Tyrant Dragon?
After giving Wang Dong'er repeated instructions, Xu Xingyu went to his team's assembly point to prepare for the freshman assessment.
As mentioned before, for Xu Xingyu, this freshman assessment was no different from going through the motions.
However, this was still a fairly important assessment for the other members of his team, so it was reasonable for him to accompany them in preparing for the upcoming exam. It also gave him a chance to get a better understanding of his teammates' abilities, allowing him to figure out how much he could slack off during combat.
First, it's important to note that this doesn't mean Xu Xingyu is trying to play dumb. After all, the fact that Xu Xingyu was able to beat Ma Xiaotao shows that his combat strength, which is on par with the Soul Emperor, has already been revealed to the Shrek Academy.
The freshman assessment is a chance for each student to demonstrate their value to the college. If Xu Xingyu dominates the entire competition, then the college will not be able to fairly evaluate his two teammates.
Xu Yanxue needs to demonstrate her value in this freshman assessment.
Xu Yanxue's current plan is to become a core disciple of the Soul Tool Department, therefore she does not want to reveal the fact that she is an Ultimate Ice and Snow expert.
This was one of the reasons why she filled in her Martial Soul as a common ice element Martial Soul when she enrolled.
After all, if the Martial Soul Department knew that she possessed the attribute of Ultimate Ice and Snow, then the Martial Soul Department would definitely actively recruit Xu Yanxue as their core disciple.
The question is, who is Xu Yanxue? She is the Heavenly Snow Woman, the leader of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North who once ruled the Far North! She is also the successor personally appointed by the previous Ice God!
The Martial Soul Department can't really teach her much of anything of value. In fact, if Xu Yanxue wanted, her knowledge and combat experience would be enough for her to become a teacher at the academy.
Therefore, joining the Martial Soul Department is meaningless to Xu Yanxue!
It just so Xu Yanxue became interested in the revolutionary product of Soul Tool after transforming into human form because of Xu Xingyu. So, instead of joining the meaningless Martial Soul Department, she might as well join the Soul Tool Department.
This is why Xu Yanxue doesn't want to reveal her Ultimate Attribute.
Although the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Tool Department appear to be of equal status, it's important to know that most of the elders of the Sea God Pavilion come from the Martial Soul Department.
Once Xu Yanxue reveals her Ultimate Attribute, she will inevitably be fought over by both the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Tool Department, and the matter will escalate to the Sea God Pavilion Meeting.
Since there are very few elders who support the Soul Tool Department, Xu Yanxue will inevitably be forcibly incorporated into the Martial Soul Department in the end.
Huh? You mean Xu Yanxue's personal wish? According to the original novel, did Yan Shaozhe ever interfere with whether Huo Yuhao wanted to leave the Soul Tool Department for the Martial Soul Department?
No, he just said that if he couldn't win against Xian Lin'er, he would initiate Sea God Pavilion Meeting to try to make Huo Yuhao a core disciple of the Martial Soul Department. He didn't consider Huo Yuhao's own thoughts at all from beginning to end.
It can be said that the final ownership of a student still rests with the college, rather than with the student's own wishes.
(Author's comment: I personally think that Huo Yuhao didn't express his wishes simply because he didn't dare to offend the two deans. If Huo Yuhao really had to choose, he would probably choose the Soul Tool Department. Although Huo Yuhao has some personality issues, he is generally grateful.)
Therefore, in order to reduce unnecessary trouble, Xu Yanxue chose to hide her Ultimate Attribute so that she wouldn't be forcibly turned into a disciple of the Martial Soul Department by people of the Martial Soul Department.
Of course, she also had to try her best to show her talents during the freshman assessment, because the people from the Soul Tool Department would also be observing Xu Yanxue's performance.
As long as Xu Yanxue performs well in the assessment, becoming a core disciple of the Soul Tool Department will not be a problem for her.
Meanwhile, Xu Xingyu heard through her own information channels that if the Soul Tool Department could not recruit her into the Soul Tool Department, then they would consider choosing Xu Yanxue as a candidate for the Ultimate Soldier.
After all, Xu Yanxue received a Soul Tool Department training that was ahead of its time at the Spirit Contract Pagoda. Therefore, in the eyes of the Soul Tool Department, if limited to the Soul Tool Department talent, Xu Yanxue was no less capable than Xu Xingyu.
However, they didn't have much of a concept of Xu Yanxue's combat strength, so they wanted to use the freshman assessment to determine Xu Yanxue was suitable.
Although Xu Xingyu scoffed at the so-called Ultimate Soldier Plan, he knew that as long as Xu Yanxue was selected as the implementer of the Ultimate Soldier Plan, a large amount of resources from the Soul Tool Department would be tilted towards Xu Yanxue.
At the same time, Xu Yanxue will become a pivotal figure in Shrek's Soul Tool Department, which is very beneficial to Xu Xingyu's future plans.
That's why Xu Xingyu wanted to give Xu Yanxue more opportunities to perform during the freshman assessment, because only with outstanding performance would the Soul Tool Department give them some guarantees.
Of course, since the existence of the Ultimate Attribute must be concealed, Xu Yanxue cannot be allowed to defeat all the enemies alone; he must also contribute a small portion of his strength to help Xu Yanxue.
As for the teammate named Jiang Haoyue, he should also give him some credit, after all, he is his teammate.
However, before that, we should practice with Xu Yanxue and Jiang Haoyue first, so that we can roughly know what tactics to arrange.
Xu Xingyu had already arrived at the meeting place, where Xu Yanxue and Jiang Haoyue were already waiting for Xu Xingyu.
Looking at the two people waiting, Xu Xingyu said apologetically, "Um, sorry I'm late. I didn't have to wait long, did I?"
Xu Yanxue replied calmly, "No, the timing is just right."
Jiang Haoyue quickly replied, "Just as the vice squad leader said, we've only just arrived, squad leader."
"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore." Xu Xingyu waved her hand and said, "Let's introduce our respective Martial Soul first, so we can prepare our tactics. Any objections?"
"No."
"No problem."
After receiving confirmation from the other two, Xu Xingyu began, "Since you both agree, I'll start first."
A purple-gold star slowly rose from behind Xu Xingyu, and three Soul Ring followed.
"I am a level 37 Control System Soul Elder, and my Martial Soul is the Ziwei Star."
Xu Yanxue watched as Xu Xingyu revealed her Martial Soul. A chill began to emanate from her body, and dense ice elements began to gather around Xu Yanxue. Two yellow Hundred-Year Soul Ring also appeared in front of the two of them.
Xu Yanxue said calmly, "A level 29 Control System Soul Grandmaster, Martial Soul is ice element."
After seeing that the other two had finished their introductions, Jiang Haoyue also began to release her Martial Soul.
Jiang Haoyue's body began to expand rapidly. Especially his upper body; after just a few steps, his height had exceeded seven meters, making him look like a humanoid Ferocious Beast.
Thick, iron-black scales appeared on his upper body, as if he were covered with a layer of metallic ore, spreading all over his body. His eyes also turned into red, vertical pupils, and a powerful and fierce aura distorted the surrounding air.
At the same time, two Yellow Soul Ring, representing a century, were shining brightly around Jiang Haoyue, giving people a feeling of earth-shaking tremors.
This prompted Xu Xingyu, who was standing nearby, to exclaim in surprise, "That's Tyrant Dragon?!"