In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 185 One Against Two? Are You Trying to Kill Yourself?! (Seeking monthly votes and subscriptions!)

As agreed, Wang Qiu stayed in the same spot until the exam time was over.

All the candidates except Wang Qiu had been eliminated by the night watchmen an hour earlier.

The second batch of external candidates were thus all eliminated.

The night watchmen waited patiently for the next batch of examinees.

But when the list of the third batch of candidates appeared on the phones of the Night Watchers, many of them felt a sinking feeling.

"Xi Yu's potential index is 3.3, and Zhang Baiyi's potential index is 3.5. These two are probably no less than Wang Qiu."

"Two top geniuses have actually appeared in the same batch of candidates? We're probably going to face a lot of pressure this time."

Yun Ling's sweet voice, tinged with worry, rang out from the Night Watchers channel.

Su Yuan thought for a moment and then said:
"Don't be fooled by how easily I dealt with Wang Qiu; it's because I neutralized his biggest trump card from the very beginning."

"If I'm not mistaken, if I hadn't plotted against Wang Qiu, he might have had the ability to instantly kill many of us here."

"Xi Yu and Zhang Baiyi can be compared to Wang Qiu, which means that in addition to their obvious potential, they also have their own methods and trump cards."

Xiao Meng asked in a deep voice over the channel:
"So what are you going to do with these two? Are you going to let them pass?"

"Don't let it go."

Su Yuan answered without hesitation:

"I'm fairly confident I can handle these two, but I need someone to act as a striker and probe their true intentions."

"The last time we fought Wang Qiu was too close. If I hadn't swindled all his money first, we might have been caught off guard and lost. We can't make the same mistake again this time."

The Night's Watchmen: "..."

Although he didn't understand the connection between swindling people's property and defeating Wang Qiu, he didn't have time to ask any more questions at the moment.

After a moment of silence, Li Zhengxing's voice came through the channel:
“I can try to deal with Xiyu. She is a disciple of the Golden Core Doctor of the Ten Thousand Beasts Demon Sect, and she is most likely a Beast Tamer.”

"As far as I know, top-tier beast tamers can control spirit beasts that are twice their own strength."

“The combat power of this level of spirit beast is close to the Foundation Establishment stage. If we don’t use its strength against it, no one can withstand it.”

Before Li Zhengxing could finish speaking, Xiao Meng retorted, not to be outdone:

"Then I'll go deal with Zhang Baiyi."

"The Xuan Yi Tian Sect likes to recruit talents with skills in weapon crafting, alchemy, talisman making, and array making. I'll go and see what Zhang Baiyi is good at."

These two, formerly the strongest high school student and the strongest female high school student in Taihua City, are still competing with each other.

Besides playing as Su Yuan's striker, the two also had their own reasons for participating in this match.

Both being geniuses, after undergoing grueling special training, their potential index under normal circumstances has already approached 3.0.

Once the family's secret methods are used, it's not difficult for the two of them to reach a potential index of 3.5 or higher in the short term.

They not only wanted to pave the way for Su Yuan, but also wanted to personally defeat the genius valued by the Golden Core Doctors of the Ten Great Immortal Sects in order to prove themselves.

This is the pride of being a genius.

Su Yuan naturally supported the two's enthusiastic participation.

After agreeing on their tactics, the night watchmen split into two groups.

Su Yuan led his men to deal with the minor examinees, while Li Zhengxing and Xiao Meng took the initiative to meet the two top geniuses.

Inside a large airship over Taihua City.

Seeing that Zhang Baiyi and Xiyu were blocked as soon as they got off the flying boat, the Golden Core Doctors of Xuan Yi Tian Zong and Wan Shou Yao Zong were slightly surprised.

Master Bao glanced at the scene on the screen and said:

"The ones blocking the way are probably the direct descendants of the two powerful local families, the Xiao and Li."

"These two both seem to have a potential index close to 3.0, which is pretty good."

“Even in previous preparatory course assessments, they could rank in the top five or top ten.”

"However... it won't be easy for these two kids to defeat Senior Brother Qiu and Senior Brother Jin's disciples."

Senior Brother Qiu, who was also the Golden Core Doctor of the Xuan Yi Tian Zong, smiled slightly:
"Students who can be called geniuses naturally all have their own trump cards."

"But when it comes to the number of trump cards, no one can compare with my disciple in this assessment."

However, Senior Brother Jin from the Ten Thousand Beasts Demon Sect calmly said:

"I have long heard of the profound mysteries of the Li family's 'Star Shifting Technique,' but one should know that one force can overcome ten techniques."

Clearly, both Dr. Jin Dan were very confident in their star students.

During the conversation among the examiners, Xiao Meng faced off against Zhang Baiyi, and Li Zhengxing faced off against Xi Yu, and the four of them officially began their battle.

The battlefield was in a deserted suburb on the edge of the city.

At the very start of the battle, Xiao Meng activated her Yin Fire Body, which made her immune to all physical attacks, and she took the initiative to attack Zhang Baiyi.

Faced with this yin fire that could burn anything, Zhang Baiyi remained calm and took out a card-shaped talisman from his storage bag.

The surface of this talisman has a complex and precise pattern, much like an electrical circuit, making it quite different from ordinary talismans.

Once the talisman was activated, a torrent of water, as powerful as the Yangtze River, surged forth and poured over Xiao Meng's head.

This water dragon even has a tracking function that ordinary talismans don't have!
Although the Yin Fire Dharma Body is Yin, it is still associated with fire and is therefore countered by the Water Dharma Body.

The floodwaters immediately dampened Xiao Meng's arrogance by five points.

When Xiao Meng finally managed to withstand the impact of the waterway talisman and transformed into a flying fire meteor, rushing straight to Zhang Baiyi, the latter took out a small, completely black bell.

When the small bell rang, Xiao Meng was so shaken that she could barely maintain her Yin Fire Dharma Body.

"What's going on? How can you use these talismans and magical artifacts, and why are they specifically designed to counter me?"

For a moment, Xiao Meng almost thought that Zhang Baiyi had cheated.

"Steamed buns? You don't use the proper utensils?"

Zhang Baiyi calmly replied. With ten Golden Core Doctors as examiners, cheating was naturally impossible.

The fact that Zhang Baiyi could use talismans and magical artifacts in the examination room can only mean that he personally crafted these two external objects.

“My disciple is not only a genius in the art of talisman making, but also a genius in the art of weapon crafting. In terms of talent, he is probably the strongest among this generation of disciples.”

Master Qiu proudly said:

"Although I taught him the art of talisman making and weapon forging, he has constantly innovated and surpassed his teacher."

"It's no exaggeration to say that when I was eighteen, my talisman-making and weapon-refining skills were not even half as good as his."

The examiners all nodded in agreement.

Ye Muyu then smiled and said:
"So, Zhang Baiyi must have prepared countless talismans and magical treasures for this preparatory class assessment."

"If that's the case, then it seems someone is in trouble."

Master Qiu smiled slightly, assuming that Ye Muyu was praising his disciple.

Faced with Zhang Baiyi's numerous trump cards, Xiao Meng, who only possessed the Yin Fire Dharma Body, had no choice but to admit defeat and hand over the Night Watchman's token.

Although she already had a large number of demonic runes tattooed on her body, after much hesitation, she felt that it was not yet time to use them.

While Xiao Meng suffered a defeat in battle, Li Zhengxing's situation was also not optimistic.

The reason is simple: Xi Yu's spirit beast is excessively powerful.

The spirit beasts of a beast tamer do not refer to pets like Bai Ling, which are like family members.

Only spirit beasts that have been bound by a beast-taming contract can be considered beast-taming beasts.

After signing the contract, the beast tamer can communicate with the beast tamer's mind and move with perfect ease, making them far stronger than spirit pets of the same level in actual combat.

Without a beast-taming contract, it would be illegal to keep large ferocious beasts in the city!

However, if the spirit beast is too strong and the beast tamer is too weak, the contract cannot be signed.

Being able to sign a contract with a spirit beast that is twice as strong as oneself is already considered a top-tier beast tamer's talent.

However, Xi Yu's spirit beast, the white cat she always held in her arms, was more than twice as strong as Xi Yu.

The white cat form was merely a disguise for the spirit beast. As soon as the battle began, it transformed into a massive white tiger, nine meters long and over four meters tall at the shoulders.

This white tiger is comparable in size to a typical hundred-ton tiger; it looks like a mountain when it stands there.

Xi Yu sat atop the white tiger's head, a slight smile on his face:

"Xiaobai has been eating and sleeping with me since it was born, and we are extremely compatible."

"In addition, I have a special beast-taming physique, so I can sign a contract with it even when my strength is only one-third of itss."

"Hey, Mr. Li, Xiao Bai has the combat power equivalent to a Foundation Establishment Stage 1 cultivator without spiritual roots. Are you sure you want to fight him?"

Faced with this question, Li Zhengxing did not back down and gritted his teeth to activate the Star Shift technique.

Then, he only endured three claw strikes.

After the three claws, the star curtain could no longer be maintained and shattered with a crash.

Unfortunately, he initiated this Star Shift alone, so his tolerance limit wasn't high.

If his thirty-odd classmates were standing behind him, he might be able to defeat the white tiger, but he simply couldn't do it alone.

Being able to block three claws is already quite impressive.

Xiao Meng and Zhang Baiyi, and Li Zhengxing and Xi Yu, started fighting at the same time, and the Night Watchmen were easily defeated in less than three minutes.

The strongest high school student in Taihua City ultimately couldn't compare to the most outstanding student in the entire Federation this year.

"It's already quite remarkable that such a small city like Taihua produced two geniuses in the same graduating class."

Zhang Baiyi's tone was not sarcastic; he spoke sincerely:
"I apologize for offending you today. We'll still be classmates after we get into the preparatory class."

Xi Yu nodded slightly, indicating her agreement with this statement.

Then she said to Zhang Baiyi:
"Let's not delay, let's have someone else try it again."

The two outside candidates quickly switched opponents, with Xi Yu facing off against Xiao Meng, and Zhang Baiyi facing off against Li Zhengxing.

Faced with this scene, the two Night Watchmen couldn't help but look somewhat displeased.

They've already each lost a Night's Watch token, are they going to lose another one now?
Can you please stop targeting the same person repeatedly?
But just as the two were bracing themselves for battle, Su Yuan's voice suddenly rang out.

It didn't come from the Night Watchers' channel, but from behind the two of them.

"You've worked hard. Now that you've figured out the trump cards of these two outside geniuses, you can go and rest."

"Leave the rest to me."

Xiao Meng and Li Zhengxing turned around and saw Su Yuan riding a flying sword, exuding the aura of a protagonist saving the day at a crucial moment.

Zhang Baiyi and Xiyu exchanged a glance, somewhat helpless.

They wanted to listen to their master and collect the three Night Watch tokens first to ensure they could pass the test.

But now that Su Yuan has come knocking on our door, it seems we have no choice but to fight.

"Su Yuan, which of the two of us are you going to challenge first?"

Xi Yu asked solemnly.

Su Yuan thought for a moment:
"It seems a bit unfair to challenge one side first, regardless of who is challenged first."

"How about this, I'll challenge both of them at the same time."

"Although the rules state that the preparatory course assessment can only be done one-on-one, it seems that one-on-two is also possible if both parties agree."

Zhang Baiyi, Xi Yu: "..."

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