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

While Xu Xingyu was passing the first stage of the inner academy's assessment, the outer academy was also bustling with activity.

The second-year students were gathered in the arena, preparing for their upcoming entrance exams.

The so-called Colosseum is a small part of Shrek Academy's Colosseum area, mainly used as a place for students to fight against the soul beasts trained by Shrek Academy.

The Beast Fighting Zone is the largest area of ​​Shrek Academy, and also the largest building in Shrek Academy. Its area is large enough to be combined with all the teaching buildings, dormitories and Shrek Square of the Martial Soul Department.

On this Douluo Continent, there are very few forces that can raise soul beasts with the power of an academy, and among them, Shrek Academy has a scale that even the royal families of various countries dare not build a beast fighting area of ​​such scale.

Keeping spirit beasts in captivity is no easy task, because while keeping them in captivity, you must ensure that they do not lose their wildness, and you must also know the different dietary habits of different spirit beasts.

In addition, they must ensure that the protective system of the fighting arena they build is secure enough to prevent spirit beasts from escaping at will. The expenses involved are unimaginable for most spirit master academies.

Shrek Academy can afford such expenses because most of Shrek City's annual tax revenue is entrusted to Shrek Academy for safekeeping.

One-third of the funds were invested in the Colosseum, so you can imagine how much it costs to maintain the Colosseum.

In addition to Shrek City's taxes, a portion of the student fees paid by Shrek students each year is also used to maintain the expenses of the Colosseum, but the funds provided by the Soul Guidance Department should not be forgotten.

Although many soul masters at Shrek Academy look down on soul tools, those who originally belonged to the Three Kingdoms period were not so pedantic as to be beyond redemption.

This is why every year, the Soul Guidance Department produces Soul Guidance Devices that are sold to the three major empires besides the Sun Moon Empire.

However, in recent years, due to the rise of the Spirit Tower, which not only sells soul spirits but also soul tools that are comparable to those of the Sun Moon Empire, Shrek Academy's soul tool department has not earned as much money each year as before.

Speaking of the Spirit Pagoda, if any force can surpass Shrek Academy in the area of ​​raising spirit beasts, then it is only the Spirit Realm possessed by the Spirit Pagoda that can surpass it.

After all, it was a special small plane specifically made for spirits and spirit beasts, and its own capacity was much larger than Shrek City.

Getting back to the main point, the reason why the second-year students are gathered here is because of their upcoming entrance exams.

Every year after the holidays, Shrek Academy holds an exam where students have to fight against the spirit beasts in the Beast Fighting Zone. The teachers then grade the students based on their performance in the battle.

Note that if a student fails to achieve the required score, they will have to leave Shrek Academy. It can only be said that Shrek Academy's rules are quite strict.

Wang Dong'er was feeling rather down at this moment. One reason was that Xu Xingyu had already gone to the inner courtyard, and another reason was that she was so far behind her.

She knew from the beginning that Xu Xingyu's strength was far beyond that of ordinary people. Not only did he possess twin martial souls, but each of them was a super martial soul that only appeared once every ten thousand years.

As long as nothing goes wrong in the future, such a person will inevitably stand at the pinnacle of the Douluo Continent.

But could she really catch up with her? Although she was already close to the Soul Master level, she knew very well that she could never beat Wang Dong'er, even though they were at the same level.

Is it too presumptuous of me to want to be someone who walks alongside the other person?

Fortunately, these gloomy thoughts only flashed briefly in Wang Dong'er's mind, and she quickly calmed down after adjusting her state of mind.

It was at this moment that Wang Dong's name was called out by the teacher, and Wang Dong'er realized that it was her turn for the assessment.

The spirit beast she faced was a thousand-year-old bloodthirsty demonic bear, an earth-attribute spirit beast that was good at both offense and defense. If it were someone else, they might have a headache facing such an opponent.

However, for Wang Dong'er, a Soul Master who had undergone dual modifications by the Clear Sky Sect and the Spirit Pagoda, this was at best a relatively tough target.

Soon, Wang Dong'er gained the upper hand with her agility, eventually outmaneuvering the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear. Then, at the crucial moment, she unleashed a powerful attack, the Vast Ocean Light, which completely rendered the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear unable to fight.

Of course, Wang Dong'er didn't kill her. After all, she was a Soul Master from the Spirit Pagoda, and she still had a bit of compassion for these Soul Beasts that were forcibly kept in captivity. Moreover, the other party didn't intend to kill her, so this was fine.

The teacher gave Wang Dong'er 145 points, just 5 points away from a perfect score, which can be considered a very good score.

Following Wang Dong'er was Xu Yanxue, whose opponent was a thousand-year-old lightning leopard. Although its lightning-fast speed caused her some trouble for a while, it was eventually frozen into an ice shard by Xu Yanxue's extreme ice and snow.

Xu Yanxue no longer cares about the Martial Soul Department discovering that she has the ultimate ice and snow attribute. On the one hand, it's because she became a candidate for the Ultimate Individual Soldier with the support of Qian Duoduo due to her outstanding performance in the freshman assessment. On the other hand, the Martial Soul Department has Xu Xingyu, who is so abnormal that she is no longer abnormal, so her ultimate ice and snow attribute is not that important to them.

However, what Xu Yanxue was concerned about was Huo Yuhao. When she returned to the far north last time, she learned about Huo Yuhao's existence from the Ice Emperor, as well as the fact that he was the host of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.

Xu Yanxue originally thought that Huo Yuhao would be hunted down and killed by the soul beasts in the far north, but she didn't expect that Huo Yuhao would still be alive and kicking, and it seemed that he had become much stronger.

In Xu Yanxue's perception, Huo Yuhao's soul power had broken through level 20, and his cultivation level was around level 27. His physical attributes were probably comparable to those of a low-level Soul Master, and his mental strength was not much different from that of a Soul King.

It can be said that if Xue Di did not go all out, she might not be able to defeat him. Moreover, he has the aura of extreme ice. Could it be that Tianmeng Ice Silkworm hunted another extreme ice soul beast for him to use as his martial soul?

Looking at Huo Yuhao, who had been called onto the stage, Xu Yanxue below the stage also looked at him with a solemn expression. For some reason, Xu Yanxue's intuition told her that Huo Yuhao seemed to be more than just what she had perceived.

There is likely some incredible power hidden within him.