With Me Here, You Can Relax

"Brother Tao, what should we do?"

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

After all, every battle in the Class Promotion Tournament was limited to thirty minutes.

If the challengers couldn't defeat their opponents within thirty minutes, they would be considered the losers too!

And it was obvious that the three Gu brothers planned to use this rule to stall until time ran out!

"Didn't expect them to be flying Soul Masters!"

"Yeah, that's totally unfair!"

"Maybe it's an underhanded way to win, but a win is a win. What's wrong with using the rules to your advantage?"

Watching the three Gu brothers in the sky, the students began discussing among themselves.

Ye Yingrong, the homeroom teacher of Class Three, looked at Wu Changkong with a provocative expression.

Wu Changkong, by contrast, remained completely composed, calmly watching the battle as if it didn't affect him in the slightest.

"With me here, you can relax."

Hearing Xie Xie's question, Zhao Tao merely smiled.

For an ordinary Soul Master, fighting a flying Soul Master was indeed difficult if he lacked ranged attacks!

Unfortunately for them, Zhao Tao wasn't an ordinary Soul Master!

"Time Burial Sword!"

Looking at the three Gu brothers in the sky, Zhao Tao gave a cold laugh and activated his First Soul Skill!

As the Purple Soul Ring behind him lit up, silver light shimmered in Zhao Tao's palm, forming an exquisite silver longsword!

Clutching the Time Burial Sword, Zhao Tao drew his arm back, then hurled it with all his strength at Gu Tianming, the leader of the three brothers, like a javelin!

"Hmph, a cheap trick. You're so far away—you'll never hit me!"

Watching Zhao Tao's movements, Gu Tianming's eyes flashed with disdain. He beat his wings and dodged backward!

But Zhao Tao, with his wealth of combat experience, had already anticipated his evasive move!

In midair, the Time Burial Sword Zhao Tao had thrown changed direction too, aiming straight for the spot where Gu Tianming was dodging!

"Impossible!"

Watching this unfold, Gu Tianming's eyes filled with disbelief!

But after dodging, he was less than ten meters from the Time Burial Sword!

At such close range, there was no way he could make another sharp turn!

So Gu Tianming could only watch helplessly as the sword's tip drew closer and closer!

"No!"

Imagining the sword cutting his body in half, Gu Tianming let out a despairing cry.

Yet, beneath the tense gazes of the students and even Long Hengxu, the Time Burial Sword didn't pierce Gu Tianming!

Instead, it seemed to turn intangible in an instant, passing through his body before slowly falling and returning to Zhao Tao's side!

"Gu Tianming, eliminated!"

Watching this, Long Hengxu finally let out the breath he'd been holding.

He could naturally tell that Zhao Tao had deliberately spared Gu Tianming!

Next, Zhao Tao simply repeated the same trick, throwing the Time Burial Sword twice more!

Though Gu Tianri and Gu Tianyue did their best to fly higher in response to Zhao Tao's attacks, they were still struck with ease by the Time Burial Sword. In the end, Long Hengxu declared them defeated!

"First Grade Class Five wins!"

With all three Gu brothers defeated, Long Hengxu promptly announced the result!

At that moment, he was still reeling from Zhao Tao's astonishing performance!

As for Ye Yingrong, the homeroom teacher of First Grade Class Three, she stood there in a daze!

She'd thought the three Gu brothers could rely on their ability to fly to stall until the battle ended and claim victory.

She'd never imagined they wouldn't even be able to withstand a single attack from Zhao Tao!

"Brother Tao, you were incredible!"

As the battle ended, Xie Xie hurriedly gave Zhao Tao a thumbs-up!

He'd barely lifted a finger in that fight. Zhao Tao had carried him the whole way!

Having witnessed Zhao Tao's terrifying strength again, Xie Xie's admiration for him had undoubtedly grown even greater!

"Nicely done, Zhao Tao!"

Gu Yue also silently raised a thumb toward Zhao Tao.

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

Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie took the field once more, this time against First Grade Class Two!

Although the three students from First Grade Class Two were much stronger than those from Class Three, all being level 15 or 16, they were far less troublesome.

Zhao Tao only had to make a few moves with Gu Yue and Xie Xie before they easily defeated them.

That left only one final battle in the entire first-grade Class Promotion Tournament!

The decisive match between First Grade Class Five and the strongest class in first grade, Class One!

However...

The match didn't begin right away!

After all,

The day after the battle with First Grade Class Two was a rest day.

So the Class Promotion Tournament was suspended for one day.

Just as everyone was preparing for the next day's tournament,

A series of urgent announcements suddenly blared through Eastsea Academy—

"Attention, students and teachers! A powerful typhoon will hit tonight and last for a week!"

"Students, stay in your dormitories and keep safe. The Class Promotion Tournament is suspended and will resume after the typhoon passes."

Hearing the announcement, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin all looked a little surprised.

After all, the timing of the typhoon seemed far too coincidental.

Only Zhao Tao remained completely calm.

As a Transmigrator and a Reborn One, he'd known for a long time that the storm was coming!

Of course, although the storm from his memories had arrived as expected, many things had changed drastically in this life thanks to Zhao Tao's efforts!

In his first life, he'd made many plans, but it had been his first time transmigrating. His strength had limited him, making many of those plans difficult to carry out!

Now, due to Zhao Tao's deliberate intervention, Tang Wulin had avoided many battles, especially the fight with Guang Long.

As a result,

The Golden Dragon King Bloodline in Tang Wulin's body hadn't been stimulated into awakening ahead of schedule, and its seal remained intact!

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

In other words—

Tang Wulin wouldn't need to break the first seal on his Golden Dragon King Bloodline until at least the age of twelve, rather than at ten as in his first life!

At the same time,

Since Zhao Tao had taken Tang Wulin's place and gained Mu Chen's attention, even becoming his disciple, Tang Wulin would have a hard time gaining the Blacksmith Association's full support!

As a result, his progress in collecting spirit items would inevitably suffer, slowing the process of breaking the bloodline seal as well!

As the saying went, one step behind meant falling behind at every step!

With the Golden Dragon King Bloodline's fusion delayed, Tang Wulin's future cultivation, strength, and forging progress would all be affected. He might even miss out on many opportunities!

That, in turn, would limit his ability to obtain more spirit items, further hindering the future pace at which he broke the bloodline seals!

This was exactly the outcome Zhao Tao wanted!

After all, the longer Tang Wulin's bloodline awakening was delayed,

The less power Tang San's Divine Sense could wield when it descended in the future, making it easier for Zhao Tao to thwart Tang San's Ten Thousand Year Plan!