Soul Land IV (Douluo Dalu) : Ultimate Fighting

“En, I know. I will work harder in the future and not be a burden to everyone.” Qian Lei spoke sullenly. He had thought that after his second Soul Skill Replicate had progressed with the Emerald Demon Bird, his strength had improved greatly. But the current physical test already made him feel helpless and weak. The feeling was truly too suffocating!

Liu Feng was in a much better state than him and did not utter a sound, instead focusing on running and doing his utmost not to encumber Lan Xuanyu.

The 10 students quickly became drenched with perspiration as though they were running under a heavy downpour. But not everyone was good in endurance.

Before the physical examination, everyone had qualms on whether the test was fair or not, as the test they had gone through first was sufficiently taxing on their bodies. But comparing the two, regardless of which team had undergone the endurance test first, the exhaustion was equally as great! It was truly fair.

The entire endurance test lasted for an hour. In that one hour, the track velocity had reached its peak, and only five were able to endure all the way. This included Lan Xuanyu, Qian Lei, and Liu Feng. In the end, even Liu Feng was being carried by Lan Xuanyu.

At the end of the endurance test, everyone’s gaze toward Lan Xuanyu was different. The other seven participants had envy pouring out of their eyes as they looked at Lan Xuanyu’s team, envious of Qian Lei and Liu Feng! They had such a dependable and perverse teammate.

And what kind of body did he have? Without the support of any Martial Souls, he was able to carry two teammates and last until the end, as though he was not human!

At this moment, Lan Xuanyu was panting slightly; even he was surprised that his physical state had improved by a large margin. It felt as though after the bloodline mutation, everything had changed. However, he had to continue with the tests and had no time to test out his own physical level. Otherwise, he would have definitely utilized it better.

Right at this time, two tiny aura strands that were gold and silver suddenly appeared inside the testing facility without a sound. No one noticed it, but Lan Xuanyu felt his body suddenly heat up and all the fatigue from before disappeared instantly. He felt that he had instantly recovered to his peak state.

What is going on? Lan Xuanyu was startled. He looked at his body then looked around, but nothing seemed to have changed!

After resting for half an hour, it was the last segment of the test.

The test was rather interesting—a test on responsiveness. Everyone was brought into a room that had five large and identical machines. This meant that five participants could undergo the test at the same time. When they completed the test, the next participant would enter.

Test on speed and response time? Shouldn’t it be easy for agility-type Soul Masters? Lan Xuanyu thought to himself.

But all the previous tests provided equal opportunities for the different types of Soul Masters, so in a sense, the entire test was still fair. But he could not understand why Shrek Academy viewed response time as heavily as the others and even set up a test for it.

He was sixth to enter, and it quickly reached his turn because Qian Lei was part of the first wave. In less than half a minute, the doors to his machine had opened.

“It was too fast, I couldn’t react at all.” Qian Lei whined to Lan Xuanyu: “There were so many attacks that you have to avoid. If you can’t, it ends. My body couldn’t keep up with my mental response.”

He was obviously warning Lan Xuanyu, whispering so that only Lan Xuanyu could hear him.

Lan Xuanyu nodded his head and entered the machine.

It was extremely spacious and circular for wide movements. Surrounding him was a screen.

Qian Lei’s warning was extremely important; the responsiveness test was based on attacks that were not real. Qian Lei had mentioned that his body was unable to keep up with his mental response, meaning that his Spiritual Power was enough to sense the attacks, but he was unable to physically dodge. Lan Xuanyu was naturally much better in this aspect.

“Sou!” A light suddenly shot out from the screen. Lan Xuanyu leaned his body to one side and avoided the light. At the same time, he sensed another attack from behind him. With a step to the side, he avoided the second attack.

As he had expected, the screen surrounding him started to unleash attacks. Lan Xuanyu started to avoid them with his quick speed.

Under the explosive state, his Spiritual Power was able to surpass 600 points, making him an absolute genius among peers his age. More importantly, he had the footwork taught by Nana that allowed him to maneuver perfectly in this space.

When he was just around six to seven years old, he was already playing sidestepping games with Nana. Therefore, it was natural for him to avoid the attacks in a much more leisurely fashion compared to Qian Lei.

Perception, response—these two points allowed his body to keep up with his mental response.

Lan Xuanyu gradually understood the intent of the test. If the test before was a base test, then this was more of a comprehensive test—testing the student’s progress in combining both Spiritual Power and physical body.

Just as Qian Lei had mentioned, his Spiritual Power was strong enough, but his body was unable to keep up, therefore lacking in the response department.

The attacks around him became faster and condensed. After lasting for roughly 10 minutes, Lan Xuanyu was finally struck, ending the test. With that, they had completed the tests for the day.

“Teacher Ling, can we know our own results?” Outside of the machine, Lan Xuanyu took the initiative to ask Ling Yiyi.

Ling Yiyi’s current expression while looking at him was rather strange. She had just received the notification that the leaders of the academy had attached importance to the kid in front of her with a rank 20 plus cultivation and that she had to pay attention to him. Although the reason was not provided, she knew that he definitely had points that surpassed others

Ling Yiyi had paid attention to Lan Xuanyu’s situation before. After all, he was the leader of the team that won the qualifiers and competition. Ling Yiyi had always felt that Lan Xuanyu’s strength was average but had an intelligent brain that made him an outstanding figure among his peers. But just having brains was insufficient in Shrek Academy. Strength and talent, one could not lack either.

Ling Yiyi felt that his Soul Power cultivation was insufficient. One had to have comprehensive abilities to get into Shrek Academy or to excel extremely well in certain aspects and be specially enrolled.

Ignoring the fact that Qian Lei’s physical tests were unbearable and terrible, he was truly being paid attention to due to the uniqueness of his Martial Soul. Although Lan Xuanyu was good, he was not as special as Qian Lei. Liu Feng was much less compared to them. He was far more mediocre. If not for gaining the Silver Moon Wolf Right Arm, he would not even have the opportunity.

“We will not inform you of the results. All the tests will be compiled, and you will know in the end. The physical tests are just the basics. The later tests will be much more meaningful to you all,” Ling Yiyi explained while beaming at him.

Lan Xuanyu: “Then can you let us know what the later tests are? Or at the very least, what can we expect from them?”

After muttering under her breath, Ling Yiyi answered: “The test will mainly be split into team and individual tests. The individual tests will be the best opportunity for all of you to display everything you have. For the team test, it will be the time to show off your team abilities. But let me remind all of you one thing: don’t force things. Just like the endurance test just now, I’m afraid that you will not be able to perform with the same team in the team test. To have a full team of three being enrolled in Shrek is very rarely seen in all of Shrek’s recruitment.”

Upon saying that, Qian Lei was better off, but the silent Liu Feng, who was by Lan Xuanyu’s side, had a change in expression. He knew of his own circumstance. Compared to Qian Lei, he was not special enough. Compared to Lan Xuanyu, he was not strong enough.

“Thank you, Teacher Ling.” Lan Xuanyu knew that this was all Ling Yiyi could tell them. He turned and patted Liu Feng’s and Qian Lei’s shoulders. They walked over to one side and waited for the rest.

“Xuanyu.” Liu Feng suddenly spoke up.