Skysea Alliance Tournament, Part 17

"The blonde ones are Wang Dongqi and Lu Xiao. Wang Dongqi's martial soul is the Thunderflash Sword. She has three rings and is a rank 32 assault-type soul master. Lu Xiao has the Golden Breeze martial soul. She has two rings and is a rank 29 agility-type soul master.

"The blue-haired one and green-haired one are twin sisters. They are Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er, respectively. Zhou Hanyou has three rings and is at rank 31. Zhou Tian'er has two rings at rank 27,"

"Lastly, the white haired one is Bai Yun'er, she has the Ice Dragon martial soul and is an attack-type soul master." Zhang Zhengpeng introduced his five disciples briefly.

Something to take note of when one looks at his disciples though, is the height difference between Bai Yun'er and the rest.. She's almost a whole head taller than the others, almost as if she was older than 15!

What? Did you expect it to be Li Xue, the Ice Fairy? Get lost! Life isn't a novel, there is a process to join a school, there's even background and ID checks! It's simply impossible to join a school so quickly!

Long Huantian nodded in approval. He studied their competition statistics and was alarmed, sucking in a deep breath. He was not surprised that Sealand Academy's team had four victories in the round-robin tournament. Yet, their opponents from Eastsea Academy also had four wins. Moreover, it was Eastsea Academy's tertiary team.

Although Eastsea City was large, it was not blessed by talents often. As such, Eastsea Academy ranked slightly below the median. The fact that their tertiary team accumulated these victories added to Long Huantian's disbelief.

A single glance was needed to see how young they were.

"Have you paid any attention to this team from Eastsea Academy, Brother Zhenpeng?" Long Huantian asked.

A strange expression slithered its way across Zhang Zhenpeng's face. He gave a slight nod. "I watched them for a bit. That team is really peculiar. Although they're really young, their combat strength is extraordinary."

"Oh?" Long Huantian directed a look of inquiry at him. He understood his friend's high standards, aware that such an evaluation would not be given lightly.

"Eastsea Academy's tertiary team is composed completely of ten-year-olds. Their captain is called Tang Wulin and he only has one ring. That being said, it's a thousand-year ring. In the previous matches, he was able to fend off the combined attacks of his opponents alone. However, the truly dangerous one isn't the captain but a member named Gloxinia, he's only 10 and has three thousand-year rings!"

If Long Huantian was surprised a moment ago, then now he was in denial. 'Zhang Zhenpeng actually paid so much attention to Eastsea's tertiary team?'

The understanding between Zhang Zhenpeng and Long Huantian went both ways. A smile appeared on Zhang Zhenpeng's lips as he stared at Long Huantian, fully aware of his friend's thoughts. "You'll understand once the match begins. These kids aren't normal by any means! If they hadn't met my team, then would have continued their winning streak most likely. Eastsea Academy must have recruited an amazing teacher; otherwise, how else could they have raised such astounding talents?"

A wry smile tugged at Long Huantian's lips. "Such high praise. Looks like I'll have to see for myself just how amazing these kids are."

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The two teams stood opposite of each other on the stage, having just introduced themselves.

During their introduction, Gloxinia had been intrigued by the near identical appearance of Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er. Although they were clearly twin sisters, their contrasting hair colors made for an odd sight.

Although he already knew them from the novel, seeing such a strange sight in real life truly was odd.

Standing as the spearpoint of her team, Zhou Hanyou stared at Gloxinia with eyes that were as cold as ice and as unyielding as the plum blossom in winter. She had matured quite well; apart from being unripe, her height barely differed from that of an adult's. The Eastsea team seemed tiny in comparison.

An unfathomable feeling welled in Zhou Hanyou's heart as she stared at the opposing team. Before the match, their academy's president had repeatedly warned them not to look down on their opponents today, especially the pink-haired one!

But she just couldn't understand how the five kids before her had an identical winning streak as theirs. Their four victories almost guaranteed that they had a place in the top sixteen.

Since there were only eight matches per group, it was nigh impossible for them to not make it into the top sixteen now.

'They're so young though, only ten years old!'

Compared to Zhou Hanyu's frigid demeanour, Zhou Tian'er exuded liveliness. She absent-mindedly asked Tang Wulin, "Little brother, you're already competing at such a young age?"

Tang Wulin's face couldn't help but twitch at her question. This a competition!

"We just came here to gain experience." Despite being disgruntled, Tang Wulin beamed at her. He couldn't let his opponent notice his displeasure.

Zhou Tian'er said, "How about you guys just concede? It wouldn't look good if we hurt you; people might think we're bullying children."

Tang Wulin's smiling expression stiffened.

Gu Yue couldn't bear it anymore and said in a frosty tone, "The victor hasn't been decided yet. We'll see after this match."

The referee began counting down.

Zhou Hanyou glared at her younger sister before turning to Gu Yue and nodding.

"Three, two, one, begin!"

Thus, the match between the two strongest teams in group three began.

Gloxinia's first move was no different from the past; he immediately waved his hand and sent out a wave of daggers.

Following that, Tang Wulin charged ahead, his hands forming subtle signs behind his back as he shot towards Zhou Hanyou like lightning.

Xie Xie was right behind Tang Wulin after seeing the hand signals. His target was Wang Dongqi however, not Zhou Hanyou.

The daggers at this point had just reached Zhou Hanyou, the other teams captain.

However, they suddenly veered off their path and split in two, heading for Zhou Tian'er and Lu Xiao.

In that moment, the students of Sealand Academy revealed the brilliance of their soul rings.

Zhou Hanyou and Wang Dongqi had three soul rings; the former had two yellow rings and one purple, while the latter's were all yellow As for Zhou Tian'er and Lu Xiao, they only had two yellow soul rings.

Having already confronted three-ringed soul masters before, the five from class zero did not fear them. Only after they had fought would they know what their opponents truly amounted to.

Zhou Hanyou stood her ground in the face of Tang Wulin's charge. She raised her right hand, her three soul rings rising in sync as a thin sleet of icy light surrounded her body. The arena's temperature dropped as waves of glacial mist rolled off her body and her complexion slowly whitened until it was like snow.

On the other hand, Zhou Tian'er's aura was different. The two were clearly born from the same mother, were of the same age, and most likely twins, yet not only was Zhou Tian'ers cultivation lower than her elder sister's, her martial soul was different too. What appeared in her hand was not cold air, but a green ball of light bursting with vitality.

At this time, Bai Yun'er made herself known and suddenly gained wings behind her back, spreading bursts of chilly winds into the arena with every flap.

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Author's Note: Sorry for the late upload I had a club haha..

Thank you for so many collections and powerstones!