Warrior’s Promise - Chapter 68

Chapter 68

"Well, has Xiaohu returned yet?"

Having chatted with Li Feng for a while, Su Mo looked around and did not see Niu Xiaohu .

"No!"

Li Feng shook his head, furrowed his brows, and asked, "Did something happen to him?"

Su Mo was silent . Since Niu Xiaohu was not powerful, he was worried that something terrible happened to him .

Just at that moment, a sturdy figure rushed out of the woods, and it was Niu Xiaohu himself .

Exhausted as Niu Xiaohu was, his eyes brightened with excitement .

"Lv 9 Qi Cultivation Realm!"

Su Mo was surprised . He could sense a strong fluctuating breath inside Niu Xiaohu's body . This fluctuating breath caused the air surrounding him to flow, which indicated that he had just broken through his realm and could not control himself well .

"Senior Su Mo and Li Feng, I'm back!"

Niu Xiaohu approached them with a smile .

"Well done, Xiaohu! You've broken through your cultivation over just three days . " Su Mo gently smile .

"Haha! I happened to obtain a Spiritual Herb on my way back; thus, I've broken through my cultivation!"

Niu Xiaohu revealed an innocent smile, looked at the pale Li Feng, and then said in surprise, "Senior Li Feng, you're . . . you're injured!"

"Haha! I'm fine! It's just a scratch . "

Li Feng brightly smiled and did not want to lose face in front of Niu Xiaohu .

"That's good!"

Niu Xiaohu nodded his head .

When they talked with each other, most of the disciples had gradually returned .

Yan Qi, Feng Zilan, and the other disciples returned together . They fixed their eyes on Su Mo in unison the minute they got out of the woods . Each of them wore a darkened face and gritted their teeth as if they desperately wanted to eat Su Mo alive .

The rest of the disciples' expressions were unintelligible .

"Senior Su Mo, Li Feng, Yan Qi, and the other people seem to have been staring at me just now!"

Standing beside Su Mo, Niu Xiaohu scratched his head with a confused look . He said in confusion, "Judging from their expressions, they seem to have a grudge against me . But I've never offended them!"

"Haha! Xiaohu, you must see it's a mistake . Ignore them!" Su Mo said with a gentle smile .

The person who Yan Qi and the others hated was him, not Niu Xiaohu .

Li Feng arched his eyebrows for he had felt the strong killing desire in their eyes .

Having glanced at Su Mo, Li Feng fell into thoughts .

After nearly one hour, all the disciples had returned .

"Elder Wang, how many disciples have returned?"

Having looked around, Elder Wei asked the elder in the blue robe beside him .

"Elder Wei, 500 disciples have attended the trial test, 447 of whom have returned . However, 53 disciples haven't shown up . "

The elder in the blue robe used his Spiritual Thought to count all the disciples present and then respectfully replied .

"As in previous years, 10% of the disciples are dead . "

Elder Wei nodded his head with an indifferent expression . He did not show any mercy for the dead disciples .

Gale Island needed elites so it would not be pitiful if mediocre disciples were killed .

Moreover, being killed in such a simple trial test would only show these disciples' incapabilities .

"Fine! Since time's up, let's go back to Gale Island!"

Elder Wei said again and was about to make an announcement .

"Elder Wei, Wu Kui hasn't returned yet, neither have the two disciples of the Spiritual Martial Realm," the square-faced elder suddenly said in confusion . 　　

"Really?"

Hearing this, Elder Wei inspected all the disciples present and did not find Wu Kui or the other two . His brows instantly furrowed .

"Since they're powerful, they wouldn't be killed in Qingyuan Island . In thirty minutes, we'll go back if they still haven't returned," Elder Wei said after some thoughts . 　

Elder Wei would never make such a decision for the regular disciples . Moreover, the regular disciples were also not qualified to make elders wait for them .

However, Wu Kui was different . He had a Martial Soul of the Rank 8 Human Class, so he would certainly enter the inner gate, even probably become a core disciple .

Wu Kui with a Martial Soul of the Rank 8 Human Class would at least become an outer elder in the future .

Therefore, Elder Wei attached more importance to him .

Time flew by, and 30 minutes passed .

"Elder Liu and Elder Zhao, you go to the island and search for them . I'll take the rest to the sect . "

After giving this order, Elder Wei turned around and announced . "Now then, all the disciples gather up, board the ship, and return to Gale Island . "

All the disciples boarded the ship again and backtracked at his order .

It was almost dusk when they returned to Gale Island . Once again, they gathered together on the square .

On the square was a wooden desk, 10 meters long and five meters wide . A dozen elders were seated behind the desk .

"Well! Now, whoever thinks that he'll have a good ranking, you can step forward and pour out your Demonic Cores!"

Elder Wei was seated in the middle of them and loudly shouted .

At that moment, Elder Wei continuously looked at the disciples present, his brightened eyes full of mixed feelings .

Elder Zhao and Elder Liu had already returned .

They soon discovered Wu Kui . Because they were powerful and could fly in the air, they had returned to the sect earlier than the disciples who took the ship .

Wu Kui was found dead with his head decapitated .

They had found the bodies of Wu Kui and another Spiritual Martial Realm disciple on the way to the demon cave .

They had also found many corpses inside the cave but Demonic Insects had gnawed the corpses into bones .

The corpses inside the cave were probably bitten to death by Demonic Insects, but Wu Kui and another disciple were apparently killed in one strike by a person .

Elder Wei wondered who could be capable of killing them .

"Is it Luo Qianfan?"

"Or Yan Qi? Cao Yuan?"

"Or anyone else?"

Elder Wei was not enraged by Wu Kui's death . Instead, he was greatly curious to know who killed them .

Now that the person was able to kill two Spiritual Martial Realm geniuses, he must be more powerful than them .

Since he was that powerful, his trial test ranking must be in the front row . By then, he would naturally reveal his identity .

Elder Wei had expectations in his heart .

Hearing what Elder Wei said, the new disciples stepped forward one by one and took out their own Demonic Cores .

The elders would score them by the levels and number of their Demonic Cores .

Speaking of the numbers, some had dozens of Demonic Cores while some had only several Demonic Cores .

A Demonic Core of Class 7 Lv 1 was counted as one point, a Class 8 Lv 1 as two points, one Class 9 Lv 1 as four points, and a Demonic Core of Class 1 Lv 2 as eight points .

Soon, more than 200 disciples had been scored .

At that time, Cao Yuan, one of the five geniuses, stepped forward . After he waved his sleeve, a pile of Demonic Cores appeared on the desk .

"Geeze! Senior Cao Yuan has obtained so many Demonic Cores!"

"Great! With so many Demonic Cores, Senior Cao Yuan would probably be the champion . "

"I doubt it . Other disciples of the Spiritual Martial Realm must also have many Demonic Cores . "

As soon as Cao Yuan took out the Demonic Cores, the crowd instantly exclaimed and then burst into a discussion .

Nearly 300 Demonic Cores were piled in front of Cao Yuan .

Standing in the crowd, Su Mo felt surprised . He had plundered all of Cao Yuan's Demonic Cores yesterday, but within one day, Cao Yuan had obtained so many more .

Unknown to Su Mo, after exiting the demon cave, Cao Yuan drove his followers to loot Demonic Cores for him so he could acquire many Demonic Cores in one day .

The elders soon counted Cao Yuan's Demonic Cores . Cao Yuan then put them away and strode off .

Confronted with others' surprising and admiring expressions, Cao Yuan felt bitter instead of proud in his heart .

As far as he was concerned, he would absolutely miss the championship even if he had nearly 300 Demonic Cores .

Turning his head around and looking at Su Mo, Cao Yuan felt resentful in his heart .