Douluo Jueshi: Picking up Firefly at the Beginning

Chapter 98 Assessment Competition (4k)

"Gu Yue, the great Miss Gu Yue, please, help me."

Liuxing clasped his hands together and looked at Gu Yuena hopefully. He really didn't want to go to see Luanyu with the broken Flame Gun.

In the past two years, Luanyu had taken to dressing him and Liuying up for some reason. Liuying was okay, as most girls liked nice new clothes, but Liuxing declined.

Whether in his past life or now, he is the type who is content with having a few sets of clothes to change into and does not have much pursuit for new clothes.

If it were just that, it would be fine, but because Liuxing and Liuying look very similar, Luanyu suddenly wanted to let him wear Liuying's clothes, and Liuying also looked expectant, which made Liuxing very distressed.

But in the end, Liu Xing still maintained his integrity. He could do anything but dress up as a woman, no matter how hard he tried.

In order to prevent Luan Yu from using this incident to control him, he could only hope that Gu Yuena could repair the Flame Light Gun.

"No problem. The material of your gun is very good. You just need to repair the soul guide array on it and then connect the broken parts."

Gu Yuena was also unambiguous and nodded confidently.

Although she is unable to make a fifth-level soul guide now, repairing it is not a problem. Besides, the Flame Light Gun looks severely damaged, but that is only on the outside. The core soul guide array is only slightly damaged.

"As expected of you, the Dragon Spear Goddess, Silver Dragon Princess. I'm counting on you."

Meteor put his hands together and said sincerely.

"If you call me that again, you can go fix it yourself."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuena's eyes turned cold and she glared at Liu Xing fiercely.

"Pfft!"

Xu Tianzhen and the others covered their mouths and chuckled. Gu Yuena was a talented soul engineer who advanced to the fourth-level soul engineer in the shortest time. She was well-known in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

Because her martial spirit is a silver dragon and she holds a silver dragon spear, the gossipers in the academy call Gu Yuena the Dragon Spear Goddess or the Silver Dragon Princess.

Who says she has a cool, elegant and noble temperament?

Like a princess or a goddess.

But Gu Yuena was not too fond of these names, and she especially disliked Liuxing calling her that.

Liuxing even knew that there was a goddess list in the academy, with Gu Yuena at the top, Xue Nu second, Liuying, Meng Hongchen, Ye Guyi, Ju Zi and even Nana were among them.

Well! Not as naive as someday.

After all, for boys, A is too expensive.

Don’t ask how Meteor knows this, because if you ask, it’s just hearsay.

In fact, Liuxing is not very interested in the goddess list. These were all pushed to him by his male classmates.

In Meteor's words, Firefly is not at the top of the list, they are all wild lists, and his Firefly is the best in the world.

Meteors usually look at these things with a critical eye.

Ye Guyi glanced at the broken fighting arena and looked down at her palm. She also used a sword, but compared to Ji Juechen, whose sword intent soared into the sky and destroyed all things, she had not even stepped into the threshold of sword intent.

"What is my sword intent?"

Ye Guyi murmured.

None of the people present were weak. Even with their highly developed hearing, they couldn't hide the murmurs. Liuxing and Liuying exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with helplessness.

Things like sword intent and spear intent can only be understood but not explained in words. Otherwise, Liuxing would not have relied on Ji Juechen to comprehend the spear intent. Wouldn't it be enough to let Liuying teach him?

Unfortunately, Liuying couldn't teach him, so he had to figure it out on his own.

The same goes for Ye Guyi. She can only comprehend it on her own. Only in this way can the sword intent she comprehends be the most suitable for her and she will not be affected by the intentions of others.

What belongs to others is always theirs. Only what you understand yourself is the most suitable for you. If you want to reach the top, you can't take shortcuts.

Xu Tianzhen is heartless and has no interest in comprehending the meaning of guns and swords. She doesn't play with guns and swords, she plays with soul skills.

Nana touched the short blade on her waist. It was the soul guide device her parents bought for her with their savings after she was admitted to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy.

She glanced at Liuxing's back with a strange light in her eyes. Is this the path a soul control engineer should take?

Nana saw her own future in Liuxing and Ji Juechen. As long as she followed the path they had taken, she would become stronger sooner or later, and then she would be able to help everyone.

The battle between Liu Xing and Ji Juechen affected too many people and stirred up the situation in the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy.

The only thing that gave Liuxing a headache was that he was completely entangled by Ji Juechen, the sword fanatic, who would drag him to the fighting arena whenever he had time.

Fortunately, they also have the iron-headed boy, Ye Guyi, who wants to experience the sword power of Ji Juechen's Sword of Annihilation.

Ye Guyi really wanted to fight with Ji Juechen. Since they both used swords, fighting with Ji Juechen would help her understand her own sword intent.

So in the next three months, Liuxing and his friends spent more time on the fighting arena than in class.

By the end of the fight, even Ye Guyi, who always loved fighting, couldn't stand it anymore. Ji Juechen was really too obsessed with fighting spirit.

And when he knew that Liuying's fighting ability was even higher than Liuxing's, Ji Juechen could of course not help but challenge Liuying.

Afterwards, Ji Juechen stayed in bed for half a month, which made Ye Guyi and Liuxing feel relieved. They could finally have some peace for a while.

"We've only been away for half a month, right? How come the academy has become so lively?"

Liuxing and Liuying, who had just returned from obtaining their fourth soul ring, looked at the bustling Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy with colorful flags hanging everywhere, with a look of confusion on their faces.

"Have you forgotten? The academy's annual assessment competition will be held in two days, and everyone is eager to participate."

Meng Hongchen was surprised and wondered why Liuxing would forget such an important thing?

"Ah! The assessment competition?"

Liuxing looked confused, and Liuying also looked bewildered. They really didn't know this.

Meng Hongchen rubbed his brows and said with a strange expression, "Didn't you guys read the academy handbook?"

Meteor and Firefly looked at each other, both with guilty looks in their eyes.

Meng Hongchen sighed and said, "I'm really impressed by you two. Besides fighting and training, can't you be more careful? Brother Liuxing, don't you like reading? Why didn't you read this time?"

Liu Xing's mouth twitched. He thought that the college handbook only recorded some rules and regulations, school history, background and origins, so he put it aside and didn't read it.

Who knew that something as important as the assessment competition was not announced by the teacher, but written in the college handbook!

Helplessly, Meng Hongchen could only briefly introduce the assessment competition to the two of them.

This was an annual event, lasting three days. The Sun-Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy held separate assessments for each grade. Regardless of their ranking, participating students received no penalties; instead, outstanding performances were rewarded by the academy.

And if your performance is exceptional, you don’t even need to take the promotion assessment and can be directly promoted to the next grade when school starts next year.

With both training resources and rewards, students naturally want to perform well. This is also the reason why the atmosphere in the academy has been so lively in recent days.

Motivating students is also the purpose of the college's competition.

At the same time, this period of time is also when Mingde Hall begins its assessment. The assessment rules of selecting one out of ten thousand do not have such a cheerful atmosphere.

The assessment competition is divided into two types of competitions: soul guide assessment and actual combat assessment.

Those who actually control the Soul Guidance System only need to participate in the actual combat assessment, while the Soul Guidance System can participate in two assessments.

The two tests will be held on the first and second day respectively, so students of the Soul Guidance Department can choose to sign up for both competitions at the same time.

In the past, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy only had soul guide device assessments. However, over the years, with the increasing emphasis on soul master combat, actual combat assessments have been added, which can also be participated by actual control soul masters.

This will allow students who actually control the Soul Guidance Department to not become spectators at this time every year.

"Those who excel in this assessment will not only receive resource rewards, but will also have the opportunity to become core disciples of the academy, with a status second only to Mingde Hall disciples."

Meng Hongchen said with a smile that she was already a disciple of Mingde Hall, so of course she looked down upon the treatment of a mere core disciple. However, since Liuxing and Liuying had only been enrolled for a year and were actual soul instructors, the threshold for entering Mingde Hall was higher, so it would be better for them to first obtain the status of a core disciple as a transition.

It is much more difficult for disciples of the Actual Control Soul Guidance Department to enter the Mingde Hall than for disciples of the Soul Guidance Department. In the entire Actual Control Soul Guidance Department, only a few people such as Ji Juechen were admitted to the Mingde Hall as an exception.

Upon hearing this, Liuxing and Liuying became excited. Although they had no shortage of resources, who could refuse something for free?
……

Time flies by.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was the day when the college assessment competition began.

Early in the morning, thousands of students gathered on the college's training ground. Everyone's face was filled with excited smiles and they were eager to try.

"Everyone, please stay quiet."

The instructor standing on the high platform is Jing Hongchen, the leader of Mingde Hall.

Wearing a golden sun-moon pattern robe, he stood in front of all the teachers and students, with a loud and powerful voice, "The annual college competition is about to begin. I hope everyone can achieve good results!"

"..."

After the academy leaders took turns to come on stage and pour out poisonous chicken soup, the annual assessment competition of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy finally kicked off!

The soul guide assessment was held on the first day, and Liuxing and the others could only cheer for Gu Yuena in the stands.

Because Gu Yuena became a fourth-level soul engineer, she had already participated in the upgrade assessment and has now been promoted to the fifth grade. She is already a senior of Liuxing and the others.

Although she was a fourth-level soul engineer who had just been promoted not long ago, Gu Yuena was still unique among the fifth-level soul engineers.

Under the stunned gazes of the examiners and the audience, he carved out six perfect level four core magic arrays in just six hours, and won the first place with a thunderous momentum.

As soon as this ranking was released, it once again caused a lot of discussion among students in the college.

The soul guide test is over, and the next step is the actual combat test.

The actual combat assessment, as the name suggests, tests the soul master's actual combat ability.

The assessment mode is one-to-one mode.

The students of the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy are all excellent soul mentors, and soul guides are also part of their own strength, so soul guides are naturally indispensable in battles.

Of course, for the sake of fairness, the academy also prohibits students from using soul guides that are two levels higher than their own, such as Meteor's Flame Gun. If he has not been promoted to Soul Master, he cannot use the level 5 Flame Gun in this competition.

Of course, his Flame Light Spear is now at level six. After he broke through to the Soul Sect, Luan Yu helped him upgrade the Flame Light Spear.

However, ordinary students are unable to skip two levels to use high-level soul guides, and their own total soul power and strength cannot support the consumption of high-level soul guides.

Only someone like Liuxing, who possesses an ultimate martial soul and whose soul power quality far exceeds that of soul masters of the same level, can use soul guides that are two levels higher than his own.

However, some children of nobles also have ways to lower the standards for the use of high-level soul guides, and it is these people that the academy wants to ban.

In addition, any level of custom-installed soul guides are not allowed to be used.

One day later, early morning.

The actual combat assessment competition is different from yesterday's soul guide assessment competition. All grades start at the same time, but it is divided into two days according to the number of students in each grade.

The remaining games for grades three, four and five were held on the second day.

The venue is located at the Soul Guidance Trial Ground.

This is the largest building on the ground in the entire Sun-Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, capable of accommodating 10,000 people at the same time. It is located behind the experimental area and teaching area. Its interior is a huge square surrounded by circles of seats that extend upwards.

It is to provide a venue for the students of the academy to conduct assessments, competitions and test large soul guides.

Between the spectator seats and the central testing ground, there is a linkage defense system composed of multiple defensive soul guides.

This defense system fully demonstrates the advancement of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy in soul guides. Only one soul master with strong enough cultivation can control the entire defense system.

Of course, this powerful cultivation refers to a soul engineer above level eight.

On the morning of the first day of the competition, a competition for first-grade students was held.

Although it was early in the morning, the entire Soul Guidance Trial Field was already packed.

Although the number of people who signed up to participate was not as high as yesterday's Soul Master Competition, there were many more students coming to watch the competition.

Compared to the boring soul guide production, the battle between soul masters is more entertaining.

Therefore, many students from both senior and junior grades came to watch the game.

Of course, tickets to watch the game require a gold soul coin.

However, the students in the academy are basically soul instructors, and a gold soul coin is just a drop in the bucket for them.

The academy also attached great importance to this competition. The head of Mingde Hall Jing Hongchen, the dean of studies Lin Jiayi, and other eighth-level soul instructors of the academy also came to watch the competition.

Their position is in the middle of the viewing platform, which is the best viewing position in the entire Soul Guidance Trial Field.

"Teacher, aren't you always not interested in these games? Why are you here to watch this time?"

Orange looked curiously at a young man next to him who looked to be in his thirties. He had an ordinary appearance and a gentle expression, but his eyes were bright and he looked very energetic. On his chest was an eighth-level soul mentor badge of the Mingde Hall standard.

(End of this chapter)