Consecutive Victories (Part 2)

At the same time as yesterday, after school that afternoon, the Intermediate Division's field welcomed the Class Promotion Tournament.

This was the second day of the competition, but just like yesterday, there were still hardly any spectators.

Grade 1 Class 5's victory over Grade 1 Class 4 yesterday had not caused much of a stir in the academy. After all, it had merely been a battle between the lowest-ranked classes of the lowest grade.

However, not everyone took it lightly. For example, Grade 1 Class 3, which would be facing Grade 1 Class 5 that afternoon, regarded this match very seriously.

Grade 1 Class 3's homeroom teacher, Ye Yingrong, was not very old—several years younger than Wu Zhangkong. She was a newly appointed teacher.

Ye Yingrong had arrived early. Grade 1 Class 3's students stood in a remarkably neat formation, and at the front were three handsome boys. What was strange was that the three of them looked exactly alike. Unless someone knew them extremely well, it would be impossible to tell who was who.

Wu Zhangkong arrived with Grade 1 Class 5 as well. Nan Fusheng, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue followed behind him.

The other Class 5 students all looked excited. After yesterday's match, they had great confidence in the four of them.

Ye Yingrong approached with a smile.

"Hello, Teacher Wu." She smiled and nodded at Wu Zhangkong.

Ye Yingrong was a rare beauty. She stood over 1.7 meters tall, with excellent proportions. Her large eyes were bright and spirited, while her unusual pale green hair was tied into a neat ponytail. Her skin was fair, her face oval, and her lips delicate. Judging by her appearance alone, plenty of people would believe she was an Advanced Division student.

She had joined Eastsea Academy as a teacher at the age of twenty-three and was a four-ringed Soul Ancestor. At her age, she was already exceptionally outstanding.

"Hello." Wu Zhangkong nodded to her as well.

"I'm Ye Yingrong, the homeroom teacher of Class 3." Ye Yingrong emphasized her name because she was certain that this cold and arrogant male god had no idea who she was. A male god said to live only within his own world probably could not remember the names of more than a few women in the entire academy.

"Mm." After responding, Wu Zhangkong's gaze drifted toward the Competition Stage.

Standing nearby, Xie Xie watched with admiration in his eyes. What he envied most was Wu Zhangkong's cold and proud demeanor. It was definitely not an act; it was simply in his nature. Compared to Teacher Wu, he was far too lacking!

Ye Yingrong did not mind in the slightest. She waved to her students, and Grade 1 Class 3's students quickly ran over and lined up behind her.

Ye Yingrong said to her students, "Friendship first, competition second. Gu Tianri, Gu Tianyue, Gu Tianming, Ito Makoto, be careful later. Understood?"

"Yes, Teacher Ye!" The three identical triplets and the ordinary-looking boy answered in unison.

Wu Zhangkong turned his head and glanced at them. When he saw their identical appearances, his gaze lingered for a moment. Clearly, he was far more interested in the three identical students than in Ye Yingrong.

At that moment, Director of Studies Long Hengxu had already stepped onto the Competition Stage.

"For the second match of the Class Promotion Tournament, Grade 1 Class 5, are you still sending four students?"

Wu Zhangkong nodded. Nan Fusheng, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue entered one after another and walked toward the center of the field.

Ye Yingrong smiled faintly. "You go too."

The identical Gu Brothers and Ito Makoto also stepped onto the Competition Stage.

The three brothers shared one distinctive trait. They all looked rather thin and frail, but their gazes were exceptionally sharp. The triplets' tacit understanding made even their movements while walking appear identical.

As a result, although Ito Makoto walked alongside them, his presence seemed somewhat weak.

Wu Zhangkong gave his disciples no instructions. In the future, they might encounter all sorts of opponents.

The Class Promotion Tournament was meant to temper them. If they needed his guidance in everything, they would never truly grow.

Nan Fusheng's group of four maintained yesterday's formation.

The Gu Brothers, however, stood shoulder to shoulder. Gu Tianri stood in the middle, Gu Tianyue on the left, and Gu Tianming on the right. Ito Makoto stood behind the three of them, his figure concealed by them.

"Are you ready?" Long Hengxu asked as usual. After receiving affirmative answers from both sides, he waved his hand and announced the start of the second match of the Class Promotion Tournament.

The Gu Brothers released their Martial Souls almost simultaneously. When their Martial Souls appeared, surprise flashed through the eyes of Nan Fusheng and the others.

It was not strange for the three brothers to possess identical Martial Souls, considering they were triplets. However, when wings spread from all three of their backs at once, the visual impact was still extremely powerful.

Three pairs of wings spread at the same time, and a white Soul Ring appeared beneath each of their feet. The Gu Brothers rose into the air together, climbing upward.

When the Gu Brothers took to the air, their backs were exposed. Ito Makoto, who had been hidden behind them, had actually disappeared?

Yes, Ito Makoto had vanished. He had not been taken into the air by the Gu Brothers; he had simply disappeared.

The Gu Brothers' Martial Soul was called the Skyscraper War Eagle, an avian Martial Soul with extremely fast flight speed.

The Skyscraper War Eagle was not an especially powerful eagle-type Martial Soul. It relied on speed to win. If it were a Soul Beast, a Skyscraper War Eagle could fly more than three thousand meters into the sky while maintaining high speed for a long time. Therefore, the Gu Brothers had all chosen the path of Agility Attack System Battle Soul Masters.

Their first Soul Spirits were also identical: a hawk-like bird called the Light Breeze Falcon. It was fast but had little attack power and was only palm-sized.

This was the result of being poor. If they could have chosen more powerful Soul Spirits, their combat strength could have increased severalfold.

"They can fly? What do we do?" Xie Xie looked at the other three.

Tang Wulin smiled faintly. "Then we knock them down. Fusheng, we're counting on you. Gu Yue, empower him with Wind Element." As he spoke to Nan Fusheng and Gu Yue, blue light flashed in his hand, and several Blue Silver Grass vines wrapped around Xie Xie's waist.

Xie Xie cried out miserably. "I'm afraid of heights! What do I do?"

Tang Wulin snapped, "I'm afraid of pain too. How many times did you stab me yesterday?" Before Xie Xie could argue further, Tang Wulin pulled him in front of himself and wrapped his arms around Xie Xie's waist from behind.

A streak of cyan light flashed past. Xie Xie felt his entire body become lighter, as if much of his weight had been canceled out. The next instant, he soared into the air as though riding the clouds.

From below the stage, Ye Yingrong saw Tang Wulin hug Xie Xie, spin rapidly in place once, and then throw him out. He was directly hurled high into the air.

He could throw someone that high? Ye Yingrong was genuinely startled. However, she quickly calmed down.

The Gu Brothers possessed flying Martial Souls and were triplets. After they enrolled, she had focused on training these three brothers, honing their aerial combat and coordination abilities. With only one person in the air, wasn't the other side giving the brothers a chance to surround and attack him?

In midair, Gu Tianri calmly made a hand gesture. Facing Xie Xie as he rushed toward him, Gu Tianri did not engage him directly. Instead, he beat his wings, halted his forward momentum, and came to an abrupt stop in the air.

Their greatest advantage was flight. Fighting in the air, they had nothing to fear.

They only needed to wait until Xie Xie lost momentum and fell before attacking him. That would naturally produce the best results.

Gu Tianri was just about to retreat when a strange force suddenly entered his mind, leaving Gu Tianming's Brain completely blank. Xie Xie slapped Gu Tianri's head with the Light Dragon Dagger, then fiercely kicked off his shoulder with his right foot. Like Dapeng spreading his wings, he shot upward and lunged at the nearer Gu Tianyue.

"Gu Tianri is out." Long Hengxu had seen everything clearly from below and announced Gu Tianri's elimination. In that instant, if Xie Xie had wanted to kill him, his throat would already have been slit.

"What?" Gu Tianyue and Gu Tianming could not believe their eldest brother had been defeated so easily. But as a wave of dizziness struck them, the remaining two also fell into a dazed state. Xie Xie tapped both of them on the head with the Light Dragon Dagger, ending the battle.

The three on the ground did not relax their guard after watching Xie Xie deal with the three brothers. They knew perfectly well that there was still one other person on the field.

Gu Yue raised her hand, and a current of Wind Element swirled around Xie Xie, helping him slow his descent.

At that moment, a figure slowly emerged from the shadows at the edge of the field. It was Ito Makoto. Just as the three of them were about to attack him and give him a "righteous group beating," Ito Makoto raised both hands. "I surrender. I surrender."

Ito Makoto's Martial Soul was the Shadow Wolf, and his First Soul Skill was Shadow Stealth. Earlier, while everyone's attention had been drawn to the Gu Brothers releasing their Martial Souls,

he had released his Martial Soul and slipped into the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to strike. Unfortunately, he had not found an opening before the Gu Brothers were all defeated. He could only surrender helplessly; he did not want to be ganged up on!

"Grade 1 Class 5 wins!" When Long Hengxu spoke those words, his voice was clearly filled with shock.