Chapter 97 - 82: Spider-faced Man’s Lair, Over 10,000 Experience Points

Chapter 97: Chapter 82: Spider-faced Man’s Lair, Over 10,000 Experience Points

Day three inside the three-school joint examination’s battlefield. Seven hours had passed in reality.

As the three days of examination time ticked away, the number of candidates still remaining within the exam grounds had sharply dropped to a mere two hundred or so. Of these, only a tiny fraction were still actively hunting down Nine Nether Evil Objects. The vast majority had chosen to hide, aiming to prolong their survival time as much as possible to secure a decent score.

Through the trials of this period, the power of most students had been practically fully displayed. Among them, the most eye-catching students numbered only seven. They were Lu Chen, Mu Xiaoye, and Bian Shouyi from Luocheng First High School; Chu Gucai and Jin Shanli from Luocheng Second High School; and Liu Zhaodao and Shen Feiyang from Luocheng Third High School.

Among these individuals, Lu Chen wasn’t the only one to achieve the remarkable feat of slaying a Foundation Establishment Stage Evil Object. Two others had accomplished this as well, and without exception, both were individuals who had awakened Talent Divine Techniques. They were Mu Xiaoye, who had awakened the Crimson Phoenix Tribulation, and Shen Feiyang, who had awakened the Soul Detention Order.

The teachers were not overly surprised that Mu Xiaoye could defeat a Foundation Establishment Stage Evil Object. After all, her Crimson Phoenix Tribulation was not only incredibly powerful, but it also served as a strong counter to Evil Demons and Heretic Daos. Even a Foundation Establishment Stage Nine Nether Evil Object would find it hard to deal with her terrifying Phoenix Tribulation Fire. Not to mention, the Crimson Phoenix Tribulation could even feed back into the Divine Ability User by burning the enemy’s life force. It was truly a top-tier Talent Divine Technique born specifically for combat.

However, Shen Feiyang from the Third High School was a different story. His rise, much like Lu Chen’s, had wildly exceeded everyone’s expectations. Before the joint exam, Shen Feiyang was just an ordinary Human Dao Class student at the Third High School. Not only was his talent completely mediocre, but his personality was also extremely withdrawn; he was practically invisible at school. No one could have anticipated that he had unknowingly awakened his own Talent Divine Technique—the Soul Detention Order. It allowed him to forcibly imprison Ghost Souls within his body and command them.

Most importantly, no one knew where this kid had managed to find a Foundation Establishment Stage Fierce Ghost. This granted him—someone merely at the Qi Cultivation Seventh Level—immense power comparable to an ordinary Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator. As a result, he effortlessly vanquished a Foundation Establishment Stage Evil Object on the exam battlefield, completely overshadowing Liu Zhaodao, the other Third High School student who had awakened a Talent Divine Technique.

In the conference room outside the exam grounds, many of the Daoist School investigators who had previously been seated had stood up and stepped outside to make phone calls. Their reason was simple: they needed to contact their respective Daoist Schools to ask what kind of offers they could make to recruit these geniuses. In particular, Lu Chen, Mu Xiaoye, and Shen Feiyang—all of whom now had records of slaying Foundation Establishment Stage Evil Objects—were their prime targets for recruitment.

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East City District, Jade Mountain City ruins.

"How annoying. No matter how many I kill, there’s always more...

"And seriously, what’s wrong with the school? Why couldn’t they give every student a map that directly shows everyone’s location!

"Making me look for someone in such a huge place, isn’t this like looking for a needle in a haystack?"

While Mu Xiaoye complained about the joint exam’s completely inhumane design, she spotted a Giant Armored Worm ferociously lunging at her out of the corner of her eye. Staring at the creature’s disgusting appearance, a flash of repulsion crossed her eyes.

"Get lost!" Mu Xiaoye shouted. The complex, crimson patterns on her right arm abruptly lit up, blazing like fire. The next second, she threw a fierce punch at the incoming Giant Armored Worm, smashing squarely into its head.

BAM!

The punch carried immense, crushing momentum. Not only did it cave the Giant Armored Worm’s head in, but a visible shockwave of flames also erupted from the point of impact, blasting the creature away on the spot. The terrifying force sent the ten-meter-long Giant Armored Worm tumbling across the ground multiple times. It finally came to a halt only after crashing into and toppling a storefront. Because its head had been caved in so deeply, the originally ten-meter-long Giant Armored Worm was now crumpled like an accordion, more than half of its body twisted and folded into itself. It had been reduced to a mere five-meter-long bug. Killing a Giant Armored Worm comparable to a Qi Cultivation Eighth Level Body Cultivator with a single punch clearly demonstrated Mu Xiaoye’s formidable power.

On the street, Mu Xiaoye retracted her fist and stood up straight, dusting off her hands. She placed her hair tie in her mouth, gathered up the hair that had come loose during the fight, quickly tied it back into place, and took a deep breath. In the next second, the crimson flames lingering on the Evil Object’s corpse all flowed back into her body. Immediately after, the unique crimson patterns covering her entire body slowly dimmed until they completely disappeared.

She then scanned her surroundings. Noting the charred corpses of over a dozen Giant Armored Worms and confirming that no more Evil Objects were popping out, she curled her lips in disdain. "So I accidentally killed your boss, big deal. Was it really necessary to relentlessly hound me?"

Perhaps for ease of combat and to prevent her clothes from being burned by the Phoenix Tribulation Fire, Mu Xiaoye was currently wearing a black tank top and shorts resembling a track athlete’s uniform. It exposed her well-proportioned, firm, long legs, and sharply defined abdominal muscles. Coupled with the ground littered with the corpses of Giant Armored Worms around her, the visual impact was incredibly striking.