Douluo Continent: Starting by controlling the Holy Maiden of the Holy Spirit Cult

Chapter 50: Recruit People First, Then Form a Team

After Huo Yuhao removed the mental imprint from Ma Xiaotao, he went straight back to the classroom. Over the next three months, everyone except Huo Yuhao had made significant progress.

Excluding Huo Yuhao's small team, there was even a student in Class 9 who broke through to level 30, becoming a formal Soul Master and the class monitor. This shows that Mu Jin's teaching level is indeed much higher than that of the teachers in other classes.

Mu Jin never blindly subjects the entire class to physical training; instead, she maximizes the development of their strengths.

In this era when soul tools are about to be recognized and accepted by soul masters, the most correct development is to continuously improve the strengths that soul masters should have and use soul tools to make up for their shortcomings.

In the near future, large-scale wars will be the main theme of this continent, and the balance of individual abilities will not be able to dominate a war.

For example, support and food-type Soul Masters, who have always been well protected by the military, should have their physical strength and willpower further optimized for battlefield effectiveness, rather than focusing on training them. People often say that enemies won't spare you just because you're a non-combat Soul Master. But think about it another way: my main force and the rear guard are all surviving thanks to my support, so why should you get close enough to kill me? I'd be lucky if I didn't turn the tables and defeat you.

As times progress, individual heroism will eventually become history. This is also the trend of the iteration of technological productivity. Whenever Mu Jin talks about these theories, Huo Yuhao, who has never liked listening to lectures, will unconsciously listen attentively and express his own views.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao became the student that Mu Jin both loved and hated the most.

Because his mental strength far surpasses that of his peers, Huo Yuhao, who is lost in thought, can use his mental strength to collect the theories Mu Jin teaches and absorb them into his own knowledge when Mu Jin is lecturing. This has led to the emergence of such an eccentric existence as Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao, who had never seriously listened to a single class, almost always got full marks in all the written theoretical tests. The few points he lost were often due to his differing opinions from those of the teachers.

In contrast, there was Xie Huanyue, the only Soul Master among the freshmen. Although Xie Huanyue listened attentively most of the time, he performed terribly in the theoretical knowledge test. He would forget the knowledge taught a second ago as soon as he turned around and start reminiscing about the barbecue from the previous night...

"Today's special skills training class is suspended." Mu Jin stood behind the podium, her delicate face still showing a serene and beautiful expression. Whenever she was in class, almost all the male students sat up straight, and not one of them could bear to look away.

"Three months have passed since the start of the semester. You will soon face your first entrance exam for Shrek Academy. Only by passing the exam can you officially become first-year students and truly become members of Shrek Academy. If nothing unexpected happens, you will be able to continue your training at the academy at least until the first-year graduation exam. The exam will begin tomorrow, and today I will explain the key points of the exam to you."

Mu Jin's voice remained as calm as ever. Her gaze swept over the 101 students below, and she was quite satisfied. The quality of this group of students might not be much better than that of the previous students, but after these three months of instruction, their future potential would definitely not be inferior to that of any other class.

"Team battles. That's right, the freshman assessment involves combat. And everyone has to participate. I know that some of you, especially the support and food-type Soul Masters, might be wondering why you have to fight too. I'm not wrong, you will indeed be on the battlefield, just like the battle Soul Masters. Although Shrek Academy cultivates well-rounded talents, the most important thing is battlefield ability. I said on the first day of school that with the advent of Soul Tools, the classification of Soul Masters has become blurred. Even if you are a support or food-type Soul Master, you can still unleash powerful combat strength with your Soul Tools. But where will your combat instincts come from? Does giving a Soul Tool mean you can just blindly go to the battlefield and survive? Of course not. Combat ability must come from combat. Therefore, all of you must undergo combat assessments."

"Of course, the academy will never allow support-type weapon spirit masters to compete against power-type battle spirit masters; that would be unfair to you. Therefore, the freshman assessment will be conducted in the form of team battles. However, the number of participants will not be too large. The final decision for this year's team battle scale is three people per team, which is a relatively high standard for your age to have a certain level of teamwork. When forming teams, each team can have a maximum of one power-type battle spirit master. The other two team members can be randomly assigned. Students from the same dormitory will be considered as one team first, and the others will be formed by you freely. Those who cannot form teams freely will be decided by drawing lots."

"The freshman assessment will be conducted uniformly across the entire grade. Due to the considerable number of students in our academy over the years, nearly three hundred groups of students will participate in this freshman assessment, but only half of them will be able to remain. That is, the top one hundred and fifty groups. This ranking is based on your combat competition points."

"The competition will be conducted by drawing lots, and each group of students will have to play at least ten battles. The final rankings will be based on the number of wins. The top sixty-four teams will then compete in a knockout tournament, and the top four teams in the knockout tournament will each receive different rewards. The champion team's reward will be extremely rare."

Every student listened intently; for them, the freshman assessment was crucial to their survival. Elimination meant returning to a lower-level academy, and they might never become top experts on the Douluo Continent. They had worked hard for three months, and none of them wanted to be eliminated now.

Mu Jin looked around at the seats and said, "Our class currently has 101 students, which can be divided into 33 groups, leaving two extra. I will register you tomorrow morning, so I hope you can make your own arrangements tonight. Otherwise, you will be expelled for missing this assessment."

"As for the two extra students, through communication with other classes, a new student will be transferred to our class soon, so no one needs to worry about being one of the two students without teammates."

Upon hearing Mu Jin's extremely democratic decision, the students present, who were already in small groups, immediately gathered together and began to form their own small teams without violating the requirements.

Compared to Zhou Yi's autocratic arrangements in the original novel, the three people who are brought together may be able to complement each other in terms of ability. However, their unfamiliarity with each other or some private conflicts may lead to internal team problems during the assessment.

Ning Tian and the other two girls had already agreed to team up, and Huo Yuhao also had his own plans.

Of the entire class, only Xie Huanyue and Huo Yuhao did not receive any team invitations. Over the past three months, some people initially tried to recruit Xie Huanyue because of his soul power level, but perhaps due to the awakening of the Sun God Ape Martial Soul, Xie Huanyue's personality became increasingly unruly and unreliable. He even acted recklessly in some situations, ruining his reputation with everyone.

As for Huo Yuhao, his playboy image has made him the public enemy of all the boys.

Soon, the bell rang to signal the end of get out of class.

"Huo Yuhao, Xie Huanyue, you two stay. The rest of you, get out of class dismissed!" Mu Jin ended the discussion and announced the end of get out of class.

Xie Huanyue, bewildered, followed behind Huo Yuhao listlessly; he was practically starving.

Mu Jin looked at Huo Yuhao, one of the two who remained, and smiled, "I've poached him for you. As for what you plan to do with him, that's up to you."

Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up. After three months of continuous persuasion from Mu Jin, the person he wanted finally agreed to transfer to Class 9.

Just then, a graceful figure entered the classroom and bowed slightly to Mu Jin, who was standing on the podium. "Hello, Teacher Mu."

She was a girl with long pink hair, a beautiful face that looked pitiful, and an innate allure. I wonder what kind of femme fatale she would become when she grew up.

"You're Huo Yuhao?" The girl turned to look at Huo, who was grinning mischievously, her pretty face showing a hint of scrutiny.

The new student assessment is about to begin! Who's the newest member? Huo Gua's new team will have a name that will surprise everyone. Interested readers are welcome to guess! No kidding, here's the third chapter today. Happy April Fool's Day!

(End of this chapter)