Today was an important day for the entire Desert Iron Mercenary Group at its training grounds.
Almost none of the mercenaries had taken on missions that day. Instead, they had all gathered at the training grounds.
The Desert Iron Mercenary Group had begun developing much later than the other two mercenary groups, and it had only a little over eighty members.
They were divided into six mercenary squads, each consisting of a dozen or so people.
The Desert Iron Mercenary Group's so-called assessment was actually a tournament involving the entire group.
However, this tournament encouraged healthy competition. Those who lost suffered no penalties, while those who won received rewards.
It was precisely this recurring internal assessment that kept the Desert Iron Mercenary Group so tightly united.
The captains of the first and second mercenary squads were now both Nine-Star Dou Zhe, while the third squad's captain was an Eight-Star Dou Zhe.
As for Xue Lan, captain of the fourth mercenary squad, and the captains of the fifth and sixth squads, they were all Seven-Star Dou Zhe.
"It really is lively here."
Dozens of people surrounded the training grounds, where two Dou Zhe were sparring.
One of them was Xue Lan, and the other was the captain of the fifth mercenary squad.
The fifth squad's captain had made some progress lately, so he wanted to try challenging Xue Lan, captain of the fourth squad.
If he won this assessment match, he could move his squad up to fourth place.
"Kai Le, you're still a little too green to become the fourth squad's captain."
[Yellow Tier High Grade-Cross Slaughter]!
With a dagger in each hand, Xue Lan launched her attack. Her figure darted like a snow phantom, flashing past Kai Le, captain of the fifth squad, in an instant.
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