Chapter 95

Zhou Yi said, "Alright, you two hurry up and eat. After finishing your meal, go back and rest for a while; the afternoon match is about to start. I will report your possession of a Soul Fusion Skill. If you are ultimately approved as core disciples, then from now on, the academy will provide you with this top-tier cuisine for free. You can imagine how much it will benefit your cultivation. However, having a Soul Fusion Skill doesn't guarantee you'll become a core disciple. Our Shrek Academy has never lacked for geniuses. Your final ranking in the elimination round will greatly influence whether you can enter that core circle. To be honest, I graduated from the outer academy, but I failed to become a core disciple and never had the qualification to enter the inner academy. Becoming a core disciple is an important step for you to enter the inner academy in the future. Among the core disciples, almost half have successfully passed the inner academy's assessment. Becoming a core disciple also means you will receive倾斜 from the academy's teaching resources. Do you understand?"

"Yes," Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong replied in unison, then immediately began to eat heartily.

Zhou Yi's praise for the chef was immediately echoed by Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong. Huo Yuhao was somewhat better off, as he had never eaten such high-quality ingredients before. However, Wang Dong was different. He had eaten these delicacies before, but the taste of his family's cooking was far inferior to the top-tier dishes prepared by the academy's cafeteria.

After the meal, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong felt a slight warmth throughout their bodies, especially in their stomachs, where a warm sensation spread to their limbs and every part of their body, making them feel incredibly comfortable. Indeed, you get what you pay for!

Zhou Yi accompanied them all the way to the dormitory entrance. Before leaving, she placed a hand on Huo Yuhao's shoulder and said softly, "If you are not born into nobility, use your own strength to become noble."

After saying this, she turned and left. The coldness she had shown from the meal until now seemed to have completely disappeared.

At the dormitory entrance, the old man who seemed to be the dormitory manager but never did anything was still leaning in his recliner. He seemed to have heard Zhou Yi's words and mumbled something, but no one could make out what he said.

Huo Yuhao greeted the old man out of habit and then returned to the dormitory with Wang Dong. After eating such a good meal, they always needed to practice for a while; wasting was shameful! And the afternoon match would clearly not be as easy as the morning one.

The elimination round of the freshmen assessment, the match to narrow down from thirty-two to sixteen, officially began in the assessment area when the afternoon class bell rang.

Compared to the morning, the number of students participating in the elimination round had been halved. After another draw, they immediately went to their respective assigned areas for the match.

Since it was the same day, the venue had not changed and was still divided as it was in the morning. However, only the first sixteen numbered areas were in use.

On the north side of the assessment area, a high platform had been erected, standing about twenty meters high and supported by six metal pillars. From below, it was impossible to see how many people it could accommodate, but there seemed to be some people watching from up there. From a height of twenty meters, one could have a clear view of the entire assessment area and see the situation in each venue.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong did not arrive late this time but came early to the assessment area for the draw, finally giving Xiao Xiao some relief.

This time, their assessment area became number eight. When they arrived at the venue, the other team that had also drawn number eight was already there.

To Huo Yuhao's surprise, the three members of the opposing team were all girls, and they were all very pretty.

On the viewing platform.

Zhou Yi stood quietly on the platform, surveying the matches about to begin below. In the round-robin stage, Class One of the freshmen was the biggest winner. However, in the elimination round, some individually powerful students began to show their potential and strength. In the match to narrow down from sixty-four to thirty-two, only five teams from Class One remained. Although they still had more than the other freshmen classes, their advantage was no longer significant.

The match to narrow down from thirty-two to sixteen would be crucial.

"Teacher Zhou, are you looking for your seed team? I just checked the draw, and it's quite a coincidence. The seed team you selected happens to face our class's seed team, in area eight. Who do you think will win?"

A female teacher, who looked to be around thirty years old, came to Zhou Yi's side and said with a low laugh.

Zhou Yi's eyes immediately narrowed, "Mu Jin, do you think your students are sure to win?"

Although Mu Jin was not young, she could still be described as young and beautiful. She smiled and shook her head, "Not at all. Nothing is absolute. However, I haven't heard of any particularly outstanding talents in your class this time, at least not above level thirty. What a pity."

Zhou Yi's eyes turned cold, "Are you here to provoke me?"

The smile on Mu Jin's face instantly disappeared, "So what if I am? Isn't your Class One doing well? I want to see how many of your students can make it into the top eight. When I saw that my seed student was facing your seed student after the draw, I felt very good. Since the last time you expelled my brother despite my desperate pleas, this is the first time I've felt so good. I heard you want to be promoted to a higher position. Well, it seems that might be in vain again."

Zhou Yi did not look at Mu Jin's provocative expression but instead focused her gaze on the competition venue below, locking onto the eighth area where Huo Yuhao and his team were, and said calmly, "Wanna bet?"

Mu Jin's goal was to anger and humiliate Zhou Yi. Hearing this, she immediately agreed without hesitation, "Bet, what will you bet with me?"

Zhou Yi finally stopped ignoring her, turned to face her, and said in a deep voice, "A soul bone, do you dare?"

Hearing the words "soul bone," Mu Jin's pupils suddenly contracted.

For a Soul Master, soul rings were already extremely precious, as they were essential for breaking through bottlenecks. However, soul bones were even more precious, with each Soul Master being able to fuse six soul bones: head, trunk, and four limbs.

Each soul ring could grant a Soul Master one skill, and a ten-thousand-year soul ring could grant two skills. In other words, a normal Soul Master who cultivates to the level of a nine-ringed封号斗罗 should have nine skills. Soul bones, on the other hand, were an entirely separate system, with each soul bone also granting a skill and significantly enhancing the physical attributes of the attached body part.

Soul rings were produced by every soul beast, but soul bones were not. Only ten-thousand-year soul beasts were guaranteed to produce soul bones. For soul beasts below ten thousand years, the probability of producing a soul bone was only one in ten thousand! The appearance of any soul bone would inevitably cause a scramble among Soul Masters.