Chapter 466: Ice Wing Tribe
The second assessment site at Ice God Mountain features two major tasks.
The first task is to accumulate a thousand assessment points, securing the qualification to enter the next cultivation site.
For the over five thousand martial artists, this task is certainly no easy feat.
After all, there are only fifty thousand members of the Ice Wing Tribe, and even if all were eliminated, distributing the white cards they hold would barely suffice for fifty contestants.
Even taking into account the additional points garnered in the first assessment, on average, no more than sixty people will have the chance to accumulate the necessary thousand points.
Moreover, during the actual assessment, it's absolutely impossible for distribution to be even. Surely some will obtain many white cards, while others will only receive a few, causing the fifty thousand white cards to be even more dispersed.
Furthermore, the Ice Wing Tribe will also be eliminating these martial artists; the thought of them completely defeating all fifty thousand tribe members is utterly ludicrous.
It's upon this realization that everyone finally understood why only twenty-five contestants passed this assessment last time.
The hope of passing this challenge is exceedingly slim.
Only those with overwhelming strength against the members of the Ice Wing Tribe stand a chance of advancing.
As for the second major task, eliminating ten True God Hunters of the Ice Wing Tribe, it's even more challenging.
True Gods!
Anyone of them surpasses the realm of all the contestants present.
Even Ye Chen and the Little Provincial Princess cannot confidently claim they can eliminate a True God Hunter from the Ice Wing Tribe; despite having some powerful trump cards, they cannot guarantee success.
For those True God Hunters of the Ice Wing Tribe are True Gods after all, and likewise have their own trump cards and ace up their sleeves.
To not just fail in eliminating them, but to avoid being eliminated by these True God Hunters is considered quite an accomplishment already.
The offer from Lan Xi God King to exchange the Blood Cards in the hands of these True God Hunters for special treasures naturally enticed many.
Since acquiring the qualification to Minor Pole Sky, they were well aware of the power of Heavenly Cloud Venerable; the treasures left behind in various lower realms by Heavenly Cloud Venerable were extremely precious.
Being a site for even higher-level assessments, the special treasures here were undoubtedly extraordinary even without thinking.
Upon hearing Lan Xi God King mention treasures that countless True Gods and even some Divine Kingdom monarchs would covet, everyone naturally desired these special treasures even more.
But without sufficient strength to face those True God Hunters, all hope for these treasures is mere fantasy.
In the field, it was only Ye Chen, the Little Provincial Princess, Tian Li, Zhao Xin, and a few others who were truly considering the matter of the special treasures and the True God Hunters of the Ice Wing Tribe.
The rest were focused on how to accumulate a thousand assessment points, concerning themselves with this first task.
After explaining the two assessments of the Ice God Mountain, Lan Xi God King pointed into the void, and a series of black cards flew towards the five thousand plus martial artists about to undertake the second assessment.
At the same time, Lan Xi God King said, "Keep these black cards safe. Once you enter the assessment area, as soon as a member of the Ice Wing Tribe approaches within a hundred miles of you, you will be able to sense it."
"Likewise, those Ice Wing Tribe members can sense your presence within a hundred-mile radius through the white cards they hold."
"Also, take a look at the black card in your hand."
"It records the current number of your assessment points. As soon as you eliminate a member of the Ice Wing Tribe, the number of your assessment points will increase by one."
"The number on this black card will also trigger the True God Hunters with Blood Cards of the Ice Wing Tribe to sense you. Those with high assessment points must be cautious of these True God Hunters."
Hearing Lan Xi God King's words, Ye Chen looked down at the black card he had just received in his hand.
He immediately saw that as soon as he received the black card, the Spiritual Light child on his shoulder flickered, and a number "three thousand eight hundred sixty-nine" appeared on the face of the card, while the back displayed Ye Chen's name.
This number, three thousand eight hundred sixty-nine, represents the assessment points Ye Chen had accumulated from hunting True Dragons minus the one hundred Passing Points required for entering the second cultivation site, leaving him with the remaining points.
On Ye Chen's card were three thousand eight hundred sixty-nine points, while the card in the hand of the Little Provincial Princess showed one thousand two hundred forty-four points.
They ranked the highest.
Furthermore, recalling that the Lan Xi God King mentioned the True God Hunters of the Ice Wing Tribe would prioritize those martial artists with higher assessment points, Ye Chen and the Little Provincial Princess exchanged a glance.
"Brother Ye Chen, you're the most likely to catch the attention of those True God Hunters, please be careful," the Little Provincial Princess Fang Luo said to Ye Chen.
Ye Chen looked towards the towering Ice God Mountain and nodded solemnly.
The other martial artists also looked at the black cards in their hands, calculating the difference between their own scores and the one thousand points needed to pass.
After everyone had received a black card, the Lan Xi God King pointed in the air before the over five thousand martial artists. A teleportation array appeared on the snowy land ahead of them.
"Entering this array will teleport you to the assessment area of the Ice God Mountain."
"Once the black card in your hand falls, you will be eliminated and teleported back here; I will wait for you here," she said.
"The duration of the second assessment is the same as the first, also seven days."
"Now, take your black cards and go for the assessment!"
As the Lan Xi God King finished speaking, Ye Chen, Little Provincial Princess Fang Luo, Tian Li, Zhao Xin, the young people from the Divine Kingdom, along with a host of martial artists from the lower realm, all secured the black cards in their hands and flew into the teleportation array.
In the end, all were transported to the assessment area on the front half of the Ice God Mountain!
…
Within the Ice God Mountain.
In a vast expanse of ice and snow.
There sat fifty thousand members of the Ice Wing Tribe at the Heavenly Saint Realm, each with a pair of white ice wings on their backs, pointed ears, and a pair of small white horns on their heads, all sitting in meditation.
At this time, these fifty thousand Ice Wing Tribe members were all looking at the white cards in their hands, each with a sharp glint in their eyes.
A beautiful late-stage Heavenly Saint girl from the Ice Wing Tribe looked at the number "9939" on her white card and murmured, "I've taken part in the assessment battles ten times already, eliminating nine thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine martial artists who entered the Ice God Mountain from the outside world. Just sixty-one more, and I will meet the requirement set by the Heavenly Cloud Venerable!"
"Then, I can directly receive cultivation from the Heavenly Cloud Venerable and enter the Divine Kingdom!"
Thinking of this, the beautiful girl from the Ice Wing Tribe's breathing hastened.
Like this beautiful girl, the other members of the Ice Wing Tribe had myriad thoughts swirling in their minds.
"I still need to eliminate three thousand five hundred martial artists from the outside world!"
"This is my first participation in the assessment battles. This time, I heard more than five thousand martial artists from the outside world will come in. I must accumulate as many assessment points as possible to prepare for entering the Divine Kingdom!"
While these fifty thousand Ice Wing Tribe members at the Heavenly Saint Realm were filled with thoughts, above them in the void of the enormous space of ice and snow, ten individuals in ice armor robes, emanating a formidable aura, were also looking at the tokens in their hands.
However, the tokens in the hands of these ten were not white, but blood-colored.
These ten were none other than the ten great True God Hunters of the Ice Wing Tribe set to participate in the assessment competition!
Looking towards these ten, one could sense that among them, the weakest were two Two Tribulations True Gods, and the strongest was even a presence of a Six Tribulations True God!
The moment Ye Chen and the other five thousand plus martial artists entered the teleportation array and flew into the assessment area of the "Ice God Mountain."
All fifty thousand Ice Wing Tribe members at the Heavenly Saint Realm in this space of ice and snow, as if sensing something, instantly rose to their feet.
"They're here!"
"It's time for us to act!"
"For the future of our Ice Wing Tribe, let's eliminate these martial artists from the outside world!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
As they spoke, the white ice wings on the backs of these Ice Wing Tribe members flapped, and they instantly flew into a teleportation array within the ice and snow space, vanishing from sight.
At the same time they disappeared, the ten True God Hunters of the Ice Wing Tribe in the void didn't use the teleportation array but directly vanished into thin air.