"The boy is really an Innate Realm Cultivator!" There were shouts of surprise around the arena. These kinds of burning eyes were one of the perks of being in the Innate Realm.

One can of course change the colors to his liking but our bored gamer was fond of red since time immemorial.

This hue particularly reminded him of his agony during the Soul Fragmentation Process.

"And he also looks so young! No more than 18!" A few added in their exclamations.

One should know that the earliest time that an outer disciple could reach the innate realm was at least 1 year of nonstop cultivation. But this young man only did it for half a year.

This kind of talent was definitely top tier!

"What is your name, child?" The lovely examiner asked. Her name was Tang Kong and she was the elder in charge of this event.

At 300 years old today, she indeed has the capital to call our bored gamer a child.

Elder Tang Kong was already in the 10th Stage of Core Heart Realm and someone of this level could live up to 500 years at least.

"My name in this world is Bu Fang, Elder." Clark replied briefly.

"Welcome to the inner disciples exam, Bu Fang. Please come closer and let me help you with the registration." Elder Tang Kong smiled openly.

She ignored the strange words of our avid gamer since she was used to some geniuses having some odd traits in one way or another.

If they were normal then they could not have cultivated this fast in their current realms.

"Thank you, Elder." Our bored gamer returned the smile with one of his own and the rest went smoothly after that. The contest began an hour after this tedious registration.

* * *

"We have 1,218 disciples in this year's inner disciple exam!"

"Thank you for coming and gracing this event with life and excitement!"

"Same as last year, the first stage of the exam will be an all out battle royal!"

"Anyone who will be forced to get out of the formation circle will be judged out for the contest."

"The first stage shall only conclude once there are only 100 of you left inside!"

"Good luck to everyone and be sure to take care of your lives!"

"Since swords and fists have no eyes, death will be an unavoidable consequence to some!"

"Anyone of you can still back out now and fight another day!" Elder Tang Kong announced to the disciples.

Unfortunately, no one bothered to tuck their tails and run in the wake of her speech. Everyone was here for the money and the rich rewards of course.

"Since I see only brave men and women of my Profound Delight Sect, I hereby declare for the inner disciples exam to begin!"

Elder Tang Kong said once more and there was obvious pride in her voice at this time. This sect did not raise toothless tigers at all.

"BANG!" The ground shook as more than a thousand disciples tried to kill each other inside a huge circle in the ground that glowed in a mysterious silver light.

Some used their fists while some held their favorite weapons but it was not surprising to note that most of the disciples were using the full might of the Profound Delight Sect's heritage.

This may be because they lacked spirit roots to begin with and were therefore limited to the benefits of the sect's true inheritance.

"AHHHHHHH!" In just the span of several breaths, there would have been dozens of casualties already. Luckily enough, a timely force would pull them out before their ugly demise.

"Interesting." Our bored gamer commented on his lonesome. He could see that Elder Tang Kong was quite preoccupied at this time.

Her eyes focused only on the battlefield in order to save those that needed saving. It turned out that her words earlier were also part of the test.

After all, everyone of these disciples were amongst the strongest of the sect. To lose a single one of them was nothing short of a disaster. She was of course not alone in this task.

The formation array around the disciples took much of the work for her. Still, Elder Tang Kong did not rely solely on this array. She did not forget that it was just a tool in the end.

Her eyes roamed around the place until she witnessed something very unusual.

"You..." Elder Tang Kong was surprised when she locked eyes with our very own protagonist. There were more than a dozen bodies around him.

She scattered her spiritual sense around those static bodies and she took a deep breath of relief when she found out that they were just rendered unconscious and not dead.

"This boy is not simple." Elder Tang Kong muttered and decided to focus more on our good gamer. It did not take long for her to find out about how exactly Clark did his magic.

"DING!"

"DING!"

"DING!"

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..

...

A number of rocks flew directly into the incoming foes. These inanimate hard objects hit squarely on the foreheads of its targets and the ending was met by a falling body.

"THUD!" The last body fell with a huge headache once he woke up. In a blink of an eye, there were already 3 dozen sleeping men and women around our very own protagonist.

This was more than enough to warn of any attempts to oust him from this place. The rest of the disciples in the contest veered off for easier prey.

Less than 30 minutes since the battle royal started and a hundred disciples could be seen standing within the circle.

The injured and unconscious were already long pulled out from this picture of conflict.

"The first stage of the inner disciples exam is over!"

"Congratulations on those that have made it this far!"

"As a reward, each of you will be given 10,000 spirit stones!" Elder Tang Kong announced which put a happy smile on most of the disciples faces.

For them, this was more than enough payment for their troubles. One should know that the next bounty will be received only by the top 10 disciples.

This was an unrealistic dream to most of the remaining 100 disciples.