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But the difficulty had suddenly soared, completely ruining Tiger Daoist Academy's plans.

Now, the Three-Academy Joint Examination was no longer a contest of team combat. It tested who could flee farther and survive longer under the encirclement of "natural disasters" and demons, monsters, and ghosts.

Under such circumstances, Tiger Daoist Academy's orderly, tightly disciplined military formation not only held no advantage, but had become a fatal burden.

Their large numbers made the formation bloated, their coordination sluggish, their movements clumsy, and their target exceptionally conspicuous... In such a natural disaster, all their disadvantages were laid bare.

In contrast, Jiang Xuan, Qin Feng, Fang Xiao, and the others all operated in scattered squads. They could advance and retreat flexibly, maneuver with ease, and were instead better suited to the current desperate situation.

What made Chen Chengguang's expression turn even uglier was that, since they were not one team, cultivators such as Qin Feng, Fang Xiao, Qiao Yue, and Xie Hanyan... bore not the slightest psychological burden over abandoning others to save themselves.

But Chen Qianjun was different.

He was the absolute core of the team, the central figure within Tiger Daoist Academy.

Through his personal charisma and formidable strength, he had gathered everyone together.

Under such circumstances, he truly commanded the support of all.

But reputation was both an advantage and a burden. If he abandoned the disciples under his command and fled alone in a crisis, the prestige and loyalty he had gathered would crumble like a landslide in an instant.

His reputation within the Daoist Academy would also plummet, and he would become a complete laughingstock.

As for not fleeing and instead protecting his subordinates as they advanced—that was indeed what Chen Qianjun was doing now.

His return just now to rescue Lin Yiyi had not been an isolated