Shrek's Traditional Specialty!

Tang Ya, with her Purple Demon Eye active, naturally noticed the first streak of light. She dodged directly to the left, but limited by her own movement, she could only evade slightly. Almost at the same moment, the second orb fired by the Soul Tool Sleeve Cannon struck Tang Ya's right arm—it looked as though Tang Ya had charged straight into her attack!

A scorched black patch immediately appeared on Tang Ya's upper right arm. She grunted, and the purple light swirling in her eyes faltered for a moment.

Huo Yuqing seized the opportunity. Golden light flashed in her eyes as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's final skill bestowed upon her, Spiritual Shock, activated!

Tang Ya felt a dull ache in her forehead, as if something had slammed into it. How could she not realize that she had suffered a spiritual attack?

Huo Yuqing did not fare well either. Although Tang Ya's Purple Demon Eyes had stalled for a second due to the pain, leaving her completely defenseless, Tang Ya had cultivated the Purple Demon Eyes for many years. Her Spiritual Power was somewhat stronger than that of a Soul Elder at the same level, and she forcefully caused some backlash to Huo Yuqing.

Huo Yuqing felt as though she had run headfirst into a wall and could not help letting out a muffled groan.

"You bastard!" Tang Ya shrieked. The darkest yellow third soul ring behind her flashed, and a massive blue-black vine net came crashing down toward Huo Yuqing with a foul-smelling gust of wind.

Yet Huo Yuqing remained where she was without dodging.

A red-gold wall of fire suddenly rose before Huo Yuqing. The instant the Man Sha Snake Net touched the fire wall, it was entirely reduced to ash. The red-gold flames even snaked along the Blue Silver Grass vines on the ground and spread to the other vines.

"It's over," Wang Rui said gravely. "You used your third soul ring."

"Hehe, don't think that means you've won the assessment." Tang Ya sneered. "Shrek Academy's freshman assessments have always forbidden the use of Soul Tools."

"What do you mean?" Huo Yuqing asked with a frown.

"This student is right. According to Shrek Academy's traditions, Soul Tools are indeed forbidden during assessments," the teacher said.

"But she was clearly the one who used hidden weapons first!" Huo Yuqing glared furiously.

"The Tang Clan's hidden weapons are considered ordinary weapons, not Soul Tools. Besides, we do not have any explicit restrictions on upperclassmen... Theoretically speaking, upperclassmen may use whatever they wish."

This was the first time Huo Yuqing encountered such shamelessness as "Shrek reserves the right of final interpretation."

The girl, who had only just learned how sinister people could be, wore a stunned expression.

Jiang Nannan looked indignant, but there was nothing she could do.

"Since Yuhao didn't pass Shrek's assessment, then we'll attend another soul master academy instead." Wang Rui stepped forward, wrapped an arm around Huo Yuqing's shoulders, and turned to leave. He secretly gave her a meaningful look.

Huo Yuqing followed him in a daze, having not reacted at all.

"Uh, students, wait!" The teacher in charge of the assessment panicked. He had assumed Wang Rui and Huo Yuqing were merely acquaintances and had never expected this newly recruited three-ring Soul Elder freshman to give up enrolling at Shrek and leave together with Huo Yuqing—this was an opportunity to study at the number one academy on the continent!

Driving away a level-sixteen white-ring freshman was no big deal, but if the Academic Affairs Office learned that he had let a Soul Elder freshman with no particular background slip away, he would be utterly ruined.

He could no longer spare any attention for Tang Ya and hurriedly went to stop Wang Rui.

"Uh, well, actually... there were some issues during the assessment, but Huo Yuhao's performance was truly outstanding. The academy can consider giving her a second chance at the assessment," the teacher said awkwardly.

Tang Ya heard this as well. She shot the teacher a resentful glare but said nothing more.

"Which student would like to take the assessment?"

"Teacher, I'll do it." The round-faced girl stepped forward, and the way she looked at Tang Ya carried a hint of hostility as well.

Thus, the assessment began again.

This girl's martial soul was quite unusual. After Martial Soul Possession, her round little face became somewhat squarer, a pair of round yellowish-brown ears appeared atop her head, and her fingers became short and thick, with web-like structures forming between them.

Wang Rui's mouth twitched.

It really was possible for any martial soul to appear in humans—this senior sister's martial soul was clearly a capybara!

Capybara-type soul beasts were unconventional powerhouses of the forest. Any soul beast with lower cultivation than them would lose all desire to fight when they appeared nearby.

If there were a capybara with Hundred-Thousand-Year Cultivation, it would be a born ambassador of peace.

Unfortunately, every single one of that species was far too laid-back. They all had the look of tough customers who left life and death to fate, cultivated whenever the mood struck them, and had never produced one at the hundred-thousand-year level.

Yet she introduced herself as a Control System Battle Soul Master... What a waste, Shrek!

"How close are you with that girl?" Wang Rui asked Jiang Nannan through Soul Power voice transmission.

Jiang Nannan froze for a moment. "Very close. Why?"

"If she has good character... you have two years to lure her to Jade City."

Jiang Nannan's eyes lit up. The way she looked at her friend became filled with fervent emotion, like a human trafficker about to abduct a child.

On the field, the round-faced girl's first soul ring lit up, and an exceedingly strange sense of tranquility radiated from her.

Huo Yuqing, who had been vigilantly on guard, immediately became sluggish. Her eyes lost focus, and drowsiness began to overtake her.

Suddenly, she jolted and widened her eyes. At some point, that round-faced girl had already rushed in front of her and was about to strike her.

Huo Yuqing hurriedly dodged.

The two on the field fell into an absurd cycle of control, breaking free, and dodging. Neither could do anything to the other, and they dragged things out until the five minutes were up.

"She held back," Tang Ya said indignantly.

The assessment teacher gave a bitter smile. "That student's fighting style really is like this..."

Inwardly, he prayed that this little lady would not drag him into it again. He had no idea what conflict Tang Ya had with these two freshmen, but this was truly a clash of immortals that brought disaster upon a minor god. He could not afford to lose a level-thirty freshman, but Tang Ya was not someone he could afford to offend either!

Although he was called a teacher, he was merely an errand runner at Shrek Academy. He did not teach students, only had a few connections and was assigned to handle the miscellaneous work of enrollment assessments.

He had originally hoped to build relationships with the promising newcomers during registration, yet he had offended so many people in one go.

This really was...

In the end, he could only declare Huo Yuqing qualified and hand her the proof that she had passed the assessment.

"You may go register as freshmen."

Wang Rui followed Jiang Nannan away without looking at Tang Ya again.

Perhaps Tang Ya's excessive negative emotions lately had affected her. Wang Rui had just clearly seen that her Blue Silver Grass had developed the black aura that signified corruption.

Ah, what was there left to argue about? After all, there was no Blue Silver Emperor left on Douluo Continent.

Huo Lolita's impression of Shrek this chapter: -10086

Wang Rui: Nice!

Wang Rui: I'll fucking dig it all up!