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 opposite them.

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

At the announcement, both teams immediately widened the distance between them and released their martial souls. Yao Shi entered his Abundance State and, standing behind Wang Dong, summoned several vines and thorny brambles that shot toward the three male students opposite them. Wang Dong also prepared to launch an attack.

"My god, two of Class One's students have second soul rings that are both thousand-year rings."

"Heh, looks like that Class Three team is definitely going to lose. How can a team with only three one-ring soul masters fight those three Great Soul Masters from Class One?"

"Good thing they aren't our opponents. Two thousand-year second soul rings—what kind of monsters are they? I'm afraid only a Soul Elder team would be qualified to face them."

Seeing the soul ring configurations on 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 martial soul, and a tool martial soul. Interestingly, the students with the beast and tool martial souls were both agility-attack soul masters. Everyone knew that agility-attack soul masters were the most awkward type on the Douluo Continent. Aside from being fast, they had speed when attacking and speed when defending.

Seeing Yao Shi's vines lash 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. Then, Yao Shi 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. "Support-type soul masters should act like support-type soul masters. Can't you just properly support your teammates? With vines this slow, can you even hit us? Hahaha."

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

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

"What!"

The bird martial soul master who had mocked Yao Shi froze for a moment at his words. Then he saw Yao Shi raise a hand and summon a mass of vines that surged toward his position.

"H-how is this possible? Even if you have two rings, you can't possibly have enough soul power to create this many vin—"

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

Watching as one Class Three student was thrown out of the arena while the other two were bound like rice dumplings and unable to move, Wang Yan immediately announced, "The match is over. The winners are Yao Shi, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao of Freshman Class One."

What—what incredible battlefield control!

"With control this strong, did he really choose the support type just to fool people?"

The students below whispered among themselves. From start to finish, the match had lasted barely a dozen seconds, and it had been a one-versus-three, completely 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?"

When Wang Yan declared the match over, Wang Dong was stunned for a moment before turning to Yao Shi with dissatisfaction.

"Hey, you can't blame me for that. The opponents were too weak. I barely moved, and they were already 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."

Standing behind Yao Shi, Xiao Xiao was equally dumbfounded. She had not even had time to release her martial soul before the match was over.

Huh? How did we win so quickly? I haven't even made a move, and I haven't shown Wang Dong my strength yet.

No wonder Wang Dong said I only needed to be a lucky charm before. Turns out she's a lucky charm too. Is the class monitor really this strong?

As the assessment teacher at ringside, Wang Yan's eyes shone repeatedly at the strength Yao Shi had displayed. The other teams watching, however, were not in such good spirits, their expressions dark and grim.

What did Wang Dong mean by saying she would be the main attacker and telling him not to act? Were the three of them planning to solo an entire three-person team each?

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

Many students thought to themselves.

After Yao Shi's group finished their assessment, they did not stay behind and left directly. After all, there was nothing worth watching among opponents at the same level. If anyone ran into someone like him, 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 came to an end.

Over the following days, the three swept through one opponent after another. At first, each of them could solo a three-person team. But after winning five or six matches in a row, while Yao Shi could still easily fight alone, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao gradually began to struggle when facing three opponents by themselves. Thus, from the sixth match onward, the three began cooperating with one another.

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

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

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

"Yao Shi."

"Wang Dong."

"Xiao Xiao."

The three also stated their names in turn.

Once both sides were in position, Wang Yan shouted in a deep voice, "The assessment begins."

Both sides quickly released 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 signal sounded, Huang Chutian charged toward Yao Shi's group to disrupt them. After releasing his martial soul, his body suddenly swelled by a full size, tearing apart his school uniform and exposing iron-black skin.

Seeing him about to crash into Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao hurriedly controlled the Three-Life Soul-Calming Cauldron to block him. The instant they collided, a blast of air erupted. Huang Chutian was knocked back several meters, while Wang Dong seized the opportunity after Huang Chutian suffered slight internal injuries and pressed the attack, launching the Wing Guillotine at him.

At that moment, Huang Chutian shouted to the twins, "Susu, Luoluo, use your ultimate move! Take out their attack-type soul master first!"

Hearing Huang Chutian's words, the two sisters looked at each other, immediately withdrew their soul rings, and embraced one another.

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

Seeing the twins' movements, Yao Shi froze for a moment before remembering that they possessed a martial soul fusion skill. He hurriedly called for Wang Dong to return.

Wang Dong did not understand Yao Shi's words. Isn't this the perfect chance to attack? Why should I go back?

The next moment, the twins gave her the answer. A deep-blue radiance simultaneously spread from their bodies. At the same time, the long hair behind their heads rose into the air, turning crystalline and translucent before sweeping toward Wang Dong.

"Th-this is a martial soul fusion skill!"

Seeing the hair about to bind her, Wang Dong tried to cut through it with the Wing Guillotine, only to discover that it was completely useless.

"Idiot."

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

He immediately replaced the vines with thorny brambles.

Just as Wang Dong was about to be enveloped by that enormous mass of blue hair, Yao Shi shouted, "Strangle!"