Wang Qiu kept his word and stayed where he was until the exam ended.
Everyone else in this batch, aside from Wang Qiu, had been eliminated by the Night Watchmen an hour earlier.
That meant every other examinee in the second batch had been eliminated.
The Night Watchmen waited leisurely for the next batch of examinees.
But when the list of third-batch examinees appeared on their phones, many of them felt their hearts sink.
"Xi Yu's Potential Index is 3.3, and Zhang Baiyi's is 3.5. I'm afraid neither of them is any weaker than Wang Qiu."
"Two top geniuses in the same batch? We're going to be under a lot of pressure this time."
Yun Ling's sweet voice, tinged with worry, came over the Night Watchmen channel.
Su Yuan thought for a moment, then said:
"Don't be fooled by how easily I dealt with Wang Qiu. That's because I crippled his biggest trump card right from the start."
"If my guess is right, without my ambush, Wang Qiu might've had the strength to kill many of us here in an instant."
"Xi Yu and Zhang Baiyi can match Wang Qiu, so I imagine they have their own tricks and trump cards beyond their visible Potential Indexes."
Xiao Meng asked gravely over the channel:
"So how do you plan to deal with them? Are we supposed to let them pass?"
"No."
Su Yuan answered without hesitation:
"I'm fairly confident I can take them both, but I need someone to go in first and draw out their trump cards."
"Last time, things got too dicey. If I hadn't swindled all his money first, I might've stumbled into disaster. I can't make the same mistake again."
The Night Watchmen: "..."
They didn't understand what swindling someone's money had to do with defeating Wang