Douluo Continent: The Myriad Body of Truth and Falsehood

Chapter 56 New Semester

With the start of the new semester, Donghai College, which had been quiet for a month, became lively again.

Wu Changkong's face softened, as if the ice was beginning to melt, and he would occasionally reveal a slight smile, much to the surprise of the Class Zero members.

On the podium of Class Zero

Xu Xiaoyan appeared somewhat timid in front of Wu Changkong. Although she had met the students from Class Zero at the Spirit Ascension Platform, she was only familiar with Gu Yue and Bai Xu. She glanced at Xie Xie and Tang Wulin in the first row below the platform, wondering where the other two boys had gone during the Spirit Ascension Platform. Then, she straightened her chest and introduced herself: "Hello everyone, my name is Xu Xiaoyan, and I am ten years old. My martial soul is the Star Staff, and my soul power is level twenty."

Wu Changkong nodded to Xu Xiaoyan to take her seat, and then introduced, "The Star Staff Martial Soul has astrological attributes. It is a mutation of the Star Wheel Ice Staff. The most special feature of astrological attributes is its absolute validity."

"Teacher, what is absolute validity?" Xie Xie asked.

Wu Changkong said, "Once Xu Xiaoyan's first soul skill, Star Wheel Chains, controls someone, the minimum control time is one second, and the exact time depends on her soul power."

"So special!?" Tang Wulin and Xie Xie looked at Xu Xiaoyan with surprise, which made her feel a little embarrassed.

"We'll have a practical test later, in pairs: Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue. Bai Xu is excluded," Wu Changkong said calmly.

At this moment, Xu Xiaoyan looked at Bai Xu with slight surprise. She knew that Bai Xu was very talented, but she did not expect that even the teachers of Class Zero would treat him differently. This meant that once Bai Xu joined the battle, he would win the victory with overwhelming force.

The six teachers and students walked out of the classroom. Wu Changkong lagged a few steps behind Bai Xu; Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue walked at the very front, at least fifty meters away from Wu Changkong. The four were chatting happily. The integration of new members naturally begins with their friendship.

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Wu Changkong said, "I have applied to the academy to participate in the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition. The results of this competition will determine whether you and Gu Yue can obtain the Shrek Academy recommendation qualification in Tianhai City."

"Thank you, Teacher Wu," Bai Xu said sincerely.

"It's alright, I believe in you. You truly are the most deserving person to be called a 'monster' in my life. It would be a shame if you didn't join Shrek Academy."

His tone slowed slightly, and Wu Changkong even showed a hint of a smile on his face. However, from Bai Xu's perspective, he could only see Wu Changkong's profile and could only vaguely glimpse the corners of Wu Changkong's mouth turning up.

Following his gaze, a woman seemed to be slowly walking towards the entrance of Donghai Academy. She was stunningly beautiful with a slender figure, and looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old. Her face was filled with a happy smile as she smoothed her long, flowing hair behind her ear and looked at Wu Changkong.

"Long Bing?" Bai Xu followed the gaze and naturally knew the answer.

He didn't expose them, nor did he reveal his identity as Wan Ye. He strode forward, overtaking Wu Changkong and catching up with the four-person team.

Training Course

Tang Wulin and Xie Xie are strong attackers and agile attackers, while Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan are both control-oriented. However, Gu Yue's strength is undeniable, with a soul power level of 25 and unfathomable elemental control. Since the holiday, Gu Yue has made the fastest progress in soul power level.

"I'll hold off Gu Yue, you deal with Xu Xiaoyan, and then we'll work together," Tang Wulin and Xie Xie discussed tactics in a low voice.

They were well aware of Gu Yue's strength. The spatial element had a high chance of causing Tang Wulin's attack to miss. Once combined with Xu Xiaoyan's absolute soul skill, their chances of defeat were very high.

"Okay." Xie Xie nodded in agreement, seemingly already used to having Tang Wulin as the leader.

the other side

Xu Xiaoyan lacked confidence. Although her martial soul had evolved, she was still only a novice Great Soul Master: "Gu Yue, how should we coordinate?"

"Just protect yourself. Xie Xie is likely to ambush you at the first opportunity. Think back to the techniques Bai Xu taught you." Gu Yue didn't pay attention to Xu Xiaoyan, but stared at her with a slightly cold gaze, entering a fighting state.

"Ah—? Okay~~~"

Xu Xiaoyan looked somewhat disappointed and glanced at Bai Xu, who was watching from the sidelines. He was stroking the railing with both hands, excitedly observing their preparations. When he saw Xu Xiaoyan looking over, Bai Xu waved, and she waved back.

"start!"

With Wu Changkong's command, Xie Xie activated his martial spirit, his movements like a ghost, and launched a surprise attack along the edge of the battlefield, aiming to bypass Gu Yue and head straight for Xu Xiaoyan behind him.

On the front, Tang Wulin focused intently on activating the Golden Dragon Claw, his moves wide and powerful, seemingly strong, but in reality, he was using the Ghost Shadow Step to confuse Gu Yue, just to buy time for Xie Xie by holding off the strongest fighter.

Gu Yue lowered her brows, activated her soul skill, and unleashed an elemental tide. A small portion of the tide rushed towards Xie Xie's afterimage, attempting to stop him; the majority of the tide rushed towards Tang Wulin, gradually forming a storm that divided the battlefield.

Whoosh!

Xie Xie skillfully dodged Gu Yue's fireball, and he seemed to transform into a beam of light, about to reach Xu Xiaoyan.

But the next moment, Xu Xiaoyan suddenly became holy, starlight shining between his forehead, star staff in his hand, century-old yellow soul ring flashing, first soul skill activated, streaks of starlight generated out of thin air under Xie Xie's feet, following him as he moved.

"Stars in the sky, shining brightly, forever radiant, bringing peace to Chang'an! Grant me strength, Star Wheel."

Xu Xiaoyan became sacred and inviolable, her eyes sparkling with starlight, seemingly devoid of any emotion, looking at Xie Xie with divinity.

"What kind of soul skill is this?" Xie Xie asked, puzzled. He increased his speed, trying to shake off the star lines beneath his feet and pounce on Xu Xiaoyan. "Second soul skill, Light Dragon Storm!"

Xie Xie was even faster, transforming into a storm as he attacked Xu Xiaoyan.

Unfortunately, just a second before the Light Dragon Dagger struck, the star rays finished their preparation and instantly climbed onto Xie Xie's rapidly moving body, trapping him in mid-air.

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"What do you mean 'absolutely true'? It can even interrupt my soul skill?" Xie Xie felt a little ashamed of his bound posture, being tied up in mid-air by star threads.

Gu Yue naturally wouldn't miss such a good opportunity. With a wave of her hand, she created a gentle breeze that blew Xie Xie off the stage.

Tang Wulin was trapped in the center of the elemental storm, which even obscured his view of Gu Yue, preventing him from noticing Xie Xie's situation in time.

As starlight rose beneath his feet, Tang Wulin was also bound by Xu Xiaoyan's soul skill and was unfortunately eliminated.

Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan won.

Wu Changkong nodded in agreement and said, "Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan, rest for half an hour to recover your soul power before fighting Bai Xu."

"Huh? We're going to fight Bai Xu?" Xu Xiaoyan asked in surprise.

Gu Yue remained silent, quietly recovering his soul power.

"Ouch~~~ That's so unfair, there's no way I can break free." Xie Xie walked towards the audience, rubbing his butt, and sat down next to Bai Xu, complaining.

Wu Changkong coldly warned, "You should have noticed that before Xu Xiaoyan's first soul skill is activated, a star array will be generated under her feet. There will be a short period of time between the generation of the star array and the activation of its binding effect. If you leave the star array during this time, the soul skill will lose its effect."

"You're not fast enough, Xie Xie."

"Yes~~" The series of failures left Xie Xie somewhat disheartened. He had initially thought the new student lacked strength, but it turned out he was the one who was lacking. However, he then thought of Bai Xu and asked, "Bai Xu, can you dodge this?"

"It should be possible, I'll try it later."

Just then, Tang Wulin was also eliminated. He smiled helplessly and said, "Gu Yue is so strong. Her elemental abilities completely restricted me. My Golden Dragon Claw didn't even work."

(End of this chapter)