14: A beast tide? An army of puppets!

Under the cover of night, beast roars frequently echoed throughout Taian City. Giant wings flashed in the sky from time to time, as flocks of fierce beasts searched for prey.

Occasionally, terrified screams would ring out; those were the screams of examinees who had been discovered and ambushed by fierce beasts!

In such situations, the examinees generally had no chance of survival. Before they could press their protective barriers, they were ruthlessly bitten in fatal areas by the fierce beasts and quickly suffocated to death!

Temporary shelters were not absolutely safe. In Taian City, especially in the city center, fierce beasts were everywhere.

Today marked the end of the third day of the Martial Examination; nearly half of the Martial Examination had already passed.

The examinees in the shelter were tense, constantly paying attention to movements outside, lifting their wrists to check their scores.

"320 points. Counting everything, there are 4 days left. I'll be satisfied if I can score 500 points."

"Heh heh, I have 450 points. There's hope for me to get into a first-tier university!"

"Sigh, I don't have such high aspirations as you guys. Getting into a decent second-tier university is enough."

Some people were full of anticipation for the next four days, while others were worried.

The Martial Examination was one of the few opportunities they had to change their lives. The difference in salary alone between graduating from a first-tier university and a second-tier university was more than three or four times, not to mention the various benefits and social status.

"30,000 points!"

Lu Yuan looked at the score displayed on his bracelet, unsure of just how high this score was.

But one thing was certain: he could apply to all the top institutions in Huaxia!

As for whether he could receive key cultivation, that was a question. Older Sister had once mentioned that top institutions had strict divisions regarding student cultivation.

Imperial Capital University, in particular, conducted strict tests on students every three months to reasonably allocate teaching resources.

Teaching resources included many things, not just money, but for example, demon crystals, Spirit Skill, and even Spirit Weapons!

Lu Yuan asked Lu Yeli what level of examinee she was. Lu Yeli smiled without answering, only calling the Imperial Capital University principal by his full name, calling him an 'old geezer' with every breath.

"Golden Spear Legion, Star Swallowing Legion, Perpetual Drowning Legion, Burning World Legion, Heavy Silence Legion." Lu Yuan scanned the dazzling array of materials on the ground.

His spiritual power had expanded 50 times, and he urgently needed a large number of ghost puppet soldiers.

Tonight was the day these five great legions would appear in the world!

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The Martial Examination livestream started at 8:00 AM and closed promptly at 10:00 PM.

The audience who finished watching the livestream were left wanting more. After all, this was 360-degree, no-dead-angle footage of killing fierce beasts, much better than a movie.

Movies are acted out, but the examinees killing fierce beasts in Taian City were real!

The Martial Examination was a grand event every year. From checking scores on the second day to the full livestream on the third day, the popularity rose wave after wave!

In reality and on the internet, everyone was discussing this year's Martial Examination.

Trending Search #1: [Chu Wushe lives up to expectations, score exceeds 150,000, yet he still hasn't shown his fourth awakened combat attribute!]

Trending Search #2: [Jiang Tianxia closely follows Chu Wushe's pace, hunting multiple Qi Refining Stage Seven Stars fierce beasts, score reaches 130,000!]

Trending Search #3: [Four days left in the Martial Examination, who will be the dark horse that stands out this year?]

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Trending Search #10: [Tianhua City first place Lu Yuan livestream recording download, super burning and bloody, minors prohibited!]

Besides netizens' daily discussions about Chu Wushe and Jiang Tianxia, as well as the current top ten examinees in the country, Lu Yuan's figure appeared at the tenth trending search.

Clicking on the trending search revealed the livestream recording of Lu Yuan hunting fierce beasts!

In the footage, Lu Yuan simultaneously controlled the four great calamities, over a hundred Blood Slaughter Soldiers, and twenty heavenly punishment soldiers, killing every fierce beast he encountered instantly!

Some of these fierce beasts were Qi Refining Second Star, others were Qi Refining Fifth Star, but without exception, they were all dismembered!

Normally, after killing a fierce beast, one would use a dagger to extract the demon crystal from its body.

But Lu Yuan's method was to control the ghost puppet soldiers to hack wildly at the fierce beasts until the demon crystal was found!

Although it was at the tenth trending search, the number of comments in the section exceeded that of the third trending search, reaching one hundred thousand!

[If the wife is like this, the husband will lose his job: It was so satisfying to watch. I stayed in Lu Yuan's livestream room all day. He is simply a God of War!]

[Why is my lunchbox on her foot: 30,000 points! Lu Yuan went from 7,500 points to 30,000 points in one afternoon by killing fierce beasts. This person is too terrifying. Qi Refining Realm Three Star, in the entire Martial Examination, only he, Chu Wushe, and Jiang Tianxia have broken through to Qi Refining Realm Three Star!]

[I am the master of my endgame, who commands me to be buried: My son is about to be born, I want to ask all the big shots to help name him, surname Cai, please big shots!]

Netizens who watched Lu Yuan's entire livestream were hooked. Although the footage was indeed bloody, Lu Yuan was hunting fierce beasts!

For netizens, fierce beasts had destroyed the homeland they relied on for survival, and they wished Lu Yuan would kill more!

As the trending search gained attention, the number of viewers in Lu Yuan's offline livestream room reached as many as three million, all discussing with great interest how many points Lu Yuan would reach tomorrow.

As the morning sun rose, the abandoned shopping mall was filled with ghost puppet soldiers, reaching a mighty total of seven hundred!

The master of the ghost puppet soldiers stood at the highest point, overlooking his Puppet Corps!

Lu Yuan, whose eyes were bloodshot from not sleeping all night, was in high spirits. Although his realm hadn't improved, he had gained five hundred more ghost puppet soldiers!

The Golden Spear Legion, shimmering with golden light and wearing golden armor, stood straight, exuding a murderous aura. The Burning World Legion, entirely fiery red with armor covered in crimson flames, stood on the left. They were bare-handed, and their birth immediately made the abandoned shopping mall unbearably hot!

There were also the Perpetual Drowning Legion and the Heavy Silence Legion. When he saw the Star Swallowing Legion, Lu Yuan frowned.

The first four types of ghost puppet soldiers were all big and tall, so why did you guys slack off?

Over a hundred members of the Star Swallowing Legion were dim-witted, with green armor, less than one meter tall, and looked cute and harmless.

Lu Yuan: "???"

Collecting materials was just enough to create the five great Puppet Corps. If he had known the Star Swallowing Legion was like this, he would have collected more materials to make heavenly punishment soldiers to replace the Star Swallowing Legion.

"Fine, just cheer and act as mascots during battle." Lu Yuan said.

At this moment, the fierce beasts in his area were all at least Qi Refining Fifth Star or above. Examinees were divided into two types.

One type was teams; team members generally had strength at the peak of the Body Tempering Realm and adopted encirclement tactics to hunt fierce beasts. The other type was Qi Refining First Star or even Second Star examinees fighting alone.

Both methods had pros and cons. Today was the fourth day of the Martial Examination, and the crisis for examinees had doubled!

Puchi—

A Qi Refining Fifth Star fierce beast was surrounded and killed!

"Brothers, keep it up! Let's try to gain 800 points each today, don't lose face!" Jiang Haoming cheered his teammates on.

Their team had eight people, and after three days of grinding, their combat became increasingly proficient. Everyone was a Qi Refining First Star Combat Class Practitioner.

Eight people, hunting eight Qi Refining Realm Six-Star fierce beasts a day was just enough to reach their goal.

"Let's go, let's all get into good universities and make something of ourselves!" The teammates echoed.

Boom boom boom—

The ground was shaking. Jiang Haoming's team and nearby examinees were stunned.

"Earthquake?"

What came into view was a mighty army of monsters, about seven or eight hundred strong. They looked ferocious and killed fierce beasts as quickly as an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves!

Every monster was at Qi Refining Realm Three Star, and the aura of the four monsters in the lead was so suffocating that they couldn't breathe!

Jiang Haoming's legs trembled, and he shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Run, the Beast Tide is here!"

Hearing this, the hearts of nearby examinees stopped. They swallowed hard and ran for their lives!

The Beast Tide was a means for fierce beasts to spontaneously organize and counterattack humanity. Taian City had been captured by the Beast Tide and reduced to a ruined city!

"Damn it, didn't the teacher say there would be a warning before the Beast Tide arrives? There's nothing here!"

"Stop yapping, run! Whoever is in the back is screwed!"

"Buddy, what are you still standing there for? Do you want to be trampled into meat paste by the fierce beasts?"

Jiang Haoming shouted at Lu Yuan, who was behind the Beast Tide, not knowing that he thought Lu Yuan was disguised as a fierce beast and had mixed into the Beast Tide.

"Why run?"

Lu Yuan asked back.

"The Beast Tide! Open your eyes and look, how many fierce beasts are in front of you!" Jiang Haoming said.

Lu Yuan: "..."

"Don't worry, they won't hurt you." Lu Yuan shook his head.

The Beast Tide in Jiang Haoming's mouth was his seven great Puppet Corps, just too numerous and mistaken for a Beast Tide.

"Fierce beasts don't kill humans? Buddy, have you ever seen a dog that doesn't eat poop?" Jiang Haoming was angered to laughter, but upon closer observation, he found that as Lu Yuan said, this group of seven or eight hundred monsters was strictly disciplined, killing only fierce beasts while ignoring the examinees!

What was going on?

Jiang Haoming scratched his head.

While Lu Yuan was controlling the Puppet Corps to slaughter the fierce beasts, hearing the deafening sound of the Beast Tide, a girl who was 165cm tall and wearing a white school uniform walked over.

She had a cold expression and held a two-meter-long, pitch-black giant sword in her hand.

Others ran for their lives when they heard about the Beast Tide, but she was excited when she heard it!

Qi Refining Realm Three Star!

Lu Yuan looked at the girl. It was the first time in four days of the Martial Examination that he had encountered a Practitioner of the same realm as himself!