114: Chu-Daiping-Yuan

"Third stage assessment: Within ten days, everyone must kill a beast of a higher Realm than themselves!" Instructor Xie Jun said with a smile: "How is it? Isn't it very simple?"

Simple your foot...

Many people cursed inwardly, but their faces remained numb.

"They are just some low-intelligence beasts, and each of you has mastered a Martial Skill!

The odds of winning... are actually quite high.

If you can't even do this, then go do whatever else you want!

Of course, the old rule applies: you can give up, no one will force you..."

"Report, Instructor!"

"Speak."

"Can we form teams?"

"Yes, but I don't want you to do anything that crosses the line just to pass the assessment..."

Instructor Xie Jun reminded them and then disappeared, leaving everyone to discuss among themselves.

Hearing that they could form teams, the group initially felt a sense of relief.

But after the joy, they realized things weren't as simple as they seemed...

"Brother Chen, can we team up?"

The boy being called looked at the eagerness in the other person's eyes and shook his head with difficulty: "Sorry, this assessment... even I don't have much confidence..."

After the second round of assessment, there were fewer than a thousand people left in the training base.

Among them, there were no longer any Martial Artists of the Qi and Blood Realm; the weakest trainees were all in the Leakless Realm, and there were many more Inner Breath Realm Martial Artists, no longer limited to just those from Martial Arts Families.

From the perspective of the Leakless Realm trainees, if they teamed up with an Inner Breath Realm Martial Artist, their task should be very easy to complete.

But... others had their own assessment tasks, and even harder ones at that: hunting Fourth Realm beasts!

Why would they waste time and energy on unrelated people?

If they happened to encounter a relatively strong Third Realm beast and got injured, causing them to miss passing the assessment by a hair... who would compensate for their loss?

Teaming up meant teaming up with people of similar level; why would one bring a dead weight along?

You only think that your task might not be very difficult for me, but why should I help you?

Looking at the girl's disappointed expression, Brother Chen still offered some comfort: "If I have time after finishing my assessment task... I will come to help you!"

But everyone knew this was likely just an excuse.

The girl forced a stiff smile: "Thank you, Brother Chen..."

Seeing this, the others gradually extinguished the thought of seeking out strong people to form teams.

It wouldn't be good if it ended up making both sides feel awkward...

"The first assessment tested Comprehension Ability; the second assessment tested Cultivation talent; the third assessment tests combat power and wisdom?"

"Pretty much." Instructor Xie Jun nodded: "After the three assessments end, the training camp will enter the second stage."

Actually, if the goal was just to test combat power, one only needed to forbid teaming up.

The reason for allowing teams was, first, to test the social skills of the weak.

Second, to test whether those who were relatively strong could see the situation clearly and know that one shouldn't just act like a saint at all times.

Third, for trainees of similar levels who teamed up, it could increase their cohesion!

There were so few Geniuses in this batch, and they would likely have to deal with each other often in the future...

Chu Yuan asked: "Then can I team up with others? There are no Sixth Realm beasts here for me to complete the assessment..."

Instructor Xie Jun rolled his eyes: "Then if you were in the Ninth Realm, where would we go to catch a Tenth Realm beast for you to complete the assessment?"

"..."

"As for teaming up... just don't go too far." Instructor Xie Jun said vaguely.

Chu Yuan naturally understood what he meant. The next day, he only took Yang Yi, Tian Tian, and Cui Hanyu into the snowy mountains.

They soon found a few Fourth Realm beasts...

"Chu Yuan, let me try first." Yang Yi looked at the tall white ape in the distance, eager to try.

"Go ahead." Chu Yuan didn't mind.

Cui Hanyu said with some worry: "Yang Yi, be careful."

"Don't worry." Yang Yi grinned and jumped out, holding his saber...

Bringing Tian Tian and Yang Yi along to clear the level was a matter of course, but the reason Chu Yuan even brought Cui Hanyu along wasn't because she was also from Chenyang City; it was because he had discovered that some sort of illicit affair seemed to have already blossomed between Yang Yi and Cui Hanyu... Since that was the case, she could be considered half of his own people, so it didn't matter if he brought her along.

Yang Yi's improvement was significant. Once his saber technique was unleashed, the cold light enveloped the white ape like a torrential downpour.

The momentum was quite impressive, stirring up the accumulated snow for dozens of meters and sending broken stones flying!

It was just that the damage was a bit underwhelming...

Before the snow had even settled, the group saw a figure sent flying...

Yang Yi stood up, leaning on his saber, spitting out blood in small mouthfuls.

Seeing Cui Hanyu's worried eyes, he stubbornly said: "I'm fine..."

Cui Hanyu: "..."

Yang Yi rushed towards the white ape, which only had a few scratches on its body, though this time he was much more cautious.

Chu Yuan could see that he had learned a saber technique, a movement technique, and a leg technique.

His attacks were reasonably balanced in terms of offense and defense, but his mastery of these Martial Skills was still a bit rough... After all, the time he had spent learning them was short, and most of his time had been invested in cultivating his Cultivation Technique.

The white ape knocked this annoying little bug away time and time again, but it couldn't kill him, and it began to get a bit angry.

It jumped into mid-air and hammered down with both fists joined!

The whistling wind made Yang Yi's scalp tingle, but he didn't retreat, instead slashing diagonally upwards with his saber!

A bleak and beautiful flash of blade light flickered and vanished.

Yang Yi's figure was suddenly cut short by half, his lower body smashed into the ground...

But one of the white ape's arms was also severed and fell into the snow!

Its eyes turned blood-red in an instant, and it raised its large foot to stomp down!

Cui Hanyu exclaimed: "Yang Yi!"

Faster than her cry was a black line.

That black line went straight through the white ape's head, and its head exploded like a watermelon, splashing soup and water all over Yang Yi...

"This kind of beast has low intelligence and hasn't mastered any Martial Skills, yet you still ended up in this state. If you encounter alien races or enemies in the future, fighting like this is just looking for death."

"I understand what you mean... but why would I fight an alien race across Realms? Soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals; just let the strong deal with the strong."

Although Yang Yi was not lightly injured, he still argued righteously;

"...What you said makes a lot of sense, but what if you really encounter one?"

"If I can run, I'll definitely run. If I can't... then I'll just have to fight him to the death!"

Chu Yuan patted his shoulder, praising: "You are so brazen, you will definitely live for a very long time."

"Hehe~"