Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul, the Fangtian Halberd, Empowers Me with Filial Piety

Chapter 182 No, what kind of matching mechanism is this?
"We didn't go over time either, senior sister, you just arrived early."

Jiang Yi shrugged and smiled at Shen Yi, who was walking towards him.

Behind Shen Yi, there was also a group of students, but fewer in number than the first-year students.

"Huh? Sister Yuanen, Sister Xinglan! What are the second-year students doing here too?"

Tang Wuling immediately spotted several familiar faces in the opposing team, and her heart skipped a beat as a bad premonition arose.

The other first-year students also noticed, and their hearts tightened. According to the academy's style, it couldn't possibly be an event where the two grades would get together, could it?
While the first-year students were whispering amongst themselves, the second-year students were also sizing up the group of junior students who had just arrived.

Standing at the very front of the second-grade students was naturally the class monitor, Yuan Enyehui.

She had changed back into women's clothing, wearing a black short skirt. Although she was only fourteen or fifteen years old, her curvaceous figure was already quite eye-catching.

(Note: In the original novel, En Yehui was only one year older than Tang Wuling, so he must have enrolled in school earlier when he was younger.)
Beside her, Ye Xinglan and the others stood side by side, their gazes fixed intently on the first-year students, with a hint of scrutiny.

"Why did Teacher Shen call the first graders here too?"

A boy with striking eyebrows and bright eyes stood with his arms crossed, looking at Tang Wuling and the others with great interest.

The two grades had planned to hold an exchange competition, but it was canceled because many teachers were transferred back to the inner courtyard.

Does this mean that this year's final exam will be a competition with the first graders?

"Then we'll have to put our juniors to the test!"

Ye Xingmo grinned, and couldn't help but recall the scene of them being beaten up by the previous senior.

"They are not simple! Don't underestimate them!"

Yuan Enhui gently reminded her, as she had also had quite a few dealings with Tang Wuling and the others.

As she spoke, she unconsciously glanced at Jiang Yi not far away, a flicker of emotion flashing in her beautiful eyes.

She was the one who initially accompanied Jiang Yi in hunting down evil soul masters, not the senior sister from the inner courtyard.

However, later on, her strength couldn't keep up with the pace.

I failed in my duty as a bodyguard...

On the other side, compared to the sneaky Yuan En Ye Hui, Ye Xing Lan was much more straightforward, her pair of bright green star eyes staring straight at Jiang Yi.

"It's a shame that this bastard is still alive."

She looked at Jiang Yi, who was surrounded by Tang Wuling and the other girls, her tone indignant, but her gaze never left him.

Jiang Yi hadn't bothered her for several months, and for a while, she felt a little uneasy, unable to sleep at night, which felt strange.

Right behind Ye Xinglan, a chubby boy was secretly observing her, his movements cautious.

Because of Ye Xinglan's aloofness, Xu Lizhi learned to live alone over the course of three years.

Just as the two grades were sizing each other up, Shen Yi walked back and came to the middle of the two groups.

"Silence!"

Shen Yi gave a soft shout, his voice not loud, but it easily subdued everyone present.

Don't let her lazy senior sister persona in front of Jiang Yi fool you; in the outer academy, she's known as the White-Haired Witch.

"You might be wondering why both grades are here!"

Shen Yi looked at everyone and said, successfully arousing everyone's curiosity.

Just as everyone was eagerly awaiting her answer, she smiled slightly and gave a sly hum.

"But I won't tell you! You'll understand once you're in the exam hall!"

"..."

The crowd fell silent for a moment, but they seemed to have long been accustomed to the academy's deliberately mysterious style and did not react much.

Jiang Yi watched from the side, marveling inwardly; Shrek Academy always liked to pull this kind of stunt.

Snapped!Snapped!
Immediately afterwards, Shen Yi clapped his hands again, and soon, staff members brought up several boxes.

"One for each person, put it on! No whispering allowed! Otherwise it will be treated as cheating!"

One by one, metal bracelets were handed to them, and everyone put them on their wrists as instructed.

"Very well! I hereby declare the final exams—now begin!"

Shen Yi announced loudly. Then, the entire metal arena suddenly trembled slightly, and the surrounding walls slowly extended to both sides. From a high altitude, the entire venue resembled a giant eye slowly opening.

A series of white lights rose up, enveloping more than two hundred students. In the next instant, everyone disappeared from the venue.

At the same time, the giant soul-guided screen in the center of the venue was instantly divided into more than a dozen main areas.

Each area is further divided into dozens of smaller sub-screens, clearly displaying the real-time dynamics of each student.

"How many first-graders do you think will be left in the end?"

Before anyone knew it, a dozen or so figures dressed in teacher uniforms appeared in the venue, including Wu Changkong.

"That's hard to say. Those first-graders are real little monsters."

A female teacher shook her head. Although she was in charge of logistics, she had heard about these children.

"Alright! Stop chatting! Everyone keep a close watch! Avoid unnecessary casualties, or we'll have a hard time explaining to His Holiness the Holy Spirit."

Seeing that everyone was almost becoming spectators, Shen Yi quickly gave them a word of advice.

These trainees are entering in person; if anything goes wrong, someone could really die.

Subsequently, each mentor pressed the metal ring on their hand, and their figures turned into white light, teleporting them into the arena.

"No slacking off! No secretly giving them preferential treatment!"

Before leaving, Shen Yi turned back to look at Jiang Yi and solemnly gave him some instructions.

"I know, senior sister! Don't you believe me?"

Jiang Yi rolled his eyes helplessly, pressed the button on his bracelet, and spatial fluctuations arose as his figure disappeared.

……

In a vast primeval forest, streaks of white light fell like shooting stars, scattering to every corner of the forest.

Somewhere in the forest, a blonde girl landed lightly.

"Where is this? It looks a bit like the Ascension Platform of the Spirit Pagoda..."

The moment Tang Wuling landed, she summoned her martial soul, and a pair of soft, cute rabbit ears emerged from the top of her head, trembling slightly.

Her bloodshot eyes warily surveyed the surrounding forest, a feeling of familiarity mixed with strangeness rising within her.

The environment here does resemble the Ascension Platform, but they entered in their true forms, and the scale of this forest seems to be far larger than that of an ordinary Ascension Platform.

"So, what exactly is the exam content?"

Tang Wuling looked around and scratched her head in confusion.

Fortunately, at that moment, a cold, mechanical voice fell from the sky, echoing in every corner of the forest.

"The final exam has officially begun. There are 231 students in total, each starting with three points. The exam will last for three days."

"Defeat other trainees to plunder all their points. Three days later, the bottom ten trainees in terms of points will be eliminated."

"Supplementary rule: If the total number of surviving second-year students is lower than that of first-year students at the end of the exam, all second-year students will be eliminated!"

As the exam rules were announced, the students scattered throughout the forest all felt a chill run down their spines.

This is practically a battle royale!
The second-year students, in particular, had a fierce glint in their eyes, even though their initial numbers were several dozen fewer than those of the first-year students.

"We need to meet up with Xiaoyan and the others as soon as possible!"

Tang Wuling examined the metal bracelet on her wrist. It not only displayed her personal points but also thoughtfully included a points leaderboard.

Xiao Yan isn't good at fighting!

……

Meanwhile, in another part of the forest.

Even the usually composed Silver Dragon King couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly as he looked at the several figures that were subtly surrounding him.

Yuan Enhui, Ye Xinglan, Le Zhengyu... and a few other four-ring Soul Masters who didn't seem like good people.

No, what kind of matching mechanism is this?
　I'll write about my daily life for a few days; the next part should be a special feature on Gu Yue.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)