The trial was a test of one's ability to fight in a comprehensive venue.
With the help of the device, the range and strength of the Abyss Nightmare Beast's [Nightmare] skill would be greatly increased. The participants would be guided into the Nightmare World so that they could use the illusory Nightmare World for the trial.
In the Nightmare World, any venue could be constructed at will. It would only take one thought to build a flat ground or a tall building.
Besides, dying in the Nightmare World wouldn't be a real death. The participants would only be traumatized to a certain extent and they would be able to recover slowly.
The big screens on the stage could show what was happening in the Nightmare World in real time.
The participants would be randomly selected into groups of a hundred. Only ten people would be selected from each group!
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The announcer announced the start of the trial after the rules were read out.
The first group of participants was selected by the device. They left the staging area and went down to the stage where the ninth-rank Abyss Nightmare Beast was.
The Abyss Nightmare Beast wasn't large in size compared to other ninth-rank beasts. However, its spiritual attacks were powerful and hard to defend against. It was a tricky beast to deal with.
All the participants felt the pressure from the Abyss Nightmare Beast.
Su Ping noticed that Su Lingyue was in the first group. So was Ye Hao.
Qin Shuhai noticed this as well. He blinked but didn't show any reaction.
Fei Yanbo's mind was focused on his student. He became nervous when he saw that Luo Fengtian was in the same group.
With the help of the staff, the participants put on the Astral Helmets. Their consciousness was guided into the Nightmare World of the Abyss Nightmare Beast through the device.
The first place they entered was the staging area in the Nightmare World.
On the big screens, they could see that this was an ancient battleground.
Over a hundred people were walking around, looking around. Some of them even thought that the trial had begun. They tried to attack the people around them but their attacks went right through the latter.
In this way, the situation became very awkward.
As the trial officially began, over a hundred people disappeared from the ancient battleground and were teleported to a vast forest. There were sand, swamps, and rocks in the forest. It was a kind of land complex.
There were over a hundred screens under the stage and the ten largest ones in the middle. The participants who performed well in the trial would be shown on the screens in the middle.
At the moment, the ten screens were empty. Only the view from the sky could be seen, showing the structure of the Nightmare World to the audience.
Su Ping's eyes lit up. Soon, he found Su Lingyue on a screen that was ten square meters in size.
She was next to a lush forest. As soon as she appeared, she summoned the Phantom Flame Beast and the Moonfrost Dragon.
Dragons were very popular. Many people were focused on Su Lingyue as soon as she showed up.
Su Ping, Su Lingyue..
With the Moonfrost Dragon's protection, she would not suffer any losses.
Su Lingyue would be able to pass the test of consciousness and she wouldn't be able to fully display the Moonfrost Dragon's abilities. That being said, she would be able to pass the test by copying the Moonfrost Dragon's abilities in her mind.
In the trial space, there were two ways to advance.
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Every time a contestant was killed, one point would be accumulated. Those with more points would have priority to advance.
The second was to obtain the dreamland stone.
One Dreamland Stone was worth 20 points.
But there was a drawback of the Dreamland Stone. Every now and then, a beam of light would be released from the Dreamland Stone to reveal the location of the participants, which would attract a large number of pursuers.
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As the trial began, three people gradually appeared on the ten screens in the middle. They were leading in points and had already killed someone.
"That guy seems to be from the Ye family." Qin Shuhai chuckled as he looked at one of them.
Su Ping followed Qin Shuhai's gaze. On one of the screens was a young man in a cyan robe. He was tall and straight with a cold expression. There were three pets around him. None of them were battle pets, but support pets.
The three pets provided tracking, concealment, and vision detection.
In the sky, there was an invisible Wind Bird flying. This was a pet with a sixth-rank bloodline, but it was as useful as a seventh-rank battle pet.
Su Ping realized that this person was not Ye Hao.
Apart from Ye Hao, the Ye family had many other young talents.
Next to this screen was another familiar face. It was Fei Yanbo's student, Luo Fengtian.
He summoned his Black Pit Dragon directly, which was his main pet. Since he had already exposed his Black Pit Dragon at the branch venue, he didn't plan to hide it.
With the help of the Black Pit Dragon, Luo Fengtian had already killed two people in a row. He was going on a rampage. It seemed that he wanted to kill as many as he could before the other participants gathered together.
He had to admit that he was doing the right thing.
But the prerequisite was that he had enough confidence in his own strength!
Su Ping looked at the screen and then turned back to Su Lingyue. As a matter of fact, he believed that the most dangerous part of the trial was not the finals, but the first round!
The Moonfrost Dragon was powerful but what if Su Lingyue wandered around without killing anyone or finding the Dream Stone? The Moonfrost Dragon wouldn't be able to do anything, no matter how powerful it was.
Even if she was carried by a legendary battle pet warrior, she would not be able to escape from the Copper Ocean. That was the painful experience of Su Ping from his previous life!
If he could be carried away by a legendary battle pet warrior, would he still deserve to be called the King of Copper?!
The answer was clearly, no!
"Go and find her …" Su Ping murmured to himself. He prayed that Su Lingyue would be lucky enough to run into a large group of people.
Qin Shuhai could tell that Su Ping was nervous.
Is he … nervous?
Qin Shuhai was taken aback. He was at a loss.
Didn't Su Ping say that he would be the champion? Why would he be nervous during the trial?
Besides, wasn't there that mutated Moonfrost Dragon? After all, the Moonfrost Dragon was one of the Top 10 dragons and had reached adulthood. The Moonfrost Dragon should be at least at the seventh rank. It was quite possible for the Moonfrost Dragon to make it to the Top 100.
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"Oh, no. Your sister is in trouble."
Fei Yanbo's expression changed as he shouted at once.
Through the red dots on the small map, he could see many people around Su Lingyue. There were at least a dozen of them. Su Lingyue was surrounded.
Those people didn't know where Su Lingyue was, nor did they know each other's locations. But as they moved, they would run into each other.
Su Ping's eyes glowed.
This is great!
His heart instantly calmed down, and he relaxed.
Soon, Su Lingyue ran into the first person. Both of them were surprised when they saw each other.
Out of instinct, Su Lingyue wanted to run away. But the other person had already run away.
What is going on?
Su Lingyue realized that it was the Moonfrost Dragon that was standing next to her.
The Moonfrost Dragon must have been scared away by the Moonfrost Dragon.
For a moment, Su Lingyue was upset. She hadn't gotten used to the fact that she had a powerful pet like the Moonfrost Dragon.
Outside the stage, Su Ping was so angry that he almost vomited blood when he saw that Su Lingyue had let go of a point.
How can you let me go like this?!
You're not the Bronze King, you're the Iron King!
"Am I going to fail here …" Su Ping was nervous. He was even more nervous than when he was fighting against several beast kings. That was too much!
In the trial ground, Su Lingyue reflected on her actions and moved on.
Soon, she ran into another person. This time, she was more experienced. When she saw that the person was riding a seventh-rank Viridian Wolf, she told the Moonfrost Dragon to attack him.
Roar!
The dragon's roar frightened the Viridian Wolf that the person was riding. The Viridian Wolf didn't even have the courage to run away.
The Moonfrost Dragon dashed over and tore the person into pieces. She gained one point.
Su Lingyue was overjoyed to have gained one point. She smiled.
However, Su Ping was fuming with anger.
Who told you to use the dragon's roar?!
Su Lingyue's roar had alerted the enemy. All the other red dots were running away from her!
This was a hunt. Hunt, you know?!
Su Ping curled his lips in anger. But he knew that being anxious wouldn't do him any good. He only blamed himself for not teaching her how to hunt in advance. At the end of the day, that was the nature of students. They were too inexperienced in battles. Theoretically speaking, they could learn many things but on the battlefield, when stimulated by the environment, they would forget everything.
Time moved on. Half of the one-hour trial had passed.
After half an hour of hard work, Su Lingyue had accumulated five points. Still, she wasn't able to get on the big screen. She was only active on the small screens. Many small screens around her had dimmed down. The contestants on them had left after their defeats.
All ten screens were occupied. The one with the lowest score was 28 points.
One Dreamland Stone and eight heads.
Su Ping, on the other hand, calmed down. After half an hour of "excitement," he had thought things through. Being anxious wouldn't do him any good.
Moreover, he could tell that the competition system seemed to be quite fair.
The Dream Stones were the turning points. Once each Dream Stone was dug out, it would glow from time to time. Even if the contestants hid the Dream Stones somewhere in the forest, they would still glow.
Once a Dream Stone was found, it would be activated and become a signal tower for killing.
That would intensify the competition and killing in the trial. In the end, it would be the powerful ones who would survive.
On the screen, Su Lingyue was searching for a ray of light from a Dream Stone. She was unlucky. She didn't find the Dream Stone. She had to snatch the Dream Stones that others had found.
Su Ping saw anxiety and eagerness on her face, which comforted him and made him sigh at the same time.
If only she were stronger.
Of course, Su Ping knew that he couldn't blame her entirely. It was his fault for not making things clear. If he had told her before the trial that she could kill anyone she saw without being cautious, she wouldn't be in such a passive position.
Ten minutes later.
Su Lingyue was searching for a ray of light from a Dream Stone. She found the person who was holding the Dream Stone.
That person was one of the Top 10 contestants on the big screen but he had been seriously injured.
To keep the Dream Stone, that person had killed over a dozen people but he had also consumed a lot of energy.
That person's face was clouded when he saw Su Lingyue coming over with the dragon.
After some threatening words, Su Lingyue took action. She gave the signal to attack. The Moonfrost Dragon roared and dashed out. In less than half a minute, the battle was over.
This person, who had been on the big screen for half an hour, could not hold on for even half a minute and left the stage dejectedly.
Su Lingyue jumped onto the big screen.
"She's strong but she's not smart enough."
Qin Shuhai, who was sitting next to Su Ping, commented with a smile.
Su Ping knew that he was talking about the young man who had just obtained the Dream Stone.
The fact that the young man had killed over a dozen people was proof of his strength. He would definitely make it to the Top 100. It was a pity that he didn't have the temperament to restrain his greed. Snatching the Dream Stone too early wouldn't do him any good.
Qin Shuhai turned around and said to Su Ping with a smile, "Your sister is good at hiding her strength. She's only making a move now."
Su Ping was smiling as well.
But he was smiling bitterly inside.
She wasn't hiding her strength at all.
She was so stupid!
Given the Moonfrost Dragon's strength, Su Ping didn't think it would be a problem even if one of the Moonfrost Dragon could fight against a hundred people. That was unless the Moonfrost Dragon was ambushed at the same time by those people who had a chance to make it to the Top 10. Only then would she be kicked out of the stage.
Otherwise, even if there were twice as many pets, she would still be able to defeat those people.
"That's not a problem now," Su Ping said.
With the Dream Stone, Su Lingyue couldn't run away. She would become a target.
That way, even if she scared people away, more would come and attack her. Sooner or later, she would accumulate points.
He had to admit that he liked the way the competition was set up.
As time went by, every minute and every second passed.
The battle was heating up.
On the big screen, Su Lingyue's points were increasing.
Gradually, the audience's attention was focused on the girl.
She had been quiet for most of the time. Many people didn't notice her and were focused on the big screen. However, as Su Lingyue stepped onto the big screen, she attracted more people's attention.
The series of battles that followed caused people to exclaim in admiration. That dragon beast was too strong!
This young girl was actually a powerhouse who had hidden her strength deeply!
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