161: A stepping stone or a stumbling block?

Creak!

Li Feng slowly pushed open the door of the quiet room.

This time, there was no Awakening God Pool as a reward, and Li Feng didn't want to stay in this cramped environment anymore, so he pushed the door open and left.

As soon as he stepped out of the room, he immediately felt a sharp gaze.

Shuang Wuhen looked at Li Feng coldly, his killing intent surging in his heart.

Before entering the Awakening Land, he had heard about Li Feng many times from the Bear Country Lord.

Judging from his background, he did have some ability.

But compared to him, he was still miles away.

Therefore, he had never paid attention to any of the Earth Lords, including Li Feng.

In his heart, his true opponents were only Akayera and Silver Blood.

Even when Li Feng took first place in the first round of assessment, he only thought that Li Feng was simply lucky, having managed to secure first place by chance.

In his opinion, he would just burst forth in the subsequent assessments, and the final inheritance would inevitably be a competition between him and the other two.

But he never expected that even after using the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror, he was still behind Li Feng.

Moreover, he learned from the two Waterman Bengka and Fireman Laka that Li Feng had actually passed without taking any damage!

All of this finally made Shuang Wuhen take Li Feng seriously.

"I never thought that a small Earth, a small world at the very bottom, could produce a genius like you. It truly surprises me."

Shuang Wuhen walked up to Li Feng and said.

"You flatter me, I can't compare to you," Li Feng said very humbly.

"Hmph, I don't care who you are, I advise you to withdraw now. Not only is it impossible for you to compete with me for the inheritance, but even if you do get it, do you think you and the Dragon Country behind you can protect this precious inheritance?"

Shuang Wuhen threatened coldly.

Hearing this, Li Feng narrowed his eyes.

Threat?

"Whether it can be protected or not is none of your concern. Instead of threatening me here, you should think about how to deal with the upcoming assessments. If you stumble in one of the stages and don't even see the final assessment, that would be truly embarrassing."

Li Feng looked at Shuang Wuhen in front of him and grinned.

"You!" Shuang Wuhen's eyes glinted with killing intent, and he almost made a move.

He could act like a good guy in front of Akayera and Silver Blood because both of them were not inferior to him in terms of talent, strength, or background.

But this humble human ant in front of him, he had no interest in pretending to be a good guy.

Li Feng ignored Shuang Wuhen and turned to leave.

He was not afraid of Shuang Wuhen ambushing him at all.

Rather, he would welcome Shuang Wuhen ambushing him.

In that case, it would reduce one competitor.

Unfortunately, Shuang Wuhen was not as irritable as he appeared on the surface; he forcibly held back.

After Li Feng came out, he casually found an empty spot to sit down and waited quietly.

The second round of assessment was also one day long.

However, Li Feng knew that this time, it definitely wouldn't take a full day.

In the first round of assessment, it was because there were no opponents; the Lord only needed to frantically output damage to the assessment pillar.

But this time, every Lord had an opponent stronger than them.

Once the Troops' damage rate exceeded one-tenth, they would immediately be judged as failed.

Sure enough, it wasn't long before someone exited the assessment space.

Li Feng looked up and saw a white Lord from The Empire of the Setting Sun.

At this moment, that white Lord's face was grim; his expression clearly showed that he hadn't passed but had been eliminated from the assessment space.

Li Feng had some impression of him; he seemed to be a member of the World Prodigy List, but his ranking was after 50th place.

The so-called World Prodigy List, in fact, only the top twenty had any real value.

As for the others, many were born almost every year.

It wasn't because there were hundreds of prodigies that the World Prodigy List was created.

Rather, it was because the top twenty, or more precisely, the top ten, were the ones who created the World Prodigy List.

As for the rest, they were purely there to make the list look better, filling in the numbers.

The geniuses born in these small worlds every year, no matter how strong, couldn't be that strong.

"I'm not convinced, this assessment is too difficult, no one can pass it!" Wendy roared defiantly at the sky.

"Hmph, trash!" Not far away, Shuang Wuhen snorted coldly, mocking him mercilessly.

The two Waterman Bengka and Fireman Laka appeared simultaneously in front of Wendy.

They were too lazy to explain anything; with a wave of their hands, they kicked Wendy out of the instance.

The so-called geniuses and prodigies of Earth, in their eyes, were merely tall ones among the short, all trash.

Well, except for Li Feng.

Time passed bit by bit, and not long after, Silver Blood also exited the assessment space.

When he saw Li Feng and Shuang Wuhen, the expression behind his mask was as grim as it could be.

After a cold glance at the two, Silver Blood also found an empty spot to sit down and waited quietly.

After a while, Akayera also exited the assessment space.

"Your assessment results are out. You are second, you are third, and you are fourth," Waterman Bengka appeared, pointing at Shuang Wuhen, Akayera, and Silver Blood in turn.

Although Akayera was a few minutes slower than Silver Blood, his Troops' damage rate was much lower than Silver Blood's, so he took second place.

Although there were other Lords in the assessment space, they were all on the verge of elimination.

Even if a miracle happened and they successfully passed, their scores could not possibly be higher than these three.

Therefore, the top four spots were thus determined.

When Silver Blood and Akayera learned that Li Feng was first, their reactions were identical to Shuang Wuhen's.

First, surprise, followed by surging killing intent.

In their eyes, Li Feng's status was completely unequal to theirs.

He had no right to compete with them for this inheritance.

By prior agreement, both of them threatened Li Feng, wanting him to be sensible and withdraw from the instance.

However, Li Feng completely ignored them, treating them as if they were air.

"Hmph, my Shadow Alliance is best at assassination, you'd better be careful," Silver Blood snorted coldly and turned towards the fourth quiet room.

Akayera and Shuang Wuhen also left.

"Tsk tsk, offending three major powers from the Middle World at once, this kid is in trouble."

In the void, Waterman Bengka clicked his tongue and said.

"On the path of a strong person's growth, there is never a lack of stepping stones. However, whether he steps on them to reach higher ground or is tripped by them, that depends on his personal fate."

Fireman Laka said with deep eyes...