The assessment examiner is Yun Ming? Kids, great fortune has arrived!

Upon hearing Yun Ze's self-introduction, the two understood his intentions and felt fortunate that they hadn't escalated their conflict with him any further.

Yun Ze leaned against the wall, no longer watching the two, who were lost in complex thoughts, and instead picked up the assessment form nearby to examine it.

The content of the assessment was largely similar to the original, though the order had been shuffled, and the eating segment was gone.

Yun Ze didn't know if that pure eating contest from back then was a backdoor opened by the will of the heavens for Tang Wulin, but it was certainly absurd.

Shrek Academy wasn't recruiting bottomless pits; what was the point of comparing who could eat more every single day?

If they wanted to recruit bottomless pits, why bother recruiting people at all? It would be better to recruit four-legged animals; they'd be cheaper and easier to raise.

The eating competition was gone, replaced by an additional team battle, which seemed to involve summoning a figure from the past to fight the three of them.

It was still a matter of holding out for ten minutes to win, which was likely similar to the trials Yun Ze had previously undergone at the Tang Sect and the War God Temple.

A knock on the door sounded, and the three of them looked up in unison.

Standing at the doorway was a young, beautiful woman with a slender figure and long, pale white hair.

The woman held a blue folder in her hand and smiled at the three of them.

"Hello, I am your proctor, Shen Yi. I will be overseeing your assessment. Now, I will take you to the first examination hall."

After Shen Yi finished speaking, Yun Ze was the first to stand up, followed immediately by Yuezheng Yu and Yuanen Yehui.

"Hello, teacher."

Yun Ze spoke to Shen Yi, and the latter covered her mouth and chuckled, as if she were anticipating something.

"Alright, little Yun Ze, the upcoming assessment won't be easy, so don't you dare let your guard down."

Yun Ze looked at Shen Yi's expression, narrowed his eyes, and said, "Wait, what does that mean? Why do I feel like your expression is so strange, Sister Shen?"

Shen Yi smiled and then replied, "The teacher gave instructions to maintain a sense of mystery. In any case, you should look forward to it."

Shen Yi's gaze then shifted to Yuezheng Yu and Yuanen Yehui behind him.

"You two little ones are also in luck. By following our little Yun Ze, you'll be able to witness many things you shouldn't be seeing at this stage."

Yuezheng Yu said helplessly, "Teacher, would you like this good fortune for yourself? Can I change groups now?"

Yuanen Yehui gave a disdainful cold snort, then looked at Shen Yi and said, "Teacher Shen, please take us there quickly!"

Shen Yi nodded, turned around, and said, "Follow me."

Yun Ze led the two of them to follow in Shen Yi's footsteps, and she brought the three into a room.

This room was entirely constructed of black stone, which seemed to have some shielding effect on spiritual power; Yun Ze felt that his spiritual power was struggling to project outward.

Shen Yi's figure flickered for a moment and then vanished from where she stood.

At the same time, the surrounding walls shifted, and two dragon statues flipped over.

The statues were positioned in a pincer formation, trapping the three in the middle; no matter how they turned, at least one dragon statue would be facing them directly or indirectly.

Yun Ze already knew the content of this assessment and was about to offer a warning when a wave of spiritual energy assaulted his sea of spirit.

Yun Ze swallowed his warning, immediately began to focus and hold his breath, and concentrated on defending against this intruding spiritual power.

Yuezheng Yu and Yuanen Yehui suffered the spiritual impact at almost the exact same time.

The two showed completely different reactions; Yuezheng Yu took a step back, then knelt on one knee, using his Angel Holy Sword to prop himself up so he wouldn't collapse entirely.

Golden wings flickered on and off behind his back, clearly struggling to resist this unknown spiritual impact.

Yuanen Yehui did not use her Fallen Angel martial soul this time, but instead used her Titan Giant Ape martial soul.

As her figure expanded, Yuanen Yehui simply used her hands to cover her temples, protecting her sea of spirit from the impact as much as possible.

Watching the two become increasingly disheveled, Yun Ze raised his hand and struck a burst of spiritual power toward the dragon statues on both sides.

After resisting for half a minute, the two dragon statues cracked simultaneously, and the spiritual power assessment came to an end.

Yun Ze reached out toward Yuanen Yehui, who had also bent over, and said to the two, "Alright, let's go."

Yuanen Yehui stood up with the help of Yun Ze's arm and nodded; Yuezheng Yu also managed to stand up with difficulty.

"Is the first stage this difficult? It truly lives up to the reputation of Shrek Academy."

Yuezheng Yu was in the most miserable state of the three; under the scouring of the spiritual power, he was already bleeding from his seven orifices.

In the shadows, a white-haired old man stood beside Yun Ming and said to him, "This little guy's spiritual power is much stronger than it was on the day he broke through to become a Spirit Elder. These two statues are pressurized by the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, further condensed and amplified by soul guidance devices; it is equivalent to twice the standard assessment criteria."

"Coupled with the two statues resonating with each other, the difficulty of shattering both statues with spiritual power simultaneously is no less than facing a genuine Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King head-on."

"Of course, it is a five-thousand-year-old Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King."

Yun Ming nodded, looking at Yun Ze's back with a hint of melancholy; it was the expression of an aging father watching a son who was increasingly slipping beyond his control.

The subsequent trials were not difficult for Yun Ze, and he even had the spare energy to help Yuezheng Yu and Yuanen Yehui endure them.

By the time they reached the fourth trial, Yun Ze was leading the way, taking a deep breath before preparing to push open the door.

But the moment he pushed the door open, his calm expression crumbled.

To be precise, his entire person froze in place, stunned.

Instead of the three examiners conducting a joint assessment as expected for this stage of showcasing one's specialty, only a single youthful figure stood proudly in the room.

This room was also the most spartan of the entire examination process; it lacked even tables or chairs, being nothing more than a vast, empty space.

The youth standing there was none other than Yun Ze's father in this life, the number one person on the Douluo Continent and the Pavilion Master of the Shrek Sea God Pavilion—Yun Ming.

"The fourth trial is to showcase your specialties; Shrek does not accept the mediocre."

Yun Ming spoke softly, while Yun Ze whispered to Yuezheng Yu and Yuanen Yehui behind him.

"Kids, your luck has just arrived."

Yun Ming ignored Yun Ze's whispering and calmly continued his own words.

"Originally, this trial was for you to demonstrate your own talents, but due to some special reasons, the difficulty of this stage has been increased. The task for this trial has now been changed to: hold out for more than one minute against me."

"Of course, that would be too difficult for you, so I will suppress my soul power to the level of a Soul Emperor..."