Skysea Alliance Tournament, Part 1

Long Hengxu nodded reluctantly. "I'll tell the president. Teacher Wu, keep in mind that the president is facing a lot of pressure because of class zero. Just counting the cost for admittance to the spirit ascension platform, the amount of resources invested into class zero is enormous. Thankfully, things have been successful so far; you even managed to train a monster like Gloxinia. What the academy truly desires, however, is glory. You understand, right? The academy wants your students to participate in the Skysea Alliance Tournament. You should prepare for it. Even if they don't place too high, they need to at least amaze people and win the academy some fame. The goal is to have them win the Outstanding Newcomer Award or the Outstanding Newcomer Group Award."

"The Skysea Alliance Tournament?" Wu Zhangkong's eyes flashed with comprehension and he nodded without the slightest hesitation. "I have no problems with fulfilling their request."

Long Hengxu stared at Wu Zhangkong in surprise. He had assumed Wu Zhangkong would refuse since the children were only nine years old, yet he had readily accepted.

"You agree?"

Wu Zhangkong said, "The best method to temper someone is through real combat. So far, they've only focused their energy on cultivating and they lack combat experience. This is a good opportunity to fix that issue."

"Excellent! I was worried you might not agree. I will immediately report this matter. I can guarantee you—until the Skysea Alliance Tournament starts, your meals won't be lacking even when compared to those at the Shrek Academy! This time, the academy is going to spend all of its capital."

"Good!"

"All of you, come here." Wu Zhangkong stepped onto the arena and beckoned to the children.

The five students quickly ran over.

Wu Zhangkong nodded and turned to Tang Wulin. "You still need to practice more. There were too many holes in your defences."

"Yes, Teacher Wu." Tang Wulin couldn't contain his excitement. Now that his soul ring was at the thousand-year level, his combat strength and control precision had skyrocketed!

Wu Zhangkong turned to Gu Yue. "You were a bit unfocused. You should be stronger than that."

Gu Yue lowered her head and said quietly, "But we're teammates, not enemies."

Wu Zhangkong said, "You've progressed quickly. Continue striving hard to improve. As for you…"

He turned to Xie Xie. "You'll have to put in more effort if you want to keep up with them."

The corner of Xie Xie's mouth began to twitch. 'I really can't catch a break! Or is it just that Wulin and Gu Yue improve too quickly?'

Wu Zhangkong then turned to Xu Xiaoyan. "You have some ability. Just remember that you only have one month to prove yourself."

"En." nodding, Xu Xiaoyan responded.

Wu Zhangkong finally turned to Gloxinia, "As for you.. You keep obtaining new abilities every time you get tested, continue doing whatever you've been doing."

"Alright, you're dismissed for the day. Tomorrow, we'll start training. You will all work together and fight me as your opponent for three fights every day."

"Yes," Tang Wulin, Gu Yue and Xie Xie said with bitter faces. Meanwhile, Xu Xiaoyan couldn't contain her excitement and eagerness towards the following day. 'I heard this ruthless and handsome Teacher Wu is really strong. I wonder just how strong he is though?'

"I will be using my full cultivation instead of supressing it like in my battle with Gloxinia." Wu Zhangkong's left after speaking these shocking words, his white robe fluttering in the breeze.

"Fu-Full cultivation?" Xie Xie stammered. "Did I hear that right? Just who is Teacher Wu? Why does he need to use all his cultivation against us? Did he make some mistake?"

Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xu Xioayan gaped in disbelief. They had all just seen how good Teacher Wu was when fighting against Gloxinia just now.. if that really wasn't his full cultivation then how terrifying is it!

"It seems like we need to start studying tactics properly," Tang Wulin said earnestly.

"Let's go, we'll plan in our room," Xie Xie replied.

To them, Wu Zhangkong was a goliath that they had to face.

At this moment, Gloxinia was planning on following them, however a system notification showed up in front of him as he was about to go with them.

[Notifying Host - It has been a year since the yearly missions have been sent out. Here are their status:

- Yearly Missions -

Mission: Soul Elder

Objective: Cultivate to the 30th Soul Power rank and become a Soul Elder

Rewards: Innate Skill, Nature Connection

Time Limit: 1 Year

Status: Completed. Rewards have been given.

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Mission: I am #1

Objective: Win all competitions you take in during this year.

Rewards: Innate Skill, Disaster

Time Limit: 1 Year

Status: Failed. (Click for more information)

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Mission: 100 Year Soul Ring

Objective: Upgrade one of your soul rings to 100 years by using the Spirit Ascension Platform or something else.

Rewards: Fairy King's Forest

Time Limit: 1 Year

Status: Completed. Rewards have been given.]

Seeing the status of the mission, Gloxinia was surprised. He knew for sure he completed the first and third missions as those had already given out the rewards. However, he didn't expect to fail the second mission, because he hasn't lost a single competition he has been in!

So, filled with doubt, Gloxinia clicked the "Click for more information" and a new screen showed up in front of him.

[Yearly Mission: Win all competitions you take in during this year.

Status: Faiiled.

Reason: By definition, the word "competition" means to engage in the ability of competing, which includes sparring and fighting individual people and not fighting in a tournament. Thus, when you lost to character "Wu Zhangkong", you have already failed the mission.]

With the reason being given, Gloxinia's eye couldn't help but twitch, this explanation was stupid!

'If you were going to base it off winning all fights then why not just say "Win all fights" instead of "Win all competitions"?!? It's almost as if you wanted me to fail it!'

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Author's Note: Here is the last chapter for today.. Tomorrow it's going back to the normal upload schedule. (6 pm CST every weekday, 3 pm CST Saturday and 9 pm Saturday.)

Also, we will soon be going off-plot and entering what I would like to call the "Big Leagues", so I was wondering if you knew of any side characters with a lot of potential that could be used in this fan fic.

Thank you for so many collections and powerstones!