The young women present sighed and then reluctantly lifted the iron buckets, channeled their Primordial Power into their arms, and rushed at full speed into the cave.

In a moment of urgency, Duan Gujin couldn't think of any other solution and could only follow the others, quickly carrying the iron bucket towards the cave.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

Along the way, Yan Dapang emitted screams like a pig being slaughtered before violently dashing deeper into the cave.

Many found Yan Dapang's appearance laughable.

Some followed his example, letting out shrill screams of their own before hurtling into the depths of the cave.

At this moment, all the Martial Artists wore pained expressions on their faces.

Because the iron buckets they were carrying with their hands were truly too heavy.

After carrying for a while, some women noticed that their palms had started to blister. Those women screamed in agony and set down the buckets.

They pondered for a while and then simply gave up on this challenge.

Though all the present Martial Artists aspired to become Disciples of the Heaven Stealing Immortal Sect, not everyone could withstand the difficult trials of the selection process.

There were also men who carried the buckets for a distance but ultimately gave up due to the inadequacy of their internal Primordial Power.

Duan Gujin and Yan Dapang sprinted ahead and finally set down their iron buckets after reaching the endpoint.

"Ouch, that hurts!"

Yan Dapang wailed, opening his hands to see the skin on his palms had been abraded to the point of bleeding.

He quickly channeled his Primordial Power to stop the bleeding.

After a while, the bleeding in the center of his palms finally ceased.

Duan Gujin extended his Divine Sense, discovering that approximately eighty percent of the competitors could pass this test.

"It seems that the Heaven Seizing Exam of the Heaven Stealing Immortal Sect might take a significant amount of time! I didn't expect the trials of the Heaven Stealing Immortal Sect to be so meticulous!"

The subsequent tests were exactly as Duan Gujin had thought; they were a series of assessments targeting each participant's various talents such as movement technique, Physical Strength, Eye Power, and even Telekinesis.

Time flowed by swiftly, slipping away.

Duan Gujin and Yan Dapang cleared stages one after another until they finally reached the eleventh challenge.

They were brought to a large practice field where an Immortal Sect Elder of the Heaven Stealing Sect explained the next test.

After listening, they learnt that only over five thousand competitors remained.

That is to say, only a thousand could stay following, and the remaining more than four thousand would be eliminated.

"I'm so happy! I didn't expect to hold out this far!"

Yan Dapang was brimming with excitement. He looked around and soon secretly conveyed to Duan Gujin that he had spotted Meng Wanzhen.

Duan Gujin glanced in the direction Yan Dapang pointed, catching a glimpse of Meng Wanzhen.

"Unexpectedly, that young Meng Wanzhen is actually a Martial Saint!"

After sensing the strength Meng Wanzhen demonstrated, Duan Gujin's brows furrowed. He found her power overwhelmingly strong and couldn't comprehend how she had cultivated it.

That he managed to reach the Martial Saint Realm in less than twenty years owed greatly to not only having the complete memories of his past life but also to being appreciative of Zhao Wuji.

Without Zhao Wuji's Gathering Spirit Array, it would have been impossible for him to break through to the Martial Saint Realm in such a short period of time.

And he estimated that Meng Wanzhen, who followed behind him, was not yet thirty years old, but she was already a First Level Martial Saint, completely overturning his previous understanding.

"That Meng Wanzhen is really too formidable!"

He couldn't help but feel a wave of emotion in his heart; he could only categorize Meng Wanzhen as one of those devilish geniuses.

"Brother Yan, you must concentrate on the competition; your strength is far too inferior to hers!"

Duan Gujin hurriedly said to Yan Dapang.

"I understand!"

Yan Dapang took a sharp intake of breath; he had always thought Meng Wanzhen's strength was only at the level of Emperor Wu.

Now, as he saw the Martial Saint aura radiating from her, he understood immediately how big the gap was between them.

Though it seemed he was only one Great Realm behind Meng Wanzhen, he was very clear in his heart that it would take him at least three years to break through to the Martial Saint Realm.

Because his cultivation foundation had been extremely unstable in the past, he had boosted himself to the Martial Emperor Realm by relying on Elixir Pills, and he had managed to make it through so many challenges largely due to the guidance from Duan Gujin.

Without Duan Gujin's advice and help, he probably wouldn't have been able to get through even the first challenge.

Yan Dapang was very clear about the extent of his own abilities.

He certainly did not want to find himself entering the Heaven Stealing Immortal Sect alongside Meng Wanzhen, only to be unable to get close to her and ultimately have to watch helplessly as she fell into the embrace of another; that was absolutely not what he wanted to see.

After mulling it over for a while, he sighed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to engage in genuine combat! Next, I will take you into the Ancient Battlefield! I want to sincerely warn you, the demons you will encounter on the Ancient Battlefield are all real, you must not take them lightly and mistake them for illusions. If you are truly frightened or cannot hold on, infuse your Primordial Power into this Teleportation Plate! However, this Teleportation Plate will not immediately teleport you away; it requires at least ten breaths of time to activate the teleportation! So, you must be extremely careful on the Ancient Battlefield! Shortly, each of you will be given a Teleportation Plate and a Recording Name Plate! The Teleportation Plate will teleport you out, while the Recording Name Plate will record the number of demons you have killed. The more demons a contestant kills, the sooner they can pass the stage! Also, don't expect to be able to team up to hunt the demons inside; shortly, you will be teleported to any location on the Ancient Battlefield, and it will be very difficult to find teammates to hunt the Ancient Demons! Once inside, your task is to try your best to slay the Ancient Demons!"

After a moment, the elder in charge of this stage loudly informed the contestants below, letting them understand the rules of the eleventh stage.

"So it's real combat!"

Duan Gujin just slightly furrowed his brows upon hearing this.

However, Yan Dapang beside him was feeling quite jittery, very clear in his mind that if it came down to actual combat, he doubted he'd be able to last very long.

If it was like the previous challenges, he could ask for Duan Gujin's advice, but now the elder had informed him that any contestant will be randomly teleported to any spot on the Ancient Battlefield.

This meant it would be difficult for him to receive Duan Gujin's help and guidance.

"This time it's big trouble!"

Yan Dapang's mind raced, but after thinking for a while, he simply couldn't come up with a good solution.

In the end, all he could do was pray for good luck.

"Brother Yan, you must be extremely cautious after entering the Ancient Battlefield!"

Seeing sweat beads the size of soybeans forming on Yan Dapang's forehead, Duan Gujin knew that he was already somewhat fearful.

He didn't need to think hard to know that they were about to engage in real combat, and he guessed that Yan Dapang certainly belonged to the category of people with pathetically little combat experience.

After all, Yan Dapang had boosted his cultivation by relying on Elixir Pills.

In terms of actual combat, Yan Dapang's experience was far less than that of an average martial artist.

Moreover, Yan Dapang was previously a fat man weighing over two hundred pounds; with his past physique, how could he possibly engage in real combat?

Thus, Duan Gujin was not optimistic about Yan Dapang being able to pass this stage smoothly.

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