6: Heavenly Punishment Legion

With his nerves taut and his spiritual power nearly depleted, Ye Jiwei wiped the sweat from his forehead and sized up the group of monsters that had suddenly appeared.

"Friend or foe?"

Ye Jiwei couldn't tell, so he had to stand in place, not daring to move.

Upon seeing the wolf-headed, human-bodied Blood Butcher charge toward the Multi-tailed Human-faced Scorpion, Ye Jiwei breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly helped his teammates treat their wounds.

"Brother Wei, are they monsters summoned by a Dark Attribute Combat Class?" a teammate asked.

Among all the Combat Class attributes, only the Dark Attribute could summon monsters.

"Doesn't look like it." Ye Jiwei shook his head.

Dark Attribute summoned monsters were skeleton soldiers, but looking at the monsters before them, both in terms of strength and appearance, they were far stronger than skeleton soldiers!

It was indeed the case. Watching Blood Butcher fight the Multi-tailed Human-faced Scorpion, Ye Jiwei couldn't help but curse.

"Holy shit, so fierce?"

Bang, bang, bang—

Under Lu Yuan's control, the SSS-grade Guie, the calamity of blood Blood Butcher, went head-to-head with the Multi-tailed Human-faced Scorpion!

With blood condensing into armor worn on Blood Butcher's body, Blood Butcher, having activated the Spirit Skill: Armor of Blood, strode forward, ignoring the attacks from the Multi-tailed Human-faced Scorpion's tail and pincers!

Seeing this scene, Ye Jiwei and his teammates' mouths twitched.

The Multi-tailed Human-faced Scorpion's tail not only contained deadly poison, but the tail swipe and its strike against a target could unleash a force of a thousand jin!

However, all of this was completely effortless in the eyes of Blood Butcher wearing the Armor of Blood!

"One-shot kill..." The team member, having squeezed out the poisonous blood and applied a bandage, stood up and witnessed Blood Butcher severing the tails of the Multi-tailed Human-faced Scorpions one by one, then dismembering the Multi-tailed Human-faced Scorpion with punch after punch!

Forget about the Multi-tailed Human-faced Scorpion squealing in agony; just watching it was painful. It perfectly embodied the four words: bloody violence!

"Brother Wei, this monster killed the Multi-tailed Human-faced Scorpion, it wouldn't kill us too, right?"

Hearing his teammate's words, Ye Jiwei gave a bitter smile.

"Then we should just obediently stretch out our necks and let it kill us," Ye Jiwei said.

The wolf-headed, human-bodied monster was at the eighth star of the Body Tempering Realm, and the twenty Blood Slaughter Soldiers clad in dark red armor were also at the eighth star of the Body Tempering Realm!

The disparity in strength between the two sides was too great; if they really fought, they would only be killed instantly!

"Ninth star of the Body Tempering Realm!" Lu Yuan felt the breakthrough in his cultivation realm. In less than eight days since awakening, he had soared from the first star to the ninth star of the Body Tempering Realm!

Others needed to absorb demon crystals to cultivate, which was time-consuming and laborious, but he could enhance his strength through Blood Butcher's Spirit Skill: Taste of Blood!

"A ninth star Body Tempering Realm demon crystal."

With the two Multi-tailed Human-faced Scorpions confirmed dead, the examinee who had teamed up with Ye Jiwei licked his lips while eyeing the two eighth and ninth star Body Tempering Realm demon crystals.

These two demon crystals combined were worth nearly twenty thousand yuan, and absorbing demon crystals could quickly help a Practitioner recover spiritual power.

Thinking of this, the examinee reached out toward the demon crystals, but a Blood Butcher Soldier saw this and raised its long blade, pointing it at him.

"Li Yuxing, don't be stupid!" Ye Jiwei hurriedly warned.

Seeing this, the examinee named Li Yuxing hurriedly raised his hands, terrified that the Blood Butcher Soldier might send him to the afterlife with a single strike.

Rustle, rustle, rustle—

Footsteps approached. Ye Jiwei stared at the young man wearing a white school uniform with the two characters "Yunhai" printed on his chest.

Blood Butcher knelt on one knee, offering the spoils of war—the two eighth and ninth star Body Tempering Realm demon crystals—with both hands.

"Many thanks to this friend for your help." Ye Jiwei confirmed that the young man was the one who had saved them.

Lu Yuan glanced at Ye Jiwei, then controlled Blood Butcher and the Blood Slaughter Soldiers to leave.

"Brother Wei, he's so strong, why don't you invite him to join our team?" Li Yuxing said.

If Lu Yuan were with them, maybe everyone could get into a first-tier university!

"It's not that easy. That he was able to help save us is already a sign of our great fortune. Examinees of this level have top-tier universities as their goal. If we were to team up, we would just be a burden to him." Ye Jiwei shook his head, practically saying the words "we aren't worthy."

What made him curious was what class Lu Yuan had awakened; he had never heard of it before.

The teammates fell silent, searching nearby for herbs to neutralize the Multi-tailed Human-faced Scorpion's poison.

...

"540 points."

In the abandoned building, Lu Yuan sat in the shade, taking out drinking water and compressed rations from his backpack to replenish his energy.

Having killed another eighth-star and ninth-star Body Tempering Realm ferocious beast, his score had reached 540 points!

This score had already reached the admission line for a first-tier university, and the Martial Examination had only been going on for a little over half a day.

"Heavens Punishment Legion."

The materials for crafting the Heavens Punishment Legion ghost puppet soldiers appeared in Lu Yuan's mind.

Back in Tianhua City, he had originally wanted to craft some of each of the Nine Great Marionette Corps he had obtained, since he would need them sooner or later anyway.

The higher his realm, the more ghost puppet soldiers he could control simultaneously, but unfortunately, apart from the Blood Slaughter Legion, he was more or less missing materials for the others.

With his arrival in Taian City, Lu Yuan had collected quite a few good things, among which were the key materials he had previously been missing to craft the Heavens Punishment Legion!

Looking at the materials laid out on the ground, Lu Yuan began to craft the Heavens Punishment Legion ghost puppet soldiers.

Zzzzt, zzzzt—

The sound of faint electric currents filled the entire abandoned building. A ghost puppet soldier clad in azure blue armor and holding a long spear was about to take shape.

Night fell, and Taian City returned to silence.

Hunting ferocious beasts at night was extremely risky. These ferocious beasts living in Taian City were incredibly familiar with the surrounding environment and had keen senses.

For the examinees, they would rather kill more ferocious beasts during the day to gain points than wander around at night.

"Brother Wei, our luck was pretty good today; everyone's score has reached 150 points!"

The horse-faced Li Yuxing, who had awakened a Wind Attribute Combat Class, said with a smile.

"Our luck being good is true. If that person hadn't intervened in time this afternoon, we would have already died at the hands of the Multi-tailed Human-faced Scorpion," Ye Jiwei said with relief, then stopped outside an abandoned building.

"Everyone, stick close to me. Let's check inside the building first to see if there are any ferocious beasts. If not, we'll rest here for the night."

Ye Jiwei cautiously walked up the stairs.

Ferocious beasts could appear anywhere at any time in Taian City; one slight carelessness could lead to being ambushed and losing one's life on the spot!

They had observed this abandoned building for a long time and had not found any traces of ferocious beasts during that time, but even so, Ye Jiwei remained cautious.

"Nothing found on the first floor."

"Same for the second floor."

They inspected the floors one by one and found nothing unusual. Ye Jiwei and his teammates looked up toward the third floor.

This abandoned building originally had seven floors, but now only three remained after being destroyed.

Dark clouds obscured the moon. In the pitch-black night where one could not even see their own fingers, Ye Jiwei held his breath and concentrated.

He was a Fire Attribute Practitioner, but he dared not condense flames to light the way, as that would attract the attention of ferocious beasts.

"If there's no danger on the third floor, we'll be safe," Ye Jiwei said, instructing his teammates to be ready for battle at any time.

Rustle, rustle, rustle—

The sound of footsteps was dense.

Arriving at the only room in the corridor with a closed door, Ye Jiwei mustered the courage to open it.

Seeing the situation in the room, Ye Jiwei and his teammates were all dumbfounded.

The wolf-headed, human-bodied Blood Butcher was staring at them coldly, along with dozens of Blood Slaughter Soldiers.

Not only that, but there was also a group of monsters in the room clad in azure blue armor and holding long spears!

The monsters emitted a zzzzt, zzzzt sound of electric currents. As Lu Yuan opened his eyes, they collectively raised the long spears in their hands, condensing Lightning Cut, ready to strike!

Ye Jiwei's legs went weak. He could see that Lu Yuan's realm had broken through from the eighth star to the ninth star of the Body Tempering Realm, and all the monsters in the room were without exception at the ninth star of the Body Tempering Realm!

And the monsters holding long spears were even more terrifying than those wearing dark red armor.

They were actually able to use Spirit Skills, even the exclusive Spirit Skill of Thunder Attribute Practitioners: Lightning Cut!