A week passed quickly.
The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy's assessment was about to begin.
Early that morning, Yao Shi got ready and headed toward the academy's Soul Arena.
As he walked, one question kept nagging at him. Strange. I've been here for over a month, so why haven't I seen Huo Yuhao? Could he have gone somewhere else?
Lost in thought, Yao Shi soon reached the Soul Arena.
Unlike Shrek Academy's open-air arena, the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy's Soul Arena was enormous. A white oval dome covered the entire Soul Fighting Zone, where many students were already waiting.
To qualify for the selection, students had to be at least Soul Elders and Third-Level Soul Engineers. That meant everyone here was in their fourth, fifth, or sixth year.
Just then, an Amplifying Soul Tool broadcast a voice throughout the arena. "Students, please proceed to your year's assessment area to draw lots. Teachers, please maintain order in the Soul Fighting Zone."
Jing Hongchen had already explained the rules to Yao Shi. Participants had to be under twenty. They could use their Martial Souls freely in battle, but only Soul Tools they had made themselves.
First, students from every class in a given year would compete to determine that year's ten strongest. Those ten could then challenge students in higher years.
Since only fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-year students were present, the fourth and fifth years would each select their ten strongest. Those twenty would then compete for ten places.
Only those final ten would qualify to fight sixth-year students outside the sixth year's top ten. Lose, and they were eliminated. Win, and they earned a place on either the main or reserve team for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament.
The Soul Arena was so large that Yao