Peerless Tang Sect: Hurricane Infinite Wind

Chapter 23: Huo Yuhao is eliminated in the top eight
Poseidon Lake, the island in the middle of the lake, and the lakeside.

Teacher Wang Yan, who had been conducting the freshman assessment not long ago, was standing here at this moment, but the look on his face was unusually respectful.

Not far in front of him sat an old man with disheveled hair. He looked rather awful. His once white robe had turned grayish-brown and was torn in several places. His hair was also disheveled. His bare feet soaked in the cool water of Poseidon Lake, and in his right hand he held a large gourd.

The gourd was purple-red, and he didn't know what it was made of. From time to time, he took a sip from it, and immediately a strong aroma of wine wafted out. In his other hand, he held a roast chicken, and regardless of the greasiness, he ate it with a sip of wine and a bite of meat.

"Master Xuan, that's it. Although these students are still young and freshmen, they are indeed worthy of attention."

"Hmm..." The sloppy old man called Old Xuan swallowed a mouthful of chicken and turned his head to look at Wang Yan.

"The original martial soul, the wind element martial soul! It's quite interesting." Old Xuan muttered, his voice a little hoarse and old.

Go tell Xiao Ning that I will go to the freshman assessment qualifying round. Ask him to save a spot for me."

"Yes."

In the morning, the game continues!
Just one day of competition yesterday eliminated most of the freshmen. The remaining teams on the second day were the top 16 teams in this year's freshman assessment, a total of 48 freshmen.

It can be said that they are all outstanding among the freshmen. It can even be said that they are among the best spirit masters of their age in the entire continent.

"Second area, Freshman Class 9 Wu Xuan's team versus Freshman Class 1 Huo Yuhao's team!"

"Wu Xuan? Another Soul Master in Class Nine! What kind of luck do we have?" Xiao Xiao looked bitter.

Seeing the depressing atmosphere, Huo Yuhao didn't know what to say. He still had a good impression of Wu Xuan. After all, he obtained his first soul ring and head soul bone because of Wu Xuan.

Wang Dong looked at the stick in his hand and clenched it vigorously. Seeing that his teammates were silent, Wang Dong encouraged them, "It's just Wu Xuan, don't be afraid. He is just a Soul Master after all. It's not like we haven't defeated Soul Master teams before. As long as we work together, we may not lose."

On the viewing platform, a hint of joy flashed across Mu Jin's face when she heard the result of the draw.

"Teacher Zhou, what a coincidence! The seeded team you picked ran into our class's seeded team, and it's the number one seeded team. Do you want me to have my students give you some slack? That way, you can lose gracefully?"

Mu Jin came to Zhou Yi with a smile on her face.

Zhou Yi said with disdain, "What? You lost once, and you want to lose again."

Mu Jin's smile vanished as she spoke coldly, "Are you proud of beating our class's second-seeded team? Zhou Yi, you shouldn't have forgotten! We eliminated the second and third-placed teams from your class! I want to see how the students you taught today make it to the top four."

Zhou Yi frowned and cast his gaze towards the competition area below, locking onto the second area where Huo Yuhao and the other two were. He said calmly, "Want to make a bet?"

Mu Jin's purpose was to anger and humiliate Zhou Yi. Upon hearing this, she immediately agreed without hesitation: "Bet? What do you want to bet?"

Zhou Yi turned to face her and said in a deep voice: "A soul bone, do you dare?"

When Mu Jin heard the word "soul bone", her pupils suddenly contracted.

Zhou Yi's mouth showed a trace of disdain, "If you are afraid, stay away from me. Don't let me smell the disgusting perfume on you."

A fierce glint flashed in Mu Jin's eyes. "Alright, I'll make a bet with you. Empty threats won't work on me, will they? But a soul bone seems too small a bet. How about this, add one more condition."

"Whoever loses will not only have to pay a soul bone, but also resign from the Martial Soul Department of Shrek Academy. Do you dare?!"

"Teacher Mu, Teacher Zhou, forget it. It's really not that serious!" After hearing that the two had made such a big bet, some teachers nearby came to the two who were arguing with each other and quickly tried to smooth things over.

Mu Jin ignored the teacher who was trying to smooth things over, stepped forward, and continued to repeat, "Zhou Yi, do you dare?"

"If you dare, why shouldn't I dare? I'm making a bet with you!" Zhou Yi said coldly with a cold look in his eyes.

It’s not like Huo Yuhao and his two companions haven’t defeated the Soul Master team before. The outcome is unknown, so why should she be afraid?

"Okay! I'll be the notary." A deep voice sounded, and the person who came turned out to be Du Weilun, the director of studies at the Foreign Affairs College.

He had long been dissatisfied with Zhou Yi's teaching methods. He had originally demoted her to the first grade just to find a suitable reason to persuade her to quit. Now that the opportunity had come, he naturally had to go with the flow and kick Zhou Yi out of the Wuhun Department.

Zhou Yi had indeed trained many outstanding students over the years, but he had also expelled many more talents who were buried. Most geniuses were unyielding and proud. Which genius student could tolerate Zhou Yi's teaching method of treating students like dogs? Those geniuses were a loss to the academy!

Xuan Lao happily took a bite of the chicken leg, and made no move to stop them. He then looked towards the second area, his eyes gleaming red as he unconsciously raised his eyebrows.

As Wu Xuan stepped onto the fighting arena, he felt like someone was secretly watching him. Glancing around, he locked onto an old man drinking and eating meat on the viewing platform. That must be the old Xuan from Shrek Academy!
"Hmm? The little guy has such strong mental strength. Interesting, interesting." Old Xuan took a big sip of wine and looked at Wu Xuan with a little appreciation.

"Mr. Xuan, you are here." Wang Yan walked respectfully to the sloppy old man and greeted him in a low voice.

"Hmm." The old man just snorted and continued eating and drinking.

Wang Yan pointed to the audience and said, "The four young men I mentioned are over there. Yesterday..."

He had just said this when Elder Xuan waved his chicken leg impatiently and said, "I can see it myself."

"Yes." Wang Yan did not dare to say anything more and stepped aside.

At this time, the invigilator had already arrived at the edge of the venue. When he saw both parties standing still, he said loudly: "Both parties have the same names."

Six people on both sides walked into the wide field at the same time and stood on both sides of the field.

"Freshman Class Nine, Wu Xuan. Level 35 Control-type Soul Master."

"Ninth freshman class, Nanmen Yun'er, a great soul master of the twenty-four agility attack system."

"New student of Class Nine, Qian Guming, a Level 24 Strong Attack System Great Soul Master."

When Huo Yuhao and the other two heard Wu Xuan's level, they were shocked and their pupils contracted.

Even the usually proud Wang Dong couldn't help but be surprised. Wang Dong had always been proud of himself. Although his soul power level was not high, he always believed that if he hadn't been lazy before, he would definitely be able to break through to the Soul Master level now.

He must have taken that Soul-Boosting Pill and other supplementary medicines to achieve such a rapid breakthrough. His foundation must be unstable, Wang Dong speculated secretly.

Then, without hesitation, he reported his level.

"Freshman Class 1, Wang Dong, a level 24 attack-type great soul master."

"Freshman Class 1, Xiao Xiao, a Level 23 Control Department Great Soul Master."

"Freshman Class 1, Huo Yuhao, a level 17 control-type soul master." Huo Yuhao said with a bit of embarrassment.

At this time, the invigilator had already come to the edge of the venue. Seeing both sides standing still, he shouted loudly: "Both sides get ready - the game begins!"

On the opposite side of Wu Xuan, there was a lineup of one Soul Master and two Soul Masters, while Huo Yuhao and the other two still maintained their previous formation, with Wang Dong at the front, Xiao Xiao in the middle, and Huo Yuhao at the end.

"First Soul Skill, Gathering Spirit Wind!" "Second Soul Skill, Light Spirit Wind!"

Wu Xuan took the lead, and two soul rings, one yellow and one purple, flashed in succession. Wu Xuan naturally would not be careless when facing Huo Yuhao and the others.

A breeze blew over Qiangu Ming and Nanmen Yuner. The flames around Qiangu Ming's Red Flame Stick suddenly exploded and boiled, and the faint gust of wind around Nanmen Yuner also instantly became condensed, domineering and sharp.

"Is this my power? So strong!" Qiangu Ming couldn't help but screamed as he waved the long stick in his hand.

"First Soul Skill, Jade Blade!"

Nanmen Yuner, a spirit master of the agility attack type, was naturally the first to take action. A layer of jade light shone from her palms to her arms, and the light was much brighter than before.

Seeing this, Wang Dong snorted coldly, tapped the ground with his toes, and rushed out in a stride. As he rushed forward, his dazzling blue-gold wings suddenly spread out.

No matter how much Wu Xuan hated Tang San's family at this moment, when he saw the dazzling wings of the Goddess of Light Butterfly in front of him, he couldn't help but secretly admire their beauty in his heart.

"The first soul skill, winged guillotine!"

The sharp wings collided with Nammun Yoona's gleaming green blade repeatedly, and for a moment it was difficult to separate them.

"First Soul Skill, Boiling Flames!"

Qiangu Ming roared, raised the long red flaming stick in his hand, and smashed it towards Xiao Xiao on the head.

"The first soul skill, the shock of the cauldron!"

Xiao Xiao's San Sheng Soul-Suppressing Cauldron martial spirit was activated in time. A black light flashed, and the cauldron fell from the sky, landing on the ground with a violent roar, and a strong shock wave covered Qiangu Ming.

Qiangu Ming didn't care and rushed towards Xiao Xiao against the shock wave. The strange thing was that Qiangu Ming was not affected by the shock wave at all, but the breeze around him became a little thinner.

Qiangu Ming came closer in the blink of an eye and smashed the cauldron in front of him with a stick. The cauldron was hit hard and flew out instantly.

"Haha!" Brother Xuan's soul skills are really awesome! Qian Guming was ecstatic, but his forward steps did not stop at all.

"Hmm~!" Qiangu Ming groaned, and his forward steps suddenly stopped.

This idiot, is he really going to withstand the opponent's soul skill charge? No matter how powerful the soul skill is, it can't continuously release control from a long distance!

As Wu Xuan rushed forward, the third soul ring around him lit up.

"Third soul skill, Jade Wind!"

"Congeal!"

A jade-colored breeze gathered from Wu Xuan's palm, and the next moment Wu Xuan's figure quietly appeared behind Qiangu Ming. The jade-colored breeze gathered, and he saw his hands lightly clenched, and a jade long stick very similar to Qiangu Ming's martial soul appeared in his hands.

At the moment when Xiaoxiao and Huo Yuhao were completely unable to react, Wu Xuan swung his stick and directly swept Xiaoxiao out of the fighting arena.

Qiangu Ming regained consciousness. Looking at Xiao Xiao who had been eliminated, he curled his lips and turned to rush towards Huo Yuhao.

"Xiao Xiao, damn it! Second soul skill, the light of the butterfly god!"

The second soul ring on Wang Dong's body suddenly lit up. It was a purple thousand-year soul ring.

The wings transformed from the butterfly spirit of the Goddess of Light also shone brightly.

On the blue wings, the golden light patterns burst out with intense brilliance like small suns that were ignited.

All these light patterns were concentrated on his front wings. His left front wing suddenly twisted to face behind him, while his right front wing faced Qian Guming and the other person. The golden light patterns on both wings shone brilliantly at the same time.

Wang Dong's entire body was rendered golden at this moment, and he almost instantly became the most dazzling presence among all sixteen venues in the competition.

On the viewing platform, even the teachers who had not been paying attention to their game shifted their gaze instantly. What they saw was the pair of dazzling wings launching powerful attacks forward and behind at the same time.

Wu Xuan's full momentum, the green hurricane that swept across the fighting arena, under the bonus of the 10% wind attribute of the first soul skill, completely transformed into the ultimate wind. Although it only lasted for one minute, it was still the ultimate wind.

The extreme wind swept through, and at this moment, the time in the entire fighting arena seemed to slow down. The terrifying light patterns released by Wang Dong's wings also disappeared and dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye under the blowing of the extreme wind.

Wu Xuan flashed his feet and pulled Qiangu Mingnanmen Yuner out of the range of the extreme wind.

Annihilation and slowness are the unique characteristics of the ultimate wind.

"Hmph!" Wu Xuan sneered. He would not give his opponent any chance.

"Finger Wind Dragon!"

With a crisp sound of ding-dong, a dark green breeze flew out from Wu Xuan's fingertips.

The moment it flew out, the ink-blue breeze began to expand rapidly.

In just a few breaths, the breeze expanded into a lifelike wind dragon that was ten meters long.

The wind dragon roared towards them. Wang Dong on the fighting arena widened his eyes and struggled hard, using all his strength, but in a short time he could only barely move half an inch.

The invigilator did not dare to hesitate and rushed into the venue in a flash. At this moment, he was surprised to find that his speed had been reduced inexplicably.

As soon as the invigilator touched Wang Dong's collar, the wind dragon roared in. Helplessly, the invigilator turned around and left his back to the wind dragon.

At this moment, suddenly, a huge suction force came from the sky, and the wind dragon changed direction and flew into the air at the moment before hitting the invigilator who stepped forward to resist.

In the air, a large khaki hand appeared out of nowhere, grabbed the wind dragon, seemed to knead it for a few times, and then with a "puff", crushed the wind dragon into pieces.

Old Xuan took a bite of the chicken leg and murmured, "Today's Orleans-flavored chicken leg is a bit salty." As he spoke, he stood up and slowly walked down the platform.

At this point, Huo Yuhao was the only one left in Huo Yuhao's team.

Qiangu Ming effortlessly swept Huo Yuhao out of the fighting arena with one stick.

The assessment is over, and the Wuxuan team from Class 9 of the freshmen class won and entered the top eight.

Huo Yuhao and his two companions were defeated, and Zhou Yi's expression changed.

Mu Jin, however, refused to give in and loudly reminded Zhou Yi, "Teacher Zhou, please remember to prepare your soul bones and resignation letter."

She finally got rid of the anger that had been pent up for years, and she felt indescribably comfortable all over.

(End of this chapter)