Chapter 270

Is there really anyone who can advance?

It wasn't just Xiao Heng who thought so.

Liu Peng, all members of Group 52, including the vast majority of people on the square, were thinking this way at the moment.

But no matter what they thought, Qiu Peng didn't call a halt.

The third round of assessment continued in an orderly manner.

Groups 22 to 32 soon finished drawing lots and began to enter their respective iron cages.

"There's no hope for this round either. There are six groups where there is still conflict within the team, and the remaining four groups don't have conflict, but there are too many people talking!"

Hearing Liu Peng's words beside him, Xiao Heng roughly scanned the situation of the ten groups.

Sure enough, in this round, more than half of the groups were still arguing fiercely before entering the iron cages. Some people felt that it was impossible to advance at all, and going in was a waste of time; some kept cheering everyone up, saying that trying it wouldn't hurt; and some had nervous expressions and flickering eyes, clearly afraid.

The remaining four groups, although there was no arguing, were also divided into distinct waves of people. They seemed to be discussing how to join forces to deal with the cold beast. Some felt that one hour was too short and advocated rushing up together; some thought that time was very abundant and advocated winning by wisdom; others felt that there were so many rocks and trees in the iron cage, so they should combine the characteristics of the cold beast and use the terrain to hunt around……

After roughly observing the situation of the ten groups in the third round, Xiao Heng shook his head, and he could almost be certain in his heart that there would not be a single group advancing in this round.

"Father once said that when the camp's strength is weak, encountering a strong enemy, unity is the only way out. Before taking action, there can be many different opinions, but once you take action to execute, there can only be one voice, otherwise those different opinions will inevitably become the fuse for failure!"

Xiao Kangcheng had been a leader for more than ten years. As his only son, Xiao Heng had been trained as the next leader since he was a child. Naturally, he had learned a lot from his father.

The 172 teams that wanted to advance at this moment were no different from the countless weak camps in the Frozen Abyss. The cold beast in the iron cage was the strong enemy they were currently encountering. If they couldn't be united, it was impossible to advance successfully……

Bang!

Xiao Heng's train of thought was interrupted by a loud noise.

He looked up at the No. 1 iron cage and realized that the group of people who had just entered had already started fighting with that Snow Mane.

"Ah!"

"My leg is broken."

"My chest hurts so much."

"Save me, save me!"

………………

Rather than fighting, it was more like this group of people was sending food to the Snow Mane.

One hundred people, armed with sharp blades and iron armor, were knocked over by the Snow Mane that suddenly rushed out as soon as they entered the iron cage.

Although there were more than ten people who were about to break through to the Earth-Digging Realm and were relatively strong, who hurriedly raised their big knives and strong bows to resist, compared with the Snow Mane, they were not even a star or a half behind in terms of speed or strength.

More importantly, unlike them who only held the mentality of assessment, the Snow Mane in the cage was truly fighting for its life!

"Roar…………"

The Snow Mane roared endlessly. After knocking over the crowd, its movements were still agile. Its four limbs, tail, and even the long tongue tied into a knot all became its weapons. In less than ten minutes, the hundred people in the iron cage were completely chased away by it and scattered to all parts of the iron cage.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to knock the assessment personnel flying, the Snow Mane repeatedly rammed the barrier of the iron cage, clearly wanting to find an opportunity to ram the cage open and escape. Many people had already seen it, but deliberately ignored it.

Soon, cries for help came from the No. 1 iron cage.

"Help!"

"I abstain."

"Abstain."

"Help."

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The door of the iron cage was open. The Earth-Digging Realm people outside the cage had never been idle. As long as someone was seriously injured, they would immediately rush in to save the person. Some slightly injured ones, as long as they shouted to abstain, would also be brought out by them.

"Get out of the way!"

An Earth-Digging Realm person holding a big knife rushed in to save a wounded person. Coincidentally, the Snow Mane rushed toward him. The Earth-Digging Realm person laid his big knife horizontally and shouted angrily.

The Snow Mane's eyes had clearly been shot blind, but hearing this angry shout, its rushing figure immediately stalled. A look of fear flashed on its face, and it actually turned around and fled, going to chase others.

At this time, the assessment had already been carried out for two rounds. Not only this Snow Mane, but the nine cold beasts in the other nine iron cages had also roughly figured out the rules. As long as they didn't kill people, the Earth-Digging Realm people holding strong bows around the iron cages wouldn't take action against them.

So they also learned to be smart, only seriously injuring people and then immediately stopping, and then continuing to look for the remaining people who still had the ability to move.

The personnel configuration of the 172 groups participating in the assessment this time was about the same. The number of Woodcutting Realm peaks was only about fifteen. When a large number of people in the group were scattered, the remaining fifteen people couldn't play much of a role.

The remaining ten or so people in the No. 1 iron cage finally all hid in the big trees, but climbing the tree couldn't guarantee their safety.

Especially since they were hiding in the trees and kept shooting arrows, even if the Snow Mane lost its vision, it could confirm their position just by hearing.

"Roar…………"

The Snow Mane let out an angry roar, ignoring the iron arrows shooting from in front of it, rushed straight to the big tree, and flew up in just three or four breaths.

"Run!"

"Run quickly……"

Two people issued a warning first. The other dozen or so people in the big tree panicked all of a sudden and jumped down from the tree one after another.

But there were still people who were slow.

Two people were picked by the Snow Mane's two forest-white fangs.

One shoulder was pierced directly, flying more than ten meters from the tree; the other had his calf pierced, and a large piece of flesh was torn off. After falling to the ground, he fainted directly.

"Abstain."

"Help, I abstain."

"Abstain."

As the last wave of people in the No. 1 iron cage shouted to abstain, the group of Earth-Digging Realm people who had been ready to go outside the cage immediately rushed in and brought everyone out.

"Group 29, eliminated!"

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"This group of brats, they are so stupid that I can't bear to look at them!"

Above the city gate, after Lin Kai finished watching the assessment process of Group 29, his face was full of incredulity. After finishing, he couldn't help but add: "Do they not have brains? That Does Does Da Xia Cold Beast Chronicle is usually placed on the first floor of the main building. Have they never flipped through it once?"

"It's not that they didn't read it, it's that they were all scared stupid……"

Yuan Cheng spoke and took over Lin Kai's words, sneering: "These brats basically haven't seen a living cold beast before. Some of the older ones inside, even if they go out, at most cut trees and pick fruits. Some of the younger ones don't even know what the outside world is like. What they eat, wear, and use on weekdays are all given by their parents and family. Let alone being injured, they don't even know what it's like to be cold. Now that they suddenly have to fight for their lives with a cold beast, it's normal to be scared stupid."

Yu Wentao on the side also withdrew his gaze and stopped looking at the assessment below, shaking his head and saying: "Although they are young, their strength is actually not weak. The basic strength of the Woodcutting Realm is at least five thousand, and the highest is over nine thousand. Iron armor, weapons, medicinal pills, and so many materials from the Camp Supply Department are all available for use. But as long as they are a little clear-headed and cooperate properly, even a full-grown adult low-level cold beast could be killed."

The ten cold beasts in the cages below had their strength discounted by at least fifty percent, and even so, they actually knocked over a hundred Woodcutting Realm people, and there hasn't been a single group that has advanced yet.

The group of Frigid-level experts shook their heads one after another upon hearing this, their faces both sighing and helpless, and finally didn't know what to say.

"The leader is right. Only beautiful flowers can grow in a greenhouse, not towering trees. An assessment can be considered to have tested the quality of these brats. Such a group of people, if they break through to the Earth-Digging Realm in the future and enter the hunting team, I'm afraid they will also die thirty or fifty percent. Once they go to the battlefield, it won't just be harming themselves, but also implicating others!"

Among the group of Frigid-level experts above the city gate, the one with the ugliest expression was Qiu Peng.

As the person in charge of this assessment, every time a wolfish cry for abstention came from below, his face would sink a few points. Hearing the words of Lin Kai, Yuan Cheng, and Yu Wentao, he was silent for a long time and said nothing.

"Why don't we just forget it? There are more and more wounded."

"I guess no one can advance."

"For them, it's still a bit too early."

…………

"If no squad advances, then let the Woodcutting Realm group tournament end like this!"

Qiu Peng directly and firmly denied everyone's suggestion. He turned his head to look below and sneered: "One hundred Woodcutting Realm people can't even kill a cold beast that is already seriously injured. There are so many hunting teams in the camp, throwing their heads and shedding blood outside every day, and they have raised such a group of trash. If they can't even pass such a simple preliminary selection, then there's no need to think about the rewards for the top hundred in the tournament."

Everyone heard the anger in Qiu Peng's words and didn't speak again.

………………

The assessment below has continued to the fourth round.

Groups 33 to 43, ten groups finished drawing lots and entered their respective iron cages again.

"Look at that group of people in the No. 2 iron cage. They seem to be a little different."

"That's Group 38!"

"The leader is Zhao Yuankong. I know him."

"The son of Captain Zhao Hu of the Steel Mane squad?"

"Yes, that's him."

………………

Hearing the crowd's discussion, Xiao Heng immediately looked at the No. 2 iron cage.

Group 38, which chose the No. 2 iron cage, was indeed significantly different from the other teams.

Zhao Yuankong, like Liu Peng, should also have become the team leader of the group.

After entering the iron cage, their whole team of one hundred people didn't make a sound.

And Zhao Yuankong immediately made a gesture behind him.

One hundred people quickly divided into five squads. Starting with the Golden-Eyed Demon Sheep behind the artificial hill, they moved their steps slowly along the barrier of the iron cage, and soon formed a huge encirclement.

"The Demon Sheep has already been shot blind. They don't make a sound, so they won't attract the Demon Sheep's attention. How smart!"

"Really, in the previous three rounds of assessment, the cold beasts in six iron cages had already been shot blind. As long as they don't make too much noise, the cold beasts really can't distinguish the position of people nearby."

"Zhao Yuankong, maybe there is hope to pass."

…………

As bursts of praise were voiced, the remaining people on the square all cast their eyes on the No. 2 iron cage.

This is also normal. The other nine iron cages were basically the same as the previous round, except for the No. 2 iron cage, where no movement had been heard for more than ten minutes.

Looking at Zhao Yuankong's well-coordinated and calm performance in the face of danger, everyone naturally cast their eyes on them.

Not only on the square, but the group of Frigid-level experts above the city gate also cast their eyes on the No. 2 iron cage with great interest at this time.

"Zhao Hu, this is your second son, right? Not bad!"

"Willing to use his brain, and knowing how to use his brain, is already stronger than a large group of people."

"There is indeed hope. I see them, they seem to have brought torches."

"That kid touched the back row, he should want to climb the tree."

"The personnel arrangement is also reasonable. He divided the fifteen Woodcutting Realm peaks in the group into his own team. He should want to occupy the tree and shoot arrows."

………………

"Hahaha, the Deputy Si Zheng are overpraising. This kid really has some tricks on weekdays, but he can't get on the big stage, hahaha……"

Above the city gate, hearing the praise from Yuan Cheng and others around him, Zhao Hu was humble in his mouth, but he couldn't help laughing out loud. The look in his eyes when looking at his son was clearly full of expectations.

………………

Inside the No. 2 iron cage, Zhao Yuankong, who had touched the bottom of the big tree all the way, looked up at the Golden-Eyed Demon Sheep that was only twenty meters away from the big tree, and waved his hand violently behind him.

Sizzle…………

The squad behind his left rear suddenly lit a small torch. The moment the torch was lit, everyone in that squad moved.

The leader inserted the torch on the ground, and then quickly ran away with the other dozen or so people in the squad.

"Roar…………"

The Demon Sheep behind the artificial hill clearly noticed the torch. After letting out an excited cry, its huge body rammed toward the position of the torch like a cannonball. The accumulated snow on the ground was raised several meters high, which showed the terror of its momentum.

"You climb the tree and set up your bows, prepare to shoot arrows!"

The moment the Demon Sheep rushed out, Zhao Yuankong also spoke.

At his command, the dozen or so people in the squad all climbed up the big tree, while he himself set up his bow on the spot and shot an arrow directly at the torch beside the Demon Sheep.

Whoosh…………

Zhao Yuankong's archery was extremely accurate. He shot the torch out with one arrow.

The obsession of cold beasts with torches is no secret in Does Does Da Xia.

Zhao Yuankong extinguished the torch, which undoubtedly made the Demon Sheep angry to the extreme.

Roar…………

"Shoot arrows!"

This time Zhao Yuankong spoke, and more than ten iron arrows flew out from the big tree, all accurately hitting the face of the Demon Sheep. A few of them even knocked away the two arrows inserted in the Demon Sheep's eyes, and then shot in again.

"Roar……"

The Demon Sheep's roar was even more violent.

This made Zhao Yuankong's face show excitement, and at the same time, he waved his hand violently at a squad on his right rear again.

Sizzle…………

The second torch lit up again.

The Demon Sheep, which had just been extremely angry, changed direction again and rushed toward the position where the second torch lit up.

Whoosh…………

Zhao Yuankong repeated the same trick again.

The torch was extinguished, the Demon Sheep was angry, and the ten or so people on the big tree shot arrows, actually causing another wave of not-so-light injuries to the Demon Sheep.

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"Good kid, smart!"

"Hahahaha……"

Above the city gate, hearing Qiu Peng also praise his son, Zhao Hu finally couldn't help laughing out loud.

Zhao Yuankong's technique is not high, it is just using the attraction of the torch to the cold beast to disperse the crowd, while consuming the Demon Sheep's physical strength, and letting that group of Woodcutting Realm peaks shoot arrows continuously, causing more damage to the Demon Sheep.

This lasted for six rounds, and the time had passed about three-quarters.

The Demon Sheep's breathing was already very heavy, and its legs were even shaking.

Zhao Yuankong finally didn't let anyone light the torch again, but first called all the ten or so people on the big tree down, and then raised his hand to signal all the people in the other four squads to gather beside him.

"Its strength is almost exhausted. Everyone shoot all the arrows on your body first. You fourteen, come up with me first, and the others follow behind."

Whoosh whoosh whoosh…………

As the words fell, the eighty-plus people who were only responsible for lighting the torches all took down the five-stone bows behind them and frantically shot all the iron arrows out.

The Demon Sheep really had no strength, but being attacked by so many iron arrows, it still rushed toward the crowd. It's just that the momentum was no longer as terrifying as before, and Zhao Yuankong and others had enough preparation time.

Whoosh…………

A flash of ruthlessness flashed in Zhao Yuankong's eyes. He raised his barrier blade and rushed out first, slashing fiercely at the front horn of the Demon Sheep.

His strength was still not as good as the Demon Sheep's, and after being rammed so fiercely, his body retreated more than ten meters.

But he alone couldn't do it, but the combined strength of many people was enough!

The second batch of fourteen Woodcutting Realm peaks also arrived.

They held various weapons, slashing or stabbing from the left and right sides, all greeting the Demon Sheep's body.

They were not like the Earth-Digging Realm people who could directly break the Demon Sheep's flesh, but their basic strength was also at the critical point of ten thousand jin. With the combined efforts of many people and so many ten-forged weapons, they also cut more than ten wounds on the Demon Sheep's skin.

And the eighty-plus people who had finished shooting arrows also came over.

Their weapons all greeted the Demon Sheep. Those who couldn't find a place to start even hugged the Demon Sheep's four limbs directly, and some even climbed onto its back.

Fortunately, the golden eyes on the back of the Demon Sheep were blinded by Yu Wentao, otherwise the few people who climbed onto its back would probably have died very miserably.

These are not mentioned for the time being, but the key is that with such means, this hundred people actually blocked the Demon Sheep's rushing body alive!

"Blocked it!"

"Group 38 blocked it."

"Not scattered, they haven't even had one person knocked unconscious."

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Pfft!

While the crowd on the square was marveling.

Zhao Yuankong's subsequent actions came!

He was blocking the front of the Demon Sheep just now. Seeing that the Demon Sheep was held by the crowd and couldn't move, he actually threw away his barrier blade, pulled out a short sword from his waist, and stabbed it straight into the Demon Sheep's left eye.

The dark green blood gushed out, pouring all over Zhao Yuankong's face.

He was not afraid, but his expression became more and more ferocious. He held his short sword firmly and began to stir frantically in the Demon Sheep's skull.

"Good kid, has a bit of ruthlessness."

"Really can pass."

"No, look, that Demon Sheep is also ruthless, someone was knocked flying."

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Everyone on the square, whether it was the participants, the Earth-Digging Realm people around maintaining order and ensuring safety, or even the group of Frigid-level experts including Qiu Peng above the city gate, all focused their eyes on Zhao Yuankong.

Without exception, they all showed expectations in their eyes.

(End of chapter)