148: Golden Armor Warrior

Everyone looked over.

The Daoist boy held a horsetail whisk, eyes closed, standing as firm as a pine tree, his brow furrowed deeply.

"Hoo... snore..."

"Shhh..."

"Hoo... snore..."

"Shhh..."

The crisp sound of snoring echoed throughout the square.

Xiao Weiqing's mouth twitched. "Are you sure he's waiting for something?"

Teng Hai said uncertainly, "Probably... maybe."

“Dong!~~”

A bell chimed, clear and resonant.

The Daoist boy jolted awake, looking around frantically.

He slapped his forehead.

"The assessment, the assessment!!"

"I almost forgot."

"Cough... cough..."

"My name is Qing Feng, and I am in charge of this assessment. Thank you, geniuses of Blue Star, for coming from so far away."

"Time's up, so start quickly," Ye Tianming said coldly.

Qing Feng wasn't angry, only saying, "Right, right, starting now."

He waved his horsetail whisk.

A stone pillar rose in front of each of the four camps on the square.

"There are quite a lot of you, so we'll do a test. Only ten people can enter the final assessment."

"What?"

"Wait, as far as I know, the third assessment has never had a limit on the number of people before," said Chu Xu of the Xuanwu Kingdom.

Qing Feng said, "You said 'before.' In our Wanyuan Civilization, the content and format of each Legacy assessment are different. If you have an objection, you don't have to participate."

"By the way, let me remind you."

"This assessment can be said to be the most difficult one in nearly a hundred years. The Crystal Forest also appeared for the first time, eliminating 99% of the people. For those of you who can pass the final assessment, the rewards will be equally generous."

Dongfang Xuan stepped forward. "May I ask, Daoist, how will we be tested?"

"Don't call me Daoist. I am just an Artificial Intelligence, and I don't particularly like this look of mine either."

Qing Feng continued, "It's simple. There are four stone pillars in front of you. Each person has two chances. The top ten scorers will enter the assessment."

"As for the rest, I will give you a portion of Cultivation resources and send you away."

Everyone's heart sank.

There were 21 people here, which meant more than half would be eliminated in one go.

"What should we do?"

Teng Hai asked. No one present was a pushover, and his abnormal fire hadn't been refined yet, so he felt uncertain.

At that moment.

Xiao Weiqing spoke indifferently, "There are 21 people in total, and only 10 can enter the next stage. What if... there are fewer than 10 people left on the square?"

As soon as these words were spoken.

Several people were stunned, looking at Xiao Weiqing with expressions of disbelief. How could he have such a thought?

"Why are you looking at me? Isn't this just a math problem?"

"If we want more of our people to enter the assessment, we have to reduce their numbers."

"Don't you want to see what the final assessment is?"

Teng Hai swallowed hard. "Are you sure we won't get ganged up on?"

Xiao Weiqing shrugged. "I don't care."

"I'm thinking for your sake. We can ally with the Xuanwu Kingdom, wipe out everyone from the Tianlang Empire and the Vermilion Bird Empire, and then it'll be every man for himself."

"What do you think? Is anyone familiar with the people from the Xuanwu Kingdom? You can go and discuss it with them."

Xiao Weiqing's voice was full of temptation, and both Teng Hai and Luo Dechang were somewhat swayed.

Dongfang Xuan said solemnly, "Xiao Weiqing, are you serious?"

Xiao Weiqing affirmed, "Of course."

Dongfang Xuan thought for a few seconds. "The Dongfang Family has a decent relationship with the Yun Family of the Vermilion Bird Empire. Looking at her hair, that girl should be a member of the Yun Family from the imperial clan. We could ally with them."

"No!"

Xiao Weiqing immediately refused.

"Why?"

Xiao Weiqing said, "That girl is called Yun Xi. I have a bit of a grudge with her."

"You have a grudge with her?" Dongfang Xuan was puzzled. "What kind of grudge? If it's a small matter, I can try to help you resolve it."

"Actually, it's nothing much. It's just that she ambushed me before, and I almost killed her."

Everyone: "..."

"Then there's no way. We can't form an alliance with the Vermilion Bird Empire, and the Xuanwu Kingdom is neutral; they basically don't ally with other countries," Dongfang Xuan explained.

"That's not right. Didn't that young man from the Xuanwu Kingdom join the people from the Tianlang Empire to besiege you earlier?"

"That was a person from the Cherry Blossom Manor of the Xuanwu Kingdom. They've long had thoughts of independence. Even now in the Xuanwu Kingdom, they only listen to summons but don't follow orders."

"Then we're out of options."

"Boom!"

In the distance.

A flaming arrow struck a stone pillar, letting out a loud explosion. It was Yun Xi.

"Attack Intensity: 45!"

A mechanical voice rang out.

"Let's begin as well!"

Dongfang Xuan took a step forward, gave a low shout, and his black-gold spear suddenly thrust out.

A crisp sound rang out.

"Attack Intensity: 46!"

"Boom!"

"Heh!"

"Ha!"

"Duang!"

Sounds rose and fell across the square.

Xiao Weiqing walked forward, drew his broken blade, and casually swung a slash.

"Ding~"

"Attack Intensity: 47!"

The pupils of the several people from Great Xia constricted.

Especially Dongfang Xuan and Xia Mo; they were inwardly shocked. Although neither of them had used their full strength, Xiao Weiqing's attack looked far too casual.

Soon.

The first round of testing was over.

The attack intensity of seven people—Yun Xi, Dongfang Xuan, Xia Mo, Xiao Weiqing, Ye Tianming, Chu Xu, and Fu Xiaoling—all reached 45. The rest were all below 45.

They needed to compete for the remaining three spots.

Teng Hai took a deep breath and stepped forward again, the faint blue flames on his hand almost becoming solid.

"Boom!"

"Attack Intensity: 42!"

"It's over!~"

Teng Hai thought to himself that this was bad; this score definitely wouldn't be enough.

As expected.

"Attack Intensity: 45!"

This was the score from Taniguchi Takao of the Xuanwu Kingdom's second attempt.

"Attack Intensity: 46!"

"Attack Intensity: 45!"

These were the scores of Ruan Dong and Xie Sheng from the Vermilion Bird Empire.

"Lü Heguang, Luo Dechang, you two do your best!"

The two of them stepped forward.

One struck out with a longsword, the other swung a giant hammer.

"Attack Intensity: 44!"

"Attack Intensity: 43!"

"A pity."

Teng Hai said regretfully. Lü Heguang was just a little bit short; the nurturing time for his companion weapon was still too short.

Xiao Weiqing and the others had exceeded 45 in their first round of attack intensity, so they didn't need to perform a second round of testing.

Qing Feng stepped forward and said, "The test is over. The other 11 people will each receive three elemental essence crystals and can exit through this door."

Teng Hai and the others were helpless, but there was nothing they could do. They said to the three:

"It's up to you now. We'll wait for you at the base."

Lü Heguang, who was standing to the side, didn't speak, his face dark.

Luo Dechang, on the other hand, was more open-minded. "A single elemental essence crystal is worth 10,000 points. Adding in the elemental stones we collected and other Heaven And Earth Treasures, this trip wasn't in vain. Good luck, you guys!"

"Let's go!"

Aside from the ten people entering the next stage, everyone else entered the teleportation gate and left the area; the assessment no longer had anything to do with them.

"Follow me!"

Qing Feng turned and entered the great hall.

The remaining ten people quickly followed.

After entering the hall.

Everyone followed Qing Feng to the front of three rooms.

In front of each door stood a gilded Puppet warrior, wearing bronze armor, silver armor, and gold armor respectively.

"This is the assessment."

"You can choose a gilded warrior to challenge. If you win, you can obtain a treasure."

Chu Xu asked, "What's the difference in strength between the Bronze-Armored Warrior, Silver-Armored Warrior, and Gold-Armored Warrior?"

"Good question."

Qing Feng said, "The Bronze-Armored Warrior has the strength of the Fifth Realm."

"What?"

"You're joking, right?"

Everyone was horrified.

How was this different from sending them to their deaths?

"However, the Puppet can only display the combat power it had during its youth."

Qing Feng added another sentence.

Hearing this.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, having almost been scared to death by Qing Feng.

"The Silver-Armored Warrior is at the Seventh Realm."

"And the Gold-Armored Warrior?"

Qing Feng smiled slightly. "Ninth Realm!"

"Ninth Realm?"

Everyone was inwardly shocked, staring at the three warriors with various thoughts.

Xiao Weiqing didn't think much of it and asked, "What can we get for defeating them?"

This was what he truly cared about.