CHAPTER 449: 323 THE STORM IS APPROACHING! _2

And the more he killed, the thicker the yellow sand... That’s it! This is exactly the sand!

Liu Junlong pointed toward the main hall entrance.

Sister Shiwei stood there, holding the spear single-handedly behind her back, with layers of yellow sand swirling around the weapon.

"Can we also use yellow sand?" Liu Junlong was both shocked and delighted, but he felt that something was a bit off.

Strictly speaking, there was no Yellow Sand Armor on Lin Shiwei’s body.

All the sand was twined completely around the spear.

"Take him to the sand chair," Liu Juncai ordered in a low voice.

"Yes." Liu Junxing picked up his brother and strode into the main hall.

"This won’t be easy," Liu Juncai’s face was grave. Du Yu was able to send Yang Mingyu out because he only had a single layer of fine sand.

But according to Liu Junlong, Shandai Army’s Xiang Qi had several layers of Fine Sand Defense Shield?

How many people did he have to kill for that?

Of course, "kill" is not accurate. You just have to break the other students’ Black Pearl and send them off the field.

The girl turned to look at Du Yu, looking troubled: "Only Xuan Platinum Grade damage can break through the Fine Sand Defense Shield.

If Shandai Army—Xiang Qi is wearing several layers of yellow sand, then we’ve got nothing to play for."

Du Yu felt his heart sink too.

The rules of the test were right here, really making you feel powerless.

As the saying goes: one step ahead, every step ahead.

The Shandai Army was the first to break through the city gates, gaining a huge advantage.

However, the Shaohai Army also had some advantages—they had brought back three Ancient Desolate Generals and Ancient Wild Horses, all of which had now turned into yellow sand and entwined on Lin Shiwei’s Thunder Shock Spear.

Du Yu glanced at the Demon Soldier Spear in the girl’s hand; with such concentrated yellow sand, the attack power had to be considerable.

Liu Juncai suddenly stepped up and whispered, "What if we gather all our power for a maximum advantage?"

"Hmm?" Du Yu moved inside—could it be, Liu Juncai wanted to...

The girl turned and walked away, quickly heading back to the hall and carefully reading the black-soil script on the ground.

"Each kill enhances the soldier’s output effect."

The rule only said "kill"—it never specified you could only kill enemies.

What’s more, there was another note: "This effect can be inherited and stacked."

Words like "inherit" seemed even more suitable for allies, didn’t they?

Inheriting the will of the fallen, embracing the style of ancestors, inheriting the throne...

If the enemy rises to the throne, shouldn’t it be "usurp" or "seize"?

"Bang!" Suddenly a loud crash echoed behind!

Liu Juncai’s heart sank and she whipped around hastily.

Her gaze swept across the hall, over the courtyard, and landed on the mansion gate that had just been blown open.

Amidst the dust, a short-haired youth with butterfly wings and a Tang Blade in hand slowly stepped out.

Those dazzling butterfly wings were obviously from a Demon Pet—Celestial Flash Butterfly.

Wind Demon Beast—Celestial Flash Butterfly, its wings were always sky blue.

But the wings behind this youth had a faint gold edge, and there were cloud-like patterns on the butterfly wings.

Heterochromatic Celestial Flash Butterfly!

Normally, heterochromatic Demon Pets were incredibly rare and valuable, but during this assessment, Du Yu had already seen two such Demon Pets!

But that made sense.

If you linger in the normal Demon Taming World, you’d rarely see heterochromatic breeds.

But this was the stage for the Four Province Joint Exam!

Elite students from four provinces had gathered, and only those ranked top 25 in their province could take part—this was a screening and filtering process in itself.

Standing on this platform, Du Yu faced opponents of naturally higher quality.

"Liu Junlong, thanks for guiding the way, huh?" Xiang Qi flashed a sly grin with a cocky charm on his face.

"Such a crowd, huh." Xiang Qi’s eyes scanned everyone like a hungry hound gazing at a juicy slab of meat.

Though he stood alone, he didn’t show a hint of fear; instead, it was all hunger and desire in his eyes.

It was as if every person here would turn into the fine sand on his body.

For the Shaohai Students inside the General’s Mansion, that look was an outright insult!

"Shaohai’s First Disciple." Xiang Qi’s gaze finally locked onto Du Yu.

He slowly raised his Tang Blade, pointing it at Du Yu from afar: "Sorry, but I guess we’ll have to wait for the next final exam for you and me to have a fair fight."

Li Mengnan blurted out, "If you take off your shell, we can have a fair fight right now!"

Xiang Qi: ???

What’s with this beauty?

I was just being polite—you actually took it seriously?

I built up this advantage step by step, this snowball’s mine—I rolled it!

I survived by the skin of my teeth in the Hening Army, killed my way out alive, then dominated the Lin Shihao squad, and only now do I dare to storm the General’s Mansion solo!

All of this—I earned it myself!

You want me to take off my shell, and I just—huh?

Is she insulting me?

"Go find someone on your level!" Suddenly, an icy female voice rang out.

Xiang Qi glanced over and saw Lin Shiwei standing in front of the hall doors, spear in hand.

"Hehe~" Little Fen Yang couldn’t help giggling, "Du Yu, you’re so weak~"

Du Yu: "..."

Little Fen Yang: "Sister Shiwei doesn’t want you!"

Du Yu replied irritably, "Wei means, she’s got more sand on her spear!"

Little Fen Yang: "Hehe~"

Du Yu: "..."

"Ha." Xiang Qi suddenly laughed, staring at the layers of sand wrapped around Lin Shiwei’s spear tip. "With that little stack of sand on your weapon, I’d suggest you just surrender now and save yourself the trouble."

Xiang Qi sounded absolutely serious. Plus, he had Liu Junlong’s earlier words to back him up.

Xiang Qi appeared to only have a single layer of yellow sand, but Liu Junlong had said his sand was several layers thick.