Do You Want to Join the Tang Sect?

"The second trial, passed. Prepare for the final assessment. Defeat your opponent or hold out for thirty seconds."

"The final assessment? They skipped the advanced assessment entirely? Interesting." Xiling was intrigued as well.

With a flash of light, a figure appeared out of thin air. It was still Bei Bei from before, but compared to earlier, his aura was far more terrifying.

Xiling looked over and saw seven soul rings rise beneath Bei Bei's feet—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black. "A seven-ringed Soul Sage! And an advanced Soul Sage at that. Teacher Wu, you really think highly of me."

Though he said that, Xiling's gaze turned serious. A seven-ringed Bei Bei had fully evolved his martial soul into the Bright Sacred Dragon and possessed his Martial Soul True Body. His strength had undergone a qualitative leap.

A deep dragon roar erupted from within Bei Bei. The Bright Sacred Dragon possessed him. Having learned his lesson from the previous two battles, he did not hesitate in the slightest. His seventh soul ring lit up—Bright Sacred Dragon True Body!

In an instant, a golden dragon over seven meters long shot into the sky, its golden wings spreading wide.

Its wings beat, and powerful winds swept golden lightning across the surroundings. Seven soul rings encircled the dragon's body while dense dragon might pressed down from above.

There was no further probing. His third and sixth soul rings lit up in succession.

Third soul skill, Thunderous Fury, which could raise attack, defense, and speed to a certain extent.

Immediately afterward, rings of golden light bloomed outward beneath him. Golden sacred dragons emerged within the rings as the Dragon Emperor's Realm-Shaking Domain activated.

At that moment, Bei Bei's aura surged to its peak at an astonishing speed.

"Roar—" The Bright Sacred Dragon in the sky let out a long cry.

As though it were a signal to attack, the golden sacred dragons charged at Xiling simultaneously.

But it was not over yet. Bei Bei's fifth soul ring blazed brilliantly, the ink-black ring turning golden in an instant.

Golden light erupted from the Bright Sacred Dragon's body as righteous lightning merged with the power of light.

He raised a massive claw, gathering overwhelming golden lightning. Carrying the force to suppress all things, it struck straight at Xiling's face!

Xiling's eyes widened. "Seriously? You're going all out right from the start?"

Before his cry of alarm had even faded, the overwhelming offensive was already upon him. Facing Bei Bei at full power, Xiling did not dare be careless.

Seven rings against three—there was a difference of four whole major realms. Three purple-gold soul rings instantly rose beneath Xiling's feet.

"Second soul skill, Spatial Imprisonment!"

Invisible spatial power suddenly spread out, locking down dozens of meters around them.

Even Bei Bei, with his Martial Soul True Body activated, was forcibly frozen in midair at that moment.

Taking advantage of the opening, Xiling raised a hand and formed dozens of Subspace Spears, which shot through the air in a dense barrage.

Under the relentless bombardment of the Subspace Spears, the golden sacred dragons exploded one after another into showers of energy light.

Bei Bei finally broke through the Spatial Imprisonment, and his violent offensive came crushing down once more.

Xiling shifted his feet, instantly teleporting away and narrowly evading the heavy blow.

Boom!

The golden dragon claw smashed fiercely into the ground, lightning surging wildly. When the strike missed, the Bright Sacred Dragon swept its tail, and the lightning around its body flared again.

But at that moment, the space around it began to distort.

"Not this again!" Bei Bei reacted instantly, but it was already too late. Spatial turbulence had formed.

For a time, the entire space rumbled without end. The two clashed head-on throughout the battle, neither able to do anything to the other.

Just as the battle reached thirty seconds, a cold electronic voice rang out:

"The trial time has ended."

"The final assessment battle is a draw. Neither side has won."

"Assessment successful. You have passed."

Light flashed, and the dizzying sensation returned. The next second, Xiling was back in that deep-blue space.

Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and the others had been waiting for quite some time. Aside from Gu Yue, who looked somewhat better, everyone else was bruised and battered.

The moment Xiling emerged, Xie Xie impatiently asked, "Brother Ling, you finally came out. I passed one round. How many did you pass?"

"Two, I guess. The final round was a Soul Sage. He activated his Martial Soul True Body right away, and my normal attacks had a hard time doing any real damage to him." Xiling thought for a moment before answering.

Xie Xie: Are you even listening to yourself?

The others' mouths twitched wildly as well. They felt terrible.

Once everyone had arrived, Wu Zhangkong turned around and looked at the six of them. "Come here."

The six walked over to him. Before they could ask anything, light suddenly flashed, and intense spatial fluctuations swept over them. Then, they vanished from where they stood.

When the light flashed again, they appeared in what looked like an office. The space was over two hundred square meters, with a huge desk placed toward the back and rows of sofas arranged neatly around it.

"Sit. I have something to discuss with you." Wu Zhangkong pointed at the sofas.

Aside from Xiling, the other five were somewhat confused, but they still found seats and sat down.

Wu Zhangkong sat opposite them.

"You must find today's test rather strange. During the assessments, all of you faced opponents of the same rank."

"What I must tell you is that the opponents you encountered in the Hall of Heroes were all soul masters who had truly existed in the past."

"Because they were simulations, they could only display around seventy percent of their real strength."

"How do you think your strength compares to theirs?"

Soul masters who had truly existed?

Tang Wulin immediately thought of the twin martial soul user he had faced.

What surfaced in Xie Xie's mind was a tall, breathtakingly beautiful girl whose supple waist was like a drawn longbow.

But what appeared in Gu Yue's mind was a young man with black hair and eyes gleaming with strange light.

It was precisely him who had effortlessly defeated her in the final stage. The feeling of fighting him was enough to make one shudder.

Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi each recalled the appearance of their own opponents as well.

"There are two reasons I brought you here. First, all of you have already reached your absorption limits in the Spirit Ascension Platform."

"So, you need another place to train in actual combat. Combat in the Hall of Heroes is more realistic because any injuries are inflicted directly upon your real bodies."

"Of course, once your injuries reach a certain level, you will be automatically sent out. Unlike the Spirit Ascension Platform, your minds will not be traumatized because your bodies are destroyed."

"Relatively speaking, you can think of the Hall of Heroes as a higher-level Spirit Ascension Platform."

"Second, the purpose of this assessment is not the final exam. You already completed your final exam in the Riot Spirit Ascension Platform, and I have already given you your scores."

"Passing the assessment here means that you may join this place. If you decide to join, you can accumulate merits in the future and use the Hall of Heroes for training."

An organization? Upon hearing those words, the five of them all looked at Wu Zhangkong curiously.

"Teacher Wu, what does this organization do?" Xie Xie asked.

He was from a major family and could not casually join an organization of unknown origin.

However, since this organization was located in East Sea's high-tech district, its background should be legitimate.

Wu Zhangkong said, "Have you heard of the Tang Sect?"

The Tang Sect? At the mention of that name, Tang Wulin and the other four were all shaken.

How could they possibly not have heard of it? It was the sect founded personally by Sea God Tang San ten thousand years ago!