Ye Chen: I Dominate the Whole Field

Everyone from Class Nine arrived at the training ground.

Although Shrek's training ground was huge, it was not large enough for thousands of students from ten classes to train at once, so only six classes were on the field at the moment.

By coincidence, Class One was among them.

A hundred meters away from Class Nine, an elderly woman stood on a raised platform with a stern expression, directing her students as they ran drills.

Ye Chen spotted Huo Yuhao in the middle of the formation.

Huo Yuhao had already taken the Mysterious Water Pill and the Soul Ascension Pill. His cultivation had reached Rank 16, and with the physical enhancement provided by the Mysterious Heaven Skill, he was no longer at the bottom.

However, Ye Chen did not see Wang Dong and her pink-blue hair.

The running drills were probably nearing their end. Wang Dong had likely finished early and gone to the nearby lounge to drink some water and rest.

"Faster!"

"No slacking off!"

"Anyone who dares slack off will be expelled immediately!"

"Ten minutes left, hold on! Anyone who fails to finish can get out of my class on their own. My class does not accept trash!"

Zhou Yi barked harshly.

Before her, students ran drills one after another while wearing weighted armor. Everyone was drenched in sweat, gritting their teeth and enduring it, though some looked utterly dead inside, their eyes nearly rolling back.

Old woman Zhou Yi's authority was still formidable. Even so, no one chose to slack off.

Of course, everyone who had slacked off had already been expelled—a classic case of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys.

Getting into Shrek Academy was like getting into Tsinghua University or Peking University in Ye Chen's previous life—it was the hope of an entire village. No one wanted to be expelled.

The other classes all had more than a hundred students, while Zhou Yi's class had only a little over ninety remaining.

It had not even been a month since school began, yet Zhou Yi's class had already lost more than ten students.

"Fuck, no wonder everyone in Zhou Yi's class passed the assessment in the original novel. She fucking expelled all the trash, so naturally the pass rate was high!" Ye Chen suddenly realized.

He remembered that by the time of the assessment, only sixty-seven students remained in Zhou Yi's class. Nearly forty percent of the students had been eliminated.

The freshman assessment's elimination rate was fifty percent, meaning half of the students would be eliminated.

Zhou Yi eliminated the fifty percent of her class who would not pass the assessment ahead of time, so naturally all those who remained could pass it.

As the homeroom teacher of Class One, Zhou Yi's class would definitely have had a higher average level and a higher promotion rate to begin with. On top of that, she expelled all those trash students who were only Rank 10-something, leaving behind only those close to Rank 20. It was not too difficult to ensure that everyone passed the assessment.

Ye Chen strongly suspected that Zhou Yi did the same thing with upper-year students.

There were already few sixth-year students to begin with, with only twenty students in a class. Even if one person entered the Inner Court, that would make the promotion rate five percent.

But with a wave of Zhou Yi's hand, fifteen students would be expelled. Then if one person entered the Inner Court, the promotion rate would become twenty percent.

So it was indeed true that the classes taught by Zhou Yi had the highest Inner Court promotion rates.

At the same time, this outrageous practice led to widespread complaints and reports from the nobles behind the students.

After all, those who could advance to the fifth and sixth years through such harsh systems were no longer commoners in large numbers. Most of them were disciples of major factions.

After cultivating so painstakingly for so long, being casually expelled by Zhou Yi naturally left those major factions dissatisfied. They began filing reports and complaints, severely damaging Shrek's reputation.

Shrek could not withstand the pressure, but because of Fan Yu, it was not convenient to expel Zhou Yi. They could only demote her to teach freshman classes.

After all, freshmen came from all walks of life and included plenty of trash. No matter how Zhou Yi expelled them, the impact would not be significant.

"Stop looking, Ye Chen. That's old woman Zhou Yi's training method. We're not that insane." Mu Jin came up behind Ye Chen. Thinking he had been frightened by old woman Zhou Yi's training methods, she quickly patted his shoulder reassuringly.

At the same time, she felt a faint sense of delight.

No matter how old woman Zhou Yi trained them, she could never cultivate a genius greater than Ye Chen.

Moreover, Mu Jin had always disdained Zhou Yi's "suppression-based" and "exploitative" teaching methods.

Zhou Yi's students might perform brilliantly in the Freshman Competition, but once they left Zhou Yi, they would revert to their true forms. Trash would still be trash, while those capable of succeeding would still soar.

Her teaching, on the other hand, was relatively relaxed. After all, a Soul Master's cultivation primarily depended on oneself.

If you did not work hard and were eliminated, who could you blame?

But if you worked hard enough, and your background and talent could keep up, then even through self-study, your future achievements would not be poor.

"Mm, I think you're much better, Teacher Mu Jin."

Ye Chen turned and gave Mu Jin a brilliant smile.

"Hehe~ It's best if you think that way." Mu Jin covered her mouth and chuckled, her gaze toward Ye Chen growing increasingly satisfied.

Who would not like a student like this?

Unfortunately, the age gap between her and Ye Chen was a little too large. Otherwise...

"Pah, pah, pah, what am I even thinking..." Mu Jin blushed and cast the strange thoughts from her mind.

Then she looked at Ye Chen and said, "Combat class is for practical training. After all, during the freshman assessment, you'll have to face all kinds of opponents. Ye Chen, how many do you think you can handle alone? I'll assign you a few opponents so your classmates can see what you're capable of."

"Hmm..."

After thinking for a moment, Ye Chen said, "I could probably take on the whole class by myself..."

That was still a conservative estimate. His Ultimate Ice was an area-of-effect ability. Against opponents at the same level, it could crush them outright; against those below his level, it would be an even more one-sided slaughter.

If he fought the entire class alone, he would still have to hold back, lest he accidentally kill some of the students who were only in their teens.

"Uh... are you sure?"

Mu Jin was slightly stunned. Wasn't that way too arrogant?

But on second thought, it did make sense. There was not even a single Soul Elder in the class, while Ye Chen was already a Soul Ancestor. On top of that, he possessed the legendary Ultimate Ice Martial Spirit. Taking on everyone did not seem impossible.

Mu Jin glanced at Zhou Yi, who was still off in the distance berating her students, and her eyes lit up.

Step aside—she was about to show off!

Good students were meant to be flaunted.

If that old hag Zhou Yi saw how powerful Ye Chen was, she would probably die of jealousy. Hehehe...

Just imagining Zhou Yi's ugly expression later filled Mu Jin with indescribable delight.

"I'm sure. But forget anyone below level nineteen. I'm afraid I might beat them to death," Ye Chen said with a shrug.

Ultimate Ice was not something ordinary people could withstand. Even if he suppressed the power of his Soul Skills, he could still freeze someone badly. The risk was too great.

"Good. Then let's begin."

With a grand wave of her hand, Mu Jin turned to the other students. "Students, today's practical combat class will be a little special. Ye Chen will be fighting every student in our class above level nineteen!"

"What? He wants to fight all of us by himself?"

"Even a Soul Elder can't be this arrogant, can they?"

"He's a Soul Ancestor, not a Soul Elder..."

"Oh, then it's fine..."

"Sorry for bothering you. He really is qualified."

"Hmph, so what if he's a Soul Ancestor? There are over sixty of us! If we coordinate well, we might not lose!"

"That's right! There are so many of us—what are we afraid of?"

The students discussed among themselves. Though they all had different thoughts, every one of them was brimming with fighting spirit.

After all, there were more than sixty students in the class above level nineteen, including twelve Soul Grandmasters and even someone like Ning Tian, a peak level-twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster!

They were all the most outstanding disciples of their respective families or factions. If they gave it their all, they did not believe they would be inferior to a level-forty-one Soul Ancestor.

"Good. Everyone, get on the platform."

With a wave of her hand, Mu Jin directly sent everyone onto the stage.

The training ground was quite large. Several Soul Fighting Platforms over fifty meters in diameter stood in the center, more than enough for the freshmen to train on.

In an instant, dozens of students stepped onto the platform.

Such a grand training scene immediately drew the attention of students from the other classes on the field.

Not only the students, but even the teachers paused their training and came over to watch the show.

PS: Ning Tian only reached level thirty-one three months later, so being a peak level twenty-nine now was about right.

If Ning Tian were already level thirty-one now and still level thirty-one three months later, then with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's resources plus Shrek Academy's special training, she would not even gain one level. That would be way too pathetic.