Showing Their Skills

From a distance, the first pitch-black curtain descended in an instant, shrinking the entire battlefield by a full ring.

Yang Sheng looked around and found that the Hills at the center of the battlefield were the highest ground.

He set off at a run toward the Hills.

Several screams came from the distance. Clearly, he wasn't the only person deep in the forest.

And the Big-Eyed Demon Tree and Mutant Squirrels weren't the only hostile creatures here.

When he emerged from the dense forest, a thicket stretched out before him.

Hurried footsteps sounded from within it, and then someone stumbled out.

It was Tian Tian of Ji Prefecture. The top-ranked female contestant held a silver spear stained with blood, and a crimson wound marked her shoulder.

She had clearly just been through a fierce fight.

Tian Tian looked up and saw Yang Sheng. Instinctively, she thrust her spear forward, its tip aimed straight at his throat.

"Yu Prefecture. Yang Sheng."

Yang Sheng quickly raised both hands, identifying himself and showing that he meant her no harm.

But Tian Tian did not lower her spear.

Her gaze stayed sharp and cold as she watched him.

Something rustled in the thicket.

Yang Sheng looked past Tian Tian's shoulder, and his eyes narrowed.

"Watch out!"

As he spoke, he shoved Tian Tian aside. She had been focused entirely on him.

Then he drove a fist forward.

His fist slammed into the head of the Shrub Wolf bursting from the thicket.

The tremendous blow crushed its skull, and the Shrub Wolf died instantly.

Subtlety Realm (640/1000)

The Shrub Wolf was clearly far weaker than the Big-Eyed Demon Tree, but it still gave Yang Sheng fifteen points of cultivation progress.

Only after seeing Yang Sheng protect her did Tian Tian's gaze soften.

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