Wu Changkong watched this scene, a trace of satisfied expression flashing through his eyes. He nodded. "Good, since everyone has no objections, let's get ready to move out."
That afternoon, Wu Changkong led the group away from Shrek Academy and headed toward the nearest Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
Leng Yaozhu had already been waiting for some time before the gates of the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters. After all, she was Tang Wulin's first teacher.
She wore a long red dress, her temperament noble, cold, and striking. Seeing everyone walk over, a trace of warm a smile appeared on her face.
"It's only been a year, and you've all grown this much." Leng Yaozhu's gaze swept over the group, a trace of surprise flashing in her eyes.
"Your soul power is rising so fast; it seems this Genius Class is indeed being run quite well."
Her gaze finally landed on Tang Wulin, sizing him up from top to bottom before the corners of her mouth curled up slightly. "Wulin, I haven't seen you in a year, and you seem to have grown much stronger again. I heard that your current strength has already broken through one hundred thousand catties?"
The first Youth Genius Class taught classes at Shrek Academy, so Tang Wulin spent most of his time at Shrek Academy, only occasionally returning to the Spirit Pagoda.
Tang Wulin scratched the back of his head and chuckled. "Teacher's information network is really sharp."
Leng Yaozhu rolled her eyes. "You brat, can't you be a little modest?"
Despite saying that, the look of satisfaction in her eyes simply could not be concealed.
A strength of one hundred thousand catties was something even many powerhouses at the Soul Douluo or even Titled Douluo levels could not achieve, yet this disciple of hers was only eight and a half years old.
"Alright, enough idle chatter." Leng Yaozhu stopped smiling, turning serious. "This time, your assessment location is the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform. I won't go over the rules too much; you should all understand them."
She led the group through the lobby of the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, arriving before a heavy metal door. Behind the door was a spacious room containing over a dozen hibernation pods, each emitting a faint glow of soul power.
"After entering the Spirit Ascension Platform, your consciousness will sink into the virtual spirit beast forest. There, you need to hunt soul beasts, absorb soul ring energy, and elevate your soul ring ages," Leng Yaozhu explained.
"Remember, act within your capabilities. If you feel you cannot endure it, exit immediately; do not force it."
"Even though dying there isn't real death, it is still very painful."
Everyone nodded, one after another lying down into the hibernation pods. The moment Tang Wulin lay down, he glanced at Wu Changkong standing by the door, only to find him saying something to Leng Yaozhu.
Leng Yaozhu's expression was somewhat surprised. Watching Wu Changkong hand over an admission pass, she raised an eyebrow. "Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform? Did you... break through?"
Wu Changkong nodded, his tone plain. "Mhm, level seventy."
Leng Yaozhu drew in a sharp breath. Level seventy, a Soul Saint! She remembered Wu Changkong had barely been at level sixty-two just a year ago, right?
Could this ice-cold-looking young man actually be the true supreme genius?
"Your students get more monstrous one after the other, and the teacher isn't bad either." Leng Yaozhu couldn't help uttering a sigh of emotion.
Wu Changkong did not speak, only watching Tang Wulin slowly close his eyes inside the hibernation pod, a profound light flashing through his eyes.
The reason he chose to enter the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform at this time was not solely to raise his own soul ring age.
More importantly, he had a premonition that those kids in the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform were likely to stir up quite a commotion.
He had to raise his strength as quickly as possible so that he could protect them when necessary.
The virtual spirit beast forest.
After the light before their eyes dissipated, the six members of Tang Wulin appeared within a dense jungle. Towering ancient trees blotted out the sky, thick vines intertwined between them, the air was saturated with rich soul power, and beast roars faintly echoed from the distance.
The Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform simulated the mixed zone of the spirit beast forest, where thousand-year soul beasts were the mainstream, and ten-thousand-year soul beasts were also quite numerous.
For a group of Three-Ring Soul Elders like them, it could be considered a rather dangerous area.
However, the group was not too nervous. After a year of training, they were long since no longer greenhorns who had just stepped into the world. They had also visited the Spirit Ascension Platform a few times, and they were not unfamiliar with the rules and environment here.
As the monitor, Tang Wulin immediately began assigning tasks:
"Xu Lizhi, you are a Food System Soul Master, responsible for logistics and support, and ready to provide food amplification at any time. Ye Xinglan, you are responsible for protecting Xu Lizhi while also taking care of the flank. Gu Yue, you handle crowd control, using your soul skills to restrict the soul beasts' movements. Yuanen Yehui, you provide full-court support; go wherever you are needed."
He paused, looking toward Na'er beside him. "Na'er and I are Power Attack System, responsible for taking the lead and drawing the soul beasts' attention head-on."
Everyone nodded in succession, no one raising objections. After a year of coordination, they had long since grown accustomed to following Tang Wulin's command.
Although this monitor was not old, his tactical arrangements every time were extremely reasonable and had never once gone wrong.
Tang Wulin continued, "Our goal this time is to first raise the soul rings of Xu Lizhi, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui to five thousand years. Then we'll go in order, and finally help Gu Yue and Na'er rush for ten-thousand-year soul rings. We are a team; not a single one can be left behind."
"Understood!" the group shouted in unison.
Right at that moment, however, a discordant voice came from the side.
"Still ten-thousand-year soul rings... a bunch of brats, quite full of themselves."
Tang Wulin and the others looked toward the source of the voice, only to see a group of people standing not far away-three males and two females, all looking to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing uniform Spirit Pagoda the uniforms.
Leading them was a youth with handsome features and an arrogant temperament, surrounded like the stars guarding the moon by the others, clearly holding no low status.
The one who spoke just now was a male beside the youth. He looked at Tang Wulin and the others with a trace of disdainful amusement on his face:
"Just you wet-behind-the-ears kids dare to talk big in the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform? And you even daydream about ten-thousand-year soul rings? Are you dreaming?"
Tang Wulin raised his brows slightly and said nothing. Yuanen Yehui, on the other hand, was the first who couldn't hold back. She stepped forward and looked coldly at the other party. "What did you say?"
Na'er also tightened her grip on the Silver Dragon Spear, a trace of icy light flashing within her pale purple eyes. "Looking for trouble?"
Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi also stepped out; though they didn't speak, they had already assumed combat stances. Gu Yue stood behind Tang Wulin with a calm expression, but her gaze had already locked onto the opponent.
Though the six of them were young, the gathered momentum caused the youths on the opposite side to pause slightly.
They had originally assumed these children were merely ordinary Soul Elders, but at this moment, they sensed a trace of a faint, intangible threat.
The atmosphere instantly grew tense.
Right at that moment, the arrogant youth surrounded in the center suddenly spoke. He looked at Gu Yue, a trace of surprise flashing through his eyes. "Gu Yue?"
ps: Five years from now, regarding the matter of the God-Slaying Soul Guidance Shell, there will be retaliatory conflicts.
What strength do you think Tang Wulin will be at by then? Can he stop it?
And another question, brothers... what would Di Tian do if he knew that Gu Yue and Tang Wulin could give birth to a little Dragon God???
Hahaha.
Before you continue