Chapter 131

The Beast Arena was the largest area within Shrek Academy, even bigger than the Martial Soul Department's Teaching Buildings, the Dormitory Building, and Shrek Square combined.

After the students of Grade 2 Class 1 and Class Two had received their assessment forms, they followed their two Homeroom Teachers through a heavy archway and into the Great Beast Arena.

They lined up neatly on the open ground outside the Beast Arena, waiting for the assessment to begin.

Class 1 and Zhou Yi stood at the very front of the formation, while Class Two was led by Mujin.

The students of the two classes added up to more than a hundred people, forming a dense, dark crowd, yet no one made a racket; even their breathing was kept low.

Across the entire Douluo Continent, there were only a handful of academies capable of raising Soul Beasts with the strength of a single institution, and one on Shrek's scale was utterly unique. Raising Soul Beasts was no simple matter.

They had to preserve the beasts' wild nature, care for the different diets and habits of various Soul Beasts, ensure safety, and find ways to drive and control them. The investment required was so enormous that ordinary Soul Master Academies would not even dare to imagine it.

All of Shrek City's annual tax revenue belonged to the academy, and nearly one-third of that money was continuously poured into the Beast Arena.

Just from this one expense, it was clear that the academy's emphasis on practical combat training had reached the point where cost was no object.

Besides the tax revenue from Shrek City, the Soul Guidance Department's Soul Tool sales were another major source of income.

Every year, the Soul Guidance Department produced large quantities of Soul Tools and sold them directly to the