Douluo: My Custom Achievement System

Yellow, yellow, purple. As the first Yellow Soul Ring lit up, Jiang Nannan vanished, turning into an elusive streak of silver light.

"That move again." Watching Jiang Nannan turn into a streak of light, Xu Sanshi, standing among the class one students, felt a chill run down his back.

Jiang Nannan's move had left a deep impression on him during the freshman assessment.

On the beast-fighting platform, the Black-Eyed Bear immediately lost sight of Jiang Nannan after she became a streak of light, its massive body freezing on the spot.

Silver light suddenly appeared behind the Black-Eyed Bear. At some point, Jiang Nannan had leaped high into the air.

Holding a silver-white longsword, she stabbed at the back of the Black-Eyed Bear's neck.

The Black-Eyed Bear's thick fur was easily pierced, and blood spurted from the back of its neck.

"Roar!" A pained howl rang out, but it came too early.

The moment Jiang Nannan pierced the back of the Black-Eyed Bear's neck, she moved with incredible speed, stabbing its ankles, both paws, and arms as well.

Her final thrust plunged straight into its back, piercing its heart.

"Roar!" Blood poured from its wounds, and the immense pain drove the Black-Eyed Bear completely mad. It swung its claws wildly in every direction.

Jiang Nannan smiled and flashed away from the frenzied Black-Eyed Bear.

The pain in the Black-Eyed Bear's body left it unable to calmly use its sense of smell to find Jiang Nannan.

Even if it stumbled upon the right direction by chance, Jiang Nannan could use her speed to dodge its attacks.

Most of the spectators at the edge of the platform watched the scene with their mouths hanging open.

No one had expected a fight against a thousand-year Soul Beast to become so simple.

Wang Yan, who had come to the elevated platform to watch Jiang Yi's match, looked pleasantly surprised by Jiang Nannan's fight.

Among the theories Wang Yan had long studied was the combination of Soul Tools and Soul Masters.

Soul Tools were now developing so rapidly that it had become an unstoppable trend.

The future development of Soul Masters would surely be inseparable from Soul Tools. He had always believed in combining Soul Masters and Soul Tools.

Soul Tools could make up for a Soul Master's shortcomings. Agility Attack System Soul Masters who lacked defense and attack power could compensate with Soul Tool Armor and offensive Soul Tools.

Some cumbersome power attack Soul Masters could also make up for their shortcomings with propulsion Soul Tools, and the same principle applied to other Soul Masters.

The longsword Jiang Nannan held was a class-three offensive Soul Tool.

I didn't expect any of the current students to be willing to use a Soul Tool, Wang Yan thought in surprise.

Jiang Nannan smiled as she held the longsword and looked toward Jiang Yi at the edge of the platform.

She had equipped herself with a Soul Tool on Jiang Yi's advice.

This was also her first time fighting like this, and the experience had been excellent. The Soul Tool made up for her lack of attack power.

Otherwise, fighting a thick-skinned, tough-fleshed Black-Eyed Bear would have been no easy task for her. She would have had to grind it down over time.

On the elevated platform, however, Du Weilun frowned at the sight. In his view, using a Soul Tool did not earn extra points.

"Boom!" The Black-Eyed Bear's enormous body had barely crashed to the ground

when several teachers immediately ran out and carried it away.

The Black-Eyed Bear was the academy's property. Thousand-year Soul Beasts were hard to capture, so they could not let it die.

"The assessment is over. Jiang Nannan faced a thousand-year Soul Beast, earning a base score of one hundred points. She rendered the thousand-year Soul Beast unconscious, earning one hundred points."

"She clearly demonstrated the fighting skills of an Agility Attack System Soul Master, earning fifty points. However, thirty points will be deducted for using a Soul Tool."

"A total of one hundred and twenty points. You passed the assessment," Du Weilun announced in a ringing voice.

Hearing why she had lost points, Jiang Nannan frowned, but said nothing more.

"Thank you, teacher." Jiang Nannan left the beast-fighting arena and returned to stand beside Jiang Yi.

Jiang Yi was somewhat speechless. Shrek Academy's attitude toward Soul Tools was far too old-fashioned.

With such resistance to Soul Tools, it was no wonder their Soul Tool technology lagged so far behind. In the future, they would have to rely on Huo Yuhao stealing blueprints to close the gap.

Chapter 60: A thousand-year First Soul Ring and Blue Silver Grass (please keep reading!)

As soon as Jiang Nannan returned, she leaned close to Jiang Yi's ear under the envious and jealous gazes of the others. "Brother Jiang Yi, you were right."

When Jiang Yi suggested that she use a Soul Tool, he had already said that using one at Shrek Academy might not be well received.

But she did not care. Jiang Yi's advice certainly would not harm her.

Besides, she had experienced the benefits of using a Soul Tool. If the people at Shrek Academy were unwilling to use them, that was their own problem.

Jiang Yi patted the back of Jiang Nannan's hand to comfort her. He did not care what Shrek Academy thought either; in any case, it would not stop him from using Soul Tools.

The Soul Tool interlude soon passed, and the class one students stepped onto the beast-fighting platform one by one in numerical order.

The vast majority passed the assessment. Only three had overestimated their strength and nearly been injured by their Soul Beasts.

In the end, the teachers intervened and rescued them, and they failed the assessment.

All the original students of second-year class one had taken their turns. The last was Jiang Yi, a transfer student who had joined the class only recently.

"Number forty-two, Jiang Yi," the assessment teacher called out.

Jiang Yi's name made those who had been watching him perk up.

Lin Yu turned her gaze toward Jiang Yi, eagerly anticipating his performance.

Jiang Yi strode into the beast-fighting arena and handed his assessment form to the teacher.

"Choose the age of the Soul Beast you want to challenge," the assessment teacher said.

"One thousand years," Jiang Yi said succinctly.

The assessment teacher looked astonished. "Another one choosing a thousand-year Soul Beast?"

"Are you sure?" Having seen one already, the teacher quickly calmed down and asked again.

"I'm sure."

Without another word, the assessment teacher gestured toward the passage ahead.

Challenging a thousand-year Soul Beast at level sixteen? Then let me see what you can do with that thousand-year First Soul Ring of yours. Du Weilun's eyes were full of interest.

A swift figure sprang out of the passage.

It stood a full three meters tall, with black fur covering its entire body and a pair of exceptionally long arms. Its cheeks were deathly pale, sharp fangs jutted from its mouth, and its blood-red eyes were terrifying to behold.

"Blood-Red Baboon." Jiang Yi's gaze sharpened.

Blood-Red Baboons were exceptionally powerful fighters. With copper skin and iron bones, they could tear tigers and leopards apart with their bare hands, and their fur was incredibly tough.

They also had a Soul Skill called Bloodthirst, which greatly increased their combat power when activated.

Blood-Red Baboons were more intelligent than other Soul Beasts. It did not rush to attack, instead pacing at a distance as it observed Jiang Yi.

"Roar!" The Blood-Red Baboon let out a low growl, testing Jiang Yi's reaction.

But Jiang Yi stood calmly in place and made no response.

A humanlike look of confusion appeared on the Blood-Red Baboon's face. It could sense that Jiang Yi was very weak.

Someone like that should not have remained so calm when tested by it.

Under these circumstances, the Blood-Red Baboon could no longer restrain itself.

Its thick hind legs pushed off fiercely, and it lunged at Jiang Yi.

Jiang Yi moved to meet the attack. Blue light gathered in his palm, and a thick Blue Silver vine appeared.

A purple Soul Ring rose behind him.

"Blue Silver Grass!"

"A thousand-year First Soul Ring!"

Cries of astonishment rose and fell throughout the beast-fighting arena as people stared at Jiang Yi's Martial Soul and Soul Ring in disbelief.

Bei Bei, who had been eager to see Jiang Yi's strength, stared wide-eyed. He had never imagined that this was what Jiang Yi's strength looked like.

Lin Yu could hardly believe it either. Was this why Jiang Yi had been admitted as an exception?

"Blue Silver Grass? What Blue Silver Grass?" Tang Ya, who had been growing drowsy while waiting for her assessment, hurriedly asked when she heard the cries of surprise.

Everyone was absorbed in their astonishment, and no one answered him. Tang Ya followed their gazes to the beast-fighting platform.

Her eyes were immediately drawn to the Blue Silver Grass in Jiang Yi's hand.

"Blue Silver Grass, but why is it different from mine? Why is it so thick?"

"And a Thousand-Year Soul Ring? How could it be a Thousand-Year Soul Ring? How could Blue Silver Grass fuse with a thousand-year First Soul Ring?"

As one of the few remaining members of the Tang Sect, Tang Ya believed no one could match his understanding of Blue Silver Grass.

Yet Jiang Yi's Blue Silver Grass was beyond her comprehension.

The Tang Sect had cultivated Blue Silver Grass for ten thousand years, but she had never seen a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul like this.

What happened next shocked Tang Ya even more, to the point that she began to doubt whether her own Martial Soul was really Blue Silver Grass.

After Soul Power was poured into it, dozens of strands of Blue Silver Grass sprang up in an instant and swarmed toward the Blood-Red Baboon from every direction.

The Blood-Red Baboon's path was blocked, and it slammed hard into the Blue Silver vines.

The Blue Silver vines bent sharply. After being strengthened many times, their toughness in their normal state was enough to withstand many attacks.

The vines snapped back, bouncing the Blood-Red Baboon away.

Then the Blue Silver vines shot forward, lashing at the Blood-Red Baboon like dozens of long whips in a barrage that left no gaps.

"Smack! Smack! Smack!"

The Blue Silver vines cracked repeatedly as they struck. The Blood-Red Baboon's fur protected it from injury, but it still howled in pain.

The sight left everyone in the beast-fighting arena dumbstruck. A Blue Silver Grass Soul Master was actually suppressing a thousand-year Blood-Red Baboon.

"Roar!" The Blood-Red Baboon let out a furious howl.

Its blood-red eyes flashed, and bloody Qi swirled around its black fur.

Under these circumstances, the Blood-Red Baboon could not help releasing Bloodthirst.

Once Bloodthirst was activated, all of the Blood-Red Baboon's abilities increased dramatically.

It finally caught a Blue Silver vine that had eluded its grasp moments before and tore it apart with ease.

Its sharp claws swept rapidly through the air, shredding all the Blue Silver vines that had been whipping him.

Having dealt with the Blue Silver vines, it fixed its blood-red eyes on Jiang Yi, killing intent spilling from them.

Its thick hind legs exploded with power once more. This time, its speed was terrifying.

Its body became a blood-red afterimage, charging straight at Jiang Yi.

The sight made everyone present break into a cold sweat.

A bloody stench rushed toward Jiang Yi as his First Soul Ring lit up behind him.

The Blue Silver vines changed instantly, turning a grayish white like cold iron and growing as thick as giant pythons.

A shield formed from Blue Silver Grass appeared before him in the blink of an eye.

The Blood-Red Baboon slammed into it again, and the sound of clashing metal and stone rang across the entire platform.

Its body bounced away once more. Having had its attack blocked again, the Blood-Red Baboon grew even more furious.

It extended a pair of sharp claws, ready to attack Jiang Yi.

But Jiang Yi's control over the Blue Silver Grass was faster than its movements.

In that instant, the shield came apart, turning back into dozens of strands of Blue Silver Grass.

Their shape also changed dramatically. The Blue Silver vines, whose tips had originally been rounded, became incredibly sharp, like a row of spears.

Empowered by Hemlock Power, the Blue Silver vines became deadly weapons of immense threat.

"Buzz! Buzz!"

Under Jiang Yi's control, the sharp Blue Silver vines stabbed repeatedly at the Blood-Red Baboon, whistling through the air.

The Blood-Red Baboon, which had been about to attack, hurriedly dodged in fright. When it could not evade a strike, it could only raise its arms to block.