"Okay." Xu Jintang nodded, his expression becoming serious.
It's only six months; she can wait that long.
After lunch break, Xu Jintang left his dormitory and headed towards the teaching building.
In the afternoon, there is another theory class taught by our homeroom teacher, Wu Jinghong, which I absolutely cannot be late for.
Xu Jintang entered the classroom two minutes before class started.
"Classmates, the results of our protest with the teacher are in. The teacher didn't agree, but didn't refuse either, which gives us some leeway. After discussing it with the vice class monitor, we've decided to challenge the melee and ranged classes to a duel to prove the strength of our support class. What do you all think?"
It was close to class time, and all the students were in the classroom.
Everyone was shocked.
"Class monitor, did you really go to the teacher to protest?"
"A challenge to the other two classes? This... can we even beat them? Quite a few of them are already Second Tier ability users."
Everyone was indeed angered and acted impulsively.
But when it came to actually challenging the other two classes, no one really knew what to expect.
Seeing the silent, heads bowed, everyone in the classroom, Xu Jintang spoke up, "The reason the support class has always been in a disadvantaged position is because everyone has never competed or fought for anything. We'll be studying at Leikedasi for four more years. If we tolerate this now, we'll have to keep tolerating it for the next four years. Are you willing to do that?"
Qin Shuxue was the most arrogant person present.
Upon hearing this, she immediately stood up. "I refuse to tolerate it."
Immediately afterwards, two more students stood up and said, "I don't want to endure it either. There are still four years to go. Are we supposed to just keep putting up with it?"
Seeing more and more people standing up, Cao Xing'an also stood up and said in a loud voice, "Yes, the support class must rise!"
At that moment, a smile crossed Wu Jinghong's face as she stood outside the classroom.
"Very good."
Wu Jinghong walked into the classroom and stood on the podium.
"You are the first class of support students I've taught. When the school leaders sent me here, I was actually quite reluctant, because in previous years, the support classes were always the easiest to handle, and anyone could take advantage of them."
"I'm so glad you showed me a different kind of class atmosphere today."
Cao Xing'an looked at Wu Jinghong excitedly, "Teacher, does that mean you'll help us?"
Wu Jinghong slightly curled her lips, "Of course not. You two were the ones who challenged each other; as a teacher, I have no right to interfere in competition between students."
Xu Jintang coughed lightly.
Judging from the homeroom teacher's tone, I thought she was also inspired and would offer suggestions to everyone, but it turned out she only offered verbal encouragement.
"Alright, since everyone agrees, the challenge against the other two classes is settled." Xu Jintang summarized succinctly, then returned to his seat to prepare for class.
Wu Jinghong's smile vanished instantly, replaced by her meticulous and serious expression. "Class will begin now."
"Today's lesson will mainly cover the characteristics of Third Tier ability users."
"As we all know, after a superhuman reaches the Third Tier, they experience a qualitative leap. The main reason is that after the Third Tier, superhumans can Ability Trait Assimilation."
"Simply put, a Third Tier ability user with fire-attribute powers can become immune to some fire-attribute damage and trigger some special effects after Ability Trait Assimilation."
" Third Tier ability users who possess hallucination-type mental abilities can gain a certain degree of immunity to mental attacks after their Ability Trait Assimilation."
"The stronger the ability itself, the stronger the immunity effect achieved by Ability Trait Assimilation. As for what special effects will be triggered besides immunity and damage reduction, that depends on the individual's ability."
Xu Jintang rested his chin on his hand, listening attentively.
That means that after she reaches the Third Tier, she may become immune to ice-type damage.
Furthermore, she possesses a Scales Ability, which might grant her dual immunity; it's just unknown what special effects these two abilities will bring her.
The Ice Soul Dragon suddenly spoke, "Your ice attribute was bestowed upon you by me, and its special effect will most likely be one of the skills I previously mastered; in short, it won't be weak."
"I'm relieved to hear that." Xu Jintang rubbed her hands together, raised the corners of her lips, and began to look forward to how strong she would be after reaching the Third Tier.
An hour later, Wu Jinghong announced the end of class.
Before she could leave, Xu Jintang quickly stepped forward to stop her, "Teacher, can I ask you for a favor?"
Wu Jinghong looked up at her. "Go on."
"Regarding the challenge to the close-combat and ranged attack classes, I might need to trouble you to communicate with their teachers on my behalf. As a student, it wouldn't be appropriate for me to directly approach their teachers to discuss the challenge," Xu Jintang said with a smile, his voice very polite.
Wu Jinghong pondered for a moment, then said, "Okay, I'll go and say it for you."
"Okay, thank you, teacher!" Xu Jintang bowed in thanks.
After watching Ms. Wu Jinghong leave, Xu Jintang withdrew his gaze.
Xue Zhongqi walked over curiously, "You really had the homeroom teacher arrange the match for us?"
Xu Jintang nodded. "She agreed, so everyone, be prepared to fight at any time."
Her gaze turned calm, her previous playful attitude completely gone.
Qin Shuxue sensed her seriousness and stood up, replying, "If you really want a challenge, I'm not afraid. It's perfect, let me test the strength of the students from the other classes."
After returning to her office, Wu Jinghong turned to her colleague next door and asked, "Have you heard about our class challenging you to a match?"
My colleague next door, who was also the instructor of the close combat platoon, had a look of amusement on her face. "I was there when Director Zhuang was in the meeting, and I saw Xu Jintang from your class. I must say, he's quite interesting. Our military academy has such strict rules and regulations, everyone lives by the rules. It's quite amusing to see him causing such a commotion."
Wu Jinghong unscrewed the bottle cap and sat down opposite her. "She asked me to come and arrange a match between you two classes on her behalf. What do you think?"
"Let them handle their own affairs. I'll go and inform our class monitor during class later and see how he plans to deal with it."
Wu Jinghong nodded, "Okay, remember to tell the squad leader of the long-range attack squad as well."
In the afternoon, after two classes, the news that the supplementary class was going to challenge two other classes spread throughout the school.
Almost everywhere I went, people were talking about it.
"This is so strange! The support class is challenging the melee and ranged classes. I've never heard of anything like this since I entered the school."
"Is this true or false? Or is it just a rumor you guys made up?"
"Are the first-year support classes this tough? They're making us upperclassmen look bad. We didn't dare to do this when we were in the support classes last year."
"This year's supplementary class is really something. It seems like two students who ranked in the top ten in the joint exam were assigned to the supplementary class, and there's also a student who ranked first in the joint exam."
Whether they were freshmen or upperclassmen, their first reaction upon hearing this news was one of surprise.
As the First Military Academy, Leikedasi always has a few troublesome students when new students enroll each year.
It's normal for geniuses to have a temper.
But what's strange this year is that this troublemaker actually came from the support class.
The students in the melee class are affected by their supernatural abilities, and their physical abilities far surpass those of their peers. They are all muscular and can take down several support characters with a single punch.
The students in the ranged attack class are like those ranged mages with extremely high magical damage. Although their physical strength is not as great, once their superpowers are activated, their damage output is no less than that of the melee class.
Neither of the two classes was easy to mess with, but the support class actually challenged the entire class to a duel right off the bat.
"I heard even military academy instructors have been mobilized for this; I wonder what they're up to."
"So when exactly is the duel scheduled? I have to go watch and join in the fun."
At this moment, inside the melee squad.
The homeroom teacher stood on the podium, smiling, and said, "That's the gist of the matter. This challenge, at its core, is a competition between you students, so after discussion, the teachers have unanimously decided not to participate. Whether you accept the challenge or refuse is entirely up to you."
" Yu Wanyao, as the squad leader of our melee combat team, you will lead everyone in discussing and deciding on this matter."
Yu Wanyao stood up and nodded in agreement. "Yes."
After class, the students from the close combat class immediately gathered at Yu Wanyao's seat.
"Squad leader, is the support squad really challenging us to a duel?" Someone still couldn't quite believe it and continued to ask.
Yu Wanyao glanced at him. "That's right, this is no joke. I've met Xu Jintang, who ranked first in the joint entrance exam. Her abilities are indeed extraordinary. Plus, Xue Zhongqi is in the support class. With the two of them leading the way, it's hard to say who will win this match."
The other students immediately became cautious upon hearing this.
"Are those long-range attacking squad our teammates, or their teammates?"
Yu Wanyao pondered for a moment, "I guess Xu Jintang means he wants to directly attack both of our classes."
"Given Sister Jintang's personality, she's definitely capable of doing something like this," Yan Zitao, who was buried in the crowd, suddenly spoke up.
Upon hearing this, those around immediately turned to look.
Yu Wanyao also looked up, "You know Xu Jintang?"
Yan Zitao cleared his throat and quickly replied, "We met once during the joint entrance exam."
Yan Zitao was already a Second Tier ability user during the joint entrance examination. Compared with other candidates, his strength was among the top, so being able to get into Leikedasi was a normal performance.
Her younger sister, Yan Yuting, was lucky. Because of her auxiliary ability, although her strength wasn't that great, she was reassigned and was also admitted to Leikedasi this year, only she was placed in the auxiliary class.
"That's perfect. Based on your understanding of her, what do you think she'll do next?" Yu Wanyao asked Yan Zitao.
Yan Zitao was silent for a moment, then said, "I think..."