Chapter 960 - 621: Competition Round One (2)

Chapter 960: Chapter 621: Competition Round One (2)

Liu Jisheng smiled.

"We were even worse that time, 80% of the teams fell in the first round."

"It even included some strong teams, otherwise we might not have qualified that year."

Fu Dusheng and Yu Duoduo recalled some unpleasant memories.

"By your account, 50% is already quite forgiving."

Li Pu spread his hands, not burdened at all.

His goal was to become one of the final 10 teams, so whether 50% or 90% were eliminated, it didn’t concern him.

"Since everyone present wants to join the adventure group, then naturally you must learn to deal with various situations encountered during adventures."

"So the first test of ability is how you cope with the heavy pressure of powerful beast aura."

"This round’s project is pressure resistance."

Judge Wang said as she put on a special mask.

Along with her, the judges moved in unison.

Then, under her control, the door opened slowly.

Buzz!

However, the door was only open by a crack, and everyone saw a strong light burst out.

"Holy crap! My eyes!"

"Ahhhhhh!"

"So dazzling!"

Most of the unprepared people had their sight affected.

But Li Pu was fine, totally unharmed.

Because [Willpower] has the effect of immunizing against blindness by strong light.

He even saw what was inside ahead of everyone else.

"Impressive, aura materialization?"

Similarly unaffected was Yu Duoduo.

"No wonder you’re an elite challenge team player, you really have insight."

Judge Wang nodded appreciatively.

"Then what do we need to do, defeat that angel?"

Li Pu pointed inside.

"Hmm? You can see it?"

Judge Wang was startled beneath her mask.

The other judges were also secretly surprised.

Looks like someone with Pupil Technique skills, who can actually see the existence of that magical beast with the naked eye.

"No need, it’s not your enemy."

But since a contestant asked, Judge Wang had to answer.

Originally, she didn’t want to explain too much.

"The Sin Angel, rumored to be a wondrous S-level 6-turn ethereal-type magical beast degraded from 8-turn."

"One of this beast’s specialties is aura manipulation."

"But you don’t need to worry, it’s very friendly and won’t attack you."

"And the content of this round’s contest is to see who endures the longest within its aura field."

"Only summoners are allowed to compete in this round, without bringing summoned creatures, and no mutual attacks or malicious interference."

"If 3 people withdraw, the alliance is considered eliminated."

"The first 19 alliances eliminated, unfortunately, your journey ends here this year."

As Judge Wang finished her introduction, the door was fully opened.

The summoner is the commander of the summoned beast, so resisting the beast’s aura without being affected to command is a necessary ability for adventurers.

The prior light had completely restrained itself, revealing a rather spacious training ground.

The training ground was empty, but the color of the walls was quite strange, as if coated with a special paint.

The key was that the already strong aura suddenly intensified at least twice.

Some contestants could barely withstand it, with their bodies shaking more noticeably.

These people were almost destined for elimination.

"What angel? Where is it?"

"I can’t see it."

"The aura is too strong, can’t even sense the source."

"I seem to see it, just a bit blurry."

Relatively able to endure, contestants began observing.

Only someone like Li Pu, who has activated [True Sight], a summoner skill for Pupil Technique, can see the beast’s appearance.

It was an ethereal angel, with its entire body in a highly transparent state.

The halo was replaced by ethereal ghost fire.

The eyes were blindfolded, the mouth sewn shut, head hanging low.

Hands were bound in a cross, while the eight wings were severely damaged, with two almost broken at the base.

Rather than being a friendly non-aggressive beast, Li Pu thought it more like didn’t have the strength to attack.

"Alright, now please step inside."

"And then the competition officially begins."

"It’s also a test of willpower."

"Anyone wanting to persevere need not worry, we have the most professional medical team."

At Judge Wang’s signal, the judging group began distributing those special masks.

Once the masks were put on, the aura’s influence felt reduced to the minimum extent.

Then everyone entered and took their positions, waiting for the judge’s order to simultaneously remove their masks.

Some tried to be clever, hesitating to remove their masks to extend their endurance time, but were immediately penalized and received glaring looks from their allies.

"Every 5 minutes, the aura will intensify once."

"Until the 19th eliminated alliance is determined, it will continue."

"Now, let’s begin the first wave of intensification."

"Good luck to you all."

As Judge Wang’s words fell, the door began to close slowly again.

Buzz!

As the door fully closed, the aura on the field immediately became stronger.

And through the special paint walls, it bounced back, attacking from all directions.

Li Pu could feel every pore on his skin, as if there were needles aimed, ready to pierce at any moment.

But he had faced an 8-turn max level magical beast, the Master of Sacred Void, so he could still handle it calmly.

Looking at others in the alliance, besides tiger skin man whose face looked unsightly, others maintained relatively calm expressions.

"Everyone, it’s best if we form a formation."

At this moment, Yu Duoduo suggested.

Since they formed an alliance, each was not an independent individual.

Just as mustache had said earlier, this year’s theme is cooperation.

Li Pu understood the implication.

If they stood in a clustered formation, the aura pressure would be less on each person, as other aspects were borne by allies.

"Sorry everyone, seems I should stand in the middle."

The tiger skin man’s self-awareness was objective, voluntarily showing weakness.

Standing in the middle receives the least pressure; the longer he endures, the more beneficial for the alliance.

Unlike other alliances, they only had five members.

For his suggestion, the other four agreed.

So centered on the tiger skin man, they sat tightly together.

Li Pu, Liu Jisheng, Fu Dusheng, and Yu Duoduo blocked the four directions.

Once the formation was established, Li Pu felt the aura pressure reduced by at least half.

The tiger skin man felt even more comfortable; his pressure was directly reduced to a third.

Other alliances adopted similar strategies.

Some alliances even had Barrier Masters, who built pressure-resistant barriers on the spot, which looked quite effective.

Inspired by others, Fu Dusheng also cast a [Barrier] covering everyone, further reducing the pressure by half a notch.

Not sure which alliance led first, but all present alliances followed suit, gathering together.

The first 5 minutes were safely passed by everyone.

But during the second 5 minutes, some contestants began to turn pale, legs shaking.

Even with alliance teammates’ help, eventually, it couldn’t be sustained, and fainted to the ground unconscious.

This was the first time Li Pu saw someone faint because of beast aura, the scene of convulsions and foaming at the mouth was quite frightening.

Fortunately, a mechanical arm promptly descended from the ceiling, rescuing the person from suffering.

After the first, the second followed swiftly.

Contestants began to be eliminated one after another.

In the fourth 5 minutes, the first alliance was eliminated.

In the fifth 5 minutes, two more alliances were eliminated.

In the sixth 5 minutes, nine alliances were eliminated.

The accumulated elimination counted twelve.

Some alliances had uneven personal strengths, or someone neglected their training.

What surprised Li Pu more was that the alliance of 4201+mustache on his arrival bus was also gone.

The mustache himself was fine, but his three allies, including the two from 4201, were eliminated.

When leaving, seeing Li Pu calmly hugging his knees and sitting there, he could only wave in amazement and resignation as he retreated with the remaining alliance.

Seeing the number of eliminated alliances nearing the end, Li Pu pondered whether he should take action.

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