Douluo Continent: I, Long Aotian, will not be a supporting character.

After observing for a while, Long Aotian, based on his impressions from the roll call and watching the battles on the first day, discovered that Lord Grim's arrangement of everyone's positions was not random, but rather followed a pattern.

First of all, almost all the two people sitting at the same table are Soul Masters of the same type. For example, those with a strong attack type sit together. To be more specific, even those with a strong attack type Beast Soul sit together, and those with a weapon Soul sit together. Moreover, they are all people whose Soul Masters are of similar quality.

Similarly, those with control abilities sat together, also categorized by the type and level of their martial souls, and sat at the same table.

The same applies to other defensive, agility-based, and support types.

The soul power between classmates is basically the same, with a difference of at most one or two levels.

It's obvious that Lord Grim's arrangement ensures that the two people at the same table are basically equal in terms of qualifications, or even that there is no difference between them.

However, Long Aotian, Vina, and Ye Guyi were exceptions.

Long Aotian and the other two had all reached the Soul Master level, and since they didn't have a tablemate with comparable soul power, Long Aotian and Vina sat at the same table, while Ye Guyi sat at the same table with another lone support-type Soul Master.

Based on this table arrangement, Long Aotian vaguely felt that Lord Grim must have some deeper meaning.

After everyone was seated, Lord Grim said, "Now, the people sitting at the same table with you all have similar martial soul attributes, similar quality, and similar soul power levels. Your strengths can be said to be almost the same."

"The reason I put you all together is simple: from now on, you will be in a competitive relationship as deskmates. You should treat your deskmates as rivals and strive to surpass and defeat each other."

"From now on, the first class every Monday will be about battles, one-on-one battles between your deskmates. I will record the results of each battle. If you defeat your deskmate, you will get a credit. Your goal is to keep defeating your deskmate."

"If your soul power improves during this period, I will arrange for students of the corresponding level to sit together again, depending on the situation."

"I hope that in every match you will be able to surpass your opponents and yourselves."

Lord Grim said, and Long Aotian had to admire him. Just from such a small matter as changing seats, it was clear that Lord Grim had a very accurate grasp of the psychology of young people.

This seating arrangement and subsequent battle arrangements can fully motivate the young man to train hard, since no one wants to be left behind by a classmate who is of similar talent and age.

The battles not only motivate everyone to train, but also enhance each person's practical experience. More importantly, having a deskmate with similar conditions is like having another version of yourself. Fighting your deskmate is also a challenge to yourself; defeating your deskmate is defeating yourself.

Lord Grim's arrangement, though seemingly simple, was actually a win-win situation.

Previously, Long Aotian had worried that this seemingly ill-tempered teacher, Lord Grim, might be like Zhou Yi, an old witch who was a cancerous teacher with no real teaching methods other than forcing students to learn and expelling them. Now it seems that he had misjudged him; this Lord Grim was clearly quite capable.

After the seating arrangement was completed, Lord Grim began the formal lesson, which focused on combat methods in different natural environments. Long Aotian listened with great interest.

Long Aotian was engrossed in Lord Grim's lecture, and soon the morning was over. The bell rang, and everyone left the classroom one after another.

After lunch, the afternoon classes began.

Theoretical knowledge is taught in the morning, and practical courses are held in the afternoon.

Lord Grim did not leave everyone in the classroom, but instead led them to the academy's fighting arena.

As the royal academy of the Heavenly Soul Empire, Di'ao Academy boasts a powerful faculty. In the academy's beast fighting area, it keeps various age-limited soul beasts ranging from ten-year to thousand-year-old, and it is said that there are even ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts.

The environments in the arena are also diverse, including forest areas, water areas, swamp areas, ice and snow areas, desert areas, volcanic areas, and even rare areas such as poisonous miasma areas, gravity environment areas, and magnetic areas.

Upon arriving at the Beast Fighting Area, Lord Grim said, "This afternoon's lesson is practical combat. All combat Soul Masters will need to challenge a Soul Beast. As for support-type Soul Masters, although you won't be directly fighting, you will be providing support to your classmates from the sidelines."

"After this, you will take turns experiencing battles against different types of soul beasts in different natural environments, including forest areas, water areas, swamp areas, ice and snow areas, desert areas, volcanic areas, poisonous miasma areas, gravity environment areas, and magnetic areas. You will experience all of these areas to hone your combat abilities in different environments when you hunt for soul rings in the future."

"Alright, let's begin!"

Afterwards, under Lord Grim's watchful eye, all the combat-type Soul Masters in the class chose a Soul Beast that matched their own level to fight against. Some defeated the Soul Beasts, while others were defeated but were rescued by Lord Grim in time.

Lord Grim observed everyone's combat performance and kept jotting down each person's situation in his notebook.

. . .

Soon, three months had passed since Long Aotian and the others enrolled.

Over the past three months, Long Aotian and others have also undergone significant changes.

Despite his busy schedule with classes every day, Long Aotian still didn't neglect his training in the Purple Demon Eye, Heavenly Question Nine Songs Divine Blade, and Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique.

At the same time, Long Aotian also followed the class's various practical teaching courses. He participated in each practical course, but it was not one-on-one, but rather Long Aotian fighting against three opponents.

This was a task specially assigned to Long Aotian by Lord Grim. In each practical lesson, Long Aotian would act as a sparring partner, facing the challenge of a small team of three classmates.

Lord Grim also considered that Long Aotian's strength was too great in Class One, and one-on-one battles with ordinary classmates would be meaningless and would not serve as a practical training exercise.

Having Long Aotian act as a sparring partner against a small team of three would help him hone his combat skills to some extent, while also improving the students' teamwork abilities.

In the past three months, Jun Moxiao has not only established a one-on-one competitive incentive model for students, but also arranged small-scale team battles of three people in advance, and has been training for three months in preparation for the upcoming freshman exam.

The class formed more than 20 teams in total.

Apart from Long Aotian, whose strength was extraordinary and who did not form a team, all the other students formed small teams of three.

Chen Lu and Gu Tong teamed up with a support-type Soul Master from their class to form a small team of three.