Shrek's entrance examination had a total of four stages.
The first stage: the most basic requirement for admission — reaching 20th level of hunli before the age of twelve. In other words, candidates whose hunli was not yet at level twenty-one, or those older than thirteen, were all disqualified. The threshold was extremely high!
The second stage: hunli evaluation and wuhun assessment. Even with the same wuhun, choosing different development paths would result in different future achievements. A person's potential was limitless, so relying solely on strong hunli could not prove one's future development potential. One also needed to look at the wuhun itself, as well as the development direction of hunji selection.
The third stage: testing how well the candidate could use their own wuhun. Although there was already hunli evaluation and wuhun assessment in the second stage, that was still not enough, because one still needed control over their wuhun. Only then could one be considered a qualified hunshi!
Of course, if a registered candidate's hunli exceeded level twenty-five, then regardless of whether they had a "waste wuhun" or any kind of wuhun, they could directly pass the second and third stages. After all, being able to reach level twenty-five at age twelve was itself proof of being a genius.
For this reason, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong very easily passed the second and third stages directly.
Then, under Dai Mubai's lead, they arrived at the fourth stage — also the final stage.
Testing real combat experience!
Talking on paper was useless; one had to have a certain amount of actual combat experience to pass this stage. Of course, that was the theory. Under normal circumstances, as long as candidates weren't too rubbish, those who reached the fourth stage by passing the first three stages were basically already admitted.
After all, real combat experience could be trained, and those who passed the first three stages were undoubtedly true geniuses. Since they were geniuses, they naturally had cultivation value.
"We're here." Dai Mubai stopped walking, and the Tang San group looked ahead.
They found an open space in front of them. Compared to the second stage's test grounds, this place was much smaller, only about two hundred square meters.
A black-haired youth in white clothes had already been waiting here for a long time.
"Teacher Tang, these few are here for the fourth-stage examination," Dai Mubai said.
"It's you? You're the examiner for the fourth stage?" Ning Rongrong stared at the smiling youth and couldn't help exclaiming.
"What? Very surprising?" Yun Chuan smiled and replied, then turned to size up the four teenagers in front of him and said, "My name is Tang Chuan. I am the invigilating teacher for this stage. You may call me Teacher Tang."
"This is the final stage. After passing my test, you can officially become members of Shrek Academy. However, my test is not that easy to pass. Real combat experience is something every hunshi must have. What I am assessing is your abilities in this regard."
"Now, I will give you one stick of incense time to understand each other and discuss. After one incense stick, the test begins. The content of the test is: the four of you work together to resist my attacks for one stick of incense. As long as one of you can persist until the end, you are considered to have passed. I hope you understand — do not try to be clever. No one can escape this area by speed alone. Also, let me remind you, relying on just one person is impossible to withstand my attacks. Cooperation and coordination are your only chance at success." He spoke calmly.
"Teacher Tang, this doesn't seem very fair," Dai Mubai said hesitantly.
Yun Chuan glanced at him casually and said, "What's unfair? Do you think I would really go all-out against a few small fish and shrimps like these? Alright, I'm going to light the incense. Your time is limited, prepare yourselves." After speaking, he took out an incense stick from his hun daoqi, brushed his finger over its head to light it directly, and with a flick inserted it into the ground without the slightest tremor.
Tang San and the others had extremely solemn expressions. The conflict earlier at the school gate had already told them this teacher with the Lan Yincao wuhun possessed Soul Saint (hunsheng) level strength. It was known that for a Soul Saint, even facing ten thousand troops (ordinary people), such a hunshi could move freely. One could imagine how powerful such strength was.
And now they had to last for one incense stick under a Soul Saint's hands — this was far too difficult for them, four who hadn't even reached hunzun level yet.
Dai Mubai also looked serious and said, "Come here."
The four gathered around him.
Dai Mubai said sternly, "Teacher Tang only joined the academy not long ago, so I don't know much about him either. I only know Teacher Tang is very young. This year he's only twenty-five, yet he is already a level seventy-one Soul Saint."
Twenty-five!!!
Tang San and the others' pupils contracted almost simultaneously. A Soul Saint at such a young age was unbelievable to them. Seeing Yun Chuan look fifteen or sixteen yet possessing Soul Saint strength, they originally thought it was either a special youth-preserving technique or his wuhun trait making him appear young. They believed his real age was likely over forty.
But now hearing his true age was only eight or nine years older than his appearance — only twenty-five — immediately shocked them to the point of doubting life.
With this level of talent, this Teacher Tang Chuan was the real monster!
Xiao Wu said incredulously, "He's really only twenty-five? Impossible, how could someone be that young and already reach Soul Saint? Even if he looks young, he should be at least forty!"
Dai Mubai smiled bitterly, "Age means nothing. Talent is unreasonable. Sometimes the gap between people is even bigger than the gap between people and soul beasts. Alright, time is short. Hurry and discuss your tactics. Otherwise, forget lasting one incense stick — lasting through his first attack will already be impressive."
Tang San and the others' expressions became even more serious. Facing a level seventy-one Soul Saint powerhouse was no joke.
In Tang San's birthplace, Shenghun Village, there had only ever been a legend of a Soul Saint — that was just legend. But this Soul Saint before them was real, and was about to test them personally. Truly unpredictable fate.
Dai Mubai continued: "Originally, Teacher Tang was only supposed to supervise the fourth exam. Your opponent was me. As long as you could last one incense stick in my hands, you would pass. But who knew he suddenly felt differently today and wants to take action personally."
"Teacher Tang's wuhun is Lan Yincao, but you absolutely cannot view it as ordinary Lan Yincao. I don't know much more than that. Just be careful." Saying this, Dai Mubai sighed. Recalling being brutally abused in the hotel not long ago, he now understood that Teacher Tang had only been playing with him, not using even half of his real strength.
"..."
The four fell silent.
Soon, Tang San realized there wasn't much time, so he was first to recover and say, "Let's first introduce ourselves, state our names and abilities, and figure out how to best cooperate to block Teacher Tang's test."
He finished and spoke first: "My name is Tang San. Qi wuhun: Lan Yincao. Level twenty-nine control-type zhanhunshi."
Xiao Wu spoke second: "Xiao Wu. Shou wuhun: rabbit. Level twenty-nine strong-attack type zhanhunshi."
When it was Ning Rongrong's turn, she hesitated before saying: "Ning Rongrong. Qi wuhun: Qibao Liulita. Level twenty-six support-type qi hunshi."
Finally Zhu Zhuqing, still cold and indifferent, said quietly: "Zhu Zhuqing. Shou wuhun: Youming Lingmao. Level twenty-seven agility-attack zhanhunshi."
Once all four finished introducing themselves, including Dai Mubai, everyone's gaze focused on one person — naturally on Ning Rongrong, who came from the Qibao Liulizong.
Tang San said in surprise, "Your wuhun is Qibao Liulita? Then you must be from Qibao Liulizong?"
The Qibao Liulita wuhun was passed down a single bloodline. On the whole Douluo Continent, only direct disciples of the Qibao Liulizong could possess it.
Everyone's evaluation of this qi wuhun could be summed up in one sentence:Across the continent, the strongest auxiliary wuhun. The best partner for all combat-type hunshi!
Among the six symbols on the Wuhun Hall's token, one was the Qibao Liulita, showing how prestigious that sect was in the world of wuhun.
Seeing herself becoming the focus, Ning Rongrong stuck out her cute tongue and said, "Don't look at me like that. I'm the same as an ordinary person. I ran away from home. Let's pass this exam first. My wuhun is Qibao Liulita, two hunhuan. I can enhance speed and strength. The amplification is about thirty percent. It can last one incense stick without issue."
Thirty percent amplification was already very good, but Tang San knew why the Qibao Liulita was called the strongest support wuhun by the Grandmaster — with each additional hunhuan, not only could one more attribute be enhanced, but all previous attributes' amplification would increase by ten percent.
That meant once Ning Rongrong reached level thirty, she could enhance one extra attribute, and all amplifications would become forty percent.
And so on. Until level seventy, she could instantly enhance seven attributes by eighty percent. What terrifying effect was that!
With a Qibao Liulita hunshi assisting, one could almost instantly double one's strength. The stronger the hunshi, the better the amplification.
Anywhere in the two great empires, if a Qibao Liulizong hunshi appeared, they would immediately become the target of every hunshi organization, drawing attention from tens of thousands.
Fortunately, Qibao Liulita's amplification effects could not stack. If there were two of them, only the one with higher hunli could take effect. The greatest weakness of Qibao Liulita was having no offensive capability, requiring protection from zhanhunshi. But those willing to become protectors of Qibao Liulizong were plenty — including at least two peak-level hunshi, Titled Douluo (Fenghao Douluo)!
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