Wang Yan's reward was obviously meant for the Lan Sisters. You Jie was Mu En's great-grandson. Why would he need Wang Yan to prepare resources for him?
If You Jie really dared to accept them, Zhang Lexuan would rush over the very next second and pin him to the ground. In the third second, Mu En would join the fray and help Zhang Lexuan beat him up.
Still, You Jie was definitely going to take the championship of the Freshman Assessment while he was at it.
As Mu En's great-grandson, You Jie knew he had already enjoyed plenty of preferential treatment. If he couldn't even win a competition of this level, he might as well kill himself and ascend to heaven.
Besides, though the Lan Sisters weren't among the very strongest, they were still top-tier among the first-year freshmen. And with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, in a setting where there weren't many top-tier fire-attribute Soul Masters, they wouldn't hold him back at all—in fact, they could help him considerably.
When You Jie fought, he didn't deliver long-winded commentary like those top-tier card-game fanatics. If he was fast enough and had sufficient Soul Power, he could even bring the final act to a close in a single second.
But with two powerful control-type Soul Masters by his side, he'd have more time to show off.
"Alright, Teacher Wang. Leave it to us," You Jie replied confidently.
That afternoon, Wang Yan didn't continue the lecture. Instead, he took everyone from Class Seven to the Soul Fighting Zone.
Of course, he hadn't brought them there for practical combat lessons, but so the students in Class Seven could discuss tactics more effectively and even put them into practice.
The Soul Fighting Zone wasn't very large, but with proper arrangements, the thirty-three teams in Class Seven could still get plenty of practice.
While the rest of the class were still discussing their Soul Skills with each other and devising tactics based on Wang Yan's guidance over the past few months, You Jie had already stepped into the Soul Fighting Zone's arena. He gestured for the Lan Sisters to hurry after him.
"Here's what we'll do: use your Soul Skills on me directly, so I can experience their control effects for myself. That way, I'll be able to direct you better during the competition.
"Don't worry about hurting me. In fact, if you don't give it your all, I won't be able to judge how strong you really are."
You Jie already knew about Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo's two Soul Skills: their First Soul Skill, Hair Net, and their Second Soul Skill, Hair Spike. Clearly, their teachers at the junior Soul Master academy had some odd ideas.
If someone from the Body Sect had instructed them, they would never have let them acquire abilities that contradicted each other like these.
Still, even the strangest set of skills could pack a punch in the right situation.
Besides, a low-level match like this didn't call for top-of-the-line skills.
"Alright, then watch out, Class Monitor!" Lan Susu replied at once. She and Lan Luoluo joined forces to use their First Soul Skill, Hair Net. Their long blue hair immediately swept toward You Jie, turning into an incredibly sturdy net that bound him tightly.
Right after that, both their Second Soul Rings lit up. Countless strands of hair, sharp as needles, shot toward the vital points all over You Jie's body.
Just as the Lan Sisters' Second Soul Skill, Hair Spike, was about to strike You Jie, his Third Soul Ring—almost flush against his arm and wrapped up along with him in their Hair Net—lit up as well. Rainbow-colored light immediately shone from his body, easily blocking the Lan Sisters' Hair Spike.
In the next instant, You Jie exerted his strength and broke free of the Lan Sisters' Hair Net. Then he casually dusted off his clothes, looking as if nothing had happened.
"Not bad. Your Second Soul Skill's attack power is a little lacking, but its unusual method of attack gives it an edge. At a critical moment, it could catch someone off guard.
"Your First Soul Skill's control effect is good, too. I have a better idea of how we'll handle the upcoming matches now."
You Jie had a good grasp of the strength of the Lan Sisters' Soul Skills. In his view, their Hair Net was far better at controlling an opponent than Blue Silver Grass's Entanglement.
It inflicted some damage even as it restrained the target, and hair itself was much tougher than Blue Silver Grass.
In a sense, Blue Silver Grass really was the most useless Martial Soul, as Dio would say. (Strikethrough: Stand.)
"Class Monitor, what was that rainbow-colored light just now?" Lan Susu asked curiously.
With You Jie's permission, their attacks had gone straight for his vital points.
But his summoning-type Martial Soul hadn't appeared. So how had he blocked their attacks and broken free of their Hair Net?
"Oh, that was my Third Soul Skill, Rainbow Life. It precisely converts attacks I've sustained over a short period of time into a recovery of my stamina and Soul Power.
"As for your Hair Net... your control techniques still need work. They're decent for now, but if your opponent uses the right technique and pairs it with enough strength, breaking free isn't all that difficult."
Although You Jie had a summoning-type Martial Soul, he had never given up training his body. Especially after he obtained the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's body-tempering method, his physical strength had soared.
When the Hair Net bound him, he had deliberately adjusted his posture so he could save some strength when breaking free. Combined with Rainbow Life's effects, the Hair Net had caused him no harm at all, which was why he'd been able to escape.
A few days later, the Freshman Assessment officially began.
"I can't believe we have to fight students from Freshman Class One on the very first day. Judging by their faces, they've already been trained by that perverted old hag until they've developed Stockholm syndrome. What a miserable start..."
Seeing the students Zhou Yi had personally brought over, and Zhou Yi standing beside their arena with no intention of leaving, You Jie couldn't help making a disgusted face.
You Jie knew their arena was at the edge of the Assessment Zone. Zhou Yi wasn't the only one nearby; Wang Yan was there, too. Still, he was annoyed, and that was that.
"From this angle... Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, once the match begins, each of you take one of the two on either side and restrain them."
You Jie's eyes shifted as he came up with a good idea.
Once the teacher in charge of the area announced the start of the match, You Jie's First Soul Ring suddenly lit up. A silver-white warrior appeared in a flash and turned into a streak of silver wind. It slammed straight into a student from Freshman Class One who had just released his Martial Soul, knocking him out of the Assessment Zone and directly into Zhou Yi at the edge of the arena. The impact sent both of them crashing against the wall bordering the Assessment Zone.
At the same time, Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo used their First Soul Skill, bound the other two students from Class One, and tossed them out of the Assessment Zone as well.
In less than ten seconds, the Freshman Class One team had been defeated.
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