Huo Yuhao said, "Wang Dong has always been extremely conceited. I hate people like that the most. Wang Jie, who shares a dorm room with him, was harshly disciplined by Wang Dong just for changing clothes in the dormitory. If someone like that had encountered me back then, I would have kicked him out just like Dai Huabin."
Zhou Yi shook her head after hearing this. "The New Student Assessment is of utmost importance. Several of this year's new students have already broken through to the Soul Elder rank, and your old nemesis, Dai Huabin, is the highest-ranked among them."
Huo Yuhao looked at Zhou Yi and said, "Dai Huabin is nothing to fear. But Zhou Laoshi, could you make a slight change to my grouping this time?"
Zhou Yi refused. "Huo Yuhao, don't think that just because you've performed well as usual and we have a decent relationship, you can come to me asking for special treatment."
"No. What if I told you I have a Second Spirit?"
Huo Yuhao's words left Zhou Yi stunned for a moment. Then she looked at him in shock. "You... you have Twin Martial Souls!"
One had to know that among the entire new-student cohort, not a single person possessed Twin Martial Souls. Yet Huo Yuhao's words left Zhou Yi utterly shaken.
"My Second Spirit is the Ice Jade Scorpion, and it possesses the Extreme Ice Attribute. I plan to use it as a secret weapon in this New Student Assessment. I've decided to take first place in this year's New Student Assessment!"
"An Ultimate Attribute!" Zhou Yi drew in a sharp breath. Her gaze at Huo Yuhao had never been so fervent. The Extreme Ice Attribute had never appeared in the history of the academy.
And once an Ultimate Attribute Soul Master cultivated to the Titled Douluo rank, the battle prowess they could truly unleash would be beyond what ordinary Titled Douluo could match.
"Tell me, who do you want to be grouped with?" Zhou Yi asked directly, without the slightest hesitation.
If she had to choose between the usually outstanding Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao, who possessed the Extreme Ice Attribute and had even more impressive abilities, Zhou Yi would choose the latter without the slightest hesitation.
Huo Yuhao said, "Xiao Xiao and Song Hanqing."
Zhou Yi nodded slightly after hearing this. "Xiao Xiao's Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron is quite a good support-type Martial Soul. As for Song Hanqing, I had originally planned to send him to the Soul Tool System. However, since you've brought it up, I believe that with your strength, entering the top one hundred and fifty will be no problem."
"Zhou Laoshi, please keep the secret that my Second Spirit possesses the Extreme Ice Attribute. I want to surprise everyone."
Especially Dai Huabin.
Zhou Yi nodded. "All right. This is the last time."
That afternoon, the groupings for New Student Class One were announced.
Wang Dong frowned slightly as she looked at the grouping in front of her. Her teammates were Wang Jie, who shared her dormitory, and Tang Yi, who lived in the neighboring dormitory. A team composed of three Soul Grandmasters would occupy a significant place in this year's New Student Assessment.
Huo Yuhao secretly let out a sigh of relief. Soon afterward, Xiao Xiao and Song Qingqing came looking for him.
"Class Monitor Huo! I never thought I'd get the chance to fight alongside you. I'm Song Hanqing. Please guide me!" Song Hanqing was short and thin, and his Martial Soul was an egg—a genuine Food System Martial Soul.
"Class Monitor, my name is Xiao Xiao. I'm very happy to fight alongside you." Xiao Xiao dressed somewhat like a little girl. Her youthful face had yet to fully mature, and she only came up to Huo Yuhao's chest.
Huo Yuhao had met He Caitou before. That burly man, over two meters tall, would eventually become a couple with Xiao Xiao, who stood before him. A wild man and a dwarf?
Huo Yuhao inexplicably came up with such an absurd thought. He shook his head and cast it aside.
"Xiao Xiao, Hanqing, we've been classmates for three months, so we're already quite familiar with one another. The New Student Assessment begins tomorrow afternoon. I don't expect you to perform perfectly, but there's one thing I want to make clear: from beginning to end, we have only one goal, and that is to take first place in the New Student Assessment!"
If anyone else had said this, they probably would have been mocked, because it was unrealistic. After all, not a single person who could enter Shrek Academy was easy to deal with.
Ever since Huo Yuhao had established his reputation as the top new student after his battle with Xu Sanshi, his bold declaration immediately filled Xiao Xiao and Song Hanqing with confidence.
The other students of New Student Class One looked at Xiao Xiao and Song Hanqing with envious eyes after hearing this. Wang Dong, however, curled her lips. "Lucky people!"
The Assessment Area had been established in the central-northern part of the Martial Soul System. It covered an area of twenty thousand square meters. To ensure that the New Student Assessment proceeded smoothly, the interior of the oval-shaped Assessment Area had been divided by partitions into fifty sections.
Each section covered four hundred square meters, which was sufficient for the new students, whose highest cultivation was three rings and lowest was two rings. The academy had also assigned fifty teachers to register the assessments and serve as referees.
This year's new students had been divided into three hundred and sixteen groups, totaling nine hundred and forty-eight people. In the end, only the four hundred and fifty members of the top one hundred and fifty groups would be allowed to remain. A survival rate of less than fifty percent genuinely left the new students extremely tense.
At noon, Huo Yuhao treated Xiao Xiao and Song Hanqing to the finest set meal in the Mess Hall. With the wealthy Qian Renxue around, Huo Yuhao did not have to worry about lacking money. Not long ago, Qian Renxue had asked Snake Lance Douluo, who lived in Shrek City, to take some money and have it exchanged.
Gold Soul Coins from Ten Thousand Years Ago were antiques. There were quite a few collectors who liked that sort of thing, and their value had increased more than tenfold.
After finishing lunch, the three of them discussed some of the procedures for the match. Soon afterward, they heard a broadcast.
"All new students, please take note. All new students, please take note. The New Student Assessment is about to begin. All new students, please proceed to the Assessment Area to assemble. Anyone who is late after ten minutes will be treated as having forfeited."
Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Song Hanqing sprang to their feet. They had already been waiting in the woods on the outskirts of the Assessment Area, so they immediately entered after hearing the broadcast.
Huo Yuhao Trio were assigned to District 33 according to their earlier grouping. A middle-aged man who looked to be around forty had already been waiting there for quite some time. He looked extremely ordinary and always wore a genial smile.
"Hello, everyone. My name is Wang Yan, and I'm your assessment teacher. There are six groups participating in the assessment on our side, and everyone is here now."
"Hello, Teacher Wang Yan!" Everyone bowed to Wang Yan in greeting.
"There's no need to be so formal. My teaching philosophy is to treat everyone as friends. Don't carry too much psychological pressure during the matches. I also don't want anyone to be injured because of this. This is an assessment, not a death match between enemies. If I discover anyone deliberately causing a student to become disabled, I'll report it to the academy and have the matter dealt with severely."
Everyone nodded repeatedly after hearing this. The New Student Assessment was enormous in scale, and without exception, every teacher qualified to serve as an assessment teacher was outstanding.
Wang Yan nodded slightly. "Since that's settled, let's begin the assessment. You little fellows have plenty of energy, especially at your age."
Wang Yan opened a folder, raised his head to look at everyone, and said, "The first match of the first round: Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Song Hanqing of New Student Class One versus Chu Qiuchi, Han Leng, and Yang Zhan of New Student Class Two."
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