Sky Sea Grand Competition

The two-month summer vacation slipped by amid day after day of meditation and cultivation.

By the time school began, piled-up resources had raised his Soul Power by another two levels, bringing him to level thirty-four.

The fusion of the two External Soul Bones had brought considerable transformation to both his body and spiritual power.

As a result, his spiritual power had improved greatly as well, reaching 1,672 points.

1,672 points...

Placed on any peer, that number would still have been unimaginably terrifying.

Half a month later, the Sky Sea Grand Competition was about to begin.

When the news spread through the academy, Zero Class's classroom erupted in commotion.

Xie Xie spun excitedly in his chair. Tang Wulin clenched his fists. Though Gu Yue's expression remained calm, a trace of anticipation shone in his eyes.

Xu Xiaoyan, who had recently joined Zero Class, listened curiously as Ye Yingluo explained the competition's rules and procedures, her face carrying both nervousness and excitement.

Naturally, the academy was sending Zero Class.

Of course, they were not going just to broaden their horizons.

With a monster like Han Li among them, why would they need to see what others had to offer?

They intended to let the people of the Skysea Alliance broaden their horizons instead!

Thus, early the next morning.

Ye Yingluo and Wu Changkong led the five members of Zero Class out of the academy and headed straight for East Sea Plaza in the center of Eastsea City.

The morning sunlight spilled across the streets, coating the entire city in a golden sheen.

There were five of them because, just as in the original story, Xu Xiaoyan had joined Zero Class in the second semester.

However, they were not the only group representing the academy. There was also a team from the Advanced Division.

The Advanced Division students were older and would participate in the youth division for ages fifteen to twenty.

Han Li and the others would compete in the junior division for ages ten to fifteen.

The Sky Sea Grand Competition was also the reason Eastsea Academy had created Zero Class.

Among the academies of the five first-class cities on the East Coast, Eastsea Academy had long ranked at the bottom and performed miserably in every kind of competition.

This was because Eastsea Academy was the only intermediate Soul Master Academy in Eastsea City...

The overall quality of its students was relatively low.

Eastsea City was a city focused on trade and industry. Its Soul Master resources were not as abundant as those of the other cities, and most top talents flowed toward larger cities or elite organizations such as the Spirit Pagoda and Shrek.

Therefore, the students who remained were not particularly gifted to begin with, making it naturally difficult for them to achieve good results in major competitions.

As one of the five first-class cities, Eastsea City had delivered deeply worrying results in the previous competitions...

Not only did that make the academy look bad, it also embarrassed Eastsea City's governing officials.

After every grand competition, the city officials felt unable to hold their heads up when facing their counterparts from other cities.

This was also why Long Hengxu's proposal to establish Zero Class while so many geniuses were emerging had been approved so quickly.

Because Eastsea City desperately needed an eye-catching achievement to prove itself.

Otherwise, if things continued like this...

Even Eastsea City's reputation would suffer.

Although Eastsea City's economic development had been extremely rapid.

A city's standing, however, did not depend solely on its economy. It also depended on its influence in the Soul Master world.

Through the Sky Sea Alliance Grand Competition, the academy also hoped these ten-year-old children would let the upper echelons of the major Skysea Alliance cities see Eastsea City's potential.

Tang Wulin possessed Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power. Xie Xie was a Twin Martial Souls agility-attack genius. Gu Yue was a seven-element Elementalist, while Xu Xiaoyan's Ice Wheel Star Staff was also an exceptionally promising mutated Martial Soul.

Not to mention Han Li, that monster.

At nine years old, he possessed the strength of one hundred thousand jin and had a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring.

Forget the junior division...

Even if he were thrown into the youth division or even the adult division, there probably would not have been many people capable of blocking a single punch from him.

Moreover, they were only ten years old, and their futures were limitless.

As long as those officials and academy heads were not blind, they could see what this batch of Eastsea City geniuses represented.

East Sea Plaza had already appeared in view, the outline of its massive structure gradually becoming clear in the morning light.

At that moment, the plaza was packed with people. Colorful flags fluttered in the wind, and competing teams from the major East Coast cities arrived one after another. The crowd surged with life and excitement.

"Teachers and students of Eastsea Academy, please board."

At that moment, an announcement rang out.

A row of Soul Guide buses stood parked in the plaza.

The sides of each vehicle bore prominent numbers and markings.

Eastsea Academy had been assigned Bus Number Six. Ye Yingluo walked to its door and waved to everyone behind her.

The group boarded one after another.

They climbed the steps into the bus in turn, each finding a seat.

After boarding, Han Li chose a window seat near the back, his gaze calmly fixed on the scenery outside.

Before long, the Soul Guide buses carrying the Eastsea City delegation drove out of the plaza, merged onto the city's main road, and then entered the highway.

The body of the Soul Guide bus sank slightly, and its engine let out a low hum before it began accelerating.

The Soul Guide highway employed magnetic levitation technology along with Soul Guide technology...

It could greatly increase the speed of Soul Guide buses, allowing them to reach half the maximum speed of a Soul Guide train.

The vehicle sped smoothly along the road. Outside the windows, the scenery rushed backward, towns and coastlines flashing past on either side like rapidly turned pages in a picture book.

Some students chatted inside the bus, some rested with their eyes closed, while others stared absentmindedly out the windows.

A little over two hours later.

The vehicle slowed and exited the highway...

Entering an even more magnificent city.

Skysea City.

Skysea City was the host city of the Sky Sea Grand Competition, and among the five first-class cities on the East Coast...

It was the largest.

The bus traveled along the city's main roads, heading somewhere ahead.

In the distance, the horizon of the sea gradually unfolded before them, azure waters glittering beneath the sunlight.

The sea breeze carried a salty, damp scent through the open windows, brushing against everyone's faces.

Under Skysea City's official arrangements, they were assigned rooms at a luxurious hotel.

The hotel was quite distinctive.

When they opened the windows, the sea breeze rushed in. The sound of waves striking the reefs could faintly be heard, while the distant horizon was divided by the sea into two worlds of blue and white.

Standing on the balcony, one felt as though the sea surrounded them entirely, as if they could embrace the ocean itself.

After Tang Wulin and the others settled into their hotel rooms, they excitedly paced around and discussed the next day's competition arrangements.

Xie Xie leaned over the balcony railing and stared blankly at the sea. Xu Xiaoyan pulled Gu Yue over to look at the view outside. Tang Wulin stood by the window, watching seabirds flying in the distance, his face bearing the particular anticipation of youth.

Han Li, meanwhile, left the hotel...

And headed for Skysea City's Spirit Pagoda.