chapter 10 Practical assessment!

"Young people are impulsive. Come with me."
The person who led Stanley to the assessment site was an old man wearing a white robe.
Stanley saw two badges on the old man's chest, one was a hunter badge with crossed swords, and the other was a badge engraved with a six-pointed star array.
"Array Master Badge!"
Stanley was slightly shocked. It was obvious that this old man's identity was not simple. He had a dual identity. He looked old, but in fact, his life veins contained strong vitality and dormant power.
Walking on the passage, with torches hanging on both sides, and pushing open a stone door, Stanley followed the old man and came to a spacious room.
The floor of this room was engraved with some strange lines
, connected vertically and horizontally like ghostly symbols, and there seemed to be no pattern.
In the center of the room, there was a raised stone platform, about two feet high.
Without waiting for Stanley to ask, the old man in white robe said, "This is where the assessment is. If you fail the assessment, remember to pay the fee to activate the formation."
"The fee?" Stanley looked stunned.
"Do you think the formation can be lunched casually? The assessment of a first-level hunter requires an innate Qi stone. If you pass, the cost will be paid by the Hunters Guild. If you fail, you will have to pay the cost." The old man in white robe explained.
Stanley had heard of the innate Qi Stone. It was an ore in which the innate Qi of heaven and earth was highly condensed. Warriors could directly absorb the innate Qi inside for cultivation, and the effect would be more significant than swallowing up the meager innate Qi between Heaven and Earth.
"This...how much does a piece of innate Qi stone cost?" Stanley regretted that he didn't take a good look at the contract given by the beautiful receptionist just now, so he didn't know that there was a payment fee.
"Five hundred taels of silver."
"Hiss...so expensive!?" Stanley was shocked. This amount was undoubtedly an astronomical figure for him.
The old man in white robe looked up at Stanley and said with a smile, "If you are not sure, it is still not too late to quit now."
The fee of five hundred taels of silver forced Stanley to think about it, so he asked, "I want to know what the specific assessment content is."
"You dare to come here without even knowing what the content of the assessment is. What place do you think the Hunters Guild is? How can you be allowed to mess around?"
The old man in white robe immediately became angry, "For the sake of your young age, I won't care about it. Go back and practice hard."
Although the man spoke rudely, Stanley was not angry. After all, he knew basically nothing about the hunter's assessment.
In the hall just now, he learned something from the other hunters, and it seemed that he was going to fight a first-level monster head-on, but where was the monster in this room?
Seeing Stanley looking around, the old man in white robe said calmly, "The monsters will appear only after the formation is activated. The assessment for a first-level hunter is to kill three first-level monsters independently!"
Monsters were different from wild beasts. The lowest level of monsters could be as strong as a fifth-level human cultivation warrior.
But true strength still had to be demonstrated through combat. A warrior who was also at the fifth level of cultivation and had no fighting experience was far from a match for a monster.
"Three first-level monsters? I should be able to do it!" Stanley said.
The old man in white robe didn't say much, and pointed to the stone platform in the middle of the room, "You can just stand on it."
Stanley nodded, walked over and stood on the stone platform.
"After I activate the formation, you will enter the environment formed inside the formation. Everything you encounter will be basically the same as reality. If you feel that you can't hold on, it's best not to hold on. Whenever you think of it, within three breathings, you can escape from the formation." said the old man in white robe.
Three breaths might seem short, but in a life-and-death fight, a lot could happen within it. Many people who were killed or injured during the assessment were also concluded in this short period of time.
"Let me get started!" Stanley took a deep breath and adjusted his condition to the best.
The old man in white robe turned over his hand and took out a palm-sized stone that emitted a faint white light, walked to a depression in the formation pattern, and put the vitality stone into it.
"Buzz!"
A faint light lit up on the formation lines on the floor of the room, and then all the brilliance converged towards the stone platform where Stanley was.
Immediately afterwards, Stanley felt that the situation in front of him was constantly changing, the environment changed, and he appeared in a secret room like a cage.
Roaring!
There was a flash of white light, and three ferocious monsters appeared more than ten meters away from him.
It had gray hair all over its body and scarlet eyes. It was similar to a wild wolf, but its size was much larger than that of a wolf. Its claws were as sharp as knives, and its fangs flash with cold light.
"Iron-backed demon wolf!"
Although Stanley had never seen a monster beast, he knew something about it from books. From its characteristics, he could see the origin of this monster beast.
This low-level demon wolf was known for the Iron Back, which meant that the bones on their back were as hard as iron.
"No life veins?"
Stanley frowned and looked intently, only to find that the three iron-backed demon wolves had no life veins in their bodies and were entirely made of condensed vitality.
This was naturally because of the formation, which couldnot perfectly transform real life.
Stanley frowned because in this environment, he could not use his ability to damage life veins.
Facing the three iron-backed demon wolves, Stanley was not nervous, and was even slightly excited.
He licked his lips, and made a gesture as if he was about to attack, and said to himself, "It doesn't matter if I am restricted, this will show my true strength!"
Howling!
At this moment, three iron-backed demon wolves were already flying towards him, with a very fierce momentum.
Although the formation couldnot deduce a complete life form, it could express the habits, attack methods and other aspects of this monster beast.
"Well done!"
The steps under Stanley's feet moved slightly, and the great acheivement One-inch Kick movement was almost instinctive, and he directly avoided the attacks of the two iron-backed demon wolves.
"Dragon and Tiger Boxing in Tiger Style!" There was no pause in the movements of his hands, and the inner energy flowed into his fists, which smashed into the abdomen of the third demon wolf.
Monsters also knew how to protect their own vital points when fighting. The monster wolf suddenly crawled down, exposing its most defensive back to Stanley's attack.
"Bang!"
The demon wolf was directly blown away by Stanley's punch, and then its body exploded into a piece of white light in mid-air.
Although it was known as the iron back, the defense of the back was the strongest, but this was only relatively speaking. The Dragon and Tiger Boxing at the great acheivement level of Stanley could be compared with the full-strength attack of a seventh-level cultivation warrior. Coupled with the destructive power of the inner energy of death, this was able to kill instantly with one punch.
However, Stanley didn't feel comfortable either. The strong counter-shock made the bones of his right fist seem to be broken, causing severe pain.
At this moment, the other two iron-backed demon wolves charged again without fear of death, bringing up the bloody wind.
"Vitality!"
The internal energy between the Qi of life and death changed attribute in the body, and the rich vitality flowed into the fist, repairing the life veins, and the broken bones were also healed quickly.
Using his body skills, Stanley easily avoided the attacks of the two iron-backed monster wolves.
"Dragon style!"
The inner energy was transformed into two streams in the body, one into the energy of life to repair life veins and the other into the energy of death to use martial arts to kill the enemy.
"Boom!"
Another iron-backed demon wolf exploded into white light, and its head was exploded by Stanley's punch.
"The first-level demonic beast is nothing more than that." Stanley squinted at the last remaining demonic wolf, curving the corner of his mouth, and said to himself, "It can be used to sharpen my One-inch Kick skills."
The iron-backed demon wolf rushed towards him. This time, Stanley did not kill him forcefully. Instead, he put his hands behind his back and relied on his body movements to avoid the demon wolf's attack.
The demon wolf's attacks were very fast. Its attacks, bites and claws were frequent and consistent with almost no pause.
But Stanley's movements were faster. For half an hour, the iron-backed demon wolf failed to even touch the hem of his clothes.
"It's really boring. It seems that if I want to continue to improve my body skills, this level of training alone won't do it."
After practicing body skills for half an hour, although the effect was better than simply practicing with wooden stakes, it was not very significant and the progress was very small.
"Bang!"
A heavy punch was struck. It was just the time when the iron-backed demon wolf had just pounced and had no time to react. The hard skull was shattered by Stanley's punch. The demon wolf disappeared and turned into white light floating around.
"Let me out!"
After passing the test, Stanley spoke to the surroundings.
The surrounding scene began to change, and within three breaths, Stanley withdrew from the formation, still standing on the stone platform, as if he had never moved.
As soon as Stanley came out, he saw the old man in white robe who had brought him for the assessment. He saw the man looking at him in surprise.
"Good boy, as an old man, I actually misjudged you. Your strength is comparable to that of seventh level of cultivation." The old man in white robe said. He arranged the formation here by himself, so everything Stanley did in the formation environment he could see it all.
Stanley scratched his head in embarrassment, not knowing what to say.
"But don't be arrogant and complacent, guy. Not to mention the entire Yun Long shire county, even in this Qingyun City, the fifth level of cultivation is nothing. You still have a long way to go." The old man in white robe said with a smile.
"I remember the teachings of my predecessor." Stanley said.
"Okay, you can go to the lobby to get the hunter badge." The old man in white robe signed his name on Stanley's application assessment, and then handed the application form to Stanley.
"Benson Zhuang..." Stanley saw the signature above and knew that it must be the name of the old man in white robe.
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"Half an hour has passed. It seems that the boy must have failed the test!"
"Haha, maybe he's dead inside."
"Even if he's not dead, it's very common to have broken arms or legs in the assessment."
In the hall, there was a confrontation between people on both sides, and the people on Carl's side looked determined to win.
On the other hand, the people on Barret's side had gloomy expressions. They had just gambled on Stanley's application for the assessment. The bet between the two parties was a thousand taels of silver!
One thousand taels of silver was not a small sum for a warrior of The Cultivation Realm Qi Hai. It took ten days or a half month of hard work to earn.
But what Barret cared about most was not money, but face. Among the hunters in Qing Yun City, he was also a somewhat famous figure.
"Carl, don't be proud. If that little brother really passes the exam, I don't see where you can put your dog face!" Barret said with a snort.
"I'm still saying that, if he really passes, I, Carl, will twist my head off and let him play it as a ball!" Carl yelled without showing any signs of weakness.
"There he comes, he comes out!"
At this moment, someone pointed at the passage leading to the assessment place. Everyone looked around and saw Stanley walking towards the counter with the application form in his hand.
Snapped!
In full view of everyone, Stanley walked to the counter, and clapped the application form under his palm, and stared at Zora with a smile.
"Little brother, you looked not injured at all. Could it be that you gave up and did not take part in the assessment?" Zora looked at Stanley and said with a smile.
"Beauty, what if I pass the test?" Stanley also smiled. In fact, he also knew that Zora's previous persuasion was for his own good. He just thought this woman was quite interesting. Maybe he was influenced by the people in the Hunters Guild Hall. Affected by the atmosphere, his character also relaxed a lot.
The people on both sides of Barret and Carl were also paying attention to the movements here, and wanted to know what the final result would be.
Zora rolled her eyes at Stanley, pointed her finger at her red lips, and said with a smile, "Little brother, I'm telling you that the chance of a fifth-level body training warrior passing the examination is less than 10%. If you can really pass the examination, let me I chase you backwards?"
"Puff!"
Many drinkers in the hall puffed when they heard this sentence, and they were all stunned.
"Damn it, why am I not so lucky that beauty Zora chases after me!"
"It's unreasonable. Does Zora really like this boy so young?"
"Damn it, I curse this guy for not passing the test!"
People in the hall also started to cheer, saying, "Boy, tell us at once if you have passed or not."
Stanley chuckled and took his hand away from the application form, "Beauty, remember what you just said."
Everyone's eyes were focused on the application form. The eye-catching word "Passed" made the entire hall quiet, and drop of a needle could be heard there.