18: The test begins! Everyone shows off their prowess! Such terrifying speed!

Chapter 18: Assessment Begins! Each Displays Divine Might! What Terrifying Speed!

As Xu Yun's words fell.

The previously calm screen suddenly flashed with countless brilliant lights!

Among them!

The first to burst forth was from screen number twenty-two!

Iron Sword let out an angry roar.

His body erupted with lightning like a surging tide, instantly engulfing him!

Not only that.

The dazzling lightning, like a scorching sun, attracted the attention of everyone present!

It was something you wouldn't know until you saw it!

And once you saw it, it was a shock!

The previously calm screen suddenly turned pitch black!

But!

Looking closely, it wasn't that the screen had a problem.

It was that thunderclouds covered the sky!!!

Thunderclouds surged, as if the sky was collapsing, with a terrifying momentum that almost pierced through the entire assessment ground!

After about a few breaths of time.

In the image, the second-order Vicious Beast used for the assessment had already turned into a charred corpse!

And at this moment!

Iron Sword's expression was almost terrifyingly ferocious!

His entire body was boiling with azure lightning, his face fierce beyond compare, like a Blood Beast unleashed from its cage!

"The first place in this assessment! I'm taking it!!!"

He let out an angry roar, like a thunderclap from a clear sky, his terrifying might sweeping out like a monstrous wave!

The next second!

His entire body boiled with lightning, annihilating the sky!

Like the descent of a thunder god, the terrifying sense of pressure could be clearly felt even through the screen!

As the saying goes!

The Thunder God suppresses the north, with earth-shattering thunder!!!

With a raise of his hand!

The lightning entanglement around his body directly transformed into an illusory azure trident.

At this moment.

Iron Sword gripped the trident as if he held the authority of heaven and earth!

Pressure!

Terrifying!

Like a Heavenly Emperor descending to the mortal Realm!!!

"One thunderclap breaks all methods!"

"Break for me!!!"

Bang!

With Iron Sword's angry roar.

His voice exploded, like an arrow released from a bowstring, fiercely striking forward!

Thunderclouds surged, as if the sky was collapsing, roaring incessantly, like an ancient bell!

First stage!

Passed!

Total time taken: five minutes and twenty seconds!

"Not bad! This child is not bad! To be able to pass the first stage so quickly! And he managed to keep it within six minutes!"

Xu Yun nodded in satisfaction upon seeing this.

Evidently!

He was very pleased with Iron Sword's performance!

"Do you have his information!? Bring it to me to see!?"

At this moment.

Xu Yun also developed a hint of curiosity, turning to Ling Muxue beside him.

But!

Just as Ling Muxue was about to speak!

Suddenly!

The scene on the screen abruptly changed.

A swift figure sped past.

Then, the next second!

Xu Yun exclaimed in surprise.

"Someone has also reached the second stage!? And... their time is even faster than Iron Sword's!?"

No sooner had Xu Yun's words fallen.

Screen number nineteen appeared on the display!

King of Assassins!

Shadow!

"Hmm!?"

Almost as everyone was stunned!

Shadow's figure on screen nineteen suddenly became incredibly ethereal!

Yes!

That's right!

His entire being became incredibly illusory.

In fact, if the camera hadn't been specially treated, it would have been impossible to capture his figure!

His figure moved, like a phantom ghost, constantly weaving through the beast tide of the second stage!

His killing intent was chilling!

Like a midnight phantom, he utilized assassination techniques to their extreme!

Soundless!

And traceless!!!

In just a few blinks and breaths of time... hundreds of Vicious Beasts in front of him were all killed by Shadow!

Clean and precise!

Leaving no trace!

And the time at this moment was only... six minutes and ten seconds!!!

Fifty seconds!

Less than a minute!

Passed the second stage!??

Hiss!!!

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but gasp.

Only Xu Yun's eyes were filled with deep admiration and excitement!

"Hahaha! Good! Excellent!!!"

"This kid also needs my special attention!!! He is simply a born assassin!"

"Joining the Dark Department later would be absolutely perfect for him!"

Xu Yun spoke with excitement and exhilaration!

Clearly.

The appearance of Iron Sword and Shadow greatly shocked him!

One could say!

The talents of these two were not weak; with a little cultivation, they could almost all reach that Realm!

Thinking of this!

Xu Yun's heart couldn't help but grow fervent!

A small Cloud City could produce so many Prodigies; this was something he had never imagined!

But!

Likewise, the emergence of so many Prodigies made him even more confident in carrying out that plan!

"Seat Xu... Seat Xu! Look quickly! Someone has already passed to the third stage and is about to reach the fourth stage!!!"

Just at this moment.

One of the Staff Members, dressed as a soldier, said with a face full of shock!

"What!?"

Hearing this, Xu Yun's eyes almost popped out!

About to reach the fourth stage!?

How long has it been!?

Xu Yun looked up at the time.

The time was exactly... seven minutes!!!

Hiss!

Seeing this, Xu Yun also couldn't help but gasp.

So abnormal!?

This terrifying score was enough to rival Lu Sheng's passing score back then!

Lu Sheng's score for passing all stages back then was thirty-seven minutes and fifty-one seconds!

Among them, he used six minutes and fifty-one seconds to pass the first four stages!

And for the last five stages, he used a full thirty-one minutes!!!

Don't let the fact that there are only five stages deceive you.

But the thirty-one-minute score has yet to be broken by anyone!

The reason is simple!

The challenges of the last four stages rarely allow anyone to pass them instantly.

One could say!

The first four stages were just a basic selection.

And the last five stages were the real test!

The fifth stage: a Peak second-order Vicious Beast! The Blazing Fiend Wolf!

The Blazing Fiend Wolf, a pack-hunting Vicious Beast; a fully grown Blazing Fiend Wolf, when enraged, can completely reach the level of a third-order Vicious Beast!

Which is... the Martial Realm!

The sixth stage!

Was two Blazing Fiend Wolves!

The seventh stage, three, and so on!

By the ninth stage.

It was the Blazing Fiend Wolf King!

The most domineering and terrifying existence among third-order Vicious Beasts!!!

Even if the assessment team could suppress its Realm, its strength was still not to be underestimated!

In fact, over the years, only a handful of people have been able to pass the ninth stage!!!

After all.

The Martial Realm and the Profound Martial Realm are truly not just a little bit different!

Behold!

Feng Qingyang, like a peerless killing god, frantically traversed through the beast tide of the fourth stage's assessment!

He seemed to be in a world of his own, his calm face showing no emotion.

Every move, every stance!

All carried endless killing intent!

At this moment, if one had to find a word to describe his state, it would be... strolling leisurely!

Yes!

That's right!

It was strolling leisurely!

He walked through the beast tide as if he were taking a stroll, showing no sign of fear.

And his final score for passing the fourth stage and reaching the fifth stage was infinitely close to Lu Sheng's!

Seven minutes and eleven seconds!!!