After the end of the first round, remaining peoples are given half an hour of rest for the second round. Many of the Senior students are also came to watch the examination, from this Ji Yun could tell second round will be exceptional.
Soon the second round of examination started, the Second elder once again came forward, "I congratulate everyone who advanced to this round but the true exam will be the second round." saying this second elder waved his hand, a wooden chest at least 1 meter of height appeared before everyone.
"Now let me explain the second rounds rules, inside the wooden box is the chakra core of a terrifying chakra beast, once I open the chest it will emit a terrifying pressure to those in the early stage of the mortal realm. If you are able to withstand the pressure and reach certain distance near the chakra core you are considered successfully cleared the second round. But seeing there are so many people here, I regretfully inform the first 3000 of you will only be able to join our academy, so use all your willpower and determination to overcome this round".
The chakra core was carefully taken out by one of the senior students and placed in the stand. Another 5 helpers came and draw a set of lines for the distance calculation. There are 200 lines are drawn using metal elemental chakra user, 1 line represents 1 meter.
"50th meter is the finishing line, whoever crosses it will be eligible to join our academy". The second elder explained and waved his hand towards the chakra core. Instantly a terrifying pressure descended upon the surroundings, some of the students became pale, others drenched with cold sweat.
Soon, every applicant started running towards the Chakra core. Many people easily crossed 20 meters without a sweat, from this one can see they are strong. Many of them gritted their teeth and walked towards chakra core, but after crossing the 50 meters everyone began to slow down. Even Ji Yun who was some distance away could feel a pressure from the chakra core.
"Elder Nyra, what chakra core is it, to give such a pressure". Ji Yun asked Nyra.
Hearing Ji Yun's word, Nyra smiled and said, "Its a chakra core of 9th rank chakra beast. But its slightly altered using an array for the test purpose, normally it won't emit such force but using an array we can extract such force. But if you encounter a real chakra beast, its pressure will be even higher".
"But I didn't feel any pressure coming from Mortal realm stage 9 practitioners". Ji Yun curiously asked.
"Naturally, you won't feel the pressure normally, but if they wanted to pressure you, then you will feel it. You will understand once you broke through to mortal realm stage 8, once you broke through mortal realm stage 8 you will be able to open chakra space in your mind. From then you can cultivate your spiritual power, once you obtain the spirit power you will be able to use it to detect everything around your surrounding or you can use it on someone weaker. Everyone calls it as chakra sense or chakra will".
Ji Yun was shocked by the Nyra's words because Ji Yun already has a chakra space in his mind and that to a huge one. From Nyra's words he can guess when one open their chakra space for their first time it will be small. 'How come I have huge chakra palace in my mind, is it because of the black door or is it done by someone?'. Ji Yun began to think but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't find the answer. Ji Knows he can only find the answer by himself in the future, so he didn't think much and once again began to watch the examination.
Surprisingly, 10 plus people crossed the 100-meter line with their pure willpower and determination. Even though they crossed the 100-meter line one can see some of their faces are little pale and full of sweat, seeing this one can imagine how much pressure they are enduring.
When Ji Yun looked at this people, he found first 7 students are in good condition like they didn't feel any pressure. Soon, he heard the voices from the crowd of senior students.
'The young man in the first place is Shi Zhen's cousin. Looks like Shi Zhen asked his cousin to join our academy, Shi Zhen itself a pain in the ass now even his cousin is going to join the academy'. A senior student said with a frown in his face.
"Not just Shi Zhen, you can see some young prodigies from Eight great families are attempting the exam. Look at the second place girl, she is from the Feng family named Feng Shu and the third one, she is from the Huo family Huo Luo. What's with this year's entrance exam, many Eight Great family geniuses are trying to join our academy. Why don't they go join their Sky Reaching academy, instead of coming to our academy and causing trouble". One senior student said with gritted teeth, you can easily guess he has some grudge with one of the eight great families.
'Not only them, even Kong, Tie, Jin and Yue family also sent their geniuses. I think a major outbreak is going to happen in our academy soon. From last 5 years, many people from Great families joined our academy and created their own faction, oppressing many of the common students'. Another senior student said with a sigh.
Even the second elder is having an angry expression, but he didn't do anything. From this one can guess how serious the situation is, but nobody didn't take any action.
Looking at the situation and listening to the senior student chatters, Ji Yun could pretty much guess the intention of Eight Great families. 'Looks like they sent their younger generation to obtain something from the academy, sigh seeing the situation, I guess I won't have any peaceful time'.
"Elder Nyra looks like great families are eyeing something from the academy. Do you happen to what is it?. If it's inconvenient, you don't have to say it". Ji Yun asked Nyra in low voice.
Hearing Ji Yun's question, Nyra turned and looked at him with a serious expression, Yu Mengxi was also astonished by Ji Yun's sudden question. Nyra looked at Ji Yun for some time like she is pondering something and finally asked, 'Did you guessed everything yourself?'.
'Yes'
Nyra let out a low sigh and said, "You guessed right. But not many people know about this, so you should not reveal this matter to anyone. Our academy has something which is coveted by many people, but our strength is also equally strong so no one would attack us openly. It triggered many powerhouses to send their younger generation, but no one has succeeded yet. I can only say this much".
When Ji Yun heard Elder Nyra's confirmation, he was surprised but not overly surprised. He can also guess what the powerhouses are thinking, Ji Yun decided to increase his strength as soon as possible to face the worst outcome.
The second round of the examination also nearing the end, 20 people easily passed with a little bit of struggle, you can easily tell their from great families by their noble aura. Some common background people also crossed the 50-meter line with their strength and willpower. Most of the people lost their strength in the midway and carried out, some of them are struggling to pass within the first 3000.
Examination ended after the 3000th student crossed the line, but the people at the back become dejected and dispirited. No one knows what kind of danger is lurking in the academy and because of the rules elders couldn't do anything about it.
'Everyone who passed the examination, you can join the academy at the first of next month. Accommodation will be provided by us, food will be up to you'. One student came forward and informed everyone.
Since the exam is over everyone dispersed from the examination area, some left happily, some sad. Ji Yun also soundlessly left after saying goodbye to both Nyra and Yu Mengxi. Since he confirmed his question about the cultivation, he no longer has to suppress his breakthrough to mortal realm stage 2.
Ji Yun planned to break through to next stage tomorrow after getting good sleep. There was also another question in his mind, 'will the black open again, after his breakthrough'. He was anticipating what will the future be like.