16: Why did you provoke him?

"120,000 points!"

Lu Yuan finished his slaughter for the day and casually found a residential complex to use as a shelter.

After eating and drinking his fill, Lu Yuan took out a Qi Refining Eighth Star demon crystal and began to cultivate, striving to break through to the Qi Refining Fourth Star tonight.

All the candidates in Taian City did not know what level their scores were at.

The university admission cutoff scores were different every year and were always announced on the first day of the Martial Examination.

This made the candidates feel anxious.

If they missed out on a top-tier university by just two or three points, they would regret it for the rest of their lives!

This was exactly the scene The Authorities wanted to see, of course, except for that small handful of top candidates!

"600 points, does that exceed the top-tier university admission cutoff?" some candidates wondered anxiously.

With three days left in the Martial Examination, many candidates began to calculate their scores.

Ferocious beasts surged through Taian City: Qi Refining Second Star giant insects, Qi Refining Realm Three Star blood mantises, Qi Refining Stage Seven Stars iron-winged beasts...

Having witnessed too many of their own kind die before their eyes, this group of ferocious beasts instinctively gathered together, the fierce light in their pupils becoming increasingly malicious!

Every animal fears death; the instinctual threat of death drove them to unite as one, working together to resist the foreign race.

A true beast tide was about to erupt!

At nine in the morning, the weather was clear and sunny.

Today was a good day for going out to enjoy the scenery, but the candidates participating in the Martial Examination in Taian City did not think so.

With three days left in the countdown to the Martial Examination, time was running out for them!

Rumble—

Billowing white smoke rose, the earth trembled violently, and building after building collapsed with a roar!

"Where are the ferocious beasts? Aren't there usually many ferocious beasts here? Why are they nowhere to be seen today?"

Candidates appeared sparsely in the city center. After a night of rest, they were full of energy, ready to begin their plan to hunt ferocious beasts today.

What puzzled the candidates was that, for a large radius, they couldn't find a single trace of a ferocious beast!

Rumble—

Feeling the violent shaking of the ground and the sound of massive objects hitting the ground, one candidate slowly turned around.

Ferocious beasts!

A full three or four hundred ferocious beasts were trampling toward him!

The strength of this group of ferocious beasts was at least Qi Refining Fifth Star, with some even at the Qi Refining Realm Peak, and their target was clear.

Attack all living things in the city indiscriminately!

Before the candidate could activate his protective barrier, the horn of a Steel Rock Rhino charging in the front pierced his heart, and he was trampled into meat paste under the feet of countless ferocious beasts!

Under the indiscriminate trampling of the beast tide, the situation began to reverse.

The candidates ran for their lives, and the beast tide exerted all its strength to pursue them!

Some candidates, exhausted, activated their defensive barriers in an attempt to survive, but the defensive barrier could withstand one trampling, two, three...

On the twentieth trampling, the defensive barrier shattered completely, followed by a short scream!

The ferocious beasts would rather charge until their heads were broken and bleeding than let the candidate who activated the barrier survive; they were determined to trample them to death!

"The beast tide has really come!"

Netizens watching the live stream were horrified, feeling heartbroken as they watched one candidate after another die in the beast tide.

"The candidates killed too many ferocious beasts, forcing the Taian City ferocious beasts into a corner. They spontaneously gathered together to form a beast tide and counterattack!"

"What should we do!"

The netizens were extremely anxious; these candidates had just reached adulthood and were dying at the hands of ferocious beasts. Normally, their lives had only just begun.

Bang—

The sword energy was sharp!

Jiang Tianxia carried her giant sword and sliced off the head of a Qi Refining Fourth Star One-Horned Fire Bull!

Gold Attribute Profound-rank Spirit Skill: Battle Intent Surging!

Jiang Tianxia, who had arrived upon hearing the news, raised her giant sword high, then slammed it violently into the ground, creating a large crater.

The mindless beast tide fell into the pit, and the ferocious beasts would rather trample over their companions' bodies than stop charging at Jiang Tianxia!

"Jiang Tianxia, ranked second in the nation, is here!"

"Ge Yanping, ranked third, and Wan Zichen, ranked fourth, they are all here!"

The netizens looked excited as they watched the top 100 national candidates take the initiative to resist the beast tide!

The situation was gradually brought under control. For the vast majority of candidates in the city center, the beast tide was a disaster, a nightmare that even activating a barrier couldn't withstand.

But for those in the top 100 nationally, with realms at Qi Refining Second Star or even Qi Refining Realm Three Star, the beast tide was an opportunity!

"I can get quite a few points today." Jiang Tianxia was in a good mood. Among this group of candidates, she was the strongest, and her speed at killing ferocious beasts was the fastest!

However, what made Jiang Tianxia curious was, where did Chu Wushe go?

So far, she hadn't encountered Chu Wushe in the city center!

After killing another Qi Refining Fifth Star ferocious beast, before Jiang Tianxia could rest for a moment, she saw a familiar monster!

Swish, swish, swish—

Twenty spears accurately pierced toward the beast tide, easily stabbing into the chests of the Steel Rock Rhinos, whose skin was as hard as steel plates!

The spears pierced through their bodies, and dozens of Steel Rock Rhinos died instantly!

Flames filled the sky, and a hundred members of the Burning World Legion threw football-sized fireballs at the beast tide, a smell of burning spreading outward.

The Heavy Silence Legion charged at the front, while the Blood Slaughter Legion and the Golden Spear Legion flanked left and right, charging into the beast tide and hacking away endlessly!

"He is here." Jiang Tianxia looked toward the youth who was controlling the Guie Army.

The youth wore a cyan school uniform, his fingers dancing nimbly, controlling different types of Guie to attack and defend with ease!

"Whose summoned creatures are these?" The candidates besieging the beast tide were stunned.

They couldn't compete; they simply couldn't compete with this group of monsters!

"Why are you stealing my ferocious beasts?!" A candidate condensing a Lightning Blade, at the Qi Refining Second Star, pointed at Lu Yuan and said angrily.

His name was Yin Zehao, ranked eighty-eighth in the nation, having awakened a Thunder Attribute Combat Class!

"Stealing your ferocious beasts?" Lu Yuan looked at Yin Zehao, who had made such a moronic statement.

There was no such thing as "stealing ferocious beasts" in the Martial Examination. Furthermore, this was an extremely dangerous beast tide; a moment of carelessness would result in being trampled to death!

"Are all Thunder Attribute Combat Classes like this, always liking to say others are stealing your ferocious beasts?" Lu Yuan's fingertips danced.

"Besides, so what if I steal your ferocious beasts?!"

As he spoke, Blood Butcher arrived beside Yin Zehao. It did not attack Yin Zehao, but it simply would not let Yin Zehao kill a single ferocious beast!

Whenever Yin Zehao managed to severely injure a ferocious beast with great difficulty, Blood Butcher was always one step faster and killed it!

The other candidates were fighting normally; Lu Yuan did not interfere with them, and would even intervene to block a fatal blow when they were in a life-or-death situation!

"Thank you."

The rescued candidates looked grateful; without Lu Yuan, they would have had only two paths.

Death or giving up on the Martial Examination!

Looking at Yin Zehao, the candidates shook their heads, their faces seemingly writing eight words.

Why did you have to go and provoke him!

Yin Zehao's face twitched, regretting having said that to Lu Yuan. With so many of the top 100 national candidates present, he was the only one who hadn't killed a single ferocious beast!

"You've got guts, let's wait and see!" Yin Zehao left after dropping a harsh threat.

This line sounded very familiar to Lu Yuan.

"With so many ferocious beasts, Lu Yuan killed more than half of them!" Jiang Tianxia felt a sense of crisis.

Yesterday, she had discovered that Lu Yuan was at the Qi Refining Realm Three Star and thought nothing of it, while she was about to break through to the Qi Refining Fourth Star.

As a result, when they met again today, she discovered that Lu Yuan, like her, had broken through!

The Puppet Master class was special; being able to control a Puppet Corps to fight, his speed at killing ferocious beasts was far faster than hers!

"Holy crap, holy crap, who exactly is the beast tide? The total number of the beast tide doesn't add up to as many monsters as Lu Yuan is controlling!"

"I feel like even without Jiang Tianxia and those top 100 national candidates, Lu Yuan alone could solve the beast tide."

"Laughing to death, I guess Yin Zehao said something that angered Lu Yuan. Lu Yuan specifically had a monster follow him; Yin Zehao hasn't killed a single ferocious beast, and his name can no longer be seen in the national top 100!"

Ten million, twelve million, fifteen million...

The number of people in Lu Yuan's live stream reached eighteen million, second only to the number one in the nation, Chu Wushe, and even higher than Jiang Tianxia's!

Having successfully resolved the crisis, the candidates who had experienced the high-intensity battle sat on the spot to rest.

Lu Yuan, spotless and with clean clothes, arrived at the place filled with ferocious beast corpses. First, he used Blood Butcher to cast "Taste of Blood" to increase his strength, and then he controlled the Star Swallowing Legion to devour the ferocious beast corpses.

The Star Swallowing Legion, having devoured many times, had grown to a height of tens of meters, standing on the spot like a small mountain!

Jiang Tianxia wiped her dark giant sword, hesitated for a moment, and still walked toward Lu Yuan.

"Exchange score information?" Jiang Tianxia took the initiative to speak.

She wanted to know how many points Lu Yuan had now. Candidates in the middle of the Martial Examination didn't know their ranking and could only evaluate it based on previous years' score rankings.

Asking for scores was an impolite behavior, especially for top candidates like them.

"Sure." Lu Yuan nodded.

Jiang Tianxia had awakened a Gold Attribute Combat Class, and her SSS-Rank Talent had repeatedly made it to the hot searches. With her strength, she was definitely in the national top ten.

To show her sincerity, Jiang Tianxia took the initiative to raise her wrist, letting Lu Yuan see her score.

It had surprisingly reached 280,000 points!

Lu Yuan did not speak, but similarly signaled for Jiang Tianxia to see for herself.

"220,000 points!" Jiang Tianxia breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that it shouldn't be; this score of Lu Yuan's was a bit low.

You have to know that he just killed so many ferocious beasts; what was Lu Yuan doing in the first few days of the Martial Examination?

"There is still a chance." Jiang Tianxia said, referring to not being overtaken by Lu Yuan in the next two days.

Seeing the Star Swallowing Legion, whose size was becoming increasingly massive and whose oppressive feeling was rushing toward her, Jiang Tianxia fell into doubt.

Did she really have a chance of not having her score overtaken by Lu Yuan?