125: Tong Yuchang appears, course selection

“What could possibly happen? My defense isn’t weak, you know.”

Nezha chuckled. To be honest, he was still a bit dazed after being grazed by that guy’s punch.

Was he becoming overconfident?

The overconfidence that came from continuous victories.

This was not a good sign.

Nezha shook his head, annoyed.

In that case, he should go and take down a few more people!

“There aren’t many people left. Let’s shrink the map more next time,” Wang Wenqing said to the chubby Vice Principal, looking at the remaining count on the screen.

“Alright.”

The chubby Vice Principal nodded. Now there were only thirteen Hunters left, and just over seventy Prey.

In that case, they should make it a small map and let them fight it out.

However, they couldn't make it too small at once. Although the Hunters were stronger, if they were surrounded by over seventy people, even they would easily be overwhelmed.

After all, they were only at the Star Epoch Late Stage, not their original strength.

After the chubby Vice Principal agreed, when the next six-hour map opened, they directly cut the scenario in half.

“Oh, are they speeding things up?”

At this moment, Tong Yuchang, who was resting on a large tree, sat up and murmured when he saw the distant land disappearing.

But the next second, a smile appeared on his face.

“Then, let me help you speed things up even more.”

As Tong Yuchang spoke, a blue card flashed, and a streak of light appeared on Tong Yuchang’s body.

It was a blue-quality Skill Card that could continuously restore Star Power.

A moment later, with Tong Yuchang’s active Star Power recovery combined with the Star Power recovery brought by the Skill Card, Tong Yuchang also took out a second blue-quality card.

“Indeed, after my strength is suppressed, the most annoying thing is not having enough Star Power.”

Tong Yuchang shook his head helplessly. It was just bad luck.

Otherwise, if he hadn't drawn the short straw, he wouldn't have had to come at all.

But there was no choice, for the sake of future cultivation resources.

If the freshmen really managed to clear the assessment, their cultivation resources would be drastically reduced.

How could that be allowed?

So, after discussing it, the second-year students opted for a lottery.

One from the top fifty, one from the top hundred, and then the rest randomly.

Coincidentally, Tong Yuchang, ranked thirty-sixth among the second-year students, drew this.

Although he felt it was somewhat meaningless, he still came.

He had to ensure that his future cultivation resources would not be distributed to the first-year students.

However, even though he came, he had been slacking off for the first few days, like on a vacation.

He just stayed put, taking down Prey if he encountered them, and ignoring them if he didn't.

Although he hadn't encountered any Prey these past two days.

But looking at the current situation, it was time to take the initiative and complete this task.

With four days left, it counted as a small holiday.

If the ten-day freshman assessment ended early, it would be like a vacation.

After all, the official start of school hadn't even happened yet.

If it weren't for the need to ensure his own resources, he would have wanted to throw himself at the first person on day one.

His written exam scores were good, at least passing was easy.

And he didn't really care for the awarded academic credits.

After all, with his strength, it was obviously faster to gain academic credits elsewhere.

As the blue card in his hand glowed, a giant black eagle appeared before Tong Yuchang.

Tong Yuchang jumped from the tree, was caught by the black eagle, and then began his journey.

On the other side, after the map shrunk, Jiang Yuan also found that he encountered more people.

Although most of them were Prey, Nezha had also taken down two Hunters.

“It’s been so long, and I still haven’t seen Mu Qianshan. He wouldn’t have been taken down, would he?”

Jiang Yuan, riding on the Unicorn Dark Smoke Beast, asked Nezha beside him, feeling a bit strange.

“His strength isn’t weak either, he shouldn’t be taken down that easily, right?” Nezha scratched his head, sounding a bit uncertain.

However, Nezha himself felt that at least one-third of the Hunters he had taken down could have defeated Mu Qianshan.

If Mu Qianshan truly had bad luck, it wasn't impossible for him to be taken down.

But what they didn't know was that Mu Qianshan's luck was not just bad, it was extremely bad.

Among the few people Tong Yuchang had taken down, Mu Qianshan was one of them.

Regarding this, one could only say it was a matter of luck.

“By the way, are you sure you don’t want to follow us?”

Gu Guai on the side was trying hard to invite others to join her.

But unfortunately, such an endeavor was destined to be very difficult to succeed.

Although some of them had mounts, their speed was too slow, they simply couldn't keep up with them.

And Jiang Yuan also didn't have the habit of sharing a mount with others.

So the person invited could only shake his head helplessly after glancing at the trio's mounts.

He didn't have a mount, and rather than following behind them, he might as well hide himself.

As for their talk about taking down Hunters, that person really didn't quite believe it.

“Alright then.”

Since the person disagreed, Gu Guai had no choice.

Although she also wanted to make the team bigger, she couldn't force it.

“Actually, the four of us are already enough.”

After seeing that person leave, Cao Guoqing shrugged indifferently and said to Gu Guai.

“Nezha alone is enough to take down the opponent. I just need to enhance Nezha’s status, Jiang Yuan controls, and you just prevent the opponent from escaping and bring me along.”

“We don’t need anyone else to join, there’s no necessity.”

After Cao Guoqing said this, Gu Guai pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Hmm, her greater role might actually be because her mount could carry Cao Guoqing.

After all, with Cao Guoqing’s amplification, Nezha seemed not to fear the opponent escaping.

The mount under Nezha’s feet, whatever it was, was also extremely fast.

“Alright then, let’s forget about it. It’s a pity we can’t get academic credits for taking them down,” Gu Guai said, swinging her fist in annoyance.

The “them” she referred to were naturally the other freshmen like herself.

If taking down freshmen from the same faction could also earn academic credits.

She really wanted to take down those guys who didn't listen to her commands.

But speaking of which, Cao Guoqing actually wanted to take down Jiang Yuan too.

She was still quite annoyed about Jiang Yuan leaving her behind.

Even now, Jiang Yuan hadn't said anything about letting her ride that horse-like Unicorn with him.

It looked cool and was very fast.

But why wouldn't Jiang Yuan sell that card?

Cao Guoqing was a bit annoyed. As an Amplification Card Master, there were many cards from Jiang Yuan that she really wanted.

But Jiang Yuan wouldn't sell many of them.

Like Nezha, and that Unicorn.

How annoying!

However, according to Jiang Yuan, Nezha seemed to be a unique item, and it was impossible to create a second card.

So, although Cao Guoqing also wanted a Summoning Card, she could only wait until Jiang Yuan created a second Summoning Card before purchasing it.

However, what Cao Guoqing didn't know was that the Unicorn Dark Smoke Beast was also a unique item.

The Unicorn Dark Smoke Beast, like the Linglong Pagoda, was one of those cards that didn't explicitly state ‘unique’ but couldn't have a second one created.

It should be like the Linglong Pagoda, capable of being used as a Skill Card, right?

Skill Card: [Unicorn Dark Smoke Beast].

Summon a Unicorn Dark Smoke Beast?

It should be possible.

But this would need to be tested after the freshman assessment ended.

Watching Nezha charge out again, taking down a Hunter who hadn't even had time to react in just a few breaths, Jiang Yuan and the others stopped to rest for a bit.

“Honestly, it’s really a bit boring.”

Jiang Yuan lay on the back of the Unicorn Dark Smoke Beast, saying somewhat uninterestingly.

“During the Dongtian Simulation League, I couldn’t even loot corpses, but now there’s nothing.”

As Jiang Yuan spoke, a white-quality card appeared in his hand.

[Thunder Spell: Summon Lightning]!

After disdainfully taking down a beast at the Freshman Initial Stage, Jiang Yuan shook his head, annoyed.

Compared to the Dongtian Simulation League, this was a completely virtual scenario space.

The beasts within it were also like this; they had no ability to be looted. After being taken down, they would turn into streaks of light and disappear.

He couldn't even have a bit of fun.

“It is indeed a bit boring. Let’s change the competition format next year.”

After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, Wang Wenqing also smiled and teased the chubby Vice Principal.

“Easy to say, how do we change the competition format? We can’t just throw them into the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield.” The chubby Vice Principal looked annoyed.

If changing the format was that easy, they would have done it long ago.

Besides, didn’t you all say it looked cool before? Why is it like this now?

Was Jiang Yuan killing too fast, so you’re annoyed?

“It seems, it’s not impossible?”

Wang Wenqing was stunned for a moment, then began to ponder the feasibility of this matter.

“Hey, hey, hey, just think about it, okay? They can go by themselves, but for the freshman assessment, forcing them to go would cause a lot of problems.”

“Ha, you’re right.”

After the chubby Vice Principal finished speaking, Wang Wenqing finally reacted.

Training in the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield could indeed make people grow tremendously.

But the problem was.

The Ten Thousand Races Battlefield was too dangerous.

If there was real life danger, going by oneself was fine.

But if they were forced in and died, then the trouble would be huge.

“I was just saying.”

Wang Wenqing smiled, reverting to his previous elegant demeanor.

“Speaking of which, Tong Yuchang flying in the air should quickly spot Jiang Yuan and the others, right?”

Watching Tong Yuchang on the black eagle, taking down one freshman after another, a Vice Principal on the side also said with a smile.

Why were they still here now?

Wasn't it because Tong Yuchang had appeared?

As the strongest person in the current freshman assessment, they were very much looking forward to Tong Yuchang and Nezha clashing.

“By the way, when school starts, if you have to choose courses, which one will you choose?” Gu Guai looked at Jiang Yuan, asking curiously.

Jiang Yuan’s Summoning Card Master path had never appeared before.

Like her, as a Shield Card Master, she could directly choose Combat Class.

As for Jiang Yuan, perhaps he would choose Beast Taming Class?

After all, Card Spirits and tamed beasts seemed quite similar.

“As for me, I’ll take the Auxiliary Card Master course.”

Cao Guoqing hesitated for a moment before speaking.

“By the way, as a Shield Card Master, am I also considered half an Auxiliary Card Master?”

“Who knows.”

Jiang Yuan chuckled: “As for me, I might also choose Combat Class.”

His main combat style was Nezha, that was true, but he also had a heart that wanted to change professions!

Although currently, due to his physical condition, he could only change to a Skill Card Master.

But what he wanted most was to use a spear to attack.

Although he initially thought of a halberd.

However, because of Nezha, he developed a great interest in the spear, the king of all weapons.

When his myasthenia was cured, he could learn spear techniques with Nezha.

Although he hadn't seen any masters of the spear in this world.

But he imagined that Nezha’s spear skills would be very strong in this world, right?

At that time, he would also make a [purple flame serpent spear] for himself.

And then a divine ability card, [Three Heads Six Arms].

A mini Nezha?

It seemed not impossible.

But the problem was, how would his body fare in Combat Class?

By the way, it wasn't said that Skill Card Masters couldn't choose Combat Class, right?

“I also don’t know who the first-year Combat Class teacher is. The Vice Principal’s class schedule for us is too irregular.”

Gu Guai was clearly more familiar with various aspects of Zhongyuan Academy. Seeing Jiang Yuan and Cao Guoqing looking confused, she explained to them.

“The academy’s Vice Principal has a specialized Vice Principal for each series of courses, but Combat Class has three Vice Principals.”

“They will also come to teach us, but their class times are irregular. Sometimes they might teach twice a week, and sometimes not even once a month.”

“So if they teach, we have to rush to get a spot. If you’re slow, there might not be any space.”

“I see.”

Jiang Yuan and Cao Guoqing both nodded in understanding after hearing this, only Nezha on the side became excited.

“When they teach, can we spar with them?”

“You can, but…” Gu Guai looked at Nezha strangely.

To be fair, although Nezha’s strength was very strong, he might not even be able to handle those teachers, let alone the higher-ranking Vice Principals.

“Then we can!”

Nezha smiled happily, as the opponents he faced now indeed didn't seem very strong in terms of skill.

Of course, this was only from Nezha's perspective.

In fact, for Gu Guai, Mu Qianshan, and the others, many people had already surpassed them in combat skills.

“The two sides are about to meet, aren’t they?”

Seeing that Jiang Yuan and the others didn't even mention the Card Creator course when they were discussing, the Golden-haired Young Woman’s face darkened.

Jiang Yuan, you are a Card Creator! Why aren't you choosing my course?!

However, she didn't say anything. She couldn't expose herself yet.

But it seemed that Tong Yuchang was about to encounter Nezha and the others.