Nightmare Immortal Era

Chapter 49: Trial Ends

"Dead!" Ning Rong shouted, "You can cut the rope now!"

That's right, in order to prevent the ferocious beasts from running away with the crossbow arrows, Yang Ning also prepared arrows with ropes attached. After the arrows hit their targets, they would unfold and turn into spikes!

Now, the bed crossbow had turned into a harpoon!

As for poison, everyone knows that the ferocious beasts in Fixed Monster Valley have high poison resistance. How could ordinary poison be effective?

The physical body of a Sixth Layer Black Wolf could instantly burst with speed, reaching up to 140 meters per second, almost equivalent to teleportation. The arrow speed was 258 meters per second, so it was highly unlikely to hit from a distance of 200 meters.

But that wolf happened to be standing on the most conspicuous rock, howling. It was well known that wolves howl with their heads raised, without looking at what's below, like tanks.

Caught off guard, it fell victim to the arrow.

"So that barrel was used for this!" Ming Yuxiu nodded, he could naturally catch the speed at which the arrow was shot out, "A clever design!"

"Hmph, what's the use? If it weren't for the Black Wolf King howling with its head raised, he wouldn't have hit it for sure!" Lin Tianheng said coldly, "It's useless against a cultivator of the Physical Body Realm Sixth Layer, even a cultivator of the Fifth Layer, as long as they are vigilant, they can completely dodge it!"

"But he only has a Second Layer physical body. Being able to threaten a Fourth Layer physical body and injure an unguarded Sixth Layer physical body, isn't that impressive?" Ming Yuxiu said.

"It's a crooked path, a strange technique!" Lin Tianheng said coldly, "It's simply a shame for cultivators!"

"But he is an artificer, he can use artificer methods to overcome the strong with the weak!" Li Yuanxi said unhappily, "Among cultivators, he may not be a genius, but among artificers, he is definitely a genius, a genius that is hard to come by in a thousand, no, ten thousand years!"

"Hmm?" Lin Tianheng looked at him coldly.

Li Yuanxi didn't back down at all. "I admit that I was wrong to look at your sister just now, but when it comes to artificer methods, I have every right to speak up!"

"It's just shooting from a distance. Now that so many black wolves have surrounded him, he can't use fire. Let's see what he does now!" Lin Tianheng couldn't be bothered to argue with these people. He had already figured out Ming Yuxiu's intentions.

But so what? This Yang Ning was doomed!

"Brother," Lin Yuanxi frowned. What's going on? It feels like my brother is targeting Yang Ning!

Does he know about my situation? That's impossible!

"Huh!" Someone exclaimed, and they saw that when the more than forty black wolves charged forward, three giant swords popped out of the second level of the fortress.

In the next moment, the giant fortress began to hum and rotate.

None of the charging black wolves could withstand the cutting of the giant swords. These things were incredibly sharp, killing with a graze, cutting in half those that were at the right angle. After cutting down fifteen or sixteen of them, the remaining black wolves stood still and dared not move!

They didn't move, but the fortress was mobile and went straight to kill them.

Black wolves had no loyalty. Seeing that the wolf king was dead and so many companions had died, they no longer charged forward. Instead, they whimpered and fled with their tails between their legs.

They didn't completely run away, but instead fell behind the tank, waiting for it to exhaust itself before swarming it.

But little did they know that even if the tank stopped, they couldn't bite it. On the contrary, arrows would occasionally be shot out from the tank.

Unless the arrows hit a vital spot, they didn't cause much damage. But the arrows were coated with poison, so being hit by an arrow meant certain death. In less than an afternoon, the wolf pack was killed and they dared not pursue anymore.

The tank didn't idle. After recording the scores, it moved to another location to continue hunting the beasts.

The remaining scenes became somewhat boring.

Groups of wolves couldn't break through the tank's defense, so they would continue to be killed. If the wolf king wasn't careful, it would also be sniped.

Even the lone Black Bear with a Fifth Layer physical body tried to attack the tank, but it was like scratching an itch when it collided with the tank, even though it could knock down a giant tree. It didn't know that opening the lid on top would allow it to reach the tank driver. After being chased by the tank for half a day and being shot with fifteen arrows, it finally died from the poison!

The forest red python, known as the "trainee killer," hid in the mud and was crushed to death by tanks running over it twice.

The fire ant colony, known as the "black reaper," was burned to ashes along with its nest by the fire oil. It's a pity that burning insects doesn't earn any points.

The golden-winged eagle, known as the "forbidden sky," couldn't bite through the tank's shell even though its mouth was torn apart. In the end, it had no choice but to leave.

"This seems unsolvable!" Ming Yuxiu said, "There is simply nothing that can break through this fortress shell. As long as the shell cannot be broken, even if people inside shoot arrows with poison, it can kill any kind of ferocious beast."

"Well, that's about it!" Fang Zhuo replied, "The academy prohibits buying weapons outside, but it doesn't prohibit buying medicine. Alchemy produces a lot of toxic substances, and they are cheap. Yang Ning bought a lot, but he didn't expect them to be used here."

"Where were the previous toxic substances used?" Ming Yuxiu asked.

"They were all destroyed! Or buried together. Some were used to cultivate poisonous plants," Fang Zhuo said, "Ordinary people don't need this stuff for hunting. After all, if the ferocious beasts killed by poison are afraid of the toxic substances not being cleaned properly, what about poisoning humans?"

Ming Yuxiu blinked. He knew that things from the cultivation world rarely flowed into the mortal realm, even toxic substances. Moreover, the Extreme Eternal Sect was known as a righteous sect, and its disciples rarely used poison. The academy also didn't teach people to use poison.

After all, the purpose of teaching disciples in the school was to advance and become immortals. The fighting techniques were also meant to invigorate their qi and blood.

Toxic substances would destroy a person's foundation and would only be used in external wars. But why would Physical Body Realm cultivators from the Extreme Eternal Sect need to go to battle?

This resulted in mortals who could use toxic substances not being able to obtain them, and cultivators not being able to use them. In Ocean Cloud City, toxic substances were completely useless.

But today, this useless thing was being used by the Xun Hu team.

Ming Yuxiu suddenly realized that Yang Ning was not only skilled at inventing, but his thinking was also very unique!

No one had ever thought of using fire to burn the cherry roly-poly bug before, and no one had ever thought of applying poison to arrows to kill ferocious beasts.

How did he come up with all these ideas?

Perhaps the creation of things like the pulley bow and the mobile fortress was also based on this kind of thinking?

He must ask him about it when he comes out!

The scene suddenly changed, and the audience was about to burst into anger, but then they fell silent.

Because what appeared on the screen were corpses.

Since it was a trial, there would naturally be casualties. The academy promised to have teachers take care of them, but that was only for first-year students. Second-year students were not taken care of.

But in the scene, there were corpses of both first-year and second-year students.

"This..." Ming Yunxiu frowned and looked at Fang Zhuo, "Is this what you meant by foolproof?"

"This..." Fang Zhuo's forehead was sweating, "Letting first-year students participate in the trial is something the academy is trying for the first time. They lack experience, and the personnel assigned were too few. I will end the trial now and let them withdraw!"

"Okay!" Ming Yunxiu nodded. He had been talking to Fang Zhuo, but he was actually speaking to Lin Tianheng.

The meaning was clear: I'm not stopping you from killing, as you just saw, most of the first-year students are already dead. Let's forget about the rest!

Wang Yi frowned and looked at Lin Tianheng.

Lin Tianheng's expression was cold, his lips moved slightly, but no words came out.

Wang Yi's eyes lit up and said, "Young Master Ming, this statement is not appropriate. The trial in the Fixed Monster Valley is set for three days. It has only been a day and a half, so ending it like this is against the rules. How about we just call out the first-year students?"

"That can work!" Ming Yunxiu nodded, but his expression became serious.

He wouldn't agree so easily. It seems that the tough battle is still ahead!

In their conversation, the fate of thousands of students inside had been decided. However, the dean Fang Zhuo had no say in the matter. He could only make an announcement on his identity token and then wave his hand. Thousands of teleportation gates opened, sending the remaining more than two thousand first-year students out.

Finally, my job is done. The rest is up to you!

(End of this chapter)