Victory After Victory

"The winners: Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong's team."

As Wang Yan announced the result, the surrounding students finally recovered from their shock.

The battle had ended far too quickly—not even ten seconds had passed.

One moment ago, they had still been astonished by the disparity in the two sides' lineups, thinking Zhou Sichen's team might hold the advantage. The next moment, the battle had changed dramatically, and then it was over.

Now, whether or not they had personally witnessed Tang Wulin's battle with Dai Huabin, none of the First Year Class Seven students dared underestimate Tang Wulin in the slightest.

Some of the quicker-thinking students immediately turned their attention to Huo Yutong, thoughtful expressions appearing on their faces.

Tang Wulin had just said that his Martial Soul was Bluesilver Grass.

And whatever the origin of those golden dragon claws might have been, they did not look capable of launching invisible attacks.

That meant the one who had taken down Zhou Sichen in a single strike without anyone present noticing was very likely Huo Yutong.

It seemed that while they needed to focus on guarding against Tang Wulin, they also had to be careful not to get caught off guard by her.

After Tang Wulin's battle ended, the other groups began clashing one after another under Wang Yan's instructions.

There were exactly one hundred students in First Year Class Seven, making fifty groups in total.

At that number, each student would need to fight at most five or six battles before this class ended.

Wang Yan moved among the students who were competing, observing their battles and constantly making notes in the book in his hands.

The Freshman Assessment would take place in Three Months, and quite a number of freshmen would be eliminated then.

As their teacher, his responsibility was to help as many students in his class as possible pass the assessment and prevent them from being expelled.

For that reason, developing the students' practical combat abilities was something that had to be done.

From what he had seen so far, the quality of this year's freshmen was fairly good. They at least possessed the most basic combat awareness.

Next, he would have to find a way to teach them more advanced material. That step was exceedingly troublesome and had to be tailored to each student's actual circumstances.

That was another reason he had begun Combat Class on the second day of school: to observe the students' Martial Souls and fighting styles, making later instruction more convenient.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Hearing several loud explosions, Wang Yan instinctively looked toward the source of the sound.

Tang Wulin was fighting a Soul Grandmaster with the Earth Element.

That Soul Grandmaster continuously condensed Dirt Clods before his palms, accelerated their rotation, and fired them out with astonishing power.

Tang Wulin's response, meanwhile, was simple and brutal. He swung the Bluesilver Grass in his hand like a long whip, smashing every incoming Dirt Clod to pieces.

After only one glance, Wang Yan sighed, shook his head, and lost interest in the battle.

He did not even need a second look to know that the Soul Grandmaster using the Earth Element was already doomed to lose.

Though he had maintained the initiative and seemed to hold the upper hand, he had achieved that through an unceasing barrage of attacks. The Soul Power consumption of such a fighting style was undoubtedly astonishing.

Tang Wulin, on the other hand, had been defending the entire time and could barely take a step forward. But conversely, he had not used any costly moves. Forget the Golden Dragon Claw that had appeared before—he had not even used his dragon scales. Relying solely on his own strength, he shattered every incoming Dirt Clod with an almost bizarre degree of precision.

Wang Yan knew why. After all, he had personally experienced Huo Yutong's Spiritual Detection Sharing at noon yesterday.

That soul skill provided an enormous enhancement to Soul Masters. Even with only that soul skill, Huo Yutong's usefulness would not be inferior to that of a Support Type Soul Grandmaster.

In fact, Tang Wulin's thoughts completely matched Wang Yan's.

Fighting side by side with Huo Yutong again after several days, he felt an unprecedented sense of exhilaration.

Her Spiritual Detection left nowhere for the enemy's attacks to hide. Not only that, it precisely predicted the trajectories of the incoming Dirt Clods. Tang Wulin did not even need to think—he only had to swing his Bluesilver Grass toward the locations marked by Spiritual Detection.

Huo Yutong's precise predictions combined with Tang Wulin's formidable strength, becoming ultimate violence that ravaged the battlefield and made their battle incomparably easy.

Thus, just as Wang Yan had predicted, less than three minutes later, the student controlling the Earth Element could no longer maintain such high-intensity attacks. Tang Wulin seized the opportunity, wrapped him up with a strand of Bluesilver Grass, and pulled him close to end the battle.

After the second battle ended, Tang Wulin turned to Huo Yutong and asked with concern, "Yutong, how much Soul Power have you used? Do we need to rest for a while?"

Huo Yutong smiled and shook her head.

"No. If I'm only maintaining Spiritual Detection, my Soul Power consumption isn't severe. I can keep it up for a long time. What about you, Wulin? Don't you need to rest?"

When she had first obtained her First Soul Skill, she had already tested it.

Without pushing herself too hard, her Spiritual Detection Sharing could last a full hour.

This battle had not even lasted three minutes, so it was practically no consumption at all for her.

Tang Wulin shook his head and said eagerly, "I haven't used much either. Then shall we start the next battle?"

Fighting alongside Huo Yutong was simply too comfortable. He was almost becoming addicted to it.

Tang Wulin had never before experienced the feeling of using every bit of his strength exactly where it belonged.

After receiving Huo Yutong's approval, Tang Wulin quickly approached another group of students who had also finished their battle.

When that student saw Tang Wulin approaching him, his face immediately turned pale.

Tang Wulin's battles had caused far too much commotion. They were impossible not to notice.

Tang Wulin had already displayed his strength three times. Once could be a coincidence, twice could be luck, but three times meant absolute strength.

He was now regretting ending his own battle too quickly. If he had dragged it out a little longer, perhaps he would not have had to face the class monitor, this monster.

"Class monitor, could we..."

Just as he was about to discuss it with Tang Wulin, Wang Yan's voice drifted over from afar.

"Li Zishuang, fight him."

Li Zishuang immediately felt like crying, but no tears would come.

Two minutes later, Li Zishuang lay sprawled on the ground, and Tang Wulin had claimed another victory.

Li Zishuang's Martial Soul was the Purple Wolf, a special Agility Attack Type Beast Martial Soul.

As an Agility Attack Type Soul Master, she was at a considerable disadvantage against both Bluesilver Grass's binding and Tang Wulin's monstrous strength. As a result, Tang Wulin won this battle even more easily than the last.

After Wang Yan took in this scene, he nodded in satisfaction.

After this class, the voices that looked down on Tang Wulin would surely disappear completely from the class.

This was the third reason he had chosen Combat Class for his second lesson: to establish Tang Wulin's authority.

After learning that Tang Wulin possessed an Ultimate Martial Soul, helping him grow with all his strength had become Wang Yan's most important task.