At the center of the Assessment Area, Xuan Zi stood and took a sip of wine. His gaze swept over the Outer Court's Core Disciples before he spoke in a gruff voice.
"Listen up, you little fellows. The Core Disciple assessment you're about to take is very simple. I call it a group free-for-all.
Within this Soul Fighting Zone, you can attack whoever you like and fight however you please. There are no rules. Anyone who surrenders or has to be rescued will be eliminated.
The last seven standing will be the winners. All right, teachers, leave the field. Once I call out the start, you can begin fighting."
Apart from Huo Yuhao, who already knew the rules of this assessment, the other Outer Court disciples were unfamiliar with this format. For a moment, they could only exchange bewildered looks.
Naturally, the teachers did not disobey Xuan Zi's orders and withdrew from the Soul Fighting Zone.
Before the students inside the Soul Fighting Zone could react, Xuan Zi suddenly raised the Wine Gourd in his hand and shouted, "Begin!"
With a whoosh, Xuan Zi vanished, leaving only the twenty-seven Outer Court Core Disciples in the Soul Fighting Arena.
Everything had changed so abruptly that all the students briefly froze the instant Xuan Zi shouted the signal.
Immediately afterward, each of them made a different choice.
Huo Yuhao gave Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao a meaningful look, and all three immediately activated their martial souls.
Wang Dong hovered at roughly the same height as Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao, almost halfway between flying and standing.
Meanwhile, relying on the powerful physique granted by his Qiongqi Martial Soul, Huo Yuhao shoved straight through the people who had originally surrounded him.
After they retreated to the edge of the Competition Platform, Wang Dong