Douluo Continent: Steadily Growing Stronger in Shrek Academy

Chapter 47 Lin Chen's Upgrade Assessment

As for whether he could win with a single blow, he certainly could, but Lin Chen simply didn't have much intention of showing off his skills at the moment.

The sword energy blocked the earthquake waves, while Lin Chen took advantage of the bear's unpreparedness to stab it from behind with his first soul skill, while simultaneously activating the amplification of his second soul skill, creating two bloody holes.

Feeling the pain, the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear flew into a rage and charged at Lin Chen with a roar. Lin Chen remained calm and activated his fifth soul skill, using the Lingbo Weibu technique to engage the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear in a battle of wits.

The intelligence of a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast is already quite high. Although bears are not very intelligent, the bloodthirsty demonic bear in front of him is obviously the best among bear-type soul beasts. He realized that he could not keep up with Lin Chen's speed, which was comparable to that of a Soul Saint.

With both amplifying soul skills activated simultaneously, Lin Chen's speed was comparable to that of a typical offensive soul saint using a martial soul true body, though it still lagged behind agility-based soul saints.

Instead of directly pursuing Lin Chen, the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear chose to unleash a series of earthquake waves along Lin Chen's inevitable path, hoping to hinder his progress. However, the intensity of the earthquake waves was greatly reduced under its control.

Watching the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear's actions, Lin Chen couldn't help but secretly admire the bear's superior intelligence. It knew to use earthquake waves to hinder his progress and also controlled the use of its soul power to prevent it from losing too much of its soul power.

However, facing Lin Chen, who is a quasi-Soul Emperor, the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear had all its options blocked.

Suddenly, Lin Chen abandoned his maneuvering and charged towards the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear like an arrow. Seeing this, the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear also charged towards Lin Chen without hesitation. It was confident that Lin Chen's physical strength could not possibly surpass its own, especially when it was using its Bloodthirsty ability.

Unfortunately, his wishful thinking backfired.

After being enhanced by two 100,000-year soul rings and several immortal herbs, Lin Chen's current physical strength is slightly stronger than that of an ordinary Soul Douluo, and is incomparable to the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear that has just entered the 10,000-year level.

With a loud "boom", Lin Chen and the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear collided.

"Hmph, overestimating himself, daring to fight the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear hand-to-hand, he's really tired of living." Xiao Hongchen said disdainfully from below the stage, in his opinion Lin Chen's behavior was tantamount to courting death.

He and the students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy came to Shrek Academy for exchange and learning, partly because they were drawn to Shrek's unique teaching method: taming soul beasts and having students fight against them. No other academy on the continent could do what Shrek Academy did—taming soul beasts without losing their animalistic nature.

If it were him, he would definitely use some long-range, energy-consuming soul tools to wear down the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear to death, instead of foolishly confronting the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear head-on like Lin Chen.

Wait, Lin Chen is an idiot? Then if I lose to him, wouldn't I be even less than an idiot?

Impossible, absolutely impossible. I was just careless for a moment. How could I lose to an idiot?

Thinking of this, Xiao Hongchen made up his mind to challenge Lin Chen to another duel.

One of the teachers watching from the stage scoffed, "Bloodthirsty Demon Bears are already physically powerful, especially when they're in a bloodthirsty state. This student is blindly engaging in hand-to-hand combat with him; does he have a death wish?"

Many teachers nodded in agreement.

Wang Yan and Yan Shaozhe, however, began to ponder.

"Could this kid really fight the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear with his physical abilities?" Yan Shaozhe wondered to himself.

But the next scene made all the teachers and students watching widen their eyes. After the collision, it was not Lin Chen who flew out, but the huge bloodthirsty demonic bear.

The bloodthirsty demonic bear was sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the ground and creating a deep crater.

Lin Chen himself stood there nonchalantly, still holding the Seven Kill Sword in his hand.

Before the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear could even get up, Lin Chen dashed to its side with lightning speed, his sword tip pressed against its throat, a few drops of blood seeping out, demonstrating the sharpness of the Seven Kill Sword.

The outcome is already decided.

"Lin Chen, Class 1, Grade 5, has passed the test!" the referee announced.

"Impossible! How could his physical body be stronger than the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear?!" Xiao Hongchen said with disbelief.

Lin Chen, unaware of his thoughts, strode towards Lin Xiaolei, ignoring her even if he knew.

"Next match, Wang Dong from Class 1, Grade 5, a level 52 Power Attack-type Battle Soul King, will face..." The referee shouted out Wang Dong's name.

Wang Dong stepped onto the stage and released a soul ring configuration of one yellow, two purple, and two black, stunning everyone once again, even more so than when they had just been surprised by Lin Chen.

Under the invigilator's instructions, Wang Dong also began his battle against his test spirit beast.

The day passed quickly, and everyone's assessment was over.

After all, everyone had reached the fifth grade. Those who could be eliminated had already been eliminated in the second, third, and fourth grades. In the fifth-grade assessment, no one in Lin Chen's class was eliminated.

The next day, Lin Chen went to Yan Shaozhe's office and knocked on his door.

"Come in!" Yan Shaozhe's voice came from inside the office.

Lin Chen pushed open the door and entered, seeing Yan Shaozhe with his head down, processing some documents.

"Dean, I'd like to ask for a leave of absence." Lin Chen got straight to the point and stated his purpose directly.

"Are you taking leave? What are you going to do? How long will you be gone?"

"The length of leave depends on luck. This time, I'm taking leave to acquire my sixth spirit ring," Lin Chen said.

"Sixth spirit ring?! You reached level 60 so quickly?!" Yan Shaozhe asked, both surprised and delighted.

Lin Chen nodded.

"Okay, go ahead, be careful." Yan Shaozhe was in a great mood and approved Lin Chen's leave with a wave of his hand.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Chen still asked, "Dean Yan, how is Sister Le Xuan?"

Hearing Lin Chen ask this, Yan Shaozhe said, "She's fine, don't worry. Besides, she was extremely lucky this time, encountering a 100,000-year-old soul beast that was perfect for her."

Hearing Yan Shaozhe say that, Lin Chen was also happy.

"Then, Dean Yan, I'll be going now."

"Um."

After returning to his dormitory and packing some things, Lin Chen left Shrek Academy.

"I don't know when I'll be able to come back, or maybe I'll never come back..." Lin Chen said, looking at the gate of Shrek Academy.

After standing there for a while, Lin Chen turned around and headed alone to the Star Dou Great Forest.

"This time, it's time to settle the score between the Lin family and the Wang family!"

He is the hope of the entire Lin family, the last surviving member of the Lin family, and the owner of the Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul in this world. With his determination, Lin Chen embarked on the path that belonged to him.

(End of this chapter)