Class Promotion Tournament, Part 1

After the small competition, Gloxinia returned to his dorm room and lay down in his bed. At this time, he was alone in the room as both Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi were at the cantena eating.

Taking advantage of the alone time, Gloxinia called out for the system's mission board, as he had been given a sudden mission when the competition started.

"System, show me the completed mission and give me the rewards!"

[Answering Host - Here is the completed mission;

Mission: The Difference

Objective: Show your classmates the difference between yourself and them by completely winning the Class 1 Competition!

Extra Requirement: Use all spirit skills.

Rewards: 1 Full Soul Power Rank.]

As the reward was given out, Gloxinia felt a flow of warm energy enter his body and head into his Dantian, where it turned into small threads that were devoured by the already existing Soul Power.

Afterwards, the Soul Power bloated and seemingly broke through something and then stopped growing.

Now that he obtained a whole soul power rank, he was infinitely closer to becoming a Soul Elder, as he had been close to obtaining rank 29 Soul Power even before the tournament, and with the energy from a whole Soul Power rank added, he was now close to becoming rank 30.

In his estimation, he would reach Soul Elder in less than a week!

Thus, with this thought in mind, he started cultivating until the next morning!

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The next day when he stopped cultivating, Gloxinia didn't feel tired for mostly 2 reasons. The first reason being that Fairies don't need much sleep. The second reason being because he severely overestimated how much time he needed to become a Soul Elder!

After a night of cultivation, he has already reached rank 30 and could absorb another spirit soul!

With this thought in mind, he took out some money that he saved from the allowence given to him by the Federation and went to the nearest Spirit Pagoda to obtain another spirit soul.

Arriving at the Spirit Pagoda, all he had to do was pick the spirit soul he wanted and pay the money without anything else, as only during the first time do they record your spiritual energy.

There were 2 spirit souls that he could buy and were suitable for him. They were; Spear Thorn Butterfly and Spear-Toothed Crocodile.

The Spear Thorn Butterfly was a spirit soul based off the Soul Beast, Spear Thorn Butterfly. The Spear Thorn Butterfly could launch their wings and split them up into many small spear tips.

As for the Spear-Toothed Crocodile, it was based off the Soul Beast, Spear-Toothed Crocodile. The Spear-Toothed Crocodile had teethed in the shape of Spear-Tips that could be shot out of his mouth towards his opponents. It could also attach a string of solid saliva that could control the shot out teeth.

After thinking about it carefully, Gloxinia chose the Spear Thorn Butterfly as it was more closely related to Fairies than the Spear-Toothed Crocodile.

After choosing the spirit soul, Gloxinia went back to his dorm and fused with it, gaining his third spirit ring and spirit skill.

The spirit skill he got this time was called "Increase" and it was quite similar to King's Chastiefol Increase Form.

The difference was that Basquias created golden daggers instead of green ones.

Satisfied with the spirit skill, Gloxinia skipped class and went to sleep instead, to "rest" and definitely not to laze around.

The days soon flew by. For six days of the week, Gloxinia would be hard at work cultivating. On the remaining day, he would practice his spirit skills. Like this, three months had gone by.

During these last three months, everyone had changed by more than a little. Wang Jinxi increased his soul power to rank 24 and Zhang Yangzi to rank 23. As for Wei Xiaofeng, his soul power stayed the same.

Also, during these three months, Teacher Ye had told them about the upcoming Class Promotion Tournament, where all classes in the academy battled in a tournament-like fashion. The people who would be fighting for Class 1 were Gloxinia, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng, filling 4 of the 5 spots available.

Gloxinia was without a doubt the strongest among the four of them. Even when they worked together as a team, they were unable to close the gap between them by even a bit.

Gloxinia's soul power had increased by one and reached rank 32. According to his current speed, he would definitely be able to reach rank 40 before he graduated from the intermediate academy.

During these three months he had also met Gu Yue, maybe because of his Fairy King Bloodline not being human and her also not being human but a soul beast, he could feel a sense of familiarity around her.

As the Class Promotion Tournament started, class 1 wouldn't have to fight for a while. The reason for this is because the Class Promotion Tournament works where the lowest class would fight up until they stopped and it continued like that. So, they would have to wait for 3 matches until they fought.

At this time, Gloxinia along with the class 1 representatives were in Ye Yingluo's office.

Ye Yingluo said, "The Class Promotion Tournament will begin soon. There will be one battle a day until the tournament ends. I'll give you guys a target: win your way to the fourth grade!"

Winning all the way until the fourth grade? When they heard these words, Zhang Yangzi's eyes were filled with shock while Wei Xiaofeng couldn't help but gulp down his saliva—despite his confidence.

As for Gloxinia, he was indifferent to it, as he had confidence in winning no matter what.

Ye Yingluo indifferently replied, "What I'm talking about is the fourth grade's class one. Defeat the fourth grade's class one and you will all receive a reward. If not, I'll discard all of your class achievements."

Zhang Yangzi defiantly said, "Teacher, isn't this too harsh?"

Ye Yingluo said, "If you find it harsh, then you can withdraw. Only the others will compete then."

"Great! I don't want this leftover child," Wei Xiaofeng said with indifference as he played with her fingers.

"You!" Zhang Yangzi turned to glare at him.

Since Wei Xiaofeng had always suppressed him with her strength, Zhang Yangzi treated him with hostility from beginning to end.

Wei Xiaofeng tilted his head and stared back at him. "You can't accept this?"

Zhang Yangzi looked at Gloxinia, who said, "Teacher has never changed his mind after deciding on something before. It's best if you do your best, young man!"

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The Class Promotion Tournament was a grand event for Eastsea Academy and was held annually. This was because the Class Promotion Tournament was the only event where the whole academy participated.

The advanced academy had their own advanced division Class Promotion Tournament, keeping their event separate from the intermediate academy's tournament.

They would show off their most exceptional students in the tournament and the city would record their info and archive it. As for the upcoming Class Promotion Tournament, it was crucial for obtaining a recommendation to enter high class academies in the future.

The rewards were also equally as generous. Classes that obtained exceptional results in the tournament would gain not only a change in rank, but the teacher in charge would also receive commendations.

As a result, the Class Promotion Tournament had become a symbol of honor and glory over the years. Being defeated by a lower ranked class was considered a disgrace, while defeating a higher ranked class was considered glorious.

The reason the tournament was held three months after the start of class was to give the teachers enough time to choose the students who would participate, and also to provide ample time to plan their tactics.

There was a moderate wind blowing and a beautiful sun shining down on this day. The blue sky was void of clouds for as far as the eye could see. A competition stage stood in the middle of the intermediate division's field. Although it was called a competition stage, it was actually just a 10 centimeter thick metal plate with a diameter of 100 meters. It occupied the majority of the field's area, and there were many soul barrier devices surrounding it, guarding against any potential accidents that may occur during the matches.

Today was the first day of the tournament. For the sake of not disturbing the studies of the students, the tournament was held after school. At that moment, the bell rang, marking the end of the school day. Students began pouring out of the school building. Despite this, only a few headed towards the competition stage.

For a match between class five and class four of the new first graders, how could it possibly be worth watching? The upper graders viewed a match such as this with disdain. They wouldn't come to watch the matches until the next day, when the first grade's class three stepped onto the stage.

As for Gloxinia, he was one of those who didn't come to watch the match. After all, he had already seen Tang Wulin and the other's train so he knew their fighting style and he also knew the outcome of the match from the novels.

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Author's Note: Here is today's extra chapter, this chapter is counted as "extra" because I may still be able to update tomorrow depending on when I get back home, as I'll be out for the majority of the day.

If I end up coming home too late then this chapter would also count as tomorrows daily chapter.

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