Class Teacher System

Ren Zhu silently watched Yi Xiao without speaking. He felt that no matter what he said at this moment, he wouldn't be able to personally experience the efforts and pain this person had gone through. He thought, this is an incredibly powerful individual. Even though he's only twelve years old now, he is still an incredibly powerful and admirable person. It's like having a sense of pride, isn't it? When the person you like is someone truly worthy of your affection, it's something rare and joyful.

Yi Xiao quickly sensed Ren Zhu's gaze and turned to look at him. He found Ren Zhu looking at him with an exceptionally captivating gaze, as if he was observing a formidable superhero. So, he raised an eyebrow and smiled at Ren Zhu. "What's wrong? Are you just realizing now that I'm handsand amazing?"

This time, Ren Zhu didn't roll his eyes in response, which caught Yi Xiao off guard. Instead, Ren Zhu wore an extremely tender smile and nodded. "Yes, I just realized how amazing and handsyou are." Suddenly, Yi Xiao's face felt like it was going to explode with redness. A mix of satisfaction and embarrassment churned in his mind for quite a while before he finally glared at Ren Zhu and said grumpily, "You're just trying to please me. I won't give you a lot of money for that! At most... I'll lend you smoney without interest. So, how much do you want to borrow?!"

Hearing this, Ren Zhu couldn't help but feel both amused and exasperated. He thought, 'Kid, I rarely compliment you, and you think I'm asking to borrow money from you? Do you really underestimate Teacher Ren's earning capabilities so much?" So, Ren Zhu simply rolled his eyes at Yi Xiao and, after leaving a remark like "Now you're not even handsand you're incredibly foolish," he turned his head to watch the students' battles.

At this point, many battles on the combat platform had already been decided. Since they were representing the school in this competition, everyone was giving their all. However, the three major academies had very good safety measures in place, and with specialized teachers and mentors around, even if the students gave their all, their lives wouldn't be in danger. As a result, these students fighting on the battlefield were taking the competition very seriously.

Ren Zhu first looked toward Zack's side, as he had been the grade's top student before Yi Xiao arrived. Zack had water abilities and looked very powerful.

Ren Zhu saw Zack raise his hand, causing the entire combat platform he stood on to be enveloped in dense mist. His opponent could hardly see his presence. In the next moment, Zack appeared behind his opponent, holding a sharp and glittering ice blade casually against the opponent's neck. The opponent, who hadn't reacted in time, turned pale in shock for a long while before conceding defeat. Then, Zack gave him a very gentlemanly smile, which Ren Zhu found a bit distasteful. This guy was definitely on the slevel as Lan Tu when it cto cunning. The only difference was that Lan Tu leaned more toward being a playboy, while Zack was an elegant master of deception.

As Yi Xiao watched Ren Zhu observe Zack's battle and provide a gold-medal commentary, he chimed in, "This is a water ability user. Despite water appearing soft most of the tand seemingly lacking in lethality, those with high spiritual power can change the temperature and state of water. Even more powerful individuals can directly extract blood and fluids from the body for attacks. It can be said that water-type abilities are omnipresent and formidable, and it's difficult to guard against."

"Although Zack is skilled with water-type abilities, most water ability users can't easily change the temperature and state of water. This requires a lot of effort and research. Zack is a good comrade and opponent." Yi Xiao spoke up, but then added with a smirk, "If he could just be a little less nosy, less pretentious, and talk less, that would be even better."

Listening to this, Ren Zhu was on the verge of rolling his eyes. Seriously, you think someone who seems pretty nice is a pretentious, nosy chatterbox in your eyes? Are you treating your top follower well? If this goes on for too long, you're going to lose your number one follower, you know?

Although Ren Zhu didn't voice these thoughts, his facial expression and eyes conveyed his meaning, which Yi Xiao strangely understood. He snorted and gave the small bamboo in front of him a "kingly" expression that was quite childish. "Someone with the aura of a king like me. It's strange if he doesn't follow me."

Ren Zhu didn't plan to say anything more to this guy. He turned his head to continue watching, and then saw the dazzling and arrogant golden-haired figure on the field. Souya relied on his metal-based esper ability to don a particularly tough metal armor, and in addition to that, he held a sharp metal ** in his hand. With this combination, he rendered his opponents helpless, truly displaying his competitiveness as an exceptional student.

Compared to Zack's politeness, Souya's treatment of opponents was much rougher. Even if his opponent had conceded defeat, he still kicked them off the combat platform and sneered at them with a mocking smile. "Trash! You dare to fightwith just your ability?" The defeated student dared not speak up in anger and could only leave with gritted teeth.

At this moment, Yi Xiao's voice sounded in Ren Zhu's ear again, "Compared to this guy, I'm treating Zack really well, aren't I? If there can only be one leader among the grade, rest assured, everyone will chooseover Souya. No matter how you look at it, I'm much stronger than him."

Ren Zhu nodded expressionlessly, "That's right. Choosing someone who is occasionally rational but sometimes brainless is still better than choosing someone who looks normal but is fundamentally brainless. I suddenly feel that the students in your grade are really pitiful. No matter whom you choose, you can't find a normal person to be the leader. If it were up to me, I would definitely choose Zack."

Yi Xiao was so infuriated that he wanted to throw this little guy to the ground and break him in half. However, when he accidentally caught sight of the little notebook in the little guy's pocket, his heart skipped a beat and he immediately suppressed his thoughts. Just endure, right? It's not like I haven't endured before! Endure a hundred times to obtain gold!

Soon, the top ten participants of the battle appeared. Then, everyone started to climb into their mechs. It was the first tRen Zhu had seen mech battles up close. When he saw everyone piloting their mechs with bright flashes of fire during the fights, he couldn't help but feel puzzled. "If abilities are so powerful, do they still need mechs? Can't strength-based ability users simply go head-to-head with mechs? Also, wouldn't metal-based ability user have even more powerful means when facing mechs?" Hearing this question, the expert interpreter went online again.

Yi Xiao said, "In fact, when an ability is developed to Level 7, they can basically move away from using mechs. Mechs are simply tools for transportation. Even the most ordinary strength-based esper can knock a mech away with a single punch by the tthey reach Level 7. However, people who can train their ability to Level 7 are very few. Usually, being able to train it to Level 5 is already quite remarkable. In the entire Federation, there are fewer than ten thousand advanced talents with abilities above Level 7. It might sound like a lot, right? But if you compare this number to the Federation's population of one hundred billion, it's actually very small. Therefore, until one reaches an advanced level, most people will still use mechs for battles. Hand-to-hand combat only occurs when the mech is damaged." Ren Zhu nodded, finding it quite easy to understand. He thought for a moment and asked, "So, if you're choosing people, which aspect would you prioritize? Abilities or mech piloting skills?" Yi Xiao shrugged, "Both aspects are important, so we split them evenly, but it also depends on whether someone stands out in mech piloting or abilities. Who knows when a mech will be destroyed and hand-to-hand combat is required? But if someone is exceptionally skilled in mech piloting, they can annihilate enemies without using abilities. Therefore, only those who achieve top ten in both categories will have the qualification to enter the final four-member team. At that time, we'll analyze the situation more specifically."

Ren Zhu finally understood the selection criteria. By now, the top ten participants in the mech battles had also been determined. Ren Zhu was surprised to find that out of the top ten in mech battles, a shocking seven of them were the sindividuals who were in the top ter of ability battles. This meant that these seven participants were exceptional in both mech and ability battles. It was indeed impossible to represent the school in competitions without real talent.

Next was the melee between these ten individuals. Simple battles couldn't showcase their adaptability on the spot and, more importantly, their strategic responses to enemies. At this point, they would participate in a real battle simulation in the virtual environment arena.

"Let's go together as well. In the virtual environment arena's real battle simulation, the last four remaining participants will be the ones to participate in the Grade 7 Academy Championship. The rest will becour substitute team members according to the order of elimination," Yi Xiao said to Ren Zhu.

Ren Zhu nodded. He was quite curious about the virtual environment arena as well. So, the group walked into the "Great Round Egg," the specialized virtual environment arena of Stellar Academy. Within half an hour, this facility could simulate various ecological and geographical environments like deserts, glaciers, forests, and swamps, for students to adapt to battles in different settings. It was said that even on the Wisdom Star, this high-tech feature was only available in the three major academies: Stellar Academy, Alliance Military Academy, and Cosmic Exploration Academy. Seeing the near-real glacier environment appear after half an hour, Ren Zhu couldn't help but marvel at the advancement of technology and the financial resources of Stellar Academy.

With a teacher's command, Zack and the other nine participants quickly piloted their mechs into the glacier terrain.

Within the icy environment, the biggest challenge and resistance were the cold and slippery conditions. If someone couldn't control their mech well, they could end up falling flat on their face. However, for Zack, a water-based ability user, these conditions were actually advantageous. On the real-tbattle screen outside, Ren Zhu saw Zack driving his silver-white mech disappearing directly into the icebergs. He then eliminated a passing student. Even when that student was kicked out, he still looked bewildered. The evidence was that wher he walked out, his expression remained utterly baffled.

Tsk tsk, really pitiful.

Afterward, Zack continued to conceal himself and skillfully took down two more people. On the other hand, Souya recklessly piloted his custom-made advanced mech across the glacier. He had grown metal spikes on his mech, allowing him to move smoothly on the ice without slipping. Relying on his powerful mech and metal-based ability attacks, he eliminated two more participants. This left only five people on the field. These five participants could be split into two groups: Zack, Wen Quan, and Shi Lei; Souya and Song Ze. The first three were Yi Xiao's underlings, while the latter two were his adversaries.

"Three against two, Zack and Wen Quan should win, right?"

However, when Yi Xiao heard this, his expression wasn't very good, and he shook his head. "Although I also hope for that outcome, Song Ze is there. He will use every means to take down Shi Lei and let Souya stay. While Shi Lei is decently skilled, but..."

Ren Zhu subtly understood. He's decently skilled but a bit lacking in the brain department. Not that his IQ is too low or anything, it's just that he's not accustomed to scheming and tricks.

As expected, in the next twenty minutes, even though Zack and Wen Quan had set up a plan, Song Ze sacrificed himself to forcefully eliminate Shi Lei. He used a suicide method, so after he and Shi Lei were eliminated, only three people remained on the field, one less than the goal of four.

Yi Xiao clicked his tongue. "It's the sresult as always. That Song Ze is truly cunning."

Ren Zhu raised an eyebrow. "Was it the sway before?"

Yi Xiao nodded. "It was the slast year. With this result, we'll have to let Shi Lei and Song Ze compete in both ability and mech battles based on their strengths. Later, we'll decide which one of them participates in the free-for-all based on the situation. However, Souya won' dare to challengeagain this year, and he won't be able to defeat either Wen Quan or Zack. Those two are unbeatable for him."

Sure enough, shortly after, Souya was frozen solid by Zack and then sent rolling away by the wind-based Wen Quan. Fuming with anger, Souya activated the loudspeaker on his mech, and his non-stop cursing could be heard throughout the virtual arena.

Everyone's expressions turned speechless. It seemed like Yi Xiao Young Master was once again provoked by this speech. Before Ren Zhu could react, a completely black mech suddenly appeared beside him. This mech's form was peculiar and incredibly fast as it charged into the ice-covered environment. With a forceful kick, it struck the massive ice block that was Souya!

Crack, crack...

That two-meter-thick ice was directly shattered by him!!

【Idiot, try and say one more word for me.] Souya's curses cto an abrupt halt.