Douluo Peerless: Eye of Truth

Chapter 31 Upgrade Assessment Begins

In the Soul Guidance Department's teaching building at Shrek Academy, Qian Duoduo shook his head at Fan Yu who was standing in front of him.

"Fan Yu, it's not that I don't want to help you. I also want to bring that good seedling you mentioned to our Soul Guidance Department."

"But you know that old man Yan Shaozhe. He will never give in or allow this kind of thing."

"Besides, the boy you were optimistic about has been staying in the dormitory since he came back. We in the Soul Guidance Department can't contact him privately even if we want to."

Fan Yu looked a little unhappy when he heard this, but he still wanted to fight for it: "Dean Qian, believe me, this is really our best chance."

“Huo Yuhao’s spirit is a spiritual spirit, which makes him the perfect candidate for the Extreme Individual Soldier Plan. I’m afraid there won’t be another one like him in Shrek Academy in the past few decades.”

"As long as we have him, our Soul Guidance Department will definitely be able to fight a brilliant comeback! You also know the current students of our Soul Guidance Department."

"It can be said that all of them are the leftovers of the Martial Soul system. Although some of them are indeed suitable for the Martial Soul system, they are just the tallest among the short ones."

“As long as Huo Yuhao is my role model, within ten years! No! Five years! I will be able to impress the martial arts world.”

Qian Duoduo sighed. How could he not know what Fan Yu said?
Although the Soul Guidance Department of Shrek Academy seemed to occupy one-third of the teaching staff, those who understood understood.

The reason why the Soul Guidance Department was established, and the Soul Guidance Department of Shrek Academy was considered good among the three kingdoms in the original Douluo Continent, was simply to cope with the situation.

In fact, the Soul Guidance Department of Shrek Academy can only be compared with the Three Kingdoms of the original Douluo Continent. It is fed by the pitiful amount of resources separated from the original Martial Soul Department of Shrek Academy.

Not to mention the Sun-Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, even some of the more ordinary soul instructor academies in the Sun-Moon Empire are far ahead of Shrek Academy in terms of research and application of soul guides.

“But there’s nothing we can do. This is the current situation. Neither you nor I can influence the overall academic style of Shrek Academy.” Qian Duoduo sighed.

"Besides, it seems that they have no interest in our Soul Guidance Department. A forced melon is not sweet. Fan Yu, you should go back and train your disciple well."

"In my opinion, your disciple He Caitou is also a good candidate among soul masters. Although he is not as good as a spiritual attribute soul, he is still very good."

Although Fan Yu was still unwilling after hearing this, he could only sigh and leave Qian Duoduo's office.

The struggle and squeeze between soul masters and soul guides has a long history in the three kingdoms of the original Douluo Continent. However, the more experienced and older the forces and sects are, the more serious their bias towards soul masters.

Needless to say, Shrek Academy's martial spirit department has absolute say. Even Qian Duoduo, or the voice of Xian Lin'er, the dean of the soul guidance department, is far from enough to compare with the elders in the Poseidon Pavilion.

The funniest thing is that most of the inner court disciples of the Soul Guidance Department spent their entire outer court careers in the Martial Soul Department, but they switched to the Soul Guidance Department because they did not have enough potential when they entered the inner court.

"The road ahead is long and arduous." Looking at Fan Yu's unwilling back, Qian Duoduo shook his head and sighed.

It was already the 28th day of the holiday. With most of the holiday time having passed, it was time for a new round of enrollment for Shrek Academy.

The entrance exams for new first-year students are usually held a week in advance, and old students will not return on time, usually at this time as well.

Therefore, compared to usual times, the flow of people between Shrek Academy and Shrek City is much more crowded. At the same time, in a disguised way, this is also a good opportunity to promote trade in Shrek City.

A large number of shops in Shrek City also made a lot of money thanks to the cash flow brought by the influx of foreign migrant workers, which added significantly to the tax revenue of Shrek City.

Before entering the student dormitory, Wang Dong shouted, "I'm back!"

Opening the door of the dormitory, Huo Yuhao was lying lazily on the bed in the sunlight coming in from the window. He opened his eyes a little and said to Wang Dong, "Oh, the old witch told you to go find her when you come back."

Then he turned over, closed his eyes, and seemed ready to go back to sleep.

Wang Dong: “???”

Wang Dong threw his luggage on the bed and wanted to pull Huo Yuhao off the bed.

"No, we haven't seen each other for almost a month! That's all you said to me when you saw me?! Shouldn't you be more excited? And you wouldn't spend the whole holiday sleeping in the dormitory after coming back from soul hunting!"

"Why else should I ask you why you came back so late? You are twelve years old, right? Do you have to be so childish?"

"Also, the old witch has been coming to your dormitory every day these past few days, asking you why you didn't come back ten days earlier as she asked. I've been so annoyed that I haven't been able to sleep well. I advise you to hurry up and be prepared to endure the old witch's wrath."

Hearing this, Wang Dong started to panic: "Damn it, it's not what I wanted to do, it's just that something happened at home that delayed me."

At this time, Wang Dong had no time to continue talking to Huo Yuhao, and rushed to Zhou Yi's office in a hurry.

Soon, after Wang Dong came back from Zhou Yi's office with a bitter face, the chaotic vacation was coming to an end. Huo Yuhao also took advantage of the end of the vacation to prepare some new experimental methods for the next upgrade assessment.

The upgrade assessment for Grade 2 Class 1 and Class 2 at the beginning of the school year was conducted in the beast fighting area within Shrek Academy.

Although Huo Yuhao found it difficult to understand why a facility like the Beast Fighting Area was set up, if there was a real need for actual combat, wouldn't it be better to just let the senior spirit masters go out and catch some wild spirit beasts?
Why bother to tame a large number of spirit beasts and keep them in the Beast Fighting Area? If it was just to ensure the safety of the students, wouldn't it be better to let the senior candidates act as examiners?

In any case, Huo Yuhao did not think that there was any need for the Beast Fighting Area, a place that kept soul beasts in captivity under the pretext of allowing students to gain experience in fighting soul beasts.

After all, in the wild, what kind of soul beast would engage in a face-to-face battle with a soul master?

They either use the perception abilities that surpass those of ordinary soul masters to launch sneak attacks, or they use the jungle environment to set up ambushes.

These possible emergencies are by no means something that can be simulated in a beast fighting area. If a soul master goes to fight soul beasts in the wild with the experience of fighting in the arena, he will suffer a great loss.  

Therefore, apart from demonstrating the huge financial resources and abundant manpower of Shrek Academy, the Beast Arena consumed one-third of Shrek City's tax revenue, and this arena had almost no practical significance.

Moreover, the soul beasts that can be tamed are at most intermediate-level soul beasts, and most of them are less than ten thousand years old.

Because those high-level soul beasts and soul beasts that have evolved to the ten thousand year level have the wildness deep in their blood that makes them unable to tolerate the closed environment of the beast fighting area.

Therefore, even if these soul beasts are produced as soul rings, they can only be regarded as medium or lower-medium level among soul beasts of the same age, and are often not the first choice of soul masters for soul rings.

The second-year students entered the Colosseum one after another. Class 1 and Class 2 participated in the upgrade assessment together today.

The students from the four factions, namely, the Strong Attack Department, the Control Department, the Agile Attack Department, and the Defense Department, have only one assessment goal this time, which is to defeat a random soul beast that is over a hundred years old alone.

According to the candidates' requirements, this period can be increased to a maximum of one thousand years. Correspondingly, the basic credits obtained by the candidates for defeating the thousand-year soul beasts will also be much higher.

Because apart from the previous freshman assessment, Huo Yuhao had almost no interaction with Dai Huabin. He had already made a plan of revenge for the original owner in his mind, so he was naturally too lazy to create trouble beyond this.

Huo Yuhao planned to resolve the feud between Dai Huabin and the White Tiger Duke's Mansion after he became a Soul Sage, so there was no situation as in the original novel where he confronted Dai Huabin head-on and made a bet that only slapped him in the face but did not bring any actual benefits.

Although Dai Huabin still looked at Huo Yuhao with a hint of provocation and scrutiny, it was obvious that he was still upset about his defeat in the previous freshman assessment at the hands of Huo Yuhao.

But Huo Yuhao was too lazy to pay attention to him. After queuing up in order to receive the upgrade assessment form, he prepared to participate in the next assessment.

Moreover, Dai Huabin's eyes were more focused on Wang Dong. After all, Wang Dong was the monitor of the offensive department, and he and Dai Huabin disliked each other. Wang Dong and Dai Huabin had quite a few conflicts in the last semester.

It's just that due to the school regulations and Zhou Yi's unreasonableness, no one dares to make trouble in the class. In this upgrade assessment, I'm afraid Dai Huabin will challenge Wang Dong's position as class monitor.

“Looking at his look, you don’t want to be the squad leader, right? You might as well just give it to him and enjoy your leisure time.” Huo Yuhao patted Wang Dong’s shoulder and said softly.

"I won't! Whether I want to be the president or not is my business. Why should Dai Huabin be the president?" Wang Dong curled his lips and said angrily.

Huo Yuhao shrugged and was too lazy to care about her. He just used his mental power to check the stability of the soul power circuit in his body again.

"Everything has been adjusted almost completely. Let's try it out on soul beasts first to see the actual effect. As for using it on soul masters, we may need to modify some steps."

Following the team and under the leadership of the class teacher, Class One and Class Two entered the Colosseum one after another. Then they had to enter the Colosseum one by one to participate in the assessment according to the order of the upgrade assessment form.

At the same time, the battle taking place here was also being monitored by the twenty teachers responsible for guiding the soul beasts and protecting the academy. The director of studies Du Weilun and the four scoring teachers on the podium were monitoring the situation in real time.

After everything was prepared, Class 1 took the lead in starting the upgrade assessment.

Zhou Yi said to Wang Dong: "Wang Dong, you go first and make a good start. If you are sure of your chance, it is best to choose a thousand-year-old soul beast. This way, even if you fail, as long as you persist long enough, your results will not be bad."

At the same time, Zhou Yi's eyes met with Mu Jin's, and there seemed to be faint sparks colliding in the air.

Obviously, this assessment is another competition between Zhou Yi and Mu Jin. Both sides want their students to surpass the other side to prove that their coaching ability is better than the other side.

".Psycho." Huo Yuhao was speechless as he watched the two head teachers flirting with each other.

Wang Dong nodded and responded, "I understand." Then he proudly stepped into the Colosseum.

"I choose the Millennium Soul Beast." Then he spoke to the referee teacher beside him.

The first match was between the thousand-year soul beast and after confirming it once, the referee did not dare to delay. As the gate of the Colosseum opened, a thousand-year-old bloodthirsty demon bear rushed out with a violent aura.

But in Huo Yuhao's opinion, it was just a facade. After being tamed in the beast fighting area for such a long time, this bloodthirsty demon bear had been repeatedly beaten and ravaged by countless soul masters, but its life was not in danger.

The bloodthirsty demon bear's bloodiness has probably been lost long ago, and it can probably only maintain its combat effectiveness when the battle is going its way.

Huo Yuhao paid more attention to Wang Dong. With the possession of his martial spirit, Wang Dong's soul ring, one yellow and two purple, shining under the gorgeous butterfly wings, attracted everyone's attention.

Through the Eye of Truth, Huo Yuhao saw that inside Wang Dong’s body, outside of his torso bones, there was a layer of dark energy covering a very solid structure, which was very similar to the soul bone that Huo Yuhao had obtained before.

"Soul bones? No wonder I was able to jump directly to level 30 in a month without the accelerator of martial soul fusion. After all, among the resources in Douluo Continent, soul bones can be regarded as the most important ones."

'This soul bone looks much more advanced and powerful than the soul bone of the Kongming Demon Leopard, but the details seem to be different.'

Then Huo Yuhao carefully observed the deep structure of this soul bone and found that it did not seem to be particularly closely connected with Wang Dong's own bones.

Moreover, apart from the fact that this soul bone spontaneously emitted some aura and power to strengthen Wang Dong's physique, Wang Dong's soul power strangely did not blend with this soul bone.

'Strange, this doesn't look like a normal soul bone. Is it something made by the Haotian Sect or Tang San? But let's record it first, and we can try to study it later.'

Returning to the battle on the field, Wang Dong's assessment was quickly over. Wang Dong's third soul skill was naturally not for show. With the help of the power of this soul skill.

Even if she didn't use her soul bone, or maybe she couldn't use it, she easily completed the test and defeated the bloodthirsty demon bear just by relying on her third soul skill and physical fitness.

"What do you think? I'm awesome, right?" Wang Dong waved at Huo Yuhao, while looking at Dai Huabin not far away with a provocative look.

  (End of this chapter)