After walking for a few minutes through the drill ground, Xia Pingan and the others were taken to a three-story high platform that was more than 10 meters above the ground. It was completely built with steel bars, steel rails and various steel structural components.
There was no wall or staircase on the high platform. The ground and the surrounding walls of the high platform were covered with cracks and holes, large or small. Those cracks and holes could easily allow a person to drill in.
"This round will test your basic summoning skills. At the same time, at least half of you will be eliminated. Now, there are 82 of you. After a while, each of you will summon a slave soldier to compete with each other. I will light an incense stick. Before the incense stick burns out, the 41 slave soldiers who can stand on the top of the third floor of the high platform will be left behind.
If the summoned slave soldiers are killed or not standing on the platform, all of you will be eliminated. If the last incense stick burns out and there are more than 41 slave soldiers left on the platform, all of you will be eliminated. Alright, you can begin now. After you summon your slave soldiers, you must immediately give the order. You can only give the order once. After you give the order, I will use the God Barrier Bead to isolate the platform. No one will be able to give the order a second time. "
After saying this, the arrogant-looking young man in his twenties lit an incense stick in an incense burner under the high platform in front of Xia Pingan and the others. Then, the selection began again.
Without hesitation, the 82 people who came here summoned their own slave soldiers one by one with flashes of red light.
Xia Pingan also summoned his own elite slave soldier.
He took a look and found that at least one-third of the 82 people could summon elite slave soldiers. This ratio was really high.
To be honest, the summoning of slave soldiers was not a basic summoning skill in the Fire Country. Some summoners might not be able to master it for a long time after completing the Foundation Establishment. However, in this place, the Judgment Army seemed to have tacitly agreed that everyone who came here had mastered the summoning of slave soldiers.
The reason why this high platform looked so complicated and strange was that it could better test the strength and wisdom of the slave soldiers. Behind the strength and wisdom of the slave soldiers, it would indirectly reflect the situation of the summoner who had fused with the realm bead. Through a small slave soldier, the summoner could complete an evaluation of the summoner's secret mandala and get to the bottom of it.
Xia Pingan instantly understood the purpose of this selection.
The 82 slave soldiers stood in front of the 82 summoners.
The task order had to be issued immediately and could not be changed halfway. This set a higher requirement for the wisdom and judgment of the slave soldiers.
After everyone gave the order, all the summoners began to retreat. The young man who had just explained the rules moved his hand and took out a green bead the size of a pigeon's egg. He threw the green bead into the air. The green bead flew to the top of the high platform and stopped there. It bloomed with a green brilliance in the air. Rays of green brilliance fell from the sky like a waterfall and completely covered the high platform.
As soon as the green light fell, Xia Pingan felt that the connection between him and the elite slave soldier he summoned was blocked.
That green bead must be the God Barrier Bead. When used on the battlefield, this thing could block the connection between the summoner and the summoned creature within a certain range. It was equivalent to a remote-sensing signal block. It seemed to be quite advanced. Xia Pingan had never seen this thing before.
At this time, the ability of the summoned slave soldiers was reflected.
Almost at the same time when the green light fell, some slave soldiers had started to climb up the iron frame of the high platform towards the top floor by biting their weapons with their teeth.
However, the elite slave soldier that Xia Pingan summoned was a bit different. When the other slave soldiers started to climb up, the elite slave soldier that Xia Pingan summoned ran around the high platform and observed the situation everywhere. It was not in a hurry to climb up; instead, it just stayed downstairs in a corner away from the other slave soldiers and made a vigilant posture.
Only after a couple of minutes, some slave soldiers had climbed up to the third floor of the high platform along the iron pipes and frames.
One, two, three, more and more...
As more and more slave soldiers climbed up, when the number of slave soldiers surpassed 40, those slave soldiers who climbed up first started to prevent the other slave soldiers from climbing up. Therefore, the battle between the slave soldiers began.
The battle started to be splendid in a split second.
Those slave soldiers who climbed up along the periphery of the high platform were easily killed by the lances and javelins of the slave soldiers on the top floor. The moment a slave soldier was killed, a summoner would be eliminated.
Smart slave soldiers realized that it was more dangerous to climb up from the periphery of the high platform. Therefore, they changed their direction and climbed up from the inside of the high platform. When they reached the second floor, they would use those steel structures and steel pipes as a cover and break through the top floor from the inside of the high platform. In this way, both parties were evenly matched.
The long halberds and spears on the second floor could pierce through the gaps and wounds on the soles and legs of those slave soldiers on the second floor. As long as those slave soldiers on the second floor fell to the ground, some long halberds and javelins could kill them.
Elite slave soldiers who had javelins soon gained an advantage in this situation. Because javelins could be killed from a long distance, as long as elite slave soldiers chose to break through from the inside of that steel structure, they would have a chance to rush onto the high platform.
If the slave soldiers on the high platform wanted to avoid being injured by the slave soldiers on the bottom floor, they only had two ways: either escape from those gaps which could prevent slave soldiers from climbing up, or hide in some blind corners which were built by steel pipes and rails. However, the two choices would allow the slave soldiers on the bottom floor to rush up easily.
At the same time, once the elite slave soldiers reached the top, the space above them would be congested, greatly limiting their ability to cast their javelins. In the end, they would be rendered useless.
On the high platform, the battle cries of slave soldiers shook the sky.
In order to fight for the position on the high platform, the slave soldiers on the top floor tried their best to prevent the slave soldiers on the bottom floor from climbing up while the slave soldiers on the bottom floor tried their best to stab the slave soldiers on the top floor down.
This scene was as same as that of a siege.
More and more slave soldiers were killed and turned into light spots; more and more slave soldiers successfully rushed onto the high platform. Soon, the slave soldiers on the high platform started to avoid those gaps and holes which were easy to be attacked by the slave soldiers on the high platform. They started to try their best to hide in the blind corners.
The 'silly' slave soldiers who were guarding the gaps and holes and trying their best to stop the slave soldiers from rushing up were soon killed by the slave soldiers who were rushing up from below.
More and more slave soldiers rushed onto the highest platform. Soon, the number of slave soldiers on the highest platform broke through 40 and 50. After that, the slave soldiers on the highest platform started to fight each other.
Some slave soldiers were killed by other slave soldiers on the third floor of the high platform while some slave soldiers were pushed off the high platform.
The battle between slave soldiers was extremely fierce as none of them were afraid of death.
Not until then did the elite slave soldier summoned by Xia Pingan, who had been idling at the bottom, start to climb up.
The elite slave soldier summoned by Xia Pingan was the last one that started to climb up. After discarding its long halberd, it started to climb up from the inside of the high platform with only its javelin on its back. When it reached the bottom of the third floor, it stopped. It didn't hurry to climb up; instead, it just waited in the gaps and holes below the third floor, observing and being alert.
The incense downstairs was burning out bit by bit.
The battle on the top floor of the third floor soon came to an end. Those slave soldiers who were not powerful enough and were not smart enough were eliminated one after another.
When the incense downstairs turned into a finger-long piece of incense downstairs, the battle on the top floor of the third floor finally came to an end.
There were 41 slave soldiers standing on the top floor of the third floor of the building. Two-thirds of them were elite slave soldiers. Besides these 41 slave soldiers, only that slave soldier summoned by Xia Pingan was still observing, alert and waiting below the second floor of the building.
All the other slave soldiers had been killed.
At this moment, that slave soldier summoned by Xia Pingan finally took out its javelin. As it jumped up and down, it tried to use the terrain below to cover itself while throwing its javelin upwards through those gaps and holes.
In order to avoid being the targets of the javelins, 41 slave soldiers were moving around on the third floor and avoiding those holes and gaps which could be easily attacked. However, the javelins of elite slave soldiers could be thrown out from any place on the third floor as long as the holes and gaps were the size of a fist.
Before the elite slave soldier summoned by Xia Pingan launched an attack, the battle on the top floor of the building had become chaotic.
As the terrain below was open, they could run, jump and dodge; however, over 40 slave soldiers on the top floor of the building were huddled together. As a result, each slave soldier's moving space was completely compressed.
As the elite slave soldier summoned by Xia Pingan constantly moved around and assumed an attacking posture, in order to avoid the tools coming from below, the slave soldiers on top of it ran here and there like ducks being chased away.
In this case, those blind spots where they could dodge the attacks from below became precious.
All of a sudden, the battle on the top floor of the building broke out...
A slave soldier suddenly stabbed an elite slave soldier to death with his javelin. After that, the elite slave soldier disappeared and rushed to that blind spot.
The other two slave soldiers did the same.
A conflict broke out among the slave soldiers on the top floor of the building in a split second. As a result, three more slave soldiers were killed. As a result, there were 38 slave soldiers on the top floor of the building.
At this moment, that elite slave soldier summoned by Xia Pingan took advantage of the chaos on the top floor of the building and rushed up through a hole.
Finally, there were 39 slave soldiers on the top floor of the building.
That elite slave soldier summoned by Xia Pingan didn't experience any battle; neither did it kill any slave soldier. Finally, it easily stood on the top floor of the building and successfully promoted to a higher level.
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