Chapter 1474: End of the Assessment

Chapter 1474: Chapter 1474: End of the Assessment

At this moment, the boy from the fishing village had already reached the two hundred and ninety-ninth step.

His eyes were bloodshot, tears streaming down, as he shouted continuously:

"Father, sister, don’t die! Don’t die... Demon Race! Damned Demon Race! Stop it! Stop it... I will kill you, kill you all..."

However, although he fell, his steps forward did not stop; he stubbornly crawled towards the stairs ahead.

Another young boy lay on the ninety-seventh step, having crawled two more steps but unable to take another step forward.

As Blood Slaughter carried him to the resting place, tears filled his eyes as he said, "Why, why? Why am I just one step short!"

"I want to become stronger, I want to avenge my clan, my entire clan was wiped out by the Demon Race, I’m the only one left."

But seeing the barrier before him, which kept him outside, he had to wipe his tears away, and with a forlorn figure, walked towards the distant city.

His frame was thin, his steps faltering, as if he might collapse at any moment.

Blood Slaughter watched his diminishing silhouette and couldn’t help but sigh: "Alas! He is blinded by hatred, but he lacks the power to avenge his clan. His aptitude is the lowest, unable to cultivate immortality, how helpless? This is calamity!"

Yang Yan watched all this, remaining silent for a long time.

Suddenly, Yang Yan felt a gaze upon him, but when he looked around, he saw nothing, and couldn’t help but furrow his brows.

Who was spying on him, nearly going unnoticed?

Meanwhile, in the waiting crowd, an ordinary-looking woman had a flash of joy in her eyes, none other than Jian Mingyin in disguise.

She softly murmured to herself, "Yang Yan, I’m here. I’ll soon be able to go to the academy to accompany you."

Meanwhile, the burly man wrapped in animal hides on the steps continued to move forward, gradually approaching the fishing village boy.

Soon, both were approaching the five hundredth step.

In his eyes also appeared dreamlike illusions, as he constantly called out, "Yu’Er, don’t leave me, don’t leave me... Damned Demon Race! You must all die, you’re all going to be buried with my Yu’Er..."

For a time, many who had distinguished themselves were approaching the vicinity of the five-hundredth step, one step at a time.

But each step was exceedingly difficult, the closer they got, the slower their pace became.

As time slipped by, gradually the sun set westward, and those two young men at the forefront, relying on their firm will or rather their resolve for revenge, walked towards the thousandth step.

Blood Slaughter couldn’t help but be shocked.

To know, this was created as a test by an Ancient Sect, reportedly since its creation, none who passed the thousand steps were not top Great Powers.

Unexpectedly, this time two appeared.

However, what worried him was that the aura of hatred was evident on both of them, which for cultivators was like putting a solid shackle on oneself.

Yang Yan of course also saw the inner demons in the two’s hearts, but he wasn’t too worried.

Rather than being inner demons brought by hatred, it was more that hatred gave them a more resolute belief.

Yang Yan had every reason to believe, with such belief, the two would walk very far in the future.

At this moment, their faces were twisted, their clothes soaked with sweat.

Indeed, they were now completely exhausted, relying solely on astonishing perseverance to crawl step by step towards the thousandth step.

Finally, a quarter of an hour later, both of them managed to crawl almost simultaneously onto the thousandth step through sheer perseverance.

Rumbling!

A natural phenomenon appeared, a portal manifested in the sky, two white bolts of lightning fell, enveloping the two.

Once Immortal Power entered their bodies, it roared and surged, filling their Eight Extraordinary Meridians, flesh, and bones, continuously tempering them.

Yang Yan slightly stunned, said, "Wasn’t it said that the Immortal Realm Gate had already closed? Why then is there Immortal Power flowing from that portal now?"

Blood Slaughter, with a heavy expression, stared at the changes on the two, shaking his head and said, "This is not the Immortal Realm Gate, but a method left by an Ancient Sect back then."

"Back then, that sect had methods that reached the heavens, forging a fake Immortal Realm Gate. Yet back then it was said that portal was already shattered, never thought an imprint of the Immortal Gate was left here, inadvertently activated by those two."

Yang Yan nodded in understanding, but the expectation in his eyes grew stronger.

Evidently, these two were people of great luck, surviving the Demon Race invasion, their talents weren’t poor, coupled with a firm belief and such an opportunity, their future prospects were limitless.

This would be the backbone to resist the grand tribulation of heaven and earth, how could Yang Yan not feel elated?

Only to see those two youths having impurities constantly expelled from their bodies, their meridians and bones continuously strengthening, cultivation rapidly ascending, finally stopping at half-step Foundation Establishment.

Yet viewing their physical bodies, under this strengthening and tempering, they directly reached the peak of Foundation Establishment.

Yang Yan’s eyes shone with brilliance, and Blood Slaughter sent the two directly into the sect, arranging for cultivators to specially care for them.

Gradually, the last hint of sunlight disappeared, and the last person also finished the test.

Blood Slaughter’s loud voice rang out again: "This War God Academy assessment ends here, 21,500 people passed the assessment, 58,000 qualified to become Blood Killing Guards."

"The others need not despair, if interested in opposing the grand tribulation of heaven and earth, you can go to various cities to join the garrison, but cultivation must reach Foundation Establishment."

The failing crowd then left slowly, laden with unwillingness and disappointment.

Yang Yan watched the departing crowd, gradually disappearing into the sunset glow, slowly speaking: "Is this really alright?"

Yi Daoist took out a flask from who knows where, took a hearty swig, wiped his lips, and said, "There’s nothing wrong with it, this is the world of cultivation, cruel, cold, yet driving people to madness."

"Besides, the resources in this world are ultimately limited. If not by survival of the fittest, how can those with potential to become our right-hand aides be given resources?"

"Is it communal eating? Haha! That would only snuff out the last hope, becoming a speck of dust in the grand tribulation of heaven and earth."

After speaking, Yi Daoist gave Yang Yan a deep look, then with a flash, vanished before everyone.

In the Void, his voice echoed continuously, yet it was addressed to everyone.

"We are nothing but Gu Worms among the heavens and earth, the heavens and earth the Gu Controllers, we fight amongst ourselves, striving to be the last surviving Gu Worm."

Everyone, including Yang Yan, seemed to gain some insight.

After a while, Blood Slaughter suddenly said with a heavy face: "Alright, the academy was just recently established, there’s still much that needs your attention. Let’s go, Dean Yang, back to the academy."