142: Chapter 142 has ended; her identity has been revealed, and she's taken another step forward!

"You!!"

Elder Wu Shuo's eyes were practically erupting with fury.

In his view, let alone the fact that Lu Qingyun had not yet become a Saint Candidate, even if he had already achieved the status of a Saint Candidate, he should not treat an elder of the sect with such an attitude, especially a Divine Will Celestial!

If it weren't for the fact that they were currently in a precarious situation and surrounded by external forces, he would have likely attacked immediately to teach this sect member a lesson on how to respect his elders!

"Don't... don't attack! I won't fight for it anymore, I'll withdraw voluntarily!"

Jiang Mingrou said, having seen Lu Qingyun reaping lives like a grim reaper.

When she saw that Elder Wu Shuo, the one she had once relied upon, was standing there motionless, as if he had already abandoned them all, she could no longer bear the pressure and immediately conceded!

With her taking the lead, the other Saint Candidates, who could barely even muster the heart to resist under the suppression of his level, all followed suit and submitted!

"Tsk—you bunch are so spineless!"

"Get up and keep fighting!"

Mu Susu's reaction to these people admitting defeat was even stronger than Lu Qingyun's.

She actually ran over and started kicking and punching that group of Saint Candidates, whose cultivation levels were significantly higher than hers. She had quite the air of a bully's lackey!

Lu Qingyun also wanted to keep killing.

After all, although these people were no longer higher level than him and the experience and maximum HP gains were minimal, mosquito meat was still meat.

However, there really wasn't enough time.

Leng Qianmo was the first to withdraw his Divine Intent.

Sensing this, Lu Qingyun didn't hesitate for a moment and immediately slipped away!

Soon, the Cultists retreated like a receding tide.

Qin Fenghuo did not pursue them, naturally fearing that a major battle would affect the remaining surviving students and teachers.

But even so... this freshman assessment could definitely be called the most tragic one in the last thirty years!

The last time there was such a high mortality rate was when the person in charge of that year had a brain lapse and sent a group of freshmen directly to the fierce beast battlefield.

They were there for half a day before the assessment was ended early that same day.

Because in half a day, two-thirds had died.

Of the remaining lucky survivors, many were left with lifelong disabilities, and their martial arts futures were ruined.

After returning, that person in charge resigned from their position to take responsibility.

This time, although there was a reason for it, it wasn't caused by his own decisions.

However, the responsibility he had to bear was still unavoidable.

...

On the way back, Dong Dajin was cheerful, humming a little tune, completely unlike the attitude someone who had just experienced a death crisis should have.

Just then, Sima Lan suddenly asked, "Dong Dajin, why did you cooperate with that Cultist earlier?"

Luo Qingxue also cast her gaze toward him.

Dong Dajin's actions just now seemed like fear taking over.

But only they, who were familiar with Dong Dajin, could see that the acting was too heavy-handed.

It was entirely to make it more likely for that Cultist to get the Spirit Crystals from Old Qin that he had performed so exaggeratedly.

"Huh?"

"Cooperate!?"

"Not me, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!"

The smile on Dong Dajin's face instantly vanished, his brows furrowed, and he immediately delivered a triple denial.

At this moment, his acting was much more realistic than before.

However...

"If you didn't, why did you instantly use your spatial talent to isolate the sound of our conversation?" Luo Qingxue's voice rang out faintly.

She stared intently at Dong Dajin, wanting to see some clues in his eyes.

Sima Lan, smiling, dropped a bombshell: "That burly man earlier was Lu Qingyun."

It wasn't a question, but a certainty!

She was a witness to the Tianjiao Camp auction incident; she had spent a huge sum of money to win that spot!

Now, with almost identical behavior displayed before her eyes, combined with some of his actions when he first made contact with them, how could she not recognize that it was Lu Qingyun!

Dong Dajin neither admitted nor denied it.

He had recognized him, not just from Lu Qingyun's greedy nature.

More so, it was that strike Lu Qingyun gave him when his hands got itchy!

That strike had truly left him feeling refreshed!

And precisely because of that, he had been so tacitly cooperative, shouting out at that moment when Qin Fenghuo was hesitant.

Luo Qingxue, standing to the side, felt quite bitter seeing that both of them were so certain that the person was Lu Qingyun.

Because compared to the two of them, although she could be considered to have been following in Lu Qingyun's footsteps all this time, using him as a target, her actual contact...

A sword strike, a punch, plus the gaze from earlier that had pinned her in place—other than that, there was nothing else!

All this time, the impression of Lu Qingyun in her mind had been mysterious, powerful, cold and ruthless, plus... handsome!

She had always used Lu Qingyun as her goal and cultivated crazily.

But why... was the gap already so large that she could barely even see his back?

In this incident, she couldn't even be called particularly strong among the freshmen.

Yet Lu Qingyun was slaughtering Yukong Realm experts like dogs!

Ignoring Divine Will Celestials, incomparably domineering!

The gap between them... was like a chasm!

"After awakening dual talents, I originally thought I could defeat him."

"But now, if I cultivate step-by-step with my dual talents, perhaps in the future, once I achieve the Yukong Realm, I can attempt to break through to the Divine Will Celestial level. But... this is merely his beginning."

"I need to take a step further!"

At this moment, the flame in Luo Qingxue's heart ignited completely!

The two lights within her body began to merge.

Either destruction, or rebirth...

The setting sun gradually dipped below the horizon, a crimson great sun shrouding half the sky in mist and clouds.

If one were to look closer, they would discover that the great sun was not a true sun.

Instead, it was a massive body, like a mountain, radiating brilliant light!