Chapter 171 (1/2)

It rained in the Demon-cloud Ridge in the day when the assessment ended.

The fighting had grown to an unprecedented level of brutality in this day. Even the persistent rain couldn’t wash away the thick blood on the ground.

Every trainee of the Bloodthirsty Camp was conducting his or her final kill.

On the other hand, a group of drillmasters of the Bloodthirsty Camp had already arrived at the imperial Reshahar Army’s camp. They looked far into the Demon-cloud Ridge shrouded in rain and waited quietly.

“How many trainees have been eliminated?” asked Dong Lu, who was abnormally tall and strong, like a mountain.

“One hundred and seventeen. More than half of them got eliminated because they were driven to desperation and had to break through the Martial Realm. As for the rest, most gave the distress signals.

Beside him, Song Ling quickly offered a precise number. “The only thing that is uncertain is how many trainees end up being killed in the Demon-cloud Ridge.”

Dong Lu frowned and sighed, “It’s a great loss.”

Song Ling thought for a moment and said, “This session of trainees have done very well, at least better than our session then.”

Apparently, Song Ling, a colonel, had also taken part in training in the Bloodthirsty Camp before!

Dong Lu suddenly asked, “How many trainees did Camp 39 lose?”

Song Ling answered, “Seventeen trainees has been eliminated. As for the rest ten, it’s hard to say how many are dead.”

Dong Lu frowned. A total of 237 trainees from eight camps came for the assessment, but there were now 17 eliminated only in Camp 39. The elimination rate was quite high.

It could be speculated that the situation would be pretty much the same in the other seven camps.

“I’m afraid there will be less than 50 trainees who can come back for the following training,” Dong Lu had a light sigh.

Song Ling gave a cold humph, “The result is already extraordinary. In the past, only 23 trainees could make it back at last.”

Dong Lu grinned, “That’s true.”

“By the way, there is quiet a surprising lad in this session,” said Song Ling suddenly when something occurred to him.

“Who?”

“Lin Xun.”

After a concise explanation of the bloody battle happening on the volcano several days ago, Song Ling then said in an exclamatory way, “It looks that Lin’s fighting capability is not weaker than that of the top ones, including Bai Lingshi, Zhao Yin, Lee Duxing and Zhangsun Heng.”

“Uh, it’s this brat,” Dong Lu giggled, with a weird expression shown around his lips.

“What, have you also noticed that he’s special?” Song Ling couldn’t help but ask.

“Well, he is special indeed. On his first day in the Bloodthirsty Camp, this brat was among ones with cultivation of bottom level and almost no one thought highly of him.”

Dong Lu fell into reminiscence, “But as time went on, the boy showed remarkable potential. Every time he was looked down upon, he was able to prove himself with the fact and rendered a lot of people stunned.”

“The rarest part of him is that he never acts by the common sense. Seemingly a low-profile and harmless person, he, in fact, had a merciless heart. Quite a few trainees in the Bloodthirsty Camp fell prey to his plots.”

“I have once heard Chief Shu commented that Lin was horribly smart, shrewd, and unpredictable; thus it was the hardest to judge what kind of achievement such a person would make later on,” Dong Lu sighed with emotion.

“Chief Shu should think so highly of this boy?” Song Ling was shocked. In his memory, Shu Sanqi was the kind of person who never judged without proof.

“This is surely not only pure praise.”

Dong Lu gave Song Ling a meaningful look, “You should know that such an unpredictable person can also be the unruliest.”

Song Ling suddenly fell into silence. It took a long time before he gave a silent nod of approval.

There was a noise in the distance, and many soldiers of the Reshahar Army couldn’t help exclaiming.

Both surprised, Dong Lu and Song Ling looked up and saw an elegant figure walking in the misty rain towards the camp.

In a white dress, she boasted a kind of otherworldly beauty, with black hair hanging down to her waist. She walked in the rain, like a faery coming out of the painting. Her pure and ethereal aura attracted all the eyes present.

Bai Lingshi!

She should be the first trainee who returned from the assessment!

“This girl has a talent property called “Starshine Eternal”. Being the first one to come back, she must have been very confident in her military merits. If there is no accident, she will probably rank first of this assessment.”

Song Ling seemed to be thinking about something.

Beside him, Dong Lu nodded, “This girl is really great. I heard that she will be specially admitted to the Green-deer School when the assessment in the Bloodthirsty Camp finished.”

There was a hint of subtle complexity in Song’s expression, “This is what they call the ‘God-chosen One’. Her road of cultivation is destined to be different from others’.

After returning, Bai Lingshi just waited there silently.

Only less than an hour was left before the end of the assessment. When it finally ended, the military merits would be evaluated and final grades would be decided on the basis of military merits.

It didn’t take long before another figure emerged in the distance. It got a slender figure and a pair of radiant eyes. It strutted in a dignified manner and had an aura of pride. It was Zhao Yin.

His arrival again attracted much attention, which aroused a restrained smile around the corner of his lips.

But when he saw the graceful figure of Bai Lingshi, Zhao Yin squinted his eyes and sighed helplessly. He came to Bai Lingshi and said, “I didn’t expect to be a bit inferior to you.”

Her face was still calm. She said, “The returning time isn’t going to determine the final ranking.”

Zhao Yin smiled, “No need to be modest. I know that were it not for absolute confidence in your military merits, you wouldn’t have returned in advance.”