"Alright, dismissed. Prepare yourselves for tomorrow's competition," Wu Changkong's voice reminded them.
"Understood, Teacher Wu."
Fang Yang and the others responded in unison.
"Mm."
Wu Changkong nodded slightly, then turned and left.
Everyone was already accustomed to Teacher Wu's solitary nature.
"Oh, right, Wu Lin."
Fang Yang patted Tang Wulin's shoulder, "Good luck with tomorrow's forging competition too."
"Don't worry."
Tang Wulin smiled confidently, "Forging is easy for me."
Xie Xie immediately came over and slung an arm around Tang Wulin's neck: "Exactly! Our Wu Lin is a forging Genius!"
"Tang Wulin, good luck!" Xu Xiaoyan said lightly.
Although Gu Yue didn't speak, her slight nod already expressed her support.
Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi, who were standing nearby, also stepped forward: "Wu Lin, we're all rooting for you."
Tang Wulin scratched his head, smiling a little awkwardly.
He was indeed quite busy with this Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition.
Not only did he have to participate in the blacksmith competition, but also the solo competition, and finally the three-person team competition.
However, fortunately, the three-person team competition had Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi as two strong teammates.
Especially since they also had the Soul Fusion Skill as a trump card, which was definitely a big advantage in the team competition.
As for Xie Xie, this guy was assigned to a group with Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan in the three-person team competition; he was practically guaranteed to win by doing nothing.
Among the Zero Class members, except for Xu Xiaoyan who didn't participate in the solo competition, everyone else had to participate in two competitions.
Fang Yang's goal was very clear: to win the solo competition championship!
"Let's go, get some good rest,"
Fang Yang stretched, "Tomorrow is the main event."
Everyone nodded and left the Tianhai Stadium.
…
Early the next morning, Tianhai Stadium was already bustling with people.
Fang Yang and his group had already arrived at Tianhai Stadium, where the competitions were in full swing.
Due to the generally not very high spirit ring levels in the youth group, with a maximum of three rings, and being one-on-one matches, the venues were not particularly large.
Each venue was only about thirty meters in diameter, and the various Spirits and Spirit Abilities in the adjacent venues were dazzling to behold.
The Zero Class members quickly dispersed to their respective competition venues, with only Xu Xiaoyan staying to accompany Fang Yang.
"Fang Yang, good luck," Xu Xiaoyan said softly, her eyes full of anticipation.
"Don't worry."
Fang Yang smiled and nodded, then glanced at the number plate in his hand, confirmed his match, and strode towards the arena.
The competition platform was circular, surrounded by a special Spirit tool defense shield to prevent the power of Spirit Abilities from leaking out and harming the audience.
When Fang Yang stepped onto the arena, his opponent also appeared.
It was a slender young man, with a hint of nervousness in his eyes.
There was a referee on each competition platform, and their referee was a middle-aged man.
"The competition rules are simple. You can use your attack methods as much as possible without concern. I will intervene at appropriate times to ensure your safety."
"If one side concedes or loses the ability to fight, the battle stops. Prepare to begin!"
As the referee's voice fell, the young man had already released his Spirit.
A silver-white long rod appeared in his hand, with a lifelike black Dragon coiling around its body.
"This is… Coiling Dragon Rod?"
A hint of surprise flashed in Fang Yang's eyes, then he secretly shook his head, "Too bad it's not from the Qian Gu lineage…"
"Boom!"
Fang Yang instantly unleashed his spirit power, rushing towards his opponent like lightning, his right fist clenched, about to strike the other party.
But just then, his opponent was so startled by the sudden attack that he stumbled and sat on the ground, his face pale.
"Stop!"
The referee flashed in front of Fang Yang, blocking his attack.
"Your practical combat experience is so poor, and you still come to participate in the competition?" The referee frowned slightly.
"My, my Spirit Ability is very strong…"
The young man stammered in defense, "I haven't used it yet…"
"Go back and practice practical combat well before coming again."
The referee interrupted coldly, "No matter how strong a Spirit Ability is, it's useless if you can't use it."
The young man said unwillingly: "He didn't follow the Dao; he rushed over as soon as the competition started…"
"Competition over! First round of eliminations, Fang Yang wins!"
The referee said no more, handing Fang Yang a new number plate for the second round of competition.
The audience below was in an uproar; no one expected the competition to end in such a way.
Many people were discussing, saying that this opponent wasted such a powerful Tool Spirit like the Coiling Dragon Rod, being so scared that he forgot to use his Spirit Ability.
"If the Qian Gu lineage knew about this…"
Fang Yang shook his head and walked towards Xu Xiaoyan, who was waiting at the side of the arena.
Xu Xiaoyan came up to him, both laughing and crying: "Fang Yang, your opponent…"
"It's normal for the preliminary stage to be a mixed bag,"
Fang Yang said nonchalantly, naturally taking Xu Xiaoyan's hand, "Come on, let's go watch the others' matches."
"Mm, okay."
Xu Xiaoyan nodded.
In the subsequent matches, the Zero Class members all advanced smoothly.
Fang Yang asked everyone: "How were your matches?"
"Of course I passed smoothly, with my strength!" Xie Xie said somewhat proudly.
Tang Wulin cautiously said: "The opponents in the first round aren't strong; the main challenge will be later."
"Wu Lin is right, we need to be careful with the later matches," Fang Yang reminded, "Don't capsize in a small ditch."
Everyone nodded upon hearing this.
Since there was a three-person team competition in the afternoon, Fang Yang and his group returned to the luxury hotel to rest first.
In the afternoon competition, the teacher leading the team was not Wu Changkong, but Dean Long Hengxu.
As for where Wu Changkong went, none of them knew, but they were sure he wouldn't get lost.
"Children, are you ready?" Looking at the children, Long Hengxu's face showed a relieved smile.
He had already checked today's results and initially thought these children hadn't participated in the individual competition, but he didn't expect that all the participants had successfully passed the first round. This was definitely a good start.
Of course, he didn't know that Tang Wulin was also competing in forging.
"Ready," everyone said in unison.
Long Hengxu nodded with satisfaction: "Now it's up to you. Good luck with the competition!"
The team competition venue was much larger than the individual competition, with a three-on-three team competition spanning over fifty meters in diameter.
The two opponents drawn by Zero Class were from Ocean City and Great Sea City, two small cities under the Tianhai Alliance.
The first match was Tang Wulin's three-person team, facing opponents from Ocean Intermediate Academy, and they instantly killed them with one Blue Silver Entanglement.
The team led by Gu Yue in the second match was even more dominant; she didn't even give Xie Xie a chance to attack, a huge fireball directly ended the team from Great Sea Intermediate Academy.
Just like that, both of Zero Class's three-person teams achieved their first victory with overwhelming advantage.
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