The scene instantly turned eerie and terrifying.
The surrounding beast statues came to life, their eye sockets pulsing with a faint green fire. They opened their cavernous mouths, staring menacingly, as if they would swarm forward in the next second and tear Ji Mo to shreds.
The fierce beasts roared or whimpered, exuding a ferocious, bloodthirsty aura. The oppressive force that washed over him could strike directly at the soul and shake the Dao heart.
If it were an ordinary cultivator, they would likely be unable to withstand it and collapse on the spot.
However, Ji Hanhan was a man of great experience and was not intimidated at all. He walked forward as if he saw nothing.
He even reached out and pushed aside the beasts blocking his path.
He was as steady as an old dog. Even when some beasts' scarlet tongues dangled just above his head, his expression remained unchanged.
"This child's Dao heart is stable, and his spirit is clear. His aptitude does not seem to be inferior to Bai Jingjing and the others," one of the Supreme Elders remarked, her expression a little surprised.
Although Bai Jingjing and the others had performed well back then, they were nowhere near as calm and composed as Ji Mo.
This meant that Ji Mo indeed possessed the qualifications to be the Saintess. This pretty boy wasn't freeloading; he genuinely had strength.
Another Supreme Elder, her face icy cold, snorted, "This pretty boy is clearly feigning indifference to provoke us. We absolutely cannot let him pass this trial so easily."
As she spoke, she formed hand seals, and several runes instantly sank into the ground beneath her feet.
To save face, she acted unethically and directly unleashed power beyond the scope of the assessment.
Suddenly.
A strong, foul wind swept through the tunnel, and violent energy surged. The previously quiet beasts instantly went berserk.
The surging energy also interrupted the real-time monitoring of Ji Mo by the Xuan Guang Mirror.
"Old Six, isn't this a bit much?" a Supreme Elder with kind eyes asked, feeling the action was inappropriate.
Once the beasts went berserk, they would be difficult to control, and there was a risk of someone getting killed.
"I know what I'm doing. I just want to teach this pretty boy a lesson," the sixth-ranked Supreme Elder replied, but a hint of ruthlessness flashed in her cloudy pupils.
"Those beasts, when they go mad, are no joke. If someone is accidentally crippled or killed, it will be difficult to explain to the Moon Sect."
The other Supreme Elders had concerns. They opposed Ji Mo becoming the Moon Sect's Saintess, but they wouldn't go so far as to cause his death.
Therefore, they quickly acted to repair the Xuan Guang Mirror, planning to stop the assessment the moment they saw Ji Mo being defeated.
"Roar..."
The roars of the beasts in the tunnel were continuous.
Their state had completely changed. They exuded a bloody aura, their eyes turned crimson, and they launched an assault on Ji Mo.
"Goodness, this isn't cute anymore. You'd better not provoke me, or don't blame me for being impolite..."
Ji Mo was somewhat helpless.
Wouldn't it be better for everyone to coexist peacefully? Why did they have to force him to act?
Before he could finish speaking, he was pounced on by a beast resembling a giant lizard.
Then, other beasts swarmed over, piling on top of him like a human pyramid, pinning him at the bottom.
On the mountaintop.
The Supreme Elders scrambled for a while before finally repairing the Xuan Guang Mirror, which then displayed the scene inside the tunnel again.
However, the area was empty; Ji Mo was nowhere to be seen.
"Oh no, where did Ji Mo go? Could he have been torn to shreds by the beasts!"
Several Supreme Elders felt a sense of dread.
If a life were truly lost, it would be difficult to resolve the situation.
The sixth-ranked Supreme Elder suddenly let out a scream as if she had seen something unbelievable, her face filled with disbelief. "What on earth happened? How did these beasts become like this?"
At this moment, the beasts had returned to their statue forms, but their appearances were completely different from before.
The once ferocious and menacing beasts were now all docile, striking various cute poses with forced, fawning smiles on their faces.
One giant lizard was particularly bizarre, its claws human-like covering its groin, making a funny face and sticking out its long tongue in a fake smile, which was quite amusing.
"How can this be!"
The wrinkled old faces of the Supreme Elders all showed immense shock.
They desperately wanted to know what had happened.
The beasts, which should have been rampaging, not only reverted to statues but were also forced to act cute. It was too bizarre.
"Could it be that Ji Mo did this?"
"Impossible. It's only been such a short time. He absolutely couldn't have done it. It must be a loophole in our formation."
"Where is he now? Was he eaten by the beasts, or did he move on to the next trial?"
The Supreme Elders chattered amongst themselves, then one of them controlled the Xuan Guang Mirror to connect to the scene of the next trial.
However, the space was empty; Ji Mo was nowhere to be found.
But there were still traces of someone having passed through the area.
The guardian of this trial was a peculiar flower that could create illusions, trapping people within them, unable to extricate themselves.
For anyone below the Emperor Immortal realm, the fastest record to pass was thirteen hours.
Even ordinary Immortal Emperors would take several hours to get through.
But now?
Ji Mo seemed to have passed without much effort, and the flower bud of the peculiar flower was also gone, clearly having been plucked.
The Supreme Elders exchanged glances. Even they couldn't have passed this trial so quickly, let alone found the flower's本体 and plucked it.
What was the background of this Ji person? Was he that terrifying?
They continued to track him using the Xuan Guang Mirror, becoming more astonished with each passing moment.
The remaining trials were all broken through. Nothing could stop Ji Mo's progress. He seemed to be strolling through leisurely, easily passing through the incredibly perilous tests.
"Cheating, it must be cheating!"
The sixth-ranked Supreme Elder kept shouting.
She truly couldn't accept this fact, firmly believing that Ji Mo must have cheated.
"How could he have cheated? Even if it were you, knowing all the procedures for each trial, you couldn't have done it like this, could you?"
Someone raised a doubt, unable to comprehend how Ji Mo had accomplished all this.
Old Six's face contorted, and she coldly retorted, "Precisely because I couldn't do it either, it proves he cheated. Could it be that this pretty boy's strength is even greater than ours? It's impossible, unless this pretty boy is actually a demigod from the Immortal God realm!"
The hall fell silent.
Some speculated that perhaps their deliberate increase in the assessment's difficulty had caused some malfunctions.
Others believed that Ji Mo seemed less than simple, far more monstrous than they had predicted, a true prodigy!
Given the strength Ji Mo had displayed earlier, he was more than qualified to be the Moon Sect's Saintess.
Although the Supreme Elders were divided and had disagreements, they ultimately concluded that Ji Mo had passed the assessment.
"Hello, is anyone there? I'm Ji Mo, here to participate in the Saintess test."
Ji Mo walked unimpeded all the way to the mountaintop and saw a grand hall. He shouted.
A moment later.
A response came from within the hall: "Ji Mo, from this moment on, you are the Saintess of the Moon Sect of our Wind Flower Snow Moon Cult!"
Ji Hanhan was stunned. I haven't even started the assessment, and it's already over?
They all said these Supreme Elders were difficult to deal with, but he didn't expect them to be so accommodating!