Xiao Xiao Brought Huo Gua and Wang Dong Over

After Zhou Huan and the other two finished their first match, they had no more matches that morning. Their next one would not be until the afternoon.

However, none of the three left the competition area. Instead, they sat in the Audience Stands. After all, others had already seen your match and Soul Skills, so you could not know nothing about them in return.

Since each zone had ten teams, five matches would be held in every zone on the first morning. In other words, every team had to fight once.

Therefore, there was no issue of whichever team fought first exposing its Soul Skills first. Unless it was a Soul Skill you had not used in battle, everyone could see it.

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you would win every battle.

Especially Zhou Huan. More than three years of experience hunting Soul Beasts had taught him that a single detail could often determine life or death, so he never underestimated anyone.

When the three in the Audience Stands saw that both teams in the second match consisted of One-Ring Soul Masters, they immediately exchanged glances and sighed in relief at the same time.

That was more like it!

How could they run into three two-ring Great Soul Masters right from the start? They were all merely First Year freshmen who had enrolled three months ago. Even if Shrek had many geniuses, there could not be that many.

Their victory in the previous match might have looked easy, and none of them had even been injured, but it had all been achieved through Zhou Huan's precise control.

Otherwise, if Wen Xiaoshuai had been allowed to clash head-on with Li Renba's Great Hammer the entire time, he would definitely have been hurt even if they had won in the end.

Even with their current results, Wen Xiaoshuai had already used up eighty percent of his Soul Power. Was he not slumped in the Audience Stands, too exhausted to move?

By now, the effects of Wang Qingya's Cabbage Bun had long since worn off.

Wen Xiaoshuai could only quietly restore his Soul Power on his own. Off the field, he was absolutely too embarrassed to chase after a girl asking for buns to eat.

That kind of challenge was comparable to making him face a Three-Ring Soul Elder right now!

Just as Wen Xiaoshuai listlessly watched the match on the stage, an exquisitely made bun appeared before him, followed by Wang Qingya's voice. "Eat this first and recover a little."

"Th-thank you." Off the field, Wen Xiaoshuai had indeed returned to being that shy youth.

Although the bun's effect could only last three minutes, a Wen Xiaoshuai with sixty percent of his Soul Power restored would naturally recover several times faster through continued cultivation than one who had expended eighty percent of his Soul Power.

By the time the bun's effect faded, Wen Xiaoshuai had already recovered quite a bit during those three minutes. At the very least, his complexion no longer looked quite so pale.

Zhou Huan actually understood Wen Xiaoshuai's fighting style somewhat now.

Normally, Wen Xiaoshuai was socially anxious and lived with a certain degree of repression. But on the field, he could completely empty himself of that anxiety and focus solely on combat. His eyes saw only his opponent, and his mind held only one thought: defeat them.

It was just that this reckless style of fighting consumed far too much Soul Power!

Thus, Zhou Huan said, "Old Wen, when you go out to fight in the future, you'd better bring our little medic Qingya along."

Hearing that, Wen Xiaoshuai's face flushed bright red. He glanced at Wang Qingya, completely at a loss for words.

Wang Qingya glared fiercely at Zhou Huan. "Zhou Huan, are you looking to die? You're the medic! Your whole body is a medic!"

Although Food Type Soul Masters and Healing Type Soul Masters were usually called medics, how could Wang Qingya, such an adorable, beautiful, cultured, gentle, and graceful peerless girl, be called a medic?

Zhou Huan completely ignored Wang Qingya's furious glare and continued, "Don't be angry, Qingya. Old Wen isn't the kind of person who eats your buns and refuses to take responsibility afterward."

"Shut up!" Wang Qingya forcefully slapped Zhou Huan on the shoulder. Though she did not understand the hidden meaning in his words, she instinctively felt that they were definitely not anything good.

While the three messed around... ah, no, while Zhou Huan and Wang Qingya traded barbs and Wen Xiaoshuai silently watched the show, the morning passed just like that.

The ten teams in Zone Twenty-Five had each finished one match as well.

For One-Ring and Two-Ring Soul Masters, the fighting had been fairly intense. Quite a few had been beaten badly enough to cough up blood.

Of course, with Zhao Yan, a Soul Emperor, present, deaths were impossible. Not to mention that Li Lingling, a Healing Type Soul Emperor, was also on hand.

After watching the matches in their own zone, Zhou Huan found that aside from Class Six's Lan Rourou Team, each of the remaining eight teams had no more than one two-ring Great Soul Master. Most were One-Ring Soul Masters, and they all looked like perfectly ordinary One-Ring Soul Masters, definitely not freaks like Huo Yuhao.

So there should be no need to worry about the next eight matches in their zone.

Still, Zhou Huan had noticed something. They had encountered the Lan Rourou Team in their very first match. If that had not been deliberately arranged, he would not believe it even if Huo Gua were beaten to death.

Because in Zone Twenty-Five, their two teams were the strongest on the surface.

Who knew what was wrong with the academy? Should not the strongest teams be arranged to face each other last?

Even though this was a round robin within the zone, there was no need to have the strong face the strong right away!

It would affect their subsequent performance so much. Li Renba and his Great Hammer would definitely be dissatisfied. Was this not bullying honest people?

By the time they left the Soul Fighting Arena, it was already lunchtime.

Along the way, they saw quite a few freshmen being carried out at the entrance of the Soul Fighting Arena.

The bloodstains, the bandages—it looked damn painful!

They definitely would not die, but it made the fierce and cruel competition within Shrek Academy abundantly clear.

Douluo Continent's First Academy had not earned its reputation through boasting, but through fighting!

Zhou Huan had long been mentally prepared for this, and Wen Xiaoshuai and Wang Qingya did not show much expression or sympathy either, because everyone was the same.

The three did not linger at all and headed straight for the cafeteria.

To celebrate their first victory, each of them ordered a lunch that cost a full ten Gold Soul Coins.

Just as Zhou Huan and the other two sat down, Xiao Xiao arrived with Huo Gua and Wang Dong. "Let's eat here together."

Although Xiao Xiao had not been particularly close with Huo Gua and Wang Dong during the previous three months, they had now become teammates and had just won a match together with ease. Naturally, they had grown a little closer.

So Xiao Xiao hoped that the class monitor and the others could become friends with Yaya and the other two as well.

Yet the moment Xiao Xiao saw Wang Qingya's sparkling lunch, she instantly forgot about Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong and instead coquettishly said, "Yaya, I want that Golden Great Chicken Leg, hehe."

To match Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, she had only ordered an ordinary lunch today.

Who would have thought that while she was away, her three good friends would be having a feast!

Wang Qingya smiled indulgently at that, then placed a Golden Great Chicken Leg onto Xiao Xiao's plate. "Here."

Actually, she sometimes liked feeding this adorable little Xiao Xiao too. It felt a little like keeping a pet, though she would never say so.

In a situation like this, Wen Xiaoshuai would not take the initiative to speak. There were too many people at the table, so he had once again become a silent lamb.

Although Zhou Huan did not want to get too involved with Huo Gua and Wang Dong, as classmates, he could not possibly greet them with a cold attitude.

The main thing was that Huo Gua and Wang Dong were merely pawns of a certain God King. They themselves had done nothing wrong. In fact, they were both kind-hearted people. Unfortunately... sigh, best not to mention it.

Still, Zhou Huan did not dislike Huo Gua and Wang Dong themselves.

Thus, Zhou Huan took the initiative to start a conversation. "Class monitor, what's the situation in your zone? Are there many two-ring Great Soul Masters?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head. "Not many. Apart from our group, only one of the other nine groups consists entirely of Soul Grandmasters, two groups have one Soul Grandmaster each, and the remaining six groups are all One-Ring Soul Masters."

Zhou Huan nodded. The situation was similar to Zone Twenty-Five. He just did not know which zones Dai Huabin, Ning Tian, and Xie Huanyue, the three Soul Elders, were in.

Seeing Zhou Huan fall silent, Wang Dong beside him could not help herself. "What about your zone?"

Information should naturally be exchanged both ways. Wang Dong was not someone who would willingly take a loss.

Moreover, she had never paid attention to Zhou Huan, her classmate, before. Though she was extremely proud, she was not so arrogant that she would fail to notice Zhou Huan, who was also a two-ring Great Soul Master.

The reason this had happened was mainly because Zhou Huan lived too far on the fringes.

The only classmates familiar with him were Wen Xiaoshuai, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Qingya.

It was only after becoming teammates with Xiao Xiao that Wang Dong seemed to have truly gotten to know Zhou Huan for the first time through Xiao Xiao's words. The same was true for the quiet Wen Xiaoshuai.

They were clearly classmates and even lived in neighboring dormitories, yet they had never had much interaction before this.

Naturally, Zhou Huan had no idea that Wang Dong had thought of so much at once. He truthfully answered her question. "Actually, it's about the same. Apart from our group, only one of the remaining groups has three Soul Grandmasters, three groups have one Soul Grandmaster each, and the rest are all One-Ring Soul Masters."

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