"It's nothing serious."
Tang Wutong pretended not to care, then clenched her delicate fists and declared firmly, "No matter what, our team has to make it to the finals in this Freshman Assessment. Most importantly, we absolutely cannot lose to that white-haired, expressionless girl!"
If she lost, the consequences would be unthinkable.
Wouldn't that mean I really had to swap seats with that white-haired, expressionless girl?
She imagined Xiang Jun and Gu Yuena chatting and laughing in their seats while she could only watch silently from a distance, eventually shedding tears of humiliation.
Just imagining that scene sent a chill through Tang Wutong.
Damn it! There's no way this princess will accept being the helpless husband!
At that thought, Tang Wutong grew even more serious and spoke first. "My martial soul is the Light Goddess Butterfly. I'm a level-38 Strong Attack Soul Elder, with one yellow and two purple spirit rings. I have top-tier flight capabilities and considerable aerial suppressive firepower."
Well, damn. Tang Wutong actually took the initiative to introduce herself?
With her personality, shouldn't she have said something like, "A mere Freshman Assessment? None of them can withstand a single move from this princess!"?
Suspicion crossed Xiang Jun's face as he looked Tang Wutong up and down.
Talk! Who are you really?
"What is it? Staring at me like that is awfully rude..." Tang Wutong's pretty face flushed when she saw Xiang Jun watching her without blinking, but she instinctively puffed out her little chest.
Stop sticking it out. There's barely anything there—I could cover it with one hand.
Beside them, Xiao Xiao quickly followed up. "My martial soul is the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron. It has decent defensive and control capabilities. I have two yellow spirit rings, and I'm a level-22 control-type Soul Grandmaster."
Xiao Xiao's face reddened slightly, and she playfully stuck out her tongue. Compared with Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong, her little bit of soul power hardly amounted to anything.
Xiang Jun withdrew his gaze, his expression becoming somewhat awkward.
Xiao Xiao's talent was unquestionably excellent. She had twin martial souls and worked hard enough, but she wasn't particularly bright. For the sake of a mere Freshman Assessment, she had nearly squandered the potential of her twin martial souls.
In that respect, she was rather like Xuan Zi. Otherwise, she wouldn't have become the Chicken Leg Douluo's final disciple in the future.
Still, the Xiao Xiao of the original story had done it to advance smoothly through the Freshman Assessment. With Tang Wutong here to carry her now, she probably wouldn't rashly attach spirit rings to her second martial soul.
As Xiao Xiao finished speaking, Huo Yuxi grew nervous. Even after two and a half months of Xiang Jun's careful instruction and training, she still couldn't help feeling a little inferior.
"My martial soul is Spirit Eyes. I'm a level-15 support-type Battle Soul Master, with one yellow spirit ring..."
Without the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Huo Gua had actually switched from the control category to the support category.
After introducing herself, Huo Yuxi saw that no one looked mocking and finally let out a deep sigh of relief.
As the weakest student among all the freshmen, Huo Yuxi was simply far too sensitive.
Xiao Xiao wasn't the sort of obnoxious Soul Master who casually mocked others. As for Tang Wutong... that was even less likely.
As the little princess of the Divine Realm, Tang Wutong looked down equally on everyone except Xiang Jun. She simply never said it aloud.
"Yuhao, your martial soul is a body martial soul, right? Your soul skill must be really powerful, then?"
Xiao Xiao's words drew Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong's attention, curiosity appearing in both their eyes.
As far as Xiang Jun could remember, Huo Yuxi had never used her first soul skill even once, as though she were deliberately hiding something.
Hearing this, Huo Yuxi's little face dimmed considerably. She shook her head. "No. In fact, it's just the opposite. My first soul skill is pretty useless..."
Useless?
How useless?
Surely it had to be better than farting!
Farts like thunder, blasting the heavens and splitting the earth...
Seeing that everyone was still watching her intently, Huo Yuxi's little face took on a resolute look.
I'll have to face this sooner or later anyway. Here goes!
At that thought, a hundred-year soul ring quietly appeared behind Huo Yuxi. At the same time, a faint ripple of spiritual energy instantly flowed into the minds of Xiang Jun and the others.
This was...
Xiang Jun and the others felt their vision brighten, as though they had suffered severe nearsightedness for years only to suddenly regain perfect sight.
The water droplets on the balcony's potted plants, the cobwebs left in the corners, and even every speck of dust in the air became clearly visible. Everything around them even seemed to move in slow motion.
Wait... cobwebs?
I spent all that money, and this is what you call cleaning? Food God House, how could you do this to us?!
Fuck you! Give me my money back!
"I'm sure you've all felt it. This is my first soul skill—Visual Perception Enhancement. Within a certain range, allied units have their visual perception enhanced. It lasts about fifteen minutes, and both the duration and the degree of enhancement depend on my spiritual power..."
Huo Yuxi's voice grew softer and softer, and her expression became noticeably downcast.
To her, apart from helping her teammates see a little more clearly, her soul skill had no other use. It didn't improve their combat strength in the slightest.
Within a certain range?
Well, damn. It was an aura-type soul skill, too!
Xiang Jun was utterly impressed. Even after losing the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Huo Gua, as the chosen... daughter of destiny, had still obtained a top-tier support soul skill from an ordinary soul beast.
And this soul skill actually scaled with her spiritual power.
Right now, Huo Yuxi was only a level-15 Soul Master, and even her body martial soul had yet to undergo a second awakening.
If she successfully completed her body martial soul's second awakening in the future and her soul power level rose to that of a high-ranking Soul Master, just how absurd would this soul skill become once her spiritual power skyrocketed?
Could it let her see straight through flesh and directly observe the flow of soul power inside a Soul Master's body?!
"Yuhao, this soul skill isn't useless at all. On the contrary, it's an absolutely godlike skill!" Xiang Jun said solemnly. Even Tang Wutong and Xiao Xiao wholeheartedly agreed.
Not only did it enhance their vision, but it also made other people's movements seem slower. Didn't that mean that, as long as their bodies could keep up, they could take the appropriate defensive measures in advance?
"A... a godlike skill?"
Huo Yuxi was rather bewildered. If all three of them hadn't looked so serious, she would have thought Xiang Jun was merely trying to comfort her.
"Of course! With your soul skill helping me, this princess will definitely kick Gu Yuena's ass in the Freshman Assessment!" Just imagining that white-haired, expressionless girl losing to her made Tang Wutong chuckle foolishly.
Xiao Xiao blinked. She had figured it out now: apart from herself, every one of the other three people in this room had an extraordinary ability.
The meal passed in a cheerful atmosphere. Once everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they hurried back to the academy at Tang Wutong's urging.
"Come on, come on! Let's find somewhere to work on our coordination." Tang Wutong rubbed her hands together eagerly, then turned her ill-intentioned gaze toward Xiang Jun.
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