On the day of Su Mo Academy's second admissions examination, before dawn had even broken over Seven Treasure City, a dense crowd had already packed the area outside the academy.
Ning Fengzhi dispatched five hundred sect disciples to maintain order at the street entrances.
Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and Poison Douluo personally stood guard on either side of the high platform, the unrestrained auras of three Titled Douluo weighing down upon the entire crowd.
More than twenty thousand young Soul Masters crowded the long street, yet they remained utterly silent. No one dared make a reckless move.
Standing before the gates, Su Mo swept his gaze across the crowd below and said only two things. "We are taking only one thousand today. The first test measures Martial Souls and Soul Power; the second tests comprehension. Begin."
Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu led their junior disciples out with the Soul-Measuring Stones and arranged them in a row across the plaza before the academy.
Ning Rongrong and Shui Bing'er handled registration, while the Yu Tianheng brothers kept the lines in order.
The applicants were admitted in batches, and the queues moved swiftly.
Light flashed continuously before the Soul-Measuring Stones. Some people's eyes lit up, while others lowered their heads and withdrew.
Those who passed the first test were led into a newly opened training ground.
Stone walls enclosed the training ground, and its floor was paved with bluestone slabs, enough for three thousand people to sit at once. Su Mo stood on the northern platform with only Sword Douluo beside him.
After everyone had taken their seats, he raised a hand and condensed fine threads of Soul Power, drawing an extremely simple meridian route in the air. He demonstrated it only three times.
"Within the time it takes to burn one incense