Third Life Reincarnation: Finally Born Into a Magical World

"You… how dare you kill them."

Yu Mu's finger trembled as he pointed at Ryan, his eyes wide with disbelief. The scene that had just unfolded before him was so absurd that for a moment, he could not even process it properly.

Ten candidates.

Ten elites from three districts.

All of them had rushed forward together with weapons drawn, martial skills unleashed, and killing intent burning in their eyes.

Yet in the end…

They had been killed by a few casual taps of a finger.

Yu Mu simply could not understand it.

He had expected Ryan to struggle, to resist desperately, or at the very least to reveal some powerful martial technique.

But what he had seen instead was something far more terrifying.

Ryan had stood there with his eyes closed.

And the ten attackers had died.

"Just a few clicks…" Yu Mu muttered almost unconsciously.

Ryan looked at him and smiled faintly.

"Oh?"

"Wasn't this exactly what you told me earlier?" he said calmly. "Isn't this the rule of the Western Mansion entrance exam?"

Yu Mu's face twitched.

"You—"

He wanted to argue.

He wanted to curse.

But when the words reached his throat, they simply would not come out.

In the end he forced himself to swallow the anger and turned toward the other two leaders.

"What do you think?"

Jiang Kangcheng frowned and studied Ryan carefully before speaking.

"…He's strong."

His tone carried a trace of seriousness that had not been present earlier.

"Before this, I was already suspicious," Jiang Kangcheng continued slowly. "Think about it. That Rank 5 monster had been fighting us for a long time, yet it showed no signs of fatigue. Its defense was impossible to break, and it nearly killed us several times."

He glanced toward the North District candidates.

"We fought alongside them earlier. We know exactly what their strength is. There's no way they could kill that monster."

He paused.

"But they not only killed it…"

"…they also appeared here completely unharmed."

Jiang Kangcheng's gaze returned to Ryan.

"Now I understand."

"It must have been him."

"This newly appeared North District candidate."

"He's the one who killed the Rank 5 monster."

After hearing this, Miao Yuan finally spoke as well.

"In fact, there's something I didn't tell you earlier," he said slowly.

"When I rob someone, I always have a habit."

Yu Mu and Jiang Kangcheng looked at him.

"I observe my opponent's strength first," Miao Yuan explained. "As long as the opponent isn't too strong, I can usually estimate their approximate Rank."

His eyes locked onto Ryan.

"But this person…"

"…I couldn't see through him at all."

Miao Yuan's voice grew slightly heavier.

"At that moment I already felt something was wrong. I even had an ominous premonition."

He let out a cold breath.

"But I thought it was just my imagination."

"And now…"

His gaze shifted briefly toward the ten bodies lying motionless on the ground.

"…ten people are dead."

"And they died at his hands." Yu Mu's lips curled into a cold smile. "So that's why you insisted on sending ten people to probe first," he said. "You were planning this all along."

Miao Yuan snorted. "If I hadn't insisted on testing him first, the ten people lying on the ground right now might not be them…"

"…but us."

His voice lowered further.

"If my guess is correct, this person might very well be the candidate who ranked second on the Western Mansion Outer Palace ranking."

"Otherwise, his strength must at least surpass everyone present. After all, killing a Rank 5 monster and instantly killing ten candidates is not something an ordinary examinee could accomplish."

Jiang Kangcheng rubbed his chin impatiently. "Enough analysis," he said. "What should we do now?"

Yu Mu narrowed his eyes. "What else can we do?"

He glanced at the remaining candidates from the three districts.

"There are still more than a dozen of us left. The three of us are not weak either."

"We can stall him."

Yu Mu's expression shifted as he spoke. "First we talk. We say it was all a misunderstanding. He hasn't lost anything anyway. If we handle it carefully, we might be able to avoid a fight."

Jiang Kangcheng considered the suggestion briefly. "…Alright. Let's try that first."

"I agree," Miao Yuan said.

The three leaders quickly reached a consensus.

Yu Mu then turned back toward Ryan.

But this time the arrogance and disdain from earlier had completely disappeared.

Instead, he wore a polite smile.

"Brother," Yu Mu said, his tone suddenly much friendlier, "what happened earlier was just a misunderstanding."

"A misunderstanding?" Ryan opened his eyes slowly, clearly surprised.

"Yes," Yu Mu said quickly. "A misunderstanding."

"The Rank 5 monster crystal is yours. We won't try to take it anymore."

He even gave a slight nod. "I apologize."

Behind him, the candidates from the three districts looked stunned.

Apologize?

Ten people had just died.

And now their leader was apologizing?

But the opponent's strength was terrifyingly clear, and this decision had been made by their leaders.

So even though many of them felt humiliated, they had no choice but to accept it.

Ryan looked at Yu Mu with mild curiosity. "You're apologizing?"

"Yes," Yu Mu said with great sincerity. "Everything earlier was a misunderstanding."

"On behalf of the candidates from the three districts, I apologize to the North District."

Ryan thought for a moment.

Then he nodded generously.

"Well."

"Since you're apologizing so sincerely… I won't pursue the matter of you trying to rob my monster crystal."

Yu Mu's face immediately brightened.

"Then that means—"

But before he could finish, Ryan suddenly raised a finger.

"But."

Yu Mu froze.

"But what?" he asked cautiously.

Ryan's expression slowly turned cold.

"The matter of the monster crystal can be forgotten. But the matter of you using the North District candidates as bait…"

His voice sharpened.

"…that needs to be settled. Don't you think so?"

Yu Mu's expression darkened again.

"What do you want?"

Ryan shrugged. "I don't want anything."

He turned his head toward the North District candidates behind him.

"Brothers."

"What do you want?"

The North District candidates immediately erupted.

"Make them crush the SOS Stones!"

"Too cheap! They should experience the terror of facing a Rank 5 monster themselves!"

"Exactly! Brother Wei, kill them!"

"I'll never forget that moment when we were abandoned!"

"If possible, I want them to kneel and let me cut them once!"

Their voices were filled with anger and resentment.

Ryan turned back toward Yu Mu with a faint smile. "You heard them."

Yu Mu's face hardened. "Impossible."

He rejected the demands immediately without even discussing it with the others.

The other candidates from the three districts clearly felt the same.

Crush the SOS Stone?

Lose the entrance exam?

Kneel?

Those conditions were worse than death.

"Oh?" Ryan said calmly.

"In that case…"

"Don't blame me for being rude."

His killing intent began to rise.

"If you won't accept their conditions… then you'll have to use your lives to calm their anger."

But just as Ryan was about to move—

A voice suddenly echoed from the forest.

"Who's there?!"

At the same time, the sound of many hurried footsteps approached rapidly from the distance.

From the rhythm and volume of the footsteps, it was clear that a large group of people was heading this way.

Ryan turned his head toward the direction where the voice had come from.

Through the gaps between the trees, a large group of figures was already emerging, their footsteps growing louder as they moved closer and closer. In just a few moments, the shapes became clear. There were many of them, far more than the small group that had been standing here moments ago.

Carefully counting, there were at least thirty or forty people.

And even more striking was the fact that every single one of them wore the clothing of candidates from the three major regions.

East District.

West District.

South District.

Not a single North District candidate among them.

The moment Yu Mu, Miao Yuan, Jiang Kangcheng, and the others recognized the identities of the newcomers, their expressions immediately brightened with excitement.

Just moments ago, they had been extremely cautious, even forced to swallow their pride and speak politely to Ryan because they feared they might not be able to deal with him. After witnessing the effortless death of ten candidates, none of them had been confident about continuing the fight.

But now everything was different.

Reinforcements had arrived.

With thirty or forty additional candidates joining them, the total number of people on their side would exceed fifty.

Fifty against seven.

Even if Ryan was strong, how strong could he possibly be?

At that moment, the tension that had been hanging over Yu Mu and the others immediately disappeared, replaced by a surge of confidence.

Earlier, they had been forced to compromise.

Now they did not need to compromise at all.

Soon the newcomers reached the riverside and merged with Yu Mu's group. Candidates from the same regions quickly greeted one another, exchanging surprised looks and hurried questions about what had happened here.

Once the groups combined, the number of candidates from the three districts instantly exceeded fifty people.

The situation had completely changed.

"Miao Yuan?"

Among the newly arrived group, a tall Eastern District candidate who appeared to be their leader called out uncertainly.

Miao Yuan turned his head.

When he saw the speaker clearly, surprise flashed across his face. "Ma Long?"

The candidate named Ma Long smiled faintly when he recognized Miao Yuan.

"So it really is you."

His eyes slowly swept across the area, taking in the scene around him.

When he noticed the North District candidates standing behind Ryan, and then saw the bodies of the ten fallen candidates lying not far away on the ground, his smile became slightly amused.

"Well," Ma Long said calmly, "it looks like things aren't going very smoothly on your side."

Miao Yuan sighed and nodded.

"You're right."

"We've encountered… a very troublesome situation."

At this moment, Jiang Kangcheng, who had been standing nearby, studied Ma Long carefully before asking with curiosity,

"And this person is…?"