Chapter 85

Yefeng turned his head and saw a strange girl in red urging him on.

This girl in red appeared to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, but she had a graceful figure and carried a slender, red sword on her back.

Her beautiful eyes were cold, and she had a delicate, oval face as fair as jade. Despite her young age, she was strikingly beautiful and cold.

"Who are you?"

Yefeng was a bit puzzled; he didn't seem to recognize this girl in red.

"My name is Hongling. I can sense the aura around you; it's very deep. Your strength must be considerable."

The girl in red spoke, pointing to the nearby examination site. "This time, the exam apparently requires two people to team up to deal with a very powerful steel puppet. I hope to team up with you."

Only then did Yefeng understand that this girl in red, Hongling, wanted to team up with him.

He looked around and indeed found that almost everyone had paired up.

On the entire field, only he and this girl in red were left.

"Little Miss Hongling, you've been bullying people you don't like with your status. Now no one is willing to team up with you."

"Haha, it looks like our noble Little Miss Hongling can only team up with that country boy."

The surrounding young people all mocked her.

Clearly, these people were all from noble families and knew each other.

Since Yefeng and the others were not recognized, they were naturally considered country boys.

"What do you know! A bunch of trash!"

Although Hongling was only sixteen or seventeen years old, she spoke with great confidence and dominance, not yielding to any man, and had a strong aura of decisiveness.

Yefeng looked at Hongling and felt that this girl was different from the women he had encountered before.

Hongling stared at Yefeng and said, "Hey, you haven't told me your name yet."

"Yefeng."

"Yefeng? What a casual and simple name. Looks like you're really not from a noble family."

Hongling thought for a moment and then spoke seriously.

Yefeng just smiled and didn't mind.

He looked around and said, "Now that only the two of us are left, we have to team up."

Hongling nodded and said, "Don't worry, follow me, and I'll get you through the exam."

Yefeng smiled and said, "Then I'll have to see Little Miss Hongling's strength."

Hongling smiled slightly and said, "Just call me Hongling. 'Little Miss Hongling' sounds too formal. We're entering the Sword Sect, so we'll be fellow disciples."

"That's true."

Yefeng nodded and then asked curiously, "Just now, you said this exam requires two people to team up to deal with a steel puppet. What is a steel puppet?"

Hongling smiled and said, "It's a puppet made entirely of refined steel. This steel puppet has powerful spirit arrays inscribed within, giving it the ability to attack autonomously."

"These steel puppets are highly destructive and are used as heavy weapons in war. But in the Sword Sect, they are used as tools for the servant disciples' exams."

At this point, Hongling sighed and said, "I must say, the Sword Sect's resources are truly formidable."

Hearing Hongling's explanation, Yefeng finally understood this exam.

For him, it shouldn't be too difficult.

"The exam is about to begin. Everyone, gather here for the exam!"

At this moment, several outer sect elders from the Sword Sect walked out.

The leader was a cold young man in black.

He said, and had a dozen strong men carry out a steel puppet that was about five or six meters tall.

"My goodness! Such a large puppet, entirely made of steel, with powerful attack spirit arrays inscribed inside. How terrifying is this servant disciple exam!"

Many people saw the towering and cold steel puppet and gasped in shock.

The young man in black heard the murmurs and coldly snorted, "Joining the Sword Sect isn't that easy."

"I'll say this in advance: the combat power of this steel puppet is equivalent to a full-strength attack from a third-rank Divine Martial Realm expert."

"You must team up in pairs. If you can withstand a hundred attacks from this steel puppet, you will have the qualifications to join the Sword Sect as a servant disciple."

The outer sect elder looked around, making people dare not meet his gaze.

Many people were very frightened.

Most of them who came to participate in the Sword Sect's servant disciple recruitment were at the Eighth or Ninth Rank of the Heavenly Martial Realm.

The Divine Martial Realm was the standard for outer sect disciples of the Sword Sect.

This huge steel puppet, with the strength of a third-rank Divine Martial Realm expert, was already very terrifying for most people.

Many people even had the thought of giving up at this moment.

After all, that towering steel puppet looked very scary, and one hit might cause serious injuries.

The young man in black ignored the fear of the crowd and said coldly, "The exam begins now. Starting with the first pair, install three spirit crystals to make the steel puppet reach the strength of a third-rank Divine Martial Realm expert!"

"Thud, thud, thud!"

Each step of the steel puppet was like a small mountain moving, causing a terrifying rumble on the ground.

After installing three spirit crystals, this towering steel puppet immediately possessed the formidable strength of a third-rank Divine Martial Realm expert.

Yefeng could see that the steel puppet's mighty body was covered in a cold metallic sheen and emitted layers of crimson light.

Clearly, this steel puppet was no longer a lifeless object but had become a powerful combat puppet!

"The art of puppets is quite interesting," Yefeng thought to himself.

He remembered that in his previous life, his father, Emperor Ye Qing, had once created a powerful divine puppet.

That divine puppet was made from extremely precious materials of the Supreme Emperor, infused with his supreme magical power, and was a terrifying puppet that could destroy a thousand miles of land with a single strike, leaving no grass growing.

Yefeng had personally seen that divine puppet's overwhelming power. As long as it was continuously supplied with energy, it could unleash a force that surpassed everything.

While Yefeng was reminiscing, several pairs had already entered the exam area.

"Bang!"

The steel puppet was powerful, like a heavy weapon of war.

It didn't take a hundred attacks; just two strikes were enough to send the two exam participants flying.

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

With cries of pain, one by one, the young disciples were defeated by the steel puppet.

Forget about withstanding a hundred attacks; even ten were difficult!

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