Douluo Continent: The Book of Witness and Peerless Tang Sect

"You've got to be a little more ruthless!"

"I forgot that I was already a Soul Master, and I went according to the standards of the Great Soul Arena. By the time I realized it, it was too late to reduce the strength of my Soul Skills."

However, I treated them, so it shouldn't interfere with the afternoon's match.

"That can't be right. It's been three months already. Xiaoya has already digested the combat experience from the Great Soul Arena. How can you still be affected?"

"You're more concerned about Sister Xiaoya than about my kung fu!"

Unable to answer Bei Bei's question, Long You could only change the subject. Long You's current lack of restraint stemmed entirely from his combat practice in the Imagination Pearl that night.

As mentioned before, Long You is deliberately cultivating Xiao Yan's combat awareness. How does he do it? Through real combat! But where are there so many opportunities for real combat? In the Soul Battle Zone. But Long You has to go to the Soul Guidance Department after class, so what if the time doesn't fit? Well, there's no other way but to play simulated combat in the Imagination Pearl.

Inside the Pearl of Imagination, Long You conjured up all sorts of Soul Master templates that he had analyzed. It must be said, the Great Soul Arena is indeed full of talent. Not to mention Soul Masters, there's a whole string of Soul Sect Masters, and three Soul Kings.

These are Long You's opponents. One can imagine what kind of fighting habits Long You will develop by sparring with a group of Soul Masters who make a living in the Great Soul Arena.

Fortunately, Shrek Academy is a place that values ​​practical combat. With a practical fighting spirit, victory is justified, and the academy has a strong faculty, so there's no fear of accidents.

While Long You was internally complaining and reflecting, Bei Bei's attention was diverted by Long You's question. Since Long You finished his battle just as quickly as Bei Bei, Tang Ya was still fighting that Qinggang Sword Grand Soul Master!

Looking at Tang Ya, who had gained the upper hand, Bei Bei said, "Xiao Ya's explosive power is still lacking, but it's alright. Among Soul Masters of the same level, the most troublesome are those with control abilities. Now that Xiao Ya has an advantage in Soul Power and her Martial Soul is no longer a weakness, there's no need to worry about her not being able to face a Soul Venerable."

"In any case, we need to find a soul skill with some offensive power for Sister Xiaoya next. Although we have soul tools, sometimes we still have to rely on our martial soul."

As the brothers spoke, Tang Ya, who had already gained the upper hand, used her second soul skill, Parasitism, to launch a surprise attack on the Qinggang Sword Grand Soul Master, successfully controlling him. This marked a perfect end to the second round-robin match for the Longyou group.

After two matches, something that left Long You somewhat helpless finally happened.

When they returned to the field in the afternoon, it was unclear whether Long You's actions in the morning had left a negative impression on the new students in his group. In short, even though Long You's group had given up a Soul Master, the other teams were unwilling to fight against them.

"This is a bit frustrating; they're basically just making me stand here as punishment!"

"Don't act innocent after you've already gotten the benefit. Isn't it better to just relax and enjoy yourself?"

"You're the senior disciple, so you're in charge."

Now that everything was confirmed to be alright, Long You simply leaned against the partition behind him, his consciousness entering the Imagination Pearl to continue honing his forging skills.

The round-robin tournament lasted two and a half days. When the half-day round-robin tournament ended, Long You returned to the classroom of Class 1 of the freshmen and found that there were many empty seats in the classroom.

Those students who relaxed because the teachers didn't care ultimately failed to survive the freshman competition and didn't get the opportunity to continue studying at Shrek Academy.

The seemingly refined and gentle teacher, Han Yu, still arrived in the classroom on time, walking at a leisurely pace.

"Congratulations to the students who are still sitting in the classroom. You have earned the opportunity to continue your studies at Shrek Academy. I also want to congratulate the two groups of students in our class. Your scores are in the top 64 of the freshman competition, and you can participate in the ranking battle."

The ranking battle will be held early tomorrow morning, at the same venue. The six of you, don't forget to participate.

There was no opportunity to offer motivational speeches after a large number of students were eliminated, nor were there any major praises for the two groups that had already advanced to the ranking rounds. Teacher Han Yu remained calm as always, continuing his hands-off teaching style of teaching what needed to be taught and then leaving.

Compared to the round-robin tournament, the qualifying tournament is clearly much larger. The venue for the assessment area was changed overnight; with fewer participants, the size of each assessment area increased.

However, the size of the assessment area is really useless for freshmen who are currently at the Soul Master level. Since they are not allowed to use soul tools, even a large area cannot be used for kiting tactics.

Because at this stage, even if newcomers have ranged soul skills, their maximum attack range is only thirty to fifty meters. At this distance, if the opponent has even one agility-based attacker, you can't kite them. Any further, and they can't hit you, and you can't hit them either!

During the ranking matches, a group of Shrek Academy's top students sat in the stands. Long You didn't recognize the others, but he did recognize Fan Yu. And if he recognized Fan Yu, he knew who the burly old man in front of Fan Yu was: Qian Duoduo, the dean of the Soul Guidance Department.

Long You didn't recognize the others, but it didn't matter. Shrek Academy was an academy, and like any academy, it had its share of academy customs. After the leader's speech, everyone became clear about who was who.

"It's just a freshman competition, why did the academy have to send out so many big shots?"

"The freshman competition is where the big shots are. The freshman ranking competition is the event that determines the core disciples of the outer academy. I don't need to say how many resources Shrek Academy has, right? The training of core disciples is completely different from the training of ordinary students."

If the academy inadvertently selects students who are truly worth nurturing, it won't be a loss for them, but it would be unfair to those who are genuinely talented.

"That's true. With the resources Shrek Academy can provide, even students with mediocre talent can develop at a speed that those who haven't received core disciple resources can't catch up with."

That's exactly the point.

"Give me the first match. You two, don't fight. I need to prove my loyalty to the Soul Guidance Department. The rest of the matches are yours. I don't need the status of a core disciple of the Martial Soul Department."

"Okay, just don't miss any."

Perhaps because the team had only two Soul Masters in the entire grade, the Longyou group was assigned to the main arena, the arena right under the noses of the big shots in the spectator stands, and they were the first to go on stage.

The opponents are among the top-tier new students at this stage; they are all Great Soul Masters, one specializing in strong attacks, one in agile attacks, and one in control.

However, as soon as the match started, Longyou's team didn't care about the big shots in the stands. They followed the original plan, with Beibei and Tang Ya stepping back, and Longyou facing three opponents.