Douluo Continent: The Ruler of Time, Reigning Supreme

Chapter 208 Strong Attack on Control System

At the very front of the line, Yin Chen and Xie Huan Yue stood at the head of their respective classes.

As class monitors, they will be the first to try something new, setting an example for all their classmates.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Du Weiren stood up on the high platform. He did not use his soul power to amplify his voice, but his calm and majestic voice clearly spread to every corner of the entire arena.

"Let the assessment begin."

He spoke succinctly, his gaze sweeping downwards.

"Second grade, class one, send out students first, then class two."

As soon as the chief examiner finished speaking, everyone's eyes instantly focused on the figure with short white hair at the very front of Class 1, Grade 2.

Yin Chen stepped out of the queue.

Holding the thin assessment form in his hand, he calmly walked into the vast sandy area.

He handed the form in his hand to a teacher who was specifically responsible for information delivery.

After receiving the form, the teacher quickly walked to the bottom of the judging platform and placed it into a specially made metal lift-up compartment.

With a slight click of the mechanism, Yin Chen's assessment form was quickly delivered to the chief examiner, Du Weiren.

Du Weilun picked up the form, and when he saw the name Yin Chen in the "Assessor" column, his usually serious face lit up, and he involuntarily sat up straight, becoming extremely focused.

As the head of the Martial Soul Department and the top general under Dean Yan Shaozhe, he knew better than anyone how much Yan Shaozhe valued this boy named Yin Chen.

The level of importance attached to this subject has even surpassed that placed on the cultivation of core disciples, reaching a level of high expectations.

Du Weiren had long wanted to see for himself what the true strength of this legendary genius was.

The sparring between students is different from the actual combat with spirit beasts; they are two completely different concepts.

Soul beasts are born with a strong hostility towards human soul masters. Every attack they launch will show no mercy, bringing students a real life-or-death crisis.

Only under such extreme pressure can one truly see the quality of a Soul Master.

Yin Chen walked unhurriedly to the center of the field. In front of him, two teachers who were to act as referees were already in place.

The presence of two referees is also to ensure the safety of the trainees to the greatest extent possible, so that in the event of an accident, rescue can be carried out simultaneously from two different directions.

The head referee on the left looked at Yin Chen as he walked up to him and asked in a deep voice, "What do you major in?"

Upon hearing this, Yin Chen pondered for a moment.

Before obtaining the Ice Emperor Martial Soul, his Time Ruler Martial Soul, though strange and powerful, was indeed biased towards the control type.

But now, after fusing with the top-tier offensive beast spirit, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, his combat system has changed.

He raised his head and calmly replied, "I possess both offensive and control capabilities."

"Aggression and control?"

The referee's brow furrowed instantly.

"Don't bite off more than you can chew"—this is an irrefutable truth in the world of Soul Masters.

Practicing two directions simultaneously, especially during the crucial foundational stage, often means failing to master either.

However, he quickly recognized the identity of the boy in front of him.

He knew Yin Chen and was aware of the attention the academy's higher-ups paid to him.

This young man's future path is none of his business, and it's not up to an ordinary teacher to dictate it. Besides, for true geniuses, common sense is meant to be broken.

He relaxed his brow, nodded, and said in a businesslike tone:
"Alright, then according to the rules, choose the soul beast you will be tested on. Since you applied for the offensive control type, in the test, you must not only demonstrate your ability to control the soul beast, but also take defeating the soul beast as the ultimate goal. You must be careful. The level of the soul beast is measured in units of hundreds of years, from one hundred years to the highest one thousand years. You can choose it yourself."

These words drew the attention of all the students in Class 1 and Class 2 of the second grade to them like never before.

Their hearts were in their throats.

Facing a soul beast alone was an unprecedented experience for most of them, and it would be a lie to say they weren't nervous.

They were all eager to learn valuable experience from Yin Chen, who was the first to take the stage.

Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of tense and expectant people, Yin Chen's voice rang out clearly.

"A maximum of a thousand years? Then let's make it a thousand years."

It was a simple sentence, as if it were about something extremely ordinary.

However, to the other students outside the room, these words were like a thunderclap.

"For a thousand years, he actually chose the highest difficulty level directly."

"My God... The first one to appear is already under the most pressure, and he actually dared to choose a thousand-year-old soul beast?"

"That's...that's incredibly powerful."

After a brief silence, an uncontrollable murmur of astonishment erupted from the crowd.

Admiration, shock, disbelief... a mix of emotions.

They originally thought that Yin Chen, as the first one, would play it safe and choose a five-hundred-year or eight-hundred-year-old soul beast, but they didn't expect that he would directly challenge the ceiling.

Their remarkable mental fortitude in the face of pressure and their unwavering confidence are something that everyone present should learn from.

Many people simultaneously had the same thought:
As expected of a prominent figure in the outer academy, and as expected of being at the top of the list of those who deserve to be killed, he is truly exceptional.

"A thousand-year-old soul beast? Alright, then get ready."

The referee was not surprised at all. Given Yin Chen's strength and reputation, choosing a thousand-year-old soul beast was perfectly reasonable.

He gave Yin Chen a deep look, then took a few steps back and made a starting gesture towards an observation port on a high wall in the distance.

"The assessment begins."

A series of heavy, grating mechanical sounds rang out, and on a wall at the far end of the arena, a huge black iron gate, ten meters high, began to slowly rise.

A dark, bottomless tunnel appeared before them.

The chatter from all the trainees outside the venue abruptly ceased at that moment.

The air seemed to freeze, leaving only a heavy atmosphere of danger that made it hard to breathe.

"Roar--!!!"

A roar filled with rage and fury suddenly came from the depths of the dark passageway. The sound waves transformed into a tangible impact, causing the entire arena to buzz.

Immediately afterwards, a violent, dark red flame surged out of the passage like a flood bursting its banks.

A wave of scorching heat, so intense it distorted the air, hit them, causing a stinging sensation on the skin of the students in the front row who were closest to them.

Along with it came an overwhelming ferocity and a nauseatingly thick stench of blood.

(End of this chapter)