Any genius born in the same era as Zhou Heng was bound to be tragic. Faced with a freak like him, even the strongest confidence would be crushed until not a trace remained!
Niu Gang was precisely such an unlucky fellow—but who told him to provoke Zhou Heng?
There was nothing more to say. Zhou Heng stripped all thirteen of them clean, sending his score soaring past the ten-thousand mark in one stroke!
That way, even if he rested for an entire day, probably no one would be able to surpass him. He could still sit firmly upon the throne of first place.
"Thank you!" Zhou Heng waved to Niu Gang and the others before continuing onward.
Bang!
Niu Gang slammed a heavy fist into the ground, his expression so vicious it looked as though he wanted to devour someone alive. Only after watching Zhou Heng vanish from sight did he say, "No one is allowed to speak of what happened today!"
"Yes, yes, Brother Gang!" The others answered solemnly. Though Niu Gang had been defeated in a single blow, he was still far from someone they could afford to underestimate.
Niu Gang clenched his fist hard, forcing out a single word through gritted teeth. "Move!"
Although their recruitment plaques had been taken and their scores reset to zero, that did not mean they had to withdraw from this assessment. They could still plunder other people's recruitment plaques and continue accumulating points; these plaques were not assigned one-to-one.
"That brat's combat strength is unbelievably powerful, yet his actual cultivation is at most twenty-aspect Bright Immortal!" Niu Gang thought as he walked. "Once I advance to the Star Realm, defeating him will be as easy as turning over my hand!"
"But is it worth advancing to the Star Realm early for