Zero Class

After that battle, the academy began making changes to the current situation.

A new plan, spearheaded by the principal and carried out by the dean of studies, was introduced.

They planned to select the elites from every class and form a new class called Zero Class.

Wu Zhangkong had no objections to the plan, but the other teachers were practically losing their minds.

"Are you kidding? There are only a few promising students in my class to begin with. If they're all taken away, won't everyone left be completely ordinary?"

"Waaah... my year-end bonus—"

"Zi Yang, Jin Xi—the teacher will miss you!"

The other homeroom teachers all looked miserable, but Wu Zhangkong showed no reaction.

That was because Long Hengxu, the dean of studies, had approached him long ago and asked him to serve as Zero Class's homeroom teacher.

Wu Zhangkong himself did not particularly care about the arrangement.

After all, this should be the last group of students he would teach. Once his teaching career here ended, he would return to Shrek.

After all, he had only come here to fulfill his beloved's final wish.

Wu Zhangkong looked at the photograph on his dormitory desk. A young man and woman were smiling in it.

The young man had blue hair and an enthusiastic face, his smile clearly coming from the heart. The young woman, with her lovely hair, was nestled in his arms, wearing a bright and gentle smile.

It was a photo of him and his beloved.

At that thought, Wu Zhangkong's hand on the desk slowly clenched. He had left all his warmth to his students.

Once he finished teaching this group of students, he would continue cultivating until he personally killed that bastard called Dark Hummingbird.

"Bing'er, I never thought so much time had already passed... Back then, you told me that if you had the chance, you wanted to become a teacher."

"What does it feel like to be a teacher? I've already experienced it for you. I have several particularly outstanding students now, you know..."

Time passed amid his murmurs, and soon, the first day of Zero Class arrived.

On the first day, the elites who had just been assigned together simply stared at one another.

They had clashed plenty of times during the promotion matches, and the four sitting in the front row were especially eye-catching.

"Look at the ones in front, the ones sitting in the first row. They're seriously impressive!"

"There's Luo Qing, the gatekeeper demon king; Gu Yue, the long-range artillery platform; Tang Wulin, the human dump truck; and Xie Xie."

A student who seemed particularly well-informed bragged to the classmates who had never fought them before.

"The way you introduced me makes it sound like I was a free gift that came with a phone recharge—"

Xie Xie's voice suddenly rang out, startling the student who had just been bragging.

Xie Xie stood beside him with a friendly smile, staring straight at him.

"Xie Xie, stop teasing him. Look, you've scared his legs weak already."

Luo Qing waved him over, signaling for him to return to his seat.

Sure enough, just as Xie Xie returned to his seat, Wu Zhangkong arrived.

He carried a stack of documents in his hands. He first swept his gaze over everyone, then handed the materials out one by one.

"These are the general advancement plans I prepared for everyone in the class. They include strengthening paths for your martial souls and suggestions for choosing spirit souls."

"I have basically categorized them according to my own experience and am providing them for your reference."

His expression was indifferent, as though such precious information was nothing more than a casual gesture.

Yet even with his cold attitude, his frosty, handsome appearance still drew the attention of quite a few female students.

"Teacher Wu Zhangkong is so handsome..."

"Exactly! I heard upperclassmen mention that Teacher Wu Zhangkong has his own fan club at East Sea Academy."

"Really?"

"It seems his fans formed it themselves..."

Before those whispering students could finish, the chalk in Wu Zhangkong's hand seemed to grow eyes and flew straight onto the heads of the students chatting among themselves.

"No whispering during class!"

Wu Zhangkong's tone was stern. This was his usual style.

"In a moment, we will conduct a unified spiritual power test. Spiritual power is also an extremely important form of strength in this era."

"It affects the limit of the spirit souls we can absorb, and it can improve our control over soul skills and soul power."

"Some powerful spiritual-type soul masters can even directly cause an enemy's brain to crash, or plunge them into confusion where they cannot distinguish friend from foe."

"Powerful spiritual power can resist such control. Furthermore, many things in modern life require the involvement of spiritual power. It can be said that the need for spiritual power is reflected in every aspect of our lives."

"Next, those whose names I call will come up for testing—Xie Xie!"

"Here!"

Xie Xie quickly stood up and stepped onto the strange-looking machine beside the podium.

"Focus your mind and steady your heart."

Wu Zhangkong's cool voice sounded beside his ear, and Xie Xie hurriedly did as instructed.

As specks of faint light flickered, the number on the machine's screen suddenly began climbing.

In the end, it stopped at 49.

"Very good. Spiritual power value: 49. Mid-stage Spirit Origin Realm."

Xie Xie raised his eyebrows high and walked down with a proud look on his face.

Wu Zhangkong looked at his smug expression but said nothing. He merely called the next name. "Tang Wulin!"

Tang Wulin nervously stepped onto the machine. Once the test ended, disbelief was clearly visible in Wu Zhangkong's eyes.

"224—Spirit Connection Realm!"

"It seems you are talented in spiritual power as well..."

"Hehe, it's not bad! Big Brother is definitely stronger than me!"

Tang Wulin then slowly walked back down.

Xie Xie was already dumbfounded. Although he knew the difference between people could be greater than the difference between people and dogs, this was practically the difference between a person and a paramecium!

He had originally thought that spiritual power of 49 was already outstanding. Who would have expected even stronger experts?

"Gu Yue!" Wu Zhangkong continued. Gu Yue nodded slightly and stepped onto the machine used to test spiritual power.

"Another Spirit Connection Realm. 214!"

Gu Yue walked down with a smile. As she descended, she raised an eyebrow at Xie Xie, who had just been smug, as though retaliating against his earlier showing off.

"Damn it! You're not human in terms of physical strength, and now not in spiritual power either?"

Xie Xie was crying inwardly. He did not dare imagine what number Luo Qing, the strongest among them, would reach.

"Luo Qing!"

Hearing his name, Luo Qing also stepped onto the device used to test spiritual power.

The device slowly activated. As if sensing something, his spirit soul, Blue-Eyes Spirit, suddenly crawled out and stood on his shoulder.

As faint light flickered, the data slowly updated.

Wu Zhangkong rubbed his eyes, then checked whether the machine had malfunctioned.

"Late-stage Spirit Connection Realm, 489?"