You call this the way of the sword?

Sharing sweet potatoes or something similar when meeting someone for the first time is really a last resort.

Before the second round even started, Xiao Bingning publicly shouted her own name, and Yang Qingfeng felt that this girl was a bit crazy.

If we don't distract her, who knows what will happen next.

Yang Qingfeng himself was unaware that he always wanted to have everything under his control. Therefore, no matter what happened, he liked to get to the bottom of things and think about and study them.

He was somewhat resistant to someone as unconventional as Xiao Bingning.

However, this resistance was quickly overshadowed.

Faced with the sweet potato handed to her by Yang Qingfeng, Xiao Bingning blinked, looking as if to say, "What is this unidentified object?", and took it.

She hesitated for a moment, peeled off the outer skin, took a small bite, and found that the texture was quite soft. Then she felt the aroma quickly fill her mouth, accompanied by an unexpected sweetness!

Under Yang Qingfeng's satisfied gaze, Xiao Bingning narrowed her eyes instantly and let out a rather pleasant sound: "Woo~~~~~"

"It smells so good! It tastes so sweet! What is this? How can it be so delicious?"

"Sweet potato..." Yang Qingfeng repeated somewhat helplessly, but then thought about it and felt that he might have misunderstood, so he added:

"This is a local specialty of our area. It's grilled with honey inside and out, so it tastes sweeter than regular sweet potatoes."

Xiao Bingning clearly didn't hear the second half clearly. She mumbled the word "sweet potato" and began to swallow it whole.

Perhaps it was because the sweet potato she was eating for the first time in her life was so delicious, or perhaps she was really starving, but she ate without any regard for her manners, her cheeks bulging as she ate, mumbling something indistinctly.

Although candidates' physical strength and magical power are restored each time they enter the arena, mental fatigue cannot be eliminated.

The first round was a challenge against higher-level opponents, and the number of participants surged in the second round, making both rounds high-intensity battles.

Only Xiao Bingning herself knew that her perfect score in two rounds was purely by luck, especially the second half of the first round, which she had to endure by dragging out the time, and every second was extremely dangerous.

That's why she was so shocked when she saw Yang Qingfeng's time, and couldn't help but shout out, which was actually because she was anxious.

She was afraid that a similar situation would occur in the second round, so she wanted to ask Yang Qingfeng for advice to see if she could temporarily learn some techniques for fighting against opponents of higher levels.

Fortunately, there were no challenges in the second round; the difficulty lay only in the number of rounds.

Finally, the sweet potatoes were all eaten.

After taking the water handed to her by Yang Qingfeng, Xiao Bingning gulped down several mouthfuls and breathed a sigh of relief, revealing a relieved expression.

Only then did she remember to ask, "Senior Brother Yang, how did you do that? The first round took less than two minutes, and this round with so many monsters only took eight minutes! You're so fast!"

Looking at her cherry-like lips, with some crumbs still stuck at the corners, Yang Qingfeng was truly shocked.

The sweet potatoes in Youlong Town are all very large. Even someone as big as Qiao Wanyi couldn't eat half of one, but Xiao Bingning, with her small mouth, managed to stuff the whole thing in.

"Just lucky."

Yang Qingfeng shook his head, trying to end the conversation.

Xiao Bingning didn't understand at all. She looked at the sword spirit and asked curiously, "Senior Brother's swordsmanship seems a bit strange. May I take a look at it?"

Seeing that Yang Qingfeng did not refuse immediately, she cast a Insight spell.

[Seventh-Rank Sword Soul]

[Level: 27]

【Root bone: 5600】

[Mana: 5600]

Dexterity: 5600

[Endurance: 5600]

Um?

Level 27?

For a moment, Xiao Bingning thought she was seeing things. She rubbed her eyes and looked again. Her mouth gaped open in shock.

It really is level 27!

A staggering 5600 in all four dimensions!

What is this?

Eh?

A summoned creature that is one rank higher than its master?

Huh!?

kendo!?

Xiao Bingning stared at Yang Qingfeng in utter astonishment, speechless for a long time, completely bewildered.

Yang Qingfeng frowned, feeling that releasing the sword spirit was not a good choice.

As a frequently used skill, Sword Soul is destined to be hard to hide, but there won't be any danger in the examination room, so it's best to minimize its exposure for now.

Just then, a flash of light appeared, and the third candidate was teleported back to the square.

It wasn't Qiao Lie, but a black-clad youth with a fierce expression.

Song Yuanshan, Kendo, Level 16

Yang Qingfeng casually recalled the sword soul into his sword domain, while glancing at the points leaderboard.

Song Yuanshan ranked third and got a perfect score in this round. In the previous round, he ranked fourth and took much less time than Qiao Lie, but unfortunately he only got 1000 points and killed one less alien demon.

"Senior Brother Yang, he also practices swordsmanship."

Xiao Bingning said softly, "By the way, I am a Xuanbing Daoist, and I have a top-grade Dao Body. My skills have also been upgraded, but only by two levels..."

Yang Qingfeng wondered if it was just his imagination, but he felt that she was calling him "senior brother" more and more naturally, and that she seemed to be being a little more cautious.

Song Yuanshan also saw Yang Qingfeng's message, but he wasn't very surprised.

After giving a slight nod, he looked at Yang Qingfeng's name on the list, and his fierce aura subsided, turning into an even stronger fighting spirit.

It's not surprising that among the tens of thousands of new cultivators in Tiannan, there are those with the same Dao body.

However, when like-minded people share the same stage, competition is inevitable.

Because of his own misjudgment, Song Yuanshan failed in the first round of assessment. His frustration carried over to the second round, and he was only thinking about regaining his rightful place.

However, after the second round, he found that he had only moved up one place. Not only did he fail to catch up with the top two, but he also saw that the first place was also a kendo practitioner!

At this moment, Song Yuanshan was completely calm. He stared at Yang Qingfeng's name at the top of the list, regarding him as the ultimate goal for the third round.

At this moment, an anomaly suddenly appeared on the leaderboard.

The names that ranked lower began to turn gray in large numbers.

Most of them were eliminated because their points were reset to zero, while a small number of them had points and voluntarily gave up.

None of these people returned to the square, thus losing their eligibility to participate in the third round of assessments.

Yang Qingfeng had been thinking that the Great Yu Heavenly Palace, which was known for its "tragic" battles, did not seem to have really exerted its full strength yet, but unexpectedly, what he thought happened.

Within just five minutes, nearly a third of the candidates on the list were eliminated, and the Great Yu Heavenly Palace hanging high in the sky seemed to have turned into a giant beast that would devour people.

Finally, the heavenly palace once again sent down its light.

Nearly an hour after the start of the assessment, Qiao Lie was temporarily in fourth place with a total score of 47800.

Like Song Yuanshan, Qiao Lie also exuded a fierce aura, but unlike Song Yuanshan, his eyes were bloodshot, which immediately aroused Yang Qingfeng's curiosity.

"What happened?"

Upon seeing Yang Qingfeng approaching, Qiao Lie immediately wiped his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Damn those beasts! They killed Wanyi! Don't let me find out who the examiner is, or I'll personally visit him and give him a piece of my mind!"

Qiao Lie launched into a tirade of curses, even though he knew the examiner was the holder of the Great Yu Heavenly Palace, and he cursed the Heavenly Palace to its face, showing that Qiao Wanyi's 'death' had truly broken his guard.

Yang Qingfeng immediately shut his mouth, not wanting to provoke him.

Xiao Bingning, on the other hand, was counting on her fingers.

"Each failure costs 1100 points, so with 47800 points... you've lost twice?"

If Yang Qingfeng had revealed this secret himself, Qiao Lie would have punched him. But since it was Xiao Bingning who said it, and Qiao Lie doesn't know her, and Xiao Bingning is with Yang Qingfeng, so they seem to be friends.

A friend of a friend, this kind of creature is the most difficult to deal with.

Qiao Lie couldn't get angry, nor could he lose his composure, so he wiped his eyes again and said rather angrily, "Don't even mention it. Wanyi is my sister. She was gone in the first wave, and before I could recover, I lost in the second wave too."

As he spoke, he glanced at Yang Qingfeng, his eyes flashing with a fierce light, and added, "The master was also killed by them!"

Yang Qingfeng's lips twitched slightly; for the first time, he experienced the feeling of wanting to laugh but not daring to...