After getting a general understanding of Huo Yuhao's situation, they were still puzzled about Wang Dong's.
They didn't understand why a powerful force had erupted in Wang Dong's spiritual sea earlier, dispelling Huo Yuhao's spiritual attack and even causing Huo Yuhao to suffer a severe backlash.
Wang Dong remained silent, unwilling to reveal his secret.
This left Yan Shaozhe and the others with no choice but to leave with their curiosity unsatisfied.
Huo Yuhao lay there dejectedly. Losing this match to Dai Huabin's team made him feel terrible, like he had let his mother down.
"Don't be sad, we didn't lose to Dai Huabin, we lost to Shi Yu," Wang Dong tried his best to comfort Huo Yuhao, not wanting him to become dispirited because of this.
Xiao Xiao was also there to keep him company, as were Bei Bei and Tang Ya, all comforting Huo Yuhao.
With their comfort, Huo Yuhao's mood improved significantly. He agreed with some of their words; he hadn't lost to Dai Huabin, but to Shi Yu.
To be honest, he had even defeated Dai Huabin, so what was there to be so dejected about?
"Next time, I won't just defeat Dai Huabin, I'll also defeat Shi Yu," Huo Yuhao made up his mind. This would be his next goal.
"Don't worry, when you cultivate to level 20, Senior will help you obtain your second Martial Soul, and you'll definitely be able to defeat that Shi Yu," the Tianmeng Iceworm said confidently in Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea.
Huo Yuhao felt even more confident and motivated, and the dark cloud of failure was swept away.
The next day, early in the morning, the students who had passed the new student assessment gathered in the plaza, waiting for the speech from the Director of the Academic Affairs Department and their class assignments.
The students who passed the assessment would be reassigned to classes based on the path they chose.
At the same time, some students would receive special treatment due to their outstanding performance in the new student assessment. These students were generally referred to as core disciples or core students.
The word "core" clearly indicated their status; they were being cultivated as key individuals by Shrek Academy's Outer Courtyard, and the treatment they received was incomparable to that of ordinary students.
Director Du Weilun of the Academic Affairs Department first summarized the content of the new student assessment, and then began to announce the list of students who had obtained core disciple status.
"Shi Yu," the first person Du Weilun named was Shi Yu.
Everyone around Shi Yu looked at him. They weren't too surprised by this result; it was expected.
If Shi Yu's performance was so outstanding and he couldn't become a core disciple, then who could?
"Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao," Du Weilun continued to read, and a name appeared that Shi Yu hadn't expected: Huo Yuhao.
"In the original story, didn't he not become a core disciple of the Martial Soul Department?" Shi Yu thought to himself. This deviated from what he knew.
He felt strange, wondering which part had gone wrong and why Huo Yuhao was being valued by the Martial Soul Department.
He could never have imagined that it was he who caused Huo Yuhao to be valued by the Martial Soul Department.
Until the day before the competition, the Martial Soul Department hadn't paid much attention to Huo Yuhao, thinking he hadn't played a significant role in the competition and was just benefiting from Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao's situation.
But yesterday, Huo Yuhao's sudden spiritual outburst made the Martial Soul Department realize Huo Yuhao's value.
His Martial Soul already showed signs of a second awakening. Once it truly awakened, he would definitely be highly worth cultivating.
A body Martial Soul that autonomously completed a second awakening, and in an important area like the eyes, its talent was definitely not inferior to some conventional top-tier Martial Souls.
In the current assessment of Huo Yuhao's growth potential by the Martial Soul Department Teachers, he was no longer inferior to Zhu Lu.
Since Zhu Lu could be selected as a core disciple, Huo Yuhao naturally had no problem either.
In the original story, there was no situation where Huo Yuhao individually erupted to fight an enemy.
In a way, Shi Yu had inadvertently helped Huo Yuhao.
Of course, this might also affect his development in the area of Soul Guidance Devices.
After all, now that he was valued by the Martial Soul Department, whether he would still join the Soul Guiding Device Department was another matter, and whether he would still work hard on Soul Guidance Devices was also uncertain. This would have an impact on his future, and possibly a significant one.
There were over forty students who became core disciples, mostly members of the top sixteen teams. Some individuals who performed poorly didn't obtain core disciple status.
After announcing the list of core disciples, it was time for class assignments.
Du Weilun briefly explained the class assignments, which were mainly based on the students' Soul Master types.
First Class consisted of power attack and control types, while Second Class was defense and agility attack types.
Third Class was auxiliary system battle Soul Masters, and Fourth Class was more mixed, including food system, healing system, and some other special systems.
According to this class assignment standard, Shi Yu should have been assigned to Second Class, as his abilities leaned towards the agility attack type.
Continuous Naruto's Instant Transmission was equivalent to almost unbeatable speed, which was the ultimate agility attack.
However, considering that the teaching resources in First Class were better and most of the powerful new students were also concentrated in First Class, Shi Yu was squeezed into First Class.
This was also because Shi Yu's Soul Master type was actually difficult to define.
He could be said to be an agility attack type, or he could be related to the power attack type, and even control was somewhat related.
Shi Yu could flexibly use Space power to exert control effects on people.
After the class assignments were completed, Shi Yu, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu were called to the office by Du Weilun to receive their championship rewards.
In the office, there were just Du Weilun, Shi Yu, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu. The office door was tightly closed.
Du Weilun took out a leather pouch and handed it to Dai Huabin. Dai Huabin was the registered captain of the team, so it was appropriate to give it to him.
The moment Dai Huabin touched the leather pouch, his heart stirred slightly. The item inside felt like a bone.
The leather pouch had Space properties, similar to a Storage Soul Tool.
However, it was a relatively low-level Storage Soul Tool. This was to be given to them together; Du Weilun wouldn't be so generous as to directly give away a high-quality Storage Soul Tool.
After guessing, Dai Huabin quickly took it out to examine it. A left leg bone emitting a special yellow light appeared in their sight.
Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu's breathing quickened. This was a Soul Bone.
Although they came from extraordinary backgrounds, this was their first time encountering a Soul Bone. After all, Soul Bones were extremely rare, and even they wouldn't treat Soul Bones like toys.
Up to this point, neither of them had absorbed a Soul Bone.
Shi Yu also watched with interest, though his eyes weren't particularly eager.
He had known about this Soul Bone for a long time and had considered whether it was suitable for him. The answer was no.
The main function of this Soul Bone was to increase speed, but he didn't seem to need any speed boost.
No matter how fast he was, could he be faster than his Naruto's Instant Transmission ability?
Therefore, even though this was a decent Soul Bone, he didn't have much desire for it.
He was just evaluating the value of this Soul Bone, thinking of having Dai Huabin compensate him with money.
This money was very important and very useful in this era. If it were taken to ten thousand years later, one golden soul coin could probably be exchanged for ten million federal currency, making its value even higher.
Today's fourth chapter, this is the second extra chapter, thank you all for your support, truly grateful.