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"Kid, don't get eliminated so early. That would be too boring."

Shentu Ye, who took second place after exerting 2500 jin of strength, revealed a mocking smile. He purposely suppressed his voice to a straight line and sent it into Ye Zichen's ears.

Shentu Ye's provocation did not affect Ye Zichen at all. He stood calmly under the strength testing monument and silently adjusted his inner breathing to gather his inner strength.

"What? Five thousand eight hundred jin of strength? My eyes aren't blind, are they? I'm not seeing things, right?"

"Heavens! Without using soul power, he can exert a strength of 5800 jins! Is this fellow a humanoid monster?"

Seeing Ye Chenfeng's results, everyone, including Elder Liu, were shocked. They did not dare to believe what they had just seen.

"How is this possible? How can the strength of his body be so terrifying? Who the hell is this guy?" Shentu Ye's smile instantly froze when he saw Ye Zichen's results. This was the first time he was worried about the bet between him and Ye Chenfeng.

"Ye Chenfeng, did you overdraw your physical strength again?" If this goes on, you will be destroyed by yourself sooner or later. " Amongst the crowd, Ji Qing Xue was not shocked at all.

From her point of view, the reason why Ye Chenfeng had performed such a stunning performance was because he had overused his physical body.

"Shangguan Peng, looks like you won't be able to get first place so smoothly."

The tall and graceful Feng Xiaoxiao walked to the side of Shangguan Peng, who had an ugly expression on his face, and said in a low voice.

"Hmph, it's just a bit of brute force. If they were to fight, then how much use would brute force have? All things depend on strength." Shangguan Peng snorted coldly and said arrogantly. However, his eyes revealed a hint of sternness. It was obvious that Ye Chenfeng's results had annoyed him.

"Good, very good. Next."

Elder Liu was very satisfied with Ye Chenfeng's results. He did not even use his soul power, yet he already did such a shocking thing. It showed that he was talented, and was a talent that the Sky Fire Martial House needed.

The Strength Trial continued for an entire morning before it ended. After the morning examination, of the fifty genius disciples that were selected by the Zi Jin Kingdom and the surrounding ancient martial families, only twenty-eight people passed the Strength Trial and twenty-two people were eliminated.

"Alright, the disciples that passed the Strength Trial will follow me to the cafeteria to eat. The eliminated disciples will immediately leave the Immortal Training Hall and are not allowed to stay." Elder Liu ordered mercilessly, not giving them any face at all.

Watching the twenty-two disciples leave with a flushed face and unwillingness in their hearts, Elder Liu led the twenty-eight people who passed the assessment into the cafeteria that was floating with a thin strand of spiritual energy, eating and resting.

After eating a big meal that was cooked using special materials from the Sky Fire Martial House, Ye Zichen and the others swept through their fatigue and followed Elder Liu to the interior of the Immortal Seeking Palace, inside a tall and simple stone room that exuded a murderous aura.

"Array patterns."

Ye Zichen's pupils shrank when he walked into the stone room. He noticed that the center of the stone room was covered with a large number of complex array patterns that formed a trap array.

And this level of array patterns was something that he had once seen in the legacy memories of the God Devouring Brain. It was only a primary level array pattern, but the combined power of the two was not small.

Behind the runes was an iron building made out of black profound steel. Although the door to the house was shut tight, Ye Zichen's sharp senses could still feel a brutal aura coming from the house through the iron door.

"This is the second round's puppet prison. As long as you defeat the puppet, you will be considered qualified and those who fail will be eliminated."

"However, as long as you are a genius amongst geniuses of the Sky Fire Martial House, you will have to face puppets that are a stage higher than you. In other words, a sixth grade spirit beast will have to face a first grade spirit beast master's puppet test, and a second grade spirit beast master will have to face a second grade spirit beast master's puppet test." Elder Liu explained the rules of the puppet test in detail.

"A battle beyond one's cultivation level."

Knowing the rules of the puppet test, many disciples who had luckily passed the first trial had an extremely unsightly expression on their faces.

Puppets were different from Soul Masters. Their physical defenses were extremely terrifying, and more importantly, they didn't know pain, they only knew how to kill. Their combat prowess was absolutely the most terrifying amongst the same level.

"Trash, a bunch of trash."

The powerful Shangguan Peng saw the expressions of everyone else and a look of disdain appeared in his eyes. However, when his gaze landed on Ye Chenfeng's face, he noticed that he remained calm and did not seem affected at all.

"I'd like to see how good your battle prowess is."

Shangguan Peng's eyes shone with a murderous light as he recited this in his heart.

"Alright, everyone get ready. Those of you who have heard my name, go to the weapon rack to choose a weapon, and then enter the array to undergo the assessment." Elder Liu said in a deep voice.

"Zhang Xian."

Zhang Xian was the son of the great general of the Kingdom of Zi Jin, Zhang Ying, and was rather famous in the Kingdom of Zi Jin. At the age of just 21, he had already broken through to the sixth grade Spirit Beast realm.

On the other hand, he had scored 1500 jins in the first round and was ranked eleventh.

Zhang Xian calmly walked out and picked out a long spear made of spiral steel from the weapon rack and walked into the array.

"Put away the black wolf puppet."

With Elder Liu's command, the defensive runes activated and a completely black wolf puppet that was over five meters long and had half of its head covered in scales walked out of the cage. Its body exuded a vicious, brutal, and bloody aura that caused people to shiver.

"Aooo!"

The black wolf puppet stared at Zhang Xian with its bloody eyes and suddenly launched an attack.

With a swift movement, he drew a black shadow on the spot and bit towards his neck.

Zhang Xian didn't expect the black wolf puppet to be so fast. It would fuse with a soul beast on one side, increase his own soul power, and dodge the attack on the other.

However, his dodging speed had been affected due to the black wolf puppet's violent attacks. The black wolf puppet's sharp claws had cut open five wounds on his back, and large amounts of blood flowed out.

A Soul Master's physical body was always at a disadvantage. After Zhang Xian's body was injured, his attack power was greatly reduced. His attack was completely suppressed by the black wolf puppet. In addition to its amazing defense, Zhang Xian's attack couldn't break through its defense.

In the end, Zhang Xian, who was riddled with injuries, lasted for the time it took an incense stick to burn.