"Body tempering ninth level, Young Master Chu’s strength is even greater than we imagined."
Lin Mozhu looked toward Chu Fengmian and spoke.
Now, Lin Mozhu had completely accepted Chu Fengmian, who had defeated him with the strength of the fifth level of body tempering, just by relying on his swordsmanship.
Now, Chu Fengmian’s strength had even far surpassed Lin Mozhu, who clearly understood that he was nowhere near Chu Fengmian’s level.
"It was just a few opportunities before."
Chu Fengmian smiled and said.
He didn’t bother to explain his strength further.
Like these geniuses, each one of them also had their own hidden trump cards, and Chu Fengmian believed that Lin Mozhu’s strength was far from as simple as it appeared.
The two casually conversed a few more times.
Ao Wuming also entered the palace.
Given Ao Wuming’s strength, his entering the palace was not something to be too surprised about.
Aside from the three of them, another four or five Martial Artists also came to the palace.
Their strength was all around the fifth level of body tempering, and they stood far aside, not daring to come near Chu Fengmian, Lin Mozhu, and Qu Wuyin.
The fifth level of body tempering was already indicative of some hope for advancing to the inner gate, so they were also arranged to come to the palace.
Their strength, however, was much weaker compared to the four great talents, so they didn’t dare to approach.
The first assessment took half a day and finally ended.
When Chu Fengmian and his group left the palace and went outside, about four hundred people were already standing outside the palace.
Chu Fengmian counted a bit, including themselves, there were four hundred and sixty people in total.
This meant that out of the thousand people who came to the Wusheng Academy, more than half had failed the assessment and been sent back.
"Four hundred and sixty people, this result is quite average."
Chu Fengmian thought to himself.
He was aware that, generally speaking, the number of people passing the assessment was around five hundred, so four hundred and sixty was within the normal range.
These next four hundred and sixty people would also proceed to the second assessment.
"All of you, board the Ark and prepare for the second assessment."
The elder glanced at everyone and spoke.
Five arks descended from the sky, and everyone boarded the ark, flying toward the south.
They continued until they reached an island at the edge of the coast, where the Ark gradually came to a stop.
A white-haired elder glanced at everyone and spoke.
"This island is the location for your second assessment, which is to hunt demon beasts."
"On this island, there are countless demon beasts. Over seven days, the score will be calculated based on the grade of demon beasts you hunt. Those who score in the top one hundred may pass this assessment, while the others will be considered as menial Disciples."
"The only rule for the assessment is that the demon beasts you hunt must be above the ninth level of bone strengthening; demon beasts below the ninth level of bone strengthening will not count toward the score."
"After seven days, everyone must bring their Demon Cores back here."
After finishing his explanation, the white-haired elder returned to the ark, without saying anything more.
He left behind countless Martial Artists discussing fervently.
"We can only hunt demon beasts above the ninth level of bone strengthening."
"With my strength, hunting an eighth level bone strengthening demon beast is already quite strenuous, how can I possibly manage to hunt one from the ninth level?"
A Martial Artist at the eighth level of bone strengthening spoke somewhat helplessly.
With his strength, hunting a ninth level bone strengthening demon beast was indeed a highly dangerous task.
"Hmph, those who are unwilling to participate can return to the ark now and then become a menial disciple," he said. "There are no useless members among the disciples of our Martial Victory Academy."
The white-haired elder snorted coldly upon hearing the martial artist’s words.
"Starting now, everyone must return here at noon after seven days. If you don’t come, I will assume you have died at the claws of demon beasts."
Once the white-haired elder finished speaking, countless martial artists leapt abruptly from the ark and charged onto the island.
This island was also immensely large, filled with countless dense jungles.
As numerous martial artists entered, they each disappeared, followed by the sounds of beast roars and combat.
"I’m also going now. Let’s see who can kill more demon beasts in seven days."
Lin Mozhu laughed heartily, his body leaping from the ark and plunging into the wilderness of the island.
Time was limited to only seven days, during which everyone must hurry to hunt demon beasts.
"Lin Mozhu, be careful you don’t die at the mouth of a demon beast."
Ao Wuming also sneered as he jumped down.
The two of them were sworn enemies, and now in this assessment, they would compete fiercely.
"Brother Chu, be careful. On this island, it’s very likely that the Cheng family and Chu family will seize this opportunity to target you."
Softly, Qu Wuyin whispered to Chu Fengmian.
"With the power of their two families, sending people to this island is not difficult."
The second assessment’s island was supposed to be accessible only to participating disciples.
However, with the Cheng family and Chu family being major families within Martial Victory Academy, they feasibly could overshadow others. With their power, aiming to target Chu Fengmian during this second assessment was the perfect timing.
Because, in this assessment, it was not uncommon for numerous disciples to die at the claws of demon beasts each year; however, whether they died by human hands or beasts’ was uncertain.
If the two families wanted to deal with Chu Fengmian now, acting on this deserted island was the perfect choice.
Because even if Chu Fengmian died, the blame would only fall on the demon beasts.
Chu Fengmian took Qu Wuyin’s warning to heart.
For he had already sensed some anomalies on the island.
On this island, there were two divine sea realm martial artists.
Among the martial artists in this assessment, it was impossible to have such powerful figures.
No need to think further, Chu Fengmian understood that there was something fishy.
"Even if the Chu family and Cheng family want to target Chu here, Chu is not so easy to deal with."
Chu Fengmian laughed heartily and, with a swift move, he plunged swiftly from the ark as well.
He charged toward the jungles.
Watching Chu Fengmian enter the jungle, the white-haired elder quietly pulled out a transmitting Jade Talisman from his chest and spoke in a lowered voice.
"Chu Fengmian has already entered the deserted island."
"Good, you’ve done well. You should know what to do next."
A cold and sinister voice came from the Jade Talisman.
This voice, filled with boundless fury, would have been recognized by Chu Fengmian as Chu Beige’s if he had heard it.
"Young Master Chu, I understand. This young lad will be said to have died at the mouth of a demon beast."
"After all, a significant number of disciples die at the claws of demon beasts every year," the white-haired elder said with a laugh.