While Bei Bei was dealing with the two Spirit Grandmasters, Xu Sanshi wasn't idle either.
Although he was a defense-type Spirit Master, his Spirit, the Profound Tortoise Shell Shield, still possessed a certain degree of offensive capability.
His first Spirit Ability, Profound Tremor, had a powerful knockback effect.
When facing a one-ring Spirit Master, especially an agility-attack system Spirit Master, he directly sent him flying.
After doing all this, Xu Sanshi even provocatively raised an eyebrow at Bei Bei, looking quite obnoxious.
Just like that, Bei Bei easily defeated two Spirit Grandmasters with only his first Spirit Ability, Lightning Dragon Claw, and his second Spirit Ability, Thunderous Fury.
Xu Sanshi also used only his first Spirit Ability, Profound Tremor, to defeat the remaining Spirit Master.
The entire process was smooth, without any tricks, purely an overwhelming display of strength.
This caused Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya's attempts to inquire about Xue Weiwei's Spirit Abilities to fall through, leaving both of them a bit depressed.
Zhu Ziyang, however, looked indifferent.
He was confident enough in his own strength; not to mention Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi were still only level 28 Spirit Grandmasters, he was confident he could defeat even two Spirit Elders.
"Xiaoya, Ziyang, Nannan, you three are so fast again!" Bei Bei said, with a look of both surprise and unsurprise, as he and his two teammates walked off the assessment stage and immediately spotted Zhu Ziyang and his two teammates standing below.
"Hehe! Of course we are!" Tang Ya walked over with a smile, hugged Bei Bei's arm, and said, "You guys were pretty fast too!"
"Of course we were!" Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei had a very good relationship, and he was also very familiar with Tang Ya, so he boasted without any reservation, "With Bei Bei and me working together, we are absolutely invincible among the first-years!"
"Tch! Bragging. Ziyang, can you tolerate that?" Tang Ya pouted her small mouth upon hearing this, then called out to Zhu Ziyang.
"Hehe, it's fine. We'll know whether it's true or not when the finals come," Zhu Ziyang said with a smile, not caring.
"See, Zhu Ziyang has good judgment.
I've also wanted to spar with you, the strongest first-year, for a long time.
I hope the finals don't disappoint me!" Xu Sanshi said, with an eager expression on his face.
"Me too," Bei Bei also smiled and echoed.
In their words, they all seemed to believe that they and their opponents would make it to the finals.
"Then we'll see each other in the finals."
Zhu Ziyang's smile was confident and sunny, making people feel an involuntary liking for him.
"You guys should pray you don't run into us before the finals, or we'll definitely send you flying!" Tang Ya threatened, shaking her small fist at Xu Sanshi.
Zhu Ziyang and his two teammates returned to the classroom; the morning classes had not yet ended.
"Why are you back? Isn't it still competition time?" The teacher, who was teaching the history of Spirit Master development, looked at Zhu Ziyang and his two teammates at the door with a strange expression and asked, very surprised.
"Hehe! Of course we came back after our match, don't you know our strength?" Tang Ya said, beaming.
"So that's it, then come in," the teacher said with a sudden understanding smile, letting the three into the classroom, "Tang Ya, you're so happy, are you confident about winning the championship?"
"Hehe, Teacher Li, even if you don't believe me, you should at least believe Zhu Ziyang!" Tang Ya said cheerfully.
The three walked towards their seats, and their classmates looked at them with expressions of admiration and awe, then began to whisper among themselves.
"The class monitor and his teammates are so amazing!"
"Nonsense, the class monitor is the only Spirit Elder in the freshman assessment, and it's said he's the only one in five generations to reach Spirit Elder in his first year!"
"Indeed! I really don't know how the class monitor cultivates?"
"Why even ask? Besides talent, I can't think of any other reason!"
"Mhm mhm! That's right, that's right!"
"..."
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In the subsequent round of 32 to 16 and round of 16 to 8 matches, Zhu Ziyang's team encountered opponents from their own class.
Class infighting, one could say, was very unfortunate.
It was both the class's misfortune and the misfortune of those two teams.
The opponents in the round of 32 to 16 simply gave up, symbolically released their Spirits, and were then jointly knocked out of the arena by Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya.
The opponents in the round of 16 to 8 were Lin Ziwei's team.
They were full of fighting Spirit.
Even though they were facing the class monitor and Sister Nannan, they still chose to fight with all their might.
Zhu Zi expressed admiration for such opponents and classmates, and then, well, there was no 'then'.
The opponents tried hard, but they won easily.
Zhu Ziyang's team effortlessly entered the top eight.
Next up was the battle for the top four.
Among the top eight teams, Class Four only had Zhu Ziyang's team.
Of the remaining seven teams, Class One had three, Class Two had one, Class Three had one, Class Five had one, and Class Six had one.
Although Class One's homeroom teacher, Zhou Yi's, teaching philosophy was abnormal, and Zhu Ziyang didn't fully agree with it, he had to admit that under such teaching methods, the students produced were indeed stronger than those from other classes.
The fact that Class One accounted for eighteen of the top sixty-four teams was clear evidence.
The third day of the elimination rounds, morning.
The 8-to-4 matches were about to begin.
Starting from today's matches, high-ranking academy officials would come to observe.
Before the match draw, Xia Yu specifically instructed the three of them that, if possible, they should try to display as much of their strength as possible.
Even if they could win easily, they shouldn't be careless and should try their best to leave an impression on the academy's high-ranking officials.
Because there were only four matches, the assessment area was currently divided into two rows and two columns, forming four zones.
Each zone was a 2,500-square-meter square arena.
Such a scale was also a test for first-year students, and the importance of tactics immediately became apparent.
Arena One, the arena on the left side of the first row, was one of the two closest arenas to the main platform on the north side of the assessment area.
Zhu Ziyang and his two teammates stood in the southeast corner of the arena, while their opponents, three students from Class One, stood in the northwest corner of the arena, facing each other diagonally.
The three students from Class One were all strong; after all, they were a team that had made it to the top eight, not purely by luck.
Their captain was a tall young man with an expressionless face.
Zhu Ziyang was already among the tallest of his peers, but this young man was even taller than him, over 1.8 meters tall, with solid muscles bulging on his exposed arms.
He was Zhou Tianhe, a level 27 attack system Spirit Grandmaster, with the Wild Giant Ape Spirit.
To Zhou Tianhe's left was a girl with long purple hair, beautiful and with a faint smile on her face, giving off the feeling of a girl next door.
Her name was Su Li, a level 24 control system Spirit Grandmaster, with the Spirit Heart Fox Spirit.
To Zhou Tianhe's right was also a girl, small in stature and cute in appearance, with large, pure black eyes, looking harmless.
She was Yang Yumeng, a level 23 defense system Spirit Grandmaster, with the Heaven-Returning Cauldron Spirit.
"Freshman Class One's Zhou Tianhe, Su Li, and Yang Yumeng versus Freshman Class Four's Zhu Ziyang, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya.
Both sides, prepare." Their examiner was no longer Liu Xue, but a middle-aged man of about forty.
He looked at Zhu Ziyang's team and Zhou Tianhe's team, who were already ready, and announced loudly, "Let the match begin!"