Assessment

Assessment

Shrek Academy's assessment area was located in the north-central part of the Martial Soul Department. Compared to the Soul Duel Zone, the assessment area was much larger.

More than thirty areas were conducting the New Student Assessment, with each area assigned six or seven student teams.

Ye Qingchen was assigned to the Thirty-First District. After lunch, he returned to his dormitory for a nap before coming back. Students from other classes participating here had also arrived, and they all looked somewhat uneasy. After all, only about half of them would likely be able to stay.

"Attention, all new students. Attention, all new students. Please enter the assessment area immediately and prepare for the New Student Assessment. There are ten minutes left to enter. Anyone late will be considered to have forfeited this assessment."

The announcement echoed throughout the Outer Courtyard, loud enough to reach every corner of it.

A teacher around forty years old came to the Thirty-First District. After counting the students, he nodded with a smile. "Let me introduce myself first. My name is Wang Yan, and I will be your assessment teacher for the next two days."

"Hello, Teacher Wang." The students hurriedly bowed to him.

Wang Yan chuckled and took out a folder. Opening it, he looked up and said, "First round, first match. New Student Class One: Ye Qingchen. New Student Class Three: Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, Zhao Haochen. Enter the arena."

"New Student Class One only has you?" Wang Yan asked as he sized up Ye Qingchen.

"That's right, just me. I'm more than enough for the New Student Assessment." Ye Qingchen waved his hand.

The three students from New Student Class Three were all boys. Ouyang Junyi was the tallest and broadest among them. Chen Junfeng, standing beside him, was not short, but he was extremely lean. Zhao Haochen, at the back, was a little fat boy with a round belly and an honest smile on his face.

Seeing both sides take their positions, Teacher Wang Yan nodded. "The assessment begins."

After hearing the start signal, Ye Qingchen made no move at all. He did not even release his Martial Soul, merely watching the three students opposite him in silence.

The three members of New Student Class Three released their Martial Souls at once. Zhao Haochen, standing at the rear, shouted, "Come on, my Big Chicken Legs!"

As they released their Martial Souls, Ouyang Junyi and Chen Junfeng swiftly caught the chicken legs and took huge bites. The two attacked at the same time. One possessed a Beast Martial Soul and the other a Weapon Martial Soul, but both were Agility Attack System Battle Soul Masters.

As Ye Qingchen watched the two close in aggressively, he instinctively raised his right hand. An unparalleled pressure blanketed the assessment platform.

Bang—Bang—

Two crisp sounds rang out. The two students charging toward Ye Qingchen dropped to one knee on the platform, leaving depressions beneath their knees. The Support System Soul Master in the rear was directly crushed flat against the ground by the pressure.

"Gravity Suppression!" Teacher Wang Yan's eyes shone with amazement as he looked at Ye Qingchen. Several other three-person teams were also watching from the sidelines. After witnessing this utterly one-sided match, their expressions all turned grave, and the entire Thirty-First District fell silent.

"One person can steadily suppress a three-man team? What terrifying strength is that?"

"To suppress them so completely, either his Soul Power level is high or his Martial Soul is powerful. But being able to crush them so easily is still rare..."

"New Student Class One's Ye Qingchen wins one match." After announcing it, Wang Yan recorded the result in the document in his hand.

On the other side, Ouyang Junyi and the other two had already climbed to their feet, their faces full of humiliation and anger. They had been defeated so effortlessly that they did not want to remain there for even another second, and they quickly ran off.

After registering the result, Wang Yan glanced at Ye Qingchen again and thought to himself, This one is probably Class One's trump card.

After his assessment ended, Ye Qingchen did not leave. Instead, he watched Huo Yuhao's team's match and only departed after it was over.

"Looks like I ran into Little Yuhao's opponent from the original plot. I wonder if the system will give me Enhancement Points this time, since there was a bit of luck involved." Ye Qingchen muttered to himself.

Wang Yan did not stop Ye Qingchen to question him either. He believed that Ye Qingchen's abilities would certainly become clear over the next few matches.

The first round of the New Student Assessment soon came to an end. Today's assessment was mainly meant to help the new students adapt to this combat-style method of assessment. The density of assessments would increase drastically on the second day, with two rounds held in both the morning and afternoon, for a total of four rounds. The third day would be even more terrifying, with each team undergoing five rounds of assessment. This tested not only the students' practical combat ability, but also their endurance in prolonged battles.

(End of Chapter)