Listening to Zhang Er Gou’s sarcastic remarks, the three were filled with surging blood and their faces immediately turned red.
If it weren’t for this guy Zhang Er Gou, the three of them would have certainly won the Outer Sect Grand Competition this year.
At first, the three of them never took Zhang Er Gou seriously.
A new disciple who had been in the sect for less than half a year, how powerful could he be? He was merely a stumbling block on their path to cultivation.
But it was this very stumbling block that made them pay a heavy price. Now, not only were all three of them injured, but they had also lost the triennial Outer Sect Grand Competition.
This meant that they would have to remain in the outer sect for another three years.
If the three of them had previously harbored resentment towards Zhang Er Gou, they now hated him to the bone, wishing they could tear him apart with their bare hands to vent their anger. However, their own strength did not permit it, so the three could only resort to verbal provocations.
But unexpectedly, Zhang Er Gou’s words were even sharper, leaving Jiang Hao and the others speechless.
The atmosphere at the scene was somewhat awkward. Many disciples from Xiayang Peak, Qiuyang Peak, and the Disciplinary Hall were present, following behind Jiang Tian and the others.
Towards Zhang Er Gou, they dared not speak their minds and could only hope that in the beast forest trial, their senior brothers would teach Zhang Er Gou a bitter lesson.
With a disdainful glance at the crowd, Zhang Er Gou walked directly towards the assembly point. The people surrounding him tacitly made way for him.
In this Outer Sect Grand Competition, Zhang Er Gou was a true dark horse. Now, Zhang Er Gou’s reputation in the Misty Sect’s outer sect was no less than that of the top ten outer sect disciples.
Pfft...!
Pfft...!
Pfft...!
Three consecutive sounds of spitting blood rang out. It was Jiang Hao, Lu Yan, and Song Zhi Nan who were so angered by Zhang Er Gou that their blood surged, causing them to spit blood.
Hearing the sounds of spitting blood behind him, Zhang Er Gou smiled slightly, then turned back: "You have no strength but insist on acting tough. This is the consequence you deserve."
Seeing the enraged gazes of the crowd behind him, Zhang Er Gou instead smiled with ease: "Heh heh, I just love seeing you hate me but unable to do anything about it. Isn't that infuriating?"
Ah!
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
Several more sounds of spitting blood rang out. Zhang Er Gou smiled nonchalantly and turned to walk towards the center of the assembly point.
Upon reaching the assembly point, Zhang Er Gou realized he was the last to arrive. Lin Yue Ru, Wang Teng, Xiao Qing Yu, and others were already there.
The nearly two hundred disciples who had won the Outer Sect Grand Competition were already standing there.
Even the usually unconventional Lin Yi Chen was standing in the center of the crowd. Seeing the gazes of everyone on him, Zhang Er Gou’s expression turned serious.
“You all arrived quite early,” Zhang Er Gou said, greeting everyone, and then walked towards the familiar faces.
“Nonsense, do you think everyone is like you, so calm?” The burly Xiao Qing Yu retorted impatiently, and as he spoke, he even threw a punch at him.
Zhang Er Gou slipped into the queue, standing behind Xiao Qing Yu.
More than two hundred people stood in neat rows, waiting for the elder in charge to arrive.
Zhang Er Gou curiously observed his surroundings, only to find that besides a few familiar faces, there were also several disciples from Xiayang Peak and Qiuyang Peak beside him.
At this moment, their eyes were wide with anger, glaring at Zhang Er Gou as if fire was about to shoot out from their eyes.
“Yo yo yo, what’s wrong with you guys? Did you cultivate incorrectly, and the spiritual energy is all filling your eyes?”
Zhang Er Gou looked at the disciples from Xiayang Peak and Qiuyang Peak around him and sneered.
“Kid, don’t get cocky. You’d better pray you don’t get separated in the beast forest, or you’ll be in for a tough time,” a disciple wearing a Xiayang Peak daoist robe said coldly.
“Oh really, so what if I get separated? With just the few of you, I don’t really take you seriously,” Zhang Er Gou was not one to passively accept abuse and immediately retorted.
“I think you’re mistaken. You should be worried about the inner sect disciples, not us. I heard that several inner sect disciples have vowed to cripple you.”
“Heh heh, I didn’t expect you guys to be so well-informed. Any more explosive news to share?” Zhang Er Gou put on an innocent smile as he saw an elder approaching from a distance.
The Xiayang Peak disciples thought their words had scared Zhang Er Gou and became even more smug. “I heard that the inner sect…”
“Heard what about the inner sect? Why don’t you tell this old man?” A resonant voice rang out, startling the Xiayang Peak disciples.
Seeing Zhang Er Gou’s smug expression, they realized the kid had been playing them.
Glares from the elder caused them to stand obediently in place, their hatred for Zhang Er Gou deepening.
Seeing everyone in position, Elder Li Tong Yi, who was in charge of leading the group, turned and walked onto the high platform.
“Is anyone still missing?” Standing on the high platform, Li Tong Yi swept his gaze over the hundreds of disciples below and asked.
“No, everyone is here,” a duty disciple replied.
Nodding slightly, Li Tong Yi said in a deep voice, “The beast forest trial, I believe you are all already familiar with it, so I will not elaborate further.”
“But I must state that during this trial, although you are not prohibited from using any means, you are prohibited from killing anyone in the beast forest, understand?”
More than two hundred disciples nodded in agreement.
Then, Li Tong Yi took out a jade slip: “This jade slip will be imprinted with your respective soul marks. If you encounter an opponent you cannot defeat or face a crisis in the beast forest, you can directly crush it.”
“Then the teleportation array carried by the jade slip will transport you out of the beast forest. This also means that the moment you crush the jade slip, you give up your chance to enter the inner sect.”
“Now, let’s begin the grouping. Five people per group.”
“This beast forest trial will last for three days. Disciples who do not pass the trial and enter the inner sect within these three days will also be considered to have failed the trial.”
“I repeat, the beast forest is solely a trial for selecting inner sect disciples. Under no circumstances are lives to be harmed. Violators will face severe punishment from the sect.”
After speaking, Li Tong Yi immediately took out a large box and placed it on the platform.
“A total of two hundred and ten disciples have won the Outer Sect Grand Competition. Five people per group, making exactly forty-two groups. Those who draw the same number will form a group.”
“I’ll go first!” Xiao Qing Yu immediately pushed through the crowd and stepped up to the platform, picking out a small jade token from the wooden box.
“Number ten.” Glancing at the number on it, Xiao Qing Yu announced the number and stood aside, waiting for the disciples who drew the same number to join him.
Following that, Lin Yi Chen also stepped out of the crowd and directly reached in to pick a jade token.
“What number?” Xiao Qing Yu looked at him with gossip in his eyes, clearly hoping that if the two of them were in the same group, it would be a guarantee for their entry into the inner sect.