67: Dark City player's sneak attack

Many people were thinking that if they were unlucky enough to encounter a D-class Peak Mutated Beast, which is equivalent to the Peak of Control, even activating the token might not be successful.

Three seconds was enough time for the opponent to launch many attacks.

Of course, Wei Guangming hadn't mentioned one thing: to minimize casualties as much as possible, several Law Realm Awakened Ones would be arranged to patrol. Once it was confirmed a contestant had no ability to resist, they would step in to rescue them.

However, doing so would also mean the trial ended early for them.

The reason he didn't say it was to instill a sense of crisis in everyone; otherwise, without the threat of life and death, the trial would lose its meaning.

Although it was for selecting candidates, it was also an opportunity to train the abilities of the many contestants.

"Next, wait for the distribution of bracelets and tokens. You will also be specially equipped with a divinity fragment collection device containing enough capacity to allow you to collect the divinity fragments and energy crystals obtained from killing Mutated Beasts.

After that, you will all be sent via a unified random teleportation."

Wei Guangming's voice reached everyone's ears.

As for divinity equipment, every major city had received a notice before departure that it was strictly forbidden. Of course, conventional alloy weapons were not restricted.

So Zhou Xing also handed over his divinity battle armor and weapons to Bei Chen for safekeeping.

Soon, staff members came forward to distribute teleportation tokens and Tactical Bracelets to everyone.

After putting them on, everyone stood straight, waiting for the teleportation to begin.

At this moment, Wei Guangming nodded to a middle-aged man behind him who looked to be in his forties or fifties.

Receiving the signal, the man took a step forward.

In the next instant, he formed hand seals, and space power swirled around him.

Suddenly, a massive light array lit up in the center of the square.

It quickly enveloped everyone present.

"Go!"

Accompanied by his low shout, everyone felt their vision blur and instantly disappeared from the square.

Zhou Xing also felt a strange sensation of spatial distortion wrapping around his body. His vision blurred, and when he opened his eyes again, he found himself in an unfamiliar jungle.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak—!"

"Roar!"

Vague sounds from different Mutated Beasts could be heard in the distance, signifying that from this moment on, the selection test had officially begun!

"Snap!"

In the quiet jungle, Zhou Xing stepped on a dry branch as soon as he moved.

With a wry smile, Zhou Xing shifted his feet and instantly left his original spot.

"Swish!"

At that very moment, a pale green Wind Blade whistled from not far away, grazing the spot where Zhou Xing had just been standing.

Each of these Wind Blades was nearly a meter in diameter and very sharp, blasting deep pits into the ground.

"Roar!"

At the same time, a winged Mutated Beast that looked like a leopard emerged from the nearby bushes.

The Gale Leopard opened its bloody maw, revealing snow-white fangs. Its amber vertical pupils were locked onto Zhou Xing.

It had clearly targeted the human before it as prey.

"An Early Stage D-class Gale Leopard? Quite lucky."

Looking at the Mutated Beast before him, the corners of Zhou Xing's mouth curled up.

"Swish!" "Swish!"... At this moment, the Gale Leopard flapped its wings, and dozens of Wind Blades formed out of thin air, shooting toward Zhou Xing again.

Zhou Xing waved his hand casually, and a half-meter-thick ice wall rose from the ground.

The Wind Blades crashed into the ice wall with dull thuds, ice chips flying everywhere. Although the massive force eventually cracked the ice wall, its energy was exhausted by the wall.

Moreover, although Zhou Xing had only fused one "god of wind control" divinity fragment, he still had a certain level of wind resistance.

This also caused the intensity of the Gale Leopard's attacks to drop significantly.

Seeing that two consecutive attacks had failed, the Gale Leopard flapped its wings and turned into an afterimage, lunging at Zhou Xing.

Its sharp claws glinted coldly as they swept out fiercely.

However, in Zhou Xing's vision, the Gale Leopard's speed was slowed down significantly. This was the effect of his Tactical Senses being upgraded to Advanced after fusing and absorbing another "god of war" divinity fragment.

As a passive skill, Tactical Senses was now no different from an innate ability for Zhou Xing.

"Fire Meteor!"

Zhou Xing chuckled, his right palm facing downward, and a ball of crimson flame suddenly flared up.

"Boom!"

Instantly, a massive fireball fell from the sky, accurately striking the lunging Gale Leopard.

"Hiss-roar!"

The terrifying power caused the Gale Leopard to let out a shrill wail as it fell to the ground, its body ablaze.

Seeing the Gale Leopard trying to retreat, Zhou Xing naturally wouldn't give it any breathing room. With a wave of his left hand, three crystal-clear Ice Cones condensed out of thin air and shot directly at the fallen Gale Leopard.

"Puff, puff, puff!"

Three consecutive dull thuds followed as the Ice Cones pierced through the Gale Leopard's head.

Its body twitched a few times before it went completely still.

Due to being a Mutated Beast, the Gale Leopard's strength and defense were naturally much stronger than those of human Awakened Ones.

Normally, a Gale Leopard's full power could even approach the Control Mid-Stage.

But after his Breakthrough to the Control Mid-Stage, the Gale Leopard posed no threat to Zhou Xing at all.

At this moment, the points on Zhou Xing's bracelet reached 5.

Just then, a pale green divinity fragment emerged from the Gale Leopard's body. With a thought, Zhou Xing quickly pulled a device from his Storage Ring to collect the divinity fragment.

He knew that the battle was being monitored throughout, especially with a Demigod Realm Awakened One like Wei Guangming present, so he naturally wouldn't show any abnormalities.

Unless absolutely necessary, the System would remain dormant.

"Hmm?"

Just as Zhou Xing stood up to leave, his Tactical Senses alerted him to danger.

The hairs on the back of his neck suddenly stood up; clearly, danger was approaching.

"Shadow Strike!"

A black figure pounced like lightning from the tree canopy, aiming a dagger directly at Zhou Xing's heart from behind.

This strike was perfectly timed by any standard; the opponent had clearly been lying in wait for a long time.

"Frost Silence Battle Armor!"

Zhou Xing's body was instantly covered in Frost Power, a layer of ice armor wrapping him completely.

"Clang!"

The opponent's dagger was blocked by the ice armor.

"Puff!"

At the same time, ice spike counterattacks suddenly emerged, plunging directly into the person's body.

This was the ability Zhou Xing had gained after fusing with another "god of frost" divinity fragment—Frost Silence Battle Armor.

Not only did it have powerful defensive capabilities, but it would also automatically trigger ice spike counterattacks when hit.

"Ugh..."

The person clearly hadn't expected this. Failing the sneak attack and getting injured instead, they moved and retreated rapidly.

"Someone from the Dark City?" Zhou Xing turned to face them. "The competition lasts ten days, and it's only just begun. You couldn't resist for just five points from a Gale Leopard? How foolish. Aren't you being a bit too impatient?"

The person didn't answer. Enduring their injuries, they blurred and split into three afterimages, lunging at Zhou Xing from different directions.

However, one of the afterimages suddenly changed direction; clearly, the opponent intended to flee after being injured.

"Trying to show off your meager skills? Did I give you permission to run?"

To Zhou Xing, who possessed Shadow Power, the opponent's abilities seemed childish and laughable.

"Freeze!"

Zhou Xing's face turned cold. He raised his right hand and snapped his fingers.

Instantly, the Frost Power within the person's wounds erupted again, quickly freezing everything except their head.

Affected by the main body, the two afterimages instantly froze in place and soon dissipated.