"Ah!!"
Hearing Oscar's scream behind him, Ma Hongjun instantly stopped climbing the steps and turned around in disbelief.
He saw Oscar being pinned to the ground by Dai Mubai, who was biting his neck like a wild beast.
In an instant, a jet of blood spurted from his neck.
After draining the blood, Dai Mubai was still not satisfied and frantically sucked more.
In just a few seconds, Oscar's body visibly withered, his life force rapidly fading.
At this point, he didn't resent Dai Mubai, but instead stared at Ning Rongrong's back.
In fact, he had long anticipated his fate; even if Dai Mubai hadn't attacked him, he wouldn't have passed the test.
"Rongrong, you must be happy..."
Before he could finish speaking, Oscar's head lolled to the side, dying with resentment and regret.
"Oscar!!"
Seeing Oscar die so tragically, Ma Hongjun was instantly enraged.
He hadn't expected Dai Mubai to be so cruel, killing Oscar just to save his own life.
Although Oscar had virtually no chance of passing the test, he shouldn't have died at the hands of his comrade, especially not in such a tragic way.
"Dai Mubai, I'll never forgive you!"
At this moment, Ma Hongjun finally saw Dai Mubai's true colors.
This bastard would sacrifice anything to survive, including the brothers who had shared hardships with him.
Since he went to the Spirit Hall with his teacher, Shrek Academy had only two little monsters left: Dai Mubai and Oscar. Their relationship was undoubtedly the closest.
In the past year, Oscar had allowed Dai Mubai to drink his blood countless times.
Even under such circumstances, Dai Mubai still ruthlessly killed Oscar, it was utterly inhumane!
"You? I'd love to taste your blood."
As he spoke, Dai Mubai licked the blood from his tiger claws, casting a bloodthirsty glare at Ma Hongjun.
Stimulated by the large amount of blood, he became even more manic and enraged.
He didn't care about Ma Hongjun's threat at all; his soul power was already far superior, and his attack and speed were overwhelming.
To him, as long as Ma Hongjun didn't use his flying skills, he could easily toy with him.
Watching the scene below, Yu Tianheng and the others were filled with disbelief.
They hadn't expected Dai Mubai to be so ruthless, willing to kill his companion to pass the test.
"As expected... the students taught by that traitor Yu Xiaogang are all worthless," Yu Tianheng gritted his teeth.
Looking at Oscar's miserable state, a barely perceptible sadness flashed in Ning Rongrong's eyes.
Although she no longer had any feelings for Oscar, she didn't want to see him die such a gruesome death.
Only Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing remained calm, unsurprised by the outcome.
As Dai Mubai's former fiancée, Zhu Zhuqing knew his nature well; it hadn't changed at all over the years and had even become more cruel.
"This guy is practically indistinguishable from the Fallen Ones of Slaughter City."
Looking at the completely crazed Dai Mubai below, Tang San quickly analyzed the reason: his long-term bloodlust had severely affected his thinking.
Of course, he had chosen this path himself.
Since this person had become a Fallen One, to prevent him from harming innocent people, he had to be eliminated as soon as possible.
However, the more important matter at hand was passing the test.
"Alright, let's continue with the assessment. Don't get distracted by anything else," Tang San said firmly.
"The captain is right, let's finish the assessment first."
Everyone quickly snapped out of their daze and continued climbing the higher steps.
With the combined assistance of Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong, Shi Mò, Shi Mó, and Bai Chenxiang completed the assessment first, followed by Yu Tianheng, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan.
Only after they finished did it come to Ning Rongrong's turn.
As a support-type Soul Master, Ning Rongrong found the assessment relatively difficult.
However, she wasn't alone; with the assistance of Tang San and Ye Lingling, she passed the assessment relatively smoothly.
Although Tang San wasn't a support-type Soul Master, his Blue Silver Domain and fourth Soul Skill, Blue Silver Pills, could provide some support.
After completing the assessment, their soul power increased by one level.
Coupled with a year of intensive training, everyone except Bai Chenxiang had reached Soul Emperor level or higher, with Yu Tianheng even reaching Level 68.
After a short rest, Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling assisted Xiao Wu in completing the assessment.
When it was Ye Lingling's turn, only Tang San and Ning Rongrong assisted her.
Fortunately, she possessed an external soul bone and a left leg soul bone, and although the process was difficult, she successfully completed the assessment.
Since both Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling were undergoing the seventh level of the Red Rank assessment, completing the assessment not only rewarded them with one level of soul power but also increased their soul ring age by five hundred years.
Moreover, the two of them broke through to Level 70 and received a god bestowed soul ring.
Finally, it was Tang San's turn. With the combined assistance of Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong, and having absorbed multiple soul bones, the hundred-odd steps were not much of a challenge for him.
However, he still needed to climb three hundred and thirty-three steps.
At the same time, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were also climbing upward, but without any assistance, their speed was much slower.
Seeing the two approaching, Dugu Yan glanced sideways and asked Yu Tianheng beside her, "Tianheng, should we intervene?"
Hearing this, Yu Tianheng's gaze sharpened, locking onto the two sausages in Dai Mubai's hand.
He remembered clearly that during the finals, Dai Mubai had consumed two sausages to unleash strength far exceeding his usual abilities, with the side effect being the loss of his sanity.
If he wasn't mistaken, this guy was probably planning to use the sausages' effects to complete the assessment.
"Don't worry, I have a way to deal with him,"
Yu Tianheng said calmly.
Since they were currently in the middle of an assessment, directly interfering might result in punishment later.
To be on the safe side, he had a better plan.
At this moment, Dai Mubai looked at Ma Hongjun, who was more than ten steps ahead of him, and said with a mischievous grin, "Little Hongjun, why are you climbing so fast? Are you afraid I'll eat you?"
Hearing this intimate address, Ma Hongjun trembled, seemingly recalling unpleasant memories.
After a moment, he forced himself to calm down and said coldly, "Dai Mubai, if you don't finish your assessment today, you'll be buried with Xiao Ao!"
"You really think I don't have any trump cards?"
With that, Dai Mubai directly stuffed the two sausages into his mouth.
Instantly, his body swelled, his aura became even more violent, and a fierce light flashed in his blood-red pupils.
Seeing this, Ma Hongjun glared at Dai Mubai furiously, gritting his teeth and saying, "You bastard! You actually have the nerve to eat Xiao Ao's sausages! You're simply a shameless beast!"