Xie Xie the Noob Turned Out to Be Me

Wu Zhangkong, who had been watching Class 5 run, noticed the girl. His gaze lingered on her for a moment. She was not wearing the academy uniform, and classes had already begun.

"Which class are you from?" Wu Zhangkong walked over.

Yet the girl seemed to have been drawn to something else. She watched Tang Wulin and Nan Fusheng, who were dragging Xie Xie along as they ran, seeming quite interested in the three wearing Iron Vests.

"I came here to enroll. But they said registration had already ended." She raised her head and looked at Wu Zhangkong.

Wu Zhangkong frowned. "You're not a student of Eastsea Academy?"

"Not yet, but I hope to study here. Is that possible, Teacher?"

If it had been any other teacher, they might have simply driven her away. But was Wu Zhangkong just any other teacher? No.

"This is a Soul Master Academy. If you want to study here, you'll have to prove yourself." Wu Zhangkong's voice was cold.

"I can take the test." The girl smiled.

"What is your name?" Wu Zhangkong asked.

"My name is Gu Yue."

Wu Zhangkong nodded. "Fine, I'll give you a chance." He turned toward the three who were running. "Xie Xie, give your Iron Vest to Tang Wulin and come over here."

With Tang Wulin and Nan Fusheng helping him, Xie Xie had recovered somewhat over the last two laps. He stopped, took off his Iron Vest, and handed it to Tang Wulin. "Can you handle wearing another one?"

"Still easier than carrying you." Tang Wulin took the Iron Vest and casually put it on. Then Xie Xie watched as the guy sped up again. Nan Fusheng accelerated alongside Tang Wulin.

Their stamina... they really weren't human!

Panting heavily, Xie Xie arrived beside Wu Zhangkong in the center of the field. "Teacher Wu."

"Your stamina is far too poor," Wu Zhangkong said.

Xie Xie protested, "Agility Attack System Battle Soul Masters only need instantaneous explosiveness and agility. We don't need especially strong stamina."

Wu Zhangkong said disdainfully, "How shallow. Fine, I'll give you a chance today. Defeat her, and you won't have to run this morning."

Only then did Xie Xie notice the girl beside Wu Zhangkong. He looked her over a few times, took a deep breath, and adjusted his Soul Power. "No problem."

"You have twenty minutes to rest. The match begins in twenty minutes," Wu Zhangkong said.

Without wasting words, Xie Xie immediately sat cross-legged on the ground and began meditating to recover. The run had consumed a great deal of both his stamina and Soul Power. Agility Attack System Battle Soul Masters truly were at a disadvantage in that regard.

Gu Yue did not even glance at him. Her eyes swept over her surroundings, as though she found everything here fascinating.

Wu Zhangkong looked at her. "Underestimating your opponent is the most foolish thing you can do."

"I'm not underestimating him!" Gu Yue said. Although she said so, the disregard in her eyes seemed to say that he was not even worthy of being underestimated.

Wu Zhangkong said nothing more and continued watching the other students who were running.

In this sort of physical training, physical strength was undoubtedly the most important thing.

Tang Wulin and Nan Fusheng ran at the front. Neither of them was especially fast, but they were steady. Even with two Iron Vests on, Tang Wulin's pace had not been affected.

As for Nan Fusheng, even Wu Zhangkong had not expected his physical condition to be this good. Was this a characteristic of children from Aolai City?

As he ran, Tang Wulin also kept an eye on the center of the field. He was curious about where this sudden girl had come from.

Nan Fusheng noticed that when Tang Wulin looked toward Gu Yue, Gu Yue seemed to casually look in Tang Wulin's direction as well. Their eyes met, and Gu Yue's gaze suddenly turned sharp. But it quickly calmed again, as though that sharp look had only been an illusion.

Twenty minutes passed quickly.

Xie Xie sprang to his feet, stretched his body, and looked refreshed once more.

Wu Zhangkong nodded. "Thirty meters apart. Prepare."

The Class 5 students who were still running all slowed down even further. Everyone was watching the two people in the center of the field prepare to fight.

Among people their age, Xie Xie was already the second strongest person they had seen. They wondered which of him and this unfamiliar girl was stronger.

Nan Fusheng and Tang Wulin were also watching the match, but Nan Fusheng knew that Xie Xie could never be Gu Yue's opponent.

Sure enough, ice, fire, earth, wind—Gu Yue bombarded Xie Xie relentlessly. He could not get close to her at all. In the end, Light Element hit him right in the face, leaving tears streaming down his cheeks.

Even when Wu Zhangkong declared that he had lost, he still refused to accept it.

"You win," Wu Zhangkong said to Gu Yue.

Xie Xie protested, "Teacher, I didn't lose! My attacks were so dense just now. Her attacks might not have been able to break through them."

Wu Zhangkong snorted coldly. "A loss is a loss. While you were wildly swinging your daggers around, she had already reached your back."

Gu Yue smiled faintly. Silver light flashed around her body, and she suddenly shifted three meters sideways. Xie Xie stared in stunned disbelief. What... what kind of ability was that?

She looked at Wu Zhangkong. "Teacher, can I enroll now?"

Wu Zhangkong nodded. "I will keep my promise. But first, you need to tell me about your background and exactly what your Martial Soul is."

Gu Yue pulled a letter from her clothes. "This is my recommendation letter from my Primary Academy. As for my Martial Soul, it is... Elementalist."

Elementalist?

Wu Zhangkong considered himself widely experienced, yet this was the first time he had heard of such a Martial Soul.

In her battle with Xie Xie, Gu Yue had displayed astonishing talent: ice, fire, earth, wind, light, and space—six elemental abilities.

One had to know that among Martial Souls, even possessing a single element already made one top-tier. Possessing six at once was simply unimaginable.

Seeing the surprise in his eyes, Gu Yue did not hide anything. "I can control six elements, but my Soul Rings cannot be attached to any of them.

"Therefore, I can control elemental transformations, but it is difficult for me to make them stronger. My First Soul Skill is called Element Tide. It lets my Soul Power last longer while also strengthening my control over the elements."

Only after hearing that did Wu Zhangkong finally understand.

Sure enough, it was impossible for someone in this world to possess complete control over every attribute while also being exceptionally powerful in each one. She had only one Martial Soul, not six.

Controlling six elements at once also meant that she could not specialize in any one of them. No element could directly possess a Soul Skill. The abilities she had used just now had all been released through her own control over the elements.

No wonder none of her individual abilities had been particularly powerful. It was only through her clever use of them that she had restrained Xie Xie.

Even so, this was absolutely a top-tier Martial Soul, no worse than Twin Martial Souls. For instance, she had first used Earth Element to turn the ground into a swamp that trapped Xie Xie, then frozen the muddy swamp with Ice Element. That already showed the beginnings of combined elemental applications. If nurtured properly, she would definitely become an incredibly powerful Soul Master genius in the future.

"Good, I understand," Wu Zhangkong said. "You are now a member of our class, Grade 1 Class 5."

"Thank you, Teacher." Gu Yue agreed with a radiant smile.

Wu Zhangkong's face turned cold. "Then go run with them. This is mandatory physical training. Xie Xie, you too."

Xie Xie immediately pulled a long face. "Teacher, didn't you say I wouldn't have to run after the match?"

Wu Zhangkong snorted. "Did you win?"

"I..." Xie Xie felt both frustrated and bitter. When Nan Fusheng had beaten him before, it had been because of that bizarre First Soul Skill. But in his fight against Gu Yue, he had already given it everything he had and still lost. This girl's Martial Soul was far too strange—even stranger than his Twin Dragon Daggers.

Gu Yue smiled faintly and did not refuse. She ran directly to the edge of the field and joined the other Class 5 students.

Xie Xie let out a miserable cry and had no choice but to follow.

Watching their figures, a rare trace of a smile appeared on Wu Zhangkong's icy face. He turned and headed toward the Main Teaching Building.

"Why are you wearing iron chains?" Gu Yue asked curiously as she ran lightly. When she reached Tang Wulin's side, she looked at him.

"I'm training my body! Teacher's requirements for me are probably a little stricter. You're really amazing," Tang Wulin said.

Gu Yue smiled. "It's not really that amazing. None of my individual elements is strong; I'm just good at controlling them. Every Martial Soul is the same. As long as you have Soul Power, once you truly understand it and can control it, it will bring you surprises."

Tang Wulin's heart stirred at her words. Control?

"You make it sound easy. Whose Martial Soul can be controlled in so many ways like yours?" Xie Xie's unconvinced voice sounded from the other side. Without the Iron Vest, and after resting earlier, he was running fairly easily now.

"That's because you haven't fully understood your own Martial Soul," Gu Yue said.

Xie Xie refused to accept that. "How do you know I haven't understood it?"

"How else would I know? You lost to me."

"I..." Xie Xie felt so aggrieved that he wanted to smash his head into a wall. Wasn't he a genius? Why was it that after coming to this academy—and the worst Class 5 at that—he had suffered setback after setback?

First, when he entered the dormitory, he had clashed with Tang Wulin and gotten utterly humiliated. Unwilling to accept it, he had used money to arrange another match with Tang Wulin, only to be humiliated again.

Later, he had finally regained a little of his confidence as a genius by crushing weak opponents in Class 5's internal matches, only to encounter Nan Fusheng and be defeated before he could even deal any damage.

Then, during today's long-distance run, he had been bombarded by some girl who had appeared out of nowhere, losing again and again.

Just then, Gu Yue, who was running ahead, turned back and smiled at him. "You seem to be thinking about something bad."

"No, no. Let's hurry up and finish running." Xie Xie felt a chill run through his heart and quickly shook his head. He was filled with grief and indignation. He and Gu Yue seemed terribly incompatible, yet he could not beat her.