Tang Wulin and Xie Xie's Third Battle

Fast, too fast.

In just a few breaths, Tang Wulin had achieved an overwhelming victory.

"Xie Xie, Xu Xiaohui, Tao Liufan, Li Chushui, you're up."

Wu Zhangkong called the second group up directly.

Xie Xie hopped onto the stage, while the other three walked up the stairs slowly.

"Tch! Watch me pull off an overwhelming victory too!"

Xie Xie's innate arrogance was on full display; he didn't want Tang Wulin to steal his thunder.

"Begin!"

As soon as the word left his lips, Xie Xie instantly released his martial soul, and a century-old soul ring rose from beneath his feet.

"This... another century-old soul ring! Am I really in Class Five?"

Hearing the intermittent gasps of surprise from below the stage, Xie Xie felt a surge of secret satisfaction.

However, his opponents, Tao Liufan and Li Chushui, didn't daze for long and released their own martial souls.

Tao Liufan's martial soul was a Willow Tree, which was somewhat similar in nature to Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Grass, though he only possessed a single ten-year soul ring.

Li Chushui's martial soul was a Spirit Cat. Like Xie Xie, she was an agility-type soul master, and her soul ring was also only a ten-year ring.

Xu Xiaohui was an auxiliary-type soul master whose martial soul was a Musk Deer; to be precise, it leaned toward healing and had almost no offensive power.

Once the opponents had released their martial souls, Xie Xie instantly flashed forward. The yellow soul ring at his feet bloomed with a dazzling light, and with incredible speed, the Light Dragon Dagger in his hand traced a golden line through the air.

The Light Dragon Dagger pointed straight at Li Chushui. As fellow agility-type soul masters, Xie Xie was superior to Li Chushui in both strength and combat experience. By the time she reacted, Xie Xie's Light Dragon Dagger was already before her eyes.

At the critical moment, the white soul ring at Li Chushui's feet flashed, and Xie Xie's attack missed its mark.

"Teleport!" Wu Zhangkong's eyes flickered slightly; that was a very good soul skill.

Indeed, Li Chushui's first soul skill was Teleport, with a range of about five meters.

Compared to Xie Xie's accelerated charge, her Teleport was clearly faster. Of course, it had more limitations; as a soul skill, it consumed more soul power than Xie Xie's movement, and it could not be used consecutively.

Seeing his attack miss, Xie Xie was momentarily stunned, but he quickly readjusted his stance and turned to attack Tao Liufan.

But Xie Xie had already launched one attack; how could his opponents be unprepared?

Tao Liufan's soul ring lit up instantly, and a large number of willow branches whipped around him, acting like his personal guards.

Xie Xie snorted, his agile figure weaving through the branches, and he managed to dodge them all to reach Tao Liufan's side.

He swung the Light Dragon Dagger, but at that moment, a subtle smile appeared at the corner of Tao Liufan's mouth.

He actually had willow branches in his hands as well. At such close range, Xie Xie couldn't dodge in time and was grabbed by the ankle. Although the branches weren't as tough as Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Grass, Xie Xie couldn't break free immediately.

Huh... why does this situation feel so familiar?

Li Chushui, standing to the side, hadn't been idle. The moment Tao Liufan grabbed Xie Xie, she charged toward him.

Just at this hair-breadth moment, a faint fragrance wafted from somewhere.

As Xie Xie inhaled the scent, he instantly felt his mental power and strength receive a slight boost; his mind cleared, and his stamina surged.

Meanwhile, Tao Liufan and Li Chushui, having inhaled the same scent, both faltered for a split second.

It was in that very instant that Xie Xie broke free from Tao Liufan's control.

Xie Xie glanced back at Xu Xiaohui. Sure enough, her soul ring was glowing; the fragrance was her soul skill.

In truth, the amplification effect of Xu Xiaohui's soul skill was quite good, providing a multi-faceted boost. However, its flaw was that it relied on a scent, which took time to disperse and could be blown away, limiting its utility.

Xie Xie nodded slightly at Xu Xiaohui to show his gratitude.

Xu Xiaohui's face turned bright red instantly. Having used her soul skill, she couldn't do much else and had to rely on Xie Xie.

Now, Xie Xie had received a boost, while Tao Liufan and Li Chushui had been slightly weakened by the fragrance.

The gap in strength between the three was already significant; the earlier near-miss was only due to Xie Xie's carelessness, and now that he understood all their tricks, the outcome was certain.

Without surprise, one minute later, Wu Zhangkong declared Xie Xie's team the winner.

Xie Xie jumped off the stage and walked toward Tang Wulin.

"Tang Wulin, you must make it to the end! I still want to have a showdown with you."

Tang Wulin smiled and pointed at Xu Xiaohui behind Xie Xie. "Xie Xie, if it weren't for Xu Xiaohui just now, you would have already lost."

Xie Xie's face turned red again. "That was just me being careless. I won't make any more mistakes."

Tang Wulin smiled and said nothing.

"Next match..."

The class was divided into ten groups in total. After the first round, five groups advanced.

For the second round, Wu Zhangkong gave Tang Wulin's group a bye, letting only the remaining four groups compete.

As a result, Xie Xie's group advanced, naturally.

Next was Xie Xie's group, which drew a bye, while Tang Wulin's group faced the team that had advanced from the second round.

The result remained entirely unsurprising; Tang Wulin took the match single-handedly, just as before.

After all, at their age, physical fitness was the factor that determined the outcome of a match to the greatest extent.

A one-ring Spirit Master's spirit power was not deep, and their spirit skill's attack power was not that formidable.

If someone possessed innate divine strength like Tang Wulin, they were basically invincible among their peers.

"Next match: Tang Wulin, Yun Xiao, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaohui."

Come to think of it, this seemed to be the third time Tang Wulin and Xie Xie were fighting.

This match was also one Wu Zhangkong looked forward to; after all, Tang Wulin and Xie Xie were the students he thought most highly of in this class.

It wasn't just Wu Zhangkong; the others off-stage were also looking forward to it. In their eyes, Tang Wulin and Xie Xie were the two strongest people in the class—one had high spirit power, the other had a high-age spirit ring—and a few were even placing bets on who would win.

Tang Wulin, I will definitely beat you this time! Xie Xie secretly cheered himself on; this time, he was going to unleash his full strength.

"Begin!"

Wu Zhangkong stood to the side, his gaze more serious than it had been for any previous match.

As soon as the match started, Xu Xiaohui was the first to release her martial soul.

Her spirit skill required time to take effect, so the sooner she released it, the better.

But Tang Wulin had long since known of Xu Xiaohui's abilities, so how could he possibly give her the chance?

"Yun Xiao, it's up to you!"