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

The scoring criteria for the Beast Fighting Assessment include a base score based on years of experience, and a score based on combat skills.

This includes strategies for dealing with soul beasts of different characteristics.

Due to the unique nature of Zhou Sichen's martial spirit, even though he ultimately defeated the Vajra Bear by controlling two beast spirits.

However, in the eyes of the examiners, all they saw was the head-on battle between the three soul beasts, while Zhou Sichen himself was merely hovering on the edge of the battlefield, and his skillful performance was not particularly impressive.

The judge's voice rang out: "Zhou Sichen, you chose a nine-hundred-year-old soul beast. Base score: 90; combat skill score: 30; total score: 120. Pass!"

Compared to the assessment that only requires 30 points to pass, Zhou Sichen undoubtedly far exceeded the standard.

Next up is Cao Jinxuan.

The assessment for the control system focuses more on the word "control." As long as the soul beast is sufficiently restricted, a good score can be obtained.

Cao Jinxuan himself does not have strong combat power, and his current soul skills do not have any destructive power. Therefore, he is relatively conservative in his choice of soul beast and finally chose a six-hundred-year-old soul beast.

By constantly alternating between two control-type soul skills and engaging in continuous maneuvering and combat with the soul beast, Cao Jinxuan achieved a total score of ninety-five.

After the judges announced Cao Jinxuan's score, they looked at the next name.

"The third student is Lu Yi."

Passing Cao Jinxuan by the shoulder, Lu Yi stepped onto the field, and the referee's question rang out.

"What is your major? Choose the soul beast you will be testing."

"Control type," Lu Yi said confidently, "I'll choose a thousand-year-old soul beast."

Lu Yi's confidence was not unfounded. After absorbing the Gold of Life, his mental and physical strength underwent a transformation, and the power of his spells also increased.

Now is the perfect time to put this to the test.

"A thousand years? Are you sure?"

The referee felt that the control system lacked offensive means in the early stages, and that the powerful physique of the thousand-year-old soul beast could not be easily controlled, so he confirmed it.

Not only the referees, but also the students from Class 1 and Class 2 present, as well as the two class teachers, Wang Yan and Mu Jin, all showed surprise.

Both homeroom teachers felt that Lu Yi's choice was somewhat reckless, after all, he had not yet reached the Soul Master level.

The head of teaching, Du Weilun, became interested. He was curious to see what other surprises this core disciple with his diverse skills could possibly show.

"What a attention-grabber!"

Wang Dong was thinking about the bet with Dai Huabin when he saw Lu Yi putting on an act, and he pursed his lips.

But Wang Dong was unaware that Huo Yuhao, who was standing beside him, was working with Tianmeng to devise the most pretentious assessment method.

On stage, Dai Huabin had a gloomy face and clenched his teeth.

At noon, he bet that Lu Yi wouldn't accept the challenge, but now he's directly chosen the most difficult soul beast. Does that mean he doesn't take him seriously?

He just wanted to see Lu Yi make a fool of himself in public, preferably getting seriously injured by a soul beast.

Lu Yi ignored the reactions of the crowd in the stands and simply said to the referee, "Confirmed!"

The referee nodded upon hearing this, signaling someone to release the soul beast.

As the heavy iron gate opened, a dark figure darted out from the pitch-black opening.

Upon seeing the appearance of the soul beast, Lu Yi's pupils widened involuntarily, as did Huo Yuhao on the stage.

"It's a Shadow Leopard!"

Although it was only at the thousand-year level, its appearance was not much different from the hundred-thousand-year-old Eclipse Moon Shadow Leopard that we encountered in the Star Dou Great Forest a year ago, except that it was a little smaller.

Once these soul beasts grow to the ten-thousand-year level, their physical size will not change much in order to maintain their agility.

This shadow leopard, which is just over a thousand years old, has already reached a length of three meters.

Upon seeing Lu Yi, the thousand-year-old shadow leopard darted and pounced on him.

Lu Yi was naturally not afraid.

"I've even dealt with your ancestor, why would I be afraid of you?"

Immediately, the wand appeared in his right hand.

This time he missed his target, but instead began chanting the incantation first.

"Confundo!"

A look of confusion flashed across Shadow Leopard's eyes as it stared intently at Lu Yi, and its movements paused.

Lu Yi seized this brief opportunity, pointing the tip of his staff at the shadow leopard.

"Petrificus totalus! (All petrified!)"

As if struck by lightning, Shadow Leopard's body instantly stiffened unnaturally, rolling several times on the ground due to inertia before falling still.

At the same time, all the spectators also fell silent, including the referee.

[Perfect timing and immobilization control]

【定身咒Lv.2（2/2）——定身咒Lv.3（0/4）】

[The Immobilization Spell can be upgraded, +1 credit]

"Referee, it probably won't get up anytime soon."

When the notification sounded, Lu Yi smiled, put away his wand, and turned to walk towards the stands.

From the appearance of the Shadow Leopard to the end of the battle, the time was only ten seconds.

The referee snapped out of his daze and went to check on the shadow leopard.

After confirming that he was only stiff all over and his soul power was sealed, but his vital signs were stable, he was relieved and nodded to the judges.

However, this scoring system caused some confusion among the judges.

If we only consider the control effect, Lu Yi would undoubtedly score full marks.

But to be honest, because the ending was so abrupt, he didn't have a chance to see any of Lu Yi's fighting skills.

As the four judges hesitated, the voice of the chief examiner, Du Weilun, came over.

"Perfect score!"

Du Weilin's gaze remained fixed on Lu Yi's figure, his eyes sparkling with admiration.

If my guess is correct, in the nine months following the freshman assessment, Lu Yi has developed a new "soul skill".

He now truly understands why Zhang Lexuan values ​​Lu Yi so much.

Lu Yi's victory in the freshman assessment was not due to any opportunism; he simply chose the most unexpected method.

With Du Weilin speaking, the judges immediately announced the results.

"Lu Yi, challenge a thousand-year-old soul beast. Base score 100, skill score 50. Full marks pass."

At this moment, Zhou Sichen was more excited than anyone else. He felt honored to be Lu Yi's roommate and unconsciously puffed out his chest.

"Lu Yi, I didn't expect you to get faster and faster! Just like those quick-draw gunners researching soul tools, boohoo—"

Covering Zhou Sichen's mouth, Lu Yi was exasperated: "I'm warning you, don't slander me!"

At this moment, Huo Yuhao walked down from the stands and came to the center of the assessment field.

Seeing this, Lu Yi released his hand from Zhou Sichen's mouth and wiped his saliva on Zhou Sichen's clothes.

He is now very interested in what is about to happen, whether it is the simulated soul skill that Huo Yuhao is about to demonstrate, or the aura of a 100,000-year-old soul beast.

Although the Moon-Eating Shadow Leopard is also a 100,000-year-old soul beast, it is different from the Ice Emperor.

Its signature skills are the dark domain and silent attacks; even with its powerful aura, it will conceal its presence.

Ice Emperor ranks among the top ten ferocious beasts, and its strength is far superior to that of the Moon-Eating Shadow Leopard. It has few rivals simply by relying on its brute strength, so it will always choose to confront things head-on.

As Lu Yi had predicted, Huo Yuhao answered the referee's question by saying, "I choose a 100-year-old soul beast."