chapter 3 Assessment begins

"What exactly is it?" Someone asked curiously.
"Does Elder Gemma want to sacrifice herself?" What's more shameless was that someone actually had wild dreams.
Although Gemma was an Elder, she was only 20 years old. Compared with the old antiques in the Sects, she was more approachable. Because of this, many people spoke without hesitation.
In response to everyone's speculation, Gemma just smiled charmingly, stretched out five slender fingers, and said, "Five Immortal Spirit Herb."
"What? Five Immortal Spirit Herb?"
"Did I hear correctly? Is it the Immortal Spirit Herb, and five of them?" As soon as these words came out, the hall was in chaos, and everyone could not calm down.
The Immortal Spirit Herb was so precious that even the Christopher family could only subsidize one plant per person every year.
For ordinary people, the Immortal Spirit Herb was a priceless treasure that had never been seen before.
Now the Green Dragon Sect actually took out five plants, which was quite tempting for the Outer Disciple.
But for most people, they could only think about it, because they all knew that the Immortal Spirit Herb had no chance with them.
On the other hand, those disciples who aimed directly at number one were eager to try and became even more excited.
Seeing that the disciples' momentum was so high, Gemma nodded with satisfaction, and then waved her hand.
There was a rumbling sound behind him, and the door that was several feet high was slowly opening.
"What are you waiting for? Don't you want to pass the exam?" Looking at the stunned disciples, Gemma smiled sweetly.
"Come on~~~~"
For a time, bursts of cheers resounded, and tens of thousands of Outer Disciple rushed into the gate like wild horses.
Archie followed the flow of people and moved forward, finally entering a deep cave.
This cave was very vast, but it was very dark and had extremely low visibility. People all knew that lurking dangers might come at any time.
"Come on, for the Fourth Stage Martial Technique, for the five Immortal Spirit Herb, rush~~~"
However, there were always some people who wanted money rather than their lives. Even though they knew there was danger, they still took the lead and never looked back. And there were not a few such people.
"Swish, swish, swish."
But just after walking a hundred meters, the sound of breaking wind came from the front, and countless silver needles came out from the rock wall, shooting at the crowd like a heavy rain.
"Ah~~~~~~"
"Wow~~~~"
For a moment, all kinds of screams resounded. The disciples rushing in front were caught off guard and most of them fell down.
But even so, people continued as before, without flinching at all, running desperately deep into the cave.
Because they knew that although this silver needles were powerful, they were not fatal. After all, it was a trap. For people with the Spiritual Martial Third Level, they could completely avoid it as long as they were careful.
As the attack continued, the number of silver needles became more and more dense, and people were often caught off guard.
Under this situation, the crowd quickly distanced themselves, and those running at the front were no longer those who fish in troubled waters, but masters such as Kinsley and Luka.
Kinsley, Luka and others were indeed extraordinary.
Others needed to be careful when walking in the rain-like silver needles.
But they were walking on flat ground. Wherever they broke into the machine formation, it was just a few people racing.
Archie had been following them, trailing in the Spiritual Martial Third Level army. There were two reasons for this.
First, he didn't want to be the first to do it.
Second, his situation was very special and he didn't want to reveal his strength too early.
So he was waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity that no one could see, but he could surpass everyone.
"Luka, at such an old age, you can't outrun me. Don't you feel embarrassed?"
"Humph, little brat, in the journey of Cultivation, no matter your age, you only care about your strength. If you want to boast, you must win me first."
After a period of shuttle, there were only two figures left at the front of the team, Luka and Kinsley.
These two people were both at the Spiritual Martial Fourth Level. One was extremely talented and the other was experienced.
Because they knew that the biggest competitor was the other party. As long as they beat the other party, the first prize would be theirs.
"Hoo~" Suddenly, gusts of wind came from the front.
Looking intently, both of them were shocked and couldn't help but slow down their steps because a thick mist appeared in front of them.
The cave was already dark, and with the fog, visibility was even lower. This also greatly increased the difficulty of avoiding the trap. Even the two of them had to be careful.
"Good chance."
But when everyone retreated, Archie secretly rejoiced. He took a big step forward, and with a whooshing sound, he flew forward like an arrow from a string.
"Swish."
At this moment, Luka was concentrating on avoiding the silver needle, but a black shadow flashed past him, and before he could react, the man had disappeared.
"Is it an illusion?"
Such a scene surprised Luka. He thought it was Kinsley at first, but when he found that Kinsley was still not far away, he became confused.
After successfully getting rid of everyone, Archie no longer had any worries, and he raised his speed to the extreme.
After running for a long time, he did not feel exhausted at all. The Spiritual Energy in his body seemed to be inexhaustible, continuously overflowing from his elixir field.
Not only that, his speed and strength, hearing and vision were also far superior to those of the same level of cultivation, at least far stronger than Luka and Kinsley.
Archie was not too surprised by this change, because this was what made him special.
He had already experienced this kind of specialness five years ago, and now that this kind of specialness had returned, he had extremely strong self-confidence, because in front of him, no one can claim to be a genius anymore.
After running all the way, Archie finally passed through the machine array, walked out of the deep and dark cave, and came to a wide hall.
At the end of the hall, there was a high stone platform. There were several items placed on the high platform, which were the Fourth Stage Martial Technique and five Immortal Spirit Herb.
Seeing these things, Archie was a little excited, but he did not move forward in a hurry. Instead, he looked at the several stone doors on both sides of the hall.
"Is that the legendary beast behind that?" The corner of Archie's mouth curled up in anticipation.
He knew that this test had just begun, and what he was about to face was a bloodthirsty, extremely cruel and terrifying creature called the Ferocious Beast.
"Elder Gemma, come and see, it's so surprising."
"I have been guarding this place for so many years, and this is the first time I have seen a disciple who can clear the level at such a speed."
In a secret stone room in the underground palace, an old Elder was staring at a plate of disordered stones, his eyes full of shock.
Those were not ordinary stones, but a mechanism in the underground palace. Only when the mechanism was triggered would the stones become disordered.
But now, the whole pile of stones was in chaos, which meant one thing, someone had passed through the mechanism array.
In previous years, it would take an hour for the fastest person to pass the examination, but at this moment, it only passed half an hour.
This incident attracted everyone's attention. More than a dozen Elder in the stone room all gathered over, and they were all surprised.
"It seems that there is an interesting character among the Outer Disciple this time."
Gemma also came over. She looked at the chaotic stones and nodded with satisfaction, "In this case, we can't let him pass easily. Let me add some fun to him."
As she spoke, she cast her gaze above the stones, where there were three round stones embedded in the stone wall.
Suddenly, she smiled strangely and patted the three stones.
"Don't touch." Upon seeing this, all the Elder present were shocked.
However, it was too late. At this moment, all three stones were pressed down by Gemma.
"What's wrong? Didn't you tell me that this stone can release ferocious beasts?" Looking at the panic expressions of the Elder, Gemma also realized that something was wrong.
"These three stones can indeed release ferocious beasts, but they cannot be triggered at the same time."
"If it is triggered at the same time, all the ferocious beasts imprisoned will be released."
"Those are thirty Second Stage Ferocious Beast, nine Third Stage Ferocious Beast, and one Fourth Stage Ferocious Beast." When he said this, Elder's face was pale, and even his voice was trembling.
Having stayed here for many years, he knew the ferocious beasts very well.
It was a ferocious and terrifying monster, far more powerful than any martial artist at the same level.
Now, with so many ferocious beasts being released at the same time, a killing spree was inevitable.
As long as he thought that the tens of thousands of disciples in the underground palace were about to be slaughtered by ferocious beasts, he simply did not dare to continue thinking about it.
"Why didn't you remind me sooner?"
At this moment, Gemma's expression also changed drastically. She stretched out her body and turned into a gust of wind. When the stone door opened, she disappeared.
"Elder, what should we do?" Everyone's eyes were focused on this Elder.
"What else can we do? Come to the rescue quickly." Elder Karter shouted angrily and rushed out.