As the doors to the large hall closed, a large row of seats appeared before them. Under the indication of the staff, the hundred over assassins from the various squadrons took their seats in the front row. It would be a lie to say that they weren't nervous, as the majority of them were looking around and whispering to each other. Although they appeared to be relaxed, they were doing so to alleviate their nervousness. Low buzzing sounds of discussion reverberated around the large hall like a swarm of flies. The first segment of the competition was extremely important to the morale of the squadrons, as well as their overall results. Under such pressure, there weren't many people who were able to maintain their calm.
Emily was one of them, as she sat there calmly. From the moment the doors to the large hall had closed, all of the chaotic thoughts in her heart had already been tossed to the back of her mind. Although her family's' heart tempering 'method was unable to successfully turn her into a cold and callous assassin, it had an obvious effect on tempering one's heart.
Very quickly, a series of 'pa pa pa' sounds rang out as the lights lit up. A thin and weak looking little old man was already standing there. He was dressed in an extremely ordinary set of clothes, with a warm and gentle smile on his face. "I'm Cole Joseph. Haha. Today, I'll be the host of the scout arena assessment for everyone. The scout arena assessment is split into two segments, the Lightning Array and the Sealed Room. All of you are the cream of the crop of the younger generation of the Federation, so do your best. I wish you all good luck."
This little old man appeared exceedingly amiable and amiable, causing everyone to unknowingly relax, feeling as though they were bathing in the spring wind. That's right, we're elites! What's there to be afraid of!
"Lightning Array and Sealed Room? Hu... that's good! "
"I was originally worried that my results would be bad. Haha. I don't dare to speak about other things, but the Lightning Array is my specialty! The Caliban Academy's Lightning Array Academy record is held by me! This assessment is truly too amazing. "
Quite a few people present, who had their hearts hanging in suspense, clearly felt a sense of relief. Originally, they had assumed that there would be some special and novel assessment segment. However, in the end, it was the Lightning Array and Sealed Room. This wasn't something exclusive to the assassin training of those great aristocratic families. Many assassin academies would carry out similar targeted special training. This was a classic example of assassin training, with the basic rules being extremely simple. Naturally, there were high and low levels of difficulty. This was definitely good news for the majority of the ordinary assassins. If they were to be tested on some bizarre assassin training method from those great aristocratic families, those with too little knowledge and experience would be at a huge disadvantage.
"Only these two events? Are we not going to test the attack events?" an Assassin who was more adept at attacking asked, a little unwillingly.
"This is a scout test. Attack is only one aspect. Agility, speed, reaction, survival, and observation skills are the core of our test." At the same time, he pointed to the empty field in front of them. At the spot where he was pointing, there were four runways about two hundred metres long arranged side by side. The runways were densely packed with square grids, and in the air above these runways, there was a barbed wire mesh that corresponded to the size of the grids. This was the standard method the Federation used to train assassins – Lightning Formation.
Almost everyone present was a veteran, and they were very familiar with this stuff. They could tell at a glance that these Lightning Formation tracks were different from ordinary Lightning Formations.
First of all, it had to be twice as long. A normal Lightning Formation's runway was only 100 meters long, but this one was 200 meters long. Furthermore, the square grids on the ground were much smaller and denser than normal.
"Everyone should know the rules. The entire runways are filled with high voltage electricity, and only the random flashes of white light are safe. Once you take a wrong step, the voltage will instantly cover the entire runways. What you need to do is to stand in the correct grid in time, and traverse the entire runways as fast as you can." The little old man chuckled. "One more reminder. The difference between this and normal Lightning Formations is that the high voltage electricity within the runways is 200,000 volts. The time between the flashes of the small grids is approximately 0.5 seconds. Students participating in the competition should be mentally prepared."
"200,000 volts? 0.5 seconds? "
The Lightning Formation wasn't scary, but the numbers!
This was around four times the value of a normal Lightning Formation! Generally speaking, even for a new human, 50,000 volts was enough to paralyze their entire body. Unless they possessed a special special ability, a new human would not be much stronger than a normal human in the face of a unique attack like voltage. As for 200,000 volts, a person with a weak heart would die. What was even more ridiculous was the reaction time of 0.5 seconds. Those who were slightly slower immediately lost their confidence. It was simply impossible to maintain two changes of direction within a second while observing the surroundings.
The originally buzzing stadium instantly turned silent, while the faces of many people abruptly changed.
The little old man continued to speak. "Alright, let the test begin! I will randomly select the order of appearance. Students whose names are called, please step forward! Four people to a group, and proceed together! "
He casually grabbed four small balls from a box beside him, each with the participant's number written on them.
"Number 37, Kattamu Academy, Zorma!"
"Number 68, Adolf Academy, Elena!"
"… …"
The four people whose names were called walked up together, consisting of two males and two females.
Seeing a familiar face the moment they walked up, Emily had also paid attention to Elena. During the previous exchange between Adolf and Tianjing, Elena had brutally crushed Colby. Although she was defeated by Grai's sword, Emily had considerable acknowledgement of her strength. She was much stronger than herself at that time.
The four of them stood in front of their respective tracks. Without any superfluous words, the invigilator immediately pressed the start button after the word 'ready' rang out. A '3, 2, 1' countdown rang out, before flashing white squares lit up on their respective tracks. Every single track had a staff member in charge of observing them. Clearly, the overall performance of the participants would affect their final results. The first round of the competition had already given all of the squadrons a show of strength. Therefore, no one dared to lower their guard in the second round. Although there was no guarantee that they would be eliminated, no one dared to take such a gamble.
Clearly, the four of them were rather experienced assassins in the Lightning Array. Their speed was extremely fast, and their reactions were also extremely quick. Every single one of them accurately stepped onto the first square. However, not even a second later, a dense bolt of lightning flashed across the two tracks, causing a male and a female participant to be electrocuted to the ground.
The first step was easy. However, the second step, which required a mere 0.5 seconds of reaction time, was extremely difficult.
This was truly difficult!
The distance between the second square that had lit up was at least 5 metres. Although it wasn't too difficult for an assassin, who excelled in speed, to cross this 5 metres in a mere 0.5 seconds wasn't too difficult. However, the difficult part was that there was still a reaction time required for one to observe before making their move! Take the two of them for example. Their reactions were only slightly slower, and they were still in mid-air, unable to find a landing spot.
Immediately, a staff member who had been standing by the side ran over to perform CPR on the two. Even with the protection of Soul Power, 200,000 volts of high voltage electricity was enough to make them suffer. Even with the concept of numbers, it was only a concept. Only when they truly took action did they realize that they would not be able to react in such a short amount of time.
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