The Last Sentinel

The High Martial Arts Academy is divided into four majors: Idealistic Cultivation, Materialistic Technology, Bloodline Beast Taming, and Crimson Wilderness Philosophy, distributed across the four extreme regions of the southeast, northwest, and southwest.

As a core discipline based on the Blue Star, Red Wasteland Philosophy is mandatory for every student enrolled, and it involves important assessment indicators such as human loyalty and ethnic conversion.

In addition to a major subject, students can choose one or more of the other three major technical disciplines to study and practice.

The academy implements a rigorous "genius assessment mechanism," meaning that individual performance is not linked to group performance, and exceptionally talented individuals are encouraged to pursue their studies independently.

If you are good enough, you can take the exam at any time. If you pass the exam, you can ignore class, seniority, and rules and directly step into the upper grades, or even graduate early.

Almost all the candidates considered it a disgrace to graduate in three years.

Everyone is competing to graduate in the shortest possible time.

The four colleges hold a small exam every week and a big exam every month. Those who excel in all three exams can participate in the final exam, after which they can take the college entrance examination.

Therefore, the busiest area within the college is often not the teaching area, but the examination room.

The examination hall for the Jia Shen examination was bustling with activity and crowded with people.

"It's broken! Another one has broken!"

"Holy crap, was Zenith's technology just for show? It's been discredited again!"

"I have to admit, Chaos Mountain and Sea Academy is amazing!"

"Amazing my foot! It's purely because Zenith's technology doesn't allow mechs; they only permit the use of mental power. If Zenith could bring their advanced weaponry in, the Mountain and Sea Academy's summoned beasts would be blasted to smithereens in no time!"

"What are you bragging about! Your Zenith technology is restricted from producing heavy weapons of mass destruction, but isn't our Mountain and Sea Academy also restricted? We can only summon juvenile and adult red and yellow alien beasts, and we haven't even unleashed our full power! Don't you understand the principle of standing firm when being attacked?"

Amidst the throngs of people and the clamor of the crowd, the Jia Shen examination hall came into view.

The entire examination room is as large as three football fields and uses a fully enclosed protective environment to ensure that the aftershocks of the battles inside the room will not affect the outside.

At this moment, in the very center of the examination hall, a girl with a cool and aloof appearance was wearing a tight-fitting combat suit. Behind her stood a giant black and white ape-like beast. The beast's white fur shone brightly, and a long mane on its back resembled a flag. Its red and ferocious face closely resembled the mountain demon from the legendary "Classic of Mountains and Seas".

The aloof young woman standing next to the 20-meter-tall mandrill is a real-life version of beauty and the beast.

Behind the mature woman stands her coach, Tobi, one of the three brothers Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, all members of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

As a hero of the Perfect World, Afei possesses the innate talent of communicating with Behemoths and is now a renowned professor at the Mountain and Sea Academy.

This girl was clearly Afei's eldest disciple. Afei's face was full of pride and smugness as he gestured to his elder brother, King Hanzhong, beside him, "Brother, what do you think of my female disciple? She was born with the ability to communicate with those bloodline behemoth eggs, and her beast-taming efficiency is unimaginable! She's already on a nine-game winning streak, and she'll be on a ten-game winning streak soon! As long as she can defeat the last gatekeeper, she can take the college entrance examination!"

Looking at the examination hall in front of him, Old Liu from Hanzhong smiled, but there was a hint of unease deep in his eyes.

Old Liu knew very well that the boss's sentry had returned.

The boss is definitely coming back this time, and he's sure to make some big moves.

I just don't know what this big move is!

Just then, a loud voice echoed throughout the arena: "Congratulations to Bai Xing from Shan Hai Academy for achieving nine consecutive victories! According to the rules of the final exam, as long as you defeat ten gatekeepers in a row and achieve ten consecutive victories, you can enter the final college entrance examination and graduate early!"

"Through a system lottery, the final gatekeeper for this ultimate exam is Guo Xiaoqiang, a sword cultivator from the Cultivation Academy."

"Bai Xing, please prepare for the battle. Guo Xiaoqiang, please enter the examination room for the competition."

Ah Fei asked, "Guo Xiaoqiang, does this 'connected' student also have to graduate?"

Han Zhong Wang Lao Liu said, "No matter what, Guo Xiaoqiang is still the boss's family. Tell Bai Xing to be careful and not to cripple him, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to the boss."

"Okay, I understand," Afei said. "I'll make sure Bai Xing goes easy on me."

"Okay!" Old Liu stood up and said, "I have something to do, I need to find A-Yu, you can continue reading."

"Alright, take care, brother."

At that moment, a murmur of discussion filled the room: "Guo Xiaoqiang? That principal's brother, a relative?"

"If someone with connections like that were to participate, Bai Xing would probably riddle them with bullets!"

"Shh, be quiet. Guo Xiaoqiang isn't a good-tempered person."

"So what if you have a bad temper? Everyone who comes to this academy is someone important!"

Amidst the murmurs, a young man dressed in the style of an ancient swordsman walked into the examination hall.

Compared to the white-haired Guo Xiaoqiang of three years ago, he is now low-key and reserved, with a strong physique, but he still retains his short white hair, which makes him stand out among the many black-haired candidates.

Faced with the murmurs and gasps from the audience, the now-white-haired Guo Xiaoqiang was much more composed. He simply raised his hands calmly, his middle fingers pointing high, and frantically gave the middle finger to everyone.

In an instant, the mockery was overwhelming, and countless angry curses rang out.

"Guo Xiaoqiang, don't be so arrogant. Miss Bai will teach you a lesson later!"

"This is an exam hall! You're going to suffer here!"

Guo Xiaoqiang shrugged indifferently and walked to the center of the arena.

Bai Xing stared at the white-haired swordsman in front of her. "Where's your flying sword?"

Guo Xiaoqiang smiled and said, "In your heart."

Bai Xingyu's face flushed red. "I know you have connections, but this is an examination hall, not a place for pleasure!"

"Sigh," Guo Xiaoqiang said, spreading his hands, "I'm telling the truth, my sword is truly in your heart!"

"Insolence!" Bai Xing waved her hand. "Mandrill! Attack!"

A juvenile mandrill, over twenty meters tall, leaped up from behind and swooped down!

At that moment, the exam room instructions rang in Guo Xiaoqiang's ears.

"Please note that large-scale destructive sword techniques cannot be used during the final assessment!"

"Please prepare for close combat. The mandrill is a notorious three-star radiation-mutated primordial bloodline beast!"

Guo Xiaoqiang's eyes lost all amusement; instead, they stared intently at the mountain demon above him, clearly enunciating, "You reap what you sow, the bizarre cultivation technique of planting immortality!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Guo Xiaoqiang suddenly spread his arms wide, closed his eyes, and felt the huge ripples of sound in the examination room, as well as the oppressive feeling of the giant mountain demon descending from the sky!

"You reap what you sow."

"Sow good and you reap good; sow evil and you reap evil!"

"The net of Heaven is vast, its meshes are wide, yet nothing escapes it!"

"All fortune and misfortune are borne by one's own actions!"

Seed: Mandrill!

"Seed, copy!"

Guo Xiaoqiang's figure suddenly sank down, his feet plunging into the soil of the examination room, and white ripples of life energy sprouted from his body.

No sooner said than done, the mountain demon descended from the sky, its enormous figure resembling a small mountain, pressing down on Guo Xiaoqiang with overwhelming force!

Just as the mythical beast was about to tear Guo Xiaoqiang apart, the ground suddenly bulged up, waves of earth rolled, and a terrifying beast with overwhelming momentum rose from the ground!

This, this is a mountain demon that looks exactly like the mythical beast from the mountains and seas!

However, this mandrill was formed entirely of black earth, and its figure was as tall as a ten-story building!

The giant mandrill that had been grown suddenly raised one hand and slammed it directly into the mandrill's body.

The beastly mandrill let out a miserable howl, its body suddenly turning into a cloud of blood mist, dying instantly!

Such a dramatic turn of events instantly made all the spectators stand up.

"How could this be? How could this happen!"

"Damn it!"

"This guy isn't a sword cultivator at all; he's an anomaly in the immortal path, a bizarre cultivator!"

"This bizarre cultivation method, which doesn't follow the usual path, is doomed! Bai Xing has failed her final test!"

On the other side, Bai Xing watched as her mountain demon was killed, her face turning deathly pale, her steps faltering, but her eyes remained cold. "What a bizarre cultivation method! Again! Awaken—"

"Too slow." Guo Xiaoqiang had already appeared in front of Bai Xing. "Go back and gain some experience before taking the exam again!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Guo Xiaoqiang executed a beautiful dragon tail swing, kicking Bai Xing in the shoulder and sending her off the field.

This kick shattered the pride of the proud beast-taming girl!