Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 99 Selection Tournament

The group continued their stroll and then came across a 50,000-year-old right arm bone of the Earth King, a fire-attribute soul bone. It was very suitable for Ji Lin to absorb and refine, and was obviously prepared for Ji Lin by the academy. However, Ji Lin was going to disappoint the academy, as a mere 50,000-year-old soul bone was not enough to impress him.

Along the way, Xiaoxiao also used her quota to exchange for some treasures, all of which were rare and precious materials that could improve her cultivation and physical fitness.

Following Ji Lin's advice, she bought several defensive soul tools and one flying soul tool. The level of each was not high, but they were very suitable for Xiao Xiao to use.

Finally, the group also found a soul bone suitable for Wang Qiu'er: the left arm bone of a giant from the Ten Thousand Year Mountain Range, a strength-type soul bone.

Everyone could see that the soul bones displayed on the stand were prepared for a specific group of students. Not only Ji Lin and Wang Qiu'er saw soul bones that were suitable for them, but there were also several other soul bones that were very suitable for the core disciples of their class. However, the soul bones were only a thousand years old, which could not compare with the ten-thousand-year soul bones of Ji Lin and the others.

Wang Qiu'er didn't use her exchange privileges to exchange for soul bones. Did she really think that the ferocious beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest wouldn't have any soul bones? After all these years, soul beasts don't know how to absorb soul bones. Who knows how many soul bones those ferocious beasts actually have? They probably have quite a few ten-thousand-year-old soul bones.

Ji Lin still remembered that he had a 100,000-year-old gilded fire phoenix left arm bone that he had extorted from Di Tian. If he hadn't already made plans for his soul bone, he might have tried to absorb this soul bone long ago.

After browsing through the entire Jubao Pavilion and buying everything they wanted, they prepared to leave.

As they were leaving, they saw Beibei and went up to greet her. Beibei told them to go back first, saying she would wait for Xu Sanshi. Meanwhile, Xu Sanshi was still trying his best to pester Jiang Nannan.

After saying goodbye to Beibei, the group returned to the academy.

Time flew by, and the night was spent cultivating. Tonight, Wang Qiu'er was to help Wang Dong'er absorb the soul bone, so Ji Lin could only cultivate alone in the dormitory.

In the morning, after enjoying a sumptuous meal prepared by the core disciples, the group headed towards the classroom. Wang Dong'er had successfully refined her soul bone the night before, further enhancing her strength.

The weather was still very sunny today, and Shrek Academy had begun its new academic year. Students in each grade faced different pressures. Freshmen had their freshman assessments. Students in other grades also had promotion assessments and more complex courses.

The upgrade assessment is now complete. Those who have passed the assessment are now allowed in the classroom. Those who did not pass will have a retake opportunity in three days; if they fail again, they will be asked to leave the program.

The dropout rate in Class 1 was relatively low, only five percent, while the dropout rates in other classes were slightly higher.

Just as Ji Lin and the others were chatting with Zhou Sichen and the others in the classroom, Zhou Yi entered the classroom, came to the podium and said, "All core disciples, come to my office."

After speaking, he ignored the students and turned to leave.

His decisive and efficient manner left the other trainees looking at each other in bewilderment.

Ji Lin shrugged and led the way out of the classroom. Wang Qiu'er, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao followed closely behind. Zhou Sichen shouted, "Boss, wait for me!" and also followed Ji Lin. The other core disciples also hurriedly followed out of the classroom.

"Bang, bang, bang." Ji Lin knocked lightly on the door of Zhou Yi's office a few times.

"Come in," Zhou Yi's always cold voice rang out.

Ji Lin pushed open the door and led the group of people behind him into the office one by one.

The group stood in a row, facing Zhou Yi.

Ji Lin, Wang Qiu'er, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Cao Jinxuan, Zhou Sichen, Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, Huang Chutian, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Cui Yajie, and Wu Feng. All thirteen core disciples were present, including Huang Chutian and Cui Yajie, who were promoted to core disciples after passing the upgrade assessment.

Zhou Yi coughed, drawing everyone's attention to herself. "I called you all here today because there's a special matter I need to inform you about. In three days, the outer academy will be holding a core disciple selection competition. Originally, it wasn't supposed to involve us second-year students, but the academy suddenly decided to include us second-year core disciples in the selection. So, you all need to be prepared."

As she said this, her gaze fell on Ji Lin and Wang Qiu'er, clearly indicating that the academy's sudden decision was related to the two of them.

Zhou Sichen asked curiously, "Teacher Zhou, what's the purpose of this selection competition?"

Zhou Yi said, "You don't need to worry too much. There won't be any punishment for losing this selection competition. All participants are core disciples under the age of fifteen from the outer academy, including those from the Soul Guidance Department. I counted, and there are about thirty people. Seven people will be selected from them to participate in a mission. As for what the mission is, only the winning students will know. Originally, these spots should have belonged to third, fourth, and fifth-year students. But you are lucky to be able to participate this time, so do your best."

Judging from Zhou Yi's tone, she didn't seem to take it very seriously. Everyone except Ji Lin and Wang Qiu'er breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but secretly complain that the academy had too many assessments. The promotion assessment had just ended, and now there was another core disciple assessment.

Over the next few days, the core disciples nervously prepared for the assessment, seizing every moment to cultivate. No one knew how the core disciple selection competition would be conducted. But for every core disciple, this was an inescapable hurdle. Fortunately, there were no penalties for this assessment.

"Ring—" The bell rang, signaling the end of the day's classes. The students in Class 1 of the second year relaxed with relief.

At Shrek Academy, the process from freshman to sophomore year is a rigorous selection process, ensuring that only those with sufficient ability remain. Having completed their first year, they deeply understand the immense effort required to stay. Therefore, no one is inattentive in class. Not working hard means being eliminated.

Graduates of Shrek Academy are highly sought after throughout the continent, but how easy is it to graduate from here? And this refers to the outer academy.

Wang Yan tidied up his teaching plan and said, "Core disciples, please stay behind. We'll go to the Soul Battle Zone together later."

It's here! All the core disciples perked up; they knew the selection competition was about to begin. However, unlike what they had imagined, the assessment didn't take up their class time, but rather took place after school in the afternoon.

This year's class has the largest number of core disciples, with thirteen in Class 1 alone. Adding Xie Huanyue from Class 2, Nanmen Yun'er who advanced after the upgrade assessment, and Ning Tian from Class 3, there are a total of sixteen core disciples, setting a record for Shrek Academy.

Even the combined number of third and fourth graders who are higher up than them cannot match the number of students in their grade.

As Ji Lin left the classroom, he saw Xie Huan Yue, Ning Tian, ​​and Nanmen Yun'er following their respective homeroom teachers toward the Soul Fighting Zone.

(End of this chapter)