With Me Here, You Can Rest Assured

"Brother Tao, what should we do?"

Looking at the three Gu brothers in the sky, Xie Xie's face turned ashen, his eyes filled with worry.

After all, in the promotion match, the duration of each battle was limited to thirty minutes.

If the challenger couldn't defeat their opponent within thirty minutes, they would be considered defeated!

And the three Gu brothers clearly intended to use this rule to drag out the time until it ran out!

"I didn't expect them to be flying Soul Masters!"

"Yeah, that's too much of a foul!"

"Although it's not a glorious victory, winning is winning. What's wrong with making reasonable use of the rules?"

Looking at the three Gu brothers in the sky, the other students started discussing amongst themselves.

And the homeroom teacher of Class 3, Ye Yingrong, stared provocatively at Wu Changkong.

In contrast, Wu Changkong remained incredibly calm, watching the battle with composure as if completely unaffected.

"With me here, don't worry."

Hearing Xie Xie's words, Zhao Tao merely smiled slightly.

For ordinary Soul Masters, if they lacked long-range attack capabilities, dealing with flying Soul Masters was indeed very difficult!

Unfortunately for them, he, Zhao Tao, was no ordinary Soul Master!

"Time Burial Sword!"

Looking at the three Gu brothers in the sky, Zhao Tao sneered and activated his first Soul Skill!

As the purple Soul Ring behind him flashed, streaks of silver light flickered in Zhao Tao's palm, transforming into a magnificent silver longsword!

Holding the Time Burial Sword, Zhao Tao pulled his arm back, then suddenly exerted force, throwing the Time Burial Sword like a javelin towards Gu Tianming, the captain of the three Gu brothers!

"Hmph, a petty trick. You can't possibly hit me from this far away!"

Watching Zhao Tao's actions, a flicker of disdain crossed Gu Tianming's eyes. He flapped his wings and dodged backward!

However, Zhao Tao, with his incredibly rich combat experience, had already predicted his evasion!

In mid-air, the Time Burial Sword thrown by Zhao Tao also changed direction, precisely targeting Gu Tianming's evasion path!

"This is impossible!"

Seeing this scene, Gu Tianming's eyes flashed with disbelief!

But after the previous evasion, the distance between him and the Time Burial Sword was less than ten meters!

At such close range, it was impossible to dodge significantly again!

Therefore, Gu Tianming could only watch helplessly as the edge of the Time Burial Sword drew closer and closer to him!

"No!"

Imagining his body being sliced in half by the sword's edge, Gu Tianming let out a desperate cry.

And just as the students and even Long Hengxu watched nervously, the Time Burial Sword ultimately did not pierce Gu Tianming's body!

Instead, it seemed to turn illusory in an instant, passing through Gu Tianming's body before slowly descending and returning to Zhao Tao's side!

"Gu Tianming, eliminated!"

Seeing this, Long Hengxu, who had been holding his breath, finally relaxed.

He could naturally see that Zhao Tao had deliberately let Gu Tianming go!

Following that, Zhao Tao naturally employed the same tactic, throwing the Time Burial Sword twice more!

Facing Zhao Tao's attacks, Gu Tianri and Gu Tianyue tried their best to fly higher.

But they were still easily struck by the Time Burial Sword, and Long Hengxu ultimately ruled them defeated!

"Class 5, Year 1, wins!"

With the complete defeat of the three Gu brothers, Long Hengxu decisively announced the outcome of the battle!

At this moment, he was also shocked by Zhao Tao's stunning performance!

As for Ye Yingrong, the homeroom teacher of Class 3, she was completely stunned!

She had originally thought that with their flying ability, the three Gu brothers would definitely be able to drag out the battle until the end and win.

She never expected that in front of Zhao Tao, they wouldn't even be able to withstand a single move!

"Brother Tao, you're too awesome!"

After the battle ended, Xie Xie, who was standing nearby, quickly gave Zhao Tao a thumbs-up!

He had barely exerted any effort in this battle, completely carried by Zhao Tao!

Witnessing Zhao Tao's terrifying strength once again, Xie Xie's admiration for Zhao Tao undoubtedly reached a new height!

"Well done, Zhao Tao!"

As for Gu Yue, she also silently raised her hand and gave Zhao Tao a thumbs-up.

In the blink of an eye, the afternoon of the next day arrived.

Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie were once again sent out to battle Class Two of the first year!

Although the strength of the three students sent out by Class Two of the first year was far superior to Class Three, all of them were at level 15 or 16.

However, their troublesome nature was far less than that of Class Three of the first year.

Zhao Tao, with Gu Yue and Xie Xie, made only a slight effort before easily defeating them.

Thus, only the final battle remained in the promotion matches for the entire first year!

That would be the final battle between Class Five of the first year and Class One, the most powerful class in the first year!

However...

This match did not begin immediately!

After all.

The day after the battle with Class Two of the first year was a rest day.

The promotion matches were therefore suspended for a day.

And just as everyone was actively preparing for the promotion matches the next day.

A series of urgent soul-guided broadcasts suddenly sounded within East Sea Academy--

"All students and teachers, please note, a strong typhoon will hit tonight and last for a week!"

"Students, please stay in your dormitories, pay attention to your safety, and the promotion matches will be suspended and resumed after the typhoon."

Hearing the broadcast, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin all showed expressions of surprise.

After all, the timing of this typhoon was a little too coincidental.

Only Zhao Tao remained incredibly calm.

After all, as a Transmigrator and Reborn One, he already knew that the storm was coming!

Of course, although the storm in his memory still appeared as scheduled.

In this life, thanks to Zhao Tao's efforts, many things had changed significantly!

In his first life, despite many plans, it was his first time transmigrating, and his strength was limited, making many plans difficult to implement!

And now, under Zhao Tao's deliberate intervention, Tang Wulin had avoided many battles, especially the battle with Guang Long.

This led to...

The Golden Dragon King bloodline within Tang Wulin had not been stimulated to awaken prematurely and could continue to be suppressed by the seal!

Zhao Tao estimated that compared to his first life, such a change would be enough to buy Tang Wulin an extra two years!

In other words--

Tang Wulin would need to be at least twelve years old, not ten as in his first life, before he had to break the first seal of the Golden Dragon King bloodline!

At the same time.

Since he had replaced Tang Wulin, gained Mu Chen's attention, and even become his disciple, it would be difficult for Tang Wulin to receive the full support of the Blacksmith Association!

This way, his speed in collecting spiritual items would inevitably be affected, and the progress of breaking through his bloodline seal would also slow down considerably!

As the saying goes, one step slow, every step slow!

Due to the delayed fusion of the Golden Dragon King bloodline, Tang Wulin's future cultivation, strength, and even blacksmithing progress would also be affected, and he might lose many opportunities!

This, in turn, would limit Tang Wulin's ability to obtain more spiritual items, thereby further hindering the speed at which his bloodline seals would be released in the future!

This was precisely the result Zhao Tao wanted to see!

After all, as long as Tang Wulin's bloodline awakening was continuously delayed.

The power that Tang San's divine sense could exert when it descended in the future would be lower, making it more advantageous for him to thwart Tang San's ten-thousand-year plan!