The next few days were devoted to the new semester's exams. Huo Yuhao took the girls through the motions and then left without another glance.
Their strength also amazed the students from the other classes, though having already witnessed it during the Freshman Assessment, they were not particularly surprised.
Wang Dong'er's third Soul Ring, purple tinged with black, did cause an uproar. Though it was not as outrageous as those of Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Gu Qiu'er, to outsiders, it was more than enough to prove her exceptional physique.
Another eye-catching student in Class One was Tang Yin. Despite his injuries, he relied on the Tang Sect Secret Arts and his understanding of Soul Skills to win a drawn-out fight against a thousand-year Soul Beast.
That damned bear! Tang Yin could not help cursing inwardly during the fight.
During the vacation, Tang Yin had originally wanted Xuan Zi to help him obtain a set of Eight Spider Lances. Xuan Zi had taken him to the Star Dou Great Forest, but although they found and killed several Demon Spiders, none had yielded a Soul Bone.
So Xuan Zi had taken Tang Yin to a gathering ground for spider-type Soul Beasts near the inner edge of the mixed zone. And what had they found when they arrived? Bare ground, without a single spider-type Soul Beast! There was not even a tree.
While they were puzzling over it, a massive dark-gold bear arrived. Without a word, the bear attacked them, and Xuan Zi began battling it.
Tang Yin hid off to the side. He recognized that bear. But he remembered it not being this strong! It was actually overpowering Xuan Zi.
Suddenly, a wicked smile appeared on Xiong Jun's bear face. Sensing that something was terribly wrong, Xuan Zi urged his Soul