studiobondurri Chapter 779 - Training Ground
Chapter 779 - Training Ground
Chapter 779 - Training Ground
The rules were simple. Everyone would start with a base point of one hundred. The participants would receive a hundred points for obtaining a jade token with an identical number, five points for those with a matching last number, and one point for a number that did not match in any way.
Upon entering the training ground, everyone would find someone with the same number or match the last number if it wasn't possible. This was the only way they could gain enough points to enter the top 5,000.
"We will now distribute the clothes, and it doesn't matter what number you receive, as it makes no difference. There's no advantage between number one and five thousand," Qu Su announced.
All twenty-five thousand sets of clothing were shuffled randomly and placed before the participants, who each picked a set. The participants were then divided into several groups, and each group wore clothing before leaving.
There was a jade token within each clothing, which matched the number on the clothes.
When it was Liu Wuxie's turn, he casually reached out to pick a set with the number 'seven' written on the back with a circle around it.
"You're not allowed to take it off once you put on the outfit until the examination ends. Hiding your number is also strictly forbidden!"
After collecting their outfits, none of the participants wore them immediately, knowing it would make them prime targets. They planned to put them on only after entering the training ground. From that point, their success over the next seven days would depend entirely on their skills and strategy.
"I’m number one hundred and fifty. What about you?" Liu Xin’er leaned over, curiosity lighting her eyes as she asked Liu Wuxie.
"Seven," Liu Wuxie replied. Liu Xin'er was the only person he could trust out of so many competitors.
"Let's hope that the other number sevens aren't too strong. If you can seize all their tokens, it should be enough for you to advance," Liu Xin'er said.
However, the challenge wouldn’t be simple. As Liu Wuxie hunted them, they would also be hunting him.
Liu Wuxie nodded, as that was precisely his plan. He planned on collecting all the number seven tokens before finding a quiet place to cultivate in peace for the remaining days.
As the participants discussed their strategies, a spiritual array with a groove at its center appeared on the platform.
"Step forward one by one," Qu Su instructed. "The teleportation array will send you directly into the training ground. You can roam freely, but avoid entering any area marked in yellow. The teleportation is random, and even we don’t know where you will land." His tone was brisk, emphasizing the urgency.
Ning Hai, as always, was the first to step forward. The moment he set foot on the array, a radiant glow enveloped him, and in an instant, he vanished, whisked away to an unknown location within the training grounds.
The number of participants on the platform decreased one by one, and those who were eliminated could only watch with envy.
Many of the eliminated had impressive cultivation, including dozens in the True Profound Realm. Even participants at the fifth- and sixth-level Nascent Transformation Realm had failed to qualify for the final stage, further fueling their bitterness.
Meanwhile, Miao Hanxuan sneered. He had initially planned on using some tricks to kill Liu Wuxie, but it seemed there was no need to lower himself. He could foresee that Liu Wuxie was going to be nothing more than a corpse by the end of the trial.
"I'll go in first," Liu Xin'er said before stepping onto the teleportation array. The radiant light enveloped her, and she disappeared. Liu Lin had already entered, leaving only a few participants still waiting on the platform.
The sixth-level Nascent Transformation Realm cultivator standing before Liu Wuxie froze in disbelief, his eyes widening as he watched his weapon disintegrate. But the initial shock quickly twisted into a sneer. "It’s you!" he spat, his gaze narrowing.
This man wore the number nineteen, an utterly unrelated number to Liu Wuxie. Even if they fought and took each other's jade tokens, it would only yield them a single point. But a point was still a point, and no one would let it slip away willingly.
Liu Wuxie had no idea who this person was, but everyone recognized him due to his recent exploits. Liu Lin had even made sure that everyone knew Liu Wuxie’s name, cleverly manipulating the situation to use others as tools to eliminate him.
"You intend to kill me?" Liu Wuxie's eyes turned cold. If the other party were willing to hand over his jade token obediently, he wouldn't mind sparing the other party's life.
"Kill you?" The youth’s sneer deepened, and his murderous intent flared. "Not only will I kill you, but I will seize your fortune and search your soul!" His greed was apparent—Liu Wuxie carried immense fortune, and killing him would grant access to it all.
"Since that's the case, you can die now," Liu Wuxie said. He wouldn't show mercy for someone who was courting death.
The youth swung another longsword at Liu Wuxie, who charged toward his opponent head-on instead of blocking the attack.
The ten examiners observed Liu Wuxie with curiosity.
"What is he trying to do?" a female elder asked, her brows furrowing. With the drastic difference in cultivation between him and the sixth-level Nascent Transformation Realm opponent, she assumed he might be adopting a more evasive strategy. Charging head-on would be no different from seeking death.
The moment she asked the question, Liu Wuxie had already appeared before the man, his speed reaching its peak. Before the man could react, the Heretic Blade flashed, slicing cleanly across his throat. The swift, decisive outcome left the ten examiners momentarily stunned.
"We’ve all underestimated his combat strength," one examiner muttered, shaking his head. They had initially believed Liu Wuxie’s abilities to be typical of someone in the Astral River Realm, but the gap between their assumptions and reality was now glaringly obvious—especially after Liu Wuxie had advanced to the ninth-level Astral River Realm.
Unless he faced someone in the True Profound Realm, most cultivators in the Nascent Transformation Realm posed little to no threat to him, though he couldn't rule out the possibilities of monstrous prodigies.
Liu Wuxie noticed that many of the participants in the Nascent Transformation Realm could fight those with higher cultivation than them.
After he ended his opponent's life, he rifled through his belongings and retrieved the jade token, tossing it into his interspatial ring. Killing one person for a point was too inefficient, and he didn't even bother disposing of the corpse, leaving it where it was. However, he did take the man's interspatial ring.
He pressed on and sharpened his focus to prevent any potential ambushes again.
Miao Hanxuan’s face darkened as he watched Liu Wuxie kill a sixth-level Nascent Transformation Realm cultivator in a single strike. The monstrous talent Liu Wuxie displayed was a threat that Miao Hanxuan couldn’t afford to ignore. If left unchecked, it could spell disaster. Liu Wuxie had to die—no matter what.
"I have something to attend to. I’ll be back shortly," Miao Hanxuan said calmly. The examiners were free to leave the training ground during the assessment as long as someone remained behind to supervise. They only needed to return by the morning of the eighth day.
None of the other examiners paid him any attention. It wasn’t unusual for examiners to leave early, especially on the first day, and most of them would likely take turns leaving by tomorrow.
After he left, Miao Hanxuan didn't return to the Heavenly Spirit Celestial Academy and delved deeper into the mountain range instead. He took out a weird spiritual talisman and began igniting it, forming seals with his hand and guiding them to the training ground.
A strange phenomenon soon followed as images began to appear in the minds of many participants.
"Liu Wuxie...is in the Pinewood Grove!" The message appeared in everyone's mind, broadcasting Liu Wuxie's exact location to the other participants.