Zhao Jingdian's room was the first to end his battle.
This tiger attack in the middle of the night was only to test them, not to kill them. Thus, Zhao Qianqiu chose to 'release the tigers' based on their strength.
Zhao Jingdian's room had the least number of tigers, so he was the first to end his battle.
"Gongzi!"
Zhao Jingdian's clothes were stained with blood, but it was hard to tell whether it was tiger blood or human blood. Stepping out of his room, Zhao Jingdian immediately rushed toward Wang Chong's room with a panicked expression.
But just as Zhao Jingdian was rushing out of his room … Roar! A cry of agony sounded, and from Zhuang Zhengping and Chi Weisi's room, a tiger the size of a small mountain was sent flying out. The ground trembled violently for a moment before the tiger stopped moving.
"Let's go and take a look!"
Zhuang Zhengping and Chi Weisi's voices echoed from the room. Following closely behind Zhao Jingdian, the duo dashed out of the room.
Even though it was late at night, Zhao Qianqiu could clearly see the wretched state of the duo beneath the Chinese scholar tree. Their faces were pale, and their sleeves, arms, chest, and abdomen had been clawed deeply. In some places, even their bones could be vaguely seen.
— — Even though the two of them weren't treated as well as Wang Chong and Su Hanshan, Zhao Qianqiu still paid special attention to them.
"Not bad, as expected of scions. Their cultivation is indeed extraordinary."
In the darkness, Zhao Qianqiu nodded.
The injuries the duo sustained were much lighter than he had expected. Initially, Zhao Qianqiu thought that at least one of them would be severely injured. However, the duo only suffered superficial wounds, and the damage to their internal organs wasn't too severe either. This left Zhao Qianqiu rather satisfied.
He had recruited five students this time around. Even though it was more than he had expected, each of them possessed extraordinary strength.
"Now, only the two of them are left!"
Zhao Qianqiu's gaze turned to Wang Chong and Su Hanshan's room. Zhao Qianqiu doted on these two students whom he valued the most. Thus, in the middle of the night, Zhao Qianqiu had added the most 'ingredients' for them.
Furthermore, in order to deal with Wang Chong's situation, he even got three tigers that had been taught by experts, knew some martial arts, and were clad in heavy armor.
Good students always needed special "care"!
To think that Wang Chong and Su Hanshan, the two most outstanding students of Zhao Qianqiu, would be living together. This had given Zhao Qianqiu a huge headache.
Both of them were top-notch elites. If these two families joined hands, it would be a real headache for him. The effectiveness of many measures would be greatly reduced.
However, Zhao Qianqiu soon realized that he was overthinking things.
It was impossible for the two of them to work together. It wasn't that Wang Chong wasn't willing, but Su Hanshan's personality was that even if he were to die, he would rather die alone. He wasn't willing to lie with someone else.
In this kind of situation, the Nine-headed Tiger could attack one person and another at the same time, which was much better than the one-on-one test.
"Now, let's see how much damage they can avoid."
Zhao Qianqiu listened carefully for a moment and realized that the battle between Wang Chong and Su Hanshan was on the verge of subsiding.
"It's about time!"
Zhao Qianqiu immediately moved toward Wang Chong and Su Hanshan's room. Roar! A tiger's roar shook the world, and Wang Chong and Su Hanshan's room trembled for a moment before everything calmed down.
In the darkness, a little light lit up, illuminating the outline of the window frame in the room. It also faintly reflected the silhouettes of several young people.
Zhao Qianqiu hastened his footsteps and rushed over.
The battle in the room had already ended. As soon as Zhao Qianqiu walked in, he immediately saw the devastation in the room. Tables, chairs, beds, screens, and doors were all shattered into pieces, and it was even to the extent that the walls had collapsed and were smashed into numerous holes. Numerous tiger claw marks that were like blades and swords covered the surroundings, and it was a horrifying sight.
The room was stained with blood, and the floor was dyed red. More than a dozen massive tigers, each of them the size of a small mountain, were piled up in the room.
Every single one of these tigers was equivalent to four to five adults. Piled up in the room, it was a frightening sight.
The three heavily-armored tigers that Zhao Qianqiu had specially prepared to deal with Wang Chong were among them. Their armor had been split open, and the gash was as smooth as a mirror. Even their bodies had been split open.
"How sharp!"
Zhao Qianqiu blinked his eyes in astonishment. He realized that he had underestimated the weapon in Wang Chong's hand. This WuZi Steel weapon was much sharper than he had expected.
The heavy armor he had draped over the tigers was forged from Xuan metal, making it incomparably resilient.
On the battlefield, only the most elite soldiers would be able to equip them. But even so, it was still unable to withstand the WuZi Steel sword in Wang Chong's hand.
Sweeping his gaze across the room, Zhao Qianqiu soon realized that even though Wang Chong and Su Hanshan were the ones whom he had 'taken care of', their injuries were the lightest.
To be more precise, other than their pale faces and depleted Origin Energy, they weren't injured at all.
This was completely different from what Zhao Qianqiu had expected.
"More than a dozen tigers in such a narrow space … Yet, they weren't injured at all!"
Zhao Qianqiu's eyebrows shot up in surprise.
Wang Chong and Su Hanshan's performance was much better than he had expected. Against these two people, it seemed that pure strength and numbers would not play a decisive role.
"Instructor Zhao!"
Just as Zhao Qianqiu was surveying the room, a voice broke the silence. Wang Chong, who was in the midst of recuperating, was the first to notice Zhao Qianqiu. Following which, everyone's gazes turned toward Zhao Qianqiu with malicious intent.
The entire room fell silent, and the atmosphere seemed to have frozen.
Even Su Hanshan lifted his head to look at Zhao Qianqiu. Even though there was no change in the latter's expression, it was clear that he wasn't in a good mood.
Releasing the tigers in the middle of the night was no longer as simple as a test.
The tragic death of the examinee who was with Zhao Jingdian was more than enough to prove the problem.
Zhao Qianqiu wasn't joking when he said that there was a death quota. If they couldn't survive this, they would have died in vain.
They wouldn't have the chance to stand before Zhao Qianqiu anymore.
Wang Chong, Su Hanshan, Zhuang Zhengping, Chi Weisi, and Zhao Jingdian glared at Zhao Qianqiu furiously, but none of them said a word.
An invisible pressure began to build up in the air.
"Why? Are you thinking of rebelling? "
Zhao Qianqiu could sense the rage in everyone's eyes, but he paid them no heed.
"If you find it unbearable and wish to back out, it's still not too late!"
Wang Chong gently wiped his sword, not saying a word.
Of the five of them, Wang Chong was the one who understood Zhao Qianqiu the most. He knew that Zhao Qianqiu taught the 'Art of Commanding', which was different from other instructors.
However, Wang Chong didn't expect Zhao Qianqiu's style to be like this.
If not for his swift reaction and the Wootz Steel sword in his hand, he might not have been able to survive a dozen tigers thrown into his residence in the dead of the night.
In terms of resilience, strength, endurance, and explosiveness, these massive tigers were far superior to him. There were a few times where Wang Chong was in a perilous situation.
If he couldn't dodge it, he would really die.
On top of that, Zhao Qianqiu chose to do it in the dead of the night. While the vision of a martial artist was limited, the tigers weren't affected at all. At the same time, Zhao Qianqiu even specially ordered three heavy-armored tigers for him.
This was way beyond the limits of the test. It was a little too much!
This kind of teaching method was really too much!
"Hehe, you think that I'm going overboard, right?"
Zhao Qianqiu sneered coldly as his face darkened.
"Let me tell you, I'm already being very merciful to you all! If I were to really do it my way, not even three of you would be able to survive. In fact, it would already be a miracle if there were even two of you. "
"What do you think Kunwu Training Camp is? Is it a place where you indulge in debauchery? Is it a place where you nurture your friendships and make friends? Or is it a place where you can pick up high-tier martial arts for free? "
"Hmph, let me tell you, if you harbor such thoughts, you should scram. This is a military camp, a battlefield. A place where the empire grooms its strongest warriors. "
"Do you think that I'll be the only one raiding a camp in the middle of the night when you're on the battlefield? Do you think that there will only be a few ferocious tigers that barge in? That you won't even know martial arts, relying on your instincts and brute force to barge in? "
"On the battlefield, you don't have a choice. Your enemies won't just be a dozen or so tigers, and their strength won't be on par with yours. When those True Martial realm, Profound Martial realm, and even Imperial Martial realm generals and generals appear in front of you and slash down with their sabers, do you think that there will be an instructor standing in front of you for you to scold? "
Zhao Qianqiu's gaze swept across the crowd coldly.
The raiding of the tigers in the middle of the night wasn't some perverted game he had come up with, nor was it to torture and kill these students. Rather, it was to save them so that they wouldn't die on the battlefield.
"The battlefield isn't a game. On the battlefield, everyone can die at any moment. Anyone, including me. If you don't have such resolve, you won't be able to survive on the battlefield in the future! "
The entire room fell silent.
Everyone was initially filled with rage, but upon hearing Zhao Qianqiu's words, none of them could say a word. Like water flowing out of a dam, the rage in their hearts vanished without a trace.
Zhao Qianqiu wasn't wrong!
On the battlefield, there wouldn't only be a dozen or so tigers, and it wouldn't be within the limits of their capabilities. Compared to the future battlefield, Zhao Qianqiu's experiment was nothing at all.
"Instructor Zhao! … "
Just as Wang Chong was about to speak, an abrupt change suddenly occurred.
Xiu!
A sharp whistling sound echoed in the night sky. At first, it sounded like it was coming from afar. But in the next instant, everyone realized that they were wrong.
"AHHH!"
A scream of agony echoed as a sharp wolf fang arrow pierced through Chi Weisi's shoulder. The immense force of the arrow sent him flying into the air, pinning him onto the wall seventy to eighty zhang away.
Fresh blood flowed down Chi Weisi's face, and his hands fell to his sides. In an instant, he had lost all ability to fight.
Xiu!
Almost at the same time, another sharp arrow followed closely behind. This time, it wasn't aimed at Chi Weisi's shoulder but his heart.
In an instant, everyone's face turned incomparably pale.
Boom!
A steel fist as large as a bowl and as swift as a bolt of lightning abruptly punched out, knocking away the fatal arrow.
"Get down!"
Zhao Qianqiu bellowed. While knocking away the second arrow, he dashed toward Chi Weisi, who was pinned to the wall.
"Enemy attack! — — "
Almost at the same moment that Zhao Qianqiu dashed out, a deafening roar echoed in the darkness. It was the Imperial Army soldiers standing guard. But halfway through the roar, as if someone had grabbed his neck, it abruptly came to an abrupt halt.
Amidst the darkness, one could vaguely hear the sound of a corpse rolling down the mountain.
In an instant, everyone's face warped.
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