Douluo: Starting by Taking Control of the Holy Ghost Cult's Saintess

Chapter 73, 74, 75, 76 were all author note/begging tickets. If you all wants it posted here then I'll do so.

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When the finals finally arrived in the afternoon, the atmosphere in the assessment area seemed very low and deep. In the original novel, by the time it got to the finals of the new student assessment knockout tournament, there should have been no student spectators.

In the past, Shrek Academy's assessment system had, as much as possible, considered the privacy of each student's abilities, so assessments were never publicly open for other students to watch.

Unlike the original plot, because the overall quality of this year's new students was too exaggerated—not only had two four-ring Soul Ancestors appeared, but students with soul ring ratios that surpassed the age limit were also everywhere.

In order to stimulate the enthusiasm of the outer court students for cultivation and progress, this year's new student assessment not only allowed other new students of the same year to watch the assessment but also allowed other upper-year students of the outer court who had no classes to watch from the sidelines.

Including the majority of the outer court students, almost all the teachers in the outer court who had no classes had gathered in the assessment area to watch. The Dean of Shrek Academy, Yan Shaozhe, also came personally, ascending to the high platform accompanied by Du Weilun and a group of teachers.

Don't be fooled by the fact that this was just a new student assessment held every year, three months after the start of school. Almost all the inner court students had once shown their talent in the new student assessment and, after being valued by the academy, underwent comprehensive cultivation.

The reason why Dean Yan Shaozhe and the numerous elders of the Sea God Pavilion had come to watch in person was because the strength of this year's new students was too abnormal. Generally speaking, even for students of Shrek Academy, it would take until around the third year to reach three rings. At the same time, a three-ring cultivation was also a necessary condition for advancing from the third year to the fourth year.

As a result, a four-ring had been grimly defeated in this fiercely competitive assessment. From this, one could see what kind of standard this year's new students had reached.

The various elders of the Sea God Pavilion also wanted to see who the final champion among this year's new students would be.

Relatively speaking, the elders of the Sea God Pavilion were more focused on Wang Dong's team. They had already heard Du Weilun's report. Wang Dong's team, with the strength of three Soul Grandmasters, had actually won match after match, defeating the team led by the Soul Ancestor, the four-ring Dai Huabin. And among them, the performances of Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao could definitely be described as stunning. As for Cao Jinxuan, the academy had guessed his origins and was still observing him for now.

"Weilun, who are you optimistic about in today's match?" Yan Shaozhe asked the director of teaching beside him with a smile.

Director Du Weilun chuckled and said, "I'm still a bit more optimistic about Wang Dong's side. Although Ning Tian's team of three has defeated many new student teams, generally speaking, luck was more on their side. After all, they didn't encounter any teams worth paying attention to. Especially in the match against Xie Huanyue's team, the opponent directly forfeited, choosing to send them into the finals."

"So you're saying, it's very likely that this is as far as their team goes?" Yan Shaozhe picked up a form. On it was clearly recorded the results of Ning Tian's group when they enrolled.

"So she's from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. No wonder she possesses level thirty soul power at such a young age. It's very likely it was piled up with sect resources."

It was very clear that among Ning Tian's team, the only eye-catching one was the three-ring Ning Tian. Wu Feng's Red Dragon martial soul was certainly not bad, but in the environment of Shrek Academy where monsters were everywhere, it was not conspicuous. As for Nanmen Yun'er's Jadeite Green Sparrow, it could be described with the word "ordinary."

Just as Yan Shaozhe was smiling and analyzing, at this moment, a powerful voice suddenly sounded: "Since Director Du has decided that Wang Dong's team will win, then I'll just say the other side will win."

Yan Shaozhe did not turn his head, but a trace of disdain had already appeared on his face. "Qian Duoduo, why have you run over here too? The moment I smell that stink of copper, I know it must be you."

The visitor was a stout man of about fifty. There was not a single wrinkle on his chiseled face, but he had a head of white hair as stiff as steel needles, making him look slightly weathered. His tall and sturdy figure was as if carved from granite, at least two meters tall. His shoulders were broad and his back was wide, and the muscles all over his body had not slackened in the slightest due to age. His bronze-colored skin reflected a metallic luster under the sunlight, and he also had a thick metallic smell about him. Following beside him was precisely Fan Yu, the one whom Class Nine's head teacher Mu Jin had been infatuated with.

Yan Shaozhe did not turn his head, but Du Weilun had already turned around. A trace of surprise first flashed in his eyes, and then he hurriedly bowed in salute, "Vice-Dean Qian, hello. What wind has blown you here?"

This Vice-Dean Qian Duoduo with a fierce-looking face was precisely the person who presided over the daily affairs of the soul tool department. He had a lofty position in the soul tool department, second only to one person, and his position was even higher than that of the director of teaching, Du Weilun.

As in the original plot, Qian Duoduo was betting with Yan Shaozhe, hoping to select students suitable for their soul tool department from among them. This time, because Huo Yuhao had not gone to study in the soul tool department, the number of students on the soul tool department's side was thin, with only He Caitou being noteworthy.

The Qian Duoduo from the original novel was indeed a very discerning person. In the unenterprising Shrek Academy, he broke the narrow-minded view of traditional soul masters and vigorously developed advanced soul tools, thus laying the foundation for Shrek Academy not to fall behind the Douluo Federation in the construction of soul tool facilities in subsequent works.

Huo Yuhao of course had no intention of studying soul tools at Shrek. Not to mention how many detours he would have to take, even at the grand finale of the original work, Huo Yuhao was at most a level-nine soul tool master. The backward soul tool theories of Shrek had wasted who knows how much of his time.

The participating teams of Ning Tian and Wang Dong naturally did not know that the finals of their new student assessment knockout tournament had already risen to the level of a bet between two deans.

Both sides had arrived at the field early, preparing on one side while observing the opponent in the distance on the other.

For most of the new student teams that had fought against Ning Tian's group of three, the strength of Ning Tian's trio was still vague. They only knew that after Ning Tian, with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, used her amplification skill on her partners, their own people were easily beaten out by the strengthened Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er.

Compared to the full strength of Ning Tian's side, Wang Dong's side was much worse off. Besides Cao Jinxuan, whose soul power had not yet recovered, both Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong were fighting with injuries.

Cao Jinxuan glanced at his teammates beside him and couldn't help but feel smug. It seemed that this final match would still depend on him to turn the tide, to defeat all the heaven's chosen children of Shrek with his own power.

Yes, the Cao Jinxuan of this life, because of his symbiotic second martial soul, Stand, had joined the Body Sect before coming to Shrek Academy and had displayed the talent of a golden-level second martial soul awakening, completely crushing the entire younger generation of the Body Sect.

This was the capital of his arrogance! Don't be fooled by the fact that the soul rings attached to his two martial souls were only one two-ring and one one-ring. With his domain-type control soul skill and the strength of his body martial soul, he had the power to fight even against a four-ring Soul Ancestor. The fate of Dai Huabin was the best interpretation.

"Hey, you three girls over there! Remember this great one's name," Cao Jinxuan stood in the very center of the team, in a super cool standing posture, and arrogantly shouted.

"I will," Ning Tian responded with a smile that wasn't a smile.

"Both teams of students, prepare—" The referee clearly wouldn't give them too much time to chat. One hand was already raised.

As the referee's command fell, the finals of this much-anticipated new student assessment officially began.

"Sisters, activate your martial souls!" Ning Tian was the first to shout delicately. "Eight Treasures are born from colored glaze—" That number one auxiliary tool martial soul under the heavens, with its ten-thousand-year legacy, once again bloomed with its light on the grounds of Shrek.

"It's actually the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda!" Many in the audience exclaimed in surprise. In the previous matches, Ning Tian had deliberately not chanted this soul incantation, so few people had deliberately counted the number of floors on her evolved Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

At the same time, a pair of exquisite purple wings spread out from behind her, carrying her delicate body into the air.

"An external soul bone!" Many of the knowledgeable academy teachers blurted out. They never thought that this rarest of flying-type external soul bones would actually be obtained by this girl. The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was truly rich!

That day, after careful discussion among the three of them, the final decision was for Ning Tian to absorb the external soul bone, the Purple Cloud Wings, thereby enhancing her self-preservation ability.

However, this was not the most terrifying thing. Because, under Ning Tian's feet, the soul rings that appeared were actually two yellow and two purple—four soul rings of the optimal age ratio!

Another Soul Ancestor!

And don't forget, after three months of being entangled in the same blanket, it wasn't just Huo Yuhao's team that had evolved their martial souls. The three of them had also received a huge improvement!

Feeling the atmosphere of the entire arena reach an unprecedented climax, Ning Tian and the other two girls couldn't help but look at Huo Yuhao in the audience with gentle eyes. It was this youth who had brought them unexpected transformation and hope.

Since my heart already belongs to you, why should I hesitate to reveal my magnificence?

Wu Feng's martial soul, the Red Dragon, had already evolved from the original lizard species to a true dragon species. And Nanmen Yun'er's martial soul, the Jadeite Green Sparrow, had also shrunk from its previous half-body size to the size of a palm, its entire body filled with a fierce and cruel aura. And also, two yellow and one purple, three soul rings rose from under the feet of both of them.

"True Red Dragon? Jadeite Demon Bird?" Yan Shaozhe finally couldn't sit still, his expression gradually changing from astonishment to horror.