Forming a Party

The group gathered at the restaurant once again to summarize the combat process. In reality, it was a confrontation between Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei, while Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao were merely appendages, serving only to push the situation forward or provide minor support. The true heavyweights were the two of them. Tang Ya's issue was genuinely one of talent and martial soul; the lack of strength inherent in a top-tier martial soul left her unable to intervene in top-level battles among her peers.

Even though there were few peers in the entire world capable of intervening in their fights, they were not like Tang Ya, who had to be in the midst of these geniuses. Out of sight, out of mind; the pressure would naturally be much smaller. The greatest pressure on her came from Bei Bei's intentions. Dating was one thing, but Bei Bei, a genius destined for the Shrek Seven Devils, wanted to pull Tang Ya in as well. This idea, in truth, had no issues.

The current foundation was already built: Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, and Huo Yuhao. Even if Huo Yuhao's soul power was low right now, it was not a problem. Everyone had seen and experienced his strength, his extremely powerful abilities, and his transcendent potential. His spiritual power alone was unprecedented, and it would be difficult for anyone to surpass him in the future. Anyone with a brain could see the strategic significance of spiritual attacks: absolute, unreasonable hard crowd control that transcended time and space, and the ability to forcefully initiate a one-on-one spiritual duel.

Even if he couldn't directly knock someone out, what about during a fight? A spiritual attack launched just as two people were about to collide would be devastating. The side that lost control would inevitably be defeated. For such an ability to appear in a low-level soul ring was absurd beyond measure, but no one asked how he obtained it, as that would be impolite. Therefore, those at a certain level would never underestimate Huo Yuhao.

Furthermore, Xu Sanshi would definitely bring someone in, and that person would fill the vacancy for an agility-attack type. That made four people here; with power-attack, defense, agility-attack, and support all covered, only control remained. This position was specifically reserved for Tang Ya. But was her ability truly enough? Logically, the few of them carrying one person wouldn't be a big problem, but the question was whether Tang Ya could withstand that kind of pressure.

Based on Tang Ya's current performance, she couldn't. She was depressed throughout the entire meal and rarely spoke. The others noticed this and tried to lighten the mood in secret to make her smile, but it was useless. Without solving the core problem, this situation would persist. The best-case scenario was that Shrek Academy had no control-type candidates suitable for their team, leaving Tang Ya to "forcedly" take the post. This was a situation everyone could accept.

But was that possible? Could the greatest academy on the continent not produce a qualified control-type student in three years? Even if Huo Yuhao didn't switch to control to leave the spot for Tang Ya, it was impossible. In the end, the academy would inevitably intervene in the team composition. Even though everyone knew that, theoretically, the academy wouldn't interfere, anyone who believed that was a fool.

However, Bei Bei's background was significant enough that there was a real chance the academy wouldn't intervene. That would require satisfying two conditions: proving their own worth and achieving internal consensus. It wouldn't be a four-against-three situation, but a vote where all six agreed. Even if the academy agreed not to interfere, it would only be on the condition that no internal strife affected their results. Results were absolutely the top priority.

This was a display of strength, a ranking of status on the continent. The political significance was immense, followed by changes in the right to speak and the weight of interest distribution. It could be called an alternative parliamentary election, choosing a strong person to be the leader to avoid intense national-level wars. This was why the continent hadn't seen a war break out for so long.

Therefore, this competition absolutely could not have any mistakes. This was the bottom line.

This was the reason Bei Bei had been approaching Jiang Nannan these past few days, testing their intentions one by one. Because of this, Tang Ya and Bei Bei almost had a falling out. The excuse on the surface was jealousy, but everyone knew the real reason: Tang Ya didn't want to go because she had self-awareness regarding her own abilities. Bei Bei was usually obedient to Tang Ya, but on this matter, he was uncharacteristically firm; no matter what Tang Ya said, he wouldn't change his mind.

To this end, Bei Bei had even made some plans. He approached Jiang Nannan to clarify the conflict between her and Xu Sanshi. Judging by their performance, it was definitely not a life-or-death conflict; everything except life and death was a minor matter that could be resolved. He, Bei Bei, could set aside his pride to try and resolve it. Once resolved, they would have four votes out of six.

Shrek could still scrape together two soul masters close to being commoners who weren't part of small cliques. They could also bring in another support soul master; there were the most commoners among them, making them the most likely to enter their group. Then there was the roaming position. In a seven-person group, no position could exceed two people. They could go without a defense type, and agility-attack wasn't that important. But control, support, and power-attack were absolutely essential. This was the framework of a team.

Moreover, it was best to find these people among the second-year students. Every grade needed to be represented, otherwise, the team would easily fall apart. First-year students could be fewer; the ideal situation was two-two-three.

All of this was built on the premise that there wasn't an outstanding control-type soul master. If one really appeared, no one would be able to take that spot away from them. But human effort could achieve anything; they would do as much as they could.

At this time, the still-young Huo Yuhao didn't quite understand these details and hidden thoughts. When he reached his dormitory, the warmth in his body made him feel very sleepy, and he desperately wanted to collapse on his bed and sleep. Every time he finished using a spiritual attack, he would feel drowsy. This time, Huo Yuhao forcibly resisted the sleepiness and began to cultivate; his soul power cultivation was truly his fatal weakness. If he were just a little stronger, he could have dodged Bei Bei's area-of-effect attack.

The sunlight of a new day once again spilled onto Huo Yuhao, sweeping away the cold of early morning and bringing with it a sense of vitality. Huo Yuhao was about to start his new day of classes.

In the classroom, the students' voices could no longer be suppressed because the head teacher had announced the exam rules: teams of two. Even though everyone had some expectations, they were still restless; students, after all, loved to make a fuss at the slightest provocation. At this moment, the only ones who could stop them were the head teacher and the dean.

However, this time, Zhou Yi did not stop them as usual, but instead went with the flow and said, "Form teams freely. Hand the list to me at the end. Do not have any duplicate names."

This two-on-two format was actually very good for commoners. Top aristocratic families always had people accompanying the "crown prince" to study, usually two of them. It was unlikely to be more; those with that kind of ability didn't really need to enter Shrek Academy. How could there be so many geniuses willing to be green leaves for others? This left one person who had to team up with someone else, and the other two would definitely find a team for that person. This created a virtuous cycle.

It was difficult for one person to ask others to form a team, but it was much easier when there were many people.

Just as Huo Yuhao was feeling equally troubled, an invitation arrived.

"Classmate Huo, would you like to team up with me?" Just like that, a beautiful girl extended an invitation to Huo Yuhao.

"Control-type, Xiao Xiao."