Beast Dueling Area
While Xu Xingyu was passing the first stage of the Inner Court's assessment, the Outer Court was also bustling with activity.
The second-year students were gathered in the Beast Dueling Arena, preparing for their upcoming entrance exams.
The so-called Beast Dueling Arena is a small part of the Shrek Academy's Beast Dueling Area, mainly used as a place for students to fight against the Soul Beast trained by the Shrek Academy.
The Beast Dueling Area is the largest area of the Shrek Academy, and also the largest building in the Shrek Academy. Its area is large enough to be combined with all the teaching buildings, dormitories, and Shrek Square of the Martial Soul Department.
On this Douluo Continent, there are very few forces that can raise Soul Beast with the power of an academy, and among them, Shrek Academy has a scale that even the royal families of various countries dare not build Beast Dueling Area of such scale.
Keeping Soul Beast in captivity is no easy task, because while keeping them in captivity, it is necessary to ensure that the Soul Beast do not lose their wildness, and also to know the dietary habits of different Soul Beast.
In addition, they must ensure that the protective system of the Beast Dueling Area they build is secure enough to prevent Soul Beast from escaping at will. The expenses involved are unimaginable for most Soul Master Academy.
Shrek Academy can afford such expenses because most of Shrek City's annual tax revenue is entrusted to the Shrek Academy for safekeeping.
One-third of the funds were invested in the Beast Dueling Arena, so you can imagine how much it costs to maintain Beast Dueling Arena.
Besides the taxes from Shrek City and a portion of the student fees paid by Shrek students each year, which are also used to maintain the expenses of the Beast Dueling Area, we must not forget the funds provided by the Soul Tool Department.
Although many Soul Master at the Shrek Academy look down on Soul Tool, which are external objects, the other people who originally belonged to the Three Kingdoms period were not so pedantic as to be beyond redemption.
This is why every year, the Soul Tool Department produces Soul Tool that are sold to the three major empires besides the Sun Moon Empire.
However, in recent years, due to the rise of the Spirit Contract Pagoda, which not only sells Soul Spirit but also Soul Tool that are comparable to those of the Sun Moon Empire, Shrek's soul Soul Tool Department has not earned as much money each year as before.
Speaking of the Spirit Contract Pagoda, if any force can surpass Shrek Academy in the area of raising Soul Beast, then it is only the Soul Spirit Realm possessed by the Spirit Contract Pagoda that can surpass it.
After all, it was a special small plane specifically designed for Soul Spirit and Soul Beast, and its capacity was much larger than Shrek City.
Getting back to the main point, the reason why the second-year students are gathered here is because of their upcoming entrance exams.
Every year after the holidays, Shrek Academy holds an exam where students have to fight against the Soul Beast in the Beast Dueling Area. The teachers then grade the students based on their performance in that battle.
Note that if a student fails to achieve the required score, they will have to leave Shrek Academy. It's fair to say that Shrek Academy's rules are quite strict.
Wang Dong'er was feeling rather down at this moment, partly because Xu Xingyu had already gone to the Inner Court, and partly because she was so far behind her.
She knew from the beginning that Xu Xingyu's strength was far beyond that of ordinary people. Not only did he possess Twin Martial Souls, but each of Martial Soul was a super Martial Soul that only appeared once every ten thousand years.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, such a person is destined to stand at the pinnacle of the Douluo Continent.
But could she really catch up with her? Although she was already close to reaching the Soul Ancestor level, she knew very well that she absolutely could not defeat Wang Dong'er, even though Xu Xingyu.
Is it presumptuous of me to think I can be someone who walks alongside this person?
Fortunately, these gloomy thoughts only flashed briefly in Wang Dong'er's mind, and she quickly calmed down after adjusting her state of mind.
It was at this moment that Wang Dong's name was called out by the teacher, and Wang Dong'er realized that it was her turn for the assessment.
The Soul Beast she faced was a thousand-year-old Bloodthirsty Demon Bear, an earth-attribute Soul Beast with both offensive and defensive capabilities. If it were someone else, they might have a headache facing such an opponent.
However, for Wang Dong'er, Soul Master who had undergone dual modifications by the Clear Sky Sect and the Spirit Contract Pagoda, this was at best a relatively tough target.
Wang Dong'er quickly gained the upper hand with her agility, eventually outmaneuvering the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear. At the crucial moment, she unleashed a powerful attack, the Vast Light of the Vast Sea, which completely incapacitated the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear.
Of course, Wang Dong'er didn't kill her. After all, she was Soul Master from the Spirit Contract Pagoda, and she still had a bit of compassion for these Soul Beast that were forcibly kept in captivity. Besides, the other party didn't intend to kill her, so this was fine.
The teacher gave Wang Dong'er 145 points, just 5 points away from a perfect score, which can be considered a very good score.
Following Wang Dong'er was Xu Yanxue, whose opponent was a thousand-year-old Lightning Leopard. Although its lightning speed caused her some trouble for a while, it was eventually frozen into an ice shard by Xu Yanxue's Ultimate Ice and Snow.
Xu Yanxue no longer cares that the Martial Soul Department has discovered her Ultimate Ice and Snow attribute. On one hand, it's because her outstanding performance in the freshman assessment, with Qian Duoduo's support, has made her a candidate for the Ultimate Soldier. On the other hand, the Martial Soul Department has Xu Xingyu, who is so abnormal that she is no longer abnormal, so her Ultimate Ice and Snow attribute is not that important to them.
However, what Xu Yanxue cared about was Huo Yuhao. When she returned to the Far North last time, she learned about Huo Yuhao's existence and the fact that he was the host of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm from the Ice Empress.
Xu Yanxue originally thought that Huo Yuhao would be hunted down and killed by the Soul Beast in the Far North, but she didn't expect that Huo Yuhao would still be alive and kicking, and it seemed that he had even become stronger.
In Xu Yanxue's perception, Huo Yuhao's Soul Power had broken through level 20, and his cultivation level was around level 27. His physical attributes were probably comparable to a low-level Soul Ancestor, and his Spiritual Power was no different from that of Soul King.
It's safe to say that if Snow Empress didn't go all out, she might not have been able to defeat him. Moreover, he possessed the aura of Ultimate Ice. Could it be that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm hunted down another Ultimate Ice Soul Beast for him to use as his Martial Soul?
Looking at Huo Yuhao, who had been called onto the stage, Xu Yanxue below the stage also looked at him with a solemn expression. For some reason, Xu Yanxue's intuition told her that Huo Yuhao seemed to be more than just what she had perceived.
There is likely some incredible power lurking within him.