Chapter 256: Exploded Into Many Pieces (1/2)
”Oh, one more thing. You are not allowed to use your own weapon in this test.” Elder Tantai added, and she pointed to the weapon rack not far in the distance and continued, ”Use one of those.”
”Are there any questions?”
One of the disciples there raised his hand and said, ”We can use any technique we want, right?”
Elder Tantai nodded, ”That's right.”
Sometime later, after the questions, Elder Tantai said, ”If you wish to challenge the training puppet, step forward.”
A few seconds after Elder Tantai's words, a disciple at the peak Spirit Apprentice stepped forward and spoke loudly, ”I will go first!”
He then went to pick up a spear from the weapon rack before coming back and approaching the training puppet.
The disciple stood a few steps in front of the training puppet and took a moment to prepare himself.
After taking a long and deep breath, the disciple raised his spear.
Once the spear was raised perfectly parallel to the ground, the disciple held his breath for a second before thrusting it forward.
Boom!
The training puppet was sent flying backward, but it slowed down very quickly and stopped five meters away from its original spot.
The disciple waited for the evaluation nervously, and a few seconds later the training puppet turned from silver to green, then dark green, before finally settling at yellow.
”You passed.” Elder Tantai said.
”Yes!” The disciple shouted in excitement before returning the spear in the weapons rack.
A few minutes later, another disciple stood before the training puppet that had returned to its original spot with a different weapon in his hand— a sword.
”Haaaa…. Ha!”
The disciple slashed the sword in his hand, creating a powerful strike that made the training puppet fall to its knees.
Once it stood up again, the colors began changing.
Light green… dark green… light yellow…
”You passed.” Elder Tantai said once the color stopped at light yellow.
The next disciple went, but he didn't pick up a weapon and stood before the training puppet with his bare fists.
”Mountain Shattering Fist Strike!”
The disciple threw a punch with immense force at the training puppet, sending it flying many meters away.
After falling down a dozen meters away, the training puppet got back up and slowly walked back to its original spot while changing colors as it walked.
Dark green… light yellow… dark yellow…
”Not bad.” Elder Tantai nodded her head when she saw this, and she continued, ”You pass.”
”Thank you, Elder.” The disciple bowed to her before standing with the other two who had passed before him.
The disciples continued to challenge the training puppet one by one, and in less than an hour, over half of the disciples used their turn.
”Light yellow— pass.”