Douluo: The Gate to Heaven

Chapter 64 Soul Sect

The Xuanjia Crocodile's defense is indeed very strong. Its scales are so tough that they are practically impervious to blades and spears. Under Tuoba Wukong's control, it blocked many attacks from thousand-year-old soul beasts simply by relying on the hardness of its scales. However, no matter how strong its defense is, its internal organs are quite vulnerable, especially organs such as the eardrum.

One of the main reasons why the Bell-Bearing Divine Ape is a top-tier soul beast in the food chain is this: its bronze bell is not only indestructible, but it can also emit sonic attacks that target weaknesses such as the eardrum. In addition, its physical abilities allow it to climb mountains and leap across streams, leaving no trace.

Tuoba Wukong's Golden Bell also inherited all the advantages of the Bearing Bell Divine Ape's talent. Its attack power is far less than its defense power, but the strangeness of its sonic attack is enough to make up for its shortcomings.

Two of the five thousand-year-old soul beasts were gone, and the eardrums of the remaining three thousand-year-old soul beasts were also damaged to some extent. The outcome of the battle seemed obvious.

Holding the golden bell, Tuoba Wukong resembled a war god. The bell served as both an offensive and defensive weapon, and its deep, melodious tones rang out continuously in the arena. Even from a distance, many students from Class 1 and 2 couldn't help but cover their ears, feeling a sense of unease.

At some point, Du Weilun, the Dean of Studies of the Outer Academy, also appeared in the Beast Fighting Area. His gaze fell on the figure who was suppressing three thousand-year-old soul beasts in the arena, and he couldn't help but marvel.

What a magnificent soul skill, what a fine young man!

At this moment, even though Tuoba Wukong was still too old in Du Weilun's eyes, his performance completely won him over.

The fact that the other person acquired a second soul ring in a year shows that their cultivation talent is not so bad that it cannot be cultivated. Fighting five thousand-year-old soul beasts alone is something that even fourth or fifth-year students would not dare to say for sure how many could do.

At this age, with this level of talent, he wouldn't be considered bad even in fourth grade.

More importantly, this boy's innate superhuman strength seems to be able to grow. If his innate superhuman strength can grow, then he is no longer a dispensable genius.

"It seems I need to give Dean Yan a proper report. Sending such a talent directly to the Soul Guidance Department is too wasteful." As the Dean of Studies for the Martial Soul Department, Du Weilun has been very dedicated to the department and has been working tirelessly for it.

After half an hour.

Tuoba Wu stood panting in the center of the arena, completely out of breath. His soul power was depleted. Golden Bell Protection and Heavenly Gate were both thousand-year-old soul skills with immense power, and activating them consumed a terrifying amount of soul power. If Tuoba Wu hadn't possessed the soul power of two bodies, he would have been exhausted long ago.

Before him, the two white-striped wolves had already fallen. Although the thousand-year-old bear was still standing, it was bleeding from its seven orifices, and a deep fear appeared in its red eyes. Even though Tuoba Wukong had no soul power left, it did not dare to launch an attack on Tuoba Wukong.

"The assessment is over." Du Weilun nodded to Shen Bing and the other person, and said in a deep voice.

Since Du Weilun is the Dean of Studies of the Foreign Languages ​​Department, he is naturally responsible for the promotion assessment results.

Shen Bing and Yang Shou glanced at Tuoba Wukong in surprise. Neither of them had expected it; they had initially thought Tuoba Wukong...

An assessment that was designed solely to attract attention and ultimately led to its demise will end in this way.

The two subdued the four unconscious thousand-year-old soul beasts and the berserk bear, leaving the stage to Tuoba Wukong and Du Weilun. These five thousand-year-old soul beasts were seriously injured and would not be able to continue participating in the upgrade assessment for a short period of time.

Du Weilun glanced at Tuoba Wukong and asked, "A very powerful skill. I'd like to know, what kind of spirit beast did your second spirit ring come from?"

"It's a four-thousand-year-old bell-bearing divine ape." Although he didn't have a good impression of the snobbish Dean of Students, Du Weiren, Tuoba Wukong still answered in this way. Tuoba Wukong still remembered that the original reward for the freshman competition champion was a soul bone, but Du Weiren had swindled him out of one of his soul bones.

Tuoba Wukong only underreported the age of the Soul Ring of the Negative Zhong Shen Ape. A difference of a thousand years is hard to notice. Although four thousand years is also exaggerated, it is not as exaggerated as five thousand years. For a Soul Beast, five thousand years is also a hurdle.

"As expected." Du Weiren nodded. It seemed that only such a powerful soul beast could possibly give birth to such a terrifying skill.

Du Weilun announced in a deep voice: "Tuoba Wukong, for the upgrade assessment, you chose to challenge five thousand-year-old soul beasts. Your base score is 100. You showed decisiveness in the battle, using the method of splitting to defeat a Xuanjia crocodile first. You also used the beasts to form soldiers and were good at using everything to complete the defense, demonstrating the best qualities of a defensive soul master. Your combat skills score is 50, for a total of 150 points."

Full marks.

The audience looked at Tuoba Wukong in surprise, but they were not surprised by the result. If he couldn't get a perfect score even like this, how could he possibly get one?

Furthermore, the fact that Tuoba Wukong received a perfect score of 150 points does not mean that Tuoba Wukong's performance was only worth 150 points, but rather that the maximum score was only 150 points.

"Due to Tuoba Wukong's outstanding performance and excellent qualities in the promotion assessment, the Academic Affairs Office has confirmed that his core disciple status has been upgraded, and he has been officially included in the list of core disciples. He will continue to enjoy the status and benefits of a core disciple until graduation," Du Weilun continued.

"Thank you, Director." Tuoba Wukong clasped his hands in a nonchalant manner. The treatment of core disciples was indeed good, but it was what he deserved. There was no need to thank Du Weilun, who still owed them a soul bone.

"Tu Nan Bu Po, you go this round." After Tuoba Wu Kong stepped down from the stage, Zhou Yi paused for a moment, but still chose to let Tu Nan Bu Po represent Class One and go on stage first.

Without a doubt, although Tu Nan Bu Po's martial soul has severely overdrawn his talent and potential, and he is destined not to live past the age of thirty, his combat power and soul power level are absolutely unmatched among his peers, making him the strongest student in the class.

The performance of Tuoba Wukong from Class Two was truly amazing. In order not to let Class One fall too far behind, she had no choice but to send out Tu Nan Bupo, her trump card.

"Tu Nan, good luck!" Tuoba Wukong whispered as he brushed past Tu Nan Bupo.

They want to make everyone who looks down on them take notice.

"Don't worry! I won't fall behind you." Tu Nan Bu Po nodded firmly, walked to the center of the arena, and looked up at Du Wei Lun.

Du Weilen asked, "If Tu Nan cannot be defeated, who do you want to challenge?"

As the heir of the Tunan family, the undisputed number one among this year's students, how could Du Weiren not know him? Although he believed in the other party's strength, Du Weiren was also curious about Tunan Bupo's choice.

"Ten thousand-year-old soul beasts," Tu Nan Bu Po said calmly.

Ten?

As soon as Tu Nan Bu Po finished speaking, the entire arena erupted in cheers.

It wasn't enough to have one freak who challenged five thousand-year-old soul beasts; now there's an even more insane one who wants to challenge ten at once.

"Old Yang, we're in charge of the second-grade promotion exam, not the fourth or fifth grade promotion exam, right?" Shen Bing couldn't help but ask Yang Shou beside her with suspicion.

"Can he really take on ten? He's from Class One, right? Class One's requirement is to defeat the soul beasts with all their might. That's harder than just surviving. He's already witnessed the strength of a thousand-year-old soul beast. What gives him the confidence to challenge ten thousand-year-old soul beasts?" Yang Shou asked curiously. This year's promotion assessment is getting more and more interesting.

"Okay." Du Weilun's answer was only one word, but it made the whole audience boil over again, eagerly anticipating Tu Nan Bu Po's next performance.

Du Weilun is the Dean of Students of Shrek Academy's Outer Division. He knows each student well enough. The fact that he agreed to Tu Nan Bupo's challenge proves that in his heart, Tu Nan Bupo really has the potential to complete the assessment.

At least in Du Weiren's mind, Tu Nan Bupo wouldn't be easily defeated by ten thousand-year-old soul beasts and had the ability to hold out until he intervened to rescue him.

"Ten thousand-year-old soul beasts!? How can Director Du agree to this? It's utterly ridiculous!" Only Wang Yan was extremely anxious. Ten thousand-year-old soul beasts were simply not something a student of this age could handle.

Although Wang Yan was anxious, he had no way to refute Du Weilun once he opened his mouth.

Rumble!!

A deafening roar of charging filled the air as the iron gate opened, and ten thousand-year-old soul beasts rushed out from the passage behind it. These were ten Gale Wolves, beings on par with the White-striped Azure Wolves, but none like the Violent Bear. Clearly, Shrek Academy intended to take care of Tu Nan Bupo.

After all, the difficulty level is much higher between five and ten.

The auras of ten thousand-year-old soul beasts were intertwined, and some inexperienced students' legs went weak, causing them to collapse to the ground.

Facing the wolf pack alone, Tu Nan Bu Po offered no further explanation. With a low shout, the blood-red Tu Nan Spear appeared in his hand, and four spirit rings slowly rose from beneath his feet.

Soul Sect!

The teachers and students were stunned, realizing what Tu Nan Bu Po was relying on.

Although thousand-year-old soul beasts are powerful, they pose a limited threat to Soul Masters. After all, those participating in the assessment are only soul beasts that have just broken through a thousand years. In a head-on collision, Soul Masters are more than capable of defeating soul beasts that are over five thousand years old.

However, what shocked them was not this, but Tu Nan Bupo's cultivation level, the Soul Sect.

Shrek Academy requires students to be no older than twelve, and many enroll at eleven. A year has passed, and even if Tu Nan Bupo is a bit older, he shouldn't be more than thirteen. A Soul Master at thirteen—such cultivation is unprecedented, even in history.

"The Soul of Tu Nan, is this talent really that terrifying? However, to advance to the fourth ring at the age of thirteen, his life force must be even more severely depleted!" Du Weiren shook his head, looking at the boy on the stage with surprise and a trace of pity.

The faster the soul power of the Tu Nan family increases, the faster they die. This kind of talent is too terrifying and too tragic.

Du Weiren didn't know what burden this young man was carrying that made him willing to give up his life like this.

But whatever the reason, Tu Nan Bu Po's strength is genuine; he might not be unable to defeat ten thousand-year-old soul beasts.