"Thirteen breaths."
"And that was without using mid-grade artifacts, with everyone concealing their strength. My junior brothers and sisters truly are formidable!"
"With Floating Jade Island in your hands, I can rest easy."
Having witnessed it all, Cui Yanshan could not help but praise them.
Naturally, there had been method to this "trial" of his.
These Spirit Monsters were not particularly strong. Strictly speaking, they were merely at the Qi Refining Second Layer, though they possessed unusual arts and were quite treacherous.
He had expected Lu Xuan and the others to defeat them.
Otherwise, if they had suffered a crushing defeat the moment they arrived, it would have been far too discouraging.
Thus, the standard by which he judged Lu Xuan and the others was "time."
So long as they could win within twenty-five breaths, they would be considered qualified and barely capable of guarding Floating Jade Island.
If they took longer than that, he truly would have needed to carefully reassess them.
Yet he had never expected these junior brothers and sisters to win in merely thirteen breaths while concealing their strength.
Lu Xuan in particular had handled it with effortless ease, still having the spare capacity to observe the entire field. Should any side have shown a flaw, he likely could have immediately roused Heartfire to save them.
He truly possessed the bearing of a Sea-Calming Divine Treasure.
"May I ask, Senior Brother, how strong are these Spirit Monsters in a true 'beast tide'?"
Lu Xuan bowed and asked Cui Yanshan.
Though this "exercise" had encountered a slight surprise at the outset, it had ultimately been a crushing sweep.
If the Spirit Monsters in the beast tide were all this strong, he felt Cui Yanshan had no need to arrange this "test" at all.
"Hahaha, Junior Brother Lu