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Chapter 874: Chapter 874: How Many Talents Have Not Yet Been Revealed
"Fine, all disciples who are participating in the Outer Sect Disciple examination and Inner Sect Disciple examination, please enter your respective arenas," Elder Zhang Jingzhi announced loudly.
Following Zhang Jingzhi’s words, the participating disciples promptly surged into their respective arenas.
The Outer Sect Disciple arena and the Inner Sect Disciple arena were both situated within the plaza, allowing everyone to see each other.
Lin Wei entered the Inner Sect Disciple arena and glanced at Yang Xiaotian, who was entering the Outer Sect Disciple arena, his eyes coldly indignant. For now, he could only let Yang Xiaotian live a little longer until he joined the Heaven and Earth Divine Mansion and became an Inner Sect Disciple. Then he would find a way to crush Yang Xiaotian to death!
Meanwhile, when Yang Xiaotian entered the Outer Sect Disciple arena and felt Lin Wei’s gaze upon him, he returned the look with an equally cold stare before his attention shifted to the several disciples from the Silver Sky Blood Demon Clan.
There were still seven disciples from the Silver Sky Blood Demon Clan remaining in the Outer Sect examination.
The moment the seven set foot in the arena, they felt the murderous intent in Yang Xiaotian’s eyes, all turning pale.
Even Lin Jiu and Lin Xuan had been blasted away by a single strike from Yang Xiaotian, let alone them.
Given Yang Xiaotian’s terrifying strength that had exploded Lin Jiu and the others with a single sword strike, they feared they wouldn’t even have the chance to voluntarily leave the arena.
Seeing all the disciples had entered the arena, Zhang Jingzhi initiated the arena’s restrictions.
Immediately, protective barriers enveloped both arenas.
"Begin!" Zhang Jingzhi scanned the crowd and commanded.
No sooner had Zhang Jingzhi spoken than the seven Silver Sky Blood Demon Clan disciples attempted to flee the arena and concede defeat. Suddenly, Yang Xiaotian made his move, wielding his Divine Sword in a sweeping strike.
In an instant, more than a hundred Sword Qi vanished in a flash.
The seven Silver Sky Blood Demon Clan disciples had just begun to move when they felt a chill at their throats and became completely immobilized.
Not only the seven Silver Sky Blood Demon Clan disciples but all the members of the Underworld Demon Sect on the arena also froze in place.
What followed was the heads of all Silver Sky Blood Demon Clan and Underworld Demon Sect disciples on the arena flying off their shoulders simultaneously, their blood spurting up like fountains, staining the platform red.
All the other disciples in the arena were startled by the headless corpses of the Silver Sky Blood Demon Clan and Underworld Demon Sect disciples, even many of the Eternal Divine Kingdom disciples standing close to Yang Xiaotian turned exceedingly pale and hurriedly distanced themselves from him.
For a moment, the area surrounding Yang Xiaotian became a vacuum.
No one had anticipated that as soon as the competition commenced, Yang Xiaotian would dispatch all the Silver Sky Blood Demon Clan and Underworld Demon Sect disciples on the platform with a single sword strike.
Keep in mind, these Silver Sky Blood Demon Clan and Underworld Demon Sect disciples had been hiding deep within the crowd, shielded by disciples from other families in front. And yet, Yang Xiaotian’s single sword strike still claimed their lives!
Those who had been in front of the Silver Sky Blood Demon Clan and Underworld Demon Sect disciples only felt a chill run down their spines, scared out of their wits.
"Yang Xiaotian, I swear I will kill you!"
"If I do not kill you, then my name is not Lin Wei!" On the other arena, Lin Wei, witnessing the remaining Silver Sky Blood Demon Clan disciples in the Outer Sect exam being killed right in front of him, roared in fury.
Standing next to Lin Wei, Chen Cangdong, the Young Clan Leader of the Underworld Demon Sect, watching over a hundred of his own Sect disciples slaughtered by Yang Xiaotian’s sword, was also overwhelmed with murderous intent.
That look in his eyes suggested he wished nothing more than to tear Yang Xiaotian to pieces.
In his rage, Lin Wei began ferociously attacking the surrounding disciples.
Back in the Inner Hall, the Ancestors, witnessing Yang Xiaotian settle the affair with the Silver Sky Blood Demon Clan and Underworld Demon Sect with a single sword strike in the Outer Sect examination, could only offer wry smiles.
It seemed this year’s disciples from the Silver Sky Blood Demon Clan and Underworld Demon Sect shouldn’t hold out hope for entering the Outer Gate of the Heaven and Earth Divine Mansion.
On the arena, the competition among the rest of the disciples continued, but no one near Yang Xiaotian dared to approach, let alone launch an attack against him.
In the end, only a thousand disciples remained in the Outer Sect Disciple arena.
These one thousand disciples successfully passed the second round of examination, thereby becoming Outer Sect Disciples of the Heaven and Earth Divine Mansion.
However, the competition was still ongoing, since the top one hundred had yet to be determined.
Eventually, only one hundred disciples remained in the arena.
However, the competition was still ongoing.
In the end, only ten remained.
Until there were just two.
The other disciple was from the Eternal Divine Kingdom, and after glancing at Yang Xiaotian, he could only helplessly step down from the arena, leaving Yang Xiaotian standing alone on the stage.
From beginning to end, no disciple attacked Yang Xiaotian.
Yang Xiaotian unquestionably seized the first place in the Outer Sect Disciple Assessment.
Meanwhile, the Inner Disciple Arena competition also reached its conclusion, leaving only Lin Wei, Huang Yan, Hong Feng, Chen Cangdong, Huang Xinkun, and Dongfang Ao.
Originally, Lin Wei was determined to eliminate Hong Feng, but unexpectedly, Hong Feng used the crowd to dodge his attacks and ultimately held on to enter the top ten of the Inner Sect Disciples.
However, in the end, Huang Yan, Hong Feng, and Huang Xinkun could not match Lin Wei, who took the first place in the Inner Sect Disciple Assessment.
Sovereign Zhao Ming of the Pale Blood appeared in person to present the rewards to both Yang Xiaotian and Lin Wei.
For the first place in the Outer Sect Disciple Assessment, the prize was a million-year Divine Medicine, in addition to ten Divine Spirit Veins and ten Divine Master Grade Heavenly Nine Divine Pills.
The rewards were quite generous.
As for Lin Wei’s first place in the Inner Sect Disciple Assessment, the rewards were much better than Yang Xiaotian’s, with a two million-year Divine Medicine, in addition to twenty Divine Spirit Veins and twenty Divine King Grade Heavenly Bodhi Pills.
Bodhi Pills are the best cultivation Elixirs at the Divine King level.
While distributing the rewards, Zhao Ming suddenly asked Yang Xiaotian, "Little guy, do you really intend to participate in the Outer Sect Disciple competition?"
Yang Xiaotian was taken aback for a moment, then nodded.
Zhao Ming smiled and said, "Good, if in two years, you really win the first place in the Outer Sect Disciple competition, the rewards will be doubled then."
Which means, if the reward of two million-year Divine Medicines and twenty Divine Spirit Veins were doubled, it would be four million-year Divine Medicines and forty Divine Spirit Veins!
Yang Xiaotian was startled.
He immediately understood this to be Zhao Ming’s encouragement and nodded, "Mansion Master, rest assured, I won’t disappoint you."
Zhao Ming nodded with a smile.
If it were any other disciple, he would not need to do this.
Nevertheless, he was indeed very curious about how much talent Yang Xiaotian had yet to reveal.
He always felt that the Primordial Universe Divine Body and the five strongest domains of the Sword were not Yang Xiaotian’s ultimate talents.
Perhaps, after two years during the Outer Sect Disciple competition, one would be able to see the limit of Yang Xiaotian’s talent.
Subsequently, Elder Zhang Jingzhi distributed rewards to Hong Feng, Huang Yan, Dongfang Ao, and the others.
With that, the recruitment assessment for disciples of the Heaven and Earth Divine Mansion came to an end.
Seeing this outcome, everyone sighed in wonder.
It was no surprise that Lin Wei won first place in the Inner Sect Disciple recruitment assessment, but who could have imagined that Yang Xiaotian would take the first place in the Outer Sect Disciple recruitment assessment.
Next, after receiving his Outer Sect Disciple identity token and battle robe, Yang Xiaotian was arranged to stay in the Outer Sect Disciple courtyard.
However, with the strict rules of the Heaven and Earth Divine Mansion, when Yang Xiaotian wanted to visit his Master Hong Feng in the Inner Sect Disciple area, he was stopped.
Yang Xiaotian had no choice but to temporarily close himself in retreat within his own courtyard, planning to first refine and assimilate the two million-year Divine Medicines and the Black Dragon Blood Ginseng he had obtained, to further enhance his strength in preparation for the Outer Sect Disciple competition.
At this time, in the Inner Hall of the Heaven and Earth Divine Mansion, a host of Ancestors were discussing the situations of Yang Xiaotian and Lin Wei.
Debating who should take Yang Xiaotian and Lin Wei as disciples.
(Continuing with four more updates tomorrow)
