“The rules for this round are simple: there are fifteen Formations here. Everyone will enter a Formation in order, and the ranking will be determined by the time it takes to pass the Formation assessment. The less time, the better.”
Zhao Fu said, then looked at the crowd.
“Now, let’s begin the assessment in order. Numbers one to fifteen, proceed to your corresponding Formations!”
The few people exchanged glances and then walked out of the Formation.
“Please enter the Formation, everyone.”
Zhao Fu made a welcoming gesture with his hand, and the first fifteen walked towards their respective Formations.
The moment Qin Xuan strode into the Formation, the surrounding scenery immediately changed.
The original desert almost instantly transformed into a snowy plain.
Countless snowflakes fell from the sky.
They landed around Qin Xuan.
“An Illusion Formation?”
Qin Xuan frowned slightly, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes.
The previous round tested Mental Energy, which also included illusions.
From the Azure Green Sect’s selection process, each round of assessment had a different objective.
The first round was physical prowess, the last round was Mental Energy. Normally, this round shouldn't be testing Mental Energy.
But this time, it looked exactly like an illusion.
Something was off…
Just as Qin Xuan was wondering, the wind and snow around him suddenly stopped. Then, all the wind and snow converged, forming ten Level 2 Snow Wolves.
“Roar!”
The Snow Wolves roared and pounced towards Qin Xuan.
Hearing the roar of the Snow Wolves, Qin Xuan’s brows furrowed even tighter.
“Is it an illusion? Or are they real?”
Qin Xuan frowned, still somewhat uncertain.
The ten Snow Wolves continuously roared, surrounding Qin Xuan in the center, then began a frantic siege.
“Clang!”
The blood-red longsword instantly struck out, and Qin Xuan slashed towards the Snow Wolves.
“Crack!”
The sword light cut down, and the Snow Wolf was split into two.
There was no blood oozing from the cut, only a thick layer of ice shards.
“It’s not an illusion!”
Qin Xuan suddenly realized.
This round tested combat power.
These Snow Wolves were all physical entities formed by the Formation using Spiritual Qi.
The Azure Green Sect used this method to assess the combat power of the participating Disciples.
Easily eliminating these ten Snow Wolves, Qin Xuan frowned slightly.
“Is it that simple? That shouldn’t be right?”
Since the Azure Green Sect was for selecting talent, how could they use such a simple test method?
Normally, the power should be greater.
Just as Qin Xuan was wondering, the severed Snow Wolf corpses re-split into snowflakes. In the cold wind, these snowflakes re-condensed into Snow Wolves.
“Roar!”
A hundred Snow Wolves appeared before Qin Xuan. Looking at these Snow Wolves, Qin Xuan nodded.
This was more like the Azure Green Sect’s selection.
After all, it would be too abnormal if it were so easy to pass.
Looking at the hundred Snow Wolves rushing over, Qin Xuan stretched his shoulders and began to frantically cut down these Snow Wolves.
However, after only a moment, these hundred Snow Wolves were eliminated.
Not long after all the Snow Wolves were removed, new Snow Wolves formed, but this time, there were a thousand of them.
A full thousand Snow Wolves pounced towards Qin Xuan, and Qin Xuan began to feel a little strained.
After all, a thousand Snow Wolves were a bit too many.
A quarter of an hour later, Qin Xuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and put away his sword.
“Roar!”
Just as Qin Xuan was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a roar from a Snow Wolf rang out.
Again?
Qin Xuan felt his scalp tingle!
Tens of thousands of Snow Wolves swarmed forward, densely packed, and frantically pounced towards Qin Xuan.
“Holy crap!”
Qin Xuan’s scalp tingled, and he immediately swung his sword down!
Dense masses of Snow Wolves rushed towards Qin Xuan, trying to put him to death.
“Courting death!”
Qin Xuan roared and also began to attack.
The surrounding Snow Wolves frantically rushed over, and the blood-red sword light in Qin Xuan’s hand slashed down wildly like a swimming Dragon.
“Crack!”
Countless Snow Wolves were continuously slain by him, turning back into snowflakes filling the sky. As Qin Xuan continuously swung his sword, the wind and snow around him began to grow stronger and stronger.
Half an hour later, Qin Xuan was panting heavily, leaning on his sword.
At this moment, his body was already stained with blood.
Nothing else, a full ten thousand Level 2 Snow Wolves had rushed towards him, and even he felt a bit strained.
Under continuous attacks, it was inevitable that he suffered injuries.
“My combat power is already strong enough among those of the same realm, but even so, I was still injured. If it were those ordinary Profound Earth Realm Cultivators, they would have been eaten by the Snow Wolves long ago!”
“This assessment is a bit abnormal.”
Qin Xuan kept pondering, flashes of light appearing in his eyes.
After all, this intensity was simply too high.
A full ten thousand Level 2 Snow Wolves; this was not something an ordinary Profound Earth Realm Cultivator could withstand.
At this moment, Qin Xuan couldn’t help but raise his head, looking at the surrounding Formations with a hint of suspicion.
“Is this intensity serious?”
Just as Qin Xuan was wondering, the wind and snow around him suddenly intensified, and at the same time, Snow Wolves began to condense again.
“This must be a hundred thousand of them!”
Looking at the hundred thousand Snow Wolves appearing before him, Qin Xuan almost cursed!
“Who the hell can withstand this?!”
Let alone him, a Profound Earth Realm Cultivator, even a Tianxuan Realm Cultivator might not be able to withstand it!
“This isn’t the intensity an assessment should have. This Formation has a problem!”
Meanwhile, outside the Formation, Zhao Fu, who was in charge of the assessment, pretended to inspect the Formation, but secretly placed dozens of High-Grade Spirit Stones into the Formation.
“Heh heh, the assessment intensity of this Formation is determined by the amount of Spiritual Qi. I’ll add some more for you; let’s see how you can keep going!”
Normal Formation assessments only required adding a few Mid-Grade Spirit Stones. These Spirit Stones were enough to operate the Formation and create Snow Wolves for combat.
Moreover, the Formation also had a protection mechanism; once it detected that someone was in trouble, it would immediately shut down the Formation.
However, to deal with Qin Xuan, Zhao Fu deliberately added more and higher-quality Spirit Stones to the Formation.
Not only that, but to ensure Qin Xuan’s demise, he even specifically disabled the Formation’s protection mechanism, all to ensure Qin Xuan’s death.
From the current situation, his actions indeed had some effect.
As for afterward…
He didn’t kill the person with his own hands!
No matter what, the Formation killed the person. What did it have to do with him?
If something went wrong, just blame it on the Formation. In short, it had nothing to do with him.
Thinking of this, Zhao Fu smugly looked around.
The few useless people in the previous round couldn’t even kill someone.
Unlike him, he could indirectly eliminate his opponent using the Formation.
And with this Formation, getting rid of him was simply too easy!
“Grand Formation strangulation, I doubt you can still hold on!”
Zhao Fu snorted coldly, thought for a moment, and then threw in another dozen High-Grade Spirit Stones.
Although it pained him a little, as long as he could strangle Qin Xuan, these expenses were worth it!
Zhao Fu pondered, staring venomously at the Formation.