69novels Chapter 15 The Match Ends
Chapter 15 The Match Ends
Chapter 15 The Match Ends
The first round of freshman assessments ended quickly. Today's assessments mainly aimed to help the freshmen adapt to this intense, competitive assessment style, while tomorrow's assessments will be significantly more rigorous. ☞💔 ☠🌷
There are two rounds of assessments each in the morning and afternoon, for a total of four rounds. The third day is even more daunting, with each team having to undergo five rounds of assessments. The entire assessment period for new students is only two days.
This not only trains the trainees' combat skills, but also their ability to fight a protracted war.
When the second day of the assessment began, all the students in Class 1 of the new students were already sincerely grateful to their teacher, Yu Chu. Four matches in one day not only consumed their soul power, but also their physical strength.
After undergoing Yu Chu's grueling training, the freshmen class 1 showed a significantly stronger ability to adapt to this competition format and greater physical stamina compared to other classes.
Ye Nanxiao's team won the next three matches with ease, but received a bye in the fourth match and advanced directly to the finals.
"Hey Nanxiao, are you really sure we can win the tournament by continuing this leisurely fighting style?" Lin Susu asked, biting a lollipop and staring at Ye Nanxiao, who was resting with his head on Jiang Nannan's beautiful legs and his eyes closed.
Their team's battles were basically two people, Jiang Nannan and Lin Susu, fighting against the opponent's most vulnerable opponent, while Ye Nanxiao faced off against the remaining two opponents alone. To Lin Susu's surprise, Ye Nanxiao actually seemed to be handling the situation with ease, shining brightly throughout the freshman competition.
Ye Nanxiao twitched his fox ears, turned over, reached out and put his arm around Jiang Nannan's slender waist, and continued to close his eyes to rest.
Seeing that Ye Nanxiao ignored her, Lin Susu took a big bite of the lollipop in her mouth. Just as she was about to continue asking Ye Nanxiao, she suddenly felt a scorching heat.
"Oh my, Xiao Xiaozi is so relaxed. Is the championship a piece of cake for you?" A fiery red figure and a cool, aloof figure were slowly walking towards Ye Nanxiao and the other two.
Lin Susu immediately shrank back upon seeing the fiery red figure, shrinking to the side and not daring to speak. The newcomer was none other than Ma Xiaotao, who possessed the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul. The Phoenix Martial Soul was a top-tier bird Martial Soul, the king of all birds, which explained why Lin Susu shrank to the side and remained silent.
Ye Nanxiao opened his eyes and glanced at Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, ignoring Jiang Nannan, whose face was slightly flushed as she urged him to get up. "You two seniors are so free to come watch the Freshman Cup competition today? Did you open a restaurant?"
Ma Xiaotao and the other girl didn't understand what Ye Nanxiao meant by the plate. Ma Xiaotao smiled and said, "I'm here to cheer for Xiaoxiao, and also to take a look at your martial spirit."
After a moment's thought, Ye Nanxiao understood the hidden meaning in Ma Xiaotao's words. "Help suppress the evil fire?" he thought to himself. How could she have taken a liking to his ultimate ice so quickly? He then asked, "Oh? How did you know, Senior Xiaotao?" As he spoke, he turned his head to glance at Ling Luochen behind Ma Xiaotao.
Ling Luochen had been watching Ye Nanxiao the whole time. When she saw Ye Nanxiao turn his gaze to her, she immediately lowered her head in a panic the moment their eyes met and looked away. However, her slightly flushed face betrayed her.
Ma Xiaotao still had that same smiling face. "How about it? You should think about it. After all, Sister Xiaotao is the captain of the Shrek Seven Devils."
The conversation between Ye Nanxiao and Ma Xiaotao was full of hidden information, which Jiang Nannan naturally didn't understand. However, when Ma Xiaotao said that she was the captain of the Shrek Seven Devils, she widened her eyes, seemingly shocked that the captain of the Shrek Seven Devils was standing in front of her without any airs.
Ye Nanxiao closed his eyes and thought for a while, then asked with a smile, "Okay, but I have conditions." After saying that, he sat up, tightly holding Jiang Nannan's delicate hand with his right hand, and stared straight at Ma Xiaotao.
Staring directly at Ye Nanxiao, even Ma Xiaotao felt a little shy. However, with Ye Nanxiao's help, the benefits were still significant, so she immediately nodded and agreed, "Then there's no problem. I'll come find you later." After saying that, she pulled Ling Luochen away quickly, seemingly not giving Ye Nanxiao any chance to back out.
Ye Nanxiao carefully considered the series of butterfly effects that helping Ma Xiaotao might bring. He dared not be careless in this regard, as his knowledge of the world's trajectory was his greatest trump card.
"What's wrong, Nanxiao?" Jiang Nannan asked with concern, holding Ye Nanxiao's large hands tightly with her two delicate hands.
Looking at Jiang Nannan's delicate face, Ye Nanxiao suddenly leaned in and pecked her red lips. Seeing Jiang Nannan blushing with her hands covering her face, he smiled and pulled her into his arms, burying his face in her hair. Inhaling her comforting scent, Ye Nanxiao slowly calmed down, then suddenly realized that his team consisted of three people. "Hmm? Why is Lin Susu so quiet today?"
The final match was the grand finale of the day, and the audience was packed. Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen were naturally there as well. As Ye Nanxiao expected, Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Martial Soul Department, was also there. It must have been Yan Shaozhe who sent Ma Xiaotao to sound out Ye Nanxiao.
Stepping onto the final stage, the opponents were one man and two women. Judging from the previous matches, the two women seemed to be one offensive type and one support type. As for the man, well, was he ever in the previous matches?
"Su Su, we need to change our strategy this time. You quickly take control of the air and use your soul skill to help Nan Nan take down that support girl on the other side. Leave the rest to me." Ye Nanxiao rarely wanted to be serious.
"Oh my, Xiao'er, why are you taking this so seriously now?" Xue Di rarely spoke, and her lazy queenly voice could captivate most people, if they ignored the comic book that was gathered in Xue Di's hand.
Ye Nanxiao was helpless as Xue Di became a complete homebody. Who would have thought that comics were so captivating? "Hmm, there's someone on the other side with the same cultivation level as me. After all, it's the finals, so I should at least show my skills." Thinking to herself, Xue Di turned to look at Yan Shaozhe in the audience through visual sharing and said in a deep voice, "Alright, I'll go back to my book first. That man's cultivation level is a bit terrifying."
The referee was still Wang Yan. After standing still, Wang Yan gave a command, and flames surged from the female student of the offensive department on the other side. She held a fiery red spear in her hand and quickly rushed towards Ye Nanxiao. The boy roared and brown hair grew all over his body, and his hands stretched out thick and sharp claws.
"Bear-type martial soul and spear-type martial soul," Ye Nanxiao thought, his martial souls activating. He slowly raised his right hand and silently chanted, "Millennial Ice Prison."
Two ice cages rose from the ground, trapping the two people inside. The dense chill emanating from the ice cages slowed their movements.
After the ice prison appeared, it successfully blocked the advance of the spear-wielding girl. By using the changes in the ice prison, the spear-wielding girl had no space to swing her spear, and for a time she was unable to break the ice prison created by Ye Nanxiao.
The boy with the bear-like martial spirit roared, his claws glowing brightly as he slammed his palms into the ice prison.
To the boy's surprise, the ice cage only had surface cracks and showed no signs of breaking.
However, the boy clenched his fists and punched the ice prison again and again. When he threw the third punch, he successfully punched a hole in the ice prison.
But at this moment, Lin Susu and Jiang Nannan had already approached the support-type girl in the opposing team.
"Earth Bear Claw!" The boy roared and swung a claw attack at Jiang Nannan, but was knocked away by ice pillars filled with cold energy, and the charged claw attack naturally dissipated.
"Young man, you need to stick to one thing. Why are you switching targets while fighting me?" Ye Nanxiao laughed.
The moment the bear-type martial soul boy's soul skill dissipated, Ye Nanxiao rushed forward and closed in, his hands transforming into cold jade as he leaped above the boy.
"Don't underestimate me!" the boy roared, clasping his hands together as if to strike Ye Nanxiao, who was in mid-air.
"I'm a well-rounded individual, excelling in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor." Ye Nanxiao stretched out his hands to catch the boy's slap.
"We won!" Although the boy didn't understand what Ye Nanxiao meant, he was very confident in his own strength, plus his team had a support-type player.
The seemingly powerful strike was easily caught by Ye Nanxiao, who placed his jade-colored palm on the large bear paw, preventing it from closing inward.
Seeing the boy's surprised expression, Ye Nanxiao smiled happily, and his first soul skill shone, unleashing a burst of ice pillars.
One icicle after another was inserted into the field, trapping the boy's body. Ye Nanxiao easily suppressed him with his skillful coordination.
While Ye Nanxiao was engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the boy with the bear-like martial spirit, the ice prison trapping the female spearman was constantly changing, with ice pillars spreading outwards, blocking the space and preventing the female spearman from drawing her spear.
By the time the girl with the spearman martial spirit broke through Ye Nanxiao's ice prison, her two teammates were already unable to fight back. The girl with the spearman martial spirit was unwilling and continued to charge towards Ye Nanxiao, but she soon fell to the impact of Ye Nanxiao's flock of ice pillars.
The entire arena fell silent. What was supposed to be a fierce duel was won by Ye Nanxiao in less than ten minutes.
"This child's physical strength is comparable to that of a power-attack type Soul Master of the same age, and he's a control type Soul Master." Yan Shaozhe stared at Ye Nanxiao, lost in thought.
"Luo Luo, did you see that? Isn't Xiao Xiao's ice attribute above yours?" Ma Xiaotao asked, shaking Ling Luochen.
"Xiao Tao, stop, stop shaking him. His ice attribute is superior to mine," Ling Luochen replied helplessly.
Upon hearing this, Ma Xiaotao's eyes lit up as she stared at Ye Nanxiao as if he were a treasure. If Ye Nanxiao was really willing to help, with her own cultivation speed, becoming a Soul Douluo before graduation would be no problem.
"The match is over. The winner is Team One." Wang Yan announced the result with a slightly puzzled look on his face. "Was this team too strong?" he muttered to himself.
"Xiao Tao, Ye Nanxiao must recruit a core disciple of the Martial Soul system. You take care of this. Both this child's ultimate ice ability and Martial Soul are top-notch. I'll go back to see Elder Mu later. In short, this kid cannot be let go." Yan Shaozhe said this to Ma Xiaotao before using his soul power to teleport away.
Given Ye Nanxiao's demonstrated combat abilities and control over the situation, coupled with his top-tier martial soul and ultimate ice, Yan Shaozhe thought as he moved at high speed, "In order to avoid any unforeseen circumstances, I must first seduce this child into the martial soul system. I cannot let him go under any circumstances."
Ye Nanxiao's excellence aroused Yan Shaozhe's interest in talent, and he even wanted to personally teach him.
Du Weilun, the Dean of Instruction of the Martial Soul Department, went on stage to personally present awards to Ye Nanxiao and others.
Du Weilun said with a serious expression, "The final champion is the freshman team composed of Ye Nanxiao, Jiang Nannan and Lin Susu. They won the final victory in this year's freshman assessment with their amazing performance, and they are the well-deserved final champions."
"However, I hope you will not be arrogant in victory or discouraged in defeat. You are all outstanding freshmen I have ever seen, and I don't want this competition to affect your future development. Okay, that's all for now."
After saying this, Du Weilun turned and left, quickly departing from the assessment area. As the dean of the Martial Soul Department, he had a lot of work to do every day.
"We won!"
"We are the champions!"
Jiang Nannan and Lin Susu cheered suddenly, grabbing Ye Nanxiao's arms from both sides.
Three people, one team, and they ultimately won the championship in the freshman assessment finals. Jiang Nannan and Lin Susu both knew very well who the core of the team was.
The results of the freshman assessment finals quickly spread throughout the entire academy. Ye Nanxiao's performance, which surpassed that of other soul masters of his age, made him a household name among the freshmen. There were many girls who came to challenge him and freshmen who clamored to duel with him. However, after Ye Nanxiao once again knocked Xu Sanshi into the martial soul department's medical room, not many people came to challenge him. Ye Nanxiao also solidified his position as the strongest among the freshmen.
"Do you know what kind of rewards our competition will have?" Lin Susu asked, leaning on her desk.
"I don't know, I think it's just a freshman competition with no real rewards," Jiang Nannan said while kneading Ye Nanxiao's fox ears.
Beibei and Tangya looked at the couple who were always showering each other with affection, exchanged a helpless glance, realizing that they could also be affectionate and even fight back.
As for Lin Susu, she has evolved, and her immunity has increased significantly.
Beibei said, "We've passed the freshman assessment and should be assigned to classes soon. The offensive and control teams are from the same group, and since you're a team, you should be assigned to the same class."
After Beibei finished speaking, Ye Nanxiao, in the same posture as Lin Susu, slumped on the table and said weakly, "Class division? What class division? Why do we need to divide classes?"
He immediately jumped up, stared at Beibei, and asked, "We're going to be divided into classes based on the direction we choose? Why are offensive and control classes in the same class? Nannan is an agility-based attacker."
(End of this chapter)