Shen Yi cast her gaze back onto Yang Nianxia.
"Yang Nianxia, although you didn't slay a soul beast, considering you held off the Golden Hawksbill Turtle single-handedly and maneuvered around it, displaying excellent combat literacy, you are awarded nine points."
Yang Nianxia looked somewhat surprised, as he had originally thought his score wouldn't be very high. In his view, he was just there to coast, and anyone could have held off the Golden Hawksbill Turtle regardless of who faced it.
Shen Yi seemed to perceive the doubt on his face.
"You needn't belittle yourself; this score is what you deserve. Fighting alone in the Soul Master World simply won't do. For the sake of the team's interests, you faced a four-thousand-year Golden Hawksbill Turtle by yourself. Combined with your performance in combat, I give you 9 points."
Yang Nianxia nodded happily, while Luo Guixing, Zheng Yiran, and the others looked thoughtful.
If it was merely holding off the Golden Hawksbill Turtle for such a short time, they could do it too.
"As for everyone else, eight points across the board."
The group had no objections to their scores. After all, compared to Yang Nianxia's one-on-one, with so many of them fighting a single soul beast, getting 8 points was already quite good.
Next came the third test. Led by Shen Yi, the group arrived before a corridor where dozens of stone gates hung overhead.
Only, the bottoms of the gates were welded with sharp metal guillotine blades.
The gates looked anything but light. Under the addition of immense gravity, even the Golden Hawksbill Turtle from the previous test would probably have been sliced directly in two by the blades.
Xie Xie couldn't help swallowing hard.
"If you take a hit from that, your life will probably just be reset straight