Chapter 172: Twelve Compete for One
On the arena platform.
Facing He Jinyun, not a single person stepped forward.
A long while passed.
"Boring!" He Jinyun shook his head, instantly losing all interest.
At this moment, the man presiding over the assessment also looked toward the stands.
That was also where Hong Minghu sat.
Seeing Hong Minghu give a slight nod and hearing his voice by his ear, the man overseeing the assessment immediately understood.
Then.
He looked toward the crowd at the edge of the arena.
"If none of you are willing to fight He Jinyun, then He Jinyun shall directly obtain one of the deputy commander positions!"
Even after those words were spoken, no one stepped forward onto the arena.
The two Martial Dao Seventh Rank experts, one man and one woman, remained as steady as old dogs. Watching the scene on the arena, neither of them was in the slightest hurry.
Since there were four deputy commander positions, and only the two of them among the crowd were Martial Dao Seventh Rank.
What did they have to be anxious about?
Between the Seventh and Eighth Ranks lay a gap like a vast chasm.
After Tempering Sinews, one's explosive strength became incomparably terrifying. Every gesture could gather the force of the entire body.
Such explosive strength not only made their attacks impossible to resist.
That powerful explosive force also multiplied their speed.
Especially in close combat, their shifts, dodges, and movements were several tenths faster than those of an Eighth Rank. If one had reached the peak of the Seventh Rank and completed Sinew Tempering, the difference compared to an Eighth Rank was multiplied severalfold.
That gap was the confidence in their hearts.
Of the four deputy commander positions, they could easily claim two.
With that being the