219 The Tip of Class Zero

Mid-charge, Bi Ran suddenly crouched ten meters away from Tang Wulin, hisfirst soul ring lit up and he rushed forward with renewed vigor, his shieldheld in front of him.

The three simultaneously attacked Tang Wulin. It seemed they planned ondealing with him first.

Unease gripped Bi Ran’s heart in a tight fist. Although Tang Wulin only hadone soul ring, it was at the thousand-year level. He revised his impression ofTang Wulin as the most dangerous opponent.

Tang Wulin stood steadfast in the face of the oncoming assault. With hisspeed, it was impossible to dodge all three attacks.

Strands of grass shot at Wu Yuhan in an effort to bind his transformed bodywhile scales rippled into existence on Tang Wulin’s right arm as he defiantlyreached out to grab the lightning ball.  

A silver hammer materialized in his left hand and he smashed it down upon theshield.

He actually planned to hold back all three with just himself!

Even the referee was shocked. A one-ringed soul master wanted to battle withthree soul masters that had higher cultivation bases than him!

The first to clash was Wu Yuhan. Facing the variant Bluesilver Grass, he darednot be careless; combat classes at Skysea Academy had taught them to spare noeffort regardless of their opponent.

Tang Wulin’s purple soul ring had alarmed them. Although it was only his firstsoul ring, they dared not underestimate the power of a thousand-year soul skill.

With this in mind, Wu Yuhan did not hesitate to activate his second soulskill. Electricity exploded from his body to form a spherical aura of lightningaround him and repelled the Bluesilver Grass. Without the grass in his way, WuYuhan lunged at Tang Wulin.

At that moment, however, one vine among the many brightened as gold colorseeped into its veins. It swerved around the electric barrier, circling theperimeter and quickly tightened, breaking through the lightning to bind WuYuhan.

And at that moment, Lei Jun’s lightning ball reached Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin’s scaled hand suddenly transformed into the golden dragon claw andcrushed the ball within his fist. A few sparks of electricity escaped frombetween his grip, dispersing instantly.

Bang!

The heavy silver hammer struck the charging shield.

Iron Wave Shield—this was Bi Ran’s martial soul.  

As the named implied, the Iron Wave Shield possessed layers of waves thatbolstered its strength. His first soul skill was Iron Wave Strike, a skill thatcombined both attack and defense.

Coincidently, his Iron Wave Strike was a three-layered attack.

However, he was up against the thousand-refined heavy silver hammer which hada thrice stacked effect!

Both Tang Wulin and Bi Ran trembled as they collided. Similar to Tang Wulin,Bi Ran possessed innate heavenly strength; when combined with his Iron WaveShield and soul skill, he held absolute confidence in his strength.

Unfortunately, his opponent was the monster Tang Wulin. The chasm betweenheavenly and divine strength was unbridgeable. Even though there was a largegap between their soul power levels, Tang Wulin’s pure strength more than madeup for it.

After their clash, Tang Wulin swayed while Bi Ran was forced back a step.

Every single spectator watching the match sucked in a deep breathsubconsciously. It was one versus three, yet not only was Tang Wulin standing,he had dominated them!  It was simply unfathomable.

The assault of the Skysea Academy’s secondary team had suddenly encountered aniron gate, forcing them to a screeching halt.

Tang Wulin swung his claw at the Iron Wave Shield. Close-quarters combat washis favorite.

A figure also appeared behind Wu Yuhan—it was Xie Xie, attacking with hisLight Dragon Storm!

To one side, a giant ball of water suddenly dropped on top of Lei Jun. When hewas just about to launch his second soul skill, the water soaking him conductedhis electricity and completely dispersed it, draining him of soul power.

Bang!

Another dull thud later, Bi Ran was sent flying while Bluesilver Grassconverged on him.

Although Tang Wulin’s golden dragon claw hadn’t crushed Bi Ran’s Iron WaveShield, it left a deep claw print. Bi Ran felt as though he had been run overby a ferocious soul beast! Just trying to keep his shield intact had requiredall his soul power. Feeling overwhelmed, he had no choice but to activate histhird soul skill. The Iron Wave Shield tripled in size and doubled inthickness, standing as a steady wall in front of him; but in the time it tookhim to activate it, vines of Bluesilver Grass had already slithered around hisbody, trapping him.

A green light flashed and a cool breeze enveloped Tang Wulin’s feet.Meanwhile, a portion of his Bluesilver Grass encroached upon the wet Lei Jun.

Water conducted electricity, thus rapidly sapping Lei Jun’s soul power. Whatwas most tragic, however, was that the water soon froze into ice, leaving himincapable of defending against Tang Wulin’s Bind.

Tang Wulin brazenly charged at the three-ringed defense-type soul master, BiRan.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

The golden dragon claw struck five times in a row.

Bi Ran had nearly coughed up blood after the first assault. He simply couldn’tfathom how a person could possess so much strength.

Despite using his third soul skill, the might of the golden dragon claw forcedhim to pour all his soul power into the shield lest it shatters. It was athree-ringed battling a one-ringed soul master, yet Tang Wulin’s innate divinestrength elevated him to the same level.

One claw strike forced Bi Ran back one step, five strikes had him backing upfive steps.

Anxiety was a hard knot in the pit of his stomach. After the successiveattacks from Tang Wulin, the claw print on his shield had deepened and it wason the verge of shattering.

“Stop!”

The referee’s voice was Bi Ran’s saving grace. His legs softened and he nearlycollapsed onto the ground; it was only by leaning on his shield that he wasable to remain standing.

The referee had protected Wu Yuhan from the unnoticed Light Dragon Storm. Asfor Lei Jun, row upon row of icicles floated in the air surrounding him, readyto impale him at a moment’s notice. Frozen and restricted by Bluesilver Grass,he was practically a lump of meat on the chopping block.

“The match is finished. It’s the victory of Eastsea Academy’s class zero.”

After recalling his Bluesilver Grass and letting his hand return to normal,Tang Wulin extended a hand to pull up the nearly collapsed Bi Ran.

“Senior, thanks for letting me win.”

At the sight of Tang Wulin’s dazzling smile, Bi Ran found his lips twitchingtoo. He couldn’t accept losing this fast to someone with a weaker cultivationthan him, but so what? A loss was a loss.

Gu Yue and Xie Xie regrouped at Tang Wulin’s side. Although they had crucialroles in this battle, the star was undoubtedly Tang Wulin. Not only had hewithstood the combined assault of three people stronger than him, he had alsocontrolled the battlefield to setup an easy win for them.

Bi Ran struggled to stand up, his right arm still quivering from the strengthof Tang Wulin’s strikes. He faintly heard Xie Xie mumble to himself, “Threerings isn’t that great after all.” He nearly coughed up blood at those words.

Tang Wulin shared a similar sentiment with Xie Xie. Despite having threerings, the amount of pressure Bi Ran exerted on him couldn’t compare with YeXinglan.

Naturally, this was also part of the reason he could single-handedly restrainthree opponents today.

Their strongest opponent today was a defense-type soul master. Even ifdefense-type soul masters excelled in close-quarters combat, so too did TangWulin as it was only in this type of combat could Tang Wulin display thetyrannical might of his golden dragon claw. Bi Ran had been unable to take theadvantage with his soul skills, and from there, it was all downhill for him.Tang Wulin’s claw possessed as much strength as a three-ringed power-type soulmaster, not to mention the claw’s crushing effect. Bi Ran hadn’t stood a chance.

In truth, Bi Ran was quite lucky. Not all six of Tang Wulin’s claw attacks hadbeen imbued with the crushing effect; if it had, he would have been defeatedeven faster.

It hadn’t activated because the effect was more likely to appear when used onliving beings.

Round-robin tournament’s first round: victory.

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In box seven.

“They’re pretty good.” It was Shen Yi’s first time watching class zero battle.She had specially enlarged their match on the screen.  

Tang Wulin’s display of strength left a deep impression on her.

“Is his right arm the bloodline mutation you spoke of?” Shen Yi asked WuZhangkong.

Wu Zhangkong nodded.

A slight smile appeared on Shen Yi’s lips. “He’s really not simple at all. Inmy opinion, he doesn’t just have a bloodline mutation, his talent is good too.He’s suited for leading.”