Shrek Academy's Assessment Area was located in the north-central part of the Martial Soul Department, adjacent to the Soul Fighting Area.
Compared to the Soul Fighting Area, the Assessment Area was much larger. For the students of Shrek Academy's outer court, this was a paradise where outstanding students could show off their abilities, but it was also a nightmare for those with lower cultivation. Every year, a great number of students were eliminated for failing their assessments, and most of those assessments were conducted here in the Assessment Area.
The Assessment Area was oval-shaped. Unlike the Soul Fighting Area, which resembled an enclosed stadium, it was an open space. A low wall encircled its perimeter, while partitions divided the interior into individual sections. These partitions could be removed at any time to alter the size of the sections.
The annual freshman assessment was when the Assessment Area was divided into the greatest number of sections. Not only were there many freshmen, but their destructive power and attack range were limited as well, so they did not need much space to display their abilities.
The entire Assessment Area covered roughly twenty thousand square meters. It had now been divided into fifty sections, each around four hundred square meters—a square with sides twenty meters long. For freshmen who generally possessed only one or two soul rings, this was more than enough.
Following the tense group assignments that morning, the assessment officially began that afternoon. Since it was the first day, each group only needed to complete one match before leaving, allowing the freshmen time to adjust.
The academy had dispatched fifty teachers to register and oversee the assessments in the fifty sections. The matchups for today had already been decided by drawing lots at noon, with every effort made to ensure that