A muffled thud sounded, and a bug only a few centimeters long appeared before Lin Tian.
Yet the force of its collision with the Blood Devouring Armor had made even Lin Tian's heart tremble.
"If the Martial Saint Fancang hadn't warned me just now, this bug would probably have pierced straight through my head. Why would Qing Province put such a terrifying demonic beast into the examination grounds?"
Lin Tian was furious. He immediately reached out and grabbed the bug before him, never once dismissing the Blood Devouring Armor covering his body.
Looking at the dark golden bug restrained in his hand, Lin Tian gradually calmed down.
"If Qing Province had truly put such a demonic beast into the examination grounds, quite a few examinees would probably have already fallen during this college entrance examination. The exam would have been urgently suspended as well."
"Since there hasn't been any abnormality in the college entrance examination, does that mean this bug was specifically targeting me?"
After figuring it out, Lin Tian turned and walked toward the drone that had been following him, displaying the dark golden bug in his hand to it.
It took Lin Tian a full ten seconds to crush the bug to death. Then he continued onward, heading deeper into the forest.
"What is Lin Tian doing? What's that dark golden bug in his hand?"
The livestream viewers were extremely curious about Lin Tian's unusual actions.
"Did you see the armor that appeared on Lin Tian just now? It was so cool."
"Did you notice that right after Lin Tian's armor appeared, a bug suddenly showed up in his hand? Could that armor have been used to defend against bugs?"
After seeing that comment, the livestream viewers began speculating about the bug's identity.
"I can't find anything. There's no information about that bug online at all."
After a long while, many viewers returned to the livestream helplessly to report what they had found.
They simply could not find any information about the bug that had attacked Lin Tian. There was nothing about it online.
"If there's no information online at all, then this is a huge problem. An unknown bug appeared and attacked an examinee. How is Qing Province going to explain this?"
Many people began worrying about the safety of the other examinees in Qing Province.
Even someone as powerful as Lin Tian had needed to summon that kind of armor to block the bug.
What would the other Qing Province examinees do if they encountered it? It seemed they could only wait for death.
The matter of this bug sparked discussion among countless people.
Inside the Qing City examination camp, the five Green Light Martial Saints wore grim expressions as they watched the footage transmitted by the drone.
"If I'm not mistaken, this bug is a Brain-Eating Insect that went extinct long ago."
The Martial Saint Yuanming spoke coldly.
"It is a Brain-Eating Insect. Fifty years ago, all the powerhouses of Blue Star exhausted every possible means and paid the price of countless casualties to wipe out the Brain-Eating Insects."
The Green Light Martial Saint gritted his teeth as he spoke.
During the war to exterminate the Brain-Eating Insects fifty years ago, far too many of his soldiers had died.
The Brain-Eating Insect was a demonic beast whose highest rank was Tier 4. The overwhelming majority of Brain-Eating Insects were Tier 2.
Yet they were also the demonic beasts most hated by all Blue Star powerhouses. At the Dragon Nation's call, Blue Star had joined forces to exterminate the Brain-Eating Insects.
That war had lasted three years. Too many martial artists had fallen during it, but in the end, the Brain-Eating Insects had been eradicated.
"Brain-Eating Insects couldn't possibly have survived for fifty years. That means some force has been cultivating them all along."
"During that war, some force hid away several Brain-Eating Insects and raised them in secret."
Having reached that conclusion, anger rose in the hearts of the five Martial Saints.
"Those rats hiding in the gutter again. After this college entrance examination, Qing Province must undergo a thorough purge. I will report this to the Imperial Court."
The Martial Saint Yuanming spoke furiously.
Qing Province needed a sweeping purge. Even Brain-Eating Insects, which all the nations of Blue Star had jointly exterminated, had appeared again.
"There was probably only one Brain-Eating Insect—the one that attacked Lin Tian. If a swarm of them had appeared, it would have been far too obvious. It would have been easy to trace who was behind it."
The five Martial Saints remained in the camp, staring at the footage on the screen with hearts as dark as storm clouds.
"Why hasn't Qing Province given us an explanation even now?"
"If there are many bugs like that in the examination grounds, what are those examinees supposed to do? Just wait for death?"
Amid everyone's verbal attacks, the Qing Province livestream finally gave an explanation.
That kind of bug had been confirmed to be the only one. There would not be a second one, so everyone could rest assured!
But no one accepted that explanation. They continued cursing and questioning the Qing Province authorities.
The Qing Province side did not dare offer any further response.
The reappearance of Brain-Eating Insects, which had been extinct for fifty years, would inevitably cause unrest. They could not bear that responsibility.
Unlike the anger of the viewers and the worries of the Qing Province authorities, Lin Tian was rather happy.
"I can find another excuse to ask them for more compensation."
The appearance of the Brain-Eating Insect was only a minor matter to him. With the Martial Saint Fancang around, nothing could possibly go wrong.
"All the demonic beasts I've encountered along the way have been late-stage Tier 2. Surely the authorities don't think there are really students capable of taking care of all these demonic beasts?"
"If I weren't here, Qing Province really wouldn't have anyone who could do it."
After casually killing another demonic beast, Lin Tian could not help boasting about himself.
Among all of Qing Province, only he, Jiang Mingyue, and Geng Xian were probably capable of hunting late-stage Tier 2 demonic beasts.
Jiang Mingyue and Geng Xian would likely have a very difficult time hunting them.
Not to mention the Tier 3 demonic beasts deep within the forest.
In previous years, the Tier 3 demonic beasts had merely been decorations. But this year, Lin Tian was here.
"Lin Tian!"
As Lin Tian continued deeper into the forest, he suddenly heard a familiar call. When he turned around, he saw Jiang Mingyue.
"Why are you here?"
Lin Tian was somewhat surprised by Jiang Mingyue's appearance.
The demonic beasts in this area were all late-stage Tier 2. With Jiang Mingyue's strength, she should not have been able to keep up with his pace.
"I fought my way here, but two hours ago, I noticed that all the demonic beasts ahead had already been hunted. I guessed it might have been you."
Jiang Mingyue smiled.
Two hours ago, her points had stopped increasing, and Geng Xian had already overtaken her.
"Your target should be the Tier 3 demonic beast deeper inside, right?"
"That's right."
Lin Tian nodded.
Hearing that, Jiang Mingyue could not help sighing.
"As expected of you. You're only at the Martial Dao Second Layer Early-stage, yet you already have such strength. It really makes people jealous!"
"You have a Special Physique like the Starlight Body. The farther you go, the stronger you'll become."
The two chatted as they walked. The drone transmitted footage of their conversation to the livestream, but because they were so far away, the viewers could not hear what they were saying.
"Lin Tian actually knows Jiang Mingyue. I'm so jealous!"
Jiang Mingyue's breathtaking beauty and powerful strength had won over many people, not to mention her status as the Jiang Family's eldest young lady.
This caused many people to regard Jiang Mingyue as their goddess.
The moment they saw Lin Tian and Jiang Mingyue walking together and chatting, a surge of jealousy flooded their hearts.
"Everyone in front of your screens, wake up. That's Lin Tian—you can't beat him."
At that moment, a comment drifted past, instantly shattering countless people's defenses!
"The Tier 3 demonic beast is up ahead. It's time for me to leave. Third place on the points leaderboard is already enough for me."
When Lin Tian and Jiang Mingyue reached the territory of the Tier 3 demonic beast, Jiang Mingyue suddenly spoke.
Lin Tian nodded and watched Jiang Mingyue leave.
Jiang Mingyue had a very clear understanding of her own strength. A Tier 3 demonic beast was absolutely not something she could challenge yet. Leaving was the best choice.
After Jiang Mingyue left, Lin Tian entered the territory of the Tier 3 demonic beast.
A leopard covered in azure fur appeared before Lin Tian.
"A Tier 3 Swift Shadow Leopard—completely counters me..."
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