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However, Chen Jiaping died right after the assessment started. Chen Jiayuv had completely lost his ambition. After cremating his brother, he stayed by his brother's side and didn't go anywhere.
Although he had managed to survive, he had gained nothing. He was destined to never be able to advance.
Chen Yumei lamented the fickleness of the world.
"I also saw an acquaintance fall." Chen Yumei said.
"Who?" Chen Yi was surprised.
"Chen Jingcheng." Chen Yumei said.
"So it's him?" Chen Yi understood.
Chen Yi was not familiar with Chen Jingcheng and had never interacted with him before. However, he knew that this man was Heavenly Pride which was not weaker than Chen Yuyu and Chen Haobo.
Back then, in the Yangyun s, other than the many geniuses from branch families in small towns, there were also Heavenly Pride s from branch families in five small cities participating in the second round of examination.
Chen Yuyu, Chen Haobo, and Chen Jingcheng were the strongest among the young generation among the five branch families.
Who would have thought that Chen Jingcheng would fall in the third round of the assessment.
Chen Jingcheng was also an existence who had comprehended sword force, and was at least at the intermediate stage. In the third round of the assessment, of the nearly two hundred Heavenly Pride, he was ranked at the top, and could be ranked at least in the top twenty.
However, such a Heavenly Pride still fell.
It was Chen Yumei who saw it with her own eyes.
It fell into the mouth of a middle tier third stage Shiwu Beast.
Chen Yi's eyes widened. There were a total of four Shiwu Beast that accidentally entered the low level area, three of them were middle level third stage and one of them was upper level third stage.
Two of the mid-tier third-tier warriors and one of the high-tier third-tier warriors were killed by Chen Zishi, while the last one was a mid-tier third-tier Shiwu Beast.
From the looks of it, he had finally taken revenge for Chen Jingcheng.
More and more Heavenly Pride were brought back by the White Crane, and currently, there were more than twenty of them. Some of them were average in strength, but luckily they were able to survive.
However, most of them came back alone.
The white crane was able to sense the imprint that it left behind in a circumference of a hundred miles. As long as it flew a few more rounds, as long as it was alive, it would be able to sense it.
If he couldn't sense it even after flying a few rounds, it meant that he had really fallen.
The expressions of the six Xiantian deacons gradually became ugly.
Although a large number of Heavenly Pride had fallen in the past, not that many had died. What was going on this year?
Only after such a long time had passed did more than twenty Heavenly Pride s return.
Although the Yuele City had long ago said that the competition was cruel, many of the branch families had long made preparations to sacrifice their own Heavenly Pride. However, if too many people fell, it would be hard to protect that the hearts of many branch families would not have such thoughts, and the main clan would feel apologetic.
Sometimes, the ones who took the blame were these Xiantian deacons.
Chen Kaiqiang was even more uneasy. Until now, his nephew Chen Hongxu had not come back.
Time passed minute by minute.
Twenty-five people … Twenty-six people … Twenty-seven people …
In the end, when the number reached thirty-one, not a single white crane flew back for a long time.
There were still more than thirty white cranes flying around in the lower regions of the Shiwu Island.
Chen Yi's face also looked ordinary. Chen Hongfei still hadn't come out, he was afraid...
Chen Yumei sighed. The feeling of an acquaintance dying was really unbearable.
Chen Zishi only knew from Chen Yi that Chen Hongfei was a person, but he had never come into contact with him. Naturally, he did not have deep feelings for him, so he had a calm face and did not have any sad thoughts.
At most, he just patted Chen Yi on the shoulder and comforted him a little.
The competition for the third round of examination was already cruel. Four more Shiwu Beast had accidentally entered the lower level regions, and one of them was even a mutated one.
In such a situation, it was normal for a large number of Heavenly Pride to fall.
A few of the strongest Heavenly Pride had already fallen, not to mention Chen Hongfei, who was considered average among all the Heavenly Pride.
However, just when Chen Yi had given up and thought that Chen Hongfei had fallen, a white crane flew over with Chen Hongfei on its back.
Chen Hongfei was in a sorry state. His body was bruised and bruised. He seemed to have suffered some serious injuries. However, he had managed to come out alive.
He didn't know if he could improve, but as long as he was alive, it would be better than dying.
There was hope for many Heavenly Pride who had fallen in the Shiwu Island to become Innates. If not, who knows what their future would be like.
Just because someone had entered our clan's Heavenly Pride did not mean that their future was limitless, and there were many who had fallen.
Just because they couldn't enter the Heavenly Pride s of their own families didn't mean that they wouldn't be able to catch up in the future. There would always be people who could come in the future and rise in status, perhaps these people would even reach the Innate Realm before the Heavenly Pride s of their own families did.
"I thought you died inside." Chen Yi laughed as he scolded Chen Hongfei and gave him a punch.
Chen Hongfei grimaced in pain. Then, he said, "It took me so much effort to survive. To be honest, I almost died without you around me."
"You said that your big leg is too unreliable, to actually run away halfway?"
Chen Yi was speechless. Was it okay to say that he had a big leg?
The corner of Chen Zishi's and Chen Yumei's mouths twitched. Chen Zishi felt that this Chen Hongfei fellow was rather interesting, although he also had the intention of hugging her, but he would not say it out loud. How embarrassing, he did not even have the dignity of a Heavenly Pride.
This person called Chen Hongfei, he should have abandoned his dignity as a Heavenly Pride.
Chen Zishi didn't know that Chen Hongfei's dignity as a genius had been shattered into nothingness.
He'd only been able to show off slightly in the first round of exams. From the start of the second round, it'd been a pure blow to him.
He was beginning to wonder how his elder brother had managed to enter the clan.
His brother was definitely stronger than him, but compared to these Heavenly Pride s, he was still far behind. Chen Hongfei had suspected that his brother must have also gotten a thick leg during the assessment.
Chen Yi said snappily: "You're blaming me for running away?"
Chen Hongfei laughed coyly and quickly replied, "I'm not joking."
"Right, how did you escape?"
That was a high level third stage Demonic Beast. He had been worrying about Chen Yi for the past few days because he was afraid that Chen Yi would be devoured by that Shiwu Beast.
Furthermore, he couldn't find it anywhere else for the past few days. This made him even more worried.
If Chen Yi fell because of that, he would never forgive himself. How could he not see that Chen Yi lured away the Shiwu Beast in order to give him a way out.
What he didn't know was that Chen Yi was confident enough to lure away that Shiwu Beast.
It was a pity that the [Weasel Aura Jet Gun] didn't work and wasted an attack for nothing. Until now, Chen Yi still felt some regret.
This was a killing weapon.
Chen Yi did not mention that he had been sent to the advanced level area. He only said that he had escaped by a fluke. As for how he had escaped, he did not say anything. Chen Hongfei and Chen Yumei did not question him further.
Everyone had their own secrets and cards to play, and it was not the work of a friend to pursue the matter too far.
Only then did Chen Zishi know that Chen Yi had once been chased after in a sorry state.
Chen Zishi said in a bad mood, "Chen Yi, you are not being kind. You obviously want revenge yourself, and you even tricked me for a treasure." Even in front of Chen Yi's friend Chen Hongfei, Chen Zishi did not say the name of the [Three Yang Tempering Spirit Stone] and only used a piece of treasure to replace it.
Chen Yi innocently looked up at the sky and did not reply, making Chen Zishi roll his eyes in anger.
Chen Hongfei and Chen Yumei were confused. Chen Zishi then whispered, "That Shiwu Beast has been killed by Chen Yi!"
"What!" Chen Hongfei exclaimed, which attracted quite a few people to look over.
Chen Hongfei immediately covered his mouth, but his heart was still in turmoil.
A high level third stage Demonic Beast had fallen just like that?
Moreover, the strength of this Demonic Beast was at the peak of the third step.
If it was a human warrior, they would at least need an ordinary person at the peak of the late stage of Circulation Stage to accomplish it.
If it were to be converted into peak Heavenly Pride s or demon-level talents, such as the ones from the main clan, they would need at least Circulation Stage.
"This freak, his strength is improving too fast." Chen Hongfei didn't know what to say.
When they first met, this guy had only cultivated to six meridians in the Martial Dao. When he displayed his special bloodline, he had only barely killed a middle stage Circulation Stage martial artist.
As a result, not to mention eight meridians, but he had even killed Demonic Beast s that were close to the peak of the third stage when he used his special bloodline.
"Sure enough, I hugged a thick leg." Chen Hongfei was amazed.
Not long after, all the white cranes returned, bringing back a total of thirty-five Heavenly Pride s.
In other words, out of the nearly two hundred Heavenly Pride in the third round of examination, only thirty-five survived.
It was the lowest record in recent decades.