No hope for eternal life

"It's useless to think too much about those things." Mu Xun persuaded: "The general situation between the demon race and the human race is something that the big guys should consider, and what we need to do is to take care of the things in front of us. Only by becoming stronger can we do more!"

"Mr. Mu is right." Song Zhi said in agreement, "The general trend of the world is indeed too far away from us."

At this moment, bursts of drumbeats suddenly rang out in the paddock: "Boom, boom, boom..."

"This is the drum sound signaling the start of the county examination." Song Zhi reminded.

"Swish." A high platform rose from the ground in the center of the enclosure. On the platform, there were two rows of seats on both sides. Then, dozens of people flew onto the platform and took their seats.

Mu Changsheng recognized Sha Tongmo on the high platform, but what surprised Mu Changsheng was that the person sitting at the first seat on the platform was not the county magistrate Sha Tongmo.

On the high platform, Shatongmo was the first to speak, and said loudly: "The demon tribe's attack shocked the whole country, but this also means that the martial arts test held by our Shenfeng country has made the demon tribe feel wary, which is why the demon cultivators attacked. Therefore, the more this is the case, the more we cannot stop the martial arts test, and this county test will proceed as usual."

Then, Shatongmo introduced the Duke of Qi, Xue Rang, who was in the first position: "Before the county examination begins, I would like to introduce you to the Duke of Qi from our Shenfeng country. He came here specifically for this attack by the demon cultivators."

"Greetings, His Excellency the Duke of Qi." Everyone bowed.

Duke Xue Rang of Qi stood proudly and said calmly: "The demon tribe's rebellion is ultimately just a minor problem, not to worry about. I will escort you here, and you just need to continue to participate in the county exam. In addition, I will pay out of my own pocket to double the spiritual stone rewards for the ranking of this county exam."

"Thank you, Duke of Qi." Voices of thanks came from below.

Xue Rang nodded with satisfaction when he saw this, and then told Sha Tongmo beside him: "Let's get started."

"Yes." Shatongmo accepted the order with a respectful look, and then introduced to the audience again: "This county test is divided into three rounds, and the foundation building stage and the golden elixir stage are carried out at the same time. The first round of competition is the same as the county test, which is also to kill monsters. The difference is that this time, the monster killing is free hunting of monsters."

As he spoke, Shatongmo waved his sleeves, and a gate on each side of the enclosure opened. Shatongmo continued, "This is where the county government raises monster beasts. The Foundation Establishment Realm will exit from the west gate, and the Golden Core Realm will exit from the east gate. With this enclosure as the dividing line, you will encounter Foundation Establishment Realm monster beasts and Golden Core Realm monster beasts respectively. After killing a monster beast, you need to cut off its head as proof. Regardless of the specific realm of the monster beast, killing a monster beast will earn you ten points, and the ranking will be determined by the points. The top 100 will advance to the second round of competition, and the rest will be eliminated."

After Shatongmo finished speaking, he said to the person next to him: "You are the chief judge of this county examination. You will be the host from now on."

"Yes." The man stood up and accepted the order, then continued to introduce the specific rules of the first round of the county examination:

"The time for hunting monsters is five hours. Participating cultivators can snatch the heads of other cultivators' monsters as their own points, but they are not allowed to kill, join forces, or use external forces. There will be supervisors in the hunting grounds to monitor your every move at all times. If you violate the rules, you will be severely punished. Finally, there is a small prize in this first round of competition. The first in the points of the foundation building realm and the first in the points of the golden elixir realm will be awarded an extra fourth-grade infant transformation pill. This pill can enhance the Nascent Soul of the Nascent Soul cultivator. One pill is worth tens of thousands of medium-grade spirit stones."

Finally, the chief judge of the county test officially announced: "Monster Hunt, begin!"

Upon hearing this, Mu Changsheng and the other two immediately set off.

Before leaving, Mu Xun said to Mu Changsheng: "Let's see who kills more monsters."

"Okay, it's better to win first place. Even if the fourth-grade Infant Transformation Pill cannot be used, it can be sold for a good price." Mu Changsheng replied.

Mu Xun smiled and said, "That's just what I want. I still owe you some spirit stones."

Because they couldn't join forces, Mu Changsheng, Mu Xun and Song Zhi went in different directions.

In the hunting ground, there are extremely dense jungles. Mu Changsheng uses his spiritual sense to explore everything around him at all times. As his cultivation level increases, the exploration range of his spiritual sense has increased from dozens of feet in the early stage of foundation building to hundreds of feet in radius.

"Got it." After walking for a while, Mu Changsheng finally found his first target, a demon leopard that was taking a nap. Its specific cultivation level could not be determined from its appearance. However, this was a hunting ground for the Foundation Establishment Realm, and all the demon beasts here were at the Foundation Establishment Realm. To Mu Changsheng, they could hardly pose any threat.

Mu Changsheng stopped. He knew that monsters usually had very sensitive hearing. It was not realistic to sneak up on them and punch them, so the best way was to use talismans.

So, Mu Changsheng took out three golden arrow talismans and activated them instantly. Three golden arrows flew into the air.

"Swish, swish, swish." The sound of the golden arrows breaking through the air woke up the demon leopard, but before it could react, three golden arrows had already pierced its abdomen.

"Ahh." The demon leopard screamed twice, then fell to the ground with a bang.

"We're quite lucky. The bodies of monsters are naturally strong. This monster died so easily. It seems its cultivation level is not very high." Mu Changsheng said secretly, walked forward and cut off the head of the monster leopard.

There is an interesting point in the rules of the first round of competition, that is, the points for killing monsters are based only on the number of monsters, regardless of their realm. This makes Mu Changsheng feel that the difficulty of getting first place has been reduced a lot, so Mu Changsheng wants to try his best to fight for the title of first place.

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Three hours later, "Roar!" In the forest, a demon bear over ten feet tall chased Mu Changsheng relentlessly, causing Mu Changsheng great distress.

It's not that he couldn't defeat it, but the demon bear had thick skin and flesh, and its cultivation was stronger than the average peak foundation building stage. It could be considered a half-step golden elixir. If he really wanted to kill it, it would definitely waste a lot of time. In Mu Changsheng's opinion, it was really not worth it.

"Bang." Mu Changsheng suddenly turned around and punched the demon bear on the head with all his strength, causing it to suffer severe pain.

"Roar." The demon bear growled and finally turned and left. Although it was not very intelligent, it also felt that Mu Changsheng was not someone to be trifled with.

"This black bear finally stopped bothering me and wasting my time." Mu Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief.

However, just when Mu Changsheng was relaxing, a gun shadow stabbed fiercely at the back of his neck.

"Enemy attack." Mu Changsheng's heart was filled with alarm. Although he was relaxed, his spiritual awareness was always spread all around and never withdrawn, so he noticed the sneak attack at the first moment.

Immediately, Mu Changsheng turned around and punched the gun shadow hard, "Break it for me."

This gun shadow was condensed by magical secrets and was not a real object. After being punched by Mu Changsheng, it did not last long before being completely shattered.