Chapter 149 Freshman Assessment Finals
The outer courtyard of Shrek Academy.

Although they are both students of Shrek Academy, the assessment standards for the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Guidance Department are still different.

If students of the Wuhun Department want to become true disciples of Shrek Academy, they can only pass the freshman assessment set up by the academy, which is the so-called knockout round.

However, the assessment in the Soul Guidance Department is completely different from that in the Martial Soul Department. Students in the Soul Guidance Department do not need to undergo the so-called freshman assessment, because this freshman assessment is used to screen students with average talents, and those with high talents will not be admitted into the Soul Guidance Department.

Therefore, the assessment of the soul guide system is only the most basic soul guide device production, which includes the production of the soul guide device’s outer and inner shells, the research of the soul guide device, and the engraving of the soul guide core array.

Most of the students in the Soul Guidance Department were stuck in making soul guide devices when they first entered the department. Not to mention engraving the soul guide core array, even the most basic soul guide device shell was not successfully completed by many people.

It can be said that the assessment requirements of the Soul Guidance Department are simpler than those of the Martial Soul Department. This is precisely because the difficulty in making soul guides is more demanding than the battle between soul masters.

However, even so, every year a large number of students transfer from the Martial Soul Department to the Soul Guidance Department. After all, if they are eliminated in the freshman assessment of the Martial Soul Department, they will not be able to become disciples of Shrek Academy.

However, if he transferred to the Soul Guidance Department and became a student of the Soul Guidance Department, he would be able to continue to stay in Shrek Academy.

Although not all soul guide students have extremely poor talents, they are almost the same. Anyone who has a little talent in martial arts will not enter the soul guide department.

This was also what Luo Chen concluded after taking a tour around the Soul Guidance Department. He found that those who studied in the Soul Guidance Department were either slacking off or had no ambition at all. Compared with Huo Yuhao and He Cai Tou, these students did not even reach the minimum standard.

At this moment, because the freshman assessment was about to begin, Luo Chen and Huo Yuhao also walked out of the Soul Guidance Department one after another and came to the square of Shrek Academy.

Although Luo Chen is now able to perfectly engrave the soul guide core formation of a second-level soul guide device, Luo Chen at this moment still cannot be considered a true second-level soul guide.

After all, to become a true soul guide, it is not enough to just engrave the soul guide core array, but also requires a lot of knowledge about soul guide devices and experience in making soul guide devices as support.

However, Luo Chen was not in a hurry. Today was just his first time to deal with a soul guide device. He was already quite satisfied that he could complete the engraving of the soul guide core array when he first entered the soul guide system.

According to Fan Yu, what he needs to do now is to learn a lot of knowledge related to soul guides, and then continue to make different types of soul guides, until he has memorized all kinds of soul guides by heart, and then he can become a real second-level soul guide.

For an ordinary person, such a requirement might take at least several years to complete, but in Luo Chen’s eyes, it is a very simple matter.

He has successfully mastered the engraving of the soul guide core array, which is the most important part in making a soul guide device. So the production of the soul guide device’s outer and inner shells, as well as the assembly of the soul guide device, will be a very simple matter.

There is still some time before the final assessment of the first-year students in the External College begins. Quite a few students have gathered in the External College Square where the students compete in three-on-three matches. Most of them are first-year students who come here to study tactics before the assessment begins.

“Yuhao, I was busy dealing with the Soul Guidance Department’s affairs just now, and I forgot to ask you, you are now in the top few in the freshman assessment, you can’t have failed to even make it to the final round, right?”

Luo Chen found a random seat in the viewing area next to the square and sat down, then asked Huo Yuhao who was beside him.

Although Luo Chen knew that Huo Yuhao’s current strength was no longer comparable to that of ordinary first-year students, Luo Chen was not sure. After all, under his influence, there were too many uncertain factors in this year’s freshman assessment.

Under his butterfly effect, Tai’an, who now possesses the Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul and is only at the second ring level, is already able to fight against a four-ring Soul Master. With his ultimate strength, almost no one in the outer courtyard can match him!
A first-year student whose real combat power has already reached the threshold of the inner courtyard, in the usual freshman assessment, this is an existence that can kill through everything!

But even so, Luo Chen did not dare to guarantee that Tai’an would be able to enter the finals of the freshman assessment. His own strong strength only gave him an absolute advantage in individual battles.

But if it is placed in the three-on-three match of the freshman assessment, it is hard to say. After all, in the soul master duel, if the three soul masters cooperate well, they can easily defeat the soul master with higher cultivation than themselves.

Take the Wu Feng team with the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda spirit as an aid, for example. Even if the two main combat spirit masters themselves are only second-ring great spirit masters, with cooperation, they can fully contend with a fourth-ring spirit master!
The effect of one plus one is greater than two. Even if Taian can sweep away any first-year student by himself, there is no guarantee that he can successfully qualify for the freshman assessment.

After all, in this year’s freshman assessment, there are more than one team with martial soul fusion skills!
In Luo Chen’s judgment, unless Tai’an could form a team with Ning Tian, ​​an auxiliary Soul Master with the cultivation level of a three-ring Soul Master, they would have no chance of winning against any team between Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin.

The Titan Giant Ape’s martial spirit is indeed powerful and can suppress everything with ultimate force, but it is no match for the completely unreasonable martial spirit fusion technique.

Even if it was just a martial soul fusion technique released by two two-ring great soul masters, its power was not something that a four-ring soul master could block. The bonus that the martial soul fusion technique brought to soul masters was extremely terrifying.

Take the seven-ring Soul Saint and the nine-ring Titled Douluo as an example. With a huge difference in their cultivation levels, there is almost no comparison between the two. A casual attack from a Titled Douluo can easily defeat the other!
But if two Soul Saints at the seven-ring level released their martial soul fusion skills, the result would be completely different. The original gap of several times or even dozens of times would be instantly reduced under this attack!
Although the martial soul fusion technique released by the two Soul Saints may not necessarily cause any substantial damage to the Titled Douluo, it is far beyond the reach of an ordinary Eight-ringed Soul Douluo.

The two soul masters at the level of seven-ring soul saints both possess their own martial soul avatars. After unlocking their martial soul avatars, their combat power will increase several times. If they release their own martial soul fusion skills under this circumstance, they will be able to truly unleash the power of their martial soul fusion skills!
After fusing the soul powers of two Seven-Ring Soul Saints, the martial soul fusion technique released is powerful enough to pose a threat to ordinary Titled Douluo.

Originally, it was just a situation of trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm, but after releasing the martial soul fusion technique, it was able to achieve a short-term confrontation, which was the most essential difference. This was also the reason why Luo Chen had no hope for Taian, unless Taian could defeat the opponent before releasing the martial soul fusion technique, otherwise once the opponent successfully performed the martial soul fusion technique, the chance of winning would be very slim.

After hearing Luo Chen’s question, Huo Yuhao was stunned for a moment before he responded:

“We have just made it to the quarterfinals. If nothing unexpected happens, today should be the last day of the freshman assessment. What’s wrong, Luo Ge?”

Seeing Luo Chen suddenly mentioned the ranking of the freshman assessment, Huo Yuhao’s eyes revealed a hint of doubt.

However, Luo Chen chuckled and then explained:

“Nothing, I was just wondering if you can make it to the finals. After all, the academy’s top management takes this freshman assessment very seriously. I guess even the deans of the martial arts department and the soul guidance department will come to watch the competition.”

“If you can successfully win the championship of this freshman assessment, then I estimate that the reward should be very generous. In addition to the title of a core disciple of the martial spirit department, training resources are definitely indispensable, including spirit bones and the like, so you must try your best to get a higher ranking.”

The reason why Luo Chen knew so much detail was that before the freshman assessment began, Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Martial Soul Department, often came to talk to him.

Although Luo Chen has now transferred from the Martial Soul Department of Shrek Academy to the Soul Guidance Department, he still needs to take part in this year’s freshman assessment. Because only he, whose combat power is comparable to that of a Seven-Ring Soul Saint, can truly gauge the strength of these talented students in this year’s freshman assessment!

At the same time, this was also a formality for Luo Chen to be promoted smoothly from the outer courtyard to the inner courtyard. After all, if he didn’t make some achievements, even if the college’s top management agreed unanimously, he would not be able to convince the outer courtyard students.

Even in the inner courtyard, Yao Haoxuan, who had become one of the regular players for the Shrek Academy team in the next All-Continental Elite Soul Master Competition, was admitted to the inner courtyard by the academy as an exception only after he had defeated all the students of that session with his own strength.

However, due to some special reasons, Luo Chen is unable to participate in the competition as a normal participant in the freshman assessment, so he can only achieve some results in this way.

The college arranged for him to be the referee of the final of the freshman assessment. After competing with the two strongest teams, the final champion of the freshman assessment will be judged based on their respective performances.

This is already the most appropriate way to deal with it. After all, with Luo Chen’s strength, if he formed a three-person team like other students and participated in the assessment competition normally, then there would almost be no need for the competition.

Luo Chen’s current strength is already enough to defeat a six-ringed Soul Emperor head-on, and this is when he didn’t make much use of his additional abilities and his own soul skills.

If Luo Chen unleashed his full strength without reservation, even a Seven-Ring Soul Saint who released his own martial spirit avatar would not be able to gain any advantage over Luo Chen!

The college’s senior executives took this into consideration, and that’s why they changed the rules for the final of this year’s freshman assessment. Otherwise, if Luo Chen was really allowed to join the freshman assessment, then his class would almost have been designated as the winning class for this year’s freshman assessment.

However, only Luo Chen himself knew about these things. In order to avoid some unnecessary influences, the academy did not inform the first-year freshmen about this in advance. The Dean of the Martial Soul Department would explain it in person only after the semi-finals.

“Soul bone? No way, Luo Ge, the academy is so rich, the champion team can actually get a soul bone?”

After hearing Luo Chen’s words, Huo Yuhao’s eyes couldn’t help but widen a little, and he quickly confirmed with Luo Chen.

As someone who has studied in Shrek Academy for several months, he naturally knows the preciousness of soul bones. They are treasures that can greatly enhance the strength of a soul master. Each soul bone can almost be described as priceless!

But what he didn’t expect was that Luo Chen actually said that the champion team of this year’s freshman assessment would be able to get a soul bone. This was beyond his understanding of the word reward.

That’s a soul bone, a treasure that is listed on the soul master’s dream list. Even a six-ring soul emperor-level powerhouse like Zhou Yi doesn’t have it. Even some sects with profound heritage can’t own it.

In response, Luo Chen simply nodded lightly, affirming his words.

For Shrek Academy, which has accumulated experience for tens of thousands of years, a few soul bones are not something to be ashamed of. After all, Shrek Academy’s industry is quite extensive, not just teaching students.

It also privately sells some low- and medium-level soul guide devices made by students or teachers in the Soul Guidance Department. There are also high-level soul guide devices made by the two deans of the Soul Guidance Department or high-level soul guides such as Fan Yu.

Every high-level soul guide that is produced can bring huge profits to the academy, not to mention that the academy also has industries such as Jubao Pavilion spread all over the continent, and the profits from them are no less than those from soul guides.

It is precisely such huge profits that can support Shrek Academy to cultivate one powerful person after another!
However, based on Luo Chen’s understanding of Yan Shaozhe, even if the other party could offer soul bones as a reward for the champion team of this year’s freshman assessment, their grade would not be too high. It is estimated that ordinary ten thousand year soul bones would be the highest.

After all, higher quality soul bones are not so easy to get. The value of an ordinary ten thousand year soul bone is comparable to that of several high-level soul guides. Even a martial soul system with profound foundation will be seriously injured.

(End of this chapter)