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Just as Xia Hun Wu thought this was a bad situation, the atmosphere on the Heaven Stepping Stone became strange. A few youngsters looked at each other with vigilance in their eyes. Each of them leaned back and maintained a certain distance from each other.

This kind of rule was extremely obvious. In this place, besides the soul beasts and demonic beasts that had to be wary of the forest, the biggest threat was the students from other empires.

Ke ke, little fellows, I have already made myself very clear. The purpose of setting down these rules is to give others a chance, a chance to let them get rid of the ordinary ones, and in the Five Great Academies, even if you are someone who has obtained a Human Grade Symbol, you will have the chance to obtain the qualifications to enter the Five Great Academies. The old glowing shadow softly chuckled and said.

"This chance, I'm afraid it will be a narrow escape!" A student who could obtain an Earth Rank or a Heaven Rank symbol was definitely not someone to be easily bullied. Even if an accident happened to them and their symbol was stolen, with their abilities, how difficult would it be to obtain the Heaven Rank symbol again?

Oh, that's right, there's also one more thing. In the future, the level of your imprint will determine your status and cultivation resources in the Five Great Academies. Therefore, in order to not be eliminated, in order to become a dragon amongst men, work hard to raise the imprint in your palms.

"I hope to see one or two of them when the time comes."

"In the end, let me remind everyone that if you meet with danger or want to give up, directly shatter the seal on your palm, someone will help you. But if that's the case, you'll lose the right to enter the Five Great Academies."

"That's all I have to say. Then, I declare that the battle for the examination of the Five Great Academies has officially begun!" That elderly figure smiled at the crowd on the platform and the light from the Spiritual Array slowly faded away.

Following the disappearance of the Spiritual Array, the crowd on the Heaven Stepping Stone looked at each other. The atmosphere was eerily quiet.

Most of the people in the crowd were gathered in groups. Only the other three people who obtained the Heaven Symbol were surrounded by quite a number of people. From the looks of it, they were from the same empire and had already discussed this matter before coming over.

Compared to the rest of the group, Xia Hwu's side was clearly a bit lacking. After all, he hadn't made any preparations. Naturally, no one would be willing to follow him. He was only accompanied by Zhou Yao.

The eyes of the three practitioners who obtained the Heaven Stepping Stones swept over the stone. At the same time, fear surged within their eyes. Therefore, they waved their large hands in tacit understanding before they directly jumped down from the Green Sky Stone and rushed towards the middle of the ancient and mysterious forest.

They had time to choose their prey, so they did not need to deal with opponents of the same level as them. Once they made a mistake, they would lose their qualifications to enter the Five Great Academies.

"Let's go!" Xia Hun Wu spoke to Zhou Yao beside him.

As soon as the words left his mouth, he quickly jumped down from the Heaven Treading Rocks. Seeing this, Zhou Yao hurriedly followed. When they saw the actions of Xia Hwu and the rest, the eyes of several people on the Heaven Treading Rocks slightly flickered.

On the Heaven's Treading Stone, there were at least seven people at the Soul Transformation stage, and there were only four people who had obtained the Heaven Rank Insignia. It was obvious that the other Soul Transformation stage experts were feeling a bit unsettled, especially when they saw that Xia Hun Wu was only at the third stage of the Soul Fighting realm.

Fortunately, this exam gave them another chance.

Compared to Xia Hun Wu, the other three were around the 3rd level of the Spirit Transformation realm with a lot of people following them. It was relatively troublesome, but for Xia Hun Wu, there was only one at the Soul Origin realm and one at the 3rd level of the Soul Fighting Pulse.

As long as they could defeat Xia Hun Wu, even if they couldn't step into Heaven Stage, the Heaven Rank's soul power would be enough to allow them to enter one of the Five Great Academies.

Within the human shadow, some of them were looking in the direction that Xia Hengwu and Luo Li had left in. Soon after, a sinister smile appeared on their lips. It was obvious that they had locked their sights on Xia Hengwu.

Xia Hun Wu brought Zhou Yao down from the Heaven Treading Stone, using the corner of his eyes to glance at the crowd behind him. A mocking smile appeared on his calm face; if they did not come looking for him, then that would be fine.

As Xia Hun Wu entered the depths of the ancient forest, the thousand foot tall tree looked as if it wanted to soar into the clouds. It seemed as if the sky was blotting out the sun.

Demonic beasts and soul beasts were different. They were a branch of soul beasts. They inherited the bloodline and talent of a soul beast, but they couldn't compare to a real soul beast.

Roar! Roar!

At this moment, two roars suddenly came from within the depths of the forest. They brought along a powerful shockwave as they rushed towards Xia Hewwu's side. When he saw the demonic beast that had suddenly appeared in front of him, his expression changed.

This demon beast was completely white, and its body was like a cow. It had thick black hair, bright eyes, and a single horn on its forehead that gave it a sharp aura. As its hooves shook, the ground seemed to crack.

White Spirit Beast, a rank 1 Earth Stage Demonic Beast. Its strength was around the second level of the Spirit Transformation realm. According to legend, it possessed a trace of the Xie Zhi bloodline.

Beside the white furs was a giant golden lion. Although it wasn't as powerful as the white furs, it was still at the third level of the Soul Origin Stage.

"Leave this fellow to me, you can deal with that giant lion."

Although he had the strength to deal with two giant golden lions, this didn't bring any benefits to Zhou Yao. Anyone could only grow through training. If he gave Zhou Yao too much protection, it would only restrict his growth.

"En!"

He also knew that he could not rely on Xia Hun Wu for everything in the Five Great Academies. If he did not increase his own strength and stayed by Xia Hun Wu's side, he would become a burden to him, and that was the last thing he wanted to see.

Upon seeing this, Xia Hengwu did not say anything else. With a tap of his feet, he dashed towards the white furrow. Spiritual Seals surged out from his palm, as a giant flaming pagoda rushed out with a violent Spiritual Energy. The surrounding air seemed to have been burnt.