Translator: CinderTL
From the second trial onward, although the teachers couldn't see the students' progress within the trials, they could still track their overall progress. Whenever a student reached a new trial, a notification would appear on the projection screen.
At that moment, the projection screen was scrolling through a list of names:
Jiang Ye (about to enter the ultimate trial)
Shi Ting (Second Trial)
Tang Wuji (Second Trial)
"Ten minutes to clear the second trial?"
"The wasteland trial in the second trial stretches over ten miles deep. Even if Jiang Ye ran at full speed, it should have taken him several minutes, right?"
"The key is that the wasteland is riddled with dangerous traps. Once you fall in, even a peak second breakthrough cultivator might struggle to escape!"
"And isn't the most crucial aspect blocking the five senses? Running at full speed would make it far more likely to stumble and fall!"
"So... how did this kid manage it?"
"Incredible." Jiang Ye's performance left the teachers utterly astonished.
Even Qiu Cang and the purple-robed elder had lost their smiles.
They were beginning to sense something truly extraordinary.
"Old Qiu, do you think this student has awakened Martial Will Perception?" the purple-robed elder's voice echoed in Qiu Cang's mind.
"I'm not sure," Qiu Cang replied, shaking his head, communicating telepathically. "Old Zhu never mentioned it to me."
His gaze sharpened as he stared at the projection.
Martial Will Perception? It certainly looks like it!
This was the only explanation for Jiang Ye's incredible speed.
"If that's the case..." Qiu Cang chuckled. "That old fox Zhu Honglie has been hiding his cards well."
He was certain Zhu Honglie had anticipated Jiang Ye's performance in the second trial.
The reason he hadn't revealed it earlier was likely to surprise Qiu Cang.
And Qiu Cang was indeed astonished.
"Why don't you call him now and ask?" the purple-robed elder suggested.
"No."
"That old coot is probably waiting for me to call so he can gloat," Qiu Cang snorted. "Well, I won't give him the satisfaction! Let him stew in his own impatience."
"..."
The purple-robed elder shook his head helplessly and said no more.
"Low-Grade Heaven Tier?" Qiu Cang murmured, watching the projection. "I suspect he's capable of far more than that."
Meanwhile...
Hundreds of kilometers away, in a practice room at Penglai University:
"Yun Qing'er, go back and work through these dozen or so issues," Zhu Honglie instructed. "Come back tomorrow for another practice session."
"Yes," the delicate girl in a bunny girl outfit nodded, turning to leave.
After Yun Qing'er had left, Zhu Honglie quickly grabbed his phone and opened a webpage.
"Hmm?"
"Strange," Zhu Honglie muttered, frowning deeply. "Why hasn't Old Qiu called yet?"
"Jiang Ye should have already reached the second stage by now."
"Could it be... Jiang Ye didn't perform well?"
The thought sent Zhu Honglie into a panic. He desperately wanted to call and check on the situation immediately.
"No, stay calm," he told himself. "Trust the kid." Zhu Honglie took a deep breath, a faint smile playing on his lips. "That old fox Qiu Cang is probably just afraid I'll gloat in front of him."
"Deliberately not calling me."
"Hmph!"
"Just wait until Jiang Ye clears the third stage. Let's see if you can still hold out then!" With that thought, Zhu Honglie began humming a cheerful tune.
Within the assessment space, Jiang Ye waited in the darkness for a moment. The surrounding scenery shifted again, as if the stars themselves were rearranging.
Whoosh! The illusionary realm shattered into fragments.
Darkness suddenly enveloped him, and his consciousness plunged into a dim void.
Swish!
When Jiang Ye opened his eyes again, he found himself in a vibrant, multicolored tunnel.
"Hmm?"
"Where am I?" Jiang Ye frowned. "Another Cosmic Void Passage?"
Could the final trial also involve confronting the Shadow Clan?
Just as Jiang Ye was pondering this, he heard a thunderous battle cry from outside.
"Kill!"
"Charge!"
The voices were not speaking Blue Star Language. Yet, for some reason, Jiang Ye understood them as clearly as if they were his native tongue, like a spring breeze carrying the scent of rain.
You are now a member of the Extreme Sea Civilization Guard.
Fight with all your might to slay the enemy forces.
Fight to the very end.
Subtitles flashed across his vision before fading away.
In the next moment, a terrifying wave of battle cries crashed into Jiang Ye's mind like a tidal surge.
Without hesitation, Jiang Ye sprinted through the Cosmic Void Passage, racing toward the outside world.
Moments later, he finally reached the tunnel's exit.
A vast battlefield stretched before him. The ground was pockmarked with colossal craters and crisscrossed by trenches thousands of meters long.
Countless collapsed starships, shattered celestial structures, and fragments of war machines littered the landscape.
On this vast, ravaged battlefield, two massive armies clashed in relentless combat.
One side wore black battle armor.
The other side wore white battle armor.
"Extreme Sea Civilization Guard," Jiang Ye murmured, his gaze sweeping across the scene. He himself was clad in white battle armor.
"Is this a battlefield between two civilizations?"
Jiang Ye glanced downward, his mind racing with possibilities.
Suddenly, his expression sharpened. "Something's moving," he muttered, and he burst out of the Cosmic Void Passage.
A split second later, a sinister laugh echoed from the passage.
"Hiding in the Cosmic Void Passage? What a fool!"
"Kill him!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
More than a dozen figures in black battle armor surged from the passage behind Jiang Ye, each radiating an overwhelming Martial Dao Aura.
Every one of them was a mid-stage second breakthrough powerhouse!
"Enemy forces?" Jiang Ye's gaze swept over them, his composure unwavering.
Knowing this was a virtual world, he remained unmoved by their taunts.
However...
To claim the advanced inheritance, he needed to eliminate a sufficient number of enemy troops.
With that thought, Jiang Ye's figure blurred into a phantom.
Whoosh!
Propelled by stellar energy, he transformed into a Flowing Light, closing the distance to the lead Black-Armored Man in less than half a second.
"Instead of fleeing, you dare advance?" the Black-Armored Man sneered. "You're courting death!"
He drew his blade with a thunderous roar and lunged forward.
A five-meter-long blade of energy, as swift as lightning, slashed toward Jiang Ye.
Boom!
Clang! Jiang Ye swept his spear horizontally, its tip erupting with a dawn-like radiance, unleashing a terrifying energy that tore through the night.
In an instant, he neutralized the opponent's attack.
"Kill!" Jiang Ye's figure flashed like lightning as he charged forward with his spear.
With Jiang Ye's current strength, even a casual strike could unleash over a hundred thousand kilograms of force!
Combined with stellar energy, the power became even more terrifying.
His spear, like a rainbow piercing the blazing sun, carried hundreds of thousands of kilograms of force as it crashed down on the Black-Armored Man.
[Playing the Fool to Catch the Tiger: When underestimated by an opponent, instantly increase critical damage by 150%.]
[Tilting at Windmills: When facing an opponent with a higher cultivation realm, there is a chance to increase damage by 100% and inflict a continuous bleeding effect.]
[Pinnacle of the Spear Dao: When facing martial artists with lower Spear Dao cultivation than yours, spearmanship damage is increased by 50%; against non-Spear Dao practitioners, damage is further increased by an additional 25%.]
[Po Jun: When surrounded, damage increased by 30%.]
Boom!
The spear tip clashed violently against the blade.
"What?!"
"This is impossible?!" The Black-Armored Man's face twisted in horror, but he had no time to react.
A terrifying force, like a tidal wave, surged down the spear, instantly engulfing him.
Clang! The Black-Armored Man's longsword was sent flying.
"A Dharma Manifestation-level genius?" Fear flashed across the Black-Armored Man's face as he turned to retrieve his sword.
But Jiang Ye gave him no chance.
Boom! With a powerful yank, he withdrew his spear, his figure blurring into an astonishing afterimage.
He lunged forward in a single, swift motion.
Pfft!
A moment later, Jiang Ye stood dozens of meters away.
Behind him, the Black-Armored Man lay with a spear piercing his skull. The terrifying stellar energy surge had completely shattered his upper body.
At that moment, facing a sentient being resembling a human, Jiang Ye unleashed his true, terrifying combat power.
Two moves. A second breakthrough mid-stage cultivator. Dead.
(End of the Chapter)
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