Inside the teachers' office, Teacher Shen Yi offered the group a gentle smile.
"You can contact your own team members; as long as it is within seven people, it is fine."
"After confirming the list, go directly to the Soul Spirit Pagoda to assemble."
"Yes!"
The three of them replied in unison.
Walking out of the office, Wang Dong'er and Xi'er immediately stopped. The two exchanged a glance, then tacitly turned to look at Huo Yuhao.
"Huo Yuhao, how about teaming up with us? We can still pull two more people over to our side."
Being invited by the two, Huo Yuhao nodded repeatedly and agreed. If both of them really had to form their own seven-person squads, it would be very troublesome. After all, there were only thirty-two people in the entire class, and... the strength of most of them was still relatively weak.
Huo Yuhao's original Spirit Power level had been the lowest in the entire class, but now, he had slowly caught up. Perhaps it was because of merging with the Skydream Ice Worm, or perhaps because Huo Yuhao himself was quite diligent, or there was some inexplicable boost; in any case, Huo Yuhao's Spirit Power level was no longer at the bottom of the class.
"We are still missing two spots..."
Hearing Huo Yuhao agree, Wang Dong'er frowned, thinking about the remaining candidates.
Huo Yuhao thought for a moment and spoke up.
"As for my side, I want to go ask Tang Wulin and Xie Xie."
"Tang Wulin?"
Hearing this name, Wang Dong'er's eyes lit up instantly, and she nodded repeatedly.
"Good! That's a good idea!"
Although that guy Tang Wulin had shown no mercy when beating her up, Wang Dong'er had to admit that if Tang Wulin joined, it would definitely go very smoothly.
After all, riding on someone's coattails; setting aside some personal grudges was quite normal.
"Okay, then I will go to the dormitory area to find them, and you go find Xiao Xiao and Xiaoyan."
"See you at the Soul Spirit Pagoda later!"
After agreeing on the meeting place, the three went their separate ways.
Huo Yuhao jogged all the way to the boys' dormitory building.
Just as he arrived downstairs, he saw Xie Xie preparing to go out."Xie Xie!"Huo Yuhao waved and shouted.
"Yo, Yuhao?"
Xie Xie had his hands in his pockets, still looking cool. Seeing Huo Yuhao, a smile appeared on his face:
"In such a rush, do you need us for something?"
"It's like this."
Huo Yuhao didn't beat around the bush and got straight to the point.
"Wang Dong'er and I are planning to challenge the Soul Spirit Pagoda, and I want to ask you and Wulin to team up with us."
"Challenging the tower?"
Xie Xie raised an eyebrow and readily agreed.
"No problem!"
"That's great!"
Huo Yuhao was delighted. After all, Xie Xie was a level thirty-plus Agility-Attack System Spirit Master. With Xie Xie's addition, clearing the tower would be much simpler.
"What about Wulin? Is he in the dormitory?"
"Boss?"
Xie Xie pointed in the direction of the Soul Beast Tower and shrugged:
"He's not in the dormitory."
"He is currently in the Soul Beast Tower."
"Ah?"
Huo Yuhao was stunned and asked in disbelief:
"In the Soul Beast Tower?"
"But... didn't Wulin just break through to become a three-ring Spirit Elder?"
"Could it be..."
Huo Yuhao widened his eyes and gasped
"Could he have broken through to level forty so quickly?"
"That's too monstrous, right?!"
It had only been half a month since school started!
Jumping from two rings directly to four rings?
Is this leveling up by riding a rocket?
Although he knew that the academy's resources were terrifying and that Tang Wulin's talent was monstrous, this speed was a bit too shocking, wasn't it?
Looking at Huo Yuhao's deeply struck appearance, Xie Xie couldn't help but chuckle.
"Hahaha, you're overthinking it!" Xie Xie waved his hand and explained: "Although the Boss is a monster, he hasn't reached that point yet."
"He is still level thirty-seven."
"He went to the Soul Beast Tower, not for himself. It's because several classmates in our class have also reached level twenty, but their strength isn't enough, they can't solo it, and they can't find strong teammates."
"So the Boss, as the class monitor, was pulled in by them to act as a hired hand, helping to carry people through the level to earn some Contribution Points."
"So that's how it is..."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, his admiration for Tang Wulin increased a bit more.
He was worthy of being the class monitor; not only was he strong, but he was also warm-hearted. As for the Contribution Points, being able to have Tang Wulin lead the team to challenge the tower was worth more than a few Contribution Points.
"Calculating the time, the Boss should be about finished over there."
"If we go over now, we should run into him."
"Good!"
Huo Yuhao nodded, and just as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something and looked around.
"By the way, where is Xiao Feng?"
"That kid..."
"He was called away by a teacher."
"They said his Green Shadow Snake Spirit was interesting and wanted to give him some special attention, a special training."
"He probably won't be back for a while, let's go first."
"Alright, let's set off!"
The two didn't delay any longer and walked quickly towards the Soul Beast Tower.
...
Soul Beast Tower.
When Huo Yuhao and Xie Xie arrived, Wang Dong'er, Xi'er, Xiao Xiao, and Xu Xiaoyan were already waiting there.
The six of them gathered, exchanged a few words, and after confirming their intention to team up, they all looked at the towering pagoda ahead.
The Soul Beast Tower was built entirely from an unknown silver metal, standing a hundred meters tall and piercing the clouds.
On the surface of the tower, countless complex and mysterious patterns were engraved, faintly exuding a heart-palpitating Spirit Power fluctuation.
In front of the tower's gate stood a tall and thin young man, who was Teacher Wang Jin. Noticing them, Teacher Wang Jin nodded slightly towards the group.
"Hello, Teacher!"
The group greeted Teacher Wang Jin.
"Are you here to challenge the tower?"
"Yes, Teacher."
"There is a team currently in progress, but it should be ending soon. You wait a moment."
Teacher Wang Jin turned to the side and pointed to a huge crystal screen next to the gate.
Hearing this, everyone hurriedly gathered around.
On the crystal screen, scenes from inside the tower were being broadcast in real-time.
In the scene, Tang Wulin was facing a massive, thousand-year-old Flame Lion with its body burning in flames.
And behind Tang Wulin, there were four other first-year students.
Just at this moment, Huo Yuhao's gaze focused on two figures; weren't these Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi?
After coming to this academy, Huo Yuhao had basically not seen the two of them; he hadn't expected to see them here.
"Roar—!!!"
The Flame Lion roared, bringing with it rolling heat waves, and lunged fiercely at Tang Wulin.Facing this fierce thousand-year-old Spirit Beast, Tang Wulin did not directly swing his fist to clash head-on as usual.
He stood in place, his expression calm, and just slightly raised his right hand.
Just at the moment when the Flame Lion was about to lunge in front of him.
"Golden Light!" (It is called Jin Yu later)
Tang Wulin gave a low shout.
"Hiss hiss—!"
Accompanied by a faint hissing sound.
A stream of golden light suddenly shot out from Tang Wulin's body!
It was a small snake only as thick as an arm, covered entirely in golden scales!
Although it was small in size, the aura on its body was extremely sharp, even carrying an inexplicable pressure. It then quickly merged into a Blue Silver Grass vine.
That Blue Silver Grass grew wildly, and in the blink of an eye, it became as thick as a thigh, with distinct scales on it, the front end shaped like a snake's head, and there was a protrusion on the front of the snake's head.
"This is...?"
Huo Yuhao looked at the scene before him, somewhat bewildered.
"This is Spirit Soul Integration Skill."
Teacher Wang Jin watched the scene before him and acted as the commentator.
"Spirit Soul Integration Skill?"
Huo Yuhao and the others were stunned. What kind of new term was that?
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A/N:
5 Power Stones = 1 Extra Chapter
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