Wang Sheng: You Should Still Call Me Brother Wang!

"The winner Team Eighteen!"

After the captain of Team 20 fell, Zhong Dingxiu announced the results and was impressed with Zhou Qing.

In the first match, he chose number 18, which was intentional on his part. He wanted to see what kind of ability the team that Zhu Zhuqing valued had.

In this first round, Zhou Qing's combat talent did show some signs, but not much. However, his analysis of team battles did demonstrate his wisdom.

Others might not be able to hear what Zhou Qing and the others discussed before the actual battle, but Zhong Dingxiu, a level 78 Soul Saint, could hear it all clearly.

Unlike Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun's analysis that "Zhou Qing and others only completed their assigned combat tasks during the battle," Zhong Dingxiu clearly heard the classification concepts of Tank, Mage, archer, support, assassin, and warrior, which is different from the existing system in the current Soul Master World!

Moreover, as the Leading Elder of the Star Luo Royal Academy, Zhong Dingxiu clearly understood that if this concept were to spread, it would inevitably cause turmoil throughout the entire Soul Master World.

Perhaps, before long, the team arrangements in the entire Soul Master World will undergo earth-shattering changes.

This classification model essentially points out a future career development direction for Soul Master Soul Master, rather than just focusing on their team battles.

Did that kid come up with this himself?

Zhong Dingxiu found it hard to believe, but he remained calm and prepared to observe for a while longer—this "Friendly Tournament" would last at least two or three days, giving him plenty of time to observe and determine whether Zhou Qing and the others' victory this time was a fluke or a testament to their genuine skill.

If it really is the latter!

This approach can then be applied to the Star Luo Royal Academy Team!

And this Zhou Qing...

This could also give him a chance to join the Star Luo Royal Academy Team!

Among the Team 18 that won the first match of the first round, Zhou Qing walked over to Wang Sheng, pulled him up, and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

After knocking out the first Soul Grandmaster, Wang Sheng went straight for the second one. However, the second Soul Grandmaster had recovered a little and regained some strength, so Wang Sheng, with a fierce determination, decided to "die together" with him.

"It's alright." As Zhou Qing helped him up, Wang Sheng looked up and saw that the work-study students from the Nuoding Academy had gathered around, cheering for Zhou Qing and the others, and also for him, Wang Sheng.

This moment!

Wang Sheng's inner flame was ignited, and he felt that he could not give up becoming Soul Master and had to forge ahead.

"Qing Ge, I think I might not want to give up becoming Soul Master, for... for..." A slight smile appeared on Wang Sheng's lips, but he couldn't bring himself to say what it was for.

"To become someone superior?"

Zhou Qing joked.

"Of course not!"

Even though he was exhausted, Wang Sheng still shouted out, looking at Song Si and the others at the Nuoding Academy who still called him "Boss," his eyes inexplicably moist. "I didn't do it to hear their cheers. I know that if Qingzhu Zhu, Third Brother, and Teacher Romantina hadn't created such a good opportunity for me, I wouldn't have been able to knock those two Soul Grandmaster unconscious. I'm just a Commoner Soul Master with no talent..."

But, but—

I've been the leader for almost six years, and I'm graduating next year! I don't want to, I don't want to, let them down!

Now I understand, if I had given up being Soul Master, what would have become of my former underlings whom I protected?

Zhou Qing opened his mouth, his heart trembling slightly. "You know that, right? You can't protect them forever!"

"I know, I know very well, otherwise I would have promised Third Brother to help me secretly when I fought Liu Long, the noble student... But I just wanted to set an example for them." Wang Sheng said, rubbing his eyes and wiping away his tears. "Qing Ge, you must think I'm very naive, right?"

"No, you are great." Zhou Qing looked at the simply dressed work-study students and listened to their the Scream to him. He couldn't help but tremble, then sighed and laughed, "Brother Wang, now I really want to call you Brother Wang."

"Huh?" Wang Sheng was stunned.

" In the Soul Master World, strength reigns supreme, but you've taught me a different lesson..."

Zhou Qing never expected that she would be touched by Wang Sheng Shengtian's innocent words.

To set an example for work-study students?

No!

In Zhou Qing's view at this time, Wang Sheng was the hope in the eyes of those work-study students, not him, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and other people with Innate Full Soul Power.

Wang Sheng's current performance is not only setting an example for the work-study students, but also responding to their expectations in a way that he himself cannot explain.

"Among three people walking together, there must be one who can teach me... I thought I had a modern way of thinking, and unknowingly stood above everyone else, looking down on everything in this world. But I never expected that I would make the biggest mistake—"

Although the living conditions of commoners and Commoner Soul Master are far inferior to those of nobles and scions of sects and families, they are not without a way to survive!

Even in this Douluo Era fierce competition, survival of the fittest remains a truth... Weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, and my biggest mistake was arrogance!

If one's only ambition is to become strong, arrogance is not necessarily a mistake. In fact, in an environment where Soul Grandmaster families are cultivating a sense of "pride" in their younger generations, it may even lead to a closer connection with one's own Martial Soul, thereby unleashing greater power.

But.

Looking at the entire Douluo Continent—

To make a difference, simply becoming a strong person is far from enough!

Wang Sheng's simple and straightforward words made Zhou Qing realize what he lacked: it wasn't courage, but rather his constant arrogance!

From the very first moment he met Tang San, his motives were impure...

Even before his Martial Soul awakened, he relied solely on his knowledge of the Douluo Continent novel series from his previous life to pontificate and compose passionate prose...

After entering Nuoding City and Nuoding Academy and beginning my initial studies, my previous guesses were slightly confirmed, and pride rose from the bottom of my heart.

It was at this moment that he realized the storm effect caused by his fluttering butterfly, and thus became somewhat cautious about his original target.

Ironically, his contempt for other Soul Master and his disdain for the Soul Master team competition format had transformed into arrogance, which was about to take root in his heart.

Everyone hates Tang San, everyone wants to be Tang San... But is Tang San really what people hate?

Seeing Zhou Qing suddenly staring at him, Tang San couldn't help but shiver. "Qing Ge, what's with that look? It feels weird... Wait, have you been driven crazy by Romantina?"

"Go! Go! Go!"

Zhou Qing's deep gaze vanished in an instant, and he waved his hand with utter disdain, "Even if you were gender-swapped, I wouldn't be interested in someone like you!"

Upon hearing this, Tang San was speechless.

Although he didn't understand the meaning of "feminization" on its own, he was already used to Zhou Qing occasionally creating new and strangely meaningful words, and given the current context, the meaning of this word was obvious.

Romantina, with a knowing smile and a hint of a yaoi fangirl's grin, said meaningfully, "Men and men, you know a lot about that, Zhou Qing!"

The others immediately stepped back a few paces.

Mo Hen coughed and said to Romantina, "Teacher Romantina, please be mindful. Everyone has their own little quirks, but they are not a big deal. Just please don't show them so boldly."

Romantina straightened up and nodded vigorously. "I'm being serious, I was just trying to lighten the mood."

The rest of the group: "→_→" Do you think we believe you or not?

"Zhou Qing, you just said you learned a lesson from Wang Sheng, what was it?" Xiao Wu changed the subject, blinking her eyes and asking curiously.

"Don't aim too high, start with small things, and always have the enthusiasm of the newborn dawn."

Zhou Qing smiled, but this smile carried an inexplicable air about it. While possessing the simplicity of a rural farmer, his eyes seemed to burn with a crimson flame, as if they wanted to burn everything to ashes.

"Brother Wang, don't you think so?"

"Ah?"

Wang Sheng scratched his head, a little embarrassed, but said with a simple smile, "You should call me by my name. It always feels weird to be called 'Brother Wang' by you."

Zhou Qing: "..."