Douluo Continent: Gretchen at the start, empowered by the Star God.

Chapter 29 Shocks All, First Display of Talent

After Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing successively demonstrated their soul power levels, even Li Yusong was somewhat surprised.

"Monsters appear every year, but there seem to be more this year than usual. Four of them at once. Great, great, excellent! Looks like I might finally get that tightwad Flander to give me a raise. Hongjun, you take all four of them to the fourth level."

After saying that, he shouted to the people behind him, "See? We're recruiting these monstrous geniuses, not your mediocre talents. If anyone can be like them, they can go directly to the fourth test!"

Upon hearing this, the crowd instantly stirred.

Every child is precious to their family, how can they be slandered like this? If it weren't for the fact that the other party was a Soul Emperor, they probably would have gone up and argued with Li Yusong long ago.

Upon hearing this, Lang Lei carried Gretchen out.

"I think I can give it a try," Lang Lei said calmly.

"Oh? Your soul power has reached level 25?" Li Yusong asked with interest.

Lang Lei remained silent, then stepped forward and began supporting Gretchen with one hand while exposing his arm with the other.

Without wasting any words, Li Yusong immediately tested it and then showed a puzzled expression.

Immediately, he stubbornly continued to hold on, and after a long while, he looked at Lang Lei with a solemn expression.

"Senior, there's no need to be confused. Your test results should be pretty much correct." Lang Lei withdrew his arm. Although Li Yusong only expressed his doubts, Lang Lei still affirmed Li Yusong's answer. He probably knew why Li Yusong was confused.

Li Yusong was startled. Although he hadn't used much force, the other person had managed to break free of his grip on his hand without any effort. Could it be that the other person had a special talent?

"Little brat, don't joke with an old man like that. You should wait until you're older before coming over," Li Yusong said, waving his sleeve to shoo him away.

"Oh? Senior, do you not trust me?" Lang Lei asked with a strange smile.

"Seven years old, and his soul power level exceeds 25?" Li Yusong exclaimed. "Even the youngest Title Douluo on the continent, His Majesty Haotian, didn't reach this level!"

His words immediately shocked everyone present.

The boy in front of me is only seven years old?

Everyone present began to recall what they looked like when they were seven years old, and then compared it with the boy in front of them... How could this be!

Besides, seven years old and level 25? Are you kidding me!

Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and the others also showed expressions of suspicion.

They considered themselves geniuses who were no less than anyone else, but such talent from the other party was simply impossible.

Lang Lei didn't waste words with them, after all, his perspective was limited.

The fact that he reached level 25 at the age of seven is said to be like he had cheated, but it's not unheard of in the original work.

Qian Renxue possesses innate super soul power at level 20. With her talent, it would be no problem for her to cultivate to level 5 in a year.

Even though his talent was later hampered by the plot to seize the country, he is still the absolute number one genius on the Douluo Continent.

Therefore, Lang Lei chose to directly activate his Martial Soul.

Three spirit rings, two black and one red, emerged from beneath Lang Lei's feet, while the glowing golden earth dragon dust floating around him made Lang Lei appear like a god.

"Lang Lei, Level 36 All-Around Battle Soul Master, what are your thoughts?"

"What can I do for you?" Gretchen, nestled in Lang Lei's arms, put her hands on her hips and adorably repeated Lang Lei's words.

For a moment, everyone present was shocked, including Tang San and Li Yusong.

They felt that the common sense they had always believed in... had shattered.

An absurdly high level and cultivation speed of 36 at the age of seven.

The explosive combination of the first ten-thousand-year soul ring.

And that bright red 100,000-year-old soul ring...

Most ordinary people probably don't know what that red 100,000-year spirit ring means; they even think that a 10,000-year spirit ring is the limit for a spirit master.

Just now, Li Yusong only had one ten-thousand-year soul ring, which scared everyone in the arena into silence. Now, the boy in front of them has two!

Moreover, according to the principle of increasing enhancement of spirit rings, this red spirit ring is definitely stronger!

Li Yusong and Ning Rongrong understood even more the significance of the 100,000-year soul ring.

Even the Soul Masters secretly protecting Ning Rongrong and Tang Hao, the Haotian Douluo hiding in the shadows, almost couldn't hold back.

Of course, the one with the strongest reaction was Xiao Wu, who was standing next to Tang San.

Xiao Wu stared intently at the 100,000-year soul ring, a sense of sorrow welling up in her heart.

She really wanted to beat the boy in front of her up, but she knew she couldn't possibly be a match for him.

Moreover, according to common sense on the mainland, having a 100,000-year-old spirit ring means that the other party or the force to which the other party belongs has the strength to hunt 100,000-year-old spirit beasts.

But why wasn't the opponent burst by the 100,000-year soul ring?

Xiao Wu was completely baffled, but she never considered the possibility of a soul beast sacrifice, let alone something as rare as an adaptive soul ring, which was even rarer than a divinely bestowed soul ring.

"How about it? Did I pass?" Lang Lei broke the silence with a smile.

"Of course!" Li Yusong dropped all pretense and even gestured for him to proceed. "Hongjun, quickly take this student to the fourth level! Tell Zhao Wuji that if he doesn't let this student pass, I'll fight him to the death!"

"I know, I know..." Ma Hongjun swallowed. Although the boy in front of him was a level below his boss Dai, Ma Hongjun had no doubt that the other party could easily beat up Dai.

Moreover, the other party's age...

"I'll bring my sister in to take a look, is that alright?" Lang Lei asked.

"Of course, no problem, let's go!" Ma Hongjun answered very readily. With this talent, even Dean Flander probably wouldn't stop him from blowing up a house, maybe...

Along the way, Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and the others would frequently glance at Lang Lei, and they didn't even exchange a word with each other.

So Lang Lei took the initiative to speak: "Ma Hongjun, what are the challenges like for these four stages?"

Lang Lei knew, of course, that it was just to break the silence; it was so quiet that even little Gretchen was too embarrassed to speak.

"Oh, the first test was the one we just gave you to test your level, and you've all passed it."

"Just listen to the second and third levels, since you skipped them anyway."

"The second step is to identify and evaluate the potential of the martial soul."

After all, having slightly higher soul power is not enough to prove future potential, except for the Lang Lei brothers, of course...

This stage primarily tests one's martial soul. Only martial souls with sufficient development potential and whose development direction has been correct in previous cultivation can enter the third stage. Of course, extremely special and unusual martial souls can also be selected. We have a classmate in our academy named Oscar; that's how he got into the academy.”

"The third test assesses the candidate's ability to utilize their own martial spirit. Simply having high spirit power and development potential isn't enough; diligence and a deep understanding of one's martial spirit are also essential."

"Alright, that's enough." Lang Lei interrupted. The more he listened, the more he felt that Shrek Academy was trying to take advantage of the situation. If a Soul Master knew everything and could do everything perfectly, why would they come to Shrek Academy?

If a Soul Master can truly pass the first three tests set by Shrek Academy, they can achieve considerable success anywhere!

Moreover, the Spirit Hall Academy, Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Star Luo Royal Academy offer even better environments, so why not go there?

The others also had strange expressions.

Xiao Wu jumped out immediately.

"Are you picking students or wives? No wonder the teacher at the door said you only accept monsters here. Only prodigies could pass these three tests."

After saying that, Xiao Wu glanced at Lang Lei again.

"rabbit!"

Gretchen lifted her head from Lang Lei's arms and immediately saw Xiao Wu speaking. She couldn't help but point and shout.

Immediately, the entire venue fell silent.

(End of this chapter)