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Before long, it was Lin Yi, Wei Nan, and the others' turn.

The group shared a smile and walked toward the exam hall.

...

Inside an office at the Martial Arts Exam Center.

General Guo Wu, Captain Tang Zhan, Captain Lan Yang, and Lei Sheng were all sitting in chairs, feeling relieved about what had just happened.

"That was too close. Just a little bit more, and if we hadn't dispelled the Heart-Mind Curse in time, I'm afraid those students would have broken through the defenses and run off!" Captain Tang Zhan said with a sense of relief.

In the situation that just occurred, the Martial Arts Police Station would no longer have been able to stop them.

The main issue was that they couldn't truly let go and go on a killing spree against those students.

After all, they had only been implanted with the Heart-Mind Curse; they weren't actual Yao Beasts or Blood Drop Cultists.

If the situation just now had involved Blood Drop Cultists instead, it would already be a river of blood with mountains of corpses.

General Guo Wu, Captain Lan Yang, and the others all nodded, feeling the weight of these words.

It was precisely because of this that they were hesitant and suffered quite a loss.

The old man looked at them with a smile.

"Now, the Blood Drop's plan has been thwarted by us!"

"The afternoon's Martial Arts Exam can finally proceed smoothly!"

"However, we still cannot let our guard down. We must patrol even more strictly this afternoon. We must ensure that the afternoon's Martial Arts Exam concludes successfully and that those students leave safely!"

As soon as he spoke, everyone stood up.

"Chief, rest assured. Leave the afternoon to us; there won't be any similar problems again!"

Captain Tang Zhan nodded confidently.

General Guo Wu and Lei Sheng looked at each other as well, their gazes becoming increasingly determined.

The old man chuckled and turned back, looking at the blood cloud outside the window.

It seemed to have spread a little closer to here.

Following that, his brows furrowed deeply, and he felt a faint sense of unease in his heart.

...

"Simulated Combat is not real, but you can still get injured, and it will cause exhaustion to the Qi and blood within your body!"

"The exam duration is one and a half hours. Try your best to survive in the simulated environment and kill as many Yao Beasts as possible!"

"Your survival time and the number of Yao Beasts killed will directly affect your Martial Arts Exam results!"

"Does everyone understand?"

In a large room, the perimeter was lined with equipment.

The students entering the exam all got into the devices and connected some data cables.

It was just like a VR game, wearing VR helmets.

However, the equipment here was more realistic and technologically advanced than VR games.

Moreover, this room could accommodate up to twenty Martial arts examinees.

That is to say, twenty Martial arts examinees were taking the [Simulated Combat] exam at the same time.

"Understood!" came the reply from the students all around.

The staff member looked at them and nodded with a smile.

"Then... good luck, and may you achieve a good result in the Simulated Combat!"

After he finished speaking, all the staff members withdrew from the exam hall.

Then, the moment the machinery and equipment started, everyone's vision plunged into darkness.

In the next moment, when a glimmer of light appeared before their eyes again, it was as if they were already in a real world.

This feeling was very familiar to Lin Yi.

It was just like the Tempering Room in the Martial Arts Hall.

The spring, summer, autumn, and winter experienced there were all as if he had truly been there.

All the climate changes were completely indistinguishable from reality.

The environment he was in now was a pitch-black forest.

The surrounding darkness swallowed the light.

In his nostrils, there was a mixed scent of grass and soil.

Even more, there was that indescribable smell of animals and insects rotting and blending into the soil.

This sense of realism made Lin Yi unable to tell if he had truly been teleported here by some kind of Formation.

Squeak, squeak—chirp, chirp—coo, coo—all kinds of insect calls came from all around.

There were also some sounds he had never heard before, sounds he couldn't name, which were chilling.

Especially the danger warning; ever since Lin Yi appeared here, it had never stopped.

It kept signaling to Lin Yi that danger had never disappeared.

There was murderous intent everywhere here.

Whoosh—Lin Yi took a long saber out of his Storage Ring.

With a vigilant gaze, he slowly explored into the forest...

Chapter 160: Martial Arts Exam Ends, Everyone Is Stunned

Awoo—A shrill, miserable scream rang out.

A creature over two meters tall, as thin as a matchstick, fell to the ground with a thud.

Lin Yi panted slightly, looking back with cold eyes.

Behind him, the corpses of countless Yao Beasts had already paved a path.

He had long since forgotten exactly how many Yao Beasts he had killed.

He also didn't know how many Yao Beasts had died tragically under his blade.

Walking all this way, Lin Yi had lost track of time.

But the forest ahead still seemed to have no end.

A long while later, when the Qi and blood in Lin Yi's body had recovered slightly, another roar of a Yao Beast sounded.

He saw countless figures rushing toward Lin Yi from the surroundings again.

Lin Yi's eyes flashed, and a cold glint appeared.

"This is a war of attrition; they want to wear me out here, right?"

Looking at this wave of Yao Beasts, there were at least twice as many as before.

Even for Lin Yi, it was becoming a bit overwhelming.

When those Yao Beasts got closer and closer to him, he tightened his grip on the saber hilt again and charged into the swarm of Yao Beasts, going on a killing spree...

Outside the Simulated Combat room, Zhou Qi, Wei Nan, and the others had all come out.

On the large screen, the rankings for this combat session were scrolling.

In the Simulated Combat, killing five hundred Yao Beasts was considered passing.

Wei Nan ranked third with 849 Yao Beasts killed.

Zhou Qi killed 851, just two more than Wei Nan, ranking second.

Sun Tao killed 697, and Shen Mengyi killed 588, ranking sixth and eighth respectively.

And ranked first was none other than Lin Yi.

The number of Yao Beasts he had killed had reached an astonishing 2,477.