105: Chapter 105 The Odd Jobs Competition: The Assessment Begins…

"Boom—!"

The heavy stone door of the secret room was kicked open from the inside, sending gravel flying.

Qin Feng, dressed in black martial attire, stood straight as a sword as he stepped into the morning sunlight.

After his Breakthrough to the Second Level of Qi Refining, a violent, hidden, yet heart-palpitating aura of Qi and blood flowed throughout his body.

Within his deep black eyes, a flash of purple-gold lightning faintly flickered.

"Husband, you have completed your seclusion?!"

Yang Liu, who had been guarding outside the door without taking a single step away, saw that Qin Feng was unscathed and his aura was even more unfathomable. Her beautiful eyes instantly exploded with wild joy and extreme infatuation as she quickly stepped forward to meet him.

"Help me dress."

Qin Feng spread his arms, his tone indifferent yet filled with an unquestionable dominance.

"Yes."

Yang Liu answered as gently as water. Her jade hands moved nimbly, quickly straightening his robes, and then she meticulously fastened two special leather holsters filled with refined steel throwing knives around Qin Feng's waist.

After finishing all this, she stepped back half a pace, gazing infatuatedly at the man before her who was as perfect as a god or demon.

She spoke softly: "Husband, the bell has stopped ringing. The Menial Laborers and managers from each district are gathering at the Central Square. If you go now, the timing will be just right."

"Mn, guard the house well."

Qin Feng responded casually, without any superfluous words.

"Swish—!"

With a tap of his toes, his figure instantly transformed into a blurred black afterimage. Driven by the true Qi of the Second Level of Qi Refining, his Ghost Wind-Stepping was fast to the point of being incredible. In a few leaps, he disappeared from the courtyard of the Management Hall.

Only Yang Liu was left standing in place, gazing in the direction of his departure, her beautiful eyes filled with fanaticism and anticipation: "My man is destined to make the entire Outer Sect tremble..."

...

Hehuan Sect Menial Laborer District, Central Square.

This was a massive basin capable of accommodating hundreds of thousands of people, surrounded by mountains, with the ground paved by hard obsidian.

At this moment, the vast square was already a sea of people, a solid mass of black.

Over a hundred thousand Menial Laborers, guards, captains, and even managers from more than a dozen Menial Laborer districts were all gathered here.

The air was filled with tension, excitement, and an intense, undisguisable murderous aura.

"Have you heard? It's said that the difficulty of this Grand Competition is higher than in previous years."

"No matter how high it is, we have to fight! As long as we can escape this sea of suffering as Menial Laborers and enter the Outer Sect, even if I die on the arena, I will accept it!"

"Just you? Didn't you see that even the perverted managers from the first three districts have personally entered the fray? This Grand Competition is simply a fight between gods!"

"Indeed. Although the managers are all registered Outer Sect Disciples, what difference is there between them and the Menial Laborers here? Everyone wants to leave this place... even those high and mighty ones are no exception. We don't have much of a chance..."

In the crowd, various discussions rose and fell like a tsunami.

Qin Feng landed silently on the edge of the square, arms crossed over his chest, coldly observing the scene that was as noisy as a mortal vegetable market.

Just at this moment—

"Silence!!!"

A violent shout, like a thunderclap from the Nine Heavens, exploded without warning in everyone's ears!

"Hum—"

Following that, a terrifying pressure capable of suffocating people descended from the sky like a solid substance, instantly enveloping the entire Central Square.

The hundreds of thousands of people who had been noisy fell silent in unison under the pressure. Some with low cultivation were even pressed down until their legs went weak, kneeling on the ground.

In mid-air, an aged figure surrounded by dazzling cyan sword light appeared out of thin air.

The newcomer wore a white robe embroidered with gold thread. He had white hair and a youthful complexion. As his eyes opened and closed, a terrifying, sharp light faintly flickered.

He stepped on the Void Realm without the aid of any Magical Artifact, looking down from above at the hundreds of thousands of Menial Laborers below, who were like ants.

"At the very least, he is a Foundation Establishment Stage expert, an Elder of the Outer Sect!"

I don't know who let out a high-pitched exclamation, but the hundred thousand people in the venue instantly became as silent as cicadas in winter, their eyes filled with awe and fanaticism.

"I am the Outer Sect Executive Elder, Elder Sun Changhe, and also the chief examiner for this Servant Grand Competition."

Elder Sun stroked his long beard under his chin. Although his voice was not loud, it was carried by true Qi and clearly spread to every corner.

"I will not say much more. The Sect does not keep trash, nor does it keep idlers. If you want to turn your life around from a Menial Laborer and leap over the Dragon Gate, then use all the strength you have and prove your value to the Sect!"

Elder Sun looked down from above, his eyes extremely cold, and announced loudly: "For this Servant Grand Competition, the Outer Sect has only provided one thousand spots. In other words, out of you hundred thousand people, only one thousand can obtain the Opportunity to change their destiny!"

"Whoosh—!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole crowd was in an uproar.

Over a hundred thousand people competing for one thousand spots—the elimination rate could simply be called tragic and inhumane!

Ignoring the commotion below, Elder Sun continued:

"Now, we proceed to the first round of the assessment: pressure elimination!"

"I will personally release my pressure. The one thousand people who can persist until the end and remain standing under this pressure will successfully pass the first round of the assessment and obtain the qualification to enter the Outer Sect!"

"And among those one thousand people, if you feel your strength is sufficient, you can participate in the subsequent arena ranking battle!"

Speaking to this point, a seductive light flashed in Elder Sun's eyes, and he said loudly: "If you can obtain a ranking within the top one hundred, you can additionally obtain one chance to go to the Outer Sect's Transmission Hall and choose any top-grade Martial Skill or Cultivation Technique!"

"If you can rank in the top ten, you will be directly assigned to an independent courtyard equipped with a 'Spirit Gathering Array', so you won't have to scramble like dogs for Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi anymore!"

"And for the one who ultimately takes first place..."

Elder Sun deliberately dragged out his tone, his gaze sweeping over the pairs of eyes below that had turned crimson with greed, and he said in a deep voice: "Not only will you receive all the above rewards, but you will additionally obtain one—the immense Opportunity to be accepted under an Elder's tutelage and become a Personal Disciple!!!"

Boom!!!

To be apprenticed to an Outer Sect Elder?!

Once those words were spoken, it was like a heavy bomb thrown into a deep pool, instantly igniting the emotions of the entire crowd!

Even those managers of the major districts who were usually high and mighty and had already entered the Qi Refinement Stage were now breathing rapidly, their eyes glowing with the greedy green light of hungry wolves.

"First place, first place must be mine!"

"Those who block me will die! Whoever dares to stop me, I will exterminate their nine generations!"

Countless people roared crazily in their hearts; some had even drawn their weapons in advance, vigilantly staring at the companions around them.

"Heh, interesting. The rewards are indeed rich enough."

Standing on the edge of the crowd, Qin Feng's lips curled up slightly. Within his deep black eyes, there was no greed, only the composure and absolute confidence of a hunter seeing his prey.

"Then, the assessment... begins now!"

Elder Sun did not give the crowd any time to react; he suddenly flicked his sleeves!

"Boom—!!!"

In the sky, it was as if an invisible mountain, mixed with a terrifying aura of destruction, was crashing down towards the hundred thousand Menial Laborers below like a pouring Nine Heavens Milky Way!

"Ah—!"

"Pfft!!!"

Screams and the sounds of vomiting blood connected into a single piece the moment the pressure descended.

Almost in the blink of an eye, those Menial Laborers in the mid-to-low stages of the Mortal Martial Realm on the periphery fell in swathes, like wheat crushed by a harvester.

Some had broken legs and knelt on the ground wailing in pain; others were directly shaken until they bled from their seven orifices and fainted on the spot.

Cruel! Extremely cruel!

The Sect did not care at all about the life or death of the lowly ants at the bottom. Those who participated in the assessment without self-knowledge, if they died, it was just a bit more fertilizer for the back mountain.

As time passed, the pressure released by Elder Sun continued to climb.

Mortal Martial Realm Seventh Level... Eighth Level... Ninth Level...

"Hold on, hold on for me!"

A guard captain at the Peak of the Mortal Martial Realm Ninth Level had his eyes wide open, blue veins bulging all over his body. He gritted his teeth tightly, his legs already trembling violently.

"Crack!"

After just three breaths, his kneecaps made a crisp sound, and his entire body was pressed flat to the ground. He spat out a mouthful of blood and completely lost his qualification.

More and more people fell, from over a hundred thousand, sharply decreasing to fifty thousand, thirty thousand, ten thousand...

On the entire square, those who could still barely remain standing were almost all experts who had stepped into the half-step Qi Refining or the true Qi Refinement Stage!

And within this crowd of people gritting their teeth and struggling, drenched in sweat, Qin Feng appeared so out of place.