Chapter 46: Initial Battle, an Overwhelming Victory

Soon, the end-of-class bell rang, and Wang Yan smiled and said:

"Alright, that's all I have to announce. I hope you all achieve good results. I don't want anyone from our class to be eliminated in this freshman assessment. You may leave class now; it's best to also study on your own after class."

Having said that, he walked out of the classroom.

Tang Wulin stood up, about to leave the classroom as well, when he suddenly felt something and shifted his body slightly; the next second, someone lunged at the spot where he had just been standing and slammed hard to the ground.

That person rolled on the ground, sprang up in an instant, and said resentfully:

"Boss, did you grow eyes in the back of your head? You even dodged that."

"I didn't grow eyes in the back, but Huo Yutong saw you and shared a bit of Mental Detection with me."

Tang Wulin pointed at Huo Yutong not far away and asked:

"Zhou Sichen, do you need something from me?"

"It's nothing much; we're on the same team, right? I just wanted to ask if we should do some more training to get used to each other."

Zhou Sichen glanced at Tang Wulin with a forced smile, then at Huo Yutong nearby pretending nothing happened, and sighed helplessly inside.

That dog couple just knows how to bully single dogs.

Tang Wulin shrugged slightly.

"I don't think it's necessary; we already understand each other very well, right?"

"... Indeed."

Because the originally strongest Dai Huabin dropped out of this class, Zhou Sichen, who has the second-highest soul power level, became Tang Wulin's designated punching bag, and almost every practical combat class he gets beaten up by Tang Wulin once.

Over these three months, Wang Yan's practical combat classes have numbered twenty or thirty, including one-on-one, many-on-many, and even many-on-one formats, yet Zhou Sichen has never won a single one.

His strength lies in being able to summon multiple summoned beasts, easily creating a situation where many attack one; however, for Tang Wulin, who has a monster with a supermodel's face, his active dispersal of strength actually makes it nearly impossible for him to break through Tang Wulin's defense, and even inflicting damage is very difficult.

It is also precisely because of the shadow from his repeated battles with Tang Wulin that he changed his original aspiration from the Strong Attack System to the Control System, following Wang Yan's suggestion.

The greatest advantage of his Divine Martial Soul compared to other martial souls is the exceptionally wide range of paths he can choose; therefore, even if he changes his aspiration temporarily, the impact is minor, and it can even be said that his future potential is higher.

Three months of being beaten up have made Zhou Sichen probably the person in the class who understands Tang Wulin's fighting style best; combined with Huo Yutong's top-notch assistance, it's indeed no longer necessary to do any adjustment.

This time he finally doesn't need to get beaten up; teaming up with Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong, the only pitiful ones will be their opponents—just thinking about it makes Zhou Sichen feel overjoyed.

Who will be their first opponent? Zhou Sichen thought happily.

No matter who it is, they will surely win very easily.

In fact, his thought wasn't wrong at all.

Moreover, interestingly, their first opponent is an old acquaintance.

"Tang Wulin—!"

Halfway across the match field, Zhu Lu stared at Tang Wulin's team with red eyes, looking as if she were ready to charge forward and fight desperately at any moment.

Although she had tried every means to plead for Dai Huabin when he dropped out, for some reason the Academy's will this time was unusually firm, and in the end all of her threats and bribes had no effect whatsoever.

At that moment, she really wanted to drop out together with him, but that idea of hers was dispelled by Dai Huabin's older brother, Dai Yaoheng.

"Zhu Lu, don't forget that you represent not just yourself, but also the Zhu family behind you; the Zhu family fought for your Shrek slot, and you're just wasting it like that? Moreover, if you also drop out, you'll truly have no last chance for revenge!"

Although Zhu Lu had always been hostile toward Dai Yaoheng, Dai Huabin's rival, this time she couldn't deny that he made sense, so she forced herself to stay.

As Dai Huabin's fiancée, over these three months she has essentially been subjected to endless scorn, and her hatred for Tang Wulin has grown day by day.

In her eyes, the guy who made her fiancé lose face is the culprit, the root of everything. Now facing Tang Wulin again, she is naturally filled with burning anger, almost about to erupt.

In stark contrast to her, her teammates all wore grim faces, their complexions extremely unsightly.

Everyone in Freshman Class 7 has seen how Tang Wulin beats Zhou Sichen in class; the problem is, aside from facing Tang Wulin, Zhou Sichen is also a regular victorious general in Class 7.

Without a doubt, unless they throw the match, this battle is already over the moment the teams are formed; the only thing they now need to consider is how to lose in a more impressive way.

Looking at this strangely reacting group of students, the referee felt somewhat baffled, but ascertaining the truth wasn't his job, so after having both sides exchange names, he said:

"Alright, the match begins!"

The instant his words fell, Zhu Lu turned into a black shadow and shot forward.

She will repay the suffering Dai Huabin endured a hundredfold to Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong! Unlike her, her two teammates actually both stayed in place.

One of them had a crystal ball appear in his hand, emitting an illusory light, while the other pulled out a long bow and began aiming at Huo Yutong.

Their martial souls are the Phantom Crystal Ball and the Purple Maple Bow, respectively belonging to the Control System and the Strong Attack System.

Seeing that their opponents were the three of them, Zhou Sichen instantly brightened, sat down on the ground, and told Tang Wulin: "Just leave it to you, boss; I won't help with opponents of this level."

"Hmm."

Tang Wulin nodded.

Whether it's the hallucination-effect Phantom Crystal Ball or the Purple Maple Bow focused on long-range attack, both are completely countered by Huo Yutong's Mental Detection Sharing.

And Zhu Lu, as a Swift Attack System, has absolutely no chance of winning against Tang Wulin.

This match indeed doesn't require Zhou Sichen to take action.

He stomped his foot hard on the ground, and a tremendous boom that made one doubt whether the earth had shaken rang out; Tang Wulin shot forward like a cannonball.

Seeing this, the referee rubbed his eyes in shock.

What did he see? A first-ring Strong Attack System's speed actually surpassing that of a second-ring Swift Attack System?

The match field isn't that large, and moreover Tang Wulin and Zhu Lu's speeds are both top-notch among their peers; in just an instant the two made contact.

"Bang!"

A loud, painful-sounding boom rang out; Zhu Lu couldn't even last a single round before being hit, flying out of the match field and crashing heavily to the ground, where she passed out.

Considering this is ultimately just a match, never mind the Golden Dragon Claw and Golden Dragon Body—Tang Wulin didn't even use his Dragon Scales; she probably didn't suffer much injury and will be fine after a brief rest of a couple days.

However, during this recovery period, whether her team can still pass the freshman assessment is uncertain.

The two's clash was so swift that, by the time it ended on our side, the arrow from the Purple Maple Bow finally belatedly shot toward Huo Yutong.

Tang Wulin didn't even look, flicked out his Blue Silver Grass, and under the guidance of Mental Detection directly blew that arrow to pieces in midair.

Then he shot Blue Silver Grass from his palm, ignoring the distorted light of the Phantom Crystal Ball, and in an instant bound those two inept combatants, dragging them to his front.

Seeing Tang Wulin raise his fist, the two classmates who feared stepping into Zhu Lu's wake hurriedly shouted, "We give up!"

Thus, Tang Wulin's team's first battle ended with a crushing, overwhelming momentum.

They were also the team that defeated their opponents the fastest that day.

(End of chapter)