Douluo Continent: Becoming a God of Magic Starting with Your Martial Soul

Assessment day.

After the morning's draw, Lu Yi, Zhou Sichen, and Cao Jinxuan's team was assigned to the fourth zone.

"Candidates from Zone 4, please come forward. I am your examiner for this exam. I will now announce the exam rules."

A middle-aged teacher stood in the center of the competition stage and called out loudly, as all eighteen members from the six teams stepped forward.

As the examiner spoke, Lu Yi also noticed the other freshmen in his group who were of different heights, weights, and builds.

Except for a few people who looked completely indifferent, the rest of the people had different expressions.

After getting to know each other over this period of time, Lu Yi and the other two have become extremely familiar with each other.

Cao Jinxuan appeared rather calm, while Zhou Sichen was brimming with confidence, though this confidence did not come from his own perspective.

In order to minimize the exposure of his abilities, Lu Yi almost exclusively competed with Zhou Sichen, thus the task of competing with his classmates fell to Zhou Sichen.

In his classmates' eyes, he was the strongest person in the team.

When he fought one-on-one with his classmates from Class 9, apart from Wu Feng and him having a mixed record of wins and losses, he had never been defeated.

However, during his private matches with Lu Yi, Zhou Sichen experienced a wide variety of ways to lose, to the point that he began to question the meaning of life.

But his mindset quickly changed.

Since we can't win, we might as well enjoy it.

Isn't it better to have someone powerful to rely on?

This is the confidence that Lu Yi instilled in him!

"These are the rules for the assessment. Violators will be disqualified. The assessment will now begin, the first round—"

The examiner paused, glancing at the list in his hand: "Class One, Zihao's team, will face Class Nine, Zhou Sichen's team. All other candidates, please wait offstage!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the twelve trainees dispersed, forming groups as they walked off the competition stage, and the examiners also retreated to the sidelines.

Only six people remained on the stage.

"Are we the first match?"

Zhou Sichen was already rubbing his hands together, sizing up the man and two women opposite him before turning to look at his teammates beside him.

"I won't trouble you with this match; it'll be a good opportunity to test my ability to multitask!"

Following Lu Yi's advice, Zhou Sichen went to Ning Tian to learn about the distraction control method.

As expected, Ning Tian didn't hold anything back and gave him a book of formulas.

He was already barely able to multitask, and soon he completely broke through the first level.

He is currently studying the second level, which is to control two of his beast spirits separately, and also to be able to fight against people.

Hearing Zhou Sichen's boastful words, Lu Yi wasn't surprised at all, but still reminded him, "No problem, but I'm warning you, the students in Class 1 who aren't good enough have already been expelled by their homeroom teacher!"

Cao Jinxuan also gloated, "Then I won't make a move. Today I want to see you poop a big one!"

"That's impossible!"

"Silence, candidates! Both sides will now announce their names!"

Upon hearing the examiner's words, Zhou Sichen immediately became serious.

The only male student on the other side stepped forward; he was clearly the captain.

"Zihao, Class 1, freshmen." He then introduced two female team members in turn: "Leng Leng, Ma Qingshuang."

Meanwhile, the three of them announced their names.

"Zhou Sichen from Class 9."

"Lu Yi".

"Cao Jinxuan".

After the announcement was completed, both sides took their respective positions.

Following the plan, Lu Yi and Cao Jinxuan decisively shielded Zhou Sichen in front of them.

Because of the special nature of his martial soul, Zhou Sichen's abilities were the most prominent. After discussion, it was unanimously decided that Zhou Sichen would be the nominal captain in order to better attract the attention of the opponents.

However, Lu Yi and Cao Jinxuan did not let their guard down and were prepared to clean up Zhou Sichen's mess at any time.

On the other side, there were two people in front and one person behind.

As the match began, Zhou Sichen and everyone on the opposing team summoned their martial spirits.

Two of the three students from the opposing class are at the second ring level, while only the girl named Leng Leng at the back is at the first ring level. She has a plant-type martial soul, and it's unclear whether she's a support or control type.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Sichen immediately felt uncertain.

Didn't they say that 80% of the trainees didn't have a second ring? How come there are two second rings in the first competition?

However, he had no time to think about it anymore, because both of them were attacking him.

Zhou Sichen immediately unleashed his first and second soul skills, and the tome in his hand emitted streams of yellow and crimson light, which landed on the path the two were advancing.

"roar--"

Two beast spirits, a bear and a tiger, appeared and roared as they charged toward the two.

Upon seeing this, Zihao immediately ordered Ma Qingshuang to split up and attack, but the two beast spirits also split up at the same time, each chasing after one person.

The two humans and two beasts immediately engaged in battle.

The two beast spirits were already at the hundred-year level, and they would grow stronger as Zhou Sichen's strength increased. They would undoubtedly have a slight advantage in dealing with a Great Soul Master whose cultivation was only at the second ring.

However, Leng Leng, who was at the edge of the battlefield, made her move at this moment. Two snow-white flowers condensed in her hands and looked completely harmless.

Seeing this, Lu Yi guessed that the girl was most likely a support type, but he didn't want to stand by and watch any longer.

Those support characters who were kept by Zhou Yi must only have one level of strength, so they must have some special skills.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, Lu Yi flicked his right hand, and the magic wand appeared silently in his hand.

Without needing any amplification, Lu Yi could cast spells without even revealing his soul rings.

Using his body as cover, Lu Yi slightly raised his arm, aiming the tip of his cane at Leng Leng.

Just as Leng Leng was controlling the two white flowers to fly towards his teammates, Lu Yi's lips moved slightly.

"Confundo!"

An invisible wave of magic swept across the entire battlefield and landed on Leng Leng.

Instantly, his cold gaze became empty, and it seemed as if an evil ancient god was whispering in his mind.

"We must love and protect animals!"

The next second, he nodded coldly and woodenly, then waved his hands lightly, and the two white flowers changed their angle almost imperceptibly.

After passing by Zihao and Ma Qingshuang, the white flower landed on the two beast spirits opposite them.

Seeing this, Lu Yi withdrew his magic wand at the right time. As Leng Leng's consciousness gradually returned, he was greatly alarmed.

"What exactly did I do?"

But it was all too late to regret it. The little white flower landed on the two beast spirits, immediately increasing their aura.

Zihao and Ma Qingshuang, who were already struggling to deal with the beast spirits, became even more passive. While furious, they couldn't understand this bizarre move of aiding the enemy.

Damn it, how can you play two against six?

"Leng Leng! What exactly did you do?"

These were the thoughts in their minds when the two were swatted away by the beast spirit.

"Zihao, Ma Qingshuang is eliminated! This contestant, do you still want to continue?"

The referee's verdict caused Leng Leng to grab her hair with both hands, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"I--"

Her cold lips trembled, and two streams of tears flowed down her cheeks: "Zhou Yi will curse me to death!"

Because everyone's attention was focused on the center of the battlefield when Lu Yi cast the spell, and because the Confusion Spell was invisible and colorless, even the referee thought that what had just happened was a misunderstanding.

Only Cao Jinxuan noticed Lu Yi's subtle movements and immediately understood.

As the first person to personally experience Lu Yi's special soul skill, he is the most qualified to speak on this matter.

It seems that more than half a month has passed, and Lu Yi's soul skill has improved again?

It's terrible!

Fortunately, Lu Yi is a teammate, not an opponent.

When Lu Yi saw Leng Leng, who was struggling alone, a sense of sympathy suddenly arose in his heart.

Considering Zhou Yi's attitude towards the trainees, going back coldly would probably not bring any good results, and might even result in being treated coldly by teammates.

But the examination room is like a battlefield, and he doesn't regret what he just did.

"I—I concede!" She lowered her head coldly, turned around, and jumped off the competition platform.

"I hereby declare the team led by Zhou Sichen from Class 9 the winner of the first assessment!"

The referee announced the result of the match.

"yeah!"

Zhou Sichen immediately boasted, "I took on two opponents and held my own, isn't that amazing?"

Although Cao Jinxuan understood the situation, he didn't intend to spoil Zhou Sichen's fun: "Alright, we'll just lie back and wait for you to carry us through the rest of the match!"

Zhou Sichen happily followed the two off the competition platform: "No problem, you can rest assured I'll handle it!"

"Second group, get ready!"

This time, the referee didn't look at the list again: "Class 2, Xie Huanyue Team, vs. Class 5, Dai Huabin Team!"

Upon hearing two familiar names in succession, Lu Yi's pupils dilated dramatically.

Evil Illusion Moon? Dai Huabin?

What the hell is this "death squad"?