Joining Forces to Advance, Causing a Sensation

During this time sparring with Di Tian, Chen An had summed it up in four words: strike while the iron was hot.

Once he gained the upper hand in battle, he had to press the advantage and knock his opponent down in one go.

He could not give his opponent even the slightest chance to catch their breath. The saying that delays breed complications made sense.

Chen An attacked with all his strength. Every punch that landed on Li Yang's body made his face twist in pain.

His Soul Power was inferior to Li Yang's, but the strength of his Martial Soul was far beyond Li Yang's.

Though only level eleven, his strength was no weaker than Li Yang's—if anything, it was slightly greater.

Therefore, he showed no sign of being at a disadvantage in battle.

On top of catching his opponent off guard earlier, he now pursued his victory and widened his advantage.

Li Yang had been passively taking hits the entire time, unable to fight back.

He did not possess the extensive combat experience and skills of Di Tian or Gu Yue Na.

He could not change his current situation in the most effective way possible.

The more irritable he became, the more passive he was. It was a vicious cycle.

The battle ended before it had lasted very long.

Chen An defeated Li Yang, winning with a rather obvious advantage.

The watching students were dumbfounded. This outcome had caught them somewhat by surprise.

Knowing the gap in Soul Power between the two beforehand, they had all guessed that Li Yang would win.

And that he would win rather easily, without much pressure.

Yet the result was Chen An's victory. He was the one who had won relatively easily.

This made them reassess Chen An, a mere level-eleven Red-Level Disciple.

Not only them—even many of the teachers watching the battle were left staring in shock.

They paid far more attention to Chen An now, and gave him a very high evaluation in their hearts.

Gu Yue Na sat there calmly. She was the only one who had predicted before the match that Chen An would win.

The strength of one's Soul Power had never fully represented one's actual strength. Martial Souls were crucial.

Chen An's Death God Dragon was an existence on the same level as her own.

The power of such a Martial Soul gave Chen An the ability to fight opponents above his level.

Defeating a Soul Grandmaster in their twenties was fairly normal, wasn't it?

"Unfair!" Li Yang cried out in rage, feeling deeply aggrieved by his loss.

Chen An ignored Li Yang and calmly withdrew his power before walking toward the stands.

"I'm the referee. Since I haven't declared it unfair, that means it was fair."

"Chen An won openly and honestly. There was not the slightest violation or cheating involved."

"You'd better control your emotions and stop making a scene here," the referee said sternly.

"I..." Seeing the referee's severe gaze, Li Yang did not dare say anything further.

He shot Chen An a vicious glare, then slunk away from the arena in defeat.

"How many points would you give my performance just now, out of ten?" Chen An could not help asking after sitting beside Gu Yue Na.

Gu Yue Na had plenty of authority when it came to combat, and he somewhat wanted her approval.

"Four, I suppose. Although you defeated your opponent fairly easily, you still made quite a few mistakes."

After thinking it over, Gu Yue Na gave what she believed was an impartial score.

Chen An's expectations fell through. It would be a lie to say that he was not disappointed.

He had been fairly satisfied with his performance just now.

Yet in Gu Yue Na's eyes, it had contained many problems, earning only four points.

"Please point out where I went wrong," Chen An said earnestly as he looked at Gu Yue Na.

Gu Yue Na glanced at Chen An and did not refuse, slowly pointing out his various mistakes.

Chen An listened attentively, doing his best to recall the battle and compare it with what she said.

He had not noticed it before, but after hearing Gu Yue Na explain it, there truly had been quite a few flaws.

After she finished, Chen An wore a thoughtful expression as he reflected on himself.

Gu Yue Na, meanwhile, walked down toward the arena. It was already her turn to compete.

Chen An looked toward the arena, paying close attention to Gu Yue Na's battle.

Her opponent was also a Soul Grandmaster, with level twenty-eight Soul Power.

Red-Level Disciples could only be matched against students at level twenty-five or above.

Gu Yue Na and he would not only be facing Soul Grand Masters this round.

They would have to face them in every following round as well, until they were eliminated.

Or until there were no more opponents of that Soul Power level for them to encounter.

Gu Yue Na's opponent looked utterly unconcerned. It was simply difficult for him to take this match seriously.

His opponent not only had just level-twelve Soul Power, sixteen levels below his own.

She was also only a little over eight years old. How could he possibly take her seriously?

It was like an adult man refusing to regard an elementary school student as an opponent.

The battle began quickly. Gu Yue Na struck first, her various elemental attacks dazzling to the eye.

Her opponent realized that she was not simple and began taking the fight seriously as well.

He released his Martial Soul and activated his Soul Skills, yet he still could not break through Gu Yue Na's elemental attacks.

His Martial Soul was the plant-type Martial Soul, Devil Vine, and he followed the control-type path.

Normally, he relied mainly on long-range control, able to bind opponents tightly from dozens of meters away.

Yet when facing Gu Yue Na, he felt somewhat like a mouse encountering a cat.

Gu Yue Na possessed the abilities of seven elements, among which fire-element energy happened to restrain him.

During the battle, Gu Yue Na focused on using her fire-element abilities.

She controlled flames to continuously burn away the Devil Vines winding toward her, reducing them to ash.

The Devil Vines could not even get within three meters of Gu Yue Na, much less bind her.

Once a control-type Soul Master's methods could hardly take effect, the outcome was no longer in doubt.

Gu Yue Na won, defeating her opponent with relative ease.

Many people were astonished once again. This was the second shock they had received today.

The impact was even greater than the shock Chen An had brought them earlier.

An eight-year-old girl had easily defeated a twenty-eight-level Soul Grandmaster over thirteen years old?

Quite a few people's gazes followed Gu Yue Na as she moved, watching her closely.

Gu Yue Na did not become flustered from all the attention. She remained extremely calm.

After walking out of the arena, she looked at Chen An and exchanged glances with him.

Chen An quickly understood what Gu Yue Na meant. She was asking whether he wanted to leave with her.

After thinking for a moment, Chen An stood up and left together with Gu Yue Na.

What he wanted more now was to return and carefully reflect on the issues Gu Yue Na had pointed out.

Perhaps that would yield greater gains than staying here to watch others fight.

"Those two are a little outrageous, aren't they..." After Chen An and Gu Yue Na left, the discussions here grew louder.

The two had similar Soul Power levels, yet both had defeated opponents an entire major realm above themselves.

Such results had truly frightened them.

"With their talent, they would more than qualify to join Shrek Academy."

As they discussed it, these people thought of Shrek Academy.

They could not help comparing them to Shrek Academy's genius students.

They wondered whether they, too, could defeat Shrek Academy students across an entire major realm.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na's results not only caused a sensation among the students.

They also caused quite a stir among the teachers.

At this moment, footage of their battles had already been uploaded to Dean Xu Lin.

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