96: Forbidden Dragon Island, Fountain of Life

At this moment, there were still more than ten minutes left until the agreed-upon nine o'clock.

Song Ming was not late at all.

However, Guo Jun's words were clearly targeting him, without the slightest attempt to hide it.

Song Ming then looked at Guo Jun with cold eyes.

This person had targeted him repeatedly; did he really think he had no temper!

Guo Jun also stared back at Song Ming, equally unwilling to show weakness, and the tension between them visibly intensified.

A battle seemed imminent.

Seeing this, Ning Hua walked in front of the two and reprimanded Guo Jun, “We're about to go to the Trial Grounds; you'd better behave yourself!”

Guo Jun then reined himself in a bit, turned his head away, and stopped looking at him.

At the same time, he grumbled unhappily, “A bunch of deadweight good-for-nothings, I really don't know why we have to bring them along!”

Jiang Rong, hearing this, said angrily, “Just make sure you don't drag us down.”

Ning Hua rubbed her forehead, “Alright, even in the outer regions, the Trial Grounds are quite dangerous. I suggest you all don't let your guard down.

Especially the new students, try to stick together in larger groups.”

There were a total of thirteen new students this time.

There were more veteran students, thirty-five in all.

There were Professionals of all types, and the proportions were quite balanced.

After all, this group of people naturally couldn't act together; they would usually split into several small teams to act independently.

The strength of veteran students and new students was not on the same level.

So their respective goals were also different.

The final wait ended.

A giant teleportation array appeared on the plaza where they stood, instantly enveloping everyone.

At the same time, a voice appeared in their ears.

“Trial Grounds, teleportation commencing!”

Blinding white light shone from above the teleportation array.

Song Ming and the others instinctively closed their eyes.

Then a dizzying sensation of spinning earth and sky came over them, making them feel nauseous.

After about five or six seconds.

This feeling slowly faded.

When they opened their eyes again, everyone had appeared on a shallow beach.

A salty sea breeze blew over, carrying a faint fishy smell.

Jiang Rong's face was pale, and she clutched Song Ming's sleeve tightly, evidently very unaccustomed to such a long-distance teleportation.

The time taken for this teleportation was longer than Song Ming's previous trip to Divine Xia Academy.

Therefore, he judged that these Trial Grounds must be extremely far from Divine Xia Academy.

However, because of his strong mental attributes, plus his previous experience with long-distance teleportation.

Song Ming's expression was quite calm.

Ning Hua, seeing this, was somewhat surprised.

The first time they underwent long-distance teleportation, their performance was not much better than Jiang Rong's.

But Song Ming was completely unaffected, which truly made her look at him with new eyes.

This Top National Scorer was indeed quite capable.

Looking at the group of new students, they were all swaying unsteadily, as if drunk.

They looked quite pathetic.

Song Ming glanced around.

Their current location was on a shallow beach, with waves constantly lapping at their feet.

Not far in front of them, on the sea, stood an isolated island.

The edges of this island were shrouded in a thin gray mist, making it impossible to see clearly.

Just then, a panel suddenly appeared before everyone.

[Location: Forbidden Dragon Island]

[Trial Mission: Enter Forbidden Dragon Island, hunt as many non-human creatures on the island as possible, and find the Dragon Island Instance, kill the BOSS inside the instance, and obtain the spring of life]

“So these Trial Grounds are called Forbidden Dragon Island!”

Song Ming looked at the island shrouded in faint gray mist, and immediately understood his plan after entering.

According to the Trial Mission.

There would be a large number of non-human creatures on Dragon Island, which should be some sub-dragon and Dragon type monsters.

Killing all of them should provide him with a lot of experience.

The other thing was to find the Dragon Island Instance.

Enter it, kill the BOSS, clear it, and get the spring of life.

This should be the main purpose for which the Academy sent these people to the Trial Grounds.

Moreover, there was another key point.

That was, only the teams that cleared the Dragon Island Instance the first three times would be able to obtain this spring of life.

And the cleared instance must be a hell-level instance.

After that, the instance would disappear.

The next time it appeared, no one knew when that would be.

After reading the Trial Mission, Jiang Rong said curiously, “I wonder where this Dragon Island Instance will appear; it looks a bit hard to find!”

Ning Hua nodded.

She was very experienced with Trial Missions.

She had participated in several similar missions before.

She said, “Generally speaking, instances like this are in the most dangerous areas of the island; they won't let us enter so easily.”

“Besides, Forbidden Dragon Island is very large, and it's not just people from our Azure Dragon Academy who will land on the island.”

“We also have to compete with people from other academies, so the difficulty of obtaining the spring of life is even greater!”

“Therefore, I suggest that new students only need to operate in the outer areas, and leave the task of finding the Dragon Island Instance to us veteran students!”

“Furthermore, after the Trial Mission begins, everyone will receive a return stone. If you really encounter danger, don't hesitate, withdraw immediately!”

The new students, hearing this, all nodded obediently.

After all, with their strength, they couldn't even enter the instance, let alone clear it.

Only Song Ming stood still, his expression normal.

Clearly, he did not categorize himself with the new students.

After all, who had ever seen a level 66 new student?

Immediately following, ripples spread across the seawater in front of them.

Clicking sounds came from beneath the water.

One after another, reefs emerged from the sea, connecting the shallow beach where they stood to the edge of Forbidden Dragon Island, forming a simple path.

Ning Hua said to everyone, “Alright, everyone follow me, let's go to the island!”

They walked along the path formed by the reefs, passing through the thin gray mist barrier.

The previously damp moisture disappeared, and even the faint fishy smell lingering at their noses vanished without a trace; they appeared before a dense black forest.

Ning Hua stopped, and said to the people behind her, “Starting now, six people to a team, form your teams!”

As soon as she finished speaking.

The crowd immediately stirred.

Ning Hua then looked at Song Ming, “Junior, do you want to go with those new students, or with us to find the Dragon Island Instance?”

“Of course, to find the Dragon Island Instance!” Song Ming said decisively.

Ning Hua frowned, but said nothing.

Jiang Rong quickly said, “Sister Ning, don't just look at Song Ming as a support Professional; his strength is really amazing!”

Ning Hua, hearing her say this, became interested.

Just as she was about to ask, she heard a male voice say in a mocking Yin and Yang tone, “There's a limit to bragging. Do you know where this is? It's a Forbidden Ground, and people can die if they're not careful.”

“And we have to bring such a burden; are you deliberately trying to harm us?!”

It was Guo Jun speaking, but his words were also approved by many veteran students.

After all, they were going deep into the island to find the Dragon Island Instance.

Bringing along such a new student would inevitably slow them down quite a bit.