Xu Xiaoyan's Sense of Crisis, Mental Power Test

Eastsea City, inside a villa.

Emerald life energy enveloped the entire room.

At the center of that radiance stood Di Tian.

At that moment, the dragon scales on his chest were shattered, with flecks of blood seeping out. He had clearly suffered no minor injury.

A moment later.

"Cough, cough..." Di Tian waved a hand at Bi Ji, coughed twice, and said, "Bi Ji, stop. I'm fine now!"

Bi Ji stopped as Di Tian instructed, but her beautiful face remained full of concern.

"You're really all right? That was an attack from a God King."

"What God King? It was merely a strand of divine consciousness!" Though Di Tian laughed heartily, his eyes were still filled with apprehension.

"Though it was only a strand of divine consciousness, no one knows how many times he can use it."

A cold light flashed in Gu Yue's eyes, but in the end, she suppressed the urge to restore the Golden Dragon King's divine core.

"Then we'll leave Tang Wulin alone for now. We still have plenty of time."

Upon hearing this, all the ferocious beasts present nodded.

Though somewhat unwilling, there was nothing they could do about it.

At that moment, Di Tian rose to his feet and looked at Gu Yue hesitantly. "My Lord, we can't touch Tang Wulin for the time being, but what should we do about that Child of the Stars?"

"Xu Yue..." Gu Yue murmured, her expression complicated.

According to her plan, she would eventually use spirit souls to control all of human society.

But the appearance of a future Lord of the Plane had introduced an unknown variable into that plan.

If Xu Yue learned of her identity in the future and regarded Douluo Star as his own territory, then given that he was human, he could not possibly stand by and do nothing.

Seeing Gu Yue's hesitation, a cold glint flashed through Di Tian's eyes. He made a slicing gesture across his neck.

"My Lord, should we..."

Before Di Tian could finish, Gu Yue immediately interrupted him coldly. "Silence! Do not mention this again!"

After a pause, she looked at the ferocious beasts and slowly explained.

"The Child of the Stars is different from Tang Wulin. Though we do not know why the plane's will chose to create such a being, he has indeed appeared."

"If we make a move and kill him, we will inevitably incur the hatred of the entire plane."

"By then, not only might the plan encounter repeated setbacks and end in failure, but your heavenly tribulations may arrive ahead of time... perhaps even be deliberately strengthened..."

The will of the plane was the sky of Douluo Star. Once one incurred its loathing, everything one did would become exceptionally unlucky.

Even events that should have had a one hundred percent chance of success could fail due to all manner of unreasonable circumstances.

However, Gu Yue did not know that the position of Lord of Douluo Star's plane had long since been occupied.

Once Tang Hao awakened, the authority of both sides would inevitably begin to clash.

With that, Gu Yue ended the discussion.

"Enough. I know what to do about Xu Yue. If force won't work, then we'll have to take a softer approach."

"I'll make him willingly serve our cause."

As she said this, a smile appeared on her cool, detached face. A glint of wisdom shone in her deep, beautiful eyes as she thought to herself.

So what if he is the Child of the Stars? I am the Silver Dragon King, inheritor of the Dragon God's wisdom—a being who has lived for hundreds of thousands of years...

Handling a human child will be effortless, won't it?

"Hehe..."

Seven days later.

The principal's office.

The once spacious office was now packed with people.

From left to right, they could roughly be divided into three groups.

Led by Xu Yue, he, Xu Xiaoyan, Jin Xi, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng formed the First Class faction.

Gu Yue stood alone in the middle.

On the far right were Tang Wulin and Xie Xie.

Among them, Xu Xiaoyan, Zhang Yangzi, and the others watched Tang Wulin with faint hostility in their eyes.

Yu Zhen looked at this scene and shook his head helplessly, hoping that their future time together would ease some of the resentment between them.

"...That is the situation. The academy established Zero Class in the hopes of gathering exceptionally talented students together so that they can grow more quickly."

"If there are no objections, sign the agreement."

As he spoke, Yu Zhen flicked his wrist, and a stack of papers and pens appeared in his hand. He placed them before everyone.

Xu Yue merely gave the agreement a cursory glance. It was mostly about things like not being allowed to transfer schools before completing their studies.

Although he did not think Zero Class would be much help to his own learning, it was a good opportunity for Xu Xiaoyan.

At the same time, Eastsea Academy was pouring tremendous resources into Zero Class. There was no reason not to take what was offered.

With that in mind, he decisively signed his name.

The second person in line was not Xu Xiaoyan, but Gu Yue.

After signing, she quietly stood beside Xu Yue, drawing Xu Xiaoyan's attention and making her grit her teeth.

She had always felt that there was something off about Gu Yue, and now that premonition was growing stronger and stronger.

However, with Xu Yue taking the lead, Xu Xiaoyan, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and the others no longer hesitated and signed one after another.

Only Wei Xiaofeng, just as Xu Yue remembered, remained indecisive.

Xu Yue walked over and patted Wei Xiaofeng on the shoulder. "Xiaofeng, do you trust me?"

"Yeah..." Wei Xiaofeng nodded. "Brother Yue, of course I trust you!"

"Then sign it!" Xu Yue said with a smile. "Trust me, Zero Class won't disappoint you!"

Hearing that, Wei Xiaofeng took a deep breath, his gaze turning resolute as he signed his name.

On the other side, Tang Wulin and Xie Xie had already signed as well.

Yu Zhen smiled as he watched all eight present sign their names.

"Alright. Signing this agreement means that from this moment onward, you will become the academy's core elite students."

"Although Eastsea Academy does not rank highly on the continent, it is still the only intermediate soul master academy in a major city."

"I believe that once the academy's resources are fully focused on you, even Shrek Academy may not be that much stronger than us."

After saying that, he looked at Tang Wulin, his tone slightly stern. "Student Tang Wulin, you were not originally supposed to be part of this Zero Class. I made an exception only because your teacher strongly recommended you."

"However, I hope you remember that not everything is worth insisting on. The outcome of a single match proves nothing."

"Sometimes, people need to acknowledge their shortcomings in order to improve further. Do you understand?"

"I understand, Dean!" Tang Wulin nodded.

Yu Zhen nodded lightly, then looked toward Wu Zhangkong and gestured to him.

Wu Zhangkong turned his gaze toward the eight students in the principal's office and said softly, "You may go back and pack your personal belongings now. Gather in the Zero Class classroom afterward."

After everyone had left, Wu Zhangkong finally looked at Yu Zhen. "Dean Yu, is there anything else?"

"Sigh..." Yu Zhen let out a sigh before slowly speaking. "Teacher Wu, you saw it just now. This can't go on forever."

"I hope you can find time to talk things through with the students, especially Tang Wulin and Xu Yue."

Hearing that, Wu Zhangkong fell silent for a moment before nodding.

"I understand."