Seeing even the Eastern Frontier Alliance's people knocked out of the competition, the many contestants on the eastern mountain peak felt helpless. They understood that Lu Yin wasn't eliminating contestants based solely on who they were; he cared more about their strength.
"Everyone, charge together. A hundred, a thousand, ten thousand—I refuse to believe he can stop us all. Some of us are bound to get through," someone whispered, earning the agreement of many others.
The same thing was happening not only on the eastern peak, but on the other three peaks as well.
Those brave enough to challenge a checkpoint alone were either powerful or had some connection to the checkpoint master. Whether they passed depended on the master: if he wanted you to pass, you passed; if he didn't, you couldn't. Most contestants found that unacceptable.
They also knew that the five checkpoint masters had to eliminate half the contestants.
Their only option was to win through sheer numbers. If everyone charged together, some of them were bound to get through.
The contestants closest to the checkpoint stopped and waited for the people behind them to gather.
Supreme Mountain was not unchanging. Before long, darkness descended. Everyone looked up to see stars hanging across the sky, each shining brightly. From time to time, attacks swept across Supreme Mountain.
The contestants cursed under their breath. They had already felt hopeless facing Supreme Mountain's tides and the checkpoint masters. Now the celestial phenomena were growing even more powerful. It was as if they were being denied any chance to survive.
As the attacks from the stars grew stronger, some contestants had no choice but to join forces to resist them.
Lu Yin looked up at the dark sky and recalled the entrance examination for Starry Sky Tenth Academy. Back then,