Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 228 - 22: Is he the Minister of Agriculture? How can he be so vicious?! (Third update)

Chapter 228: Chapter 22: Is he the Minister of Agriculture? How can he be so vicious?! (Third update)

Upon hearing the second round of drumbeats, the surrounding crowd surged as if it were a market fair.

Zhao Xing couldn’t help but quicken his pace.

With the second round of drumbeats fading, he finally arrived at the Southwest Training Ground.

The crowd of over ten thousand people appeared like a sea of humanity.

In the four main institutes and other branches, Agricultural Masters were organizing the order, but for now, it was still chaotic.

Moreover, the number of people here exceeded ten thousand.

The Ministers of Agriculture had gathered on the northeast side of the training ground, while on the southwest side, a phalanx had been waiting early on.

Their formation was orderly, each person strong and robust, with all eyes fixed on this side, seemingly with ill intentions.

"That group is the Martial Artist phalanx."

Zhao Xing understood with one glance because previously the Marquis Tian had mentioned that the first course of mandatory training prohibited the use of magic and that there would be Martial Artists accompanying them in practice.

"However, the number seems a bit small, roughly only three thousand people, and they are all bare-handed."

At this moment, Tian Shan appeared.

Standing nine chi tall, clad in battle armor, spear in hand, he stood atop a high platform and roared, "Ministers of Agriculture from the Geography Institute, quickly gather before me!"

Zhao Xing immediately ran over.

Among the 200 people left from the fourth round, there were 115 B-grade talents and 85 A-grade talents.

There were a total of twenty-one A-level geniuses.

The total number of people from the Geography Institute was also fifty, the same as the Heavenly Time Institute, Taicang Institute, and Pinghuai Institute.

However, in the Geography Institute, only Zhuang Ziqing, Zhao Xing, Jiang Tianming, Cao Shuang, and Meng Song were A-level geniuses. Han Bing was merely A-midgrade.

The Taicang Institute and Pinghuai Institute each had three A-level geniuses.

The remaining ten were in the Heavenly Time Institute.

The most A-midgrade and A-lowgrade talents were also in the Heavenly Time Institute.

So, although the four main institutes had the same number of people, their actual strength was completely different.

"Listen up!" Tian Shan said, "For the next month, all training courses will be [impossible training] without the use of magic!"

"And every day will be actual combat!"

"Do you see the phalanx to the southwest?"

"There are only three thousand people!"

"Like you, they are also reservists, with the highest realm not exceeding the eighth-grade."

"These three thousand people are now your enemies."

"You must endure their charges without falling!"

"The Minister of Agriculture Supervision will record the time each of you falls. If, during the institute evaluation, you receive a C-lowgrade rating and fall among the first hundred in three consecutive sessions, you will be demoted, removed from the reserves, and sent back to your original place!"

"For the geniuses of the four main institutes, the requirements are even stricter!"

"If you are an A-highgrade genius, you must hold out until there are only twenty-one Ministers of Agriculture left in the field."

"If you are an A-midgrade genius, you must hold out until there are only fifty-three Ministers of Agriculture left in the field."

"If you are an A-lowgrade genius, you must hold out until there are only eighty-five Ministers of Agriculture left in the field."

"The B-grade geniuses of the four main institutes must hold out until only two hundred Ministers of Agriculture are left."

"As long as you haven’t completely lost combat capability, you can get up and fight again."

Tian Shan’s words stirred some unrest among the people below.

In such a chaotic battle, holding out until the end?

In a melee, a slight mistake could lead to being surrounded by several people and quickly losing combat capability!

"High treatment for geniuses, but higher requirements," Zhao Xing thought, unsure if he could hold out until only twenty-one were left.

However, those selected for the four main institutes all had good talent.

With good talent and better resources, they had plenty of time to prepare for this training. If they still lagged behind others, it would indeed be unjustifiable.

Once or twice might be fine, but if they continually lagged behind the less talented, there was indeed a problem.

The third round of drumbeats continued to sound.

In the phalanx on the southwest training ground.

Several Martial Arts masters were also shouting to the Martial Artist reservists below.

In front of one phalanx stood a bald middle-aged man named Fang Wu, a Grand Martial Master from the Azure Dragon Martial Arts Institute.

Fang Wu pointed behind him and said:

"Do you see those weak Ministers of Agriculture opposite?"

"They have over ten thousand people, three times your number!"

"But they are just Ministers of Agriculture, and they are banned from using magic! Numbers won’t help them!"

"You, however, have trained in martial arts from a young age, with skills far surpassing their few years of trivial practice."

"Now, you are bare-handed, while they wear straw capes and hats for protection. If they fall, they can get up and fight again. You must learn to defeat your opponents in the shortest time, rendering them incapable of fighting!"

"But don’t go all out; don’t kill anyone. You can only injure them, not kill them. This tests your ability to control your strength precisely. Only with accurate control of your power can you become stronger."

"After the training, rankings will be calculated based on the number of ’knockdowns.’"

"You are from the Azure Dragon Martial Arts Institute. I know some of you were recruited for your weapon skills, but without weapons, you should still be the strongest!"

Fang Wu continued, "Go defeat your opponents according to your respective institute ratings. If, in three consecutive sessions, you don’t meet your rating, you will be demoted!"

"I don’t want to see anyone from the Azure Dragon Martial Arts Institute eliminated. Understood?"

"Understood!"

.....

As the third round of drumbeats faded, the field fell silent on both sides.

The heads of the institutes on both sides had made the rules clear.

They then flew up into the sky, landing on a tower ship.

On the tower ship, a group of officials watched from above.