Chapter 5168: Provocation
"Every year, the inner sect holds a minor examination, and each one eliminates over a thousand people."
"Once every ten years, there is a major examination, and each time, at least tens of thousands are eliminated."
"If you want to truly establish yourself in the inner sect, the real inner sect assessment is what truly matters."
"Just because a hundred people fight together, do you think such a competition will be watered down?"
Waves of discussion rose one after another.
Those who had not understood this before quickly grasped the situation completely, bitter expressions appearing on their faces.
Wanting to cultivate peacefully in Shuiyue Mountain—why did it feel so difficult?
They actually had to keep taking part in all kinds of competitions.
This was... truly too difficult.
The discussions here were still ongoing.
Over on the other side, Elder Duomian had already begun calling out strings of numbers.
Neither Qin Shaofeng nor Xian Xiaoying's numbers were called for the first group's competition.
Perhaps because the first match would draw the most attention, Qin Shaofeng did not pay it much mind.
The battle soon erupted in full swing.
It was a chaotic melee involving over a hundred people, and the numbers Elder Duomian had randomly called included quite a few people who had worked together in the mountains.
But once they were truly scattered apart, trying to cooperate in such a melee was simply far too difficult.
The instant the melee began, more and more people were blasted out of the battlefield.
The battle changed far too quickly.
Only then did those Outer Disciples who had been eliminated early on truly see just how difficult this assessment was.
Among the hundred people Elder Duomian called out, there would always be several genuine powerhouses.
Under the attacks of those