Douluo: Crossing the Yuhao Star Palace Master

Chapter 45 First Battle
"All freshmen, please note. All freshmen, please note. Please enter the assessment area immediately to prepare for the freshman assessment. There are still ten minutes left to enter. If you are late, you will be deemed to have given up the assessment."

Listening to the announcement, Huo Yuhao and his three companions calmly entered the examination venue. The three of them had gotten to know each other well yesterday. While they couldn't be described as completely on the same page, they were reasonably familiar with each other. During the initial stages of the examination, the combat power distribution within each examination area was relatively even. The academy was focused on selecting the best students, so it was unlikely that any two teams with Soul Masters would meet each other during the initial stages.

Because of this, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, with Huo Yuhao, arguably the most advanced of the freshmen, backing them up, weren't nervous at all; they were even a bit excited. Sharing their spiritual detection, they truly didn't believe anyone below Soul Master could be their match. Even if Huo Yuhao didn't make a move, the two of them were more than capable of handling 90% of the situation!

Soon, a middle-aged man in his forties who looked unfamiliar walked straight towards them with an expressionless face.

"Looks like everyone's here. Let me introduce myself first. I'm Li Xian, and I'll be in charge of your assessments for the next two days."

The teacher's words were calm and emotionless. It was obvious that he was just a regular at work. He didn't even think about taking care of the nervousness of the freshmen present. Instead, he unconsciously put pressure on everyone present.
"No more nonsense, let's get straight to the first test."

After briefly reciting the basic precautions for the assessment, Li Xian opened the folder in his hand and continued reading emotionlessly, "First match, Freshman Class 1: Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao versus Freshman Class 3: Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, and Zhao Haochen. Both teams are invited to enter the arena and wait at the edge. When I say start, you may release your spirits to begin the assessment."

Huo Yuhao and his two companions walked into the arena with calm expressions. In contrast, the three people on the opposite side seemed a bit nervous. The reason was simple: Huo Yuhao's reputation was now known to everyone in the outer courtyard.

His action of bringing down Zhou Yi made many people feel outrageous. Later, he knocked down Xu Sanshi, one of the twin stars of the outer courtyard, without any injury. This made everyone know that there was such a monstrous psychic soul master among the freshmen, and his methods were even more difficult to guard against!
Huo Yuhao went to the Soul Fighting Arena a few more times after the incident with Xu Sanshi. At first, some people wanted to compete with him for a bet, but they all ended up losing inexplicably. From then on, whenever Huo Yuhao went to the Soul Fighting Arena, anyone who met him would choose to admit defeat.
There really wasn't any other way. There weren't many spiritual masters in the entire Shrek Academy. Facing Huo Yuhao, who had mastered his spiritual power, even if the seniors ganged up on him, they would be beaten to death by him. What was the point of fighting him?

Huo Yuhao could also see the other party's guilty conscience, and then said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'm just a supporting role, and these two are the main force. Give it a try, just treat it as a sparring match."

Ouyang Junyi and the other two finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Huo Yuhao's words. The three boys still had some pride to protect, and it would be embarrassing for them to admit defeat without even fighting. However, if Huo Yuhao personally participated, they would still be embarrassed even if they fought.
Now with Huo Yuhao's assurance, the three of them felt a little relieved. They shouldn't lose too badly.
Li Xian knew Huo Yuhao's situation, and the pre-match interaction between the two sides couldn't be considered a violation. Since Huo Yuhao was confident that the remaining two could win the match, he didn't bother to interfere. Seeing that both sides had taken their positions, Li Xian nodded and said, "The assessment begins."

Both teams immediately released their respective spirits. Huo Yuhao stood motionless, his eyes shimmering with a faint golden glow. Meanwhile, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, who had also released their spirits, were simultaneously connected to Huo Yuhao's detection perspective. The entire arena was revealed to them in a 360-degree, unobstructed view, as if a full-scale map had been opened.

Wang Dong directly released a pair of extremely gorgeous blue-purple wings and flew high in the air. The shining golden spots and beautiful blue-purple wings instantly attracted everyone's attention. Both the three opponents and Wang Yan fell into a brief state of shock.

The wings were so incredibly beautiful that Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao's movements were intentionally ignored. Xiao Xiao, holding the Three Lives Soul-Calming Cauldron on his head, quickly leaped over to Ouyang Junyi and tentatively swung the cauldron, slamming it down hard!
Ouyang Junyi quickly dodged the attack, and while releasing his martial spirit, he and Chen Junfeng moved closer to Zhao Haochen.

At this time, Zhao Haochen was chanting his somewhat nonsensical soul spell loudly, "Come here! My big chicken legs!" A yellow soul ring rippled gently behind him, and two yellow rays of light gathered in his hands. Then, two fragrant braised chicken legs appeared in his palms, and he quickly threw them to Ouyang Junyi and Chen Junfeng who were approaching him.

Ouyang Junyi and Chen Junfeng released their spirits to guard against Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, who were approaching them, while quickly devouring the chicken leg in large gulps. This was not the first time Huo Yuhao had seen a food-type spirit, but he was still unsure of the specific effects of this chicken leg.

Although Zhao Haochen only had one spirit ring, it was at least a hundred-year-old one, so his spirit skills were likely quite effective. This was the first time Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao had encountered a battle with a food-type spirit. Seeing their opponent's gluttony during the match, they couldn't help but burst out laughing, and their attacks, which had been about to rush forward, were paused.

Ouyang Junyi and Chen Junfeng have a beast spirit and a weapon spirit respectively, but coincidentally they are both agility attack spirit masters, which means that their attack output is particularly lacking. The original advantage of the agility attack spirit in sneaking up on the opponent from behind cannot be brought into play because of Huo Yuhao's strength.

Ouyang Junyi released his sword-beaked hummingbird martial spirit and passively faced Wang Dong who was attacking him. At this time, Wang Dong had already used his first soul skill - Wing Guillotine. A layer of golden light was attached to the edges of his two wings, and he chopped down at Ouyang Junyi sharply.

Feeling this sharp breath, Ouyang Junyi didn't dare to block it head-on. He quickly dodged Wang Dong's attack. Only then did Wang Dong understand that the function of the chicken leg was to increase speed.

On the other side, Chen Junfeng released his soft sword martial spirit and fought with Xiao Xiao. Due to the effect of the chicken leg, Xiao Xiao was unable to catch Chen Junyi and could only passively use the San Sheng Soul-Suppressing Cauldron to block the opponent's attack.

However, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao still have the command of Huo Yuhao, their external brain. Even if their speed is temporarily suppressed, Ouyang Junyi and Chen Junfeng will not be able to avoid any flaws. As long as the two of them make any mistakes or are careless, what awaits them is the complete suppression of Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao in strength.

Soon after Chen Junfeng used his soul skill without success and fell into a brief state of stiffness, Xiao Xiao, who had been passively blocking, immediately released the first soul skill of the San Sheng Soul-Suppressing Cauldron under the precise control of mental detection!

The shock of the tripod!
Chen Junfeng was stunned and fainted when the three black tripods fell. Li Xian immediately took action and took Chen Junfeng away from the examination room.

On the other side, Ouyang Junyi, who was in a stalemate with Wang Dong and dodging back and forth, immediately panicked after discovering from the corner of his eye that Chen Junfeng asked Li Xian to take him out of the examination room. His dodging steps also became disorderly, which gave Wang Dong the opportunity to completely suppress him and he lost the possibility of continuing to fight.

Zhao Haochen, the only food-type soul master who could still move, could only sigh and shouted in frustration, "We give up!"

Li Xian immediately blew the whistle and announced, "Freshman Class 1: Team Huo Yuhao wins."

(End of this chapter)