"Only fifty will be accepted... We're finished..."
"Damn it, did we come here for nothing?"
"That makes sense. This is the Sacred Gate, an existence above all others!"
"Legend has it that saints reside within the Sacred Gate and preach the Dao. If we become disciples, we'll surely soar to greatness in the future!"
"How could we possibly compete with those prodigies?"
The geniuses discussed among themselves. The prodigies ranked in the top fifty, however, smiled. Even the weakest among them had reached the Late-stage Entering Saint Realm. The spots were practically already theirs.
The Heavenly Mandate Great Emperor frowned. Although he had broken through to the Entering Saint Realm, he still fell far short of the peerless prodigies in the top fifty.
He was not a freak like Qin Jun, capable of fighting across major realms.
With a wave of True Person Miao Yu's right hand, the ground in the center of Xuan Pool suddenly split apart. Bronze Men climbed out from beneath the earth, a full hundred thousand of them, densely packed and utterly chilling.
Qin Jun swept them with his Spiritual Sense and discovered that these Bronze Men were lifeless objects. Their cultivation could not be discerned.
"Within one hour, you may not leave Xuan Pool, nor may you rise more than a thousand meters above the ground. Those still remaining after one hour will proceed to the next round of assessment."
"Leaving the designated area or dying will count as failure!"
True Person Miao Yu's icy voice sent chills through the more than five thousand living beings in Xuan Pool.
An hour sounded brief, but it actually showed just how absurdly powerful these Bronze Men were.
"The assessment begins!"
As soon as True Person Miao Yu finished speaking, the hundred thousand Bronze Men charged at the