CHAPTER 1977: CHAPTER 1974: THE RUTHLESS VETERAN DISCIPLE

Lin Bai soared into the sky, looking towards the Second Island.

The Second Island was right behind the First Island, not a great distance away. As soon as Lin Bai was airborne, he immediately saw the location of the Second Island and the warriors currently on it.

At a glance, Lin Bai astonishingly discovered that many warriors had already left the Second Island, and some had even entered the Third Island, Fourth Island, Fifth Island...

Among them, Lin Bai saw that the fastest ones were Shi Zhongxian and Wu He. Shi Zhongxian was on the Seventh Island, and surprisingly, Wu He had just entered the Eighth Island.

Besides Shi Zhongxian and Wu He, other warriors were closely following behind.

For example, the Half-human Giant Beast, Pale Old Strange Man, Blackstone Roland Sword Nine, Jian Kong, Lin Yibing, Leng Yun, Xie Changqing, Tu Ziyun, Yin Jiuling, Shen Qin, Hu Qi, Ning, Shi Jiamu, Lin Xiaoqing, and Lei Chong, had all entered the Fifth Island.

But Lin Bai noticed one person stopped at the Third Island, seemingly injured, with a wry smile. That person was Feng Wenjun.

Since Feng Wenjun stopped at the Third Island, Lin Bai was not surprised at all. Feng Wenjun had mentioned before that Feng Wujun, who guarded the Third Island, was his brother.

When the brothers met, there would naturally be no holding back!

Judging by Feng Wenjun’s appearance, it seemed he took quite a beating from Feng Wujun.

Other than the warriors of the Tianjiao Alliance and Monster Alliance, the other warriors mostly hovered between the Second and Third Islands, finding it hard to advance further.

After all, these exceptional disciples from the Four Great Courts were not fools. Knowing they couldn’t match those Tianjiao monsters, instead of fighting a losing battle, it was better to let them pass and leave it to stronger disciples behind them.

Lin Bai glanced briefly, then directly flew towards the Second Island.

"Lin Bai went to the Second Island."

Brother Harper stated blandly.

Ren Tingga took a look at the Flying Dragon Twelve Islands and smiled faintly: "Zhang Li of the Second Island and Feng Wujun of the Third Island are not fools. Knowing these Tianjiao monsters are tough, they let them pass, leaving only weaker warriors to deal with them."

Brother Harper chuckled softly: "Each island in the Flying Dragon Twelve Islands has a significant strength gap among its defenders. The further back you go, the stronger the veteran disciples get."

"Especially starting from the Ninth Island, the further back, the stronger they become."

Ren Tingga smiled wryly: "Brother Harper, you might as well say that Lan Yuxin of the Twelfth Island is the strongest, instead of rambling all that..."

Brother Harper also smiled gently, looking towards the Twelfth Island, at that stunning woman in a blue long dress, sitting cross-legged, awaiting opponents. He spoke softly: "I can’t understand why Lan Yuxin, one of the strongest disciples of the Lan Clan and the First Fairy of the Southern Yard, suddenly requested to participate in this Newcomers’ Welcoming Assembly."

"Ren Tingga’s Junior Brother, to be honest, when I found out that Lan Yuxin was among the warriors dispatched by the Southern Yard, I was even more surprised than you are now."

Brother Harper slowly recalled that when the Newcomers’ Welcoming Assembly was about to begin, each monastery would select several outstanding disciples to represent their monastery in the assembly.

These outstanding disciples, even though they were already well-known within their monasteries, were ranked in the middle, and it was rare for such super excellent disciples like Lan Yuxin to come forward.

Therefore, when Brother Harper learned that Lan Yuxin was also going to participate in the Newcomers’ Welcoming Assembly, he was extremely surprised.

In the arena of the First Island, many veteran disciples sighed lightly upon seeing Lin Bai heading to the Second Island:

"Lin Bai, he’s called the First Sword Cultivator in this year’s assessment."

"His sword skill was evident in his battle with Lan Feng earlier."

"Such an outstanding disciple, I wonder which monastery he will choose."

"Lan Yuxin from the Southern Yard has explicitly rejected him. It’s unlikely he’ll join the Southern Yard now. Next, it’s up to which of the Eastern, Northern, or Western Courtyards he’ll choose."

"I think Lin Bai will choose the Eastern Courtyard. After all, it’s where the most Tianjiao are. There, Lin Bai can obtain more and better cultivation resources."

Many veteran disciples speculated which monastery these new warriors would choose, and many believed these Tianjiao and monsters would choose the Eastern Courtyard.

After all, the Eastern Courtyard is currently the strongest, leading in strength, background, cultivation resources, martial skills, and various other aspects.

Arriving at the Second Island.

This place currently had the highest number of new warriors.

When Lin Bai left the First Island, over three thousand out of five thousand new warriors had left, and they had all come to the Second Island.

As Lin Bai arrived at the Second Island, he discovered that nearly two thousand people were here, meaning only over a thousand new warriors had left to go to the Third Island.

"It seems the first three islands have trapped many warriors."

Lin Bai descended from the sky, arriving at the arena on the Second Island.

"So ruthless?"

"This is inhumane."

"This is terrible."

On the Second Island, many new warriors stood outside the martial arts competition arena, watching the activity inside, angrily shouting.

Lin Bai landed, watching the scene inside the arena.

At that moment, in the arena, a warrior in a West Courtyard disciple robe was beating a new warrior, who was rolling and crawling, clearly no match for the West Courtyard warrior, being savagely beaten to the brink of death.

"I admit..." The new warrior was sent flying, spat out blood, and just as he was about to admit defeat, the West Courtyard warrior dashed forward, punching his face, sending the new warrior reeling backward with blood flying everywhere.

"Won’t even allow concession?"

"Too ruthless."

"So inhumane."

Outside the arena, warriors roared angrily.

Lin Bai also witnessed this, his eyes glinting coldly. On the First Island, Lan Feng, trying to recruit disciples into the Southern Yard, hadn’t been too harsh, stopping at the right moment.

But the West Courtyard warrior on the Second Island was extremely brutal, ruthlessly beating the new warriors, not even giving them a chance to surrender.

"His name seems to be... Zhang Li."

"A warrior of the West Courtyard."

Lin Bai saw the defender of the Second Island, named Zhang Li, whom Lin Bai had seen before on the First Island.

In the arena, Zhang Li continued punching and kicking the new warrior, who had long lost the ability to fight back, being brutally abused by Zhang Li.

This scene shocked the surrounding warriors, their eyes filled with anger.

"I originally thought Feng Wenjun saying there was a ’killer stick’ was a joke, but now it seems these veteran warriors are clearly here to abuse the new warriors." Lin Bai said coldly.