The drone kept flying at high speeds towards the dangerous Nothern forest that surrounded the Twilight city, shaking off many candidates who were not able to withstand the speed and lost a stable foothold. Only those who were in the Energy Advancement realm and above were able to stay still.
When the drone reached the center of the deadly forest, it suddenly stopped and the drone split into six parts, just like a pizza slice, and flew off to different parts of the forest.
After a few miles, all drones came to a halt and flipped at once, throwing off all the candidates into the deadly forest. Many started screaming and begged the instructor to come out save them.
"Aaaahhhhhh!!!.....let me out of here. I don't want to die in this place. Please let me out, I beg you!", many screams of despair can be heard among the crowd. It was the same situation in all the six locations where the drones dropped these students. Only a few people remained calm and started to observe their situation.
Twilight city's forest was one of the most deadly places in the world. This forest was not safe even for Earth realm experts, only those on Sky realm and above are powerful enough to survive here. Never in their lives did they expect to be thrown in this deadly forest.
A projection of Elder Dong Jun appeared again from the projectors installed at the bottom on drone platforms. He observed the candidates with a wide grin. For those below, he looked like a devil with his red hair.
"Hahaha....Look at all those fresh faces. The beasts would surely enjoy the tender meat from your bodies....Hahaha..."
"Sir! What do you think you're doing? Get us out of here this instant! or else my father will see your end!", unable to withstand the fear of the forest, a rich and spoiled Earth Realm candidate started running off his mouth on the elder, hoping he would bend down to his father's influence and let him out of here.
Elder Dong Jun glared at the kid. Lightning started to pour down from the sky and hit the kid non-stop. When the lightning stopped, Many had their hairs standing straight. He was alive but burnt crisp.
"Humh! Do you think I'm someone who'll bend to others' will? The only way to get out of this forest is to either survive or accept your defeat and activate the tokens provided to you, it will allow you to teleport back to the city"
"Those who activate the tokens will surely be disqualified. Only those who can come out alive from the forest after 10 days would be allowed to proceed for the second round"
"Now, let the test begin!!", the projection stopped and the drones started to fly back to the city.
People with wits understood one thing, in case of any danger, they can escape by activating the tokens, but if they are not able to activate it on time, only death awaits them.
Many started to gather in groups, but most of the Sky Realm experts left on their own. They knew the dangers of this forest and preferred to stay alone. They started finding safe spots and making camps. If they want to survive, they needed to hunt the beasts for food and for their own safety.
Tian decided to stay alone and left the starting area and searched for a nice spot to sleep. But unbeknownst to him, Heng Fu was also participating in this test and was searching for Tian. He was on a different drone and was not able to meet Tian earlier.
Tian settled down by a lake and started a campfire, he hunted a rabbit beast on the way and grilled it for dinner. He kept staring at the sizzling rabbit meat and wanted to gobble it down, as soon as it's done.
He wanted to spend the rest of these ten days all alone, happily eating his fill and sleeping all the way through. But things never go the way we plan, as soon as he started eating the rabbit meat, two Earth realm experts arrived in front of him. Each holding a weapon in their hands, staring viciously towards Tian.
"Shoo! Shoo! I don't have any spare food. Go and find your own", Tian turned his back to them and kept eating the grilled meat, leaving those two speechless.
"We're not here for your food! We want to invite you to our group. Don't you know how dangerous this forest is? You're only in Primary Earth Realm, if you know what's good for you, better come with us"
"Are you kidding me?! I won't join any group or whatnot. Just leave me alone and let me have a peaceful meal...", Tian licked his greasy fingers and kept devouring the rabbit, as if it's a delicacy.
They were thoroughly enraged with Tian's nonchalant behavior, they raised their weapons and were about to start a fight with him. Just then, someone called out to them from behind.
"What's going on? Aren't you supposed to go out and carry water to the base?", the person who called them out was a white-haired Sky realm expert. Although most of the Sky realm experts left, in the beginning, to undergo the trial on their own, few remained and formed groups with Earth realm experts and below as their underlings. This way, they can relax and let those underlings take care of all their necessities. The white-haired Sky realm expert was one among them.
The two Earth realm experts were stunned upon seeing the Sky realm expert. Although the task of bringing water was assigned to those two, they didn't really want to do it. When they found someone who looked weak, they wanted to snatch him into their group and make him do all of their work.
"S-Sir! We were going to do our work but found this little brother all alone. We wanted to let him join us so that he'll be safe and pass this trial...", they really didn't want to cause trouble with the white-haired expert and kept their voices low.
"Just who do you think you are? Did I tell you to go around and bring all the weak-ass people into my group? Do what I told you and don't act smart with me! Hmph!"
Although he enjoyed having underlings taking care of his needs, he didn't really want too many of them and one as weak as Tian. He was satisfied with the group of 11 and didn't want to add more burden on himself. He gave a pitiful look at Tian and started walking towards his camp.
The two earth realm experts hurriedly ran towards the white-haired man, not caring about Tian at all. Tian put it all behind his head as if it's a tv drama and continued to look for a more peaceful place after finishing his dinner.
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Shortie 015 - The beast division
After the battle with Huang city merchants who were lead by the Cheng family's steward. The six brothers gathered together to discuss an important issue.
The beasts that helped them at a crucial point, which lead to victory, were under the control of little white. Piggy, using the artifact stuck on its forehead, explained that all those beasts were saved by Tian and are living near Piggy's den.
They finally decided to let the beasts live in the western part of the forest near the sect. The sect will co-operate with the beasts and the beasts will protect the sect in return. with things getting settled, this was the birth of the first-ever beast division in its infancy.