Among the four examinees, only Tang San and Dai Mubai's relationship wasn't bad. While following him inside, he asked: "Big brother Dai, is there only a total of four stages in the entrance exam?”
Dai Mubai nodded, saying: You've already experienced the first stage. It was to eliminate examinees whose spirit power was below rank-21 or who were over thirteen years old. This level filtered out the most people. The second round was to conduct a soul power evaluation and martial soul appraisal. Just having powerful soul power was not enough to prove one's future development potential. This test was mainly to test one's martial soul. Only those with a martial soul with sufficient development potential and a soul master who had cultivated in the correct direction could enter the third test. Of course, if the martial soul was extremely special, it could also be selected. This was how Little Ao was nominated.”
Regarding Dai Mubai's words, Tang San very easily understood. After all, Grandmaster had already instilled in him a lot of ideas in this aspect. The same martial soul, choosing a different direction of development, the future achievements would also be different. This second round was mainly to filter the strength of these examinees 'spirits and whether the first two spirit rings had the possibility of conflicting and affecting their future cultivation.
"Big brother Dai, but my spirit is Blue Silver Grass. It should belong to the martial soul with the least potential for development. Why…"
"You don't need to be modest, how can I still not know your strength? The academy had a rule that if the registered examinee's spirit power exceeded rank twenty five, then, no matter what spirit it was, they could directly pass the second and third tests. Just like how one's strength could subdue ten favors, even if your martial soul's quality was a bit inferior, your spirit power was far above your peers. Relying on the advantage of spirit power, you would still become a formidable Spirit Master.”
"What's the third test?"”
"The third round tests the examinee's degree of use of their own spirit. Just having spirit power and development potential wasn't enough, at the same time he still needed to have his own control over his spirit. The higher the rank of the martial soul, the harder it was to control. It was very easy for problems to occur. If the control of the martial soul couldn't reach a certain level, then, this proved that the soul master himself wasn't diligent enough. We don't accept such students.”
"Teacher Zhao, this isn't very good." Dai Mubai said hesitantly.
Zhao Wuji glared at him, saying: The dean isn't here, and I'm the most powerful in the academy. Alright, I'm going to light some incense. You don't have much time. Prepare yourselves. Xiao Bai, you can also tell them about my strength so that they can be prepared.”
After saying this, he took out an incense stick from somewhere. He pinched the incense stick with his finger and lit it up. In the blink of an eye, the incense stick was inserted into the ground without trembling.
Finishing all this, Zhao Wuji once again sat back in his chair and closed his eyes to continue sleeping.
Tang San and the others didn't have any special feeling about this test method proposed by Teacher Zhao, but Dai Mubai's face was solemn, saying to the four: "Come over here."
The four of them gathered around him.
"This time I can't help you either. He did not expect Teacher Zhao to personally take action.”
"This teacher Zhao wouldn't be like that teacher at the door, a Spirit Emperor level power, right?”
Dai Mubai shook his head, saying: ”
"Then don't be afraid. No matter what, the four of us are close to rank 30. As long as the difference in strength is not too great, can't we last for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn?”
Dai Mubai glanced at her, his expression a bit like he was looking at an idiot,"If you think teacher Zhao's attack is so easy to block, then you're gravely mistaken. That's right, teacher Zhao wasn't a sixtieth ranked Spirit Emperor level Spirit Master, he was a seventy sixth ranked Spirit Sage. Beast Martial Soul, Battle Soul Saint. He was the vice principal of the academy, and his overall strength was second only to the principal.”
The pupils of Tang San and the others contracted almost simultaneously. Seventy sixth rank? In their impression, let alone not even thirtieth ranked them, even if facing ten thousand people army, Spirit Sage level Spirit Masters could move unhindered.
"He has seventy sixth rank? However, he looked much younger than the teacher at the door.”
"Age never represents a problem. There isn't much time left, so I'll briefly tell you all about Teacher Zhao's abilities. After that, you all must immediately decide on a strategy to counter him. Otherwise, forget about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, it'll already be good enough if you can withstand his first wave of attacks.”
Tang San's group's expressions became solemn. Facing a seventy sixth ranked Spirit Sage level power was no joke.
The Holy Spirit Village Tang San was born in had a Spirit Sage in legend, that was just a legend, but this Spirit Sage was right in front of them, and moreover would become their examiner.
"Originally Teacher Zhao was only in charge of the fourth round's invigilation, that's all, your opponent should be me. As long as you can last for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, you will pass. However, who knew that he would have to personally take action today?”
"Teacher Zhao's spirit is the Herculean Vajra Bear, a powerful beast spirit. His entire body was flawless, his defensive power extremely terrifying, even Spirit Masters of the same rank as him would find it very difficult to break through his defense and cause him harm. Even though speed isn't Teacher Zhao's forte, the difference in spirit power between you and him is too great, so it's impossible for you to be faster than him in this aspect. Teacher Zhao's strongest points were his offensive and defensive abilities. In the academy, he had the nickname of Acalanātha. Let alone the four of you, even with me, we might not be able to block his attack for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. Right now, I just hope that Teacher Zhao won't be so serious when he attacks you.”
No weaknesses. These four simple words already spoke of Zhao Wuji's formidable place.
The short-haired girl suddenly exclaimed,"He's actually Motionless Bright King Zhao Wuji." He had been missing on the continent for ten years. She did not expect him to be a teacher at Shrek Academy. Originally, Motionless Bright King Zhao Wuji had once had a grudge with Spirit Hall, Spirit Hall wanted to punish him, but he was forced to rush out from the siege of sixteen bishops. After that, the matter was left unsettled. Spirit Hall's bishops were all at least sixtieth ranked Spirit Emperor level powers, at that time Zhao Wuji should also only have been sixtieth ranked. Isn't he even more powerful now?"
Dai Mubai silently nodded, saying: "At the very least, I've never seen Teacher Zhao use his full strength. So, you guys are on your own. Of Teacher Zhao's seven spirit rings, the first two were hundred year spirit rings, the third and fourth were thousand year spirit rings, and the last three were all ten thousand year spirit rings. Moreover, the seven spirit rings all added attack and defense. You should be able to imagine how terrifying he is. "Now, you should get to know each other first. Report your names and abilities and see how you can best cooperate to withstand Teacher Zhao's exam.”
"I'm called Tang San, tool spirit Blue Silver Grass, twenty ninth ranked control system Spirit Master.”
Seeing Tang San speak, Xiao Wu was the second to say: "Xiao Wu, Beast Spirit Rabbit, twenty ninth ranked power attack system Spirit Master.”
The short-haired girl hesitated for a moment before saying,"Ning Rongrong, Tool Spirit Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, twenty sixth ranked auxiliary tool Spirit Master.”
In the end, the ice-cold girl was still as cold as ever. She said indifferently,"Zhu Zhuqing, Beast Spirit Hell Civet, twenty seventh ranked agility attack system Spirit Master.”
When the four finished introducing themselves, including Dai Mubai, the gazes of four of them all focused on one person. The one who attracted the others 'attention was that short haired girl Ning Rongrong.
"Your spirit is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Then that means you were born in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?”
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda spirit was passed down from generation to generation. In the entire Douluo Continent, only the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's direct descendants could possibly possess it. Master's evaluation of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda tool spirit was only one simple sentence: It was the most powerful assistive tool martial soul in the Pan Continent. He was the best companion of all battle-type soul masters.
Among the Spirit Hall's six symbols, Grandmaster's token didn't have three symbols, one of which was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. It could be seen how great this sect's prestige in Spirit World was.
Ning Rongrong stuck out her cute little tongue, saying: "Stop looking. I'm no different from an ordinary person. I snuck out from home. Let's wait until we pass the test in front of us. My spirit is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, two spirit rings. It could increase everyone's speed and strength attributes. The increase was about 30%. It won't be a problem for it to last for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn."
Thirty percent boost, this was already a pretty good number, but Tang San knew that the reason why the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda spirit was called the most powerful existence among auxiliary system spirits by Grandmaster was because each spirit ring could not only increase an attribute boost, at the same time, it could also increase the attribute boost effect of all previous spirit rings by another ten percent.
In other words, if Ning Rongrong's spirit power reached the thirtieth rank, not only would she be able to increase one more attribute, but the effect of all attributes would also become forty percent. And so on. When he reached level 70, he could instantly increase seven attributes by 80%. What a terrifying effect.
If he had the assistance of a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit Master like this, he could practically double his strength in an instant. To the stronger Spirit Masters, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's amplification effect was better.
In any place of the two great empires, as long as a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School spirit master appeared, it would immediately become the target of all spirit master organizations. It was the focus of tens of thousands of people.
Fortunately, the amplification effect of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda couldn't be stacked, which meant that if there were two Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Spirit Masters, the amplification could only be based on the one with the higher spirit power.
The greatest weakness of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda spirit was that it had no attack power and needed to be protected by a Battle Spirit Master. But the number of people who volunteered to become Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School protectors was absolutely not small. Among them were at least two top-notch soul masters, Title Douluos. In the entire continent, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was absolutely the top three schools.
As for what kind of amplification effect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda would produce when it reached the eightieth and ninetieth ranks, only the core members of their sect knew. It was always the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's greatest secret.
"The four of you match up pretty well, without repeating the system's spirits. You can decide for yourselves how to block Teacher Zhao's attack.”
"Ning Rongrong is in charge of supporting the three of us, then Xiao Wu is in charge of the main attack, I'll be in charge of controlling teacher Zhao's attacks, restricting him as much as possible, at the same time assisting Xiao Wu in frontal attacks. Zhu Zhuqing, I'll have to trouble you to use your speed to pin them down from the flank.”
Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong both nodded. Zhu Zhuqing glanced at Tang San, and finally also nodded slightly, agreeing to his suggestion.
In such a short period of time, they could only use this simple tactic. As for the effect, it could only be tested in actual combat. No matter what, they had never encountered such a powerful opponent. They would only know how powerful the opponent was after fighting.
"Have you discussed it?" Zhao Wuji's sonorous voice came, the four people turned around to look, the incense on the ground had already burned to the end.
"Teacher, we can start now." Dai Mubai nodded to Zhao Wuji, quickly retreating to the side to watch the battle. Even though this was an unequal battle, to be able to see Zhao Wuji attack, equally a strength attack type Spirit Master, he naturally wouldn't let go of this learning opportunity.
Zhao Wuji stood up once again, both hands clasped together, moving his wrists a bit, making a series of bone cracking sounds that made people's teeth sour, the invisible pressure immediately increased a bit.
Tang San immediately understood what he meant. Dai Mubai was right, some spirits were very difficult to control, just like his second spirit, that strange hammer, its own weight was incomparably great, and moreover as his spirit power increased, that hammer's weight also constantly increased. Tang San asked himself, even if he used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Method, at his peak, he could only swing that hammer three times.
Without waiting for Xiao Wu to ask again, Dai Mubai directly told her the fourth trial, Some students had good spirits and good control over their spirits. However, he had grown up in a noble family and was pampered. He had no understanding of the outside world, let alone fighting. The academy would not accept such students. The dean said that he didn't want anyone who was spoiled.”Hearing Dai Mubai's words, the four people following him simultaneously fell silent for a moment, but it was still Xiao Wu who couldn't help speaking first, This was too strict. No wonder the teacher at the door said that you only accept monsters here. Only monsters could pass these four tests. I would like to ask, how many students does Shrek Academy have now? How many students could they recruit every year?”
This time it was Dai Mubai's turn to reveal a wry smile. "In the twenty years since our Shrek Academy was founded, we've accepted a total of forty-two students. On average, there were a little more than two a year. If all four of you are accepted this year, it will be a record. Before this, the academy had not accepted any students for two years. Currently, there are three students in the academy, including me.”
"Three?" Besides the icy cold girl, Tang San, Xiao Wu and that gentle girl practically simultaneously cried out in alarm.
"In the entire Douluo Continent, we can be considered the only academy with more teachers than students. Even if we accept you, the number of students in our academy will never exceed the number of teachers.”
"If that's the case, how can the Academy survive? Without a source of students, there should be no income.”
"Otherwise why do you think the Academy would be in such a small village? It was because they lacked funds. If it wasn't for my family's sponsorship, I'm afraid the academy would have closed down last year. If we still can't recruit students this year, then the three of us will be Shrek Academy's last batch of students.”
"Then why doesn't the academy relax the requirements for the entrance exam? I think there are quite a few people who signed up." The beautiful girl asked in confusion.
Dai Mubai's face revealed a trace of respect,"The dean said, rather lack than quantity, no matter when, even if Shrek Academy closes its doors, it absolutely won't accept trash. Only monsters. Do you know what the requirements for graduation are? We're neither an intermediate Spirit Master academy nor an advanced Spirit Master academy. Because our requirements are different from theirs. We only want students under the age of thirteen, and they must be exceptionally talented. And the academy's graduation requirement was to surpass the fortieth rank, and moreover to surpass the fortieth rank before the age of twenty, reaching the level of a Spirit Ancestor before being allowed to graduate.”
"The academy accepted a total of sixty-two students, but only fourteen of them actually graduated. After these fourteen people left the academy, all of them became figures that attracted worldwide attention. The most outstanding one among them was now already the youngest elder in Spirit Hall, his authority second only to the Supreme Pontiff. The rest who didn't graduate were unable to complete rank-40 cultivation before the age of 20 or died while hunting spirit beasts. The dean had said that if one was not at level 41, one should not go out and embarrass him.”
Speaking to the end, Dai Mubai's mood clearly became agitated. Towards that Shrek Academy dean, he was clearly extremely respectful.
"I'm very glad to be able to come here.”
"The Balak Kingdom's royal family originally intended to sponsor the academy, but demanded that the students graduating from the academy must be loyal to the royal family, which was directly rejected by the dean. Our Shrek Academy is incompatible with the other academies and has been ostracized. That's why we've become like this.”
Tang San suddenly discovered that he very much desired to see that dean Dai Mubai spoke of. He very much wanted to see just what kind of person could persist in building such an academy in twenty years.
"We're here." Dai Mubai stopped. At this moment, they arrived at another empty space. This place was much smaller than the second stage, only about 200 square meters. A middle-aged man who looked to be in his fifties was dozing off on a chair.
"Teacher Zhao, I've brought some people here for the fourth test.”
"Hmm? Someone came to the fourth stage this year? There are actually four of them." The middle-aged man opened his sleepy eyes and looked at the four young men and women in front of him with some surprise, as if he had encountered something unbelievable.
"Not only did the four of them come to the fourth trial, but they were also exempted from the second and third trials.”
Teacher Zhao's eyes lit up and he stood up from his chair. He was not tall and had an ordinary appearance. However, it looked extremely sturdy. Even shorter than the twelve year old Tang San, his height unexpectedly gave people a majestic feeling.
His broad shoulders were like a city wall, and his coat could not hide his sturdy muscles that seemed to be forged from steel. Although his expression was amiable, his sturdy body gave off a strong pressure.
"All four of them are above level 25. Not bad, not bad. Looks like there are quite a few little monsters this year. This is the final test. You'll officially become a member of Shrek Academy after passing my test. However, my test isn't that easy to pass. Every Spirit Master must possess actual combat experience. What I am testing is your ability in this aspect.”
"I'm called Zhao Wuji, since you four all passed the second and third tests without testing, then I'll personally play with you." Now, I'll give you 15 minutes to understand each other and discuss. After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the test began. The content of the test is for the four of you to work together to block my attack for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. As long as one of you can last until the end, you will pass. I hope you understand that you shouldn't try any tricks. No one can use speed to escape this area. "At the same time, I can also remind you that it's impossible for you to block my attack with your own strength. Cooperating with each other is your only chance of success.”
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