Chapter 186 - Time Record, Environmental Adaptation of the Trial!
Chapter 186: Time Record, Environmental Adaptation of the Trial!
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The huge door was more than 20 meters tall and more than ten meters wide. It was hexagonal.
In front of this huge door, many soldiers in sea-blue military uniforms were stationed. They were the guards of the Chaotic Sea Continent.
They were in charge of guarding this soul illusion.
Below, there were about forty to fifty students with excited expressions.
They were probably looking forward to this trial.
Soon, the staff brought Wang Che down.
After handing in his identification and confirming his identity, a soldier brought Wang Che to the group of students.
These students were rather unfamiliar, but some were very familiar.
They were familiar because he had seen them before in the Aviation Cup.
For example, Cui Ao, a Contract Soul Master with the Flame Sparrow.
‘Wang Che was very familiar with Zhao Yixia as well. That Cowardly Lizard was an outstanding soul pet that had almost evolved in battle.
Yang Xiaoshan’s soul pet was the Mountain Bamboo Bear, the powerful soul pet that had suppressed the green caterpillar in the Aviation Cup.
Lei Yunfeng was a genius Contract Soul Master with two soul pets, the Violent Lightning Fang and the Wind Lightning Dark Crow.
He was also the first opponent to fall under the Magnetic Sword.
Chen Fei, Bai Youyou, and Cheng Cheng entered the third round and fell to the top 32 and 16.
Basically, all the contestants for the third round of the Aviation Cup had arrived.
As a trial, it was naturally not only targeted at one person.
It was not easy to open this soul illusion.
Wang Che did not see some people like Lin Xi, He Zhenfeng, and Feng Xiao.
They must have gone to another initial stage soul illusion.
There were also some who were not Wang Che’s match. They were still in the top 32 of the Aviation Cup, and even the top 16 and top 8.
The unfamiliar faces might be students from another continent.
However, they were all chatting excitedly.
At this moment, a soldier walked up and said loudly, “Students, please wait for half an hour. In half an hour, the soul illusion will be activated.”
“simply put, there are some rules in the soul illusion. You might go to higher-level soul illusion trials in the future, but you have to follow these rules.”
“First, if you fail the trial, immediately return to your original location and wait for help. Because once you fail, you and your soul pets will definitely be in a weak state and can’t continue forward!”
“Second, there are a total of six rounds in the initial stage Soul Illusion Trial. In these six rounds, you and your soul pets will face different Illusion Trials. As long as you pass, your and your soul pets’ mental strength will definitely increase. Don’t ask why. You’ll know once you pass.”
“Third, if you encounter any rare treasures in the Illusion Trial, you can keep them. There’s no need to hand them over. However, you have to remember one precondition: you can’t pluck them clean.”
“Fourth, there are competitions in the trial. The time to pass the rounds will be recorded on the special communication device we sent to you. At the same time, the six major rounds have their own records. If you can break the records, you will obtain more benefits.”
“Fifth, all of you are currently students. If you feel that the trial is too difficult, I suggest that you consider passing the later stages when you have the qualifications to train in the university. Don’t force your way through. It will be dangerous.”
“sixth, in the soul illusion, some of the soul pet’s soul devices will lose their effect. I suggest you place them outside.”
“Seventh, the trial is independent. You can’t team up. Otherwise, the difficulty of the checkpoint will increase greatly. It will be very dangerous for you. Don’t think of ruining other people’s trial, because as long as you destroy the communication device, you will sense it. We will record this behavior into
your student records. In the future, you will also lose the qualification to enter any Soul Illusion Trial. According to the soul illusion protection law, we will pursue your legal responsibility.”
“Eighth…”
This soldier spoke for half an hour.
He also entered the details of the trials into the special communication device.
If there were any questions, they could check them on the communication device.
Their communication devices were retrieved and placed outside.
In such an illusion, most modern technology would lose effect.
Many soul devices would also fail to activate.
Basically, any soul device related to soul power would be ineffective.
It was even more troublesome than the Soul Earth. They could at least bring a soul device into it.
Therefore, it was unrealistic to use the soul device to pass the trial.
They could only rely on their strength.
At this moment, there was a faint sound.
‘The huge spiral door spun, and ancient patterns appeared on the surrounding door frame.
It began to glow and seemed to have been activated.
The door opened!
Everyone’s eyes lit up.
The soul illusion was a true alternate space.
Although the Soul Earth was very special, it was not an alternate space. It was only a very special terrain.
There was an essential difference.
“Let’s go in one by one!” The soldier shouted.
The students entered one after another.
‘Wang Che was at the back. He looked at the huge door curiously.
This thing looked a little like a portal, but not entirely.
The teleportation gate was also called a teleportation formation.
However, the threshold of this huge door did not contain the Soul Guiding Diagram, it was not an array formation.
It was more like a rare spatial soul device.
“Student, stop daydreaming. Hurry up and go in!” The soldier reminded.
‘Wang Che nodded and immediately walked in.
Many students entered.
The soldier could not help but shake his head slightly.
Before long, a middle-aged man in a blue and white special military combat suit walked over and asked,
“How’s the situation?”
“The students have entered safely.” The soldier immediately saluted and said, “The support personnel will record the time they take to pass.”
“Yes.” The middle-aged man nodded slightly, “There are some good seedlings in this batch. It should be difficult to break the record, but passing two or three rounds shouldn’t be a problem.”
“At this stage, being able to pass two rounds is already very outstanding.” The soldier smiled and said, “They still need a mental-type soul pet… moreover, wanting to adapt to the environment of the illusion is rather difficult for them
“Good fellow, is this the soul illusion? Why do I feel like it’s a battlefield?”
“How dark and oppressive. Is this our first round?”
No, this is not the first round. This is the environment test of the soul illusion.”
“The first round is ahead. Let me see. It’s called the Soul Forgetful Bridge.”
‘The moment he stepped through the spiral door, Wang Che did not feel his body tearing apart. As expected, it was not a teleportation array.
It was only a spatial passageway.
When he opened his eyes again, Wang Che looked at the sky.
The sky was covered in dark clouds. If one looked carefully, they could even see blood light covering the dark clouds.
It was surrounded by a boundless plain. On the plain were various corpses, bones, and various damaged weapons.
The remains of soul beasts, the corpses of humans, and some unknown corpses piled up into mountains.
A cold wind blew, causing many students to shiver.
However, Wang Che could tell at a glance that they were all fake.
This was because there was no aura left in those corpses.
It was like a background, but in this environment, it looked a little terrifying.
However, to many students who had only seen such scenes on television or in movies, it seemed very real.
It was so real that most students could not tell.
Ever since they were young, these students had always followed the rules and had good conduct. They had never even killed chickens or cows.
This was the first time they had seen such a scene. Even if they knew that this was fake, they could not tolerate it.
Let alone a true life and death test, they had not even encountered many battles that broke the soul pet battle rules.
Even in the Soul Earth, it was the lower level of the Soul Earth. The danger they encountered was very ordinary.
If they encountered someone they could not defeat, they could just run. If there was no other choice, there was even a rescue team.
The students and their soul pets couldn’t stand this environment anymore.
All of them were extremely pale.
As for soul pets, the situation was even worse.
“Most of their soul pets have just been born for more than half a year, and their intelligence isn’t high. Their mental endurance is still quite lacking like the Contract Soul Masters… after seeing some soul beasts’ corpses… they will instinctively feel fear, terror, and other emotions.”
Wang Che roughly knew the goal of this soul illusion trial.
It was originally to let these students experience a relatively cruel scene.
Since they wanted to become a Contract Soul Master, they had to be strong enough.
Just soul pets were useless against strong opponents. If they encountered true danger in the future and were afraid before fighting, wouldn’t their strength be wasted?
The war zone valued Contract Soul Masters’ battles and soul pet battles.
They also valued the mental fortitude of these future Contract Soul Masters.
In the university, they would definitely face even more intense battles. Many geniuses who shone brightly in high school would not do well because of their weak mental fortitude after entering university.
“No wonder they had to arrange a trial for the soul illusion when we were about to enter the school.”
Wang Che nodded slightly.
At the very least, after the trial, their mental strength would more or less increase.
Many students stopped talking and began to release their soul pets. They stayed in place and didn’t even plan on walking forward.
Because once soul pets came out, they were unwilling to leave.
They were shocked.
Especially since some soul beast corpses were their predecessors, they were stunned.
After the students slowly adapted themselves, they began to think about their soul pets.
Wang Che released the green caterpillar and the Magnetic Sword and said, “Prepare to set off for the first round.”
Such an environment was basically no pressure for the green caterpillar and the Magnetic Sword.
“Little Eagle, can you walk?”
On the other side, Chen Fei was guiding his Thunderstorm Eagle.
The Thunderstorm Eagle shook its head. It was not leaving.
Chen Fei looked at the other students and his heart sank.
Was this soul illusion trial so difficult?
They had not even reached the entrance of the first round?
They were already stuck?
The soul illusion trial only had a day. After this time, they had to come out.
They could not stay here for long either.
It was not a good thing to stay in this oppressive illusion for too long.
Chen Fei knew that the surroundings were all illusions and was a little afraid. However, he could still accept it, but his soul pet could not.
“Chen Fei, how are you?”
Bai Youyou and Cheng Cheng walked over with helpless expressions.
“We won’t be able to leave anytime soon.”
Chen Fei sighed, “Everyone else’s situation is similar. It should take a few hours to adapt…”
“I saw a few mental-type soul pets. They should be leaving soon.” Cheng Cheng said.
“It should be about the same, right? In this place… any soul pet can’t adapt for the time being.”
Bai Youyou looked over.
Cui Ao’s Flame Sparrow used its wings to hug his feet, not wanting to move.
Lei Yunfeng’s Violent Lightning Fang and Wind Lightning Dark Crow simply lay on the ground, not wanting to take a step.
Even Lei Yunfeng was lying on the center of the Violent Lightning Fang and Wind Lightning Dark Crow… he looked even more afraid than his soul pets.
Yang Xiaoshan’s Mountain Bamboo Bear was doing well.
This Mountain Bamboo Bear’s mental will was very strong. Although it was also afraid, it was gradually enlightened by Yang Xiaoshan.
Zhao Yixia’s Flying Lizard’s situation was similar to the Mountain Bamboo Bear. The originally violent, arrogant, and fearless Flying Lizard was also a little afraid now, but it was much stronger than other soul pets.
The best situation was the two students with mental-type soul pets.
One of them was a Wisdom Bean. It was a little beast wearing a top hat and had a blue-white body.
It was round and had two small feet. There were special patterns on its body. It was very cute.
The other was Moon Praying Little Monk, a humanoid soul pet the size of a human infant.
It floated in the air like an ascetic monk and would often emit powerful mental strength to pray to the moon in the sky.
Mental-type soul pets were relatively rare.
It was also very difficult for them to become a new soul pet because they were not easy to train. Even signing a life contract was rather difficult.
“With just these two soul pets, they should be moving soon. Tsk, that Wisdom Bean’s Contract Soul Master is a beautiful woman. She doesn’t look like someone from our West Peak Continent…”
Bai Youyou looked at it a few more times. Mental-type soul pets were indeed powerful.
They were adapting well to this illusion.
“Where’s Wang Che?” Chen Fei looked around and realized that he did not see Wang Che, “I wonder how that little bug is doing?”
Bai Youyou and Cheng Cheng did not notice either.
At this moment, a voice sounded, “He’s ahead.”
Lei Yunfeng pointed ahead and whispered, “He’s already gone.”
Hearing that, they all looked over and were shocked.
In front, Wang Che was followed by a green caterpillar and a Magnetic Sword. They had already set off leisurely.
Especially that green caterpillar… Its expression was like that of a tourist… as it walked, it even hummed a soft tune