Chapter 608 - Growing Old With You (2/2)
Gu Yue snorted. “I didn't partic.i.p.ate because I didn't want you to have to face me. If we fought, you wouldn't end up with a good ranking.”
“Why are you so confident?” Tang Wulin grumbled. “How are you so certain you would defeat me?”
“Strength,” Gu Yue answered nonchalantly.
“I don't believe it! Let's spar sometime!” Tang Wulin beamed.
Gu Yue scoffed at him, then smirked.
At that moment, the rest of their friends arrived in the dining hall. Ye Xinglan took her seat beside Gu Yue. When she saw the smile on Gu Yue's face, she couldn't help but send Tang Wulin a meaningful look, a smile forming on her own mouth as well.
“Today are the duos. Don't get careless, guys! I encountered a Soul King yesterday. We can't underestimate the soul masters of Star Luo. They're stronger than I expected,” Tang Wulin said.
Xie Xie puffed his chest out confidently. “It doesn't matter how strong they are. We're aiming for the champions.h.i.+p the duos compet.i.tion.”
Yuanen Yehui glared at him. “Shut up.”
Xie Xie scratched his cheek in embarra.s.sment. “But I didn't say anything wrong. We are aiming for the champions.h.i.+p, aren't we?”
“Even so, you don't have the right to say it out loud. The weak shouldn't try to show off,” Yuanen Yehui said.
Xie Xie was dumbfounded. “How am I weak?”
Yuanen Yehui said, “Which of us can you beat?”
Without the slightest hesitation, Xie Xie pointed to Xu Lizhi. “I can beat Lizhi! There's no way he can beat me. I think I could take Xiaoyan too.”
“Jeez. When are you going to grow up? Why are you comparing yourself to a support-type and a control-type?” Yuanen Yehui said in disdain, barely keeping herself from smacking him away.
Xie Xie smirked. “Don't worry. There will come a day where I'm more powerful than you. Anyway, we can't be sure if any of us will meet any strong opponents today. Well, I'll only be able to display my full strength against a strong opponent!”
Yuan Yehui scoffed at him.
Tang Wulin said, “You d.a.m.n jinx! Shut your mouth right now before you curse us all!”
“What? Captain, you're not going to back me up here? Yuanen is looking down on me!” Xie Xie said.
Tang Wulin gazed at him with eyes of indifference. “Then you should prove her wrong, otherwise quit your complaining.”
All eight of them were competing in the two-on-two compet.i.tion. The teams were Tang Wulin and Gu Yue, Yuanen Yehui and Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan and Yue Zhengyu, and Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi. It was hard to say how the strength of the pairs ranked relative to the others since they rarely sparred against each other in pairs. However, Tang Wulin and Gu Yue had defeated Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu before, so they were viewed as the strongest pair thus far.
After finis.h.i.+ng their breakfast, they left the dining hall and headed to the stadium together. Wu Zhangkong didn't lead them there since he left earlier. The government officials had arranged a special viewing box for the group from Shrek Academy. During the one-on-one compet.i.tion, Wu Zhangkong had actually only watched Tang Wulin's match, then left before the rest of them fought.
For today's two-on-two matches, all eight of them would be battling. As the teacher responsible for this group, Wu Zhangkong was present to watch.
Shrek Academy's students were particularly outstanding even among geniuses. Once they reached a certain cultivation level, they each would choose their own path to walk down. Once this time came, their teacher's role was mainly to help them not stray onto inappropriate paths and provide guidance. There was no need for the teachers to intervene in every little matter of the student's cultivation now. It was more important to help the student craft a personalized cultivation plan to become a great soul master and battle armor master. As a result of this, Wu Zhangkong rarely advised them directly anymore. His guidance mainly came in the form of combat training and helping his students correct their weaknesses.
Tang Wulin and his friends walked into the compet.i.tors' area. Although quite a few people witnessed his miraculous victory over the Soul King on the first day, because he had disappeared so quickly and a couple days had pa.s.sed now, no one paid much attention to him.
The compet.i.tors' area was absolutely packed. When Tang Wulin's group arrived, there were no seats left. The eight of them resigned themselves to find a corner to wait for their matches.
As he waited in the corner, Tang Wulin checked out the other compet.i.tors. Due to the restriction that compet.i.tors had to be twenty years old or younger, most compet.i.tors were at least eighteen years old. Some burned with excitement, others clenched their fists nervously, while a few sat down in unperturbed. He could roughly gauge their strengths by how they acted.
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