I am the son of the Dragon God in Douluo Continent.

After Xu Xingyu finished her assessment, the others, having recovered from their shock, also began to choose their opponents and start their own tests.

Watching the others complete their respective assessments, Xu Xingyu began to scrutinize these other candidates. She could only say that the overall quality was quite good; these candidates would be outstanding anywhere.

Judging from the relatively small number of eliminations, the senior students who were chosen as opponents probably didn't go all out and were holding back to some extent. After all, this was to allow the candidates to perform at their best in the battle, not a life-or-death struggle.

Therefore, apart from some candidates who chose the wrong opponent or underestimated their opponent's methods, most candidates who came passed this first stage of the exam.

After all the candidates had finished their respective exams, Elder Xuan had those who had failed sent back, and then began to announce the content of the next exam.

That is, they need to team up with one of the candidates present to hunt down evil spirit masters, and during this time, an inner court senior will accompany them.

As mentioned before, the first assessment was only to see each candidate's individual combat ability, while the second assessment was to understand the candidates' teamwork ability.

Overall, this exam was somewhat of a last-minute decision, as most of the time it would involve forming a team and showcasing teamwork skills in the academy's arena.

However, recently, students from the foreign language department also needed to use the arena for their entrance exams, which resulted in all the arenas being occupied.

As for why they didn't take the exam in the Star Dou Great Forest, it's mainly because the Star Dou Great Forest itself is too dangerous and unsuitable for the exam. In addition, the forest ranger system recently established by the Qiling Tower has made even entering the Star Dou Great Forest a problem.

At this time, the academy received news that several evil spirit masters had appeared in a certain village. After inquiring about the fact that the cultivation levels of these evil spirit masters were generally within their acceptable range, they decided to entrust the task of hunting down these evil spirit masters to these examinees.

This will not only give students experience in facing evil spirit masters, but also allow them to get their hands dirty for the first time, realize the cruelty of this world, and understand the responsibilities they should bear as members of Shrek Academy.

This kind of exam is just right for students from other colleges, since, to put it bluntly, students from other colleges are more like canaries raised in an ivory tower.

Each college has great potential, but because the environment is too stable, they cannot maximize their strength. Therefore, it is necessary to let these students witness the cruelty of this world firsthand. Only in this way can they adapt to this dog-eat-dog world as soon as possible.

Xu Xingyu naturally teamed up with Jiang Nannan, not only because the two were familiar with each other, but also because their abilities complemented each other to some extent.

What Xu Xingyu found strange was that the inner court student assigned to their team to supervise the exam was Ma Xiaotao.

Although Ma Xiaotao is very capable, I just don't think she's the kind of person who's suitable to be an examiner.

Xu Xingyu even thought that during the exam, Ma Xiaotao might just burn all those evil spirit masters to ashes because she didn't like them.

After all, her titles of "Flame Maniac" and "Two Great Volcanoes of the Inner Court" were not unfounded; her fiery temper was well-known.

So if that really happened, would their exam be considered a failure or a success?

However, Xu Xingyu quickly put these things out of her mind. There was no need to worry about things that hadn't happened yet. If all else failed, she would freeze Ma Xiaotao's relationship before she caused any trouble, so she could focus on her exams. At most, she would have to apologize afterwards.

Just then, Elder Xuan began to describe the location of the evil spirit master's target. To Xu Xingyu's slight surprise, the location was a small village near the Mingdu Mountains.

It should be noted that a few years ago, Xu Xingyu had joined forces with the Xingluo army in the Mingdu Mountains to seize a rare metal mine from the Sun Moon Empire.

The reason Xu Xingyu intervened in this conflict between countries was mainly because that rare metal mine was very important to Xu Xingyu's future battle armor, so she had no choice but to secretly ally with a certain country.

As for why they didn't unite with the Sun Moon Empire, it can only be said that although the Spirit Tower and the Sun Moon Empire have not invaded each other and their soul spirit business has been doing quite well over the years, they have always sent people to try to steal the achievements of their soul guidance system, so this impression is really not good.

Of course, their subtle attempts to force Qiling Tower to become the exclusive power of their Japanese Empire are also quite irritating.

It was only after news spread that Gu Yuena had single-handedly beaten up Shrek Academy that their actions became somewhat more restrained.

However, from then on, the relationship between Qiling Tower and the Sun Moon Empire was purely commercial, and there should be no close relationship between them in the future.

After listening to Elder Xuan's explanation of all the precautions for this test, as a reward for passing the first test, the candidates present were allowed to spend the rest of the day cultivating on Seagod Island. They did not need to return to the outer academy; they only needed to gather here, and someone would take them to the location of the second test.

After saying that, he dismissed the crowd, and everyone present took the opportunity to calm down and meditate.

After all, the concentration of energy on Poseidon Island far exceeds that of the outside world due to the presence of the Golden Ancient Tree, and the cultivation grounds that can rival Poseidon Island are either extremely rare or extremely dangerous.

In Xu Xingyu's understanding, only the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest and the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, which was moved to the Soul Spirit Realm, could compete with it, and the birth of those two places still relied on god-level power.

The former is the excretion point used in the previous plane, which is also the place where the Silver Dragon King landed on Douluo Continent, while the latter is the place where the Ice and Fire Dragon King fell.

For a golden ancient tree to achieve such a feat, Xu Xingyu could only say that it truly deserved to be the chosen one of nature by the Star Lord of the Douluo Continent. This unique and innate ability far surpassed that of a certain traitorous soul beast.

In theory, this golden ancient tree should be the strongest contender for the core divine position of life, but due to the interference of a certain deceased person, it can only serve as nourishment for that person's mother.

Just then, Xu Xingyu felt a sense of closeness from that distant golden ancient tree, but it quickly dissipated. Xu Xingyu thought it was just his imagination, and then he began to meditate and cultivate like the others.

However, what Xu Xingyu didn't know was that, for some reason, he was able to attract more energy than others when he cultivated, as if the spiritual energy of the island was actively cooperating with his cultivation.