4 into 2

"Ye Fan, I'll give you this—you're a man."

As she spoke, Keke quickly pulled away from Ye Fan.

Then she changed her battle strategy, countless metal cannon barrels lighting up all around her.

Their number was no less impressive than the soul cannons that had surrounded Ju Zi at the start.

Seeing this, Ye Fan curled his lips in a cold smile. "That's it?"

Then the first soul ring behind Ye Fan's Six-Winged Angel lit up purple, and Ye Fan unleashed his first soul skill, Angel Summon.

Ye Fan directly summoned that five-thousand-year Dark Magic Pattern Bear. Relying on its astonishing defense, he built an invincible shield in front of himself, blocking Keke's storm-like barrage of attacks.

After that, Ye Fan summoned the ten-thousand-year Wind Demon Wolf King. He rode on its back and, with its extreme speed, charged toward Keke.

Before Keke could react, the Wind Demon Wolf King Ye Fan was controlling had already reached her.

Then, relying on the Wind Demon Wolf King's might, it merely swung a claw lightly and tore through Keke's defenses.

At the same time, it sent Keke flying far away.

Next, Ye Fan rode the Wind Demon Wolf King step by step toward Keke, finally pressing the Wind Demon Wolf King's enormous wolf claw down onto her body.

It looked like Ye Fan was about to strike ruthlessly.

At that moment, Ju Zi, off to the side, endured the intense pain and used all her strength to shout, "Teacher, we admit defeat!"

When Ye Fan heard Ju Zi concede, he looked back at her.

Then, under Ju Zi's terrified gaze.

Ye Fan controlled the Wind Demon Wolf King's claw and swatted it toward Keke's face.

Keke, in agony, covered her eyes as well, not daring to face death head-on.

"No!" Seeing that Ye Fan still had not stopped, and had even intensified his attack toward Keke again, Ju Zi also shut her eyes in pain, leaving only a narrow slit as she looked at Ye Fan in terror.

At this moment, the homeroom teacher, Lin Jiayi, also noticed the commotion on Ye Fan's side.

When he saw that ten-thousand-year Wind Demon Wolf King, he instantly activated his martial soul avatar and sprinted madly toward Keke's position.

At the same time, he prayed inwardly, Ye Fan, don't do anything stupid. This is only a monthly assessment. There's no need to force someone to the point of life and death.

But clearly, with his distance and speed, he would not make it in time.

Just when everyone thought Keke was doomed, Ye Fan turned his head and gave Ju Zi, who was squinting as she watched him, a sly smile.

Then, under Ju Zi's incredulous gaze, Ye Fan controlled the Wind Demon Wolf King to gently stroke Keke's cheek. At the same time, he even made the Wind Demon Wolf King stick out its tongue and lick Keke's face.

In Ju Zi's eyes, this meant that because of a single sentence from her, Ye Fan had truly given up on killing or injuring Keke, and instead touched her in a teasing manner.

Ju Zi's head was spinning at this moment.

Uh, he really stopped.

Why did he smile at me?

Why does he look kind of roguishly handsome riding on the wolf king like that?

No, Ju Zi, what are you thinking? He's the little villain who stole your third soul ring.

Just as Ju Zi's imagination was running wild, Keke, because of the strange sensation on her face, curiously opened both eyes as well.

From her perspective, Ye Fan was looking down from above, carrying the domineering air of a general who had conquered everything.

And the Wind Demon Wolf King had opened its bloody maw, yet it was merely licking her face.

It made her feel both terrified and ridiculous.

As for the homeroom teacher, Lin Jiayi, when he saw Ye Fan's bizarre move, he was caught between laughter and tears.

Lin Jiayi came to Ye Fan and Keke's side and announced loudly, "Top eight to top four, the winners are Ye Fan and Ye Guyi."

Then Lin Jiayi pointed at Keke, who was still lying beneath the Wind Demon Wolf King's claw, and said to Ye Fan, "Ye Fan, you've already won. You can withdraw the soul beast spirits you summoned."

Hearing this, Ye Fan flapped his angel wings and descended to the ground. Then, with a thought, he withdrew the Death Angel, the Wind Demon Wolf King, and the Dark Magic Pattern Bear back into himself at the same time.

After that, Ye Fan left Keke's position without even looking back, heading toward Ye Guyi.

In Ju Zi and Keke's eyes, this scene somehow carried an indescribable sense of cool, carefree handsomeness.

With Lin Jiayi's support, Keke struggled to her feet, yet she still did not forget to shout at Ye Fan, "Ye Fan, what is the meaning of this? Pity?"

Hearing this, Ye Fan continued walking away without looking back.

Only Keke was left stamping her feet in anger. "He really is an annoying tsundere guy."

Ju Zi also watched Ye Fan gradually leave with a thoughtful look, no one knowing what she was thinking.

On Ye Guyi's side, when she heard that they had ultimately won, she could not help secretly letting out a breath of relief.

Ye Fan stepped forward to support Ye Guyi, who had withdrawn her martial soul. While slowly channeling life force into her, he asked, "Sister, how do you feel?"

Hearing this, Ye Guyi said to Ye Fan with some self-reproach, "Xiao Fan, it's all my fault. I made you expose your strength ahead of time."

Ye Fan said, "Sister, you really mustn't say that."

"If I could do it over, I'd rather have revealed my strength from the very beginning. Then you wouldn't have been hurt."

As he spoke, Ye Fan continued increasing the flow of soul power he sent into Ye Guyi.

The two looked at each other without a word, quietly waiting for the entire second round to end.

Soon, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's group won the upper-right quarter bracket.

Ma Rulong and Chen Fei won the lower-right quarter bracket.

Mijia and Li Yan won the lower-left quarter bracket.

Meanwhile, Xiao Xiafeng and Lin Xi were smoothly eliminated by Ma Rulong and Chen Fei.

Next would be the semifinals. Ye Fan and Ye Guyi's group would face Mijia and Li Yan's group.

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's group would face Ma Rulong and Chen Fei's group.

The two big battles earlier had greatly drained all the students.

In the end, Lin Jiayi announced, "The remaining group members will eat and rest first. The matches will continue here this afternoon."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's taut nerves suddenly relaxed.

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen were the first to find Ye Fan and Ye Guyi. When Xiao Hongchen saw Ye Guyi's clothes in tatters, he couldn't help questioning Ye Fan aloud. "Xiao Fan, what happened to you two?"

Ye Fan did not hide much about it, roughly recounting how Ju Zi had ambushed Ye Guyi on the field.

Xiao Hongchen's expression turned extremely dark as he listened.

Fortunately, Ye Fan finally reminded him, "Brother Xiao, did you forget I'm a life-type soul master? My sister is already fine."

Hearing this, Xiao Hongchen's expression improved somewhat, but in his heart, he still silently remembered the name Ju Zi.

Afterward, they chatted a little more about what they had encountered in the matches.

Then they returned to their lodgings to change clothes first, before going to have lunch.

Finally, they rested for a short while.

That afternoon, Ye Fan, Ye Guyi, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen arrived at the competition grounds again.

By now, the members of the other teams had also all arrived.

Their matchups were Ma Rulong and Chen Fei against Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

Mijia and Li Yan against Ye Fan and Ye Guyi.

With Lin Jiayi's command, Class 1 of the third year's semifinals officially began.