The Most Important Thing Is Making Sure Soul Skills Hit Their Targets

When Bai Jingtian returned to Freshman Class Nine, the atmosphere in the classroom had completely changed.

After learning of Zhou Yi's many misdeeds, almost everyone in Freshman Class Nine regarded Bai Jingtian as a hero. A cult of personality was even beginning to form around him on its own.

Even Wu Feng, who was usually rather stubborn and only softened her attitude in front of Ning Tian, had become much less prickly. After Bai Jingtian sat down, she took the initiative to greet him.

"I didn't think you'd actually be this strong. How did you get so good?"

"I just got lucky. That perverted old hag was a Dragon Soul Master, after all. If she hadn't looked down on me and kept missing with her skills, I reckon she would've taken me down long ago."

Bai Jingtian smiled and shook his head, patiently explaining it to Wu Feng.

Wu Feng's Martial Soul was a Fire Dragon, somewhat similar to Zhou Yi's Red Dragon. Besides following her mistress Ning Tian's advice, that was probably the greater reason she had approached him.

"In a fight between Soul Masters, the most important thing is to make sure your Soul Skills and attacks hit the enemy. Otherwise, no matter how powerful a Soul Skill is, it won't have a chance to be useful."

Seeing that Wu Feng still seemed somewhat unsatisfied, Bai Jingtian thought for a moment, then continued his explanation with a quote from a skilled player he had encountered while playing Pokémon battles in his previous life.

"But that movement technique of yours is impressive too, isn't it? It's even better than the legendary Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track of the Tang Sect.

"I heard that Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track needs a certain amount of space to use, but the movement technique you showed earlier didn't need much room..."

Ning Tian suddenly spoke up, asking about what Bai Jingtian had just said.

Although the Tang Sect had fallen into decline, and one reason was that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, its wealthy patron, no longer bought Tang Sect Hidden Weapons in bulk, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect would never forget the characteristics of the Tang Sect's techniques.

Thus, Ning Tian naturally compared the dodging skills Bai Jingtian had shown in his earlier fight with Zhou Yi to the Tang Sect's Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.

Bai Jingtian was taken aback. Realizing that Ning Tian seemed to have misunderstood something, he hurriedly explained.

"That doesn't count as a movement technique. I just used my Martial Soul to speed up my reactions and movements, relying on plain, unadorned stats to dodge that perverted old hag's attacks.

"If you had to call it something, it's a little trick at most, a technique like the Heart Separation Control Method your sect has mastered."

Bai Jingtian would never pass off the observation and speed he gained from Electric Current Propulsion and the Complete Realm as a technique anyone could learn, nor would he claim a technique created by someone else as a secret art his own sect had pioneered.

Besides, now that the subject had come up, there was something he still couldn't quite understand. The Douluo Continent already had a technique like the Heart Separation Control Method, which placed great emphasis on Martial Soul control, yet apart from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and a few control-type Soul Masters, most Soul Masters paid it no mind.

He wondered whether this counted as another kind of "You were given a chance, but you couldn't make anything of it?!"

"The Heart Separation Control Method can achieve a similar effect?!" Wu Feng asked in delight.

"That's not what I meant. But the Heart Separation Control Method is actually very useful to Soul Masters.

"Have you heard of the Body Sect? The Soul Masters of the Body Sect may be moody and always do as they please, but theirs is one of the few Soul Master sects capable of giving even Shrek Academy a headache. The reason is that their control over their own Martial Souls has surpassed that of other Soul Masters."

Seeing that Wu Feng seemed to have turned into a journalist again and started taking his words out of context, Bai Jingtian could only explain further.

He had no grudge against the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, so he had best not lead its students astray.

"So that's how it is..." Wu Feng sat back down thoughtfully and began to seriously consider what Bai Jingtian had just said.

Although Mu Jin had not said so outright, she and Ning Tian already knew that the two of them were destined to form a team with Bai Jingtian in the freshman assessment and strive for the championship.

Their greatest opponents in the freshman assessment would be the other teams likewise led by Soul Elders.

Among the freshmen admitted this year, there had been three Soul Elders in total. Besides Ning Tian, there were the defense-type Soul Elder Xie Huanyue and Dai Huabin, the White Tiger Duke's second son.

And at Dai Huabin's side was his fiancée, Zhu Lu, who could join him in using a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Their Martial Soul Fusion Skill was already powerful enough to threaten a Soul Ancestor.

Although Ning Tian possessed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, a Martial Soul hailed as the finest support Martial Soul under heaven, she could not rely on it to support Wu Feng against the Hell White Tiger.

If Bai Jingtian also became a Soul Elder, the strength he had shown when he defeated Zhou Yi, combined with Ning Tian's support, might well be a match for the Hell White Tiger.

Soon, Mu Jin also arrived in Freshman Class Nine's classroom and began the lesson. Bai Jingtian, however, keenly noticed that something was a little off about his aunt today.

*Strange. The promotion Yan Shaozhe gave her should have been settled after the two of them met earlier, and the reward was handed to her then too. By rights, Auntie should have finished celebrating back then. What's with that expression today?

And what's with this strange girlish air?

Bai Jingtian set aside his plan to continue studying the Bodhidharma Sutra during class for the time being. Instead, he began staring intently at his oddly behaving aunt, hoping to find some clues.

His classmates, however, mistook his behavior for attentive listening. As a result, the atmosphere for learning in Freshman Class Nine became livelier than ever, much to Mu Jin's surprise.

"Auntie, did something good happen to you before you came to teach us today?"

After class, Bai Jingtian did not head straight to the cafeteria. Instead, he went directly to the office to find Mu Jin and asked her without preamble.

"Director Fan from the Soul Tool Department is planning to treat me to a meal. I..."

"All right, Auntie. I wish you happiness."

Before Mu Jin could finish, Bai Jingtian guessed what was going on and immediately took his leave. As he worked out when to go to the cafeteria so he could eat lunch in greater comfort, he thought to himself:

*Fan Yu actually took the initiative to approach Auntie? Given how love-crazed everyone on the Douluo Continent is, shouldn't he still be mourning his wife, Zhou Yi?

*Finding a new love so quickly-even Yu Xiaogang wasn't this outrageous, was he?

*Or... is the old drunkard's heart set not on the wine? Is Fan Yu's real target actually me?

No, that's not right. If he wanted revenge on me, wouldn't it be easier to just bring the Stationary Soul Tool he "pioneered" and blow me sky-high?

Because he lacked information, he did not know that Mu En had already spied on him and discovered his talent with Soul Tools, then told Fan Yu about it. As a result, he was somewhat worried instead.