Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 57 Wang Yan

"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; failure to do so will be considered a forfeit of this assessment."

A loud broadcast blared throughout the entire outer campus, its sound carrying to every corner. The freshmen's faces mostly turned serious; their first assessment was about to begin, and it would be a lie to say they weren't nervous.

The freshman assessment is extremely important, and the academy's broadcast reminders via soul guide devices are not very effective. All the students have already arrived at their designated areas and are ready.

A teacher who appeared to be around forty years old arrived in District 33. He looked quite ordinary, with no imposing manner, and a smiling face, appearing very amiable—a stark contrast to Zhou Yi. After counting the number of people, he smiled and nodded, saying, "Very good. We have a total of six groups of students here for the assessment, and everyone is present. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Wang Yan, and I will be your assessment teacher for the next two days."

"Hello, Teacher Wang." The students quickly bowed to him.

Wang Yan chuckled and said, "No need for such formalities. My teaching style has always been to treat everyone as friends. From now until the end of the assessment, you are all my students. Therefore, I don't want to see anyone get hurt. Although the assessment will determine whether you can stay at Shrek Academy to continue your studies, I must remind you that this is an assessment. You must not injure your opponents. Otherwise, I will have to apologize and ask them to leave and report it to the academy."

He spoke gently and casually, without mentioning the consequences of injuring his opponent. However, every student who could enter Shrek Academy was shrewd enough to understand the meaning behind his words, and they all nodded to show that they understood.

Wang Yan smiled and said, "In that case, let's begin. The sooner the competition ends, the sooner you can go back and cram. For you young people, a sense of urgency is a good thing."

"First round, first assessment: Class 1 freshmen: Ji Lin, Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao; Class 3 freshmen: Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, Zhao Haochen. You may enter the arena now. Please take your positions in the corners. You may release your martial spirits only after I say the start of the competition. Enter the arena."

The six groups of trainees will be competing in three matches in the 33rd district today. Ji Lin and his group did not expect to be the first to appear. After exchanging glances, they quickly walked into the arena and stood in the northwest corner.

After the three of them went on stage, Ji Lin stood at the front, with Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao standing behind him.

Seeing that both sides were in position, Teacher Wang Yan nodded and said, "The assessment begins."

Both instantly unleashed their martial spirits. Ji Lin conjured a crimson greatsword in his right hand, its blade wreathed in flames. Huo Yuhao's eyes shone even brighter, with lines appearing around the corners of his eyes. Xiao Xiao also released her Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, a large black cauldron rapidly forming above her head.

Their three opponents were also prepared and released their martial spirits immediately.

Facing the three opponents, Zhao Haochen, a first-ring food-type Soul Master, shouted, "Come on, my big chicken leg!"

Then he made two braised chicken drumsticks and handed them to his teammates.

His two teammates, Ouyang Junyi and Chen Junfeng, released their martial spirits while quickly taking the chicken leg and taking a big bite.

The way Ouyang Junyi and Chen Junfeng were gnawing on chicken legs was rather odd, so much so that Xiaoxiao couldn't help but laugh. The Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron was still above her head, showing no intention of making a move.

Ouyang Junyi and Chen Junfeng made their move at the same time. One of them had a beast spirit and the other had a weapon spirit, but both of them were agility-type battle spirit masters.

Judging from the yellow spirit rings emanating from their bodies, it was clear that the three opponents were all one-ring spirit masters.

The two pounced on Ji Lin at the same time, their speed astonishing; clearly, the chicken leg they had just eaten had amplified their speed.

Huo Yuhao reacted quickly, a flash of purple light in his eyes, and Ouyang Junyi froze, clearly having been affected by Huo Yuhao's mental interference.

Just then, a large black cauldron smashed into Ouyang Junyi, sending him flying with a loud thud. He fell to the ground, unable to get up.

On the other side, Chen Junfeng, who was wielding a soft sword, fared even worse. The sword light emitted by his soft sword clashed head-on with the crimson greatsword. Chen Junfeng only felt a flash of red light before his sword light dissipated. Immediately afterward, his soft sword emitted a violent buzzing sound and shattered with a crash.

Immediately after, Ji Lin kicked out, sending Chen Junfeng flying backward at an even faster speed than when he came, crashing right into Zhao Haochen, who was gnawing on a chicken leg. The two of them immediately tumbled to the ground.

Ji Lin and the other two simultaneously withdrew their martial spirits, their expressions calm.

Teacher Wang Yan, watching from the sidelines, had a look of amazement in his eyes. The other three-person teams were also watching from the sidelines. After watching this match, their faces were all solemn, and the entire Thirty-Three District became completely silent.

That's incredibly powerful. Two agility-type Soul Masters were defeated so easily, without any chance to fight back, even with the assistance of a food-type Weapon Soul Master.

Moreover, apart from Huo Yuhao using a soul skill, which revealed his yellow soul ring and one-ring soul master cultivation, Ji Lin and Xiao Xiao didn't even use a soul skill. They simply defeated their opponents with their martial souls, without even revealing their soul rings.

"The Ji Lin team has won a match." After Wang Yan announced this, he wrote it down on the document in his hand.

On the other side, Ouyang Junyi and his two companions had already gotten up. Ji Lin and the others had shown mercy, so they weren't truly injured, but they were filled with shame and indignation. Having been defeated so easily, they didn't want to stay there for even a second longer and fled at top speed.

After registering the competition results, Wang Yan glanced at Ji Lin and the other two again, thinking to himself that this group was probably Class One's trump card.

Then he took another look at Huo Yuhao. He had noticed the purple light in Huo Yuhao's eyes and the lines at the corners of his eyes.

He had an idea in his mind and made a guess about Huo Yuhao's martial soul, but since it was assessment time, he didn't say anything more.

Wang Yan is a representative figure of the theoretical and moderate faction at Shrek Academy. He has a solid theoretical foundation and strong teaching abilities. Despite being only in his forties, he is a top-notch senior teacher in the Department of Foreign Languages.

At Shrek Academy, it's even more difficult and clearly defined for teachers to advance in rank than for students. Zhou Yi is only a mid-level teacher, which is, of course, related to her terrifying teaching methods. Wang Yan, on the other hand, is qualified to teach inner court students, demonstrating his formidable theoretical knowledge.

(End of this chapter)