Cyrus observed the crystal and then waited for the examiner to explain the rules of the test, Yan waited for everyone to organize themselves and then said: "Now let's carry out the second test which is elemental affinity, this test is very simple, every human being has a certain level affinity with some element such as water, earth, fire and some even have affinities with special elements, such as light, time and space."

Yan paused for a moment and then continued: "Of course this affinity comes in different grades and they are divided into human, earth and sky with sky being the highest level each grade is divided into high, medium and low to pass you just need to have an affinity medium-grade human.”

Finishing the explanation, Yan stopped and went towards the crystal and placed his hands on it, then the crystal shone with a very strong light blue light: "To perform the test, simply place your hand on the crystal and the intensity of the light will tell you the degree of affinity and color which element you have the greatest affinity for, in my case I have a low-level earth-grade affinity with the water element."

Then Yan took his hand away from the crystal which soon lost its shine, then Yan turned to the children and said: "That's all for the explanation now let's start following the same order as the previous test."

The children got excited and soon one of them came forward and walked towards the crystal, Cyrus looked at the boy who nervously placed his hand on the crystal and then a brown light shone brightly.

Seeing the light Yan quickly spoke: "Earth element, human grade middle level - you passed, go to that side and wait for the others to finish the test."

The boy breathed a huge sigh of relief and went in the indicated direction with a big smile on his face.

Seeing that the first person to take the test passed, the children began to get excited and want to take the test, but as expected the test would not be so easy and soon most of the children had failed.

“…Affinity grade human, low level – failed.”

“…Affinity grade human, low level – failed.”

“…Affinity grade human, medium level – passed.”

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The test continued and the number of people failing continued to increase, seeing this Yan thought internally: "As expected, the majority are complete rubbish, these tests are a waste of time, but there's nothing we can do if the children we take are complete rubbish, they were unable to carry out the necessary work and will die soon."

As Yan was thinking, a strong light disturbed his thoughts, he then looked at the crystal and spoke in surprise: "Water element affinity human grade high level, you really have a great talent."

Of course, the person responsible for this feat was Ryan, who happily thanked him for the compliment and then headed towards the small group of children who passed by.

Yan then thought while smiling: "At least it's not a complete waste of time, there are some that are worth it."

He then looked towards Cyrus who had not yet taken the second test but had shown great potential in the first test and wondered how good his results would be.

Luckily, he wouldn't have to wait long to get his answer, as it was soon Cyrus' turn.

Cyrus went towards the crystal thinking: "I hope my affinity is with fire, the techniques my father taught me are all from that element, if I have a different element like water, it will be a problem."

So, with a little nervousness he placed his hand on the crystal and soon the crystal emitted a strong red light that made everyone close their eyes for a moment.

Yan was completely surprised by this and even forgot to announce the result, ‘Earth grade affinity high level, almost sky level, what a frightening talent even among martial schools is an excellent result.’

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Cyrus was also surprised and thought: ‘This light is that of the fire element and it seems that my affinity is quite high, that's good.’

Cyrus then looked at Yan who was still standing there with a look of disbelief and waited for him to announce his result patiently.

Yan noticed Cyrus' gaze and quickly composed himself and announced, "Fire element affinity grade earth level high."

The result shocked everyone who was present and soon everyone started making a big fuss about Cyrus' result.

Ryan looked at the crystal that was still glowing a bright red color and thought, 'He really is a monster, I think I'm going to have to try really hard to not become dead weight on the team.'

Cyrus then started heading towards the group of children that passed by and as Yan watched him carefully, 'It's a waste to make him a slave with so much talent, our school will appreciate him a lot, if we take them there the school might even reward us for finding such talent.'

Yan then looked towards his companions, Noah noticed his look and soon he understood his intentions and nodded in agreement, after all he had also already reached the same conclusion as Yan, they would benefit much more if he took this talent to school than if they made him a slave, after all there was no way to steal the boy's talent.

Seeing Noah's approval, Yan smiled and his mood improved a lot for him, finally this trip started to have some value.

The tests continued and soon came to an end, as expected the majority failed with only 7 children in total having passed the test.

Yan then said, "The test is finished now you must follow Kyle to the final test."

Kyle then guided the remaining group to a secluded spot in the village where there was a large circle.

Kyle turned to the group and spoke with a smile, "Enter the circle and stand in a meditation position slightly apart from each other."

The seven quickly followed Kyle's instructions.

"Before explaining how the test will be carried out, I first have to inform you that everyone present has already passed the test at our martial school and is now ready to be part of our school, the next test is just a formality."

Kyle's words surprised everyone and Ryan asked excitedly, "Are you serious, Mr. Kyle?"

Kyle laughed and said, "Of course, willpower is an aspect that is always changing according to the experiences you have throughout your life, but keep in mind that a martial artist's will is something essential, someone without a strong will You may end up losing yourself and dying to an inner demon, but for now stay calm and just do your best, we won't eliminate you because of that aspect."

'After all, willpower is not important for slaves.' Kyle thought while laughing internally.

Of course, the children didn't know the truth and began to celebrate that they had passed and entered one of the powerful martial schools.

Ryan turned to Cyrus and said, "That's it we did it, now no one can stop us."

Cyrus smiled and also celebrated after all he was also excited about being able to enter a martial school. Kyle then continued, "Now for the next test it's pretty simple you guys just have to stick it out."

Then he took out a large horn from his interspatial ring and soon a great pressure emanated from the horn that silenced everyone.

Kyle laughed and said: "This horn belongs to a rank 5 great beast that was killed by me, but as a rank 5 beast even dead its body emanates great pressure what you have to do is simple when I remove the seals in the horn you have to resist this pressure for as long as possible, understand?"

Everyone nodded their heads indicating yes.

Ferocious beasts were divided into ranks ranging from 1 to 12, with rank 1 equaling body refinement, rank 2 equaling Qi refinement and so on, and each rank was divided into 9 levels.

Kyle then walked towards the center of the circle and began to undo the seals on the horn, instantly a great pressure descended on everyone making them have great trouble remaining conscious.

Kyle finished undoing the seals and soon left the circle and then looked towards Cyrus and thought: 'Now let's see, will he have great results at this stage too.'

Soon a few seconds passed, but for the little children it seemed like those seconds felt like hours, most of them had their teeth clenched and sweat dripped from their faces as they gave their all to resist that terrifying pressure.

Cyrus was also having great difficulty resisting the pressure exerted by the horn, 'What terrifying pressure I can't imagine what it would be like to face that kind of creature.'

'The pressure is terrifying, but I can handle it for a while, I think that the better my result, the better evaluated I will be by the martial school and I will have access to more resources and techniques so I will give my all to resist as much as possible.’

Time passed and soon 3 minutes passed and with that 2 of the children couldn't take it anymore, one of them being Ryan who hadn't been the worst for a few seconds at most.

Kyle looked at Ryan and thought, 'This was the one with the second most talent, but it seems like he's not the type to try hard, and of course his results on this kind of test wouldn't be good.'

'After all, this type of test does not favor the talented, but rather those who are willing to overcome and resist any obstacle in their path.' He then ignored the two who had been eliminated and focused his attention on Cyrus' test.