Douluo Continent: The Great Summoner Huo Yuhao

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion never returned, leaving Huo Yuhao somewhat depressed.

However, he didn't have much time to be disappointed, because he was about to face the Shrek Academy's freshman assessment.

Huo Yuhao and his two companions arrived at their group's assessment site, the thirty-third area of ​​the freshman assessment.

To Huo Yuhao's surprise, the examiner for their area was the same teacher he had met when he enrolled.

"I didn't expect we'd be so destined to meet. My name is Wang Yan, and you're Huo Yuhao, right? And Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong, if I'm not mistaken, you guys are probably the top players in Zhou Yi's class."

Wang Yan walked over with a smile. After reporting Huo Yuhao's information to Elder Xuan, he went to work on his other projects. Only after making some progress a couple of days ago did he take a break to participate in the freshmen's assessment.

The next focus will be on researching Huo Yuhao's original martial soul, while also exploring the development value of certain special martial souls among the new students. Presumably, the academy has conducted relevant assessments of Huo Yuhao during this period.

"Teacher Wang, thank you for your help with what happened before."

After exchanging brief pleasantries with Wang Yan, Huo Yuhao followed Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao toward the preparation area.

A short while later, another group arrived at the waiting area on the opposite side.

"Both sides, get ready. The assessment will officially begin in five minutes," Wang Yan announced.

On Huo Yuhao's side, the three of them observed their opponents and then exchanged glances.

"How do we fight?"

Wang Dong was eager to try. In fact, at their age, level 10 was the norm, while level 15 and above were relatively rare.

Those above level 20 are extremely rare, truly exceptional geniuses.

The average level of the new students' assessment was around level 18, and about one-third of them reached level 20 or above.

The academy also didn't want students above level 20 to run into each other in the first few rounds of the assessment, which would result in one side being eliminated. So basically, if one of their opponents in a group was level 20, they were considered unlucky.

As for Wang Dong, not everyone can be Huo Yuhao, and not everyone can threaten her with just one spirit ring.

"I'll do it."

Huo Yuhao will not let any opportunity to fight slip by; he already has 4 points.

Although he managed to acquire the soul beast needed for his first soul skill, the system didn't award him any points, probably because of the help from his two senior sisters, which made him very upset.

"Hmph, now that you're level 27, you've really changed..."

Wang Dong pouted; she was now completely outmatched by Huo Yuhao.

Whose good friend jumped to level 27 right after getting their second spirit ring?

Although Huo Yuhao had reached level 20 three months ago, he hadn't had a soul ring yet, so his cultivation level was stuck.

But no matter what, it's too outrageous for one's soul power to increase by 7 levels in three months.

"..." Huo Yuhao fell silent, and he was also very surprised when he learned about his soul power level.

However, according to the explanations from his senior classmates, it seems that his breakthrough in his spiritual realm during this period led to a surge in his soul power.

At first, he still didn't understand the logic behind it, until the senior students told him that once you reach the Soul King level or higher, mental strength becomes of paramount importance for any Soul Master after the fifth ring.

The reason why many people cannot break through their current level is basically because their mental strength cannot keep up. Therefore, no matter how much they meditate, their soul power will not improve in quality.

On the Douluo Continent, the cultivation of spiritual power by Soul Masters is basically a secret that only those at the Title Douluo level can access, except for a few exceptionally talented Soul Masters.

It could even be said that the personal domain that emerges after breaking through to the Title Douluo level is a direct manifestation of one's spiritual cultivation.

It is no exaggeration to say that those profound methods of cultivating spiritual power have become the foundation of some legendary sects.

The senior students' teachers were all titled Douluo, which is why they knew many secrets about cultivation that were unknown to ordinary people.

This also made Huo Yuhao realize the importance of guidance from advanced Soul Masters during the cultivation process.

At the same time, he finally understood why everyone said it was difficult to cultivate a spirit-type soul master.

The very first step is a hurdle that eliminates 99% of Soul Masters.

Only after truly mastering the basics can the advantages of a spirit-type soul master be fully realized.

Take Huo Yuhao for example. Others can't keep up with their soul power in terms of mental strength. Even those from major sects or families can only achieve a match between mental strength and soul power.

Huo Yuhao's soul power can no longer keep up with his mental power.

After learning the intricacies of the situation, Huo Yuhao's gratitude towards the Three-Eyed Golden Lion reached a new level.

In some mysterious way, he seemed to be influenced by something unique about the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, including the guidance of the Golden Dragon Spear.

Without these, he would probably have been eliminated in this freshman assessment.

"Both sides are ready; the assessment shall officially begin!"

Wang Yan announced in a deep voice that the assessment had begun.

Immediately afterwards, Huo Yuhao saw that each of the three people opposite him had a yellow spirit ring appear on their bodies.

"That's great, their first spirit ring is a hundred years long, while mine is only ten years long."

Huo Yuhao muttered to himself as he activated his second and first soul skills.

【Boundary Vision】

【Soul Capture】

A rift opened, and a very special soul beast jumped out.

It is dark purple all over, and looks somewhat like a wolf, but it is smaller than a wolf. It has a sunken nose, a pair of narrow eyes, and two short front legs that are arched high as if bowing, without touching the ground.

Before it could react, [Soul Stealing] was applied to it.

The five-thousand-year-old Purple Spirit Wolf—this is the limit of Huo Yuhao's current mental power. If it weren't for his senior's help, it feels like he would need at least a fifth or fourth ring level of strength to take it down by himself.

Since acquiring the ability of [Boundary Vision], in order to make it easier to use the [Soul Absorption] ability, he did not completely bind himself to a certain soul beast as he had done in the past. Instead, he raised a powerful soul beast in each of the two vision spaces.

In this way, he can choose which soul beast to release based on the actual situation, and then control it to fight by using soul-capturing.

With the appearance of the Purple Spirit Wolf, not only Huo Yuhao and his group were stunned, but even Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao were also taken aback.

This guy summoned a soul beast that's over a thousand years old?

And it feels like it's been more than a thousand years.

"A thousand-year-old soul beast!?" The opponents exclaimed in surprise; they hadn't even reached the second ring. "What's the point of fighting? Just declare you the winner!"

Huo Yuhao, on the other hand, acted as if nothing had happened, and dusted himself off.

This was one of the gifts he prepared for Dai Huabin.

At that moment, he had only one thought in his mind...

The fact that soul beasts that can absorb souls have no endurance is really frustrating. Their combat power will be greatly reduced if they are injured, and they are useless if they die.

If I weren't so reluctant to part with it, I'd really like to release the other one instead of this mediocre Purple Spirit Wolf...