Class 1 Competition, Part 1

After all the introductions were over, Ye Yingluo coldly said, "I know today's your first day of class but I need to know where you all stand in terms of strength. We will be conducting a mini-competition. Follow me."

Ye Yingluo brought them all to a field. "I will be counting you all off in groups of 1 - 12. Find whoever has the same number as you and pair up. Afterwards come and line up over here."

Gloxinia was given the number, 4. His partner was some kid named Yu Xuan.

If he remembers correctly, Yu Xuan was a 17th rank Soul Master with a martial soul called "Burning Domination Blade", although it sounded cool and domineering, it was just a slightly sharper and hotter sword than normal swords.

Once, they all lined up, Ye Yingluo continued speaking. "You will proceed into actual combat now. I'll be the judge. Elimination will occur after a single loss. Show me your true colours!"

A girl raised her hand, "Teacher Ye, I am a Tool Soul Master, do I need to join in the actual combat?"

Ye Yingluo answered the student calmly, "In the battlefield, would your enemy spare you if you told them you were a Tool Soul Master? First group, prepare yourselves, we shall start from this end." She pointed towards a group 2 groups to the right of Gloxinia.

Ye Yingluo commanded the students to form a circle around the competing duo.

"You may begin. No rules as to how you may defeat your opponent," Ye Yingluo pointed out plainly, but her words were directed towards the entire student body as well.

After a few minutes, their battle was over and the next group was up. This time, it was his roomate, Wang Jinxi against a kid who was a rank 15 Soul Master. The outcome is pretty obvious.

Next, it was the turn of 2 other random kids, both were at the 16th rank.

Finally, Gloxinia and Yu Xuan were called upon. As they started nearing the center of the make-shift arena, "Let's compete with our strength! I don't believe your strength will be greater than mine just because of twin martial souls!" Zhou Zhangxi's eyes lit up as he directed his words at Gloxinia.

Gloxinia, simply responded by glancing at him and slightly shaking his head. On the inside, Gloxinia decided to just finish it quickly so he and all the other students understand the difference between them, because even though this is his first fight, he has faith in his own abilities and believes them to be far ahead than the others.

As they reached the center of the circle and began the fight, Yu Xuan roared loudly, wide-eyed. His soul ring appeared as a white circle beneath his feet, the ray of light instantly flowing upwards, following the contour of his body. In the same moment, the phantom of a sharp longsword appeared between his hands and a sword materialized out of nowhere.

Grabbing the sword Yu Xuan rushed at Gloxinia and attempted a downward slash.

Gloxinia, simply summoned Basquias in its Form: 0 and easily stopped the sword slash. Don't underestimate Basquias' durability and endurance, for even if it's in its blanket form it can easily stop attacks below 30 Soul Power.

Yu Xuan, seeing his sword get caught so easily was stunned for a brief moment. Gloxinia, was not one to not take advantage of this and commanded Basquias to elongate and wrap around Yu Xuan's entire body, leaving only the head remaining.

Seeing this, Ye Yingluo already knew the outcome of this battle, and thus called it out. "Battle's over! Winner is Gloxinia!"

"Wow! He won so quickly!" a girl from the crowd exclaimed in surprise, saying out loud all the students' thoughts.

Walking back to the outside of the circle, a small smile slowly formed on his face. After all, that was the first time Gloxinia ever fought and won a battle.

Calling onto the next group, Ye Yingluo continued on with the competition. It wasn't until 30 minutes later that round 2 started. This time, Ye Yingluo counted them off into pairs once more. The difference from last time though was that there were only 6 groups this time compared to last time.

The first group to fight this time was Zhang Yanzi and a kid named Wei Xiaofeng, they were both a rank 22 Soul Master and both had yellow spirit rings.

If Gloxinia remembers correctly, Wei Xiaofeng had a martial soul called, "Green Shadow Snake", this martial soul was relatively strong because of its agility and stealth. Perfect for assassinations.

As they both got ready to fight, Wei Xiaofeng mocked Zhang Yanzi a little and tried to get him agitated before the match started.

This, somehow workedd and Zhang Yanzi was a little mad, summoning his martial soul, Shadow Phantasm Eagle and fused with it, causing dark black wings to sprout from his back. Wei Xiaofeng responded by doing the same thing as his skin took a green tint.

Suddenly, Wei Xiaofeng's first spirit ring glowed brightly and 2 more Wei Xiaofengs appeared in the arena.

"Hehe, this is my Green Shadow Clone skill! There's no way to win, Zhang Yanzi so just give up now!" Smiling smugly, Wei Xiaofeng didn't forget to mock Zhang Yanzi.

Gritting his teeth, Zhang Yanzi irritatingly replied, "Shut up and watch me!" As Zhang Yanzi said this, his second spirit ring lit up and 2 other Zhang Yanzi's appeared in the arena aswell.

Confusedly, Wei Xiaofeng asked, "Huh? Do you also have the Green Shadow Clone skill?"

Taking advantage of his slight delay from talking, the 3 Zhang Yanzis rushed at Wei Xiaofeng and attempted to punch him from 3 directions at the same time.

Unfortunately, Zhang Yuanzi failed to notice the smug smile that formed on Wei Xiaofeng's face as his second soul ring lit up, "Idiot! You fell for my trap, now you're gone!"

Suddenly, 3 green snakes formed underneath Wei Xiaofeng and rushed at the 3 different Zhang Yuanzi with their mouths wide open.

Unable to dodge in time, Zhang Yuanzi could only allow himself to be bitten by the snake as his shoulder and upper abdomen started bleeding slightly from the sharp teeth.

At the same time, the 2 clones were also hit and disappeared, but not without infecting the green snakes that bit them with darkness. Unfortunately, the green snakes just disappeared after being infected by the soul skill, doing essentially nothing.

With gritted teeth, Zhang Yuanzi angrily said, "I surrender! You win.."

With that, the battle ended and Ye Yingluo moved onto the next group, which happened to be Gloxinia and Wang Jinxi.

As they both got to the center of the circle, Wang Jinxi said, "No hard feelings, Gloxinia!"

Nodding to show his agreement, Gloxinia summoned Basquias as Jinxi summoned his own martial soul, the Bone Dragon King!

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Words: 1200

Authors Note: Extra chapter for today because we hit 300 collections, thank you all so much!

Also, this was my first fight scene in this novel, let me know if you all like it and if not, what I could change!

Thank you all for reading!