Douluo Continent: The Holy Evil Emperor

The first soul skill is Ice Staff, the second soul skill is Ice Armor. What kind of humorous soul skills are these?

I can't understand it, I can't understand it at all.

Next came the practical assessment. There was nothing to say about the battles between the Soul Masters; it was just a bunch of weaklings fighting each other. Only two out of the five Soul Masters passed the assessment, one of whom was not from Shrek Academy.

As for the name, it was something I'd never even heard of before – Pure Deer Man.

When it came to Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan's turn to take the test, since Yao Haoxuan was a support-type character, they had to team up to fight against a high-level Soul King.

Although they lost in the end, they still successfully passed the assessment.

After all, the two Soul Masters, one for control and one for support, don't even have any offensive Soul Skills that can finish off opponents. How can they possibly win?

Ye Qing is undoubtedly the last to appear, after all, he is the protagonist.

But when he saw the person he was to be assessed, several question marks appeared above his head.

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Ye Qing stood on the Soul Battle Arena, looking completely bewildered at the beautiful figure gracefully walking out from the opposite passage. "Le Xuan? Why are you my opponent for the Inner Court assessment?"

The inner court disciples who came to serve as practical examiners all widened their eyes when they saw Zhang Lexuan come out, especially after hearing Ye Qing address Zhang Lexuan so intimately; their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

They're not newbies who just entered the inner courtyard; how could they not recognize Zhang Lexuan?

This is a top expert in the inner academy with the cultivation of a Soul Saint. She is also the object of admiration for many male students in the inner academy. She is powerful and a stunning beauty. Zhang Lexuan can be described as a goddess-level figure in the inner academy.

"Hey, why aren't you surprised at all?" One of the inner court students noticed the calm expression on his classmate's face and asked in confusion.

Xue Zhenyu glanced at this newbie who had just entered the inner courtyard last year and sneered, "The prince and princess are a match made in heaven. How dare you, a monster, be envious and jealous? Senior Sister and Ye Qing are childhood sweethearts. Ye Qing even has the strength to kill a 100,000-year-old soul beast on his own. Can you do that? Are you jealous?"

Yes, this person was Xue Zhenyu, who was idly browsing in the inner courtyard and had come to see if any new classmates had joined.

To his surprise, Ye Qing, who had saved his life in the Star Dou Great Forest, had actually joined the Inner Academy this year.

"Well, kid, I thought you were really planning to stay in the outer courtyard for six years!"

Chapter 137 Inner Court Assessment, Ye Qing VS Zhang Lexuan

Putting everything else aside, the mere mention of the 100,000-year-old soul beast in Xue Zhenyu's words had already caused the temperature in the Soul Arena to rise sharply.

Because everyone gasped as if they were in 1982.

The student wanted to verify, but the battle in the arena had already begun.

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“Dean Yan values ​​you highly, so your assessment candidate can only be me, the strongest among those remaining in the inner courtyard.” Zhang Lexuan smiled gently, her eyes filled with joy.

“We attach great importance to it…” Ye Qing pursed his lips.

Shrek Academy loves to play this game, calling it "paying attention" but actually just testing and brainwashing in various ways. Ye Qing suddenly had a feeling that when he took the inner court graduation exam, they wouldn't treat him like Huo Yuhao, treating him like a beast of burden.

"Let's take the test first." Putting aside his thoughts, Ye Qing waved to Zhang Lexuan.

"Le Xuan, come here!"

Zhang Lexuan's smile slowly faded, replaced by a serious expression. She had sparred with Ye Qing at least ten times, and as his girlfriend, she knew all too well the terrifying strength of her young boyfriend.

Even though her soul power was twenty levels higher than Ye Qing's apparent level, she had never won when sparring with Ye Qing.

Zhang Lexuan let out a long breath, and a silvery-white light shone from her body, gradually forming a bright full moon behind her. Seven soul rings also appeared one after another on her body, and finally spun at her feet.

Two yellow, two purple, and three black—the Soul Saint.

Ye Qing also released his martial soul. A pair of fluffy white tiger ears appeared on his head, and three V-shaped king-shaped patterns appeared on his forehead. Apart from that, his body did not show any of the external manifestations of other martial soul possession.

But just those tiger ears alone were enough to make some female students with abnormal psychologies' eyes sparkle with hearts, even Zhang Lexuan was no exception.

Yellow, purple, black, and red!

Although the number of spirit rings was far less than Zhang Lexuan's, that one blood-red spirit ring was enough to silence the entire Soul Arena.

Zhang Lexuan made the first move, her fourth spirit ring illuminating. The full moon behind her instantly split into numerous curved blades, which circled around her in a very regular pattern, growing in size from small to large. Her fifth spirit ring followed immediately, and under her control, the many blades formed a giant crescent moon.

She flew into the air, clasped her hands together above her head, and a huge crescent-shaped scimitar stood straight in front of her. As her palms fell, she slashed out fiercely.

"Fourth Soul Skill: Moon Blade!"

Fifth Soul Skill: Moon God Slash!

To fight Ye Qing, one must seize the initiative, otherwise he will overwhelm you with his endless tricks. In this battle, Zhang Lexuan naturally wouldn't hold back and used her combination soul skill as soon as she entered the fray.

“Wow, this looks a bit like my Vertical Guillotine!” Ye Qing raised an eyebrow, looking at the crescent blade Zhang Lexuan was slashing down, and smiled rather strangely. “But coincidentally, I am also a Sawman of Light.”

Ye Qing stretched out his right fist and clenched it tightly. A large number of light attribute soul skills gathered and compressed. He crossed his arms in front of his chest, his pupils fixed on the moon blade that Zhang Lexuan had slashed down. Then he pulled his right arm up and his left arm down sharply.

The light-attribute soul power, compressed to its limit, instantly formed a massive crescent-shaped slash as Ye Qing separated his hands.

"Vertical guillotine!"

Point to point!

Two crescent-shaped slashes, one diagonally upward and the other diagonally downward, collided instantly in mid-air.

As a soul bone skill with a lifespan of 90,000 years, the Vertical Decapitation Blade, even if Ye Qing just casually rubbed it, is still far superior to Zhang Lexuan's fifth soul ring, which is only a little over 10,000 years old. Even if she used her fourth soul skill to amplify it before using her fifth soul skill, it would still be the same!

The two slashes collided in the blink of an eye. When two forces meet on a narrow path, the brave one wins, and clearly, the victor was Ye Qing!

The Moon God Slash was shattered by the vertical decapitation blade, transforming back into countless large and small moon blades. With the brief time gained by the Moon God Slash, Zhang Lexuan was able to dodge the still-propelling vertical decapitation blade after the Moon God Slash was shattered.

In their first encounter, Zhang Lexuan was completely defeated.

"Qing, you've become even stronger." Zhang Lexuan sighed softly, feeling both happy for Ye Qing and disappointed that she could no longer keep up with him.

"But this is an assessment, and I won't give up easily!"

Ding--

The last black spirit ring suddenly lit up, and Zhang Lexuan seemed to transform into light, then gradually turned into a huge, bright full moon, rising into the sky.

"The seventh soul skill: Martial Soul True Body!"

Ye Qing scratched his cheek helplessly. He could understand Zhang Lexuan's actions, so he let her do as she pleased, treating her as a sparring partner.

When fighting against a turret mage, you either bombard each other with overwhelming firepower, or you rely on speed to dodge attacks and then get close enough to kill them instantly, or you can only take the hits.

Mutual bombardment was definitely out of the question; he was afraid that if he didn't control his strength properly, he might hurt his woman. Dodging attacks was also out of the question; Zhang Lexuan needed to prove herself. That left only one option.

Having activated her Martial Soul True Form and flown into the air, Zhang Lexuan had already begun her artillery mage combo, lighting up her sixth soul skill in succession, starting from her first soul skill and continuing until she reached her sixth soul skill, which was excluding her Martial Soul True Form.

Countless beams of light, large and small, moon blade slashes, moon god slashes, and moonlight bombardments rained down like hail.

Ye Qing simply used the Holy Evil Protection skill, and then, like someone sheltering from the rain under an umbrella, he didn't let Zhang Lexuan's attacks hit him at all.

After the first layer of Holy Evil Protection was almost depleted, Ye Qing put on another layer for himself and calculated for Zhang Lexuan how many soul skills she had used in this barrage.

Just as Ye Qing was about to activate the third shield after the second layer of Holy Evil Protection was almost depleted, the true form of the full moon in the sky dissipated and returned to Zhang Lexuan's body. However, at this time, her face was somewhat pale, and she had obviously run out of soul power.

Looking down at the arena, which had been blasted into a deep crater, Zhang Lexuan pursed her lips.

The arena was almost blasted into pieces by her, but the area under Ye Qing's feet didn't even crack.

Zhang Lexuan was curious about many things.

Is Ye Qing an offensive type, an agile type, a defensive type, or a healing type?

These abilities are so numerous they're almost dazzling.

"Teacher, my soul power is completely exhausted," Zhang Lexuan said to the referee.

The referee remained silent, looking at Ye Qing, who was wearing the Holy and Evil Protection and had a relaxed and carefree expression, and announced that he had successfully passed the Inner Court assessment.

Ye Qing rushed over to Zhang Lexuan, who had almost exhausted her soul power, and held her in his arms, gently supporting her.

"It's just an assessment, can't you be a little lenient?"

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P.S.: Just a heads up, I should be updating 10,000 words a day around the 28th, for about a week.

Chapter 138 Treating a Dead Peach as a Living Peach

Zhang Lexuan showed no mercy whatsoever, fully utilizing the mage turret's abilities, leaving the entire arena riddled with craters.

This is all thanks to Ye Qing's resourcefulness; he has all sorts of abilities. Otherwise, faced with her relentless barrage, Ye Qing would either be chased around the entire arena or strike first and knock Zhang Lexuan down with his elbow.

Supported by Ye Qing, Zhang Lexuan leaned into his arms without saying a word, just looking at him tenderly.

There are different statuses among the inner court disciples, and Zhang Lexuan understands this very well. The stronger inner court disciples are naturally more popular. Whether in daily interactions or when carrying out Shrek Academy's inspection missions, the stronger disciples will spontaneously gather around them.

Zhang Lexuan knew very well how strong Ye Qing was, but the other inner court disciples did not. When he came to the inner court to find Zhang Lexuan, he would not reveal his strength for no reason.

That's why Zhang Lexuan went all out in this assessment, using the most direct method to let the inner court disciples watching the battle clearly see Ye Qing's strength.

Word spread quickly, and Ye Qing's reputation soon became known throughout the inner courtyard.

More importantly, next year will be the next Soul Fighting Tournament. This will help Ye Qing gain recognition in advance, and he is very likely to be the team captain next year.

This is a great honor.

Zhang Lexuan didn't know that Ye Qing didn't care about these things. With his strength as his foundation, it would be very easy for Ye Qing to obtain the honors she had envisioned. But she still wanted to do something for Ye Qing.

Ye Qing wasn't stupid either. After staring at Zhang Lexuan for a few seconds, he realized what was going on. He shook his head helplessly, reached out and grabbed Zhang Lexuan's legs, carrying her as he flew out of the Soul Arena.