At this point, Zhou Sichen had fully grasped the rules of the Inner Court Examination and turned his gaze to the five portraits before him.
These five individuals were the designated examiners for the Inner Court assessnt. To make the test more flexible, candidates were usually allowed to choose their opponent from among them.
After scanning the portraits calmly, Zhou Sichen felt a faint sense of disappointnt.
His sister had entered the Inner Court last year—so why wasn't she among them?
According to Du Weilun, the examiners were the most outstanding students from the previous batch of Inner Court entrants.
Yet, Zhou Sichen did not see the person he had been hoping to find among the five.
Still, he had to choose soone.
As he examined their descriptions, he noted that all five were high-level Soul Elders, each just one step away from reaching the Soul King realm.
Suddenly, his gaze locked onto a portrait of a woman with long, erald-green hair.
Below her image, the description read:
[Na: Dugu Xianng]
Martial Soul: Jade-scaled Serpent
Soul Power Rank: 48
Soul Ring Configuration: Two Yellow, Two Purple
Specialty: Poison
"Jade-scaled Serpent?" Zhou Sichen murmured, puzzled. "I don't recall any Jade-scaled Serpent soul masters appearing in the original story."
He was surprised—Shrek Academy had a Jade-scaled Serpent soul master?
Given the unique abilities of such a martial soul, soone like this shouldn't have remained unknown in the original tiline.
Of course, it was possible that Dugu Xianng was not a descendant of Dugu Bo, the legendary Poison Douluo. After all, there were likely other families on the continent with the Jade-scaled Serpent martial soul.
But there was no denying that Dugu Bo was the most famous soul master ever to wield this martial soul.
A thousand years ago, Dugu Bo—the Jade-scaled Douluo—had single-handedly massacred a million people.
Even now, the story of a city blanketed in eerie green light was enough to terrify children into silence.
Zhou Sichen had made his choice.
He wanted to test this Jade-scaled Serpent soul master to see how powerful she really was.
Despite the ten-rank gap between them, Zhou Sichen wasn't concerned in the slightest.
Even without considering his other advantages, A'Da's Ultimate Ice was a perfect counter to poison-based martial souls.
One by one, the candidates took their exams.
Zhou Sichen had already seen four out of the five examiners in action—yet Dugu Xianng had not appeared even once.
There was no need to ask why.
Her poison was too terrifying, and all the candidates were too afraid to face her.
But Zhou Sichen didn't care about that.
Since Du Weilun hadn't called his na yet, he simply sat in the waiting area with his eyes closed, resting.
He didn't even bother watching the other duels.
This made him stand out—the other candidates were staring intently at the battles, trying to learn as much as possible about the examiners' strengths and abilities.
They hoped that by gathering information, they could make their fight easier—or even win.
After all, it wasn't unheard of for an Outer Court student to defeat an Inner Court examiner.
Just last year, a true prodigy had managed to do it...
But Zhou Sichen?
He didn't even spare a single glance at the fights.
Even Du Weilun couldn't help but furrow his brow.
Even if this kid is a monstrous talent... Even if his contract soul beasts are incredibly strong... he's still just Rank 38.
His own combat ability must have limitations, right?
Moreover, Bei Bei claid that Zhou Sichen was a Rank 3 Soul Engineer—but even that shouldn't be enough to justify this level of confidence...
The more Du Weilun thought about it, the more uncertain he beca.
Fine.
If Bei Bei's claims are true, then maybe this kid really does have the right to be this arrogant.
anwhile, on the second floor of the Combat Hall, behind a soul tool-powered one-way mirror, several figures stood watching Zhou Sichen in silence.
Bei Bei introduced him:
"Dean Yan, Dean Qian—this is Zhou Sichen."
The two n appeared to be in their fifties, but in reality, both were over ninety years old.
The first was Yan Shaozhe, Dean of Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Departnt.
Martial Soul: Radiant Phoenix
Rank 95 Super Douluo
The second was Qian Duoduo, Vice Dean of the Soul Engineering Departnt.
Martial Soul: Black Dragon Shield
Rank 94 Titled Douluo
Rank 8 Soul Engineer, just one step away from becoming Rank 9.
When Du Weilun had sent Bei Bei away earlier, it was to bring these two powerful figures here.
A twelve-year-old at Rank 38, with three purple soul rings, three near-10,000-year-old contract soul beasts, and possibly a Rank 3 Soul Engineer?
Soone like this had never been recorded in Shrek Academy's history.
If such a monster truly existed, they had to see him with their own eyes.
Now, two of the most powerful Titled Douluo on the continent were essentially spying on a young boy, watching him through a hidden observation window.
But all Zhou Sichen did was sit there with his eyes closed, completely still.
Just by looking at him, they couldn't discern anything.
Still, for soone with this level of talent, they were willing to wait.
More importantly, they could use this ti to gauge his temperant.
The Inner Court Examination continued for hours, stretching from afternoon into the evening.
Out of fifteen Outer Court graduates, only four had successfully passed.
By the end, only five people remained in the Combat Hall—the four successful candidates and Zhou Sichen, who had yet to take his exam.
At that mont, Du Weilun finally looked toward him.
"Zhou Sichen, it's your turn."
With those words, the final mystery was revealed.
This handso newcor was really here to take the Inner Court exam.
"Is he pulling strings behind the scenes?"
Even if that were the case, he would still need to pass a real test.
Zhou Sichen nodded calmly, then stood up and walked toward the arena with an unhurried, composed deanor.
Just like the others before him, he announced his choice of examiner.
"I choose Senior Sister Dugu Xianng."
As soon as the words left his mouth, the four successful candidates stared at him as if he were an idiot.
They had all gone out of their way to avoid fighting her.
Was this guy just dumb, or had he been asleep the entire day?
Even Du Weilun frowned.
Wasn't he supposed to be a genius?
Had he underestimated her poison?
Or... was he really just that confident?
anwhile, in the waiting room, Dugu Xianng chuckled, her erald-green eyes shimring with amusent and intrigue.
"I was planning to have so fun with this little brother after he joined the Inner Court... but I guess he's giving the chance right now."
Upstairs, behind the one-way mirror, Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo exchanged knowing smiles.
"This kid... he really is sothing else."
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