Under the guidance of Qian Renxue, the former god of angels, Ye Guyi integrated her Sacred Angel Martial Soul's control over the 'Light' and 'Holy' attributes into basic combat techniques, demonstrating a terrifying combat literacy that far exceeded her current Soul Power Rank.
She sheathed her holy sword, and the golden wings behind her slowly dissipated, as if she had only performed a trivial task.
In the arena, only three opponents remained lying on the ground with faces full of disbelief and bitterness, surrounded by a deathly silence from the spectators.
The Referee Teacher took a deep breath, suppressed the shock in his heart, and announced loudly:
"freshman class six, Caelus, Gu Yuena, and Ye Guyi's team, wins."
The entire field remained silent; everyone was shocked by Ye Guyi's effortless, artistic display of crushing power.
This was the despairing gap between a top-tier Genius and an ordinary one.
The Freshman Assessment proceeded at a fast and intense pace.
The first day was merely to let the new students adapt to the rhythm of combat, but on the second day, the density of the assessment suddenly increased, with two rounds held in both the morning and afternoon.
By the third day, the intensity reached its peak, as every team needed to complete five rounds of combat in a single day.
This was not only a test of practical combat ability but also a massive trial of willpower and endurance.
However, for the team composed of Caelus, Gu Yuena, and Ye Guyi, this level of intensity did not seem to pose a real challenge.
The four battles on the second day were still swept by Ye Guyi alone.
It wasn't that they were being arrogant, but rather that the opponents' strength truly failed to force Caelus or Gu Yuena to act.
Facing a Soul Elder with a thousand-year soul ring, most teams, after weighing their options, wisely chose to preserve their strength and directly conceded. Rare were the teams stubborn enough to insist on experiencing the gap between themselves and a Soul Elder.
Ultimately, they easily secured four consecutive victories, and combined with the first day's win, they entered the final day with a record of five wins in five battles.
In the third day's matches, the average strength of the opponents clearly rose by a level. The proportion of two-ring Spirit Grandmasters increased significantly, and the battles became more intense.
Teams that were going all out for a spot in the next round no longer gave up easily, striving for victory in every match.
Unfortunately, they encountered a wall of sighs named 'Ye Guyi'.
Even as opponents exerted their full strength, unleashing various Martial Soul Abilities with increasingly seamless cooperation, they still couldn't shake Ye Guyi in the slightest.
Her power seemed to exist in a different dimension compared to these students.
That holy sword burning with golden flames was like a living thing in her hand, always able to dismantle the opponent's offensive from the most exquisite angles and in the most efficient manner.
Her control over the Holy Light was even more supernatural, sometimes condensing into a shield and sometimes scattering like rain. Her integration of offense and defense was breathtaking.
Even Caelus was secretly surprised.
The strength Ye Guyi displayed far exceeded the character he remembered from the original work who only appeared in the Late Stage.
Her systematic and profound swordsmanship, as well as her understanding and application of the Angel Martial Soul's characteristics—which far surpassed her current level—were certainly not self-taught. It seemed more like she had received some extremely complete and profound Legacy.
'The Nirvana Corpse behind her... her understanding of the Angel Martial Soul must have reached an inconceivable Realm...'
Caelus pondered to himself.
'Could it be some powerhouse from the history of the Angel Family? It couldn't... really be that one from ten thousand years ago, could it?'
Thinking of that legendary name—Qian Renxue—Caelus felt it was a bit absurd and shook his head with a chuckle.
'It shouldn't be such a coincidence. Although there are few inheritors of the Angel Martial Soul over the continent's ten thousand years, there must have been some powerhouses.'
Despite the consecutive battles, as a Soul Elder, Ye Guyi's total Soul Power and recovery speed were far beyond what Spirit Grandmasters and Soul Masters could compare to.
She was waiting at her ease for an exhausted enemy; while her opponents were undergoing successive bitter struggles, the gap became increasingly obvious as one side waxed and the other waned.
Finally, after Ye Guyi used a brilliant sword light to forcefully crush the last team that tried to struggle, Caelus's team advanced to the Round of Sixty-Four Elimination Matches with a crushing record of ten wins in ten battles without any suspense.
What was even more staggering was that these ten victories, from beginning to end, were achieved by Ye Guyi alone.
Caelus and Gu Yuena had not even released their Martial Souls, standing calmly in the rear like two spectators.
The gaze of the Referee Teacher in charge of the eleventh zone had completely turned into a mix of amazement and complexity, as if looking at a 'monster'.
After the assessment ended, on their way out of the assessment area, Caelus's trio happened to encounter Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, who were looking somewhat dejected.
Seeing the two sisters with their heads hanging low and their usual liveliness gone, Caelus took the initiative to step forward and asked with concern:
"Susu, Luo Luo, what's wrong? Did the assessment not go well?"
Ye Guyi also cast an inquiring gaze.
In this Shrek Academy, besides Caelus, only this pair of cheerful twin sisters could talk to her, making them some of her few friends.
Even Gu Yuena, although still expressionless, let her gaze linger on the sisters for a moment, showing a trace of hard-to-detect concern.
Feeling the concern of the three, Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo finally spoke up aggrievedly.
It turned out they had lost two matches in the Round-robin Tournament.
One was a loss to the team led by Dai Huabin, which was expected, as Dai Huabin was also a Soul Elder.
But the other loss made them particularly unwilling—they had lost to a team from new student class one, which had only two Spirit Grandmasters and a mere one-ring Soul Master.
"If we hadn't been careless, how could we have lost to them?"
Lan Susu said huffily.
"Luo Luo and I, plus Huang Chutian from class seven, the three of us are all Spirit Grandmasters above Rank twenty-eight. With two control-types and one power-attack type, our lineup was clearly very good."
Lan Luoluo added, her tone carrying frustration:
"We even used our Net of Heaven and Earth and had already controlled the situation, but who knew... that guy with only one ring suddenly used a Spiritual Impact to interfere with us, causing us to lose focus for an instant. A gap appeared in our cooperation, and as a result, they turned the tables on us..."
Listening to the sisters' description, Caelus immediately understood.
'They ran into the protagonist's team...'
He shook his head inwardly.
Lan Susu and the others didn't lose unfairly at all.
Huo Yuhao's team consisted of a child of destiny with cheats, the God King's own daughter, and a twin spirits user with infinite future potential. Although their Ranks weren't high now, their configuration and combat ability were luxurious, definitely not something a conventionally configured team like Lan Susu's could easily take down.
Looking at the still-indignant sisters, he didn't point out the special nature of the opposing team, but only comforted them gently:
"Victory and defeat are common in battle. Don't take it too much to heart. Just recognize your shortcomings and win it back next time. With your strength, advancing to the elimination rounds shouldn't be a problem."
"Mm."
The two sisters nodded vigorously. Although they had lost two matches, their overall win rate was still enough to advance.
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