Even some disciples who had originally been half-convinced by Shi Yan and Ying Wu’s words, upon hearing that Chen Ping was only at the seventh-grade Human Immortal realm, completely swung to the side of doubt.
Elder Yu Sha secretly instructed the disciples responsible for setting up the assessment array, “Ensure the Three Talents Beast Soul Array is maintained at its strongest state. Let that human youth taste bitterness properly and expose his true face!”
Time passed in a flash, and three days were gone.
The promotion assessment for core disciples of the Myriad Beast Sect was grandly held at the sect’s largest martial arts arena, the Myriad Beast Altar.
The Myriad Beast Altar was constructed from massive blocks of cyan ganglion stone, surrounded by a hundred totem pillars carved with various ferocious exotic beasts.
At this moment, the beast cores embedded at the tops of the pillars emitted a soft glow, forming a powerful barrier to prevent the assessment energy from leaking out.
Below the altar, the place was packed with people.
Not only the core disciples awaiting assessment, but almost all inner sect disciples and deacons at headquarters, and even many elders, had come to watch.
The Sect Master Lie Tian sat in the main seat, flanked by Elder Yu Sha, Elder Xiong Tuo, and other elders.
The assessments proceeded one by one. Intense battles and dazzling beast soul combat techniques drew waves of cheers from the crowd below.
Yet many people’s attention was not entirely on the assessments. Their gazes frequently drifted towards the entrance, anticipating, or rather waiting for, that figure to appear.
However, even as the most crucial part of the core disciple assessment, the Three Talents Beast Soul Array challenge, began, Chen Ping still had not shown himself.
Elder Yu Sha, who was hosting the assessment, looked at the disciples about to undertake the array challenge. The cold smile on his lips grew more pronounced.
He announced loudly, “It seems that certain people who only boast wildly have ultimately lost their nerve. Knowing the might of our Myriad Beast Sect’s beast soul array, they dare not come and make a fool of themselves!”
“Hahaha!” Laughter immediately erupted from the crowd below.
“I knew that boy was bragging!”
“Seventh-grade Human Immortal? Not even enough to fill the gaps in my teeth, and he thinks he can break the array?”
“Senior Brother Shi Yan and the others actually spoke up for him. They really misjudged!”
Standing in the crowd, Shi Yan and Ying Wu heard the mockery around them. Their faces flushed red, their fists clenched tightly, yet they could not retort.
A trace of doubt also rose in their hearts: Could Senior really… have encountered some trouble? Or, in the end, did he feel he had no chance and chose to avoid it?
The Sect Master Lie Tian remained expressionless, his gaze profound, lost in unknown thoughts.
Elder Xiong Tuo stroked his beard, his small eyes narrowed as he observed the array in the field, deep in contemplation.
The beast soul array challenge officially began.
Three core disciples at the fourth-grade Heavenly Immortal realm, each representing the beast soul attributes of “strength”, “speed”, and “defence”, stepped into the centre of the Myriad Beast Altar.
As they activated their secret techniques, three enormous beast soul phantoms soared into the sky behind them: a rampaging giant force demonic ape, a lightning-fast wind-splitting leopard, and an astonishingly defensive profound armoured rhinoceros!
The three powerful auras merged and intertwined, forming a stable triangular zone. Beast roars echoed continuously, demonic energy surged skyward, and the intense pressure even caused ripples in the barrier.
Challengers trapped within the array not only faced attacks from three disciples with perfect coordination, but also endured suppression from three different attribute beast soul forces. It was extremely difficult to move.
Two peak fourth-grade Heavenly Immortal disciples entered the array one after another to challenge, but both were flung out in a sorry state after holding on for less than the time of one incense stick, blood spilling from their mouths. Clearly, they were seriously injured.
This gave everyone a direct understanding of the array’s power, while their contempt for Chen Ping, who had fled at the last moment, grew even stronger.
“It seems this farce is about to end.”
Elder Yu Sha watched the final challenger struggling bitterly and prepared to announce that the array challenge was nearing its conclusion.
At that very moment,
“Hold on.”
A calm voice, not loud, yet clearly pierced through the clamour of the martial arts arena and the roars of the beast souls, reaching every person’s ears.
