999! Spirit Sea Realm!

Zero Class classroom.

The entire classroom was no different from an ordinary class, but with only Xu Yue and the few others as students, it seemed rather empty.

All the desks were arranged in a single row, yet they were not neatly aligned. Two aisles separated them down the middle, forming a strange three-three-two layout.

On the far left sat Xu Xiaoyan, Xu Yue, and Gu Yue.

In the middle were Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng.

On the far right were Xie Xie and Tang Wulin.

The atmosphere in the classroom was still strange, though it was no longer the mutual hostility they had felt in the principal's office.

Instead, it was filled with a sharp, confrontational tension.

The source of this atmosphere was Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue, seated on either side of Xu Yue.

"Say, weren't you in Class Five? Why are you squeezing in here?" Xu Xiaoyan stared at Gu Yue, gritting her pearly teeth.

"I came to the academy to study, not to form cliques."

Gu Yue replied calmly, "Xu Yue is the most talented person my age I've ever seen. Naturally, I want to learn from him."

As she spoke, her bright black eyes turned toward Xu Yue, and the corners of her lips curled slightly. "Xu Yue, you don't mind, do you...?"

"I mind. Very much!"

Before Xu Yue could speak, Xu Xiaoyan snapped angrily, grabbing both of his sleeves with her little hands.

"Brother Yue, switch seats with me. Don't sit with this woman. She obviously has ulterior motives."

However, Gu Yue immediately crushed Xu Xiaoyan's idea.

"The classroom is so big. I can move to the other side too."

"Gu Yue! You..." Xu Xiaoyan was instantly furious.

Xu Yue rubbed Xu Xiaoyan's soft hair helplessly and comforted her gently. "It's fine. I believe Gu Yue doesn't have any bad intentions."

Feeling the warmth of Xu Yue's palm, Xu Xiaoyan's anger gradually subsided. She pouted and muttered.

"She may not have bad intentions, but who knows whether she has other ideas..."

Gu Yue's behavior was exactly the same as those female classmates at the junior academy who always tried to crowd around Xu Yue.

It was just that Gu Yue's looks and talent far surpassed those girls, who found it difficult even to reach the rank of Soul Grandmaster.

That gave Xu Xiaoyan an inexplicable sense of crisis.

On the other side, Wei Xiaofeng and Xie Xie, the two opponents from the promotion match, were likewise glaring at each other.

"Knife boy, judging by that look, you don't seem convinced?"

Feeling Xie Xie's gaze, Wei Xiaofeng spoke disdainfully.

"Little green snake! Aren't you only relying on Xu—" Xie Xie stopped halfway through, immediately rephrasing his words.

"In a one-on-one fight, there's no way I'd lose to you!"

"Tch! You think I'm afraid of you?" Wei Xiaofeng snorted coldly.

Xie Xie truly was not weak. Without Xu Yue's shield, Wei Xiaofeng could not guarantee a sure victory.

But when it came to trading insults, there was no way he would back down!

Feeling the tense hostility on both sides, Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi, seated in the middle, exchanged glances with helpless expressions.

As for Tang Wulin, sitting beside Xie Xie, he remained silent the entire time, though his gaze still drifted toward Xu Yue from time to time.

"Quiet!"

At that moment, Wu Zhangkong's cold shout suddenly came from the doorway.

The noise in the classroom vanished at once.

"From today onward, you are a team. Getting to know one another is the most basic requirement. Follow me."

With that, Wu Zhangkong turned and left the classroom.

Seeing this, Xu Yue and the others immediately followed him.

Before long, they arrived in a room upstairs brimming with a futuristic technological style, filled with all kinds of equipment.

Xu Yue had seen most of the instruments before—or rather, he had seen testing equipment even more advanced than these.

"First item: spiritual power test."

Wu Zhangkong said, "Wang Jinxi, you're first."

"Yes!" Upon hearing that he was first, Wang Jinxi's expression became even worse than if he were crying.

His spiritual power was his weakness. He had already known that when obtaining his soul spirit.

Wang Jinxi's final test result was twenty-one points.

Seeing this, Xu Yue considered it briefly.

It was somewhat different from what he remembered, but not by much. It was probably due to the influence he had had on him during their time at the junior academy.

This result made Wu Zhangkong furrow his brows slightly. "Wang Jinxi, you must work hard to improve your spiritual power."

"Otherwise, you won't be able to fuse with more soul spirits in the future, and it will greatly affect your cultivation."

Naturally, Wang Jinxi had no rebuttal to Wu Zhangkong's words, because it was the truth.

The second person to test their spiritual power was Xie Xie. His spiritual power was forty-three points.

"Not bad. Strive to break through to the Lingtong Realm within the year," Wu Zhangkong commented as he recorded it in the handbook.

Next, Zhang Yangzi and Wei Xiaofeng quickly completed their tests. Both remained at the Lingyuan Realm.

Then came Tang Wulin—sixty-six points.

His Lingtong Realm spiritual power greatly shocked Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and the others.

Wei Xiaofeng curled his lips, looking somewhat indignant.

The testing did not stop because of Tang Wulin.

"Xu Xiaoyan, one hundred and seven points!!"

Looking at the number on the device, everyone except Xu Yue and Gu Yue gaped in shock.

Even Wu Zhangkong, who had been recording the results, stopped his pen and stared blankly at Xu Xiaoyan as she stepped down from the machine.

"...Very good!"

Only after a long while did Wu Zhangkong slowly speak.

Xu Xiaoyan walked rather reservedly over to Xu Yue's side, then smugly curled her lips at Gu Yue on the other side.

However, before she could enjoy herself for long, Gu Yue's test result froze her newly formed smile on her face.

Three hundred and twenty-one points!

"This has to be fake, right?"

Looking at Gu Yue's absurd spiritual power, Wang Jinxi felt like crying without tears. They were clearly students from the same class, the same age, and all Great Soul Masters in terms of rank and cultivation.

Yet his spiritual power was only a fraction of Gu Yue's.

"The Lingtong Realm!" Zhang Yangzi could not help clicking his tongue.

That was the graduation standard for the advanced division. She had reached it in her first year—it was truly astonishing.

Although he knew that someone with the same thousand-year soul ring as Xu Yue would not be weak, he had not expected her to surpass them by so much.

Gu Yue stepped down from the testing chair and returned to her original spot.

Looking at the frozen Xu Xiaoyan, her pink lips curved slightly upward as she glanced down at her disdainfully.

At this sight, Xu Xiaoyan could not help gritting her teeth.

Creak!

The friction was faint, but Xu Yue, standing right beside her, heard it clearly. He helplessly shook his head and sighed.

Of all people, Xiaoyan had to compete with Gu Yue, an old monster like her.

After all, what was sealed within Gu Yue's body was a terrifying origin comparable to that of a God King.

Even at only seventy percent, it was still far stronger than the level of a main god.

Finally, it was Xu Yue's turn.

Everyone was full of anticipation for this genius who had been able to confront a Soul Emperor-level teacher head-on.

Gu Yue, who also possessed a thousand-year soul ring, was already this terrifying. What about Xu Yue, who had one more than her?

A trace of curiosity also appeared in Wu Zhangkong's eyes, though he already had a rough guess in his heart.

Yet when he thought of those three words, he still could not help being overwhelmed by shock.

However.

When Xu Yue sat in the testing chair, the constantly jumping numbers completely shattered the last line of defense in his heart.