"Interesting, it seems that even though I entered East Han Academy, I won't be short of enemies."

Watching Wu Jinming arrogantly leaving with Ye Fan and the others, Qin Tian touched his nose, feeling that this world was really full of drama.

However, even when facing these opponents, Qin Tian told himself in his heart that there could be no retreat. Sister Xue's revenge must be taken, and Ye Fan must die!

As for himself, he could not step back either; stepping back would mean the end.

Life is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to retreat.

"Brother Qin Tian, how do you know those people? Also, one of the teachers looked so impressive. I overheard they seem to be from Spiritual Mountain Academy..."

Wang Haoran followed behind Qin Tian, curious about the enmity between Qin Tian and Ye Fan, and said, "Spiritual Mountain Academy is not only the second largest sect in the East State, but actually, their people have formed a faction in East Han Academy, known as the 'Spiritual Mountain Faction.' This faction is quite strong in East Han Academy, Qin Tian, if you don't have any deep hatred with them, I'd suggest you better not provoke them, instead, we should try to get on their good side..."

"I will never try to get on their good side."

Qin Tian interrupted Wang Haoran and said, "In fact, I have a deep-seated hatred with Ye Fan. Brother Wang, if you think it's dangerous to be with me, you don't have to get too close."

"Come on, Brother Qin Tian, you're underestimating me here. Am I that kind of opportunist and sycophant? Obviously not."

Wang Haoran pouted, walking alongside Qin Tian to their residence.

...

In the afternoon, all the exam disciples indeed gathered on the square behind East Han Academy.

Wang Haoran's early information was accurate. The exam content was indeed going to the Beast Taming Arena of East Han Academy to hunt demon beasts.

Demon beasts are divided into nine levels, the ninth being the highest, and the first being the lowest. Each demon beast has a corresponding beast core inside that reflects its level.

All candidates needed to enter the Beast Taming Arena to hunt demon beasts; cooperation was not allowed, nor was it allowed to steal others' beast cores. The total time was three hours, and finally, based on the beast cores obtained, they would be converted into points. The top one hundred candidates with the highest points would advance, while the others would be eliminated.

Points for a first-level demon beast were 10 points.

Points for a second-level demon beast were 20 points.

Points for a third-level demon beast were 50 points.

Points for a fourth-level demon beast were 100 points.

The highest level of demon beasts currently released for the candidates to hunt in the Beast Taming Arena was fourth-level.

Demon beasts of this level are such that immortality cultivators at the early Nascent Soul stage can barely handle them, while even those at the middle Nascent Soul stage find them quite challenging to deal with alone, with a success rate of less than thirty percent.

Moreover, in the Beast Taming Arena, life and death depended on fate. Candidates had to sign a life-and-death agreement before entering. If they were killed or eaten by demon beasts, it was their own responsibility.

Of course, after the exam ends and the bell rings, candidates who failed to exit the Beast Taming Arena within ten minutes by themselves would also be eliminated.

The exam was quite rigorous, particularly with the demon beasts' levels spanning from one to four. The strongest ones, Qin Tian felt, were difficult to deal with.

But the key was that all candidates were in a competitive state with each other. One could never know how many points would be enough to advance, so the only option was to desperately hunt demon beasts and accumulate points.

"During your exams, we will send out five law enforcement referees. All rules have already been distributed to you. Look at them clearly. Anyone who violates these twelve rules, don't think the referee teachers won't see. Hmph, those who gamble will pay the price! Our enforcement teachers are everywhere."

The chief examiner was an imposing old man with a full beard standing at about 1.9 meters tall, with a particularly commanding presence when he spoke.

He glanced at the time, frowned, and shouted toward the Beast Taming Arena at the back mountain, "Time's up, open the Beast Taming Arena! Start the timing!"

As he shouted, it carried a violent True Qi wave, the sound echoing across the distance, with the back mountain responding in bursts of echoes.

Soon after, the distant back mountain protected by True Qi barriers gradually opened its wide doors, with over a dozen East Han Academy soldiers in silver armor wielding sharp blades running out, guarding the Beast Taming Arena to prevent demon beasts from escaping.

With the chief examiner's words, over three hundred candidates, in an instant, all surged with True Qi, rushing to the Beast Taming Arena one after another.

Among the four guard soldiers, a captain shouted, "No sword flight, there's a True Qi barrier in the sky blocking it, you can't enter! Go through the door I opened for you!"

The crowd surged, and Qin Tian and Wang Haoran were among those eager to enter the Beast Taming Arena.

"Brother Qin Tian, this exam doesn't allow cooperation or companionship. So, let's part ways here and hope that after three hours, we both rank in the top one hundred."

Wang Haoran turned serious, showing his determination to do his utmost to pass the exam.

"Alright, see you in three hours." Qin Tian nodded and went in a different direction from Wang Haoran.

He looked back and saw beyond the barrier, indeed, five referee teachers followed the candidates into the Beast Taming Arena. Among them, he recognized the imposing Teacher Xu Junwei and Wu Jinming from Spiritual Mountain Academy, who sided with Ye Fan!

"Damn, in such an exam, they don't know to avoid suspicion, yet they send these people to invigilate."

Qin Tian cursed but knew he had no choice. He could only pull himself together and walked seriously into the mountain range within the Beast Taming Arena.

The entire Beast Taming Arena was made up of a large mountain range, right on the periphery of East Capital City, looking abrupt, but it was indeed within the vast back mountain of East Han Academy.

Roar Roar!

It wasn't long before someone should have discovered a demon beast and started hunting, as the Beast Taming Arena was filled with non-stop roaring of demon beasts.

There were quite a few demon beasts in the arena, with lower-level ones being more common.

Qin Tian had been in the Beast Taming Arena for less than ten minutes when he had already slain two first-level demon beasts, obtained their beast cores, and successfully racked up twenty points.

Roar Roar!

When Qin Tian reached halfway up the mountain range, he finally encountered a second-level demon beast.

This second-level demon beast looked like a rhinoceros but was entirely fiery red, with its body surface appearing covered in a layer of red scale armor. From ten meters away, Qin Tian could even sense the fierce aura of attack emanating from the Red Armored Rhinoceros!

"Come on, come on, I can't miss twenty points!"

Qin Tian brandished his Dragon Pattern Red Sword and engaged the Red Armored Rhinoceros in battle.

The combat power of the Red Armored Rhinoceros was roughly equivalent to a middle-stage Primordial Pill, completely out of Qin Tian's league. Within ten minutes, Qin Tian's red sword successfully pierced through the thick skin of the Red Armored Rhinoceros, wounding it severely with one thrust!

"Wow, what a coincidence?"

Just as Qin Tian was about to make the final strike to retrieve the beast core from the Red Armored Rhinoceros, Ye Fan very "coincidentally" appeared.