245: Chapter 245 Evil Intentions

After an hour and a half, Nie Ning finally completed his masterpiece.

"It seems my practical skills are still quite strong."

Nie Ning looked at the slightly curved Feiling Blade in his hand and nodded with satisfaction.

Moving his index finger, the Feiling Blade shot through the air, instantly slicing the bottle opposite into two halves.

Although his theoretical performance was a bit lacking, his practical skills were acceptable.

After all, he was the man who created the god-forbidden ring; the Feiling Blade was still a bit inferior in comparison.

Placing the Feiling Blade on the table, a formation appeared under Nie Ning's feet, and then he disappeared from the laboratory.

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Three days later.

On the vast, waterlogged grassland, a silver light flashed, and Nie Ning reappeared, his face pale.

This trial was truly agonizing.

In just a few days, he had undergone more than ten exams, big and small.

From theoretical knowledge to Alchemy production, from fighting monsters to dissecting corpses, and even witchcraft creation topics, as well as biological cultivation, and so on.

Nie Ning was utterly exhausted.

All this torment left him completely drained.

If he had previously thought this was just an ordinary Trial Grounds, after experiencing all this, Nie Ning felt that something was amiss.

Because the intensity of these exams was too high.

If every student of the Eye of Astral was at this level, just thinking about it would be terrifying.

After much deliberation, Nie Ning felt that this should not be a Trial Grounds for ordinary students, and the things that could be obtained here were probably more precious than imagined.

Recalling everything, Nie Ning roughly guessed why those four people didn't act before.

Most likely, they wanted to wait until they obtained the items inside before making a move to snatch them.

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Nie Ning looked around and quickly spotted a knight.

Dara, a Fourth-tier Knight.

Seeing his dejected appearance, and the fact that he came out earlier than Nie Ning, his results probably weren't good either.

Dara saw Nie Ning, waved to him, and even his expression softened, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes.

Seeing this, Nie Ning basically confirmed his thoughts.

It doesn't matter if your results are bad; as long as others have good results, you can still get good things.

Nie Ning walked towards Dara.

After asking, he learned that Dara had undergone eight assessments.

Moreover, wizards and knights are different; knights mainly test physical strength and mastery of knightly techniques, as well as some necessary biological theory courses.

Because when traveling, they don't need to know everything like wizards do; they only need to know if they can defeat their opponent, which is why biological courses are important.

If they encountered an unknown exotic beast and died because they didn't recognize it, just thinking about it would be frustrating.

Comparatively, wizards are more comprehensive.

Most wizards, in addition to improving their strength, will more or less master a few crafts, which greatly impacts their combat power.

It's like, among those of the same level, fighting between someone holding a divine artifact and someone bare-chested; of course, whoever has the divine artifact is stronger.

Victory cannot be guaranteed, but the importance of weapons is self-evident.

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While the two were chatting, Nie Ning had some ill intentions.

The other party was just a Fourth-tier Knight; if he acted faster, he might be able to kill him with the smallest cost.

What the other party might obtain no longer mattered; what mattered was that he could survive, otherwise everything was false.

But if he couldn't kill Dara in time, and the next person to emerge wasn't Abbott but one of their people, the situation would be very unfavorable for him.

With his strength, facing a Fifth-tier, he truly had no chance of winning.

Even with the soul of corruption, it would be the same; without the nourishment of the flesh and blood soul method, it would be difficult to defeat a Fifth-tier existence.

His only advantage was probably the Blade of Corrosion.

But the Blade of Corrosion takes too long to take effect, long enough for him to die hundreds of times.

Just then, Nie Ning's expression suddenly turned grave, and he turned his head to look behind him.

Dara frowned slightly upon seeing this: "What's wrong?"

"I sensed a corrupt aura. Are there still Corruptors here?"

Nie Ning's eyes showed a hint of doubt.

Upon hearing this, Dara immediately became alert.

Because Paramond had previously said that Nie Ning could control Corruptors, and with the advantage of being a wizard, his spiritual perception must be stronger than his.

Moreover, if Corruptors appeared here, things might get serious.

This inevitably brought to mind the disappearance of the Eye of Astral.

If it was related to the Corruptors, it would not be good for them.

Nie Ning and Dara exchanged glances. Dara nodded at Nie Ning, then drew his weapon and slowly walked towards the direction Nie Ning was looking.

Suddenly, the distant bushes rustled.

Seeing this, Dara suddenly sped up.

When Dara reached the trembling bushes, he only saw a human figure quickly dart into the bushes and disappear.

"Could it be that someone else came in?"

Dara was also a bit confused for a moment.

Because they weren't very familiar with this place and didn't know if others could still enter after the trial began.

"There!"

At this moment, Nie Ning followed and shouted, pointing into the distance.

Dara immediately became vigilant, his longsword unleashing two sword qi attacks into the distance, cutting down all the weeds within a hundred meters ahead.

And a hundred meters away, a blood-red humanoid creature lay there.

"It really seems to be a Corruptor."

Nie Ning said, somewhat uncertainly.

As a knight, Dara had high professional ethics. Without letting Nie Ning, the wizard, check, he walked over alone with his sword raised.

Nie Ning cautiously followed close behind.

When the two arrived next to the blood-colored figure, they saw a humanoid creature with no skin, covered entirely in blood-red muscles, cut in half at the waist.

The blood-colored figure's muscles peristalsis, suddenly shot out several tentacles towards the two.

Dara raised his sword to block in front of Nie Ning, and the battle qi erupting from his body shattered the red tentacles.

At this moment, the red figure stood up, and its body, severed into two, actually split into two identical muscle men.

"You hold it off first; I'll use a Super Elemental Blast to finish it!"

Nie Ning said in a deep voice from behind Dara.

Dara heard this and didn't hesitate.

Now there were only two of them, and wizards had more ways to deal with Corruptors.

This was based on experience; even if Nie Ning's strength was a bit lower than his, he might play a greater role.

Dara charged forward, battle qi gathering on his longsword. With a wave, several sword qi attacks struck the Corruptor's body, leaving several wide wounds.

However, the Corruptor was equally strong and possessed an almost heaven-defying recovery ability.

Without being able to suppress its recovery ability, the Corruptor was quite a counter to knights.

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