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The challenger wielding the big saber was in such a situation; as the number of Water Dragons increased, his expression grew tenser and his eyes swept back and forth, fixing his gaze on each Water Dragon. Despite his efforts, he couldn't discern the real from the illusions solely based on intuition and first impressions.

Before long, the saber warrior admitted defeat.

He was teleported out of the arena, his injuries rapidly healing under the effects of the Miracle Building.

By then, the clock had stopped at 39.3 seconds.

This was still the early stage of the Formation, where the number of Water Dragons was not high, meant as a warm-up, familiarization phase for challengers.

"You see, it might seem like this fellow only fell short by 20 seconds, but in reality, he's still two-thirds short of the journey," someone remarked.

"However, this fellow's tactics were somewhat flawed, too. The correct approach should have been to take advantage of the initial warm-up phase to familiarize himself with as many Water Dragons as possible. After that, one can make the most intuitive and accurate judgments when entering the formal phase."

"Of course, like Lord Red Shadow's approach of directly slashing through the Water Dragons, penetrating the Water Dragon's Lament Illusionary Killing Formation, it would trigger the full force of the entire array right from the start. So even if one has confidence in their own strength, it's suggested to take it easy at first."

The young man offered his commentary.

It was clear that he was very familiar with both the Water Dragon's Lament Illusionary Killing Formation and the assessment process.

Sanghun whispered, "Buddy, is it alright to share all this?"

He always had the illusion of being cluelessly circled around the key points before a test, which made Sanghun, who was still a pure Greenhand, feel quite ashamed.

Ashamed as he may be, Sanghun knew what was useful to listen to and to utilize.

The young man tilted his head up slightly, "No harm done."

He then added in a lower voice, "This thing isn't really a secret; there's no wall without chinks. The academy does this because they want to recruit clever warriors, not just powerful ones.

"Besides, even knowing this tactic, whether one can execute it during the assessment still depends on the challenger's own abilities. This is a comprehensive test of strength, experience, tactics, analytical skills, judgment, and decisiveness."

"But brother, you look like a bright talent, I'm sure you'll make it through, I trust my eyes."

Sanghun suddenly understood.

After all, the college was looking to recruit officers, not just strong warriors.

Though generally, those who can fight are not far behind in other aspects.

He could also tell that the approach to challenging the Water Dragon's Lament Illusionary Killing Formation, whether skillful or brute force, could lead to entirely different outcomes.

Following the saber-wielding strongman, several more warriors took the stage.

Among them, the strongest only lasted for 51 seconds. This warrior utilized tactics appropriately, pushing his capabilities to the limit, but ultimately, his strength was too weak, and he was overwhelmed by the Diving Water Dragons with just two strikes.

Several consecutive challengers failed to meet the minimum recruitment standards of Lakehaven Academy, and the strong warriors who came to apply from various places were all somewhat disheartened.

Something wasn't right.

It seemed a tad difficult.

It couldn't be that out of the dozens present, not a single one would pass, could it?

"I heard the earlier assessments weren't this hard, but too many strong warriors came to apply for Lakehaven Academy."

Someone spoke up, "With only so many officer positions, if the number of applicants increases, the difficulty of the assessments naturally goes up too. Had we come a month earlier, we might have had a shot at a third-order officer spot. Now? It's tough."

Although quite a few third and fourth-order strongmen were losing heart, having come all this way, how could they leave crestfallen without even trying?

At least they had to try!

Without trying, they wouldn't know how devastatingly they'd fail.

Some failed challengers squatted in the corner drawing circles, pondering which college to apply to next.

Why not go to a junior college and apply for an ordinary instructor spot?

At that moment, a young man in a golden feathered robe adorned with six spinning golden wheels boldly stepped forward.

"It's General Jinlun from Lingfeng City!"

"A person from Lord Lingfeng?"

"It's said that General Jinlun is a hidden profession, and his rank among the Three-star Excellence level is at the top tier, no less formidable than the Bone Dragon or Flame Demon, those extremely rare Excellence Three-star ranks!"

This General Jinlun had quite the reputation.

Where there's smoke, there's fire, and true to his name, his six golden wheels spun in defense and attack, navigating with ease within the Water Dragon's Lament Formation. It was only later, when the Formation continuously intensified, that General Jinlun finally stepped down, defeated.

Time: 121 seconds.

Qualified for second-order officer treatment!

While there was no real sense of difference between second and third-order for most, the gap between 39, 51, and 121 seconds was extremely telling.

The audience inhaled sharply, and for a moment, the interior of the Miracle Building seemed to warm up by several degrees.

Subsequently, following ten or twenty more applicants, results weren't all that great, with only one person receiving third-order officer treatment.

Soon,

according to the display screen in the distance, it was Sanghun's turn to step up.

Sanghun was eager to give it a try.

He looked at the young man beside him, "Brother, haven't you had your turn yet?"

He remembered the time they registered was quite late, and any later it would have had to wait until next week.

The young man gave a faint smile as if he had been waiting for Sanghun to ask just so he could nonchalantly say, "Oh, I passed through it a while ago. I am now a second-class instructor; I obviously can't join in on the fun up there."

The legendary second-class strongman!

Impressive, impressive.

Sanghun clasped his fists, expressing his admiration, then strode towards the Water Dragon's Lament Illusionary Killing Formation in the distance.

He stepped into the formation.

Inside and outside the formation, it truly was a world of difference.

From outside, without any pressure and with a clear perspective, he could easily distinguish the real from the fake water dragons—the illusions were not particularly clever and far inferior to Hong Yi's Illusion Technique. After all, if they were too clever, they wouldn't serve well in tempering and obstacle-clearing.

However, upon entering the formation, with the mist and the water dragons flying around, it did indeed become a bit more difficult to distinguish.

Slightly tough, slightly tough.

Sanghun effortlessly dodged by tilting his body to the side and smashed a diving water dragon with a sweep of his Ghost's Claw.

He was very much at ease, both dodging with perfect timing and never expending an ounce of extra energy.

After all, Sanghun was a strongman who had sparred with Bone Two, Bone Three, Big Brother Rakshasa, Uta, and even Boss Dead Bone!

The one thing Tianyuan City never lacked was sparring partners.

At least for a Fourth-order Strongman like Sanghun, there was definitely no shortage.

His combat experience was incredibly rich.

With constant exposure and the assistance of his life-sharing skills, Sanghun's technique and mental awareness were also top-notch.

He lasted a full 153 seconds before he barely succumbed to defeat.

This was even with his life-sharing skills having little room to play within the Water Dragon's Lament Illusionary Killing Formation.

In the distance, the internal staff member, the second-class instructor, a young man from some level six territory, was slightly surprised, but not too surprised.

After all, he had long discerned that Sanghun was a strongman.

To have received the treatment of a second-class instructor, he truly was worthy of being the man Yun Juan acknowledged!

"Let's reintroduce ourselves. I am Yun Juan, a second-class instructor at Lakehaven Academy, in charge of the Spell curriculum. From now on, we are colleagues."

"A pleasure to meet you, I am the newly promoted second-class instructor Sanghun."

"Let's go have a drink later; I'm buying. I know a great ice drink shop here in the academy."

"Really? Uh, can I invite a few more people? After all, I didn't come here alone."

Yun Juan was a bit surprised by this.

Lakehaven Academy's recruitment standards were very high, and not just anyone could apply.

Normally, it was considered impressive for a single individual from an ordinary territory to apply here.

It seemed Sanghun was leading the team.

The others were probably just following along for the experience.

However, given Sanghun's exceptional strength and previously unheralded reputation, it was not impossible that other strongmen from his territory might have snagged third-class instructor positions.

"How many of you are there?"

"Indeed."

Sanghun pointed towards the distance, where there was a girl who looked quiet and demure, holding an ordinary longsword, walking toward the Water Dragon's Lament Illusionary Killing Formation.

No matter how you looked at her, the girl was very ordinary.

So ordinary that in this training field full of strong persons, she was almost a novelty.

"This is our team leader, Miss Irene."

Sanghun then pointed to a young man who was carefully tending to his bow and arrows in the distance.

"This is my brother, Zhou Yi."

Sanghun scanned left and right, finally spotting someone in the corner.

"This is our eldest sister, Boss Hong Yi."

Four people in total.

The young man Yun Juan nodded slightly but suddenly felt something was off as he continued.

Sanghun, who had already secured the treatment of a second-class instructor and shown remarkable strength and combat experience, seemed to occupy a somewhat... junior position in this team.

Something was definitely amiss here.