Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Emperor, Unifying the Continent!

"One person forms a group..."

Zi Ling raised an eyebrow slightly and chuckled, "With your strength, you could indeed compete for the championship by yourself. However, isn't that a bit too arrogant?"

She was well aware of Xu Tianming's strength. Among the new students, unless there was a group of three Soul Masters, and the group had to cooperate extremely well and have top-tier Martial Souls, it would be impossible to defeat Xu Tianming.

However, this year's freshmen do not have such a student.

Xu Tianming said softly, "Arrogant? Not really. I just want to be the champion of the freshman assessment. Recently, I've noticed that my cultivation speed has slowed down a lot. I need resources, lots of resources!"

Upon hearing this, Zi Ling nodded and said, "Your martial soul possesses the attribute of ultimate light. Such a martial soul will grow into an extremely powerful being. However, in the stage from level 30 to level 70, your cultivation speed will also decrease significantly in order to accumulate a solid foundation. This is a normal phenomenon, so don't worry."

Zi Ling didn't know much about martial souls with extreme attributes, since such martial souls are extremely rare, appearing only once every thousand years.

But since one of her students possessed such a martial spirit, she naturally wanted to learn more about it.

She went to the inner courtyard and read through a large number of books about ultimate attribute martial souls, learning about some issues in the cultivation process of ultimate attribute martial souls.

"Since you've decided to work alone, the teacher won't stop you. Go back and get some rest. Give everyone a surprise during the freshman assessment!"

Zi Ling did not force Xu Tianming to team up with two teammates. For others, having teammates is a great help, since the strength of three people is obviously greater than that of one person.

But for Xu Tianming, this was meaningless.

Adding two more people to him wouldn't even be considered icing on the cake.

Moreover, if Xu Tianming were to be assigned a team, it would be difficult to arrange the students in the class.

Teaming up with Xu Tianming is essentially the same as getting a special admission spot, which is difficult to arrange.

Zi Ling watched Xu Tianming's departing figure, turned around, rubbed her head, picked up the information about students' martial spirits and soul power levels from the class on her desk, and continued her research.

She knew she couldn't teach Xu Tianming for long. After such a talent showed his brilliance in the freshman assessment, he would soon be noticed by the elders of the inner academy and taken as a disciple, and wouldn't stay in the outer academy.

Bang bang bang!

"Please come in."

"Teacher, I'd like to switch groups. I want to be with the student from the next class..."

...

The assessment area is located in the northern part of the Martial Soul system. For strong students, this is a stage to showcase their strength and cultivation achievements, while for weak students, it can almost be called a nightmare!

Every year, a large number of trainees are eliminated in this assessment area.

The academy has a thousand new student slots each year, but only half of them can officially become first-year students!

No more than one-tenth of the students can graduate from Shrek Academy's outer college! That is, less than one hundred people.

These are graduates from the outer academy; those who can enter the inner academy are even fewer!

If ten people can enter the inner academy each year, that's considered a lot!

Competition is indeed fierce, but true champions are often born from fierce competition.

The new student assessment area was divided into fifty regions, and Xu Tianming was assigned to the thirteenth region.

"Attention all new students! Attention all new students! Please proceed to the assessment area immediately to prepare for the new student assessment. There are only ten minutes left to enter; exceeding this time will be considered a forfeit of this assessment!"

The broadcast rang in his ears. Xu Tianming waved goodbye to Bei Bei beside him and Li Yuan, who had become his underling, and headed towards District Thirteen.

There are seven groups of trainees in District 13. The teacher in charge of the assessment is a man who looks to be around forty years old. He has an ordinary appearance but seems very gentle and easy to talk to.

"Alright, all seven groups of trainees here have arrived. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Wang Yan, and I will be your teacher for the next two days of assessment."

Wang Yan.

Xu Tianming's eyes narrowed slightly; a familiar name.

Wang Yan didn't say much. After reminding everyone not to injure their opponents during the assessment, he opened the folder in his hand and began the assessment of the new students in District 13.

There were seven groups of trainees in total, but the assessment in each area was not a two-on-two competition, which would be unfair.

The assessment for the entire region is a cycle, where each group of trainees competes against other groups to determine everyone's skill level.

"First round, first match: Xu Tianming from Class 1, Li Kun, Zhang Kuang, and Li Youyou from Class 6. You may enter the arena now. Stand in one corner. You may release your martial spirits only when I say 'the match begins.' Enter the arena now."

After Wang Yan called out the names, his gaze fell directly on Xu Tianming.

One person per group!

This situation has occurred before in Shrek Academy's assessments, but those cases were generally due to relatively weak strength and poor interpersonal relationships, with no one willing to team up with them.

Generally speaking, trainees in groups of one will definitely be eliminated in the first round.

Even if the freshmen's cultivation levels are not high, it is almost impossible for one person to fight three.

But this Xu Tianming seems different.

According to the information sheet in his folder, Xu Tianming's cultivation level was a three-ring Soul Venerable!

Three Rings Soul Master!

Even if you have a bad reputation, there will still be people willing to team up with you, because a strong teammate can really increase your chances of passing the test.

Wang Yan looked at Xu Tianming and asked in a deep voice, "Xu Tianming, are you sure you're in a group alone?"

"Yes, teacher."

Xu Tianming nodded in response and walked towards the assessment area.

Seeing this, Wang Yan didn't say anything more. After both sides entered the venue and stood still, he raised his hand to announce.

"The match begins!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Kun, Zhang Kuang, and Li Youyou immediately released their martial spirits!

A green flute appeared in Li Youyou's hand, and a yellow century-old soul ring rose from beneath her feet.

The moment the flute music started, two beams of light flew towards Li Kun and Zhang Kuang respectively, boosting their auras.

Li Kun's martial spirit is a sword, with cyan patterns flashing on its blade, its sharpness fully revealed.

Two yellow, century-old soul rings rose up beneath his feet.

Two-ring Grand Soul Master!

A spirit ring rose from beneath Zhang Kuang's feet. His spirit was the Swift Shadow Leopard, making him an agility-type spirit master.

One two-ring Soul Master and two one-ring Soul Masters—this lineup isn't considered strong in the freshman assessment, but it's not too weak either.

They only had one opponent, so they were confident of winning.

However, after the three of them had finished releasing their martial spirits, their opponents did not make any move at all, and even looked at them with an extremely calm gaze.

"Your Martial Soul is ready? Well then... I'll make my move!"