Clink, clank—the sound of swaying coins continued to ring through the grounds.
The two Immortal Sect envoys moved among the examinees like they were picking fruit, continually plucking Greenfly Blood Coins with swollen, bulging bellies from their bodies.
This scene left not only the examinees within it stunned, but also the family members and relatives watching from all around. Anger immediately appeared on their faces.
The masters of the Dao academies, on the other hand, all remained calm. At most, some frowned at the sight before them, but none showed the slightest intention of stopping it.
Even when young disciples beside them bristled with indignation and wanted to curse aloud, the academy masters immediately stopped them sternly:
"Shut up!"
As silence fell, the sky had already darkened.
The market spectators at the very edge only knew that greenish points of light were rising and landing on the examinees. They had no idea that the examinees they saw as having bright futures were being drained of blood like Blood Ghosts.
The spectators could only keep discussing it among themselves:
"What are those green lights? A spell?"
"This is the first time I've seen such a method for eliminating people."
In the end, even though the two Immortal Sect envoys in the arena were quick with their hands, they could not pluck all the Greenfly Blood Coins from the many examinees in time.
One by one, the fully engorged Greenfly Blood Coins dropped from the examinees' backs on their own, hitting the ground with crisp chimes.
Some Greenfly Blood Coins had fed too fully; when they fell, they burst with a pop into blotches of blood.
Wave after wave of Greenfly Blood Coins fell densely across the ground.
At last, a thud rang out.
One examinee could not endure any longer. His