"You... You actually dared to kill them."
Yui Mu pointed at Tang Yi, his eyes wide with disbelief. He never imagined Tang Yi would be this strong, capable of matching ten examinees from the Three Major Zones.
He was even more shocked that Tang Yi had actually dared to kill them.
And... Just with a few taps of his finger?
"Heh, isn’t this what you all told me? Aren’t these the rules of the West Mansion’s House Entrance Examination?"
Tang Yi chuckled nonchalantly.
"You..."
Yui Mu pointed at Tang Yi, furious. He wanted to say something, but ultimately suppressed his anger. Without another word, he turned to Miao Yuan and Jiang Kangcheng and asked, "What do you two think?"
"He seems very strong..."
Jiang Kangcheng glanced at Tang Yi and said, "I was wondering about that earlier. Even after we attacked it for so long, that Level 5 Demon Beast showed no signs of fatigue, and we couldn’t even break its defense. How could it possibly have been killed by those examinees from the North District? We just fought alongside them, so we know their strength. They don’t have what it takes to kill a Level 5 Demon Beast. But not only did they kill it, they also appeared before us completely unharmed. It’s extremely strange! I couldn’t figure it out before, but now I get it! It must have been him—this new examinee from the North District. He’s the one who killed the Level 5 Demon Beast!"
Hearing this, Miao Yuan added, "Actually, there’s something I didn’t tell you two. I have a habit of sensing people’s strength whenever I rob them. As long as they aren’t too powerful, I can usually get a rough estimate of their abilities. But I couldn’t see through this North District examinee before us. I had a bad feeling back then, but I dismissed it as my imagination and didn’t pay it any mind. I never expected that ten of our examinees would die at his hands just moments later."
"You noticed something was off and didn’t say anything? No wonder you insisted on sending ten examinees to test the waters first. So that was your plan. How calculating," Yui Mu sneered.
"Hmph. If I hadn’t insisted on sending people to investigate first, perhaps the ones who just died wouldn’t have been those ten examinees, but us."
Miao Yuan snorted and continued, "If I’m not mistaken, this person might be the examinee who ranked second on the West Mansion Outer Mansion leaderboard. Even if he isn’t, his strength is definitely greater than anyone else’s here! Killing a Level 5 Demon Beast and instantly wiping out ten examinees—that’s not something an ordinary person can do."
"Enough talk. What should we do now?" Jiang Kangcheng asked.
"What else can we do? Make peace, of course. We’ll just say it was all a misunderstanding. He didn’t suffer any losses, and our Three Major Zones still have over a dozen examinees left. Plus, the three of us are pretty strong ourselves. I doubt he’ll want to keep fighting us," Yui Mu said.
"Alright, let’s go with that for now," Jiang Kangcheng said after a moment’s thought.
"I agree," Miao Yuan nodded.
The three of them reached an agreement. Yui Mu then turned back to face Tang Yi, his expression now a complete reversal of his earlier disdainful and icy demeanor. He was all smiles.
Yui Mu said to Tang Yi, "My friend, that was all just a misunderstanding, really. The Level 5 Demon Beast’s Demon Beast Crystal isn’t ours, and we won’t try to take it anymore. We made a mistake. We’re truly sorry."
"A misunderstanding? A mistake?"
Tang Yi’s eyes opened slightly. He was taken aback. ’They’re backing down already, just because I showed a tiny fraction of my strength?’
"A mistake?"
The North District examinees were also dumbfounded. They had seen shameless people before, but never anyone as shameless as those from the Three Major Zones.
The ones who said they were going to rob Tang Yi were the examinees from the Three Major Zones. The ones who spouted on about the West Mansion’s rules—’the strong are respected, the weak are prey’—were also the examinees from the Three Major Zones. And now they were calling it a misunderstanding? A mistake?
’So now that they realize Tang Yi is too strong to rob, they’re just going to back down?’
It was utterly ridiculous. When the examinees from the Three Major Zones heard Yui Mu say it was a mistake, they too were stunned and felt incredibly aggrieved.
’Damn it, do they have to be like this?’
Ten of their own had been killed—ten people were dead! Not only was the other party taking no responsibility, but they were the ones who had to grovel, calling it a misunderstanding and a mistake. It was so humiliating. The examinees from the Three Major Zones found it incredibly hard to accept. But... it was the decision their leaders had made, and their opponent was truly powerful. They had no choice but to swallow it.
"Yes, a mistake. It was all a misunderstanding, nothing more. The Level 5 Demon Beast’s Demon Beast Crystal is yours. We were in the wrong earlier. So, on behalf of the examinees from the Three Major Zones, I would like to apologize to you all from the North District."
Yui Mu said to Tang Yi, feigning sincerity.
"Alright. Since you’ve apologized so sincerely, we can let the matter of you trying to steal the Demon Beast Crystal go. I won’t pursue it any further," Tang Yi said magnanimously after a brief thought.
"Ah, so does that mean..."
Yui Mu’s face lit up, and he was about to say something more, but Tang Yi cut him off.
"The matter of the Demon Beast Crystal can be dropped, but..." Tang Yi said.
"But what?" Yui Mu asked.
"But... as for you using the North District examinees as bait, putting them in grave danger while you yourselves fled for your lives... we still need to settle that score," Tang Yi said slowly, a sharp glint in his eyes.
"You! What do you want?" Yui Mu demanded.
"What do I want? No, it’s not what I want. You should be asking my brothers behind me what *they* want."
With that, Tang Yi turned to the North District examinees and asked, "Brothers, what do you all want?"
"Make them crush their Help Stones and withdraw from the House Entrance Examination."
"Crush their Help Stones? That’s letting them off too easy! They should experience the terror of being abandoned in front of a Level 5 Demon Beast!"
"That’s right, we can’t let them off so easy! Brother Yi, kill them! I was almost killed by that Level 5 Demon Beast just now! I’ll never forget that moment!"
"Brother Yi, if it’s possible, I want them to kneel before me so I can give them a good slash with my blade! Only that will quench the hatred in my heart!"
The North District examinees all spoke viciously, each one filled with righteous indignation. It was clear they deeply resented being used as bait.
"Did you hear that?" Tang Yi asked, turning back to Yui Mu with a smile.
"Impossible. None of the conditions you’ve mentioned are possible."
Without consulting the others, Yui Mu refused without a second thought.
The others from the Three Major Zones felt the same way; there was no way they would agree to those terms.
Give up on the House Entrance Examination? Go face a Level 5 Demon Beast? Kneel? They couldn’t do any of those things. They would rather kill themselves!
"Oh? Is that so? In that case, don’t blame me for being impolite. If you won’t agree to my brothers’ terms, then your lives will have to be the price to appease their anger," Tang Yi said coldly.
"Who—who’s over there?"
But just as Tang Yi was about to make his move, a voice called out from the distance, followed by the sound of numerous approaching footsteps. Judging by the noise, it was a large group.

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