After the battle, Huo Yuhao bid farewell to Wang Yan and left. Wang Yan did not stop him to ask any questions.
In his opinion, Huo Yuhao must have completed the second awakening of his martial soul. As for the specific soul skills, they would likely remain a mystery until the elimination matches.
The first round of the freshman assessment concluded swiftly. Today's assessment was primarily designed to help the freshmen adapt to the combat-oriented evaluation method.
However, the intensity of the assessment would increase significantly the following day, with two rounds in the morning and two in the afternoon, totaling four matches. On the third day, each team would face five rounds of assessment.
The freshman assessment elimination matches spanned only three days, serving not only to hone the students' combat abilities but also to test their endurance in prolonged battles.
Four or five matches a day were not just a test of soul power consumption but also a grueling challenge to their physical stamina.
Of course, this was a challenge for most participating teams. For someone as formidable as Huo Yuhao, it was merely a formality. Given the dense competition schedule, the freshmen in other groups were no fools.
To secure better results, they often chose to forfeit when facing Huo Yuhao.
As a result, unlike the exhausted teams of other freshmen, Huo Yuhao barely had to lift a finger in the later matches, effortlessly securing victory after victory.
By the third day, teams that had lost all five matches were eliminated, and the remaining teams were re-drawn. In addition to avoiding clashes within the same class, previous results were also taken into account.
As a team that had won all five matches, Huo Yuhao remained in District 11 to continue the assessment.
With the weaker teams eliminated, the remaining teams in District 11 were relatively stronger, including three teams with exceptional soul masters. However, none of them posed any real threat to Huo Yuhao.
History has a way of repeating itself. Initially, everyone assumed Huo Yuhao was an easy target. But after he established his dominance, he effortlessly won five consecutive matches.
By the sixth match, the unlucky opponent who faced him first quickly realized the situation and put up only a token resistance before conceding defeat.
In the end, Huo Yuhao's team, representing Freshman Class Nine, won all ten matches in the round-robin stage, achieving the best results in the region and advancing to the top 64 knockout rounds.
Once the round-robin stage concluded, Wang Yan finally couldn't hold back his curiosity. "Huo Yuhao, stay for a moment," he called out. While the other teams returned to rest, Huo Yuhao was stopped by him.
"Teacher Wang," Huo Yuhao approached him.
Wang Yan smiled and congratulated him, "Yuhao, congratulations on your undefeated performance in the freshman assessment round-robin tournament. There are probably no more than ten teams that can achieve such a result. Even as a solo participant, your strength is truly commendable."
"However," Wang Yan continued, "I've always been curious. What exactly are your Spirit Eye soul skills? Your teleportation skill shouldn't be a soul bone skill—it must your third soul skill. Yet, from start to finish, you've never used the first two soul skills of the Spirit Eye. Could you shed some light on this?"
Huo Yuhao nodded. "Teacher Wang, as I mentioned before, my Spirit Eye martial soul belongs to the spiritual attribute. You guessed correctly—I obtained my third soul ring from a space-attribute soul beast and was fortunate enough to gain the teleportation skill. As for the first two soul skills of the Spirit Eye, they are both auxiliary spiritual skills."
His Spiritual Eye martial soul wasn't a well-kept secret within the academy, and many were aware of it. However, the specifics of his soul skills were another matter.
Aside from a select few, Huo Yuhao had never revealed them. Even Wang Dong wasn't entirely clear about his Spirit Eye soul skills. Only Tang Ya and Bei Bei knew that his second soul skill was Imitation.
"I see," Wang Yan said, taking a deep breath to calm his inner astonishment and joy.
"Alright, Yuhao, I apologize for taking up your time. Go back and rest. We'll see each other again soon after the freshman assessment. If you have any questions about martial soul cultivation in the future, feel free to visit my office."
Having satisfied his curiosity, Wang Yan left. As for the sensitive topic of the second awakening of the body martial soul, he didn't press further.
The knowledge in this area was scarce, and even someone as well-versed in martial soul theory as Wang Yan knew little about it.
Moreover, with Master Xuan's endorsement, Wang Yan was confident that Huo Yuhao's background was clean and that he had no ties to the Body Sect.
Huo Yuhao also turned and left, heading toward the inner courtyard cafeteria.
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On the other side, in District 33, Wang Dong and her three-man team had fought tooth and nail, securing a flawless victory and advancing to the top 64. Of course, Wang Dong had refrained from using the Clear Sky Hammer.
It had to be said that the Tang Sect's unique skills proved highly effective against the freshmen.
After ten battles, only the Lan sisters' "Dragnet" left a lasting impression on her.
"Martial Soul Fusion Skill..." Wang Dong mused. If she had used this as an excuse to join Class 9, it might have been a good choice.
At the very least, she could have teamed up with Yuhao and easily clinched the championship. Of course, Wang Dong was merely entertaining the thought.
As for her current three-man team, it wasn't a bad arrangement.
After ten matches over three days, the bond between Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Bai Yan had grown stronger. This was especially true during their encounter with the trio of Huang Chutian, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo.
Thanks to the information Huo Yuhao had shared earlier, Wang Dong knew that this year's freshmen included not only the three soul-Grandmaster level powerhouses but also the Lan sisters, whose Martial Soul Fusion Skill demanded caution.
As a result, Wang Dong managed to avoid being caught off guard by Chu Jian. However, dealing with the Dragnet had left both her and Bai Yan utterly exhausted, rendering them unable to act.
Fortunately, Xiao Xiao had single-handedly held her ground against Huang Chutian's pressure.
This experience gave Wang Dong a newfound respect for Xiao Xiao.
She had initially assumed Xiao Xiao was merely Yuhao's enthusiastic admirer, but she now realized that Xiao Xiao possessed not only a tenacious spirit but also an unshakable resolve.
After parting ways with Bai Yan, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao found themselves walking together.
Xiao Xiao couldn't help but sigh, "Class Monitor, the Martial Soul Fusion Skill of those twins is truly formidable. They managed to tie both of you down. If they were both at the third level, we would have surely lost today!"
Wang Dong nodded. "Indeed. Although Martial Soul Fusion Skills can't be sustained for long, their power and explosiveness make them one of the most potent abilities a soul master can possess. As their soul power levels increase, it will become increasingly difficult for anyone of the same level to compete with them."
Xiao Xiao whispered, "I thought that as the strongest trio in the freshman class, we would breeze through the round-robin stage. I never expected we'd come so close to defeat. I'm afraid the upcoming matches might not live up to Teacher Zhou's expectations."
Suddenly, Wang Dong made a startling remark, "It's alright. We'll just do our best... Xiao Xiao, do you think there's a possibility that we could also develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill?"
Xiao Xiao: "Huh?"
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