Consecutive Victories

"Both teams, take your positions."

As soon as Wang Yan finished speaking, Yao Shi, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao stepped onto the arena together with the team from Class Three.

Once both sides were in position, Wang Yan nodded and shouted, "The assessment begins!"

At the announcement, both sides immediately pulled apart and summoned their Martial Souls. Yao Shi entered his Abundance state, stood behind Wang Dong, and summoned several vines and thorns to attack the three male students opposite them. Wang Dong also readied herself to attack.

"Damn, two people from Class One have thousand-year second soul rings."

"Heh, looks like that Class Three team is doomed. How can a team with only one-ring Soul Masters fight three Soul Grandmasters from Class One?"

"Good thing we're not facing them. Thousand-year second rings—what kind of monsters are they? I'm afraid only a Soul Elder team would be qualified to fight them, right?"

Seeing the soul ring configurations of both sides, several students from the other two teams waiting for their assessments in Area Thirty-Three commented.

The three opponents' Martial Souls were respectively a food-type Martial Soul, a beast-type Martial Soul, and a tool-type Martial Soul. Interestingly, both the beast-type and tool-type students were agility-attack Soul Masters. As everyone knew, agility-attack Soul Masters were the most awkward type on the Douluo Continent. If they needed speed, they had speed. If they needed attack, they had speed. If they needed defense, they still had speed.

As Yao Shi's vines lashed toward them, the food-type Soul Master from Class Three did not even have time to summon food to buff his teammates before Yao Shi's vines tightly bound him. Yao Shi then controlled the vines and casually flung him out of the arena.

The other two agility-attack opponents reacted much faster. They easily dodged Yao Shi's vines and did not forget to mock him. "A support-type Soul Master should act like a support-type Soul Master. Can't you just properly support your teammates? With vines that slow, can you even hit us? Hahahaha."

"Oh? Is that so? You can dodge three or four vines, but what about ten? A hundred?"

Yao Shi ignored their taunts and simply summoned more and more vines.

"What?!"

The bird Martial Soul Master who had mocked Yao Shi froze upon hearing his words. Then he saw Yao Shi raise a hand and summon a mass of vines that surged toward him.

"H-how is that possible? Even if you have two rings, you can't possibly have enough Soul Power to create so many vin—"

Before he could finish, the dense vines surrounding him wrapped him up from head to toe. Naturally, his other teammate did not escape either.

Watching as one Class Three student was thrown off the arena while the other two were tied up like rice dumplings and unable to move, Wang Yan immediately announced the result.

"The match is over. The winners are Yao Shi, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao of Freshman Class One."

Th-that was some terrifying battlefield control!

"With control this strong, is he really not fooling everyone by choosing the support type?"

The students below whispered among themselves. From beginning to end, the battle had lasted barely more than ten seconds, and it had been a one-against-three, one-sided crushing defeat.

"Hey, Yao Shi, didn't we agree that I'd be the main attacker? Why did you just instantly defeat the opponents?"

Upon hearing Wang Yan declare the match over, Wang Dong was briefly stunned. Then she turned to Yao Shi and complained in dissatisfaction.

"Hey, you can't blame me for that. The opponents were too weak. I barely did anything, and they were eliminated. That's not something I can control."

"I don't care. I'll be the main attacker next round. Don't you make a move."

Xiao Xiao, who stood behind Yao Shi, was equally dumbfounded. She had not even had time to summon her Martial Soul before the match ended.

Huh? How did we win so quickly? I haven't even made a move yet. I haven't shown Wang Dong what I can do.

No wonder Wang Dong told me before that I could just be a lucky charm. Turns out she's a lucky charm too. Is the class monitor really this strong?

As the assessment teacher at ringside, Wang Yan was thoroughly impressed by the strength Yao Shi had displayed. The other teams watching, however, were not in a good mood, their faces dark.

What did Wang Dong mean by saying she would be the main attacker and telling him not to make a move? Did the three of them intend to have each person solo an entire team?

Did they think they could do whatever they wanted just because they were strong? Uh, apparently they really could.

Quite a few students thought to themselves.

After Yao Shi's team finished their assessment, they did not stay and instead left directly. After all, there was nothing worth watching among opponents of the same level. If anyone encountered someone like Yao Shi, who could both control the field and heal, they were the ones who needed to be careful.

It was not until evening that the first round of freshman assessments in every area finally ended.

Over the next few days, the three of them cut through their opponents with ease. Each of them soloed a three-person team. After winning five or six consecutive matches, Yao Shi could still easily fight alone, but Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao gradually began to struggle when facing three opponents by themselves. Thus, starting from the sixth match, the three began coordinating with one another.

On the morning of the fourth day came Yao Shi's team's seventh assessment.

This time, their opponents were a burly man and a pair of twins.

"My name is Huang Chutian. The one on the left is Lan Susu, and the one on the right is Lan Luoluo," the burly man introduced.

"Yao Shi."

"Wang Dong."

"Xiao Xiao."

The three of them each stated their names as well.

Seeing that both sides were ready, Wang Yan shouted in a low voice, "The assessment begins."

Both sides quickly summoned their Martial Souls. Perhaps because Yao Shi's team had performed too brilliantly these past few days, their opponents had clearly come prepared.

As soon as the start was announced, Huang Chutian charged toward Yao Shi's group to interfere with them. After releasing his Martial Soul, his body suddenly expanded, tearing apart his school uniform and exposing iron-black skin.

Just as he was about to crash into Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao hurriedly controlled the Three-Life Soul-Calming Cauldron to block him. The collision instantly kicked up a wave of air. Huang Chutian was knocked several meters back, while Wang Dong seized the opportunity to press the attack after he suffered some internal injuries, launching the Wing Guillotine at him.

At that moment, Huang Chutian shouted to the twins.

"Susu, Luoluo, use your trump card! Take out their assault-type Soul Master first!"

Hearing Huang Chutian's words, the sisters exchanged a glance and immediately withdrew their soul rings before embracing each other.

"This is... Wang Dong, come back!"

When Yao Shi saw what the twins were doing, he froze for a moment before remembering that they possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. He hurriedly told Wang Dong to return.

Wang Dong did not understand Yao Shi's warning. Wasn't this the perfect chance to attack? Why should she retreat?

The next moment, the twins gave her the answer. A deep blue radiance simultaneously emerged from their bodies. At the same time, the long hair behind their heads rose into the air, turning crystal-clear as it swept toward Wang Dong.

"Th-this is a Martial Soul Fusion Skill!"

Seeing the hair about to bind her, Wang Dong tried to cut it apart with the Wing Guillotine, only to find that it was completely ineffective.

"Idiot."

Yao Shi cursed under his breath, frustrated that she had failed to live up to expectations. He had clearly told her to come back, yet she had foolishly flown straight into the trap.

He immediately replaced the vines with thorns.

Just as Wang Dong was about to be engulfed by the huge mass of blue hair, Yao Shi shouted.

"Strangle!"