Chapter 82: I am a monster

Long Hengxu expected a lot of things when he decided to take a peek into class zero's training room.

He expected the students to fight against Wu Zhangkong, which he dearly wishes that he's probably holding back against them, or the students fight against each other in pairs or something.

He was a bit right with the latter but he did not expect something as one vs five! Though it didn't really surprise him much when he learned who the five students were fighting against; as he had personally witnessed the power of the infamous demon lord, Xiu Ye.

Long Hengxu was further shocked when he witnessed the battle, one that lasted for several minutes, between two one-ringed soul masters, two soul grandmasters and one soul elder against one soul elder; it was a battle he never saw with other soul master fights with the same cultivation! What's more, what the heck were those kids battle prowess!?

Tang Wulin, the captain of the three-man team in the Class Promotion Tournament with the most superb control of his martial soul; the most renown trash martial soul Blue Silver Grass and divine physical strength, displayed incredible charge, speed, reaction, reflex, spearmanship, adaptability and use of his martial soul beyond someone with only a one-ring soul master cultivation! Also, what is up with that beautiful silver spear capable of bringing forth water and purple thousand year old soul ring?!

Then Xie Xie and Mu Xi, although the latter didn't display much of her abilities, they still showed great amount of courage, bravery, teamwork and wit. But they did acted a bit reckless, or stupid, into doing a final attack of desperation towards Xiu Ye.

Then Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan, undoubtedly the two MVP of the team fighting against Xiu Ye. The new girl had earned it because of her perfect, timed added assault behind Xiu Ye; making him hard to choose which side would he blocked. Giving both Xie Xie and Mu Xi a large chance to strike at him. Then came the black haired girl, teleporting over his head with a orb of a physically impossible attack that contained what seems to be more than two elements.

Everyone knows having to mixed up more than two elements together, and compressing it into a small shape, is something that needs the absolute control over the elements by the caster to not fuck it up or the mixed elements would combust and explode like a soul-fixed ammunition bomb.

Now that was a terrifying thought. Soul-fixed ammunition bombs are soul guidance devices created as, well, bombs that can deal terrifying damage and other affects it comes into contact to.

These weapons of mass destruction is categorized from lowest to highest; as rank 1 to 12. Rank 1-5 soul-fixed ammunition bombs are enough to level up an entire small to middle tier city's.

Gods. He has been teaching in this school for two decades now and he hasn't been this stressed as when his wife went into labor.

And as if that wasn't enough. Xiu Ye, the renowned demon lord of fire and undisputed number one student in the entire Eastsea Academy, was an absolute beast with daggers, swords and apparently chains as well.

Damn if that ain't kinky.

He was informed that the boy's martial soul was a sword-type soul tool martial soul with a high tier fire attribute, possibly at the realms of the ultimate tier. He and the others were mostly aware of the latter than his swordsmanship. Xiu Ye had previously told him, back at the first trip to Spirit Pagoda to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform, that he used his 'martial soul' against a really powerful soul beast.

Sadly however, he wasn't able to see it as the video feed that was supposed to monitor him in the virtual(yet not as well) world was corrupted and couldn't be viewed properly. And the next visits to the Spirit Pagoda, Xiu Ye hadn't use his martial soul and mostly showed using his flames.

Now however...

Long Hengxu swallowed a huge lump of saliva in his throat and, with a shaking hand, tilted his black rimmed glasses up on his nose. A glint of utter amazement and fear flashed within his eyes, 'What really is his martial soul?' In his eyes lay what seems to be an arena, filled with varying chains and swords.

There was no way that Xiu Ye's martial soul was simply a sword-type martial soul with high tier fire attribute, what with those iron and steel weapons scattered around the arena like it was from one of those ancient old battlefields in the past. Where there weren't any soul guidance weapons but only of cold steel-edged weapons.

To think, a three-ringed soul elder had caused the landscape around him to change and dominate a against five people, each with their own unique set of abilities.

It all suddenly started to vanish into blue ash, causing his curiosity into the nature of Xiu Ye's martial soul to rise once more.

'He controlled the entire battlefield as well. Despite being constantly attacked and cornered, Xiu Ye had remained in total control of the entire battle with the chains and blades he summoned. This, isn't he becoming an ultimate system soul master?'

Long Hengxu shook his head to snapped out of his thoughts. He had to get those thoughts away. Understanding Xiu Ye's martial soul and system path wasn't in his jurisdiction, it was in Wu Zhangkong.

'And I wasn't paid enough for me to tell those higher-ups, who would most likely kidnapped the kid and brainwashed him by the military to become their asset. Besides, there are a more pressing concern right now.'

Long Hengxu stood besides Wu Zhangkong and asked with a raised eyebrow, "Are they going to be okay?" while pointing towards the unconscious bodies of Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Mu Xi, Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan; all perfectly line up together, in order of call, with their backs on the ground; their fronts facing in front of the teachers.

Wu Zhangkong didn't answer him but Xiu Ye, standing in front of the two and over his unconscious classmates, waved his hand to him and said, "Oh, they're fine~ They just passed out from having their spirits heavily shocked is all." Long Hengxu felt his lips twitching. This kid is so nonchalant and carefree from causing his classmates/friends into a catatonic coma... What does he take and where could he get some of those?

Long Hengxu pinched his temples. It's decided. He clearly needed to get drunk if he's having thoughts like these. "Whatever. If they're alive and they wouldn't blab about what happened here to their parents; sending the school lawsuits and stuff, then pretend I didn't asked." He turned towards Wu Zhangkong. "Teacher Wu, with what I have seen today, I am confident to the success your students would bring in the upcoming Skysea Alliance Tournament."

"Skysea Alliance Tournament?" Wu Zhangkong and Xiu Ye both said.

Long Hengxu nodded. "Yes. Teacher Wu, keep in mind that the president is facing a lot of pressure because of class zero. Just counting the cost for admittance to the spirit ascension platform, the amount of resources invested into class zero is enormous. Thankfully, things have been successful so far; you even managed to train a monster like Xiu Ye. What the academy truly desires, however, is glory. You understand, right? The academy wants your students to participate in the Skysea Alliance Tournament. You should prepare for it. The initial goal was to have them win the Outstanding Newcomer Award or the Outstanding Newcomer Group Award... now however, I want them to win as the champions!"

Wu Zhangkong thought about it for a moment before nodding, "I have no problems with fulfilling their request."

"Good. Well then, I'll be off." Long Hengxu waved a hand towards them and left the training room.

Wu Zhangkong turned towards Xiu Ye, his expression turned into a frown. "Nobody in this room might've taken much notice of it, except for me, but there weren't any soul rings appearing around you when you summoned those blades and chains around you; it wasn't a soul-ring skill. It couldn't be from your storage ring as well."

His face darkened as his gaze turned cold and fierce. He locked eyes with the completely calm eyes of Xiu Ye.

"This isn't a technique or soul skill of someone of your age to have and flawlessly used. Add with that boundless killing intent you showed to me, you are aren't just some once in a hundred years genius kid. You... Who and what are you?"

Xiu Ye blankly stared at him with a calm expression. The ends of lips curved up into a smile.

"My name is Xiu Ye... and I am a monster."

Wu Zhangkong widened his eyes, of all the answers that he would get... His cold pale lips, normally set in a frown, slightly curved up.

He let out a sigh and turned around, "Tell your classmates that they still needed training and discipline, which I'll provide them all later on with a training session. Xu Xiaoyan displayed some ability so she can stay, for now. You can also tell them about what teacher Long had said." With that said, he crossed his hands behind and left the training room in a silent and cool manner. It was even more cool to anyone who saw the floating ghost woman behind him; following him.

In Xiu Ye's eyes, he saw the back of a sad and lonely man finding some happiness as he was being followed by a ghost of his past; literally.

He scratched his nape with a grin on his lips.

'Yare, yare. Adults and their issues.' He then looked down on his unconscious classmates.

"...." With a wide evil smile on his lips, eyes completely white and face darkened; like a certain yellow octopus, he pulled out a black marker.

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