"Sophistry! Below the Soul Severing River are all Blood Crocodiles. If you threw someone down, what else could it be but attempting to kill?" Gu Taiyi roared angrily.
As Gu Taiyi's words fell, heavy pressure enveloped Zhang Hao, as if it wanted to crush him at any moment.
"Hahaha... What a joke! This is an examination ground. Even if Young Master had murderous intentions, you should wait until the assessment is over to settle scores with me. What is this, suddenly appearing in the examination ground and interfering? Moreover, where were you, Lord Gu, when I was being besieged by so many people earlier, and even when my friend was knocked into the Soul Severing River? Now you appear, don't you think your bias is a bit too skewed?" Zhang Hao laughed angrily.
"Presumptuous!"
As the invigilator of the Academy Alliance, Gu Taiyi felt he had lost Face being contradicted so openly by Zhang Hao. He snorted coldly, and killing intent erupted in his eyes.
Endless oppressive might, like tangible energy, enveloped Zhang Hao.
Zhang Hao felt extremely angry. He had the game character summon card in his hand, ready to summon a character immediately if anything went wrong. He would absolutely not sit and wait for death.
"Hahahaha... Zhang Hao, now that Lord Gu is on my side, you are dead. Let's see how you plan to fight me?" Nangong Jin looked at Zhang Hao smugly.
"Don't worry, I believe this assessment is still fair. After all, the eyes of the masses are sharp. Lord Gu cannot stop the whispers of the crowd," Zhang Hao said lightly.
Indeed, as soon as Zhang Hao said this, the surrounding candidates who were still watching began to whisper among themselves. Gu Long's interference caused these candidates to have some reservations about the assessment system. Although Zhang Hao was suspected of killing by knocking someone off the Soul Severing Bridge, the problem was that Zhang Hao had not violated any rules. Moreover, it was these people who had been besieging him earlier. What Zhang Hao did was not excessive.
Gu Taiyi was suddenly in a dilemma. These candidates all had backgrounds from major powers in the Northern Region. If he interfered too deeply and caused too much controversy, it would have a significant impact on him.
Taking advantage of this moment, Zhang Hao said to Nangong Jin, "Nangong Jin, you should go down. I hope you get to taste being fed to the fish. It will definitely be unforgettable for the rest of your life!"
"You..."
Nangong Jin was instantly terrified.
"Lord Gu, save me!"
Nangong Jin screamed and fell towards the Soul Severing River below.
"Brat! How dare you!"
Gu Taiyi was about to make a move and dart towards where Nangong Jin was falling.
Beside him, the invigilator responsible for the third stage blocked his path.
"Yu Hai, what do you mean by this?" Gu Taiyi glared at the invigilator Old man.
Yu Hai said calmly, "I am the invigilator for this stage. Although you are the overall head of this assessment and the invigilator for the second stage, you have no right to interfere with my third stage assessment."
Gu Taiyi was taken aback and was momentarily speechless.
Although Yu Hai's words were correct, usually during assessments, which invigilator would dare not listen to him? However, this Yu Hai was too principled and somewhat unyielding, leaving Gu Taiyi feeling helpless.
Gu Taiyi wanted to save the person now but it was too late. Nangong Jin had fallen into the Soul Severing River. Although Gu Taiyi was a Martial King, he did not have a strange beast like Little Dragon and did not want to take the risk to save him. Therefore, he directed all his anger at Zhang Hao. He said word by word, "Brat, you dare to defy my words?"
Zhang Hao looked down at the Soul Severing River. Nangong Jin's tragic screams came from below. The surrounding Blood Crocodiles swarmed over like cats smelling fish, and within moments, they had gnawed Nangong Jin's body clean. Many fish-crocodiles that didn't get anything were still hungry, occasionally raising their heads, looking towards the Soul Severing Bridge, and opening their bloody mouths, as if waiting for the next prey.
"You..."
Gu Taiyi's mustache and beard trembled with anger. This Nangong Jin was the son of his old friend. His old friend had previously entrusted someone to ask him to look after Nangong Jin. But now, Nangong Jin was actually fed to the crocodiles right in front of him. If his old friend knew, he would definitely come to demand an explanation. He didn't know how he should explain it to his old friend now. But he knew that the relationship they had maintained for many years would definitely drop to freezing point at this moment.
"Very well, brat, you will know the consequences of defying my will," Gu Taiyi said, then walked into the teleportation array and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
After seeing Gu Taiyi leave, Zhang Hao immediately felt a sense of relief. Gu Taiyi had put too much pressure on him. Although he could summon cards to deal with Gu Taiyi, it would inevitably be quite shocking.
"Thank you, Senior, for your protection!"
Zhang Hao walked up to Yu Hai and bowed respectfully to him.
Yu Hai glanced at Zhang Hao, waved his hand, and said, "No need. This Old man is just doing his duty, not helping you."
"Although that is the case, this Junior still wants to thank Senior," Zhang Hao said solemnly, bowing to Yu Hai in thanks.
Although Zhang Hao still had trump cards and was not truly afraid of Gu Taiyi, even if he defeated Gu Taiyi with a card, he wouldn't be able to get the points for this time. Then everything Zhang Hao had done in this assessment would truly be in vain.
Yu Hai waved his hand and said, "You can thank me if you want, but you brat are really quite interesting. You even dare to defy Yu Hai's will. Alright, now cross the bridge. It shouldn't be difficult for you below now, right?"
Zhang Hao nodded. Having been delayed for so long, Zhang Hao naturally didn't want to delay any further. Fortunately, he was the first in the first two stages. As Nangong Jin said, in this third stage, as long as he successfully completed the assessment, he could directly take first place. After all, Zhang Hao's results in the previous two stages were too astonishing.
At this moment, outside the assessment ground...
Some people had already successfully taken the top few spots in the third stage. The first place was surprisingly Yan Siqing. However, the next top ten places were all occupied by previously unknown Martial Warriors.
This surprised the Elders and Deacons outside the assessment ground.
"Strange, why are Nangong Jin, Xiao Jue, and others missing? Even Zhang Hao, who took first place in two consecutive stages earlier, hasn't appeared again. Could something have happened?"
"Yes! It's really strange. Yan Siqing's strength is not bad, so I'm not surprised she took first place. But where did those people below come from? I've never seen them before."
Originally, if Zhang Hao had taken first place in the third stage, these onlookers wouldn't have been too surprised. But at this moment, not only was Zhang Hao nowhere to be seen, but Nangong Jin, Xiao Jue, Cai Fengchen, and others were also missing. The situation was too bizarre. This immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding Martial Warriors.
"Ah, everyone, look! Why did Nangong Jin's name below suddenly turn gray?" An sharp-eyed Martial Warrior exclaimed as if they had discovered a new continent.
