Huo Gua? (Huo the Cheat?)
A young girl standing further ahead in the line heard their conversation and couldn't help but cast a surprised glance backward. She was quite tall, even slightly taller than Huo Yuhao, with short golden hair that looked very neat. Her large, water-blue eyes had long eyelashes, and there were a few cute freckles on her cheeks.
These disciples from major sects naturally had extraordinary judgment. Just from Huo Yuhao's temperament, he didn't seem to come from an ordinary background.
She gave Huo Yuhao a very polite smile. "Hello, my name is Ning Tian. This is my partner, Wu Feng."
So it's these two. In the original plot, their lesbian relationship left even the great Tang God-King in the Divine Realm speechless. In the end, he turned this Ning Tian into a boy. The final achievements of these two were not small; they both represented the academy in the second Soul Dueling Tournament in the story, though they ended up being foils for Wang Qiu'er. (TLNote: WTF?!!)
The original Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, only dared to call itself the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect because of their ancestor, one of the original Shrek Seven Devils, Ning Rongrong, who had consumed an immortal herb. However, immortal herbs were hard to find, and subsequent generations were limited by the characteristics of their martial soul, only able to develop it to seven rings.
However, even so, excluding the Dragon God cheat, in the plot of Douluo Dalu II, this martial soul was still the number one auxiliary tool martial soul in the world.
They were Huo Yuhao's first target upon entering Shrek Academy. For no other reason than, if Huo Yuhao needed resources to improve himself in the future, he would still need sufficient funds.
The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect behind the Ning Tian before him, after ten thousand years of accumulation, was truly rich. Filthy rich.
"How about we help each other during the assessment? Let's form a team," Huo Yuhao proposed an alliance directly. In his heart, he also apologized to another supporting character, Nanmen Yun'er. That character was as marginal as one could get.
"With you?" Wu Feng's beautiful eyes held a hint of vigilance. However, after Huo Yuhao activated his martial soul and shared his Spiritual Detection with them to experience, the two girls' eyes practically went straight.
This Huo Yuhao was not that Huo Yuhao. With his current spiritual power, the radius of his Spiritual Detection had already reached several kilometers, almost enveloping half of Shrek City. And this was even with him holding a lot back!
This person, in the future, will at the very least be a great commander on the battlefield! Ning Tian and Wu Feng exchanged a horrified glance. At the same time, they made up their minds. They had to befriend him!
"Alright, we're a team now," Wu Feng patted Huo Yuhao's shoulder in a carefree manner. She was a straightforward person by nature and liked to be direct.
"Let's pass the assessment first," Huo Yuhao showed a confident smile. The two girls were also very confident in themselves, and they nodded at each other.
The reason he sought them out to form a small team was also because he didn't want to have too much contact with Tang Wutong, also known as Wang Dong, who would appear next. Who knew how much of the Tang God-King's divine sense was left on her? If he was noticed by accident, that would be troublesome.
The Shrek physical fitness comprehensive test was divided into several items: strength test, endurance test, spiritual power test, reaction test, and speed test. The full score was ten points, and only those with a total score of thirty or more had the opportunity to enter the next round of assessment. Among them, if someone could get a full ten points in one item, they could directly enter the second round.
Although there were many people in line, the speed was not slow as they were tested separately, so it was soon Ning Tian and her group's turn.
Huo Yuhao looked at the huge strength testing soul tool and couldn't help but think of the Golden Dragon King who was suppressed in the Divine Realm. If he had the bonus from that thing's bloodline, any beast martial soul that competed in brute force would be a little brother in front of him.
Because Ning Tian and Wu Feng had different soul master development directions, their final scores were also different. Wu Feng's was: strength nine, endurance eight, spiritual power three, reaction seven, speed seven. Ning Tian's was: strength five, endurance five, spiritual power nine, reaction eight, speed five. They barely passed.
This assessment was actually a considerable test of a soul master's comprehensive physical ability, so power-attack type battle soul masters found it quite easy to score high in this assessment.
After completing this round of assessment, the two girls did not immediately proceed to the next round. Instead, they wanted to see Huo Yuhao's score with great interest. In their eyes, Huo Yuhao's spiritual power could definitely get a full score directly. As for the other physical test items, Huo Yuhao might not be able to do better than them.
Ever since entering the assessment area, Huo Yuhao had kept his Spiritual Detection on. He had a clear view of the scoring situation of all the physical ability tests. From the degree of ability displayed by each student during the test, he could judge the corresponding score. For example, how much effort was needed to get five points in the strength test, Huo Yuhao already had a bottom line in his heart.
The feeling of showing off was certainly good, but he actually didn't want to be noticed by the people from the Sea God Pavilion so quickly.
After absorbing the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's million-year soul ring, Huo Yuhao didn't actually have a clear concept of his own physical fitness. He only knew that in the test a month before he left the Holy Ghost Cult, his pure physical strength could reach the Soul King level. As for his Spirit Domain realm spiritual power, it was also stated in the third Douluo book that the spiritual power of this level was at least that of a Titled Douluo.
As long as he wanted, he could achieve a full score in everything.
Huo Yuhao smiled at the two girls watching from the side, then walked to the strength testing instrument. He gathered his qi in his dantian, pretended to use all his strength, and threw a punch.
Bang!
Based on the force of Huo Yuhao's punch, the instrument very accurately gave a score of six.
Six points, already a little higher than Ning Tian. Just as the two girls were still guessing Huo Yuhao's other scores, he came to the endurance test and got another six points.
Good kid, he's already higher than Ning Tian in two items! Just as Wu Feng was feeling indignant for Ning Tian, Huo Yuhao had already gone to the spiritual power test and once again got a score of six.
This... Ning Tian and Wu Feng finally knew what this guy was trying to do and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Soon, Huo Yuhao leisurely got two more sixes in the reaction test and the speed test.
A total score of thirty, passing on the absolute minimum requirement line.
"How about that? Pretty slick, right!" After finishing the test, Huo Yuhao came over to the two girls with a grin, putting on a look that just begged to be punched.
"You kid, you were hiding your skills!" Wu Feng puffed out her cheeks, very displeased with Huo Yuhao's behavior, which was actually quite cute.
"No way, I gave it my all, okay? I was almost eliminated," Huo Yuhao raised his hands in surrender, a mournful look on his face as if recounting his hardships.
"You..." Wu Feng feigned a motion to hit him but was stopped by Ning Tian.
"Yuhao, do you have other plans?" Ning Tian was much more astute than Wu Feng and quickly realized that Huo Yuhao didn't want the academy to pay too much attention to him.
"Overly smart girls aren't liked by anyone, you know," Huo Yuhao maintained his smile, but a faint threat in his slightly narrowed eyes was noticed by Ning Tian.
It was as if she were being stared at by a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. Ning Tian felt a chill run through her body, and her gaze towards Huo Yuhao instantly became terrified. As the young sect master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, who cultivated the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart, she could be said to be the best among her peers in terms of spiritual power, yet she was easily crushed by Huo Yuhao.
The carefree Wu Feng naturally didn't notice the clash of their spiritual power and just pouted. "With those scrawny arms and legs of yours, probably no girl likes you either."
Huo Yuhao laughed out loud and was the first to walk towards the practical combat assessment point.
"Sister Feng, this Huo Yuhao... is not simple," a storm was raging in Ning Tian's heart. The clash of spiritual power with Huo Yuhao, although only for a brief moment, made her feel as if she were facing a Titled Douluo expert from her sect.
"Hmph, that's not necessarily true," Wu Feng said smugly, pulling Ning Tian's hand, not taking what she said too seriously.
After all, the two of them had grown up together and knew very well what level of soul power cultivation Ning Tian, as a leader among her peers, had reached. From the original plot's perspective, in this year's new student class, Ning Tian was in the top three in terms of soul power level.
The practical combat test was to team up or go solo against the staff of Shrek Academy. They would be graded based on the examinee's practical combat level. The full score was fifty points. Added to the previous physical ability score, a total score of sixty was needed to pass the entrance examination.
It was called a practical combat test, but it was also an assessment of a soul master's character and social skills. The outstanding youths who participated in the entrance examination each year came from all over the continent and were all proud individuals. How to handle interpersonal relationships and find suitable teammates to get a high score was also a kind of test.