LIGHTNOVELONLINE The 2nd Test
One of the twelve took five steps forward. Relative to the other eleven, they were quite small, yet compared to the youths in front of them, they were considerably tall.
“You all have passed the first stage of the Selections. Therefore all of you are worthy to know about the structure of the selection !” Their voice was something that Ling Xuan found quite familiar.
“The Selections have four stages of which the first stage is called the Exodus. We remove every single weakling and all of you that remain have already won the selections !” This shocked every single one of the participants.
After all they didn’t have a single idea of what the Selections entailed due to the vow made by the Clans to never speak even a bit about the selections so all of them were very tense for the selections yet they had already passed ? !
Yet the next words spoken quickly calmed the excitement of the participants.
“The remaining of the three tests will judge the position you will obtain upon joining the sects, they will examine your physical attributes including intelligence, there will be points for each test with the highest being ten and the lowest being one. If you score above five points then you will be considered to be above average among geniuses and will have the highest chance to become a core disciple of the sects yet if you happen to score below five points then you’ll be lucky to even be an outer disciple !”
All the participant’s suddenly felt anxious and nervous once again.
“Are you kidding me ! Well atleast the tests for strength and intelligence won't be too hard for me.” Although Ling Xuan was angry, he was also thankful that the difficulty of the remaining exams won’t be too much.
“Now all of you will be granted an hour of rest following which all three exams will happen one after another so I suggest that all of you don;t fool around.” Saying this the masked individual again joined the other eleven.
All the participants hearing this immediately dropped to the ground sighing in relief.
Ling Xuan laid his back on the grass and breathed deeply, absorbing Qi into his body to speed up his healing process.
After twenty minutes of this he finally healed himself enough to think about the game plan.
“Those masked individuals should be the legendary Dragon Generals ! They are the only individuals who can be so close to the Dragon King. Now I really need to use the special feature of the Want Generator if I actually want to have a leg up on the others” Ling Xuan sighed inwardly.
"Yet what kind of thing do I need ?” Ling Xuan thought of what he lacked.
He had no need for any weapons pls he didn’t know the art of forging. What about techniques? Well the Crimson Barrage had already taken care for his attack technique and his durability and speed were already increasing due to cultivating the Four Pole Star Technique leaving only a single type of technique remaining.
“A Stealth Technique ! Yes, that is what I am lacking currently !” Ling Xuan realised.
“And I also have probably the foundation for the best Stealth Technique in this world ! The Library !” Ling Xuan still remembered when Xiao Si spoke of how he couldn’t see Ling Xuan and although this could be explained by him just accidentally not realising he was there, some doubts still remained and what better way was there to dispel these doubts but with The Library
“Kanuya !”
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Carto opened his eyes and was greeted with the same bookshelves and computer,
Carto quickly booted the computer up and sat down on the chair.
After it was on, he quickly opened the Want Generator and wrote his request.
A Technique focusing on stealth and using the most powerful resource available to me.
As he pressed enter, he felt something shake.
It was the Library.
This shocked Carto who hadn’t expected such a phenomenon.
Yet the shaking stopped after a moment and the computer presented its answer.
[Through using The Library, one can mask their very existence from the entire plane and no existence can ever detect the user. Yet one has to maintain a stable connection with the Library for such a function to occur and thus the user while using this technique may lose the ability to attack and move.]
“Won’t that make the technique mostly useless ?” Ling Xuan asked.
[Further improvements can be made the more power that the user accumulates]
“I see, well this is more than enough, give me instructions on how to use this technique.” Ling Xuan accepted .
[Name the technique]
“Now what should I name it ? What about The Boogity Woogity Loo ?” Ling Xuan gave a suggestion to the computer.
[ Please give it a more appropriate name]
The computer had flat out denied the name that Ling Xuan had proposed.
“Hmm what about Martial Ghost Fang?” Ling Xuan proposed.
[Processing proposition]
[ Proposition agreed ]
[ Stealth based Technique - Martial Ghost Fang established]
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Soon the break was over and the tests had continued again.
The participants were led to another part of the fort deep underground in the dungeons.
“This is where your strength will be tested.” The masked individuals revealed.
“Inside each cell there is a prisoner at the high adept Rank who has been selected especially to fight and kill you.” Hearing this everyone was once again scared most of them have never fought a real battle in their lives.
“Also all of them have been promised by the Xia Dynasty freedom if they manage to kill just a single one as well as protection from the party affiliated with the dead. So don't expect to bribe your way through this do you understand”
“Yes Seniors!”
“Very well, we also know that some of you cultivate techniques that don't necessarily increase the physique thus we have set an additional rule which is that knew can choose to skip this test yet they must score at least 15 points in the rest of the tests combined together”
Some sighs could be heard.
“All those who want to skip step out of the group”One of the masked individuals ordered, following which several came out of the group.
After this, the rest were placed in front of their respective cells and one by one entered it.
“Time to test the power of my technique” Ling Xuan grinned unusually, not caring about his opponent.
The door swung open and in went Ling Xuan ready for murder.
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The cell was dark and damp, Ling Xuan couldn’t see his opponent.
“Where are you !” Ling Xuan shouted, wanting to lure the opponent out.
Yet no reply could be heard.
WHOOSH !
A sharp object came flying at Ling Xuan who dodged it quickly.
A hand emerged from the dark and grabbed Ling Xuan’s head and flung him to another side.
BANG
Ling Xuan hit the wall of the cell hard, bruising his back and fell down to the ground.
Using this opportunity the attacker quickly aimed a kick to Ling Xuan’s mouth.
“I won’t let you !” Ling Xuan growled and caught the kick and dragged it, making the attacker lose balance and fall to the ground.
TAK
Yet the fall was prevented by the attack using their hands to hold themselves together.
“Got you !” Ling Xuan smiled
As he was still on the ground he moved him body in a circular motion and delivered a kick to the face of the attacker causing them to completely fall.
They quickly crawled back into the darkness in fear of Ling Xuan’s power.
“Where do you think you are going !” Ling Xuan chased the attack into the darkness.
BANG
A punch at that very moment was delivered to Ling Xuan’s stomach causing him to throw up blood due to its sheer power.
“You fucking brat !” Ling Xuan heard the shout of a woman.
As Ling Xuan tried to find the source of the voice, a kick to his back caused him to lose balance allowing for the attacker to land several punches on Ling Xuan’s face.
Bang !
BANG !
BANG !
BANG !
“Fuck it hurts” That was the only thing Ling Xuan was thinking, no that was the only thought that could be produced under the flurry of punches destroying Ling Xuan’s skull.
He had never truly fought a human to the death thus he didn’t know about the way a human who had their life on the line would scheme and due to this Ling Xuan fell into this trap. He had become too arrogant thinking that with his new technique and cheats he would’ve been equal to those main characters of webnovels he had read.
“A foolish thought of a feeble mortal.” Carto heard a voice say.
Martial
CRACK
A sound was produced from Ling Xuan’s skull. His nose had been broken.
“That took longer than expected. I thought it would break a while ago.” Ling Xuan was amused.
Ghost
“I must find out about the Mythical Beasts and use that knowledge to complete the creation of my Cultivation Technique, the libraries of the sects should have some information about them.” Ling Xuan decided his course of action.
“Yet first I have to finish this first.”
Fang
CRACK
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“Huh ? Where did he go ?” Chen Ling wondered.as Ling Xuan suddenly disappeared.
She swung her fists everywhere yet nothing seemed to work.
It was as if he never existed.
She continuously tried finding him yet he was not found.
“Where are you, my freedom !” She shouted, this was truly the only chance she would have.
“When I’m released from here, Kang Lao, you better wish I was executed !” A cold glint was apparent in her eyes.
Then suddenly her arm twisted almost as if someone was pulling it.
“What the !” As Chen Ling was registering what was happening the pull increased and then it happened.
“Ahhhhhhhhhh!” Chen Ling let out a shrill howl as her arm was torn by this invisible being.
This was not where it ended, the attack continued.
WHOOSH
A punch was struck out to her chest resulting in her rib being shattered.
Then her other arm was torn as well. Blood squirted everywhere forming a small pool under Chen Ling’s feet.
The pain overwhelmed Chen Ling who began crying and kneeled on the floor.
“Please forgive me, please forgive me , Please forgive me” She managed to repeat this string of words begging for mercy.
Then footsteps finally could be heard and as Chen Ling looked up she saw the small youth she was previously beating up, his face battered and one of his eyes swollen.
He didn’t say anything, only walked forward and grabbed the begging woman’s forehead.
As she mumbled for mercy Ling Xuan increased his grip slowly, letting her feel the pain of getting one’s skull crushed under pure force.
At first her nose started to bleed following which sounds of cracking echoed across the cell .
CRACK
SPLASH
Chen Lin’s head was completely reduced to mere pieces of bone and flesh lying on the floor. Her remaining body fell down with a thud.
Ling Xuan calmly looked at the scene and went to the door of the cell and knocked on it.
KNOCK
KNOCK
KNOCK
It was silent for a moment before the door opened and Ling Xuan was let out.
He noticed Xiao Kang as well but he didn’t care, he only wanted to know the points he would be allotted and which test was next.
“The skull of an average human is truly easy to break if one cultivates a bit.” Ling Xuan remarked coolly.
Slowly time passed and all the surviving participants were let out of the cells, it was time for the 3rd Test.