Douluo Jueshi: Who let him join Shrek!

Chapter 898 Choices and Opportunities

“These students aren’t very talented, much less so than those from Shrek Academy. Even if you help them this way, it won’t raise their potential much.”

Xue Di, a foot tall, sat on Jiang Ming's shoulder and spoke softly.

Jiang Ming smiled and said, "It's alright. Since they've met, it's their opportunity."

Talent is something that is always very difficult to change.

Some people are born with abundant soul power, making their cultivation journey smooth.

Some people are born with zero soul power, and are not even qualified to become soul masters.

For some people, their innate soul power is fixed, and unless they encounter some extraordinary opportunity like Huo Yuhao, it is extremely difficult for them to turn their lives around!
Jiang Ming is now helping them in this way, stimulating their potential, which can improve them to some extent, but their upper limit will still not change much.

This is simply a short-term, rapid improvement resulting from the stimulation of their existing talents, coupled with the influence of external factors.

After this wave passes, their cultivation speed will return to normal.

Hmm. Perhaps it will be a little faster than before, since its potential has been unleashed.

But it won't be much faster; there's a limit to how fast it can go.

But for Jiang Ming, doing this was just something he did on a whim.

Now that he's come, he's seen, and he's interacted with these people, his actions are nothing more than acting on a whim.

But for these trainees, this is an opportunity.

Of course, Jiang Ming also has the ability to change their talents.

For example, one could use extraordinary power to directly open their meridians, or use certain elixirs to enhance their innate soul power.

These are all methods that can directly change one's talent.

But that's obviously unnecessary.

"Teaching them a class, giving them a little opportunity, is just a side thing."

Jiang Ming said softly.

Then, he glanced at the thirty-seven students in front of him.

Some students are already at the Great Soul Master level, so improving their soul power is relatively easier for them. Other students are already close to breaking through their soul power cultivation level, and with this kind of environment supporting them, it's naturally easier for them as well.

However, some students are Soul Masters, and some of them only recently broke through to a higher level of Soul Power cultivation. Breaking through again in such a short time is much, much more difficult.
Soon, the first student to break through in cultivation was born!
Jiang Ming sensed it and found that the student's soul power cultivation level was originally level 26, but now it was level 27.

This student is the one most likely to break through his cultivation level among this group of students.

Jiang Ming looked at him, and his voice rang in his ear.

"You can choose to go back to the ground now, or you can wait here until get out of class is over."

Upon hearing this, the student did not hesitate at all.

"I want to get down! I want to get down!"

In a short period of time, he had experienced the thrill of rising from the ground to 100 meters and then rapidly descending to 50 meters.

If it weren't for his breakthrough in cultivation, which dispelled some of his fear with excitement, he would probably still be trembling with fear.

Now that my cultivation has broken through and I can safely return to the ground, of course I should hurry down!

After all, no one knew what other ways this devilish man would torture them!

Upon hearing this answer, Jiang Ming said nothing and nodded. The student, whose cultivation level was 27, then fell directly downwards.

Just as it was about to fall to the ground, its speed gradually slowed down, and it finally landed lightly on the ground.

Even though he was standing on solid ground, the student's legs were still weak, and the moment he stood up, he collapsed onto the playground.

Immediately afterwards, he felt his body gradually becoming clearer, and a surge of urge to urinate was about to take over his brain!
Without any hesitation, under the gazes of Aunt Lan and Zhang Lexuan and the other girls, he ran straight to the toilet next to the playground.

Meanwhile, the cultivation continued in the air.

Time passed by minute by minute.

A biting wind, carrying ice and snow, swept in from a hundred meters above the ground, hitting people's faces and bringing a chilling sensation.

But the students sitting cross-legged in the air paid no attention to any of this, focusing instead on breaking through their cultivation levels.

Compared to the threat of being thrown to their deaths, the cold wind and snow had absolutely no effect on their attention.

Moreover, they are originally from Qingshui City, and most of their Soul Masters are Ice-attribute Soul Masters, so they have a strong immunity to cold winds and snow.

As time went on, one by one, the students achieved breakthroughs in their cultivation.

These are mostly Great Soul Masters, or Soul Venerables who are about to break through to a higher level.

Jiang Ming also gave them a choice.

Some people jubilantly chose to return to the ground, ending what seemed like a nightmare.

However, some people were quick-witted and chose to stay and continue the class, entering a meditative state and absorbing the incredibly rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth around them!
Clearly, they recognized this as an opportunity and overcame their urge to seek security.

As more and more people break through in their cultivation levels, the proportion of those who stay to continue attending classes gradually increases.

"It's basically impossible for those few with cultivation at the Soul Venerable level to break through before the end of the course."

Xue Di looked at a few of the students.

Their cultivation level is Soul Venerable, and the difficulty of breaking through is inherently greater than that of a Great Soul Master.

Even more extreme, one of them just broke through to the first level of soul power yesterday, and now he wants to improve it, making the difficulty skyrocket!

"Heh, nothing is impossible, Soul Master."

As Jiang Ming spoke, a thought flickered in his mind.

The next second, the power of heaven and earth surged, and the surrounding primordial energy was compressed, increasing its concentration once again!
Furthermore, the pressure intensity that the students with Soul Venerable cultivation levels had been experiencing had begun to slowly increase, whereas it had been the same for everyone else!

Soon, sweat began to drip from the faces of these students who had reached the Soul Venerable level.

This pressure is pushing them to their limits!

However, under the same circumstances, their potential is also constantly being stimulated. As sweat drips from their faces, their training speed increases once again!
The pressure that a Soul Master and a Great Soul Master can withstand is different. After all, a Soul Master has absorbed a thousand-year soul ring. While their physical strength may not have increased significantly, it is indeed much stronger than that of a Great Soul Master.

This also means that they can withstand more pressure and unleash more potential.

Soon, the class was drawing to a close.

After Jiang Ming increased his aura, compressed the surrounding space's elemental energy, and increased its concentration, even those students who had broken through in their cultivation did not choose to leave early. Instead, they continued to meditate and cultivate, seizing the opportunity.

The ten trainees who had landed safely below ran to the toilets near the playground one by one, and by then they had composed themselves.

When they realized that get out of class was almost over and only ten of them had come down, they began to realize what was happening.

"Did we miss something?"

"The cultivation speed I was using there just now was at least ten times faster than usual!"

"I...I don't know! I heard him say I could come down, so I came down!"

"Can we still go up there? I feel like if I could cultivate up there until the end of get out of class, I could improve my cultivation level even more." The ten students on the playground immediately regretted their decision.

When they first came down, they were very flustered. After experiencing a fright in a very short time, they instinctively made the decision to seek a sense of security.

But clearly, they made the wrong decision by following their instincts.
At least twenty-seven people above have overcome this instinctive decision and remain there.

"Principal, who...who exactly is he?"

A female student walked up to Aunt Lan and couldn't help but ask.

This unique way of teaching really impressed them.
Aunt Lan said softly, "Him? He's the young city lord of Qingshui City. He just graduated from Shrek Academy."

Upon hearing the words "Shrek Academy," the ten students' eyes widened in surprise.

How could they not know the reputation of Shrek Academy? It's the number one Soul Master Academy on the continent!
The students who graduate from there are absolutely the cream of the crop!
"Ah! I regret it! I should have stayed up there!"

One of the trainees collapsed and squatted on the ground, wailing in despair.

Graduates of Shrek Academy, the young city lord—how could the other side really let them fall off from there? It was clearly just a bluff!
But surprisingly, they were actually scared and came down on their own!

Some students wanted to appeal to Principal Lan, but when they thought of Jiang Ming's devilish appearance just now, their instincts made them withdraw the idea.

Clearly, this time, instinct made the right decision.

Soon, it was time for get out of class to end.

One hundred meters high in the air.

"Alright, get out of class is over."

Jiang Ming clapped his hands, and the students who had completed the task of breaking through to the next level in cultivation were sent down.

However, there are still five people, five students whose cultivation level is at the Soul Venerable level, who have not yet broken through.

"Alright, you five, you haven't finished your classwork. Are you ready to accept your punishment?"

Jiang Ming released a slight aura, causing the five people to emerge from their meditative state.

"I'm almost there! Just a little bit more! Give me a little more time!"

One of the trainees raised his hand and said breathlessly.

He was just a hair's breadth away from breaking through in his cultivation level.

Jiang Ming smiled and said, "But the time has come."

Before the five students could react, Jiang Ming's eyes narrowed slightly, and he led the five of them to fly higher into the sky.

Two hundred meters!
Three hundred meters!
Four hundred meters!
Five hundred meters!
As altitude increases, it becomes very difficult for a Soul Master to maintain their cultivation level during such rapid high-altitude movement.

At a height of 700 meters, some trainees were already giving up.

Jiang Ming released a wisp of his aura, keeping the students who couldn't hold on any longer under this extreme pressure.

Soon, the altitude reached one thousand meters!

The feeling is very different between being 1,000 meters high and 100 meters high.

At least for these five trainees, a height of one thousand meters had never been encountered before.

"Look, this is 1,000 meters above the ground. Next, you will fall from here to a height of just 100 meters."

three!
two!
one! "

Without any preparation, when they reached a height of one thousand meters, Jiang Ming counted to three, two, one, and the five of them fell directly from the sky.

"Fuck!"

"do not!"

"Brother! Stop it!"

"I hate you!"

"Me, ah!!! Help!!!"

At a height of a thousand meters, facing the cold wind and snow, overlooking the earth, it flies like a free bird.

Many people would look forward to this experience, but it is clear that not everyone is not afraid of heights.

One thousand meters, with no barriers and no parachute, I just plummeted straight down, watching myself get closer and closer to the ground. The howling wind and snow kept filling my mouth, and I couldn't even hear the screams around me anymore; they were completely drowned out by the sound of the wind.

"I'm going to die!"

Crazy!

Absolutely insane!

As the academy below gradually zoomed in, some students gave up entirely.

He directly mobilized his soul power in mid-air, disregarding everything else, to break through his cultivation bottleneck!
Damn it, I'm going to die!
He didn't even care about the damage to his meridians; all he could think about was the task of breaking through to the next level in cultivation.

Ultimately, after paying the price of minor damage to his meridians, he broke through in cultivation when he reached a height of 300 meters!
When the altitude reached 150 meters, another student broke through the cultivation barrier.

One hundred meters, the third student broke through.

These three students who had broken through to a higher level did not stop at a height of 100 meters, but instead crashed directly to the ground.

When they were still ten meters away, their speed, like that of cannonballs, was gradually reduced by an invisible force. When they finally landed on the ground, they had lost all speed, or rather, their speed was like that of someone jumping from a standstill and landing on the ground.

Upon seeing three more students come down, the surrounding students quickly went over to help them.

"He...he's a demon! He's a devil!"

The girl among the three Soul Master students was extremely emotional; tears welled up in her eyes, which were red and she was about to cry.

At the age of twenty, to be played with to the point of tears, one can imagine the psychological trauma that Jiang Ming's behavior caused her.

The two boys next to him were in slightly better shape, but they still couldn't stand up.

Even though the ground beneath their feet was so firm, they couldn't stand up because their legs were completely weak!
Fortunately, a classmate was there to support him, preventing him from collapsing to the ground with a thud.

Their eyes were filled with lingering fear.

Seeing their state, the surrounding students couldn't help but swallow hard, and then, as if remembering something, they quickly asked about the other two students' situation.

But they couldn't answer at all.

One hundred meters in the air.

Jiang Ming looked at the two still-shaken students and said softly, "Ten minutes. If there's no breakthrough after ten minutes, we'll continue."

Upon hearing this, the two students, whose souls were still seemingly hundreds of meters in the air, instantly snapped back to reality.

Without saying a word, he immediately entered a meditative state.

They don't want to go through this again; they're already numb!
After the two entered a meditative state, Jiang Ming and Xue Di, who was sitting on Jiang Ming's shoulders, suddenly frowned and looked at the far north in the distance.

(End of this chapter)