CHAPTER 140: CHAPTER 140

The group walked to the front when the gong rang reverberating around the grounds to get everyone’s attention.

Curiously the groups gathered to listen to their next task in anticipation. Amidst the chatters, Beautiful red butterflies flew from around them gaining numerous eyes before they converged on the platform to reveal a stunning woman. Her red dress hugging her hourglass figure, hair like that of blazing flames yet gentle eyes and a provocative smile.

"So you’re the little bunch that thinks you’re best of the best huh?" She asked her red lips curling upwards as her dark eyes narrowed. "Well as your senior I will give all of you an advice now. You all are a bunch of weaklings!"

Many faces soured at that but dares not voice their discontent. after all, most who came here are already known as geniuse. Praised to the heavens from where they came from. It is no doubt that they already build up their pride and only to be told that your weak?

"She really reaaly thinks She’s all that just because she is a teacher?"

"F@ck, just who does this woman think she is?"

Many frustrated voices murmured in indignant. Who else wouldn’t be?

Suddenly, swarm of butterflies surrounds those that voiced their thoughts.

"What the-!" One lady shrieks as the butterflies surrounds her as she frantically tries to use wind spells or fire spells to burn them away.

She wasn’t the only one.

Suddenly, the entire ground was full of people trying to eliminate the pesky bugs to no avail.

"Miss Fiore, miss Fiore, remember what the headmaster said!" One staff tried to calm the temperamental lady down wiping his sweat as he almost cried for the big demoness to have mercy on the poor idiots that provoked this walking disaster.

The woman, Lilliana Friore, a renowned genius in fire magic just sneered and waved her hand making the butterflies fade away as if mere illusions.

She wasn’t really planning to seriously attack this possible new comers. She just wanted to test them a little bit.

"Just a simple spell and they can’t even fight it off" She ridiculed. "These new comers are getting worst day by day"

Those who heared her sweat drops, ’Big Lady, that simple spell can render even senior students helpless!’ They complained in their mind but dares not voice it out loud.

Who, in the joint academy doesn’t know that this great beauty is as dangerous as a the flames of the netherworld?! Literally! The soul mage that have been able to summon and wield the Netherworld Flames as if it’s mere magic trick.

"I don’t care how good you think you are. If you want to join this stupid school, get it in that little brains of yours that your weak! That you know nothing! If you want to prove me wrong, then get stronger and graduates!" She demanded, loud, clear and full of domeeniring intent.

"I will be your facilitator for your second trial. You." She points at one of the senior students helping with the facilitation of the trials.

The ravennette cultivator gulped and points at herself.

"Yeah, explain to them their next trial." She ordered as she went to seat down even if that was supposed to be her job.

Nonetheless, no one dares refute.

The next trial will be held in a small realm. Each group will be given one crystal to protect. Get your crystal stolen, and your out.

The crystals will record the points of the group. The team that makes it to the top 100 will pass.

To get some points, there are plenty of ways.

Crush the crystal of your enemy and let your own crystal absorb it. Each crystal is worth ten points.

Another would be taking the number tag of the other contestant and let it be absorbed by the crystal.

The process of elimination is not simply based on the crystal. If you lose your contestant number, your out. However, as long as even just one member remains, they can still have a chance later on to continue with the trial.

Feng Jiao Xue immediately looked at the wide grounds full of contestants and tries to memorize who is in which team and assessing their possible threat level.

She wasn’t the only one with that thought though.

Everyone immediately started scrutinizing who they can ’prey’ on and who they should be wary of.

"Baichua and I will go line up to get our crystal" Wenjun volunteered as he dragged his friend along.

"Any intel on what the small realm would be?" Feng Jiao Xue turned to Lu Qing Yue for any information only to be met with a dissapointing negative.

"The small realm changes every year to make sure that the contestants won’t be able to prepare any cheats." Lu Qing Yue replied slightly dissapointed as well as it would help if they are at least given a clue about which topography they should prepare for.

"This time, space rings and other items are no longer forbidden to be used. It’s also to test who can use anything at their disposal to win" Jiang Li’s voice sounded in their minds making the group pause.

"It’s an open secret to some already." He added which made Feng Jiao Xue and Lu Qing Yue immediately start planning what to bring while Lin Zeyan looked at Jiang Li thoughtfully.

Mo Tianze patted Feng Jiao Xue’s shoulder to get her attention "Sister, I’ll go walk around for a bit"

"Are you sure? It’s crowded here" Feng Jiao Xue immediately worried but Mo Tianze just give her a bright grin.

"Don’t worry, I’ll just stretch my legs" He assured before running off.

Feng Jiao Xue subconsciously used her Qi to follow him along to make sure that he won’t get lost or to at least know if he gets in trouble.

Mo Tianzeof course, felt the strand of Qi wrapped around his wrist making him feel helplessly indulgent to Feng Jiao Xue’s worry and just let it be as he silently walked around the other contestants, trying to familiarize their scent as much as possible.

If he wants to help Feng Jiao Xue win this, strength would not be enough and he actually likes being useful to Feng Jiao Xue. Not out of fear that he would be abandoned but because he likes Feng Jiao Xue and if being of used can help make her happy, then Mo Tianze will make sure that he will always be useful to her.

Determined, he tries to remember the scent of each individual as much as he can to hunt them down later on.

The group waited for Zhou Baichua and Lin Zeyan for a bit from where they stood oblivious to what Mo Tianze was doing.

Despite the long line,they did move fluidly so it did not take long before the two returned and Feng Jiao Xue immediately used her mind link with Mo Tianze to inform him so that he knows it’s time to come back.

"Who’s going to hold on to this?" Xu Wenjun asked as he handed them a palm size purple crystal."They said that this thing has runes in it to make sure that contestants can’t hide them on space rings."

"Uhm, perhaps it would be best if Jiang Li hold on to it?" Lin Zeyan timidly suggested making the group look at the silent member.

"His a swordsman right?" Lin Zeyan pointed at the gleaming sharp sword by Jiang Li’s waist."It would be harder for other to steal it from him" he told them his reasoning which is actually logical but Jiang Li himself shaked his head and handed the crystal to Feng Jiao Xue.

"I have a feeling this would be more secure with you" He reasoned making the others wait for his explanation but he just went back to simply standing by the team.

"It doesn’t matter who holds it. What matters is that we work together to secure it" Lu Qing Yue agreed nonchalantly so the crystal ended up with Feng Jiao Xue.

"Alright you lot!" A voice as sweet as honey once again rang around the grounds, if you the words spoken by such a musical voice.

"You all have three days to prepare. After three days, you return here so that we can send you off to the small realm. When the sun reach it’s peak, the small realm will open, anyone who doesn’t make it is disqualified. Anyone who cause chaos in the around is disqualified! And anyone who loses their crystal is disqualified and anyone who hires none contestants to mess with other contestants is disqualified, Clear? Good" Lilliana Friore didn’t wait for others to say anything else and like when she came, her figure vanished in a swarm of butterflies.

"Great, so we can meet up here three days from now?" Xu Wenjan asked as Mo Tianze finally joined them.

"No, it’s best if we stay together" Jiang Lu disagreed and before others could ask why Feng Jiao Xue continued his line of thought.

"The trial already begun"