best! Beat all those people flat!"

"Don't worry." Jiang Qingtong made a reassuring gesture.

Hearing this, Dai Yueheng finally reacted. "So these are the candidates who'll be defending the arena in the New Student Assessment?"

Although most Inner Court students immersed themselves in cultivation, quite a few still had channels for learning about the Outer Court. Dai Yueheng had learned from Dai Huabin that this year's New Student Assessment format had changed.

"This is about the New Student Assessment. Why are you so concerned about it?"

Ma Xiaotao glanced at Dai Yueheng and said, "Let's go. Don't disturb Junior Sister Qingtong and the others while they discuss their strategy. Or are you planning to eavesdrop and report it to your little brother in the Outer Court?"

Dai Yueheng hurriedly shook his head. "Of course not!"

Though he wanted to grow closer to the three girls, with Ma Xiaotao keeping watch over him, he had no chance to do so. He could only take his leave regretfully.

On the day of the New Student Assessment, the Outer Court Martial Arts Arena was packed to the brim. Not only had upperclassmen from the Outer Court come, but even some Inner Court students with nothing to do had arrived. They all wanted to see how a three-person arena-defending team, made up of fellow freshmen, would carve through the other new students.

Some upperclassmen who loved stirring up trouble had even put up banners.

"Fight! Fight!"

Then Wang Yan called them out one by one and gave them a scolding.

There were a total of nine hundred and thirty freshmen participating in the assessment. Jiang Qingtong, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao would defend the arena, while everyone else would take the stage in their assigned groups to challenge them.

Zhuang Lao had personally moved a chair beneath the assessment area and sat down beneath an umbrella to shield himself from the sun, watching the situation on the arena. On the rostrum, Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier appeared together. The two sat high above, looking down at the scene below.

"Shaozhe, do you think anyone will force Qingtong to use her Rank Nine Soul Tool?" Cai Meier asked Yan Shaozhe as she watched Jiang Qingtong and the others warming up by the arena.

"Before it begins, everything is unknown. However, there are also Three Rings Soul Elders among this year's freshmen, as well as students with top-tier Support Martial Souls like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. If they coordinate well, they should have a chance." Yan Shaozhe had specifically reviewed the entire roster for this New Student Assessment.

"But that girl Qingtong has Twin Martial Souls, and neither of us knows what her Second Martial Soul is. That is an uncertainty." Cai Meier continued.

Yan Shaozhe sighed as well. "For months now, she has not used her Second Martial Soul even once. No matter how we probed, she refused to say anything. Though she is young, her resolve is extremely firm."

"It would be nice if she weren't from the Sun Moon Empire."

Cai Meier let out a wistful sigh.

Yan Shaozhe continued, "Have faith in the academy's atmosphere. It will surely change her way of thinking and make her strive for peace between the Original Douluo Continent Three Kingdoms and the Sun Moon Empire."

Every Shrek student possessed an inexplicable confidence in Shrek Academy's atmosphere, believing it could change anyone.

Within the assessment area, Jiang Qingtong, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao stepped onto the arena.

Wang Dong stretched her limbs and said, "Once the fight starts, we need to take our opponents down as quickly as possible! Let them know the three of us aren't easy to mess with!"

"That's right! We'll use absolute strength to prove that we deserve to defend this arena!" Xiao Xiao nodded, waving her little fist.

Wang Yan stepped onto the arena and called for the first group of assessment participants. "New Student Class Three: Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, Zhao Haochen. You may enter the field now and take a corner each. You may only release your Martial Souls after I announce the start of the match. Enter."

The three boys walked up from below the arena.

Wang Yan looked at Jiang Qingtong and asked, "Are you ready?"

Jiang Qingtong nodded. "Come on."

Wang Yan gave a hum and announced the start of the match.

Jiang Qingtong swiftly released her Martial Soul, revealing two Thousand-Year Soul Rings. Mental Detection Sharing immediately linked Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, while a powerful Spiritual Impact slammed directly into the minds of the three opponents.

The three froze in the middle of releasing their Martial Souls. In that brief instant, Xiao Xiao controlled the Three Lives Soul Calming Cauldron and smashed it down between them, while Wang Dong spread the dazzling wings of her Light Goddess Butterfly and flew toward them.

Though the three recovered from the daze caused by the Spiritual Impact, the Three Lives Soul Calming Cauldron had already come crashing down. Its immense force split apart their formation.

Zhao Haochen shouted, "Come out, my big chicken legs!"

Two glossy, oil-slick chicken legs appeared in his hands, but Wang Dong had already arrived before him and kicked him straight off the arena.

Immediately afterward, Wang Dong swiftly turned to deal with the other two.

Without their support, the two were no match for Wang Dong. Moreover, Jiang Qingtong's Mental Detection Sharing kept every one of their movements within sight, allowing Wang Dong to evade attacks at the most critical moments every time.

The two were also kicked off the arena by Wang Dong without any suspense. From the beginning of the match until now, only a minute and a half had passed!

Silence.

The Audience Stand was completely silent.

They knew Jiang Qingtong's trio had to be strong if they were defending the arena, but they had never expected the battle to end so quickly! No matter what, shouldn't they have struggled for a while?

The trio were all Two Rings Soul Grand Masters, but the opposing side had two Soul Grand Masters as well!

The three who had been kicked down still had not recovered. They rubbed their heads with blank expressions. In the distance, Zhuang Lao scattered a wave of green light over them, then nodded at Wang Yan.

After seeing Zhuang Lao nod, Wang Yan nodded as well and announced the result of the match.

Watching the trio win their first battle, Yan Shaozhe said slowly, "Qingtong's grasp of timing is extremely precise. The instant Wang Yan announced the start, she summoned her Martial Soul and activated two soul skills, giving her opponents no opportunity at all."

"Two soul skills..." Cai Meier gazed at the two Thousand-Year Soul Rings floating before Jiang Qingtong and sighed. "Among people her age, I have never seen anyone with better combat awareness than her."

Wang Dong skipped back to Jiang Qingtong and Xiao Xiao, high-fiving them both. "Yes! I told you the three of us would be invincible together! They didn't even have the ability to resist!"

"And we didn't reveal too much, either. Even if they want to target us, they won't know where to start!" Xiao Xiao said with a smile. This was her first time fighting alongside Jiang Qingtong, and the coordinating effect of Mental Detection Sharing was simply too powerful!

Jiang Qingtong said to them, "Rest for a while first. We still have plenty of fights ahead of us today."