"A prospective student dealt with the beast tide? Are you kidding? Without Supreme Rank strength, facing a beast tide like that would be courting death!"
"Still, it really didn't look like a Supreme made a move just now. It must have been an academy elder! Those elders are all at the great saint peak, and the best among them might possess combat strength comparable to an early-stage Supreme. They should be capable of dealing with the beast tide!"
The prospective students all discussed it, convinced that whoever had dealt with the beast tide could not possibly be one of their fellow trial participants.
Yet before their discussion had died down, countless five-colored auspicious clouds appeared across the sky above the Trial Grounds. The clouds shrouded the heavens, enveloping the entire Trial Grounds in a Heaven-and-Earth Phenomenon.
"Look! A Heaven-and-Earth Phenomenon! Has someone broken a record?"
"Do you even need to ask? It must be whoever made a move just now! Dealing with such a terrifying beast tide in so little time-that isn't a record just anyone can set!"
"Exactly, we don't need to guess! We'll soon find out who dealt with the beast tide!"
Whenever anyone set a record in the Trial Grounds, the Heavenly Dao would announce it.
So they all pricked up their ears, waiting for the Heavenly Dao's next announcement.
Yet when the Heavenly Dao's voice actually rang out, they were all stunned!
"Trial participant number one slew three hundred Demon Beasts with a single sword strike, setting a record and breaking the record for most kills in one strike! The Heavenly Dao announces a reward of ten Saint Soul Pills!"
"Trial participant number one slew eight hundred Demon Beasts with a single sword strike, setting a record and breaking the record for most kills in one