The Peerless Tang Sect: Possessing Huo Yuhao at the Start

Chapter 22 I'll wait for you to kowtow and admit your mistake

Colosseum

As the largest building in the entire Shrek Academy's exclusive area, and also the largest building in Shrek Academy, it is a place specifically provided for Shrek Academy students to conduct practical training and assessments.

All second-year students must first obtain an upgrade assessment form. This form shows their order of appearance and their grades.

Everyone was queuing up to get their forms when Wang Dong spotted Dai Huabin not far away. "Zhanji, Dai Huabin is here!"

"Don't worry about it, just wait for him to kowtow," Huo Zhanji said casually.

After receiving the forms, the students, led by their class teachers, entered the Great Colosseum, where more than one hundred students from Class 1 and Class 2 were taking their second-year upgrade exams.

Since this was their first time coming to the Colosseum for assessment, the academy took it very seriously. To ensure their safety, twenty teachers were already waiting there early on.

They were responsible for guiding the soul beasts, protecting the students, and conducting assessments. The Dean of Studies, Du Weilun, and the Dean of the Academy, Yan Shaozhe, were also there. He was the chief examiner for the day, and he and four other teachers responsible for scoring were on a high platform on one side, from which they could clearly overlook the arena.

Huo Zhanji and Wang Dong, as the two class monitors of Class 1, Grade 2, stood at the front of their class's line. On the other side of Class 2, Dai Huabin and Xie Huanyue stood at the very front.

"Wang Dong, Class 1, Grade 2." Stepping forward, Wang Dong handed his evaluation form to the judge. "I choose the Thousand-Year Soul Beast."

The two judges were also taken aback, but with Dean Yan Shaozhe watching, they didn't dare to be negligent: "Wang Dong, are you ready?"

"Ready." Wang Dong nodded, his face solemn, a dazzling blue light shining through him. He didn't take any chances and immediately released his martial spirit.

On the high platform, Yan Shaozhe's eyes lit up, and he nodded slightly: "Good, one yellow and two purple. This child's talent and martial soul are both top-notch. He will surely achieve great things in the future. However, the Light Goddess Butterfly martial soul..."

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"Alright, the assessment is over. Wang Dong, withdraw your soul skill." Du Weilun's voice came from the high platform.

After discussing for a few minutes, Du Weilun and Yan Shaozhe made a review decision: "Wang Dong, facing the highest level of the thousand-year soul beast assessment, with a base score of one hundred, and a perfect performance in the battle, can receive a full fifty points for combat skills."

Upon hearing that he had received a perfect score, Wang Dong was overjoyed. However, before he could fully enjoy his victory, Du Weilun's next words dealt him a blow.

"However, the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear is an earth-type magical beast, and its defense is among the best of all thousand-year-old magical beasts. It still has a 30% chance of withstanding your final blow. After discussing with Dean Yan, we have decided to deduct 50 points from your score. Therefore, your final score in the assessment is 100 points. You have passed the upgrade assessment."

"Huh?" Wang Dong stared in disbelief. "That's way too much!"

Yan Shaozhe finally spoke, saying gently, "As an excellent Soul Master, your first priority should be self-preservation in battle. Only then should you consider defeating your opponent. The reason I deducted fifty points is because you are a core disciple of the academy. Core disciples receive better treatment, but they are also subject to the strictest requirements. Do you understand?"

Wang Dong was extremely frustrated, but there was nothing he could do. He could only walk off the field dejectedly. The reason why Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun deducted so many points from Wang Dong was actually to prevent him from becoming arrogant.

Wang Dong walked back to Huo Zhanji's side, looking frustrated: "This is so unfair, they deducted way too much."

Huo Zhanji said in a low voice, "As long as you pass the test, that's fine."

"Second Grade, Class Two, Dai Huabin." Dai Huabin's strong and clear voice rang out.

"I choose the Thousand-Year Soul Beast." Before the referee could ask any questions, Dai Huabin had already made his choice without hesitation.

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Du Weilun said in a deep voice, "Dai Huabin, your upgrade assessment involves choosing a thousand-year-old soul beast, which gives you a base score of one hundred. Your combat skill demonstrated the advantages of a power-attack type soul master through head-on clashes, but lacked finesse. Your combat skill score is forty-five. You must compensate the academy for the losses caused by the kill of the soul beast within ten days. Otherwise, the academy will strip you of your core disciple status."

"Yes." Dai Huabin bowed slightly and saluted. Then he strode towards his class.

Seeing Dai Huabin, covered in blood, walk over, Mu Jin frowned. "Huabin, go back and clean yourself up first. You've passed your test."

Dai Huabin shook his head, turned to face the direction of Class 1, Grade 2, raised his right hand, extended his index finger, and pointed at Huo Zhanji.

Huo Zhanji was also looking at him. Dai Huabin noticed that Huo Zhanji's gaze was very calm, even somewhat cold.

Huo Zhanji strode out. It took a few minutes to clean up the area. The judges took Huo Zhanji's assessment form and passed it to the platform.

"Second Grade, Class One, Huo Zhanji." Huo Zhanji calmly announced his name, "I choose the Thousand-Year Soul Beast."

"A thousand years?" The referee was taken aback. "Huo Zhanji, have you thought this through? You're just a two-ring Great Soul Master. A thousand-year-old Soul Beast is too much for you. You saw it just now; in close combat, even if we wanted to rescue you, it would take time."

"That's my job now, let's begin," Huo Zhanji said.

"Huo Zhanji, are you ready?" the referee asked.

Huo Zhanji nodded.

The referee gestured and reminded the person, "Be careful. If you find yourself unable to fight back, do your best to protect yourself."

Huo Zhanji nodded slightly, but his face remained expressionless. A purplish-red light flashed, and two soul rings rose from beneath his feet.

On the high platform, Yan Shaozhe's gaze was fixed on Huo Zhanji, and his eyes flickered slightly.

"I can't even sense the strength of the spirit rings," Du Weiren said, frowning.

Yan Shaozhe shook his head and said, "I have learned about Huo Zhanji's soul skills before. His second soul skill is simulation, which can shield perception. This is normal. Don't forget, he has twin martial souls. His second martial soul is the Frost Dragon, which has already disappeared from the Douluo Continent."

Their conversation paused here for a moment, because Huo Zhanji's opponent appeared, rushing out of the beast enclosure with a thick stream of heat.

"The Flame Lion King, a thousand-year level, is passable," Huo Zhanji said quickly.

After emerging from its enclosure, the Flame Lion King roared to the sky and charged straight toward Huo Zhanji. As it ran, the flames on its body continued to rise.

Before anyone could see, the Flame Lion King had already entered within fifty meters of Huo Zhanji.

Huo Zhanji stretched his waist, then opened his eyes. A red light flashed in his eyes, and the Flame Lion King that was rushing towards Huo Zhanji stumbled and fell to the ground, falling into a coma.

The two referees were dumbfounded. Huo Zhanji didn't even release his soul skill. The Flame Lion King just knelt down like that?

What exactly happened? All the teachers present were completely baffled.

Yan Shaozhe slowly stood up on the high platform and said to Du Weilun beside him, "I'm going back first. Huo Zhanji got full marks in the upgrade assessment." After saying this, he took a step and walked off the high platform, disappearing in mid-air as if he had vanished.

Of all the spectators, only Dean Yan Shaozhe truly saw what Huo Zhanji had done. Huo Zhanji had used his sharp mental power to invade the Flame Lion King's mind, causing him to fall into a brief coma...

The silence in the arena vanished after Yan Shaozhe left, and the students watching from afar erupted in uproar. Huo Zhanji hadn't even made a move, yet the Flame Lion King had already knelt down. This was even more shocking than a direct kill! But what did he rely on?

Dai Huabin's confident gaze turned blank, and he even muttered to himself, "How could this happen, how could this be..."

Just then, Du Weilun's voice rang out: "Huo Zhanji's assessment is over. After evaluation by Dean Yan Shaozhe, Huo Zhanji has achieved a score of 150, passing with a perfect score."

"Ah—" The students exclaimed in surprise.

Huo Zhan turned around to look at Dai Huabin, raised his right hand, clenched his fist, extended his thumb, and slowly rotated his arm downwards, the meaning of which was clear to everyone: "That's it?"

"Dai Huabin, I'll wait for you to kowtow and admit your mistake." Huo Zhanji left the arena after saying this.

"I'll wait for you to kowtow and admit your mistake!" These words struck Dai Huabin's heart like a heavy hammer. No matter how much he cried out in his heart that it was impossible, the truth was still right in front of him!

For a moment, Dai Huabin felt a tightness in his chest that he couldn't exhale, a sweet taste in his throat, and with a "whoosh," he spat out a mouthful of blood.

The more competitive a person is, the harder it is for them to bear a major blow. There are many people stronger than him, and how can a tiny glimmer of light compete with the sun and moon? Huo Zhanji seized on Dai Huabin's proudest point and delivered a fatal blow.

Zhu Lu gasped and quickly helped him up. Dai Huabin's eyes were bloodshot as he stared fiercely at Huo Zhanji, who was about to leave. He knelt down and shouted, "I was wrong."

The upgrade assessment had only just begun. Just as Huo Zhanji and the others returned to the classroom, Dai Huabin stood in a dark corner not far away, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes filled with resentment.

"Hua Bin, are you alright?" Zhu Lu asked worriedly.

Dai Huabin said coldly, "Please ask Teacher Mu for leave for me. I'm going out for a bit."

"What do you want?"

Dai Huabin coldly said, "Never mind that." Then he turned and left.

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(End of this chapter)