It is said that in just three months, more than 30 freshmen in the first class were expelled by their head teacher Zhou Yi.
These expelled students are all geniuses with high-level Martial Soul, under the age of twelve, and Soul Power over level fifteen. They would be treasures in any other academy. This shows how rich the student pool of Shrek is, and how harsh the teaching methods of Zhou Yi are.
On this day, in Freshman Class Six's classroom, Han Ruoruo finished the last knowledge point and closed the book in his hand.
"That's it for today's lesson."
She glanced at the nearly a hundred young faces in the audience, and her voice was clear and steady.
"Three months have passed since the beginning of school, and you will also face the first important level of entering Shrek Academy - Freshman Assessment."
The classroom instantly became quiet, and you could hear a pin drop.
All the students held their breath, knowing that the fateful moment was coming.
"Only by passing the assessment can you officially become a first-year student of the Shrek Academy and truly become a member here. If nothing else happens, you will be able to continue to practice in the academy at least until the first-year graduation exam."
Han Ruoruo continued.
"The assessment starts tomorrow. Today I will tell you the key points of the assessment."
She explained the Freshman Assessment pattern in detail.
It is mainly a battle, in the form of a team battle of three people.
Nearly a thousand freshmen from the whole grade will form more than 300 teams to compete in round-robin competition at the same time.
In the end, only the top 150 teams will be able to stay, and the remaining half of the teams will be ruthlessly eliminated and leave Shrek Academy.
"The competition will determine its opponents through drawing lots. Each team will have to compete in at least ten battles, and will eventually be ranked according to the number of wins. Among them, the top 64 teams will enter the subsequent knockout rounds. The top four teams in the knockout rounds will be given different rewards by the academy, and the rewards for the championship team will be particularly rare."
All Class Six students listened very seriously, their eyes full of nervousness and determination.
This is related to whether they can stay in this Soul Master holy land and whether the three months of hard work can bear fruit. No one is willing to fall down at this moment.
Han Ruoruo looked at the tensed faces of the children in the audience, and his tone was slow and encouraging.
"Teacher hopes that all our classmates Class Six can advance smoothly."
That's what she said, but she knew in her heart that it was almost impossible.
Although Class Six has three Soul Elders, Yin Chen, Gu Yuena, and Ye Guyi, the strength of the other students varies widely, ranging from levels 17 and 18 to more than 20 levels, and other classes are also hiding dragons and crouching tigers. It is extremely unrealistic for all members to advance.
These words are more of comfort and encouragement.
Then, based on three months of observation, Han Ruoruo selected a student who showed interest and talent in Soul Tool, and announced that he would be specially recruited to study at the Soul Tool Department without attending Freshman Assessment.
This is a special channel for the college to select talents for the Soul Tool Department, recommended by the class teacher.
As a result, the remaining number of Class Six is exactly ninety-nine, which can be perfectly divided into thirty-three three-person teams.
Then comes the most critical grouping step.
Almost all students are praying secretly in their hearts, hoping to be assigned to a group with Yin Chen, Gu Yuena or Ye Guyi.
If this happens, it almost means promotion.
However, what Han Ruoruo said next made everyone's expectations instantly dashed.
"Group 1."
Her voice carried clearly throughout the classroom.
"Yin Chen, Gu Yuena, Ye Guyi."
The moment these three names were read out in succession, the entire classroom fell into an eerie silence.
Yin Chen, Gu Yuena, Ye Guyi!
These three people form a team?
Everyone was stunned, and then there was a sense of powerlessness and relief in their hearts.
How to fight this?
I'm afraid that even if I look through the entire grade, I can't find a team that can compete with these three people, right?
This is basically a reservation for the championship.
Han Ruoruo looked at the complicated expressions of the students in the audience and understood.
Doesn't she know that "leading the weak with the strong" can help more students in the class advance?
But doing that would be unfair to Yin Chen and the students who were not selected.
The championship reward is too tempting for low-level Soul Master, and she must ensure that Class Six has the strongest competitiveness.
Moreover, the dual Control System of Yin Chen and Gu Yuena are paired with the top Power Attack System of Ye Guyi. This combination is perfect, with almost no shortcomings.
Combining the three strongest people together ensures that the champion belongs to Class Six, and at the same time allows other students to compete fairly based on their own strength. This is the most reasonable decision she made after weighing the pros and cons as the class teacher.
Yin Chen was not surprised by this grouping. He glanced at Gu Yuena who was still expressionless, and Ye Guyi who had a slightly raised mouth on the other side and was obviously very satisfied with this group.
He knew that for their team, Freshman Assessment's journey might have lost most of the suspense from the moment they were grouped into groups.
Their goal is one and only - the highest championship reward.
Although no matter Yin Chen, Gu Yuena or Ye Guyi, they may not value the reward of Freshman Assessment champion in their hearts, but they are arrogant in their bones and will not allow themselves to lose in any competition among their peers.
Especially Yin Chen and Gu Yuena, both of them have ambitions to take charge of the Sea God Pavilion in the future, which means that they must show absolute dominance at every stage and surpass all their contemporaries with a crushing attitude, in order to finally enter the vision of the academy's senior leadership and stand out.
There was no words all night, and in the early morning of the next day, with the rising sun, Freshman Assessment officially kicked off.
Assessment Area is located in the north-central part of the Martial Soul Department, adjacent to Soul Fighting Zone.
But unlike Soul Fighting Zone, which is mainly used for advanced students to compete, entertain and earn credits, Assessment Area is much larger in area.
For the students of the Shrek Academy Outer Court, this is the best stage for outstanding students to show themselves, but it is also a nightmare place for countless people with insufficient cultivation and insufficient preparation.
Every year, a large number of students fail here and are forced to leave the academy.
The entire Assessment Area is in the shape of a huge circle, and the interior is evenly divided into fifty sector-shaped areas of exactly the same size. Each area has independent boundaries and simple protective measures.
The ground in the area is paved with hard Green Oak Stone, which is enough to withstand the Soul Skill impact of Soul Grandmaster level.
The areas are separated by wide passages to facilitate the passage of students and referee teachers.
There are no stands here, and the assessment process is relatively closed, mainly to reduce external interference and allow students to perform at their best.
In order to allow the freshmen to adapt to the rhythm of the assessment, the first day's schedule is relatively easy, and each team only needs to compete in one battle.
The college dispatched fifty experienced teachers to be responsible for the assessment, registration and refereeing work in these fifty areas.