First on the Grand Scholar Hunting List!

The Metropolitan Graduates relaxed completely, chatting about everything under Heaven and across the seas.

Though the more than three hundred Metropolitan Graduates had fought together for less than three days, having lived and died side by side had made them true comrades. Their bond now rivaled that of classmates, fellow townsmen, and those who had passed the same examination. They had grown far more familiar with one another, even joking and teasing each other.

Some discussed the course of the battle, some sought combat advice from the middle-aged Metropolitan Graduates, and others talked about matters in the various nations.

More than an hour passed when Heaven and Earth suddenly trembled.

Everyone immediately realized something was happening and looked up in unison.

The Moon Tree Phantom shattered, turning into countless motes of light that shot in every direction.

"Hmph!"

A cold snort brimming with resentment rang out from the sky. A gaunt old man soared into the air, crossing several hundred miles in an instant. Holding an unknown, strange book, he tossed it upward. The book spread across a thousand miles of sky, then gave a light roll, sweeping more than half the light erupted from the Moon Tree Phantom into its pages.

The old man reached out, and the book returned to his hand.

The old man was too far above the ground; even Fang Yun could see only a speck.

Then the old man looked below and spoke in praise.

"Courage and strategy, boldness and insight. These three hundred Metropolitan Graduates shall surely leave their names in history."

As soon as the old man finished speaking, Fang Yun felt the world spin around him. Darkness filled his surroundings. Then, after instinctively blinking, he found that he had left the Metropolitan Graduate Hunting Ground, even the Desolate City Ancient Land,