A Technique Called: Stab!

Li Xin's expression was rather strange.

Her uncertain gaze kept wandering over the two brothers.

She looked them up and down, left and right. No matter how she looked at them, they resembled girls.

Their delicate, flawless faces made even her feel a little jealous.

"Are you really brothers?" Li Xin asked.

"We really are!" Long Haoyu answered without hesitation.

"Then how old are you?" Li Xin asked again.

Long Haoyu said, "Ten!"

Li Xin's eyes widened as she stared at Long Haoyu in disbelief, then looked at Long Haochen.

Are you kidding me? Coming to take the Quasi-Knight Assessment at ten?

God of Light above, am I still asleep?

Thump, thump, thump—

Suddenly, the ground began to shake as though a mountain of a man had made a forceful entrance.

Long Haoyu knew from the Original Work that Nalan Shu was fat, but when he actually saw him and found himself enveloped in the man's shadow, he could not help clicking his tongue.

How could someone be this fat?

"Xin'er, why did you bring two little girls here? Relatives of yours?" Nalan Shu asked.

Li Xin came back to her senses. "Uncle Nalan, they aren't my relatives. They said they're here for the Quasi-Knight Assessment, and they have a letter of introduction for you."

"Also, they said they aren't little girls. They're boys."

Boys?

Nalan Shu squatted down and looked suspiciously at the brothers. "Xin'er, do you think your Uncle Nalan is blind?"

Li Xin: "..."

Long Haoyu and Long Haochen: "..."

Long Haoyu handed over the letter. "Uncle Nalan, this is the letter of introduction for you. You'll understand once you read it."

Nalan Shu took the letter and opened it skeptically. After just one glance, his squatting body abruptly sprang upright.

"So they really are boys?"

"In that case, come with me!"

Nalan Shu's expression turned solemn. After reading the contents of the letter, he turned and led the brothers toward the site of the Quasi-Knight Assessment.

Li Xin's gaze trembled. Seeing the normally carefree Nalan Shu suddenly become so serious, she now believed that the brothers really had come for the Quasi-Knight Assessment.

Before long, Long Haoyu and Long Haochen followed Nalan Shu to the third floor of the Haoyue Branch Hall, which was specifically used for trials and assessments.

The vast third-floor hall was empty. Aside from special symbols and patterns on the surrounding walls, there was no other furnishing.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A gentle green glow shone from Nalan Shu's hand, and a black stone pillar of unknown material suddenly rose from the floor of the hall.

"Lord Xingyu said that you two brothers know you came here for the Quasi-Knight Assessment."

"Next, each of you will attack this black stone pillar with your full strength. Once you pass the assessment, I'll arrange for someone to enter your information into the Knight Temple's archives."

Li Xin stepped forward and asked uncertainly, "Uncle Nalan, they're only ten! Can they really take the Quasi-Knight Assessment?"

She believed that the brothers had come to take the Quasi-Knight Assessment, but their age of merely ten still made her doubt whether they could pass.

Nalan Shu's brows twitched. Hearing that the brothers were only ten, he could not help taking a deep breath.

"Whether they can make it or not, we'll know after the assessment. Just watch," Nalan Shu answered in a deep voice.

At his signal, Long Haoyu and Long Haochen both walked to the front of the black stone pillar.

Long Haoyu moved aside and gave Long Haochen an encouraging look. "Haochen, you test first."

"Okay, Brother!"

Long Haochen did not hesitate. Standing before the black stone pillar, he slowly drew a Fine Iron Sword from his back.

By Long Haoyu's side, he appeared shy and reserved, but after drawing the Fine Iron Sword, his face clearly gained a measure of persistence and resolve.

Step forward, charge, slash!

After readying himself, he used a standard Knight attack. With a bang, the Fine Iron Sword slashed into the black stone pillar.

A gentle blue glow abruptly lit up, and with a hum, an exact number appeared above the black stone pillar.

"One hundred and eighteen!"

I really haven't woken up yet!

The God of Light must be playing a joke on me, His devout believer, today.

The disbelief in Li Xin's widened eyes grew even stronger.

A second ago, she had still been wondering whether the Long brothers could pass the assessment.

The next second, Long Haochen, the younger brother, had tested at 118 points of Spirit Energy.

One only needed to reach 101 points of Spirit Energy to officially step into the ranks of a Tier 2 Professional.

A value of 118 points already made him a Tier 2 Level 2 Knight. He had not merely passed—he had exceeded the requirement.

A ten-year-old Tier 2 Level 2 Knight? It would be absurd if it were not a joke!

"So my Spirit Energy has already reached 118 points? It increased this much in three months?" Long Haochen was somewhat surprised.

Looking at the number on the black stone pillar, a brilliant smile bloomed on his face. He was delighted that he had passed the Quasi-Knight Assessment.

The next moment, his gaze fell on Long Haoyu. "Brother, I've passed the Quasi-Knight Assessment. Now it's your turn."

Nalan Shu's mouth kept twitching as he considered what Li Xin had just told him about the brothers' age.

"Whew..."

After letting out a heavy breath, the fat on Nalan Shu's face squeezed into folds like mountains, and his plump face took on a somewhat ingratiating expression.

"As expected of Lord Xingyu's disciple. You truly are a genius!"

"Congratulations. You've passed the Quasi-Knight Assessment!"

Long Haochen had been waiting for Long Haoyu's assessment. Seeing Nalan Shu suddenly come up to him, he grew a little embarrassed and said shyly, "I'm not a genius. My brother is even more amazing than me!"

Right, there was another one!

Nalan Shu abruptly came to his senses and immediately looked at Long Haoyu.

At the same time, Li Xin's gaze also fell on Long Haoyu.

No matter how unbelievable it was, the number on the black stone pillar could not be fake.

Long Haochen was already a Tier 2 Level 2 Quasi-Knight. If Long Haoyu was even more gifted than Long Haochen claimed, then just how gifted was he?

Long Haochen also looked at Long Haoyu expectantly. He was determined not to hold his brother back, and now he desperately wanted to know how great the gap between them truly was.

Long Haoyu smiled faintly. "Haochen, go wait to the side. Brother will satisfy your curiosity soon."

His gentle face held only an elder brother's concern and protectiveness toward his younger brother.

Then, he slowly removed No Edge from his back.

Only when No Edge was removed did Nalan Shu and Li Xin notice that Long Haoyu had only one heavy sword on his back.

Other than this heavy sword, there was no second weapon, not even a shield.

This seemed...

Different from a normal Knight's equipment, didn't it?

When they saw No Edge's specific appearance, the two were even more speechless.

Long Haoyu's heavy sword truly had quite a—

Well, rather distinctive design.

Long Haoyu held the Wufeng Heavy Sword in one hand, took a deep breath, and looked steadily at the black stone pillar before him.

He did not use a standard Knight attack. Instead, in an ordinary yet extraordinary manner, he thrust No Edge toward the black stone pillar.

It was not that he did not want to use a standard attack. Rather, ever since he had reached 100 points of Spirit Energy nine months ago, he had been undergoing special training.

Over the past nine months, he had also explored several attack methods within the Shadow Space that were more suited to himself.

This strike was derived from the Fatal Stab used by the Shadow Instructor.

It was also the strongest attack he could currently perform.

A technique called: Stab!