129: test
"Lord of the Academy, aren't these trials we've set up a bit too simple for Su Yuan?"
"Should we increase the difficulty a bit for him?"
"Otherwise, at Su Yuan's speed, he'll probably reach Illusory Moon City before noon today."
In Illusory Moon City, a group of Dean-level figures couldn't help but turn to look at Gu Yufeng behind them, watching the first image at the very top.
Melting a Commander-level Rank 3 Giant Cannon Battle Tiger in two seconds, Little Flame's demonstrated fire power was comparable to some Lord-level fire-type Vicious Beasts that had just entered the Rank.
"Don't think I don't know what you're all thinking."
"You just want to see where Su Yuan's limit is."
Hearing the voices of He Qiang and the other Deans, Gu Yufeng stood up and said indifferently.
Upon hearing this, He Qiang and the others smiled sheepishly.
However, just as they were about to abandon their previous idea, they heard Gu Yufeng say:
"Since that's the case, let's test Su Yuan's ultimate combat power."
"Go prepare a Lord-level Vicious Beast. When Su Yuan arrives outside Illusory Moon City, let them have a confrontation."
After speaking, Gu Yufeng clenched his fist, put it to his mouth, and lightly coughed.
In reality, even he wanted to see what level Su Yuan's true strength had reached.
It was just that as the Lord of Nine Provinces Academy, he didn't feel it was appropriate to change the rules of the Freshman Competition at the last minute.
Now that someone had brought it up, it was exactly what he wanted.
"I'll go right away!"
Hearing this, He Qiang's eyes lit up, and with a look that said 'I understand', he immediately said.
...
Su Yuan was unaware of everything happening in Illusory Moon City.
He had no idea that the school's high-level officials, in order to test his limits, were going to use a Lord-level Vicious Beast as his final trial before entering Illusory Moon City.
Currently, Su Yuan was riding on Little You's back, steadily approaching Illusory Moon City.
Along the way, neither powerful Commander-level Vicious Beasts nor various maze mechanisms could stop Su Yuan's advance.
In other directions, Nie Shaoming, Shangguan Yunqian, and Zhong Shiting were making similar progress. All three were Beastmasters with SS-Rank talent.
In the month since entering Nine Provinces Academy, Shangguan Yunqian and Zhong Shiting had both successfully advanced from Transcendent Level Peak Beastmasters to Commander-level Beastmasters.
With their talent and powerful Commander-level combat strength, before encountering Commander-level Vicious Beasts blocking their path, all three, like Su Yuan, could easily slay these Vicious Beasts.
Therefore, Nie Shaoming and the other two had also reached two-thirds of their progress in the maze towards the central Illusory Moon City, not much slower than Su Yuan.
However, when the three of them reached two-thirds of their progress through the maze, they also encountered Commander-level Vicious Beasts.
Facing powerful Commander-level Vicious Beasts, the three of them also needed to expend some effort to slay their opponents.
The further they went, the higher the Rank of Commander-level Vicious Beasts they encountered, and the slower Nie Shaoming and the other two became at slaying these Vicious Beasts.
As their speed slowed down, the gap between them and Su Yuan gradually widened.
The last one-third of the journey that Su Yuan only needed half a day to complete would take Nie Shaoming and the other two at least two days.
As for the other students of Nine Provinces Academy, their progress was much slower.
"Awoo—"
Boom!!!
Somewhere in the maze, an Armored Crocodile Turtle let out a tragic cry, its tank-sized body crashing heavily to the ground, causing the surrounding ground to tremble.
In front of the Armored Crocodile Turtle, a scorpion of similar massive size, covered in Dragon-patterned black armor, raised its two pincers and slammed them down, crushing the Armored Crocodile Turtle's head.
"Hoo~~"
"Finally, we've dealt with this Armored Crocodile Turtle."
"After a day and a night of travel, the powerful Vicious Beasts encountered have changed from Transcendent Level Rank 1 at the beginning to Transcendent Level Rank 9."
"If it weren't for the sufficient amount of poison soul fruit I traded from Su Yuan earlier, and the cultivation during this period, which allowed my Shadow Dragon Scorpion's Rank to increase to Transcendent Level Rank 7."
"If I had encountered this Armored Crocodile Turtle now, it's uncertain who would have won."
Behind the Shadow Dragon Scorpion, Huangfu Yunzhao let out a long sigh as she looked at the Armored Crocodile Turtle that had completely stopped breathing.
The Armored Crocodile Turtle was a high-quality Vicious Beast of Excellent Nine Stars, possessing extremely high defense.
The Armored Crocodile Turtle that fought the Shadow Dragon Scorpion was of Transcendent Level Rank 9, and among Transcendent Level Vicious Beasts, its strength was quite formidable.
Relying on its thick shell defense, even some Commander-level Vicious Beasts couldn't do anything to this Armored Crocodile Turtle.
If it weren't for the Shadow Dragon Scorpion initially catching it off guard and stinging the Armored Crocodile Turtle with its tail, injecting potent venom into its body, causing it to gradually succumb to the poison and lose mobility during the battle.
The Shadow Dragon Scorpion, only at Transcendent Level Rank 7, would have needed at least half an hour to kill the Transcendent Level Rank 9 Armored Crocodile Turtle.
It probably wouldn't have been able to slay it even by the time the next maze mechanism activated.
"Shadow Dragon Scorpion, catch!"
After a long sigh, Huangfu Yunzhao threw several Shadow-type and Poison-type Vicious Beast crystal cores towards the Shadow Dragon Scorpion.
She also took out water and dry rations from her backpack and rested on the spot.
At the same time, she began to think about her next plan.
"The further into this maze world, the stronger the Vicious Beasts encountered."
"With my current strength, I'm afraid I won't be able to reach the very center of Illusory Moon City at all."
"From now on, I should prioritize stability and not advance rashly again, to avoid encountering even stronger Vicious Beasts."
"Once I encounter a Vicious Beast whose strength Rank reaches Commander-level, then it will be dangerous."
"I just wonder where Su Yuan has ventured to now, and if he has encountered any troublesome Vicious Beasts?"
"But with his talent and strength, he should have a much easier time in this maze than I do."
Huangfu Yunzhao muttered in a low voice while eating the dry rations in her hand.
She had already decided not to continue deeper into the maze world.
She still remembered what He Qiang had said before entering this Secret Realm to begin the Freshman Competition.
Once the jade token's teleportation mechanism was activated and she was teleported back to Illusory Moon City, her score for this Freshman Competition would be reset to zero.
Rather than that, it would be better to tough it out in this maze until the seven-day limit ended, at least she could earn some points.
Half a day later, Su Yuan, riding Little You, rushed out of the maze area with its towering walls.
Looking at the flat, open area ahead and the magnificent giant city in his line of sight, his eyes lit up.
"Finally out!"
"That building ahead must be Illusory Moon City!"
"Looking at this distance, it should be less than twenty li. Little You, let's go! Let's head over!"
"After reaching that giant city, 1 million points will be mine. I'll buy you supplements then!"
"Awoo!!!"
Su Yuan's words made Little You's eyes light up, and he excitedly looked up and let out a long howl.
Immediately after, he began to stride towards the distant giant city.
Rumble!!!
However, before Little You could run much further, the dust on the open ground ahead suddenly kicked up, and a figure slowly rose within the dust.
A Stone Giant, ten stories tall, suddenly appeared in front of Su Yuan and Little You.
The aura emanating from the Stone Giant immediately made Little You's body tense up, and he quickly stopped.
He stared warily ahead, and after sensing the Stone Giant's immense power, all the fur on Little You's body bristled.
"My goodness! This guy is a Lord-level Vicious Beast!"
On Little You's back, Su Yuan's smile suddenly froze as he looked at the Stone Giant blocking his way.
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