Douluo: The True Eye

Chapter 2 Refraction

Today is the last class of this semester. After this class, the students of Shrek Academy will also usher in their vacation.

Both Zhou Yi and Wang Yan were in the classroom for this class, and seeing Zhou Yi's old face, all the students restrained their original thoughts of being a little detached because they were about to have a holiday.

Zhou Yi glanced coldly at everyone present. Because Huo Yuhao was missing and did not cause the storm of pretending to be a slap in the face, Zhou Yi did not inexplicably expel several core students from Class One in order to establish his authority.

Then Zhou Yi snorted coldly, walked to the back of the classroom, and sat directly on an empty chair.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Yan walked onto the podium, smiled slightly, and said: "Students, today is the last day of the first grade, and the academy has not arranged any teaching tasks, so I will no longer waste everyone's time."

"I will briefly talk about the arrangements after the holiday, and everyone can go back to pack their things and prepare to go home."

Hearing this, all the students were very excited, but because Zhou Yi was sitting in the back of the classroom, they did not dare to show it too presumptuously.

Then Wang Yan continued, first praising and complimenting the students of Class One, giving them some comfort, and then changed the subject and began to beat them.

"But students, don't relax just because of the holiday. Unlike the final exams at the end of the academic year in other semesters, our Shrek Academy does not have final exams."

"Instead, there is an entrance exam. Next semester, in order to test whether you can become a qualified second-year student, you need to put in more effort during the holidays than at school."

"Otherwise, next semester, maybe when our Class One is in class, I won't be able to see one of you."

"Of course, I like every student in our Class One, and I also know your efforts, so I hope that when our Class One officially starts class next semester, not a single one will be missing."

Huo Yuhao curled his lips speechlessly. The so-called doubling of efforts during the holidays, is there anything else to work hard for?

Except for those students who were born with advantages, have the support of forces behind them, or have inheritance, after leaving Shrek Academy, most of the commoner students' strength improvement will definitely slow down when they return home.

Although there is no need to attend classes, and there is more time to practice soul power, other aspects of resources, help, etc., are definitely not as advantageous as in the academy.

And those students with backgrounds are different. After returning home, they naturally still have a lot of resources to enjoy. Their elders, fathers, and brothers will naturally not be stingy with resources and will continue to cultivate or give them special training.

So in fact, Wang Yan's words are just used to point out those students with weaker family backgrounds.

Not to mention rapid progress, at least try to improve yourself as much as possible during the holidays, otherwise, at the beginning of the second grade, it is very likely that you will not be able to keep up with the progress of the new semester.

"Okay, I'm going to talk about some key points of the upgrade assessment next, you all remember them firmly."

"The first is that all students' soul power must reach level 20. This is a rigid requirement, and it must be a level 20 Great Soul Master with two soul rings."

"If you don't have two soul rings during the upgrade assessment, I suggest you don't come next semester."

"Because no matter how excellent your performance is, the two-ring cultivation requirement is a benchmark rule set by the academy, and no one can help you if you can't reach it."

"So for the next month, those students whose soul power has not reached level 20 have to work hard, and you must also obtain the second soul ring."

"And having a two-ring cultivation is the stepping stone to enter the upgrade assessment."

"According to past exam experience, in our Class One, the exam from first grade to second grade is likely to require students to single-handedly challenge a random soul beast with at least a hundred years of cultivation under the supervision of a teacher."

"Because of this, this is an important assessment of the student's personal strength. Although the assessment method is not unique, in the past exams from first grade to second grade, at least 70% of the cases are beast fighting assessments."

"The rest mostly replace the beast fighting with challenging the proctor or senior predecessors, etc."

"But without exception, the requirements of these assessments are all individual, and you cannot borrow the power of the team, you must rely on your own strength."

"Of course, our academy will not let students fall into danger. When an accident occurs during the battle, the proctor will take action to rescue you, so you can rest assured."

"But this also means that the assessment is over, so unless it is absolutely necessary, I hope everyone seizes every opportunity in the battle."

"So students with insufficient cultivation, this holiday is tight on time and heavy on tasks. In addition to working hard on soul power and the second soul ring, it is best not to neglect the experience of actual combat."

"The above is all the content of the individual upgrade assessment."

"But at the same time, if the completion of the class assessment is not good, the difficulty of the individual upgrade assessment will also skyrocket."

"I'll give you a most intuitive example, that is, if the class assessment task is perfectly passed, then the students in this class, regardless of their actual combat performance, can all enter the second academic year."

"But if only 10% of the score is obtained in the class assessment, then it means that only the top 10% of the students who are the most outstanding in the individual upgrade assessment are eligible to enter the second grade."

Wang Yan said with a smile, making everyone feel a little thunderous.

'What a stupid X assessment mechanism.' Huo Yuhao couldn't help but feel a little speechless, and didn't know who came up with the assessment mechanism with a pat on the head.

Can such a mechanism really screen out excellent students?

If the pass rate of the class assessment is too low, it means that the selected students are not strong enough, which means that the progress of the overall class is not good, which is indeed true.

But if the class assessment is perfectly passed, then the students' individual assessments will all pass regardless of their actual combat performance. What kind of ghost setting is this? The Seven Gods lead a group of pits, right?

"Okay, I've said everything I wanted to say, class is over, everyone go back and pack your things." Wang Yan waved his hand and announced the end of class.

However, although the news of the assessment mode was a bit sudden, most people were a little happy after thinking about it carefully.

Because in their opinion, the strength of Class One is undoubtedly the strongest. They possess a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and there's Dai Huabin, a Soul Grandmaster, plus the Soul Master Youming Spirit Cat Zhu Lu.

And then there's the strongest team from the freshman assessment: Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao, plus the Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo sisters, who also possess a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Wu Feng, who isn't weak either.

Their abilities were evident during the previous freshman assessment. Whether selecting three or seven people to participate in the assessment, Class One believes they can do their best, so naturally, they don't need to worry too much.

After class, Wang Dong, as the class monitor, and Xiao Xiao were kept behind by Zhou Yi, who gave them a few instructions regarding returning to school as soon as possible and some matters related to the second semester.

"If I leave tomorrow, will you miss this great lord?" In the evening, in the dormitory, Wang Dong suddenly had a whim and asked Huo Yuhao while looking at the ceiling.

Huo Yuhao gave Wang Dong the middle finger, then turned over and went to sleep: "Go to sleep early. It's only a month. Just take care of yourself."

Seeing Huo Yuhao's expression, Wang Dong sighed and didn't say anything more, turning off the lights to rest.

Huo Yuhao then entered his Sea of Spirit and poked the gray ball that was quietly sleeping there.

"Old Yi, Old Yi, don't sleep. Is that guy really okay?"

"You've asked me several times in the past few months. Haven't you observed it yourself?" Ilex's aged voice echoed in the Sea of Spirit.

Although there are still not many opportunities to take action, as long as Ilex doesn't act, simply chatting with Huo Yuhao is not a problem.

"I've also seen it through your eyes before. The rune in that little guy's Sea of Spirit doesn't have the ability to interfere with the outside world."

"It can only affect those who have been marked by it, or that little guy himself."

"As long as you don't actively connect and exchange with that little guy in terms of physical body, spirit, or power, you naturally won't trigger the divine sense hidden within that rune."

"For some reason, the level of the owner of that divine sense should not be low, but the use of divine sense is very rough, so he self-sealed many of the abilities of this divine sense, causing it to enter a dormant state."

"Therefore, even I, without the help of your eyes, would not have discovered that there is actually someone related to the gods hidden beside you."

"It's easy enough to solve. Just find an opportunity to remove the rune without touching its seal, but I don't have that ability at the moment."

"If you want to use the power of your body, you must at least be equivalent to a seventh-rank powerhouse in this world to truly exert a portion of my power. At that time, I will be able to help you remove this rune or completely seal it."

Huo Yuhao sighed: "That's a bit too far away, Old Yi. Is there no other way?"

"The power of the big bug is not your power after all. Although his power is indeed sufficient, your body cannot withstand such a powerful impact."

"Although I can also use the power of the big bug to seal or remove that divine sense, as a transit station, the damage to your body will be irreversible."

"Unless you can possess a body strength or vitality that far exceeds the current level in advance, otherwise, leaving it alone may be the best choice."

"As for other methods, I can't think of any for the time being. Perhaps there will be other solutions when my divine sense is repaired more completely and my memory recovers more."

Huo Yuhao nodded and didn't intend to dwell on this matter any longer.

He still had other things to do tonight, which was to modify the soul power circuits in his body. He was about to go out to hunt soul beasts, and although there were Shrek Academy teachers leading the team, Huo Yuhao was not at ease.

Although he also had two trump cards in his body, Ilex and Tianmeng Iceworm, it was best not to expose them unless necessary. It would be best to overcome the difficulties by relying on himself.

'Defensive soul power circuits won't work. Pure head-on confrontation would be too disadvantageous with my current soul power and physical fitness.'

'To capitalize on strengths and avoid weaknesses, I should choose some soul skills that are inclined to evasion to form the soul power circuits.'

'However, considering the methods to deal with corresponding range-based damage and impact, then let's go with this.'

Now, Huo Yuhao's physical fitness has improved a lot compared to before, and he can also bear more soul power circuits.

Compared to before, when he could only support four first-level soul power circuits or two second-level soul power circuits running at most, Huo Yuhao's body has now improved to the level where it can bear one third-level soul power circuit running.

A third-level soul power circuit is at least composed of three closely pieced second-level soul power circuits. Currently, with Huo Yuhao's limit bearing capacity, he can choose to construct a relatively advanced third-level soul power circuit with ten first-level soul power circuits at most.

'Cover, connect, buffer, deflect, absorb, convert, release, maintain, stabilize, conceal.'

Huo Yuhao began to piece together and combine all the first-level soul power circuit composition methods that he had observed and analyzed from all the soul skills and soul tool core arrays that conformed to the above properties during this year.

By consuming a large amount of mental power, Huo Yuhao deduced their optimal combination plan in his Sea of Spirit, so that the soul power circuit in his mind could be completely displayed.

Second-level Soul Power Circuit · Soul Armor.

Composed of release, cover, and maintain from the first-level soul power circuits.

It can release soul power from the acupoints, covering the body surface to form armor plates with defensive effects. The effect is average, and the duration is relatively long.

Because it is released through various acupoints around the body, there are some slight gaps between them.

Second-level Soul Power Circuit · Deflection

Consisting of buffering, connecting, and deflecting from the first-level soul power circuits, it buffers the force received by oneself through the control of soul power, causing it to deflect and shift, thereby reducing the damage received.

Second-level Soul Power Circuit · Shadow Escape

Consisting of absorption, conversion, stabilization, and concealment from the first-level soul power circuits, it can absorb soul power to stabilize its existence, while concealing its own aura and form to a certain extent.

After these three second-level soul power circuits are combined with each other, they form the third-level soul power circuit · Refraction that is now in front of Huo Yuhao, which is also the soul skill that Huo Yuhao is preparing to use to protect himself when hunting soul beasts.