Perfect Evacuation

A third-rank innate against a second-rank blood coagulation.

Jiang Yan had never fought such a lavish battle before.

The silver blade radiated surging lightning. Jiang Yan's Blade Momentum was fierce as he slashed through the air.

Flames surged from He Xiao's body as he actually used his flesh to take the blow head-on.

Vaguely, the slash Jiang Yan had delivered became two slashes.

System Log updated: You triggered Multiple Casting.

The two streams of blade qi overlapped as they struck He Xiao's hand.

Pshht!

Jiang Yan sheathed his blade and calmly walked up to He Xiao, who was curled on the ground and bleeding without end. His expression was somewhat helpless.

"I thought you were pretty strong."

Jiang Yan truly had only swung his blade casually just then. He had not even used his talent or martial skills, yet He Xiao, who had been so arrogantly invincible moments ago, no longer had the strength to resist.

He pondered inwardly. Have I gotten this strong already?

The Live Stream Room fell silent. The comments that had boiled over when the two met had now lowered their banners and silenced their drums.

They had imagined that He Xiao, as someone from Modu, would crush Jiang Yan so thoroughly that he could not lift his head.

They had also imagined Jiang Yan catching up from behind and defeating He Xiao through sheer perseverance.

They had even imagined the two ending in a draw, both suffering heavy losses.

But they had never imagined that Jiang Yan would kill He Xiao in an instant with a single slash, despite He Xiao seeming to possess the makings of invincibility.

The sense of unreality was as though Jiang Yan had not cut down a prodigy from Modu, but mere flowers and grass by the roadside.

Effortless and unrestrained.

Jiang Yan raised his blade, his face cold.

A trace of terror appeared in He Xiao's unfocused eyes. "No... don't..."

Jiang Yan brought his blade down.

He Xiao closed his eyes in despair.

"What are you thinking? This is an exam venue. Do you think I'd kill you?" Jiang Yan merely used his blade to lift He Xiao's clothes and retrieve the Marked Items.

A flute and a jade token went straight into Jiang Yan's backpack before he soared into the sky once more.

In He Xiao's vision, that towering figure grew farther and farther away.

He forced himself to rise, looking bitterly at the bone-deep wound on his hand.

With such severe injuries, he was afraid he would have no chance at those two schools from here on out.

"There is always a higher heaven beyond heaven~"

Before such an opponent, He Xiao did not even have the strength to muster the exhausting emotion of hatred.

Jiang Yan continued hunting for targets.

He now had five Marked Items, putting him unquestionably ahead of everyone in terms of speed.

And that was indeed the case.

Attentive netizens were updating the live data of certain geniuses online in real time, even creating a ranking based on the data.

Jiang Yan had obtained five Marked Items in less than an hour, unquestionably taking first place on the rankings.

If the First Round Exam could still be explained by luck and special talents, then what about this Second Round Exam?

The voices of doubt grew quieter and quieter, replaced by countless people's admiration.

Jiang Yan's Live Stream Room became even livelier.

Lucky bags came one after another, while the comments rolled on without end.

Amid everyone's anticipation, Jiang Yan descended upon the territory of a third-tier Fierce Beast.

Two slashes later, the third-tier Fierce Beast died with hatred in the northwest.

The Martial Exam was not only designed for geniuses; it also had to take into account examinees of average ability. Therefore, during this Second Round Exam, Jiang Yan had scarcely encountered any Fierce Beasts beyond the third tier.

With his enormous field of view from high in the sky, Jiang Yan swiftly took down several demonic beasts in succession, bringing his Marked Items to nine.

With just one more, he could evacuate the map directly and claim first place in the Second Round Exam once again.

Very soon, he spotted an enormous Silver Horn Rhino from high above.

Generally speaking, this map would not randomly place Fierce Beasts inside it. If you found one, then do not doubt it—there was most likely a Marked Item hidden nearby.

Jiang Yan dived down. Lightning flashed across his blade, Geng Metal Qi wrapped around his body, and violet-gold lightning turned into a meteor as it plummeted straight downward.

Flying Immortal Beyond the Heavens!

The Silver Horn Rhino was cut in two at the waist, dead beyond death.

Jiang Yan searched around, then saw a "Martial" character mark on the Silver Horn Rhino's silver horn.

"Tsk, that was a pretty good hiding spot."

At this point, the Marked Items Jiang Yan had collected had reached the limit.

He stepped through the void again and headed for the evacuation exit.

"Congratulations to examinee 9527, Jiang Yan, for being the first to perfectly evacuate the map."

"Congratulations to examinee 9527, Jiang Yan, for being the first to perfectly evacuate the map."

"Congratulations to examinee 9527, Jiang Yan, for being the first to perfectly evacuate the map."

The announcement repeated three times, etching Jiang Yan's name into everyone's memory.

He was teleported once again into a room resembling a luxury hotel room and began tallying the points he had earned.

First to reach the summit in the First Round Exam: 300 points.

First to evacuate in the Second Round Exam: 300 points. Eight additional Marked Items brought out, 50 each: 400 points.

Total points: 1000.

Far ahead of the rest!

Across the two rounds of exams, Jiang Yan had earned every point available to him. He was the undisputed first place.

Meanwhile, the other examinees were either being hunted down by savage demonic beasts, or, after luckily obtaining a Marked Item, were miserably robbed by other examinees, all their painstaking efforts going down the drain.

Others chose to seek victory through stability. After collecting two Marked Items, they began lying low and searching for evacuation points.

Within the crisscrossing city roads, the examinees were like grasshoppers trapped behind walls, struggling to find a path leading outside.

Unlike an ordinary city, this map's space was extremely limited. Ideas such as—

"Why not climb over it?"

"As long as you're strong enough, every direction is an exit."

—had long been anticipated by the officials.

A single Air Wall cut off all the examinees' crooked schemes, leaving them no choice but to miserably search for evacuation points.

Within three days, they had to collect enough Marked Items while also successfully finding an exit. This was an enormous test for the examinees.

Throughout the process, Fierce Beasts, other examinees, and even direction itself were stumbling blocks in their path.

A corner of Jungle Law had been applied to this group of clear-eyed yet foolish examinees.

Half a day later, the broadcast announced once again that the second examinee had successfully achieved a perfect evacuation.

Unfortunately, the attention they received was nowhere near Jiang Yan's.

People only remembered the first. Who came second did not seem all that important.

Jiang Yan lay on the hotel bed and gave the question setter who designed this scenario a thumbs-up.

Even now, he believed that he could return to the hotel once the exam ended.

Little did he know that this was merely a privilege belonging to first place.

Still, as long as he remained first forever, privilege would become routine.

His consciousness returned to the Divine Martial Space.

Jiang Yan approached the Combat Space. After breaking through to Xiantian, Jiang Yan officially launched his campaign to subjugate the Thousand Vine Flower Demon.

The Thousand Vine Flower Demon possessed extremely powerful regenerative abilities. To kill it, he had to achieve a one-hit kill.

"Begin battle."

Countless vines shot from the flower demon's body toward Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan cut through the vines, dodging elsewhere as he searched for the right moment to strike.