Before Li Fulong could react, his entire body was bound by chains.
With a strong tug from Xin Ci, Li Fulong was forcibly dragged down from the tree and landed on the ground.
"Bastard, let go of my brother!" Li Fulan shouted in anger, seeing her brother controlled by Xin Ci.
The original Wind Thunder Bow had been replaced with ordinary arrows, and she drew it back, preparing to shoot at Xin Ci.
But two mechanical cold crows appeared beside her at some point, knocking over Li Fulan's arrows and preventing her from drawing her bow again.
Li Fulan was the first to expose her position, so how could Xin Ci not pay attention to her.
"You'd better not act rashly, otherwise I can't guarantee your companion's safety," Xin Ci said coldly.
"Bastard, you little runt are too despicable!"
"Likewise, you who snuck around behind me to sneak attack me probably don't have the right to say that to me."
Facing Li Fulan's scolding, Xin Ci retorted without politeness.
Li Fulan was speechless upon hearing Xin Ci's words.
Although Li Fulong was bound by chains, he did not panic. He calmly said to Xin Ci, "Friend, we have no deep enmity. We are all examiners, and there's no need to make things difficult for each other. Besides, aren't the targets in this round the death row prisoners?"
"No deep enmity? Your lightning arrows almost killed me, is that not making things difficult?"
"But you are indeed still alive, aren't you? If we truly wanted to kill you, that arrow you faced on the mountain wouldn't have just aimed at the cliff below your feet."
Li Fulong's speech was neither fast nor slow, without a trace of panic.
However, this guy was indeed not lying.
The Wind Thunder Bow was terrifyingly powerful, and Li Fulong had initially just indulged his sister's antics, only slightly disciplining Xin Ci without delivering a fatal blow.
Xin Ci pondered for a moment after hearing this and checked the information on the white jade ring.
Because of his conflict with these two, the number of kills by other examiners was gradually increasing, quickly catching up to their rankings.
He didn't want to waste time on this brother and sister, so he casually removed the chains on Li Fulong and said indifferently, "Don't bother me again. If there's a next time, I won't let you off so easily."
After saying this, Xin Ci turned and walked into the forest.
Seeing Xin Ci leave, Li Fulan rushed to her brother's side anxiously and asked with concern, "Brother, are you alright? Did that hateful little runt do anything to you?"
"I'm fine..." Li Fulong waved his hand and slowly stood up from the ground.
Only after confirming her brother was safe did Li Fulan breathe a sigh of relief.
The next moment, she looked in the direction Xin Ci had left, her cheeks puffed out in anger.
"Brother, that little runt bullied us like this, don't you want revenge?"
"You little girl, we are here to participate in the disciple selection of the Killing Heart Holy Court, not to cause trouble."
Li Fulong flicked his sister's forehead impatiently and lectured her earnestly.
"Ouch, brother, why are you flicking my forehead?"
Li Fulan rubbed her smooth forehead, looking wronged.
Then she glared at Li Fulong with resentful eyes, pouting in dissatisfaction, "Brother, why are you like this? You don't help your own sister, but you speak for that little runt. Could it be that you've taken a liking to that little runt?"
"What nonsense are you talking about! She's wearing a blue ghost mask, I can't even see her face clearly, let alone be attracted to her."
"So, does that mean if she wasn't wearing the blue ghost mask, you would have taken a liking to her?"
"Hey? What kind of logic is this, you little girl!"
Li Fulong was amused and angered by Li Fulan's twisted reasoning. He wanted to flick the little girl's forehead again.
Seeing this, Li Fulan took off running, dodging him.
"What are you doing? Believe it or not, I'll tell Big Brother and the others when we get back that you only bully me."
"I just want you to wake up. That person had a complete opportunity to eliminate both of us, but she didn't. This shows that person is not a cold-hearted person."
"Hmph, what's there to that? Didn't we also show mercy to her before?" Li Fulan pouted in dissatisfaction.
Li Fulong shook his head, unable to do anything with this little girl, and said, "Alright, alright, I won't argue with you anymore. Don't forget that the second round of assessment is still ongoing."
"Oh, right, brother, let's quickly deal with the remaining death row prisoners. We can't fall behind that little runt."
Li Fulan patted her head, finally realizing, and quickly pulled Li Fulong to look for the remaining death row prisoners.
Although the initial more than two hundred examiners were caught off guard by the death row prisoners.
Originally, their numbers were far fewer than the death row prisoners, and one-third of them were eliminated at the start.
However, most of the remaining examiners possessed special spiritual weapons, and the numerical advantage of the death row prisoners quickly diminished.
As the number of death row prisoners decreased, the top ten rankings for kills also changed rapidly.
Only the top three remained unchanged.
Although Xin Ci's two cold crows were damaged, reducing his inspection range, he quickly reached four hundred and forty-five kills with the advantage of the sniper rifle, a special weapon.
This number was already close to half of the death row prisoners.
Li Fulong and Li Fulan were not as exaggerated as Xin Ci, as they did not have the assistance of cold crows, and it took considerable time to search for the hidden death row prisoners.
However, under the immense power of the Wind Thunder Bow, the death row prisoners had nowhere to escape.
The combined kill count of this brother and sister pair reached over three hundred.
As Xin Ci shot the last death row prisoner with the sniper rifle, the second round of assessment officially ended.
Everyone was once again teleported back to the Shadow Hall.
However, this time, only ten examiners truly remained in the Shadow Hall. Those outside the top ten kill count appeared here for less than two seconds before being forcibly transferred out of the Shadow Realm.
Xin Ci noticed that among those who passed the second round of assessment, including himself, besides Li Fulong and Li Fulan, there was also that woman Ye Xinran.
That person could pass the second round of assessment, so she must have some special skills.
The remaining ten people looked at Elder Chi Mu above the Shadow Hall, quietly waiting for him to announce the final assessment.
Elder Chi Mu scanned the remaining ten people, his gaze lingering on Xin Ci for a moment.
In his opinion, this young man's performance in the second round of assessment was truly astonishing, as he alone accounted for half of the total number of death row prisoners killed.
In the top ten rankings, only Xin Ci's kill count had a clear gap with the second place.
This was a situation that had not appeared in assessments at other outposts, so Elder Chi Mu had to pay special attention to Xin Ci.
"Congratulations to everyone for successfully passing the second round of assessment. However, according to the rules, only five people can ultimately become disciples of the Killing Heart Holy Court, so you will now face the final assessment," Elder Chi Mu said.