"Then why could I use it just now?" Li Fulan rubbed her forehead, asking in confusion.
Li Fulong sighed, "That's because your assassination target isn't here, and you're not using the Hidden Dust Robe against your target, so naturally, there's no problem."
"So that's how it is. No wonder Brother didn't use the Hidden Dust Robe against that big傻大个 at first."
After hearing Li Fulong's explanation, Li Fulan finally understood.
At the same time, Yang Lie was walking towards Xin Ci's room.
In his opinion, Li Fulong, who had intended to assassinate him, had been dealt with by Mo Yunsheng, meaning he could proceed with his target without any worries.
However, just as he reached the outside of Xin Ci's room, the door automatically swung open.
Yang Lie became cautious and didn't step inside.
He suspected that Xin Ci, like him, had found someone to cooperate with, so there might be more than just Xin Ci inside.
In his view, even if there were a few more people in the room, as long as their assassination target wasn't him, they couldn't do anything to him.
However, Yang Lie didn't want to expose himself too early. If he couldn't eliminate Xin Ci in one go, Xin Ci would be on guard against him next time.
To prevent this, Yang Lie didn't rush into the room immediately.
But as he unconsciously took a step back, his rear foot seemed to have touched a thread.
A chill ran down Yang Lie's spine, and a sense of foreboding surged within him. He quickly turned around.
But the sharp thread, like a blade, cut towards his neck.
Caught off guard, he tried to raise his arm to block, but another thread silently wrapped around his arm, rendering him immobile.
Yang Lie could only watch helplessly as the thread sliced towards him, a cold sensation reaching his neck.
*Crack!*
His White Ghost Mask shattered, saving his life.
But because of the broken mask, Yang Lie was forcibly teleported out of the Shadow Realm.
As he left, Yang Lie's face was filled with shock.
He hadn't even seen the person who intended to assassinate him before being eliminated.
With his failure, Yang Lie finally realized in hindsight that Li Fulong's assassination target had never been him from the start.
But it was too late.
After Yang Lie was eliminated, Xin Ci slowly walked out of the room.
The thread trap he had set outside the room earlier had been effective.
He had initially used the threads to open the door not to lure Yang Lie in, but to confirm if Yang Lie was alone outside, making it easier for him to act.
Meanwhile, Li Fulan's assassination target was quickly found—a person wearing a purple ghost mask.
Since Li Fulong's target wasn't this person, he was able to use his thread gauntlets to bind him.
Then, Li Fulan stubbornly used a soup spoon to poke at his throat, tormenting the person wearing the purple ghost mask for a long time before triggering the mask's effect, leading to their elimination.
At the same time, other examinees also dealt with their respective targets.
"The third round of assessment is over!"
As Elder Chi Mu's voice echoed throughout the Shadow Realm, the remaining five people returned to the Shadow Hall.
In the hall, in addition to Li Fulong and Li Fulan, Ye Xinran had also passed the assessment, becoming one of the final five.
As all five of them passed the assessment, their masks shattered, revealing their true appearances.
Especially Xin Ci, who was now in a female form. The exquisitely beautiful face revealed after the mask shattered drew the attention of Li Fulong and the others.
Li Fulan stared at Xin Ci with her large, watery eyes and exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, I didn't expect this little dwarf to look so good!"
Because she had a poor impression of Xin Ci before, she had thought Xin Ci was just an ordinary-looking dwarf.
But upon seeing Xin Ci's true appearance, she found that the person was actually more beautiful than anyone she had ever seen.
Li Fulan couldn't help but poke Li Fulong, who was equally stunned beside her, and teased, "Brother, why don't you take them in and make them my sister-in-law?"
"What nonsense are you spouting, you little brat?"
"I'm not spouting nonsense. You were just staring straight at them. Don't tell me you've fallen for that little dwarf?"
Li Fulan, like a little devil, grinned at Li Fulong.
Li Fulong's face immediately turned a little embarrassed. He coughed deliberately and said, "You're mistaken. I was just thinking about something just now."
"Thinking about how to marry her, right? Hehe..."
"You little brat, if you keep talking nonsense, be careful I don't knock your head again."
But Li Fulan remained defiant, sticking out her tongue and making a face at him, continuing to tease Li Fulong.
"No way, Brother, you're clearly just shy."
"Li Fulan, come here for a moment."
"No, you'll definitely flick my forehead."
Having seen through her brother's intentions, Li Fulan quickly scampered away.
Li Fulong smiled wryly, truly at a loss for what to do with her.
Sensing the admiring gazes around him, Xin Ci also sighed helplessly and shook his head.
Although transforming into this body helped him escape the Xin family's pursuit, this constant attention made him feel quite troublesome as a man.
However, more importantly, Xin Ci was thinking about learning the body refinement secret method of the Killing Heart Sacred Court as soon as possible to provide a perfect body for Mu Qingqing.
From the Su family onwards, Mu Qingqing had accompanied him as his second personality.
He had to do his best to help and protect her.
Now that he had passed the final assessment, he was not far from entering the Killing Heart Sacred Court and obtaining the body refinement secret method.
Xin Ci faintly looked forward to the day when Mu Qingqing could truly appear by his side, no longer just an untouchable second personality.
Elder Chi Mu looked at the five people and said in a calm tone, "Congratulations to the five of you for passing the assessment at the Youdu outpost and successfully becoming disciples of the Killing Heart Sacred Court."
Hearing this, joy appeared on all five of their faces.
Then, Elder Chi Mu waved his sleeve, and the surrounding scene
suddenly changed. They appeared in the center of an immensely vast and empty plaza.
The surroundings were shrouded in clouds and mist. Compared to the gloomy and cold Shadow Realm, this place was like a fairyland.
Mountains loomed in the ethereal immortal mist, and immortal cranes and spiritual birds circled within. As far as the eye could see, there were countless peaks, each with spiritual trees and herbs that would be coveted by many forces outside.
Here, the spiritual energy was a hundred times denser than in the outside world. Even a person with ordinary talent could reach the peak of the Lower Realm within a year of cultivation, and those with superior talent had hope of achieving the status of a king.
And within the immortal mist, Xin Ci and the other four saw several magnificent palaces.