All three students from Class Three had scored above ninety in their assessments. But although Sun Yunhai and the others seemed to have earned such high scores easily, they had all chosen thousand-year Soul Beasts. Even though Wu Feng and Chen Yong had both failed, they had held their own against their opponents for a long time. The gap had not been large.
Everyone turned to look at Jiang Hai, even Du Weilun. Du Weilun knew very well that Jiang Hai might not have the highest Soul Power in the entire second year, but he was unquestionably its strongest student. With his Copper Coffin Martial Soul and innate superhuman strength, he had defeated two teams capable of using Martial Soul Fusion Skills during the Freshman Assessment.
A Martial Soul Fusion Skill was not as simple as one plus one equaling two. Even Soul Masters with fewer than three rings could threaten opponents at the Soul Ancestor or even Soul King level with one.
Nearly a year had passed. Had he become even more fearsome, or had he faded into the crowd? Du Weilun was curious, too.
Jiang Hai gave Wu Feng a slight nod as she came down, then strode toward the Beast Arena District.
"Class monitor! Class monitor! Class monitor!"
Before the referee could speak, the students of Class Three had already erupted into enthusiastic cheers. They knew Jiang Hai's strength perfectly well. Even with so many of them supporting Wu Feng and Chen Yong, neither had been his match, let alone a mere thousand-year Soul Beast.
"I'll challenge a thousand-year Soul Beast," Jiang Hai said calmly, surprising no one.
Mu Jin had required him to take first place in the assessment. That meant he had to earn full marks. Only full marks would guarantee first place.
"A thousand-year