Ning Tian's Plan: Encountering the Protagonist Team

Just as Xiao Xiao had entered the room and confirmed her relationship with Yuwen Tuo.

In Ning Tian's dormitory, Mu Jin was applying medicine to the three girls.

Ning Tian's status was special. As the current heir of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School, since she had entered Mu Jin's class, Mu Jin naturally valued her greatly. Even if it was only a minor injury, she paid close attention to it.

"Teacher, we're only lightly injured. There's no need to worry so much," Ning Tian said. She had only expended some Soul Power and was not injured at all.

"Who says so? That handsome guy was so ruthless. He actually cut through a layer of my skin. I wonder if it'll leave a scar. If it does, I'll make him take responsibility for me for the rest of my life." Nanmen Yun'er covered her cheek as she spoke shyly.

"Yun'er, your schemes are so loud that even the Old Sect Master back at the sect can hear them." Ning Tian turned Nanmen Yun'er's wrist over. "But unfortunately, once you apply the medicinal ointment of my Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School, I guarantee there won't be the slightest mark left."

Nanmen Yun'er's face darkened. "Hey, Ning Tian, are we still good sisters or not? It's rare for me to take a liking to a man, and you're already trying to ruin it."

Mu Jin had also finished applying medicine to Wu Feng. Her injury was not serious either. The place where Yuwen Tuo had struck her with the flat of his blade was only slightly bruised, and it would fade quickly after the medicine was applied.

After getting dressed, Wu Feng said, "Still, that Yuwen Tuo is truly remarkable. I, Wu Feng, rarely admire anyone, but I have no choice but to admire Yuwen Tuo's blade techniques. His strikes are broad and forceful, yet his defensive counters are exquisitely precise. I exchanged more than ten moves with him. Even though my physical attributes were superior under the dual enhancements of Dragon's Wrath and the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, I simply couldn't find a single chance to attack."

Since Yuwen Tuo had not injured Ning Tian as Huo Yuhao had, and Ning Tian herself had conceded wholeheartedly, even this proud and tsundere woman did not show hostility toward Yuwen Tuo as she had toward Huo Yuhao in the original story.

"You and Yun'er joined forces and exchanged twelve moves with him in total." As their teacher, Mu Jin saw things more clearly. "Other than the first move, where you and Yun'er attacked first and were blocked by him, he attacked and you defended in all of the remaining eleven moves. I can say without the slightest doubt that you had no chance of winning against him. The same likely goes for the other two Soul Grandmaster Teams. Zhou Yi is truly lucky to have gained such a genius student. I had wanted to win Yuwen Tuo over to my side, but I didn't expect her to outmaneuver me and even win a soul bone from me. That soul bone has probably already gone to Yuwen Tuo by now. Ah, forget it. Giving a soul bone to such a genius is hardly a waste."

Mu Jin's reasoning was perfectly natural. She only assumed that the soul bone Zhou Yi had won must belong to Yuwen Tuo, since it was his victory. Unfortunately, Zhou Yi was already preparing to give that soul bone to Huo Yuhao.

"Oh, right, Ning Tian. Why don't we see whether we can recruit Yuwen Tuo into our sect?" Nanmen Yun'er suggested. "What do you think?"

"We can give it a try. If such a talent joins our sect, then in forty years, once he becomes a Titled Douluo, he can protect our sect for at least a century." Ning Tian nodded. As the Young Sect Master, recruiting talent for the sect was her duty.

"But I seem to have heard that Yuwen Tuo has some connection to the inner court. We should investigate first. Although our sect and Shrek Academy have been allies for ten thousand years, we cannot rashly offend the inner court."

A night of intense discussion passed.

After just one day of matches, most of the new students had been eliminated. On the second day, those who remained in the competition were the top sixteen teams of this year's New Student Assessment, forty-eight freshmen in total. They could be called the finest among the new students, even some of the most outstanding Soul Masters among their peers across the entire continent.

During the drawing ceremony for the top sixteen, Yuwen Tuo drew an unexpected team: Huo Yuhao's team.

He truly had not expected to encounter the protagonist team from the original story so soon.

To be honest, for Yuwen Tuo, dealing with Huo Yuhao was far easier than dealing with the Ning Tian Team yesterday.

Huo Yuhao's sealed Million-Year Soul Ring was not yet a threat to him.

Besides, when it came to the quality of Soul Rings, Yuwen Tuo instinctively thought of the Soul Ring on his second martial soul, the Noble Carriage Sword, which slept within his Sea of Consciousness. That was undoubtedly power his master had left him.

That Soul Ring had originally been yellow, but after he obtained his second ring, it had turned purple. It seemed that this Soul Ring would grow stronger as Yuwen Tuo did. Even Yuwen Tuo himself found it hard to estimate just how great its potential was.

Though it was only at the thousand-year level now, it would sooner or later surpass Huo Yuhao's Million-Year Soul Ring.

"Hehe, this is truly interesting, Zhou Yi. The two teams from your class that made it into the elimination rounds are actually going to kill each other off so soon," Mu Jin said gleefully.

"Kill each other off? Hmph, Mu Jin, you never consider the positive side. In my view, no matter which team wins this match, one team from our class will advance into the top eight." Zhou Yi's expression did not change.

She spoke calmly, but she was actually very nervous. Though her words sounded impartial, she truly hoped that Huo Yuhao's team would win.

Originally, she had thought there would be no problem. With Huo Yuhao's powerful support and Wang Dong's top-tier offensive strength, it was difficult for them to meet an opponent at the same level.

But after yesterday's battle, the coordination between Xiao Xiao and Yuwen Tuo was in no way inferior to theirs, while Yuwen Tuo's combat ability had also been astonishing. She truly feared that Huo Yuhao would lose to Yuwen Tuo.

She could not help secretly clenching her fists. Yuhao, you have to do your best.

The soul battle was about to begin. After both sides stepped onto the stage and introduced themselves, they took their positions on the arena.

"Student Yuwen, please teach me," Huo Yuhao said solemnly. He did not dare underestimate Yuwen Tuo in the slightest. After all, this was someone Brother Sky Dream had personally identified as possessing even stronger Mental Power than him.

"Come!" Yuwen Tuo's First Soul Ring flashed, and the flaming greatblade, the Flame Kill Blade, was already in his hand.

The Ruyi Plate's attack enhancement light followed immediately after.

"Mental Detection, Mental Sharing!" Huo Yuhao unleashed both moves at once.

When combined, these two abilities were like granting everyone an extra god's-eye view.

The two people before him immediately revealed confident expressions. No matter how exquisite Yuwen Tuo's blade dance might be, every movement of his was laid bare before them. What could he possibly do?

Replacing the original Xiao Xiao was a burly man whose martial soul was a large bear. Though it was not a high-grade martial soul like the Vajra Gorilla Bear, even an ordinary bear would not be weak.

Furthermore, this person also had two rings, both Hundred-Year Soul Rings. He appeared to follow a primarily defensive path.

Xiao Xiao took out the Nine Phoenix Dancing Flute and began playing a tune, just as she had yesterday.

Yuwen Tuo struck first, swinging his blade in a sideward upward slash at Wang Dong.

"First Soul Skill, Wing Guillotine!" Wang Dong's Light Goddess Butterfly was known as the most beautiful martial soul on the continent, and that beauty came from its pair of wings. Those wings were the source of its beauty, but also the foundation of this martial soul's strength.

Her twin wings transformed into sharp blades no less formidable than the Flame Kill Blade, crashing fiercely against Yuwen Tuo's weapon.

Wang Dong said, "Yuwen Tuo, you and I have always been known as the Class One Twin Stars. Today, I'll settle who is truly number one!"