Chapter 65: Lost in the Shadows

"This is the gold sore medicine I refined, it will heal immediately if applied to the wound, but the wound will still hurt, and it will definitely affect tomorrow's assessment!"

Xue Ye didn't look back, and threw a porcelain bottle to Tang Chen behind him.

"Why did you save me?"

Tang Chen asked.

Xue Ye didn't explain, and walked back to Jianlu Village alone.

"Seeing that he is two or three years younger than me, but his strength is above me, it seems that I used to be a frog at the bottom of the well!"

Tang Chen shook his head and sighed.

In the blink of an eye, it was already early morning, and the swordsmen who participated in the assessment also came out of the inn one after another and rushed to the examination room.

The examination room was set up in a secluded valley thirty miles outside Jianlu Village, not far from the place where Xue Ye and the others fought last night.

Soon, more than a thousand swordsmen rushed to the open area of the valley, many flags were planted around the examination room, and about a hundred outer disciples dressed in gray and white sword robes and with a lofty spirit stood here, waiting for the invigilator.

When candidates enter the exam room, they are given a bracelet with a small induction inhibition that can be used to calculate their scores.

"Tang Chen's injury is not much of a threat to me, that chick is not to be afraid, my opponent is only that ice cube face, hum no one has ever dared to break my plan, today in the assessment field I want you to die in vain!"

Zhan Feng also blended in the crowd, looking at Xue Ye's burly back.

"Hey Ice Cube, we're meeting again!"

When Xue Ye was queuing up to receive the induction bracelet, a small hand suddenly slapped him on the shoulder, but it was Di Qiuyue, greeting him with a smile.

Xue Ye ignored her, and after receiving the bracelet, he strode towards the entrance of the valley.

"Hey, why don't you ignore me when this girl greets you, if you don't have a good relationship with me, I won't show mercy to your subordinates in the assessment!"

Di Qiuyue was very dissatisfied with Xue Ye's attitude, and her petite figure jumped up and down with the latter's burly body, waving her small fists.

After Tang Chen saw the two of them, he also followed: "Zhan Feng designed to sneak attack me yesterday, and he won't give up today, I'm worried that he will do something in today's assessment, so it's better for our alliance!"

"Why did he sneak up on you yesterday, and this kind of thing?"

Di Qiuyue suddenly said angrily: "Yes, our alliance wants to teach that scoundrel a good lesson, what do you think of the ice cube face?"

"Only the weak will choose the alliance, I have no interest in the alliance!"

Xue Yetou walked into the entrance of the examination room without looking back.

"Look he's crazy!"

Di Qiuyue stomped his feet angrily.

"No, he does have the capital to be arrogant!"

Tang Chen shook his head and said from his heart.

Soon, all the candidates entered the examination room one after another, and on the wall of the valley, more than a dozen elders with extraordinary bearing appeared, among which Zhan Houde was also there, and he could not stand in the middle as the elder of the Jianlu Village steward, which showed that the identity of the elder who invigilated the exam this time was quite high.

"Master, if you want to see the entrance assessment, we will look at it openly, why bother sneaking around here?"

On a mountain peak not far away, two figures were also watching the examination room here, and one of the black-clothed girls said dissatisfiedly.

"It's not that you can't be upright, it's because the teacher is highly respected and unwilling to play a big name, if those elders from the outer door see that the trouble of being a teacher is a traitor and a salute is dead, you also know that your master and I are the most afraid of trouble!"

It was a cynical old man who spoke.

The candidates were almost assembled, and an elder with a goatee and a pleasant face stood up and said, "Everyone has arrived, and the triennial entrance assessment of the Hidden Sword Valley is now starting!"

The candidates were lined up in a line according to the serial number of the registration, about 1,200 people, and each young man and woman had a vigorous face on their cheeks and a lot of anticipation in their eyes.

In the center of the valley, the four huge array flags refracted a faint luster, and finally intertwined into an illusory space, and a senior brother of the outer sect disciple who was invigilating the examination stood up and said loudly: "Those who are qualified to participate in the entrance assessment of my Hidden Sword Valley are all geniuses under the age of eighteen who have stepped into the realm of enlightenment, but it is far from enough to have excellent cultivation talents, and those who must pass the three assessments are eligible to become the outer disciples of my Hidden Sword Valley."

The first assessment is called the Shadow of Ten Thousand Shadows, the test is the candidate's basic swordsmanship skills and reaction ability, after entering the formation, you will lose your true qi, you can only fight with the basic swordsmanship, then you will face a lot of phantom assassins sneak attack, they will have flaws in their swordsmanship, you must find a flaw in the shortest possible time to kill the opponent, the more you kill the phantom assassin within a stick of incense, the more points you will score, the induction bracelet on your wrist will give you a score, and those below sixty points will be eliminated directly!

Okay, now the assessment begins, and the first hundred enter the formation for the assessment!"

After the senior brother finished speaking, the top 100 candidates walked into the formation.

The candidates outside could roughly see the situation in the formation, only to see a hundred people entering another illusory space, everyone was scattered in a space with different terrains, some in hidden forests, some on lakes and reefs, and some in narrow deep alleys, the situation was different, but they were all full of crises.

Among these 100 people, Zhan Feng was among them.

At the beginning of the assessment, in countless illusions, some black-clothed assassins began to move, which could be seen clearly outside the formation, but they were hidden in the most difficult position for candidates to detect.

Zhan Feng is in the deep alley scene, although it is very narrow, but the biggest advantage is that he can lean against the wall with his back and not be afraid of sneak attacks from behind, which is the easiest scenario.

Di Qiuyue pursed her lips dissatisfiedly and said: "Hmph, the shady background of the entrance assessment of the Hidden Sword Valley is too obvious, isn't this just a clear way to give points to that scoundrel, it's too unfair!"

Three black-clothed assassins suddenly appeared above Zhan Feng's head and on both sides, and almost simultaneously slashed their swords and attacked his vital point.

The corners of Zhan Feng's mouth rose into a cold arc, raising his sword to block, he held the sword very steadily, and it could be seen that the basic skills were extremely solid, and instantly destroyed the joint force of the three of them, forcing the three of them back one by one.

I saw him pounce on one of the black-clothed assassins like a poisonous bee, and in an instant, he caught the flaw of the black-clothed assassin, and slashed the opponent's blade with a sword, stabbing him in the chest.

Almost at the same time, Zhan Feng returned with his sword and killed the other two black-clothed assassins in an instant.

The three black-clothed assassins turned into phantoms and disappeared, only to see that on the cliff wall of the valley, in a light mirror, Zhan Feng's name was divided into nine points, ranking first among the hundred.

The terrain of the situation where Zhan Feng is located is not only easier to counter than others, but the assassins who go to attack each time are very regular, all three, and he can easily catch the pattern and crack it.

Therefore, Zhan Feng's scoring speed did not decrease at all, and every time he could find the flaws of the black-clothed assassin in a short period of time and complete the counterattack, I saw that the gap between him and the second place gradually widened, showing a trend of riding in the dust.

On the other hand, the others were extremely difficult, not to mention scoring, they were stabbed all over the body by the black-clothed assassins, and they were about to lose their lives, so they were forcibly withdrawn from the formation and announced their elimination.

"What, it turns out that these phantoms can really hurt people, and they are still worried about their lives when they participate in the assessment?"

The examinees outside exclaimed, looking at the wounds of the eliminated examinees, and their hearts palpitated.

In the end, Zhan Feng took the lead with a score of 131 points, the second place was only 89 points, and only 23 people above 60 points, and the others were eliminated.

"Master, this shady curtain is too obvious, even outsiders can see that the formation has been manipulated, if it goes on like this, the gold content of my Hidden Sword Valley's entry assessment will be lower and lower, and in the end, I can't choose a real genius at all!"

On the mountain peak not far away, the woman in black said dissatisfied.

"The internal factions in the Hidden Sword Valley are intricate, the internal fighting is becoming more and more intense, the Zhan family's status in the sect is increasing day by day, and now they dare to blatantly act in the entrance assessment, it can be seen that the Zhan family is still ambitious, but it doesn't matter that the Great Elder is also waiting for them to make mistakes!"

The cynical elder is colorful.

The first assessment is extremely difficult, and only more than 20 people in each group can pass, and even if the score obtained by the passers is not high, about eighty or ninety points, Zhan Feng ranks first.

Next, Tang Chen began to assess, the scene he entered was a grassland, a boundless wilderness with no eyes in sight, and the chaotic barren grass was more than half a person high, which was extremely suitable for assassins to hide.

Rustle rustle......

The barren grass floated, and the invisible killing intent approached Tang Chen.

Tang Chen closed his eyes, clenched his heavy sword, and waited for the crisis to come.

Suddenly, five black shadows swept out of the barren grass, and five sharp blades surrounded him, piercing his major points.

Tang Chen opened and closed suddenly, like a fierce beast waking up from a deep sleep, his heavy sword danced wildly, pointing directly at the flaws in the five black-clothed assassins' swords.

Just a sword swept, and the five figures were instantly exploded and turned invisible.

Tang Chen's terrifying forces immediately caused a burst of exclamations.

"Hmph, I don't believe that your injuries have no effect on you in the slightest!"

Zhan Feng's face was gloomy.

Tang Chen's score is also soaring, the assessment time is only half of the past, his score has already exceeded eighty, and it is still very promising to break through Zhan Feng's one hundred and thirty-one points if he continues like this.

But gradually, Tang Chen's swinging speed seemed to slow down, the wound on his chest, the bandage was stained red with blood, and the hand holding the sword gradually trembled.

Entering the formation, he imprisoned his true qi, and Tang Chen was wielding a heavy sword with his physical strength, which was a great drain on his physical energy, and he even cracked the wound, and his physical strength plummeted.

Tang Chen was out of breath and could barely stand, but with his tenacious willpower, he continued to swing his sword to slash the black-clothed assassins who came from the sneak attack, and seeing that the time for the assessment was about to end, his score also broke through to one hundred and twenty-three.

Suddenly, seven black-clothed assassins appeared, their toes stepping on the blades of grass, and swept out the phantom to sneak attack.

The seven black-clothed assassins struck together, and if they succeeded, even if Tang Chen's score was high, he would definitely be eliminated.

And Tang Chen is already at the end of his crossbow, and he is facing extreme danger in the face of this terrorist attack.