Inside the spacious first-year classroom of Shrek Academy.
The atmosphere in the classroom at this time could be described as quite heated.
Standing before the podium, Teacher Shen Yi looked at the students below, whose faces were flushed with excitement as they whispered and discussed intensely. A slight smile played on her lips as she spoke.
"How is it? Classmates, yesterday was the first day you reported to your respective core forces. How was your first day's experience?"
Hearing Teacher Shen Yi's question, everyone immediately began to answer excitedly, all talking at once.
"Very good! It was simply fantastic!"
"Teacher Shen, this experience was like nothing I've ever had before! We learned things inside that we had never even heard of!"
"The things they taught us are extremely useful! I feel that if we can thoroughly master what is taught in our respective forces, we can definitely become peerless experts who dominate a region!"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Their horizons had been completely broadened!
After witnessing the heritage and cultivation systems within their respective forces—which could be described as a dimensional strike—they realized that if they succeeded in their studies, the power they would achieve would be countless times stronger than those so-called "experts" they had seen in the outside world!
It could even be said without exaggeration that some outside experts who used to be lofty and arrogant in their eyes might not even be as good as this group of first-year students who had mastered top-tier systems!
This was the greatest benefit and confidence they gained from this Shrek Academy in the sky!
Everyone's sense of belonging to Shrek Academy was quite strong; it felt just like their own home.
If they were outside, who would give them so many things?
Only this academy would provide such generous resources, and... there were many, many things they had never heard of before.
Without entering this academy, one would truly be like a frog at the bottom of a well.
Hearing everyone's sentiments, Teacher Shen Yi nodded with a smile.
"It seems everyone's harvest on the first day was very bountiful; you all look very happy."
Everyone nodded vigorously.
Although undergoing one-on-one special training under exclusive teachers at the Titled Douluo and Super Douluo levels would certainly be exhausting—even painful enough to feel like shedding a layer of skin.
But! To them, physical exhaustion was nothing!
Being able to truly feel themselves getting stronger every day, the joy brought by that increase in strength was incomparable to anything else!
Especially the improvement from this brand-new cultivation system that completely broke conventional perceptions, making them all quite obsessed in a short time.
Having been in this academy for three months, they thought they had learned almost everything and that what followed would just be the accumulation of time. They never expected there were still so many things they hadn't learned.
Seeing everyone's energetic appearance, the smile on Teacher Shen Yi's face gradually faded a bit, replaced by a serious expression.
Teacher Shen Yi reminded everyone.
"Since you have all joined your respective core forces as you wished, then from today on, you must take every special training session more seriously."
"Otherwise... next, you will be in big trouble!"
Big trouble?!
Hearing these words, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and the others were all stunned, their previously excited expressions freezing on their faces.
What big trouble?
Everyone looked at each other, their faces full of confusion.
Could it be that even if they Cultivate well within their forces and didn't cause trouble, some big trouble would still find them? Was there some untouchable taboo within the Cultivation Techniques taught by these forces?
As for getting into big trouble because of laziness, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and the others certainly wouldn't.
After all, the academy provided them with such a good cultivation environment and such top-tier exclusive teachers. If they still dared to be lazy, let alone the teachers, they wouldn't even be able to forgive themselves!
Seeing everyone's nervous and questioning eyes, Teacher Shen Yi didn't keep them in suspense and explained with a smile.
"Don't guess blindly; it's not a matter of a Cultivation Technique taboo."
"The big trouble I'm talking about is because the academy will be holding the [Five Extremes Competition] later!"
"This Five Extremes Competition is a stage to test the results of your Cultivation in your respective forces! If you don't Cultivate well and lose too badly in the upcoming competition between the five forces, or if you lose face for your own force..."
The smile on Teacher Shen Yi's face became somewhat mischievous.
"Then, I guarantee that your respective exclusive teachers will definitely not let you off easily!"
Hearing this, everyone finally understood!
So it was internal competition between the forces!
It made sense. If a Personal Disciple they taught was ground into the dirt by a freshman from another force during the grand competition, where would the teacher's face go? They would definitely face Hell-level punishment upon returning!
Then, Teacher Shen Yi dropped another bombshell!
She looked around at everyone and explained.
"Although you are now divided into five completely different forces with entirely different focuses."
"However, you must remember at all times! In the end, you are all under the same roof of Shrek Academy!"
"Therefore, those top-tier Cultivation Techniques and Ultimate Arts in the academy can naturally be exchanged with each other!"
Boom—!
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire classroom instantly erupted!
Cultivation Techniques can be exchanged?!
Teacher Shen Yi looked at everyone's shocked expressions and continued.
"If you want to obtain the Cultivation Techniques of other forces, you can either exchange them through Contribution Points!"
"Or! It's through this upcoming [Five Extremes Competition]! By achieving excellent results in the grand competition, the academy will naturally reward you with the opportunity to choose the Ultimate Arts of other forces!"
"Of course, this grand competition is different from your New Student Grand Competition; it uses a points system. So even if you lose a few times, it doesn't matter much as long as you reach the required points. However... the last-place person from each of the Five Great Forces must directly hand over the Cultivation Technique they learned to the first-place person of another force. Think about it, what would your teachers think if they knew their Disciple was the one who handed over their force's Cultivation Technique?"
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but shiver; they would definitely be in for it. Hearing what Teacher Shen Yi said about using Contribution Points to exchange, they hurriedly operated their Bracelets to check.
Indeed!
When they opened the academy's exchange interface on their Bracelets, they were shocked to find that a list of various Ultimate Arts and Cultivation Techniques from the other four core forces had actually appeared in their Bracelet's mall!
However...
When they saw the long string of Contribution Points following those Cultivation Techniques, everyone couldn't help but gasp!
Too expensive!
It was ridiculously expensive! Any random core Ultimate Art required an astronomical number of Contribution Points!
But even if the price was high, after hearing these words, many people's hearts couldn't help but get excited!
Since they could be exchanged, and since they could be obtained through the grand competition... then didn't it mean that as long as they were outstanding enough, they could also learn other people's Cultivation Techniques?!
For example, Wang Dong'er, who was sitting in the front row, had heard Xiao Xiao excitedly describe the War God Palace's miraculous Spirit Perception Secret Method! It could excavate the Domain characteristics of a Spirit!
When Wang Dong'er heard it back then, she was quite envious and wanted to learn it!
If her Clear Sky Hammer and Light Goddess Butterfly could also Awakening their Spirit Domains in advance, her combat power would definitely multiply several times over!
On the other side, Xiao Xiao was also quite envious when she heard Wang Dong'er describe the "Mysterious Heaven Skill," a Cultivation Technique that could improve sustained combat capability.
Not just the two of them, but Huo Yuhao, Tang Wulin, and others also had eyes shining with excitement!
If that was the case, then they had to work hard for the upcoming [Five Extremes Competition] no matter what!
This wasn't just about the big trouble of being severely punished by their teachers; it was also about whether they could get the top-tier Ultimate Arts of other forces to make themselves stronger!
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A/N:
I hope all of you are enjoying this story so far. I would appreciate some Power Stones if you can spare any. Leave a review if you like the story. Thank you.