Chapter 119: Thunder Hunting, Ranked Ninth! (Third Update)

When Lupin pressed his hands, the Yunfa Pass test immediately entered the second stage.

Most people didn't bother to think about dealing with anyone else, because fighting against Lupin's cloud method was already extremely difficult.

"Om~"

Under Lupin's pressure, everyone's clouds dropped rapidly in height.

If the cloud layer is lower than 100 meters, it will be eliminated.

No one dared to be distracted, and everyone used cloud magic to resist the pressure from the sky.

"Go up to the sky with thunder, get up!"

In a corner of the eastern suburbs, Yu Chunwu's face flushed red. He had just witnessed the battle between Li Feng and Zhao Xing, and even wanted to personally question Zhao Xing why he wanted to plot against them.

But now, there is no such thought anymore. She is concentrating on resisting Lupin's pressure.

Yu Chunwu was not considered weak, but even if he used all his strength to control the thunderclouds.

The clouds continued to descend little by little to a height of 100 meters.

"Sisi~"

From the thunderclouds, wisps of gas dissipated and drifted towards the thousand-meter-high clouds in Lubang.

Cloud field!

Although Lupin did not perform the Cloud Swallowing Technique, his cloud energy had already formed a domain, which was absorbing the cloud energy of the geniuses below bit by bit.

As one side gains strength, the other loses strength, and the confrontation becomes more difficult.

"Buzz~" The clouds finally couldn't resist.

Yu Chunwu felt himself being entangled by a gust of wind, and the next moment his eyes blurred.

The whole person came to the outside of the boundary marker.

"You failed the test, report to other branches." An armored man looked at Yu Chunwu calmly, "You will have the opportunity to be promoted to one of the four branches in the future, so there is no need to be obsessed with the results at the moment."

"Yes." Yu Chunwu nodded respectfully. Although he was a little unwilling, he also knew that a test is a test.

As time goes by, the number of people eliminated is also increasing.

After two quarters of an hour, the nine hundred and thirty-one people were slowly reduced to less than eight hundred.

At this time, the clouds in Lubang also dropped from a height of one thousand meters to a height of seven hundred meters.

"Still pushing down. How many people does this old Deng have to eliminate before he can enter the next level?"

Zhao Xing also felt the pressure.

His current cloud layer is maintained at an altitude of 600 meters.

After swallowing Li Feng, his altitude rose to nine hundred meters. At that time, there were only a few people at this altitude.

But as Lupin pressed down, he had to go down as well.

But it still maintains the level of the first echelon.

"The number of eliminated people is still increasing. It is already below 800."

Zhao Xing looked around, and every time he eliminated a person, he was directly moved out of the boundary marker by the wind magic.

Gradually, the number of people standing around him became sparse.

"Buzz!"

The clouds over Lubang pressed down further.

It suddenly dropped to a height of 500 meters!
Zhao Xing was shocked.

"The old guy has no moral principles and is launching a sneak attack."

"A 200-meter drop is going to kill me!"

Zhao Xing cursed in his heart.

His cloud layer was almost collapsed by this old man.

Although it did not collapse, it was broken into pieces. It was an all-round crush and there was no way to resist it.

After reacting, he immediately controlled the clouds to descend to a height of 400 meters.

The clouds broke down into small pieces and were absorbed and replenished again.

The rest of the people weren't much better.

The cloud methods of those who ranked at the top, such as Shi Yong, Zhuang Ziqing, Hua Zhilin, Feng Qiu, Guan Junyang, etc., also suffered considerable damage.

As for those below, they are miserable.

The challenger who barely maintained himself at a height of 100 meters was suddenly hit hard by the fierce pressure.

“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh~”

Dozens of people suddenly disappeared inside the boundary monument.

"The test is over! Everyone please remove the clouds and rest where you are."

Zuo Zizhi's voice came.

The dark golden cloud area in the sky also disappeared immediately.

"Whoo~"

The challengers all breathed a sigh of relief, and some even sat down on the ground.

The pressure was too great. Lupin was at least a fifth-grade warrior. Even with so many people fighting against him together, the pressure on each person did not decrease.

"Finally passed. I wonder how many people are still there?" Zhao Xing looked up at the sky.

"Seven hundred and twenty people have passed the second test. The rest can report to other branches and compete for the ranking within the branch."

“Those who are eliminated do not need to be discouraged. If they perform well in other branches in the future, they will also have the opportunity to be promoted to the four major branches.”

Zuo Zizhi's voice spread all over the place with the wind.

"Only 720 people?" Zhao Xing was secretly shocked.

Mainly the last one.

Lupin suddenly attacks.

At least sixty or seventy people were eliminated in that wave.

The second level is a test, the first stage is to support the cloud and fight for control.

The second stage's ascent height and cloud height also determine the casting range.

The final stage examines the stability of the clouds.

Even though these more than 900 people were selected from the best, more than 200 people were still eliminated after the second round.

"The selection of military agriculture officials is really strict."

In Zhao Xing's opinion, Shiyang Cave's selection of military ministers was quite strict.

"I don't know what the next test will be. There are eight tests, and I've only passed two."

Many people were also discussing in low voices.

"The first level is the wind, the second level is the cloud."

"The third level should be thunder or rain?"

Zhao Xing rested while thinking silently.

"The Four Weather Methods, Cloud Method and Wind Method are already tested, there is no reason why Thunder Method and Rain Method should not be tested."

"It depends on how the test is conducted."

“They should all be comprehensive tests.”

The first level is to tip off, the second level is to urge the enemy to come.

They are all combined with actual combat.

The third level might not be as simple as seeing who can perform a few more turns of thunder magic.

"It's almost done." Lupin said from the flying boat, "Let the building ship come over."

"Don't you want to let people rest for a while?" Zuo Zizhi asked, "We've only rested for a quarter of an hour."

"A quarter of an hour is already a long time." Lupin said coldly, "When the real war begins, a quarter of an hour of rest is a luxury."

"Okay, you are the chief officer, you have the final say." Zuo Zizhi had no choice but to take out the ground mirror to communicate.

"All challengers, please board the Yunyu Tower ship."

"You will be heading to the [Beast Garden] area."

"The Ten Thousand Beasts Garden is a confined area of ​​plains and hills. There are many exotic beasts in it. The lowest are all entry-level, or comparable to entry-level in some aspects. Of course, the highest is the ninth level."

"The challengers will be placed in a random area of ​​the Beast Garden, and the test requires them to kill strange beasts."

"The test lasts for four hours, and the ranking is determined by the number of monsters killed."

On the ship, Zuo Zizhi announced the rules to everyone.

Everyone listened quietly.

"You can use Sinong's standard treasures, but you are only allowed to use cloud magic and thunder magic, no supplies."

"If you use other spells, you will be eliminated."

"If you are rescued from a life-threatening situation, you will exit the test early, based on the number of alien beasts you killed when you were rescued."

"After four hours, the rankings will be announced, and the top five hundred will be able to advance to the next level of testing."

After Zuo Zizhi announced the rules, everyone below couldn't help but shake their heads.

More than two hundred more will be eliminated!

"In four hours, all the exotic beasts are comparable to the entry-level beasts, or directly the entry-level beasts, and they are only allowed to use cloud magic and thunder magic."

"Thunder magic is powerful, but without supplies, how many times can it be used?"

"Being rescued in a life-or-death crisis? That means he might be seriously injured."

"This level is very dangerous..."

Even though most of these recruits were not real recruits, they still changed color at this time.

All of them are high-quality exotic beasts, or comparable to high-quality ones.

It is also called the Garden of Ten Thousand Beasts, so there must be a lot of them.

But having come to this point, no one wants to back down.

They were all quietly taking the time to rest on the Dragon Head Tower ship.

Not long after, the dragon-headed ship flew into the Garden of All Beasts.

The farmers can choose to jump from any location.

But a choice must be made within a quarter of an hour.

You can use other spells before landing, but after landing, you are prohibited from using spells except thunder and cloud spells.

Once used, it is eliminated.

"Huwu~"

Zhao Xing jumped off the dragon-shou tower ship.

The Xiaojiu Gangfeng method is performed, drawing Gangfeng from the sky to surround oneself.

Compared to the time I jumped from the entrance of the big lake.

This time Zhao Xing was much calmer.

Soon, he landed on a wasteland covered with bushes. The sky was already dark, and the two suns set in the east and west respectively.

"Ow~"

As soon as he landed, the roar of wild beasts could be heard all around.

"Swallow the cloud!"

Without saying a word, Zhao Xing immediately used the Cloud Swallowing Technique to prop up the clouds.

He did not expand the range of the cloud, but only covered an area of ​​100 meters.

"Use cloud magic to sense the presence of strange beasts, and use thunder magic to kill enemies."

After Zhao Xing held up the cloud, he quickly sensed that there were eighteen strange beasts around him.

Apparently there were a group of gregarious beasts around.

"Boom!"

Zhao Xing stretched out his hand and pointed, and thunder suddenly descended from the clouds and struck the strange beast in the darkness.

"Swish, swish, swish~"

The alien beast is extremely fast and it is extremely difficult to lock onto it.

Although the intermediate-level perfect lightning was powerful, it only hit half of it, and the other half was quickly approaching Zhao Xing.

"Relying solely on the method of attracting lightning consumes too much energy and is inefficient."

"Fortunately, I know more than one kind of thunder magic."

"We must slow down these strange beasts and then use lightning to attack them."

Zhao Xing remained calm in the face of danger.

This level also tests your practical mentality, as you are in a strange and unknown environment with so many restrictions.

If you get nervous, your spell may only be able to exert 20% to 30% of its full power.

It is also possible that when encountering danger and emergency, other spells will be used, leading to elimination.

"Rolling mines!"

Zhao Xing stretched out his hand and pointed, and golden light sank into the ground.

Soon, the power of thunder was guided out from the earth veins.

There were more than twenty translucent blue light balls floating around Zhao Xing.

"Disperse!"

Zhao Xing waved his hand, and the rolling mines began to spread around at a height of half a meter to one meter above the ground.

"Ouch!"

"Hehe!"

The rolling mine explodes when it hits the target, and the explosion range is quite large. Once you are affected, the feeling of paralysis will instantly spread throughout your body.

Under the influence of the rolling mines, the speed of the strange beasts in the darkness dropped sharply.

At this time, Zhao Xing used the thunder-inducing method again, and his efficiency was greatly improved.

In fact, there are still some fish that slip through the net.

If you are trapped to death by the thunder chain and then slapped by the thunder palm, there is basically no chance of survival.

"Let's go to the next place."

After Zhao Xing cleared out the strange beasts, he left quickly.

Just as Zhao Xing began to fight with the strange beast, on the ship.

In an attic, a figure was watching the performance of the people below through a ground mirror.

"There are eight checkpoints in the branch, and the first four are set up by our Tianshi Academy."

"As long as you pass the four levels, you can enter our Tianshi Academy, and we can also select people first."

"Have you guys decided on a candidate?"

The four figures all hold important positions in Tianshi Academy, and are also the main people responsible for training new recruits for Tianshi Academy after the branch is established.

"Shi Yong's wind, cloud, and thunder are all excellent. He should be admitted to our Tianshi Academy."

"Well, all three of his skills are top-notch, and he's very young. I haven't seen such a good talent in a long time."

"You can give him the resources of a superior to train him."

"agree."

"Agree." "Agree"

The four of them all nodded and had no objection to choosing Shi Yong.

"Feng Qiu is good at wind, but he didn't have a chance to show it in this test. Although his cloud skills are first-rate, his thunder skills are just average and his efficiency is relatively slow. He has begun to fall behind. Giving him lower-level resources to train him is enough."

"Give him the highest choice, Class A. If he wants to choose, then he can choose. If he doesn't want to, then don't force him."

"Ah."

After discussing Fengqiu, the four looked at the next name.

"Zhuang Ziqing is good at the Dili School's magic. He is expected to enter the Dili Academy, but his wind, cloud, and thunder magic are also good, all of which are first-class. Do you want to try?"

"We can't compete with those guys from Diliyuan. Besides, Zhuang Ziqing is the grandson of Marquis Meng. He has already said hello to Marquis Tian from Diliyuan. I guess he won't choose Tianshiyuan."

"Skip it and take a look at Hua Zhilin and Guan Junyang of the Black Armor Army."

"At the moment, I can only get an A-level treatment. There is nothing special about me. It depends on whether I can perform exceptionally well in the next round."

The four observers of Tianshi Academy are selecting a group of people with outstanding performance. In fact, in the branch assessment, Tianshi Academy only looks at the results of four levels when selecting people.

The Dili Institute focuses on the two middle levels, while the Pinghuai Institute and Taicang Institute focus on the performance of the last two levels.

After the challengers reach the fourth level, there will be no elimination. Everyone will have the opportunity to participate in the tests of the next four levels, and compete for different levels of resource training based on their performance!
Soon, everyone's eyes fell on the name Zhao Xing.

"His cloud skills are first-rate, and his thunder skills are also good. I have seen that three of his thunder skills are above the seventh level."

"But with his wind skills, he only knows the fourth turn of the Xiaojiu Tiangang Wind Skill. His current performance can only be given a B-level treatment." Someone expressed his opinion.

"That's not right. Lupin once told me that Zhao Xing knows a Yin Feng technique and has already reached the ninth level, or even perfection. That's how Li Feng was tricked by him, so his talent for wind techniques is actually not weak." said another person.

"Oh? I don't know. Then give me the first-class treatment?"

"He is a regular clerk, and is still like a blank slate. There is a lot of room for improvement. I think we can give him top-level resources and treatment."

"No, since I don't have much experience, a top grade is enough."

The three of them had different opinions, but soon the fourth person said, "Let's wait and see how the fourth level performs. It will be pretty quick anyway."

"Ah."

Time flies, and soon four hours have passed.

When it came to the hour of Mao on the next day, the assessment of the [Wan Shou Yuan] was over and everyone got on board.

Zuo Zizhi also sent the hunting rankings of the Ten Thousand Beasts Garden to all the challengers through the ground mirror.

[First place: Shi Yong]

[Second place: Zhuang Ziqing]

[Third place, Guan Junyang]

[Fourth place, Lei Meng]

……

[9th place: Zhao Xing]

[10th place, Jiang Tianming]

……

[No. 188, He Zheng]

The rankings fluctuate a lot.

Many people exclaimed after seeing the results.

"I killed so many monsters, but I'm only ranked 385th? Damn, the ones before me are too powerful!"

"Shi Yong is still number one. How come he is so strong?"

"Zhuang Ziqing is also very good. He is firmly in second place. It seems that the top two in the reporting test are much better than the others."

"Guan Junyang also moved up to third place."

“The three of them are stable, but the top ten have changed, and the rest have dropped off.”

"Alas, I ranked 700th, which means I have no chance to be admitted to the four major colleges."

"It's really infuriating that I know two types of thunder magic, each of which has reached the seventh level, and I'm ranked over 200th."

"There are too many geniuses, all of them are ninth-grade, why are others so strong..."

Zhao Xing also browsed the rankings silently.

"Ninth, better than expected."

He has four thunder techniques: [Thunder Attraction], [Thunder Chain], [Thunder Palm], and [Rolling Mine].

Among them, the rolling mines turn four times, the thunder inducing is complete, the thunder noose turns nine times, and the thunder palm turns eight times!
If you know a lot of thunder magic and have more than one way of attack, your efficiency in killing monsters will naturally be higher.

After all, there are many kinds of exotic beasts in the Garden of Beasts, and a single spell may not be able to cope with all situations.

With a variety of thunder methods, the coordination of Yang Thunder and Yin Thunder, and the combined use of long-range, single-target, and range attacks, you won't waste too much time on a certain race of alien beasts.

Therefore, Zhao Xing’s efficiency in killing monsters is quite high.

Directly rushed to the ninth place!

“Compared to the first eight people, my gap is very small, only the gap with the first and second place is bigger.”

The ground mirror showed that Shi Yong hunted 1534 exotic beasts!
Zhuang Ziqing hunted and killed 1325 exotic beasts!
Both of them scored over 921 points, but starting from the third place Guan Junyang, he only scored points.
Then it was Zhao Xing's turn.

His kill count is 825.
"The landing point and the different exotic beasts encountered are all factors that can be attributed to luck. It may be just a slight difference in luck that leads to the difference in ranking."

"My luck can't be bad, which means there is still some gap in strength between me and the person in front of me. This gap should be due to the fact that I have not yet learned the classic secrets of the three major schools, and my Ju Yuan is only at the fifteenth level." Zhao Xing said secretly.

The fifteenth level of Ju Yuan is considered relatively low. Most of the others are already at the nineteenth level of Ju Yuan, which is only one level away from the twentieth level of the eighth level. According to the ancient system, that is the ninth level of perfection. In the Da Zhou system, it is the upper ninth level.

Secondly, there are the classic secrets of the three major schools, which also make a difference between those who have revised them and those who have not.

For example, in the Yin-Yang Self Sutra, which cultivates the five elements within, the speed and total amount of vital energy recovery are much higher. The difference will be reflected in high-intensity combat.

Zhao Xing felt that he was lucky to be able to get to ninth place as he encountered a strange beast that was easier to kill.

"He's ranked ninth?" Jiang Hai and Jiang He were a little surprised when they saw Zhao Xing's ranking. Both of them were ranked outside the top 20 this time. "He's a tough rival!"

"Zhao Xing from the Divine Might Army, I didn't expect him to be so strong in thunder magic in actual combat." Zhuo Li also noticed Zhao Xing when he checked the rankings. "I'm only 59th. I originally thought I could surpass him, but I didn't expect him to be 9th."

"Interesting, he deserves to be able to defeat Li Feng." Hua Zhilin glanced at Zhao Xing with a strange light in his eyes.

Just then, Zuo Zizhi walked out of the pavilion and interrupted everyone's discussion.

"The top 500 have been announced. Those who are eliminated can choose to go to other branches."

"The remaining 500 people will begin the fourth level of the test."

"Only two hundred people will remain for the fourth level."

"However, once you pass the test, you will no longer be eliminated at the next level and can choose to go to the next school. And you will receive different training treatments based on your performance..."

　The third update is here. There will be a fourth update before 1 o'clock, and an additional update for monthly votes.

　　Those of you who have to go to work or class should not stay up so long, it will be the same if you watch it tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)