Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 92 Colosseum

Wang Yan and Zhou Yi came to the podium and first announced the news that Huo Yuhao had transferred to the Soul Guidance Department.

Apart from a few classmates who had a good relationship with Huo Yuhao and expressed their concern, the other classmates didn't take it seriously.

After all, Huo Yuhao was indeed the one with the lowest cultivation level in Class 1. Although he usually worked very hard and many classmates admired him, it was hard to say how good their relationship was.

Zhou Yi and Wang Yan only announced that Huo Yuhao had transferred to the Soul Guidance Department, without saying anything specific.

Next up is the issue that the whole class is concerned about: the promotion assessment.

After Wang Yan and Zhou Yi explained, they learned that the assessment for the first grade to second grade this year was conducted in the Beast Fighting Zone.

The upgrade assessment involves one-on-one battles against spirit beasts in the beast fighting area. Different spirit beasts represent different point values; the stronger the spirit beast you challenge, the greater your chance of getting a high score in the assessment. The assessment is scored by senior teachers from the Spirit Department, with a maximum score of one hundred. Those who achieve sixty points or higher pass the upgrade assessment.

The morning classes didn't end until the bell rang. After explaining the various precautions for the afternoon's upgrade assessment, Zhou Yi announced the end of class. She told the students to go home and prepare, to get into their best condition, and to gather in the arena in the afternoon for the assessment.

After school, Ji Lin and his friends went to the cafeteria for lunch together. They were all core disciples and ate the deluxe set meal that Shrek Academy prepared for core disciples. In addition, Ji Lin took out the meat of the ten-thousand-year-old dark gold dinosaur and asked the chef to cook it for him.

This meal costs at least a hundred gold soul coins.

Ji Lin also shared the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear meat cooked by the chef with Cao Jinxuan, Zhou Sichen, Lan Susu, and the Lan Luoluo sisters. These four were all on good terms with Ji Lin and the others, and Ji Lin also had the idea of ​​recruiting them into his Zizai Sect.

After lunch, everyone returned to their dormitories to cultivate. Wang Qiu'er did not return to her own dormitory, but went to Ji Lin's dormitory with him, and the two of them were going to cultivate together.

As they parted, Wang Dong'er said to Wang Qiu'er in a low voice, "Why don't you just move to Ji Lin's dormitory instead, so you don't have to run up and down the stairs?"

Wang Qiu'er actually looked thoughtful, clearly somewhat tempted by Wang Dong'er's suggestion. This startled Ji Lin, who quickly pulled Wang Qiu'er away. Ji Lin felt extremely uncomfortable under Wang Dong'er's gaze. If he really wanted to bring Wang Qiu'er to live in his dormitory, Wang Dong'er would eat him alive.

Colosseum area.

As the largest exclusive area of ​​the entire Shrek Academy and also the largest building in the academy, the Beast Fighting Area covers an area equal to the size of all the teaching buildings and dormitories of the Martial Soul Department plus Shrek Square.

Throughout the entire Douluo Continent, academies capable of raising spirit beasts in captivity are extremely rare, and those reaching the scale of Shrek Academy's Beast Fighting Zone are virtually unheard of. Even the royal families of the major empires wouldn't undertake such a feat. Raising spirit beasts is no easy task. Maintaining their wild nature, understanding the different dietary habits of various spirit beasts, ensuring their safety, and managing their behavior are all crucial. The investment required is something ordinary spirit master academies wouldn't even dare to dream of.

All of Shrek City's annual tax revenue goes to Shrek Academy, and a third of this enormous sum is invested in the Beast Fighting Zone. It's easy to imagine how high the investment required for this zone is.

Newly enrolled students generally find the tuition expensive, but anyone who has been to the Beast Fighting Zone will not feel that way. Compared to their tuition fees, Shrek Academy's investment is like fireflies compared to the moon.

It's remarkable that the three great empires could tolerate Shrek Academy so much. If it weren't for the common enemy, the Sun Moon Empire, the three great empires might not have allowed Shrek Academy to become so independent.

Besides taxes from Shrek City, Shrek Academy's other source of income comes from the Soul Guidance Department. Every year, the department produces Soul Guidance Devices for sale. However, these sales are limited to the three major empires: Heavenly Soul, Fighting Spirit, and Star Luo. The Sun Moon Empire is excluded.

Of course, the Sun Moon Empire also looked down on the soul tools made by Shrek Academy.

The Beast Fighting Area is mainly divided into two parts. One part is inaccessible to the students; it's a place specifically for raising spirit beasts and is called the Beast Pen. The other part is the Beast Fighting Arena.

The beast enclosure is divided into above-ground and underground sections, built at great expense, and is rumored to house ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts.

The arena is a place specifically for Shrek Academy students to conduct practical training and assessments. At this moment, the second-year students are entering the arena one after another, preparing to undergo their advancement assessments.

The Colosseum is oval-shaped, with a long diameter of 187 meters, a short diameter of 155 meters, and a maximum height of about 57 meters. From the outside, the entire structure is divided into four levels. The bottom three levels are arched structures, with stone pillars supporting each archway on both sides. The fourth level has wall decorations, and there are four large archways at the four radii, which are the entrances to the galleries and stands inside the Colosseum.

The stands inside the Colosseum are divided into four groups from low to high. Under special circumstances, Shrek Academy will create specific zones. The entire project is so vast and spectacular that it can even be described as magnificent and grand.

This enormous amphitheater could hold approximately 10,000 spectators, as more of the space was used for the amphitheater's interior.

Just like the Soul Fighting Zone, multiple beast fighting battles can start simultaneously here, or only a single beast fighting battle can take place.

For senior students in the Martial Soul Department, this place is no stranger. Students with high cultivation levels are willing to come here to hone their combat skills, while for students with lower cultivation levels, this place is simply a nightmare.

From the fourth grade onwards, each class will have at least one arena class per week, and the grades for each class will be included in the students' final exam scores.

All second-year students must first obtain an advancement assessment form, which indicates their order of appearance. Their grades will also be marked on this form.

After receiving the forms, the students, led by Wang Yan and Zhou Yi, entered the Great Colosseum.

Because it was an upgrade assessment, they did not go to the viewing platform, but instead lined up neatly outside the arena's fighting area to wait for their assessment.

There are more than 100 students in Class 1 and Class 2 who are taking the second-year upgrade exam here.

Because this was their first time coming to the Colosseum for assessment, the academy took it very seriously and took great care to ensure their safety.

Twenty teachers were already waiting here early on.

They are responsible for guiding soul beasts, protecting students, and conducting assessments and evaluations.

Although there were quite a few participants, in order to familiarize everyone with this method, the Colosseum was not divided into areas, and the candidates were assessed one by one.

This also makes it easier for the teachers giving the scores to see the results more clearly.

The Dean of Studies, Du Weiren, was 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 Colosseum.

(End of this chapter)