In the world of martial artists, only by battling between life and death can one comprehend the ultimate art of killing.

Chu Feng was such a martial artist.

His heart was as steadfast as iron.

Cultivating the Heavenly Demon Sword Scripture, his recovery was astonishing. Even if his body was riddled with wounds, he could still fight his way out.

Ordinary martial artists, once surrounded by a Beast Tide, even if they possessed overwhelming strength to withstand the onslaught of numerous fierce beasts, would eventually exhaust themselves and perish as time passed.

But Chu Feng had no such problem.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day.

The time for the Blackcloud Mountain assessment to conclude had arrived!

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The vast Blackcloud Mountain lay silent, and at its foot, led by Elder Jian and Yu Feichen, many assessment disciples gathered.

Everyone's faces were somewhat pale.

Most of them had narrowly escaped death, surviving with great difficulty.

And their numbers had dwindled by more than half.

"It should be about time. Those who could walk out have already done so, or have been found and brought out by us. Those who couldn't have likely perished within!" Elder Jian sighed lightly, shaking his head as he spoke to the crowd.

The Beast Tide had struck, and they had done their utmost to rescue everyone, but unfortunately, it was too late.

"So what about this assessment?"

Someone in the crowd asked cautiously.

Most of them had only managed to hunt a mere dozen or so fierce beasts, a very small number.

"It probably won't count!"

"I've heard that in a normal Blackcloud Mountain assessment, with a Hundred Refinements realm cultivation, one could at least slay over a hundred fierce beasts! The most outstanding could even reach seven or eight hundred!"

"But this time, due to the Beast Tide, the harvest was too meager to showcase true strength. I'm afraid no one even broke a hundred!"

The crowd buzzed with discussion.

The Blackcloud Mountain trial had encountered an unexpected turn, and they didn't believe anyone could surpass them by so much, achieving a haul of over a hundred fierce beasts!

Even those who risked staying longer barely managed seventy or eighty.

"The Blackcloud Mountain trial indeed encountered an unexpected turn, which is the fault of our Sword Institute, so this assessment..." Elder Jian, hearing this, pondered for a moment before speaking loudly.

However.

Before he could finish.

A blood-stained figure slowly emerged from the forest.

His entire body was covered in blood, his blue robe turned into a blood robe, yet his eyes were bright, and his spirit was vigorous.

"Chu Feng!"

In the crowd, Wang Zhan and others recognized him.

At the same time, Yu Feichen's eyes lit up instantly! She bit her silver teeth slightly; it was this little rascal who had dragged her around the forest, then erased his tracks and vanished without a trace!

"Sorry for the delay!" Chu Feng said with a smile.

He glanced around, somewhat puzzled, and asked, "Has everyone's assessment already ended? How did everyone fare?"

The atmosphere in the field became somewhat tense.

Everyone looked at Chu Feng with eyes full of astonishment.

Elder Jian also looked at Chu Feng with a peculiar gaze, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes as he scanned Chu Feng.

Seeing everyone silent, Yu Feichen spoke coldly, "It seems your harvest is quite good? Well then, let's see how you did!"

"Alright!" Chu Feng nodded.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed the assessment hadn't ended yet.

"Hmph!"

"Just showing off!"

Someone looked at Chu Feng with malice.

Everyone's harvest was minimal, and Elder Jian was about to relent and reassess.

Yet this person stepped forward, wanting the elder to see his harvest! Wasn't this just to draw everyone's attention?

"I wonder how many fierce beasts he could have harvested!"

"There are too many like him; he probably hid somewhere all this time and only came out now to draw attention!"

"I bet he hasn't slain more than a hundred fierce beasts!"

Someone pointed at Chu Feng, speaking coldly.

None of those present had exceeded a hundred! Chu Feng couldn't possibly surpass this limit!

But.

Before their words finished.

Whoosh!

Chu Feng raised his hand, a ring glowed, and then, rumble, a pile of fierce beast heads, like a small mountain, appeared before everyone's eyes.

In an instant, everyone's gaze was fixed!

So many?

Their eyes widened, staring straight at the pile of fierce beast heads.

"At least five hundred!"

"How did he do it? While we were fleeing and hiding, was he able to find and slay solitary fierce beasts as if it were a normal assessment?"

The crowd exclaimed, their faces full of disbelief.

Yu Feichen also looked at Chu Feng with a strange expression.

"What?" Chu Feng asked, puzzled, "Is this not enough to reach the top of the assessment?"

He thought for a moment.

Then, another ring glowed, whoosh! Another pile of fierce beast heads, like a small mountain, appeared before everyone! Another... five hundred!

The entire field fell into a deathly silence.

Not a sound could be heard!

"Is there more?" Elder Jian asked, his eyes shining.

Hearing this, Chu Feng paused for a moment and replied, "Yes!"

Whoosh!

Yet another pile of fierce beast heads, the same size, stacked like a mountain!