Legend of Wyatt-Chapter 1426: A Thought Turns into a Demon

"Now that the rules have been introduced, let me introduce myself... My name is ’Pierce Reid,’ and I am an outer sect elder of the Moon Radiance Sect, primarily responsible for the mobilization and arrangement of external personnel."

The elder slowly said.

"These rules..."

Hearing the rules stated by Pierce Reid, Wyatt Barnes couldn’t help but frown, "Exploration with spirit secret techniques... Only those under forty in the Small Perfection of the Transcending Mortal Realm qualify through the first phase of the assessment?"

Although his current combat prowess is comparable to an ordinary great perfectionist in the Transcending Mortal Realm, his cultivation level is only at the ’later stage’ of the Transcending Mortal Realm.

In front of spirit secret techniques, his cultivation level cannot hide!

"Senior Brother Barnes, your cultivation is only at the ’later stage’ of the Transcending Mortal Realm... According to this old man’s rules, doesn’t that mean you can’t even pass the first stage of the assessment?"

Baer Bear frowned and cursed, "What kind of broken rules does the Moon Radiance Sect have for entry exams, only considering cultivation level and not combat power? Isn’t this just tricking us?"

Both Fill Bear and Cloud Lin are already aware of Wyatt’s breakthrough to the later stage of the Transcending Mortal Realm.

Naturally, they also know, their Senior Brother Barnes, although only at the later stage of the Transcending Mortal Realm in terms of cultivation, possesses combat power that is invincible below the great perfection of the Transcending Mortal Realm.

Even an ordinary great perfectionist in the Transcending Mortal Realm might not be able to defeat their Senior Brother Barnes.

Cloud Lin’s brows also furrowed involuntarily, if Senior Brother Barnes couldn’t pass the entrance assessment of the Moon Radiance Sect, that would truly be a great joke.

"Don’t worry."

Seeing the furrowed brows of the three individuals, Tabo Garcia smiled and said, "Wyatt Barnes might not be able to pass the first phase of the assessment... But the second phase of the assessment, for Wyatt Barnes to pass, is not difficult."

"The second phase of the assessment?"

Wyatt Barnes and the others turned their eyes toward Tabo Garcia, showing confusion.

Since Pierce Reid had not yet mentioned the specific details of the second phase of the assessment, they did not know what it entailed.

"To prevent bright pearls from being covered in dust, the sect also gives an opportunity to young geniuses below Small Perfection in the Transcending Mortal Realm... Even if they fail in the first phase, as long as they pass the second phase of the assessment, they can still join the sect."

Tabo Garcia said.

"Great Perfections in the Transcending Mortal Realm need not participate in the second phase of the assessment; Small Perfections in the Transcending Mortal Realm participate in the second phase of the assessment, but they act as ’targets’; those who fail the first phase of the assessment participate in the second phase as challengers, and as long as they succeed in the challenge, they are considered to have passed the assessment and can enter the sect directly."

Tabo Garcia continued.

"And those Small Perfections in the Transcending Mortal Realm who are challenged and defeated, lose their opportunity to enter the sect."

Tabo Garcia revealed the details of the entrance assessment rules before Pierce Reid.

Wow!

As Pierce Reid finished speaking, the crowd of young talents at the scene burst into an uproar.

Only the City Lords of the eighteen cities, including Tabo Garcia, who already knew the rules, did not show surprise.

"So, being defeated just once as a Small Perfection in the Transcending Mortal Realm means elimination, losing the opportunity to join the Moon Radiance Sect?"

"That’s too cruel! To be defeated and not even given a chance."

"Actually, this can be understood. A Small Perfection in the Transcending Mortal Realm who can’t even defeat someone with weaker cultivation almost has no prospects."

"However, this situation should be rather unlikely... It’s generally impossible for existences below Small Perfection in the Transcending Mortal Realm to defeat those at Small Perfection."

"That’s also true. If they’re really defeated by someone below Small Perfection in the Transcending Mortal Realm, then it’s due to their lack of skills, and they deserve to be eliminated."

...

The surrounding people discussed animatedly and gradually came to accept the rules.

"That’s alright then."

Knowing the content of this second phase of the assessment, Wyatt Barnes breathed a sigh of relief.

Defeating a Small Perfection in the Transcending Mortal Realm, for him, is not difficult.

Soon, under the leadership of the Moon Radiance Sect’s outer sect elder ’Pierce Reid,’ the ’entrance assessment’ of the Moon Radiance Sect officially began.

One after another, young talents recommended by the city lords of the eighteen cities under the command of the Moon Radiance Sect, as well as young talents scouted by the outer sect elders and stewards of the Moon Radiance Sect, successively stepped onto the stone platform.

Ten people in a group, under the scrutiny of two middle-aged men standing behind Pierce Reid.

These two middle-aged men were stewards of the outer sect of the Moon Radiance Sect.

Of course, although it seemed like scrutiny, it was actually an exploration of the young talents’ ages and their cultivation levels using ’spirit secret techniques’.

"Thirty-six years old, Small Perfection in the Transcending Mortal Realm, passed."

"Thirty-four years old, Small Perfection in the Transcending Mortal Realm, passed."

...

All the initial ten young talents passed.

"Among the group of young people present, am I the only one not at Small Perfection in the Transcending Mortal Realm or higher as a Martial Artist?"

Facing this result, Wyatt Barnes couldn’t help but ruefully smile.

"There should still be quite a few Martial Artists in the later stage of the Transcending Mortal Realm."

As someone who had been through it, Tabo Garcia knew far more than Wyatt Barnes, "In the Martial Dao Sacred Land, there are still quite a few geniuses who can defeat higher-leveled opponents... However, from what I have seen before, those Martial Artists in the later stage of the Transcending Mortal Realm who can defeat a higher-leveled opponent usually can only defeat ordinary Small Perfections in the Transcending Mortal Realm."

As he spoke, Tabo Garcia gazed deeply at Wyatt Barnes.

As if to say to Wyatt Barnes:

Not every Martial Artist in the later stage of the Transcending Mortal Realm is as monstrous as you, capable of even defeating Great Perfections.

As Tabo Garcia had said.

In the second batch of young talents who went up, there were two in the later stage of the Transcending Mortal Realm, and they both failed the second phase of the assessment... However, they did not become discouraged, as it was clear they had anticipated this outcome.

Their target was the challenge of the second stage.

Only those eliminated in the first stage have the opportunity to challenge in the second stage.

In the third batch of young geniuses to advance, there were more in the late phase of the Transcending Mortal Realm, making up half of the group.

The fourth batch had even fewer.

When the fifth batch of young geniuses went up, Baer Bear exclaimed, "It’s that kid!"

Hearing Baer Bear’s reminder, Wyatt Barnes and his two companions looked towards the stone platform ahead, only to discover among the ten people, ’Mandy Wood’ was strikingly part of the group.

Mandy Wood stood there, exuding a cold aura from head to toe, distinctly out of place compared to the other nine young geniuses... The other nine young geniuses, consciously or unconsciously, kept their distance from him.

"Demon Cultivator?"

"This young man is a Demon Cultivator!"

"Tsk tsk... The cultivation speed of a Demon Cultivator is always defying the heavens; we don’t even know how old he is this year or the extent of his cultivation."

"His age and cultivation level are surely astonishing... Let’s wait and see."

...

Mandy Wood attracted quite a lot of attention, and many people’s focus converged on him.

"Thirty years old, Transcending Mortal Realm - Small Perfection!"

As one of the middle-aged men beside the external elder Pierce Reid spoke out, the whole place was in an uproar.

The middle-aged man was referring to Mandy Wood.

"Worthy of being a Demon Cultivator! Just thirty years old and he’s already reached the Transcending Mortal Realm - Small Perfection."

"Impressive! Impressive!"

"Stronger than I imagined."

...

The whole venue burst into excitement.

Mandy Wood, being the first to reach ’Transcending Mortal Realm - Small Perfection’ in today’s Moon Radiance Sect’s entrance examination, unsurprisingly became the center of attention.

Not just the nine young geniuses standing with him, but even those who passed the first stage earlier, looked pale in comparison before him.

Mandy Wood stood on the stone platform, his nose turned up, his face showing pride.

He thoroughly enjoyed this feeling of being the center of attention.

Meanwhile, his condescending gaze also fell on Wyatt Barnes, looking down on Wyatt.

"Wyatt Barnes, in this lifetime, you are destined to be trampled under my feet!"

Mandy Wood’s True Energy sounded haughtily as it transmitted his voice.

However, Wyatt Barnes didn’t care, his expression was as usual, merely casting a brief glance at Mandy Wood, not even bothering to engage with him.

In his eyes, Mandy Wood was just a defeated underling.

He was in the past, he is now, and he will be in the future.

A defeated underling, hardly worth mentioning?

Wyatt Barnes’s attitude completely darkened Mandy Wood’s expression... He didn’t expect that at this point, Wyatt Barnes would still dare to ignore him like this.

For a moment, Mandy Wood felt a surge of rage wanting to explode.

"Wyatt Barnes... If I don’t kill you, I, Mandy Wood, vow not to be human!"

Mandy Wood’s eyes flashed fiercely, his teeth gritted as he murmured to himself.

Mandy Wood, being at Small Perfection of the Transcending Mortal Realm, directly bypassed the second stage of the assessment and was led by an external disciple of the Moon Radiance Sect to the sect’s external area.

Mandy Wood was also the first among the group of young geniuses present to pass the entrance examination and become a disciple of the Moon Radiance Sect.

"Senior Brother Barnes, that Mandy Wood, the way he looks at you, it’s like he wants to devour you... What kind of deep grudge do you have with him?"

Although Mandy Wood’s stare wasn’t directed at him, Baer Bear still felt somewhat uneasy.

"To someone with a petty mind, even a tiny conflict could be seen as a mortal vendetta or a grievance as deep as stealing one’s wife... What do you think, how deep could our grudge be?"

Wyatt Barnes asked in response.

Baer Bear was speechless.

A grudge of patricide or envy of stealing one’s wife, that’s the deepest grudge in the world!

"Wyatt Barnes, after entering the Sect, be cautious of that Mandy Wood... Among Demon Cultivators, there are no good ones. Particularly, he might have fallen into the Devil Path just because of you!"

Tabo Garcia said gravely, "Generally, whether it’s a Martial Artist or a Taoist Cultivator, if they fall into the Devil Path because of a certain obsession, then there are only two paths before them."

"The first path is to relinquish the obsession and soar high from then. The second path, if they fail to relinquish the obsession, at best, they would be consumed by delusion, and at worst, be devoured by demonic energy, leading to their death and the dissolution of their path."

Tabo Garcia had specifically researched Demon Cultivators.

Even when his wife was driven to death by Evander Mullins, he had thought of becoming a Demon Cultivator by taking ’revenge’ as his obsession... Because only in that way, he would have had the chance for revenge.

But it seemed like his wife guessed his thoughts, and before committing suicide, she left him a will, insisting that he must never fall into the Devil Path, or else she wouldn’t rest in peace.

Despite his wife’s tragic death, Tabo Garcia, however much he hated or wanted revenge, ultimately couldn’t bring himself to go against her will.

"I’ve heard about this, too."

Baer Bear looked towards Wyatt Barnes, "If his falling into the Devil Path indeed stems from his desire to kill you, Senior Brother, then you are his ’archenemy’. Throughout his life, either he kills you, Senior Brother, or he dies."