Class Advancement Competition

Gu Yue, standing nearby, suddenly felt something strange well up in her heart when she saw Su Hao. It was not the feeling she had experienced three years ago when Su Hao had taken Na'er in, but rather a long-lost sense of familiarity. That familiarity made her feel at ease, as though she had seen Su Hao somewhere before.

Thus, Gu Yue suppressed the doubts in her heart and asked Su Hao:

"You came back from the Spirit Pagoda so late. Did something happen?

"Maybe we can help you."

Hearing Gu Yue's question, Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, who were standing nearby, also came to their senses. Su Hao had just said that he had gone to the Spirit Pagoda, so they had assumed something had happened to his Soul Spirit. They both turned to look at him.

Seeing the three of them looking at him, Su Hao reassured them:

"Uh... are you getting the wrong idea? I didn't go to the Spirit Pagoda because there was anything wrong with me.

"I joined the Spirit Pagoda, so I have to go there every week to study.

"Wulin, did you forget? I told you before that I joined the Spirit Pagoda."

After hearing Su Hao's explanation, Tang Wulin finally remembered that, back when they were still at Hongshan Elementary School, Su Hao had told him about joining the Spirit Pagoda. Too much time had passed, and he had forgotten about it. Only after Su Hao reminded him today did he recall it.

After hearing that Su Hao was fine, Gu Yue inexplicably let out a sigh of relief. Then, Su Hao and the other two chatted as they headed back toward the dormitories. When they reached the Dormitory Building, Gu Yue parted ways with the three of them and returned to the girls' dormitory alone.

Su Hao and the other two headed toward the boys' dormitory. Only when they reached the stairs did Su Hao part ways with Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, returning to his room alone while the other two went straight up to the second floor.

At daybreak the next day, Su Hao finished breakfast at the academy, then took a taxi to the Spirit Pagoda to use his weekly opportunity to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform.

After entering the Spirit Ascension Platform, Su Hao began purposefully searching for Soul Beasts within the simulated Star Dou Great Forest. Once he found one, he quickly recalled the information related to that Soul Beast and used the knowledge in his mind to swiftly kill it.

After killing a Soul Beast, he rested on the spot for a while before continuing to search for other Soul Beasts or Soul Masters.

Soul Masters usually posed a far greater danger to Su Hao than Soul Beasts. After all, low-level Soul Beasts possessed little intelligence. With the various records in his mind, Su Hao could still forcefully kill Soul Beasts, and if he could not kill one, he could rely on the advantages of his Martial Soul to shake it off.

Soul Masters were different. Low-level Soul Masters rarely appeared alone in the Spirit Ascension Platform. Usually, a powerful Soul Master would stay nearby to protect them, or they would form small teams of Soul Masters whose Martial Souls could work together as they hunted Soul Beasts.

Most of those people, upon seeing Su Hao alone in the Spirit Ascension Platform, chose to attack him without mercy. Under such circumstances, Su Hao lost far more often than he won.

After all, he could not defeat the strong ones, nor could he outlast a team. Usually, a single mistake would be seized upon by his opponents, resulting in him being killed within the Spirit Ascension Platform.

Just like this time, Su Hao encountered a relatively complete team of six beside a lake in the Spirit Ascension Platform. Although they were all Soul Masters around rank twenty,

Su Hao relied on the uniqueness of his Martial Soul to kill four members of the team within the Spirit Ascension Platform. But the moment he relaxed, an Agility System Soul Master from that team seized the opportunity.

That Agility System Soul Master then heavily injured Su Hao with a Soul Skill. Immediately afterward, the remaining Power Attack System Soul Master finished him off, killing Su Hao in the Spirit Ascension Platform.

Next, Su Hao skillfully rose from the Spirit Ascension Platform apparatus and sat in the Forest Platform apparatus. After resting for a while, he reached out and unplugged the wires connected to his body before leaving the Spirit Pagoda.

After leaving the Spirit Pagoda, Su Hao took a taxi to a Workshop he had rented. There, he practiced his Second Profession.

It was not until evening that Su Hao emerged from the Workshop. After locking its door, he took a taxi back to his dormitory at East Sea Academy.

More than two months passed like this.

One day, Ye Yingluo summoned Su Hao, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi, saying:

"Su Hao, Yangzi, tomorrow is the academy's Class Advancement Competition.

"The competition will begin with Class 5. Every time they defeat a class, they will advance by one class.

"I heard that the director assigned two rather strong students to Class 5 this time, so the reason I called you three here is this.

"If Class 5 manages to reach Class 1 in five days, I want you to eliminate them with lightning speed. Just don't cripple them.

"I only want you to quickly eliminate Class 5's students, so I can show off in front of Class 5's Homeroom Teacher."

After giving Su Hao and the other two further instructions, Ye Yingluo sent them back to cultivate.

When school ended the next day, the Class Advancement Competition began. When Su Hao arrived at the venue, he saw a cold-looking man dressed in white with long blue hair. He immediately knew that this man was from Shrek. At the same time, he learned that his teacher, Tan Xin, had confessed to Wu Changkong and been rejected by him, which was why she bore a grudge against him.

The representatives participating in the Class Advancement Competition for Class 5 were none other than Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue.

Su Hao then watched as Tang Wulin's trio cleanly and decisively dealt with Class 4's team of three.

Tang Wulin and the other two, who were on the Competition Stage, also noticed Su Hao below the stage and nodded to him in greeting.

Then Tang Wulin's group followed Wu Changkong and left the Competition Stage.

Seeing that the people involved had all left, Su Hao also departed from the Class Advancement Competition venue.

Three days passed like this. Tang Wulin's trio from Class 5 fought their way through every challenge until they reached the final day before challenging Class 1.

Tang Wulin and the other two also learned about Class 1's lineup for this match. Then, with no further information, they suddenly received notice that due to a typhoon, the academy would be closed for seven days, and the Class Advancement Competition would be postponed.

After learning this, Tang Wulin ran out of the academy gates and bought all the medicine he needed to break the seal. Then he went into seclusion to break through it.

Su Hao also cultivated diligently during those seven days, waiting for the Class Advancement Competition after the break.

Soon, the typhoon passed. As the bell signaling the end of the final class rang,

Ye Yingluo led Su Hao and the other students of Class 1 to the Class Advancement Competition venue.