The moment Luo Weiwei stepped into the Black Forest, she felt a strange sensation; the concentration of pure yang energy here seemed even more intense than outside.
Though she didn’t understand why, Luo Weiwei naturally wouldn’t pass up this opportunity and immediately found a safe spot to sit cross-legged and begin cultivating.
As for hunting demon beasts, the young girl wasn’t in a hurry; she had three days after all.
What frustrated the girl was that she hadn’t seen Qin Jue once since arriving at the branch hall. She had originally wanted to ask Qin Jue about his true identity, but unfortunately, she never got the chance.
Then again, even if she asked, Qin Jue probably wouldn’t tell her.
While the girl was diligently cultivating, the other new disciples began searching everywhere for demon beasts. Since forming teams wasn’t allowed, everyone was acting alone.
Soon, the sounds of battle and roars rose and fell throughout the Black Forest, creating an extremely intense atmosphere.
Compared to human martial artists, demon beasts possess greater attack and defensive power. However, with the exception of a few special types, most demon beasts are also relatively slow and do not understand martial techniques. Therefore, it is rare for a demon beast to defeat a human martial artist of the same rank.
Of course, defeating these demon beasts might not be difficult, but killing them is very hard. Many demon beasts, once outmatched, immediately choose to flee. Even if they can’t escape, they will turn and fight desperately, often resulting in the demon beast’s death and the human martial artist who killed it being severely injured.
Thus, hunting more than three Yellow Rank demon beasts within three days is an incredibly difficult task for these new disciples.
Boom!
With a loud crash, a new disciple slammed into a tree trunk, spitting blood, his face instantly turning deathly pale.
“Dammit, this demon beast is too strong!”
Watching the demon beast across from him continue its charge, the disciple gritted his teeth, had no choice, and took out his jade token, activating it.
Not long after, an instructor, sensing the spiritual energy fluctuation, rushed over and rescued the new disciple.
Moreover, similar scenes were constantly occurring in other places, and becoming more frequent.
In fact, after screening, only Low Yellow Rank demon beasts were supposed to be active in this area. Even the weakest new disciple should have been able to put up a fight. The reason most new disciples lost was entirely because they didn’t know how to utilize the spiritual power and martial techniques they had learned.
This trial was precisely to eliminate those new disciples with insufficient character.
After all, to become a martial artist, practical combat is the most important thing, besides innate talent.
And so, the trial continued for two days. During this time, over one-third of the new disciples activated their jade tokens due to exhaustion or inability to defeat the demon beasts, and were ultimately rescued by the instructors.
Among them, five successfully hunted one demon beast. Although these five didn’t last until the end of the trial, they still proved themselves. According to the rules, they could still enter the Outer Sect.
It is worth mentioning that midway through, a new disciple tried to take shortcuts by stealing the spoils of other fellow disciples. He was discovered by an instructor and directly eliminated.
These instructors were all Mystic Rank martial artists who had developed spiritual sense. With the help of the branch hall warriors, they wouldn’t feel tired even after two days and nights without sleep. As long as no high-level demon beasts appeared, protecting over two hundred new disciples was not a problem at all.
“One final day left.”
Gazing at the seemingly endless Black Forest before him, Zhang Yue breathed a sigh of relief.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yue couldn’t help but look at Qin Jue, who was sitting cross-legged on the stone pillar. For these two days, Qin Jue had been sitting there drinking during the day and going back to sleep at night as if nothing was wrong, seemingly not taking this trial seriously at all.
But given that he was the Sect Master’s junior brother and his cultivation had reached the Earth Rank, Zhang Yue didn’t dare say much.
“Hmm?”
Suddenly, Qin Jue, sitting on the stone pillar, opened his eyes and looked into the distance.
Zhang Yue, sensing something was wrong, quickly asked, “What is it, Grand Elder?”
Before his words faded, Qin Jue had already flown out at an astonishing speed, heading straight for the Black Forest!
In that instant, Zhang Yue realized the severity of the situation!
…
Pfft.
A sharp fist wind, carrying a scorching aura, struck the demon beast’s head. The beast immediately flew backward, struggled painfully for a moment, and then lost all signs of life.
Luo Weiwei retracted her fist, and her tense body relaxed.
Before participating in the trial, she was already at the Middle Yellow Rank. Dealing with these Low Yellow Rank demon beasts was as easy as turning her hand. This was already the sixth demon beast she had killed. Barring any accidents, she should be able to break into the top three of this trial, perhaps even first place.
After living continuously in the Black Forest for two days and two nights, Luo Weiwei had roughly discovered the patterns here. During the day, the Black Forest was exceptionally rich in pure yang energy, about three times denser than outside.
At night, however, the Black Forest not only grew extremely cold, but the pure yang energy also completely dissipated, replaced by pure yin energy. Unfortunately, Luo Weiwei couldn’t absorb this energy and could only stare at it wistfully.
Retrieving the demon beast’s spirit core, Luo Weiwei wiped the blood off it and stored it in a pouch she carried with her.
Since only inner sect disciples were issued storage bags, Luo Weiwei still had to use an ordinary pouch.
“Hmm? This aura is…”
Just as she was about to leave, Luo Weiwei suddenly frowned slightly, her delicate eyebrows knitting together as she looked toward a patch of grass not far away.
“Roar!”
Accompanied by a deafening beastly roar, an enormous giant wolf suddenly burst from the grass, pouncing toward Luo Weiwei.
Before it even got close, the giant wolf spat out two wind blades from its maw, sharp as knife edges. If they landed, the young girl would almost certainly die!
At the critical moment, the spiritual energy within the girl’s body surged to its limit. She hastily retreated, then leaped high into the air, landing on a branch of a nearby tree.
Thwip! Thwip!
The wind blades continued with undiminished force, leaving two clearly visible gashes on a rock behind her, nearly cutting it in half.
“External projection of spiritual energy… This is… a Mystic Rank demon beast?!”
Luo Weiwei’s small mouth opened slightly, a look of shock on her face.
How could there be a Mystic Rank demon beast here?
Before the girl could figure it out, the giant wolf attacked again. It opened its bloody maw wide, as if to swallow the girl whole in one bite, a terrifying sight!
While the girl could easily hunt Low Yellow Rank demon beasts, she stood no chance against a Mystic Rank beast. She couldn’t even escape. With no other choice, she took out her jade token and activated it.
Fortunately, an instructor happened to be nearby and arrived almost the instant the girl activated the token.
“A Low Mystic Rank demon beast, a Gale Wolf!”
Seeing the giant wolf before him, the instructor was also stunned. A Mystic Rank beast had appeared here!
With no time to think, the instructor grabbed Luo Weiwei, pulling her away from the Gale Wolf’s attack.
“Damn it, how could there be a Mystic Rank demon beast!”
The instructor’s expression darkened. He fired three consecutive bursts of spiritual energy from his palm, striking the giant wolf. The wolf howled in pain and immediately fell from mid-air.
However, true to its nature as a Mystic Rank demon beast, even after being hit, it didn’t go down. Instead, it became even more ferocious.
“This is getting troublesome. I need to notify the other instructors and Hall Master Zhang as soon as possible.”
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Just then, the sensor on his arm suddenly vibrated.
“Huh?”
The instructor looked down and was shocked to see that over a dozen new disciples had activated their jade tokens simultaneously!
In that instant, a bad premonition washed over the instructor.
Could it be that there was more than one Mystic Rank demon beast?
