Dragon Canon

Wei Yuan’s heart continued to pound inside his chest after leaving the battlefield. Before, he had only seen a foreigner in the books and the images summoned by his teachers. But this time, he was fighting one personally. His opponent belonged to the foreign race famed for exceptional individual combat capabilities, the Mountain Dwellers as well.

The Mountain Dwellers were also a big race that lived to the south and southwest of Great Tang. Beyond the border mountains of Yong Province lay their domain. There were two distinct types of Mountain Dwellers: one slightly shorter than humans, moving through the mountains with the swiftness of wind; and the other being the giant Wei Yuan just faced. Though vastly differing in stature, they shared the same origin and lineage. The wonders of creation were truly awe-inspiring.

The reason Wei Yuan paid extra attention to the Mountain Dwellers was because their homeland lay right next to Yong Province. Although Yong Province was not their main direction of attack, small bands of forces had frequently crossed the border and harassed the region. On top of that, the Mountain Dwellers were infamous for their brutality. In ancient times, humans were already on their menu. Even today, Mountain Dwellers still cooked and ate humans when they captured them.

A mountain giant’s starting combat power was equivalent to that of a Dao Foundation stage cultivator, and the one Wei Yuan had gone up against was among the weakest. For safety reasons, the Palace of Absolute Beginning had also employed drugs that destroyed their intelligence and left behind only animalistic instinct. A true Mountain Dweller wasn’t just cold-blooded and brutal, they were also cunning and vicious. They were also clad in armor and wielded exceptionally forged weapons. If that was the kind of mountain giant Wei Yuan had faced, it was unlikely he would have survived the battle.

Following Wei Yuan, the rest of the students took to the battlefield one after another. The valley was big enough to be divided into a dozen or so fighting grounds, and just as many battles were raging simultaneously. No restrictions were applied when facing down a foreigner, meaning that they could unleash every technique at their disposal.

Xiao Yu was wielding a top-tier mystic sword that was further empowered by his Dao Foundation, the immortal sword The Sun. He was able to cleave his mountain giant in two in one strike.

Bao Yun’s Dao Foundation wasn’t formed yet, but she was wearing a full set of top-tier mystic artifacts and carrying a jade bottle in one hand. When she activated it, it shone brightly and unleashed a storm of devastating Dao spells. The mountain giant was scorched black by the time it collapsed on the ground.

Yan Ming tossed out two mystic balls that manifested two whale shark warriors after exploding. A whale shark warrior was three zhang tall and significantly taller than even a Mountain Dweller. They were also on the level of a middle stage Dao Foundation stage cultivator, and it was two against one. Naturally, they slew the foreigner in the blink of an eye.

That said, the mystic ball was a one-time-use item with no cultivation level restrictions. A single one cost one hundred thousand immortal silver. In other words, Yan Ming had spent two hundred thousand immortal silver to buy himself a good placement on the exam rankings. The reward for this exam was only two thousand silver or so.