Transmigrating into Huo Yuhao, my abilities are refreshed every month.

Seeing this, Bei Bei stopped trying to persuade him. Along the way, he had roughly learned that Huo Xiaodi was a man of purpose. Since he said he was confident, there was probably no problem.

After greeting the Shrek Academy students along the way, Bei Bei and Tang Ya led Huo Yuhao to the new student recruitment office at the city gate.

The Shrek Academy's freshman admissions office is managed by three teachers: one ordinary instructor from the Spirit Department and one from the Spirit Guidance Department, while Du Weilun, the Dean of Studies of the Spirit Department, is in charge of the overall process.

After talking to Du Weiren, Bei Bei returned and brought Huo Yuhao to Du Weiren.

"Huo Yuhao, right? I heard from Bei Bei that your first soul skill is very powerful, but since you don't have a letter of recommendation from the city lord, we still need to test your strength according to the regulations. Only if your strength meets the standard can you become a student of Shrek Academy." Du Weilun said seriously after looking Huo Yuhao up and down.

Huo Yuhao nodded, his expression resolute, showing no sign of nervousness about the assessment.

Du Weiren nodded in satisfaction. Although he would most likely hire the person recommended by Beibei, he would lose face if they were too useless.

Du Weilin sat down and registered Huo Yuhao's information.

"Name?"

"Huo Yuhao."

"age"

"11 years old"

"Martial soul?"

"Spirit Eyes".

"A true martial soul?" Du Weiren asked in surprise.

"Yes."

Du Weiren's expression softened considerably. A true martial soul—it seems the academy has acquired another promising talent, and one he personally recruited.

"Innate soul power?"

"Level 1."

"What?" Du Weiren looked up, as if he hadn't heard clearly.

"My innate soul power is level one."

Du Weilen's expression turned serious again, and he pointed to the crystal ball used to test soul power, "Go test your soul power level."

Huo Yuhao walked to the crystal ball, touched it with one hand, and output his soul power.

Du Weiren's expression softened as he watched the crystal ball slowly fill up. "Soul power level eighteen, qualified."

Huo Yuhao was quite surprised to learn that his soul power level had actually reached level eighteen. This kind of start was much more comfortable than the original Huo Yuhao's.

Du Weilun put down the registration form and said, "If you were a regular freshman, you would have passed by now, but since you don't have a letter of recommendation from the city lord, you still need to take an assessment—a practical assessment. Only by passing this assessment can you become a freshman at the academy. Given what Beibei said about your soul skill being a support-type soul skill, I will slightly relax the assessment standards for you. Your opponent will be a hundred-year-old soul beast. As long as you can withstand its attacks for five minutes, I will judge whether you pass the assessment based on your performance."

Huo Yuhao said expressionlessly, "I understand."

"Let's go. To the Beast Fighting Area." Du Weiren led Huo Yuhao and the other two to the Beast Fighting Area for testing.

The Beast Fighting Area is mainly divided into two parts: the beast enclosure, which is inaccessible to the students, and the arena where they are now located. The spirit beasts that fight against the students are all spirit beasts raised by Shrek Academy itself. The Beast Fighting Area costs one-third of Shrek Academy's total revenue each year; it can be said that Shrek Academy invests more in each spirit beast in the Beast Fighting Area than in the vast majority of its students, all in order to cultivate the students' experience in fighting spirit beasts.

Most of the promotion assessments for each grade are conducted in the Beast Fighting Zone. In addition, the academy also offers courses in the Beast Fighting Arena, but only students in the fourth grade and above can participate. After all, the Beast Fighting Arena is too dangerous for lower-grade students. Without the protection of teachers, it is hard to guarantee that they will not lose their lives to beasts if they are careless.

Because the arena needed time to prepare for the assessment, Huo Yuhao waited with Bei Bei and Tang Ya in the spectator area.

"Xiao Yuhao, if you can't hold on, call for help immediately. Teacher Du will come to your rescue." Tang Ya looked at Huo Yuhao with a worried expression.

Bei Bei didn't say anything more, but patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder to encourage him.

Huo Yuhao said solemnly, "Brother Beibei, Sister Xiaoya, I will be careful. Besides, it's just a hundred-year-old soul beast. If I encounter any insurmountable danger, I believe Teacher Du can still save me in time."

Soon after, the assessment officially began. Since the use of soul tools was not allowed during the assessment, Huo Yuhao handed the White Tiger Dagger to Tang Ya for safekeeping, and then walked into the arena.

Standing firmly on the arena, Huo Yuhao lowered his body, ready to unleash his power at any moment. His eyes emitted a faint golden light, and a yellow spirit ring rose from beneath his feet.

Huo Yuhao stared at the dark ramp, and his mental probe was directed to explore that area.

Although the soul beasts had not yet appeared, Huo Yuhao already knew what kind of soul beasts he was going to face.

The Earth Bull, a hundred-year-old soul beast, primarily attacks by charging in a straight line. Those with good talent can also master abilities such as gravity and earth element.

Huo Yuhao smiled faintly. He didn't need to reveal too much to deal with this clumsy soul beast.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 16 The Suicidal Soul Beast

Huo Yuhao used his mental detection to surround the entire arena and detected a yellowish-brown figure rushing straight toward him.

During the mental detection, the opponent's attack trajectory was clearly revealed, and even the Earth Bull's next move could be predicted. This allowed Huo Yuhao to dodge the opponent's long-charged attack with minimal movement.

The bull's figure drew closer and closer to him. Huo Yuhao seemed to be stunned, standing still and staring blankly at the bull on the ground.

Du Weiren shook his head upon seeing this. He thought the boy could at least last a minute or two, but he didn't expect him to be eliminated so soon.

Du Weiren was prepared to provide assistance at any time. If the boy couldn't dodge, he would rescue him in time. As for enrollment, he recommended the Soul Guidance Department, as the Martial Soul Department didn't need such a weak student.

Ten meters, eight meters, five meters—Tang Ya couldn't help but exclaim as the Earth Bull was about to collide with Huo Yuhao.

At the same time, Huo Yuhao lightly jumped, easily dodging the charge of the Earth Bull. But from Tang Ya and the others' perspective, the Earth Bull's horns were almost grazing Huo Yuhao. If Huo Yuhao had been even half a second slower, he would have been seriously injured and killed.

Huo Yuhao knew he couldn't dodge too early, as this would give the Earth Bull enough distance to change direction. By waiting for the Earth Bull to get close and then making a precise dodge, he could perfectly avoid one of the Earth Bull's attacks, preventing it from launching a combo.

Don't be fooled by how simple this seems. Without precise mental detection to gauge the distance and movements of the Earth Bull, even older students wouldn't be so skilled and daring as to only begin to subtly dodge when they get this close.

Although Huo Yuhao did it to the extreme, it was still a provocation to the Earth Bull.

The raging bull came to a sudden stop, kicking up a cloud of dust in the arena. Its wide-open eyes glared at Huo Yuhao.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Huo Yuhao moved away from the Earth Bull and headed towards the edge of the arena.

The Earth Bull charged several more times in its rage, but Huo Yuhao easily dodged each time. Unable to gain the upper hand, the Earth Bull grew even more furious. Gathering its soul power, an earthy-yellow light emanated from its horns and spread outwards. Huo Yuhao instantly felt his body become much heavier.

This is the Earth Bull's soul skill - Gravity Control.

Although this soul skill made it more difficult for Huo Yuhao to move, he quickly adapted to the gravity field and was able to easily dodge the Earth Bull's attacks again. While the Earth Bull had high attack and defense, it was ultimately too cumbersome.

Four minutes passed quickly. Huo Yuhao had timed it perfectly. With five minutes left before the end of the assessment, the Earth Bull once again launched a tireless charge at Huo Yuhao, who was standing at the edge of the arena.

The Earth Bull drew ever closer to Huo Yuhao. In its eyes, the human before it hadn't dodged this time! It felt an unprecedented excitement, channeling all its power, concentrating all its soul energy into its hooves and horns, determined to ram its opponent to death.

I bumped into it! But why can't I feel anything?

Before the Earth Bull could figure it out, it slammed into the stone wall of the arena with all its might. With a loud "boom," the Earth Bull slowly collapsed, and a spirit ring slowly rose from its corpse.

Congratulations! It has become the first soul beast in the history of Shrek Academy's Beast Arena to successfully commit suicide, thus making history.

Huo Yuhao's eyes widened when he saw the spirit rings slowly appearing on the body of the Earth Bull after it fell.

This is a staged accident! It's absolutely staged! The other party thinks they're still standing in the same spot.

He merely used three soul skills—simulation, mental sharing, and soul interference—to make the opponent believe that he was still standing in the same spot and had not dodged. He then used soul interference to imply that the opponent was going all out. Who knew that the opponent would actually kill him?

It's all the fault of the Colosseum walls being too hard, resulting in the loss of such a precious life. What a sin!

At this moment, Du Weiren, the teacher in charge of the fighting area, Beibei, and Tang Ya all gathered around, looking at the corpse of the Earth Bull with strange expressions.

From their perspective, it was as if the earth bull had literally run them over and killed them—truly a sight to behold.

Upon seeing Du Weiren and the teacher in charge of the fighting area, Huo Yuhao widened his innocent eyes and began to complain, "You're not going to make me pay for the death of this Earth Bull, are you? You all saw it; it killed itself. I just dodged its attack."

"No need to pay compensation, the arena also has a death quota."

The teacher in charge of the fighting area shook his head, then took out a notebook and muttered something to himself as he wrote it down.

"It seems we need to add another rule to the Beast Fighting Zone: when fighting the Earth Bull, one must not stand on the edge of the Beast Fighting Zone."

Sure enough, behind every outrageous rule lies an even more outrageous story.

At this moment, Du Weiren handed Huo Yuhao his enrollment information, saying, "Congratulations, Huo Yuhao, you have successfully passed the assessment and will now be a member of Shrek Academy. This is your enrollment information."

Huo Yuhao was overjoyed. "I passed the test? That's great!"

Tang Ya and Bei Bei happily stepped forward to congratulate Huo Yuhao.

Once the three had calmed down, Du Weiren asked with a serious expression, "Huo Yuhao, is the death of the Earth Bull really unrelated to you?"

Huo Yuhao put on an innocent expression, "It's really nothing. I was just standing on the edge of the arena, dodging its attack. Who would have thought it would run into me and kill me?"

Du Weilun nodded in agreement with Huo Yuhao's statement, but he still couldn't help but ask, "Huo Yuhao, what is your first soul skill? Why have I never seen you use a soul skill?"

"Actually, I've been using it all along, but others just can't tell. Teacher Du, please don't resist my mental power, I'll show you."

Huo Yuhao activated his shared mental detection ability. Although he disliked this teacher who had changed his expression several times, appropriately demonstrating his value could earn him more guidance and support.

Soon, Du Weiren learned about Huo Yuhao's first soul skill, and as expected, he became much more amiable when facing Huo Yuhao.

"Just as Bei Bei said, it truly is a powerful support-type soul skill. Yu Hao, keep up the good work, your future is limitless." Du Weilun patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder to encourage him.

As expected of someone he personally recruited into the academy, they certainly didn't disappoint him. He needed to write a proper report for Dean Yan Shaozhe of the Martial Soul Department, considering this was a true-body Martial Soul, and their first Soul Skill was so incredibly powerful.

As for the idea of ​​sending Huo Yuhao to the Soul Guidance Department, what Soul Guidance Department? I don't know. He is a talent of their Martial Soul Department, and it is also his achievement. How can we give him to the Soul Guidance Department?

After Du Weiren left, Tang Ya took out a belt inlaid with gemstones and handed it to Huo Yuhao.

"Xiao Yuhao, this is a replica of the Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moon, a spatial soul tool from our Tang Sect ancestor. I noticed you don't have a spatial soul tool, so I'm giving it to you as your entrance gift."

Huo Yuhao didn't refuse and readily accepted it. He really needed a spatial soul tool; otherwise, nothing would be convenient for him.

Huo Yuhao kept Xiaoya's help in mind, but he could repay her later.