Douluo: I achieve godhood through System

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The sudden attack resulted in Wang Li gaining 18 experience points and Wang Sheng obtaining a hundred-year soul ring.

In truth, Wang Sheng's War Tiger martial soul needed a strength-based soul beast's soul ring. The Tiger Leopard Cat was not particularly powerful, but having a hundred-year soul ring was still a significant gain, so there was no room for picky choices.

Wang Sheng also acquired a useful soul skill called "Hunting Heart." After using it, he would enter a special hunting state, boosting all attributes by 10% while enhancing his vision, hearing, and reflexes.

This incident served as a wake-up call for Zhang Wei, Su Mo, and the others. From now on, during night watch, the teachers and students must not separate; no one could predict whether there were other soul beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest that were adept at hiding and capable of launching sudden attacks.

As dawn broke the next day, the people from Nuoding Academy set out again to find suitable soul beasts for the remaining students.

Soon, seven days had passed. By the time Liu Long absorbed the soul ring of the eighty-year-old Iron-Backed Gorilla, all the students had secured their soul rings, successfully becoming soul masters.

There was no doubt that it was time to head back to the academy.

*At the gates of Nuoding Academy!*

Leaving as a group of soul warriors and returning as a group of soul masters, they had all met the graduation standards.

Wang Li was no exception. He formally expressed his intention to Su Mo:

"Director, I would like to apply for graduation."

Su Mo was momentarily taken aback but soon found it reasonable. The graduation requirement for Nuoding Academy is to reach level ten soul power and acquire a soul ring by the sixth grade.

If one met these requirements ahead of time, they could apply for graduation directly.

Now that Wang Li had indeed met these requirements, albeit at a younger age, Su Mo sighed regretfully:

"You have great talent, reaching level ten soul power in the first grade. Unfortunately, your martial soul is just Blue Silver Grass."

Soul masters on the continent are often superstitious and stubborn about martial souls; for instance, Blue Silver Grass is viewed as a worthless martial soul, and they believe in this notion wholeheartedly.

Then Su Mo continued:

"Alright, I will assist you in completing your graduation procedures, and you will graduate alongside the other sixth-grade students. What are your plans after graduation?"

"Are you looking to join any faction, or do you plan to go to a mid-level soul master academy? At your age, you should indeed continue your studies at a mid-level soul master academy. Even with a Blue Silver Grass martial soul, if you can eventually break through to the Soul Elder level, you will be welcomed by any faction."

Wang Li had already made up his mind. Upon hearing this, he replied promptly:

"Yes, Director, I want to attend the mid-level soul master academy."

Su Mo nodded in satisfaction, appreciating that Wang Li was receptive to advice. He patted Wang Li on the shoulder and said:

"Then you should join the other sixth-grade students in their preparations. Under the academy's arrangements, you will head to the mid-level soul master academy. Unlike the primary soul master academy, admission to the mid-level soul master academy requires passing certain assessments, so be ready!"

At this point, Su Mo called together the other sixth-grade students and addressed them:

"Students, you have absorbed your soul rings and become soul masters, marking you as excellent graduates of Nuoding Academy. Now I will discuss the upcoming arrangements."

"Our journey to hunt soul beasts lasted only ten days from departure to return, with fifty days remaining before the official holiday. During this time, you are free to make your own plans, but I recommend returning home to have a good conversation with your parents."

"Fifty days from now, return to the academy. We will issue your graduation certificates and recommend you to the mid-level soul master academy. However, not every soul master is accepted there; they select those who show a certain talent in combat or support roles."

"Thus, during this break, you may need to travel between various mid-level soul master academies. Gaining entry into a better academy will pave a smoother path for your future cultivation."

This statement brought the previously proud and complacent newly minted soul masters back to a state of tension.

Su Mo waved his hand and said:

"Alright, you're all dismissed. Enjoy these fifty days of leisure. If you want to gain admission to a better mid-level soul master academy, take this time to become familiar with your martial souls and soul skills."

Upon hearing this, everyone quickly responded:

"Yes!"

Su Mo nodded, then left with a few remaining teachers, chatting and laughing. The sixth-grade students had graduated, and the teachers could finally take a well-deserved break.

With the teachers gone, the students scattered in all directions. Wang Li and Wang Sheng walked back to their dorm together.

Wang Sheng, draping an arm over Wang Li's shoulders, spoke excitedly:

"You're applying for graduation—this is great news! We can go to the mid-level soul master academy together. Now that we both have hundred-year soul rings, any soul master academy will be eager to recruit us. Our futures look bright!"

Wang Li chuckled. For Wang Sheng, having a hundred-year soul ring might indeed lead to a significantly different future.

Then Wang Sheng continued:

"Do you have some time? Let's head to the second floor of the dining hall today. We should treat ourselves. After all these years at Nuoding Academy, I've never really enjoyed good food, and I want to thank you…"

Wang Li shot him a sidelong glance and laughed:

"Sure, why not? Are you treating?"

Wang Sheng, hearing this, patted his chest proudly and declared:

"Today, all expenses are on me, Wang Sheng!"

Wang Li raised an eyebrow:

"Well then, I won't hold back."

Since they returned just in time for lunch, they headed straight to the dining hall and up to the second floor. They indulged in a luxurious meal, spending a silver soul coin—equivalent to a hundred copper soul coins.

In the past, they could never have afforded such a lavish meal. But now that they were soul masters, once they registered at the Spirit Hall, they would receive a monthly subsidy of one gold soul coin. Treating themselves occasionally was no longer a problem.

After finishing their meal and returning to the dorm, they were greeted not only by envious glances from the other work-study students but also by the encouraging words of the big sister, Xiao Wu:

"Not bad! Our dorm has produced two more soul masters. When this gets out, it'll be good for my reputation too."

Wang Sheng grinned and immediately began to boast:

"Xiao Wu, now Wang Li and I both have hundred-year soul rings, just like you. We're graduating soon and heading to the mid-level soul master academy!"

Xiao Wu was taken aback. Over the past year, she had gained enough understanding of human society to know what graduation meant. However, she was puzzled:

"But Wang Li is only in first grade. How can he graduate?"

Wang Li understood that Tang San and Xiao Wu would eventually go to Shrek Academy under Yu Xiaogang's guidance, so he wasn't in a rush to graduate. However, he had different plans:

"I've already become a soul master, so I need to go to a place that suits me better."

Hearing this, Tang San, who had been mostly quiet, showed a contemplative expression. He had already become a soul master, but it seemed his teacher wasn't in a hurry for him to graduate.

(End of Chapter)