"What's a Dimensional magic tool?"
"You're so ignorant. A Dimensional magic tool's is magic tool to to transport large volume of people it was like teleport gate,its more valuable than some magic weapon. It seems like this witch isn't just a hot simpleton after all," Yin Hangyi explained in all seriousness.
Zhang Ye became even more curious about the world he knew.
More and more people passed through the door. Soon the queue got shorter and it was finally Zhang Ye and the fatty's turn to enter.
As he stepped into the door, he felt a slight dizziness and in the blink of an eye, he was in a desert.
"That's amazing!" Zhang Ye exclaimed.
There were staff members from the Hunter Association already waiting at the entrance to the desert.
When all the members who joined the assessment arrived, the head examiner, Dong Shanshan followed through behind them all.
"Now please conform to the checking of your space storage facilities with our staff," Dong Shanshan said and then nodded to the 12 staff who were there waiting for her instructions.
The 12 staff started to check each and every storage compartments.
"All weapons, combat, defense and other assistance equipment that are above Bronze-Quality are prohibited. Aside from healing-related medication, all medicines including septic divisor that have poisonous effects on the human body are prohibited as well. Equipment that has been poisoned must be cleaned. Those who refused to clean them will have your equipment confiscated," she continued.
"Also, all food and water are prohibited. Climbing equipment is prohibited too…"
Dong Shanshan announced loudly while walking back and forth in front of everyone.
Soon, the 12 staff members had done their job.
Most of the things that were confiscated were food and water. Some of them brought bronze-level equipment and some of the weapons were soaked in septic divisor. They were asked to clean their weapons on the spot.
The same happened to Zhang Ye when they checked his storage space. His food and water were confiscated. The military water bottle that he bought was almost taken away too but he poured out all the water in front of the staff before they did.
They found Zhang Ye's katana (Shusui) too. The staff confirmed the item with Dong Shanshan before returning the bullets to him.
Zhang Ye Katana (Shusui) given by the system so they can only think it was a normal weapon
Dong Shanshan thought it would not make a difference if he had them or not since normal sword. The damage would hardly be of any significance against bronze-level monster. Moreover, there were only made by iron even thought looks well made it was still a metal weapon, so the katana were returned to him.
When the staff returned the Katana (Shusui), Zhang Ye was relieved as it was one of the few ways he had to protect himself.
When the inspection was completed, it was already past 9 a.m.
After all the staff had confirmed that nothing had been missed out, a communication device was given to every one of them.
Dong Shanshan then spoke again, "The stuff that was confiscated will be kept safely with our authorities. When the assessment is over, we will return them to you."
"The time is now 9:23 a.m., I'm giving you guys an extra seven minutes. Those of you who arrive at the destination within 15 days before 9:30 a.m. will pass the assessment."
"Before the assessment officially begins, I have some bad news for the lot of you. During the assessment, the internet connection, communication and map positioning guidance functions will not be available. The only thing that you can use will be the storage system," Dong Shanshan said, with a hearty laugh once she finished. Her breasts jiggled vigorously, distracting the participants for a few moments, before drawing them back to the harsh truth she had revealed.
What Dong Shanshan said caused the crowd to groan again. Even Zhang Ye did not expect her to be that sneaky.
On the other hand, Dong Shanshan as the head examiner seemed to enjoy the torture she inflicted. With a grin, she said, "Now, let the assessment, BEGIN!" she shouted.
Just when she was finished speaking, some of them ran well ahead of the rest. Those who were groaning followed too.
Zhang Ye who looks like was the weakest among them all was the slowest. Instead of running like everybody else, he walked at his normal pace. The fatty greeted him and sprinted away following the people ahead.
Soon, Zhang Ye was left behind. However, he did not accelerate. He continued walking at his own pace, studying his surroundings as he went.
Watching Zhang Ye getting further and further away, the head examiner Dong Shanshan shook her head and said, "I thought there was something special about that kid. It seems like he's just an ordinary person. At this speed, it would be amazing if he could walk 40 kilometers in a day. I don't think he can even finish half of the journey within the given 15 days."
In truth, it was not that he did not want to follow the other's pace as they ran off in the wilderness. The fact was that he was conserving his energy.
He was still low level warrior. His physique and body structure were completely different from those who were at an same level.His Body was train using heat from Mera Mera no Mi and thunder from Goro Gro No Mi even thought that he have a body made by fire and electric he still human that need to eat and drink.
If he was to run like those fellas who were same-level, he would collapse within half a day. The environment in the desert was so harsh, that if he pushed himself too hard, he would have to give up the assessment if he even planned on surviving it.
Zhang Ye had been researching the Pure Gold Desert on internet since the head examiner Dong Shanshan gave out the assessment area and content that morning. He had a plan in mind to survive the desert.
Within the 15 days, he needed at least two days to climb the alps so he had 13 days to cross the 1,500 kilometers desert. That said, he needed to walk more than 115 kilometers per day. That did not include the time he spent searching for food and a source of water.
Zhang Ye knew very well that the desert was not a simple flatland.
When he was on earth, he had traveled to a desert before. The fastest an ordinary person could walk in the desert would be four kilometers per hour. A few well trained others could walk five kilometers per hour. Moreover, he would need to rest at night.
He would be pushing his limits if he was to walk 50 kilometers per day.
Within 15 days, no matter how he pushed himself, he could only finish half the journey.
A Mage and Warrior is a person to, there body that was a few times stronger than ordinary people the only different is that mage can use magic and warrior can use aura.
Their strength and tolerance were better than ordinary people and they could even run up to a 100 kilometers per day. That would be impossible for Zhang Ye who just starting to train his body.He already have a mount [Red Nightmare Horse] Hanxue.
Therefore, his first plan in the desert find a monster or beast beat them so that he can get Stamina Pill,and find some water and food.
With his ability to obtain item pieces and his pet [Red Nightmare Horse] Hanxue, he had memorized the locations of the footholds where the monsters he needed would reside.
Zhang Ye's headed in a very different direction from those who were ahead of him. His goal was not the destination, but the foothold with a Sand Monster that he had seen on the map.
The Sand Monster belonged to a branch of human giants. They were huge, very fat and they consumed a diet consisting of a variety of flesh and meat very regularly. They looked similar to humans as they walked with two legs. They were more like a deformed human with some of them having two or three heads and some with only one head with additional mouths or eyes.
One-star elite-level Sand Monsters were at least five meters tall and the tallest one could be up to 10 meters. They were easily a few times stronger than iron-level humans.
Zhang Ye had his eye on an elite-level Sand Monster, and as they lived in groups, the monstrosity of that sort would not be hard to find. What he needed to do at the moment was accumulate a complete Monster Card from killing many monsters at once. Another reason that aided his plan was that the Sand Monster's base was very near the A-entrance of the Pure Gold Desert.
Zhang Ye followed the planned route for half a day without water. Finally, when the sky was dark, he arrived at the base where the Sand Monsters lurked. Zhang Ye knew earlier that there was a source of water at the location, but didn't see it upon his arrival. Soon after, he thanked his lucky star when he saw a freshwater lake not far from the foothold.
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Zhang Ye secretly got a bottle of water from the lake. He took a few sips and closed the bottle, feeling energized while waiting for the night to come.
The Sand Monsters had terrible vision. Their body structure allowed them to resist heat and cold so they were not afraid of the sun as well as sandstorms. Because of this, they usually hunt during the day. However, the range of their vision dropped to the extent that they could not see past 100 meters at night. Unless they were hungry, they would prefer not to hunt during the night.
The sky was dark not long after Zhang Ye went into hiding.
It was an eerie night and there were barely any stars in the sky. It was perfect for hunting.
Zhang Ye ran towards the foothold where the Sand Monsters were moving at full speed. He had observed the foothold for awhile, noticing more than 30 Sand Monsters here.
None of them were taller than 10 meters and they were all one-star elite-level.
The Sand Monsters intelligence was not high but perhaps they had seen the human's base, there were fences that surrounded it. Mimicking it, they built simple shacks for the place where they slept. With more than 30 shacks put together, the area looked like a miniature human village.
Zhang Ye walked around the fence, some of the Sand Monsters were sleeping and loud snores could be heard.
He locked his target on one Sand Monster that was five meters tall. From the size of the Sand Monster, it seemed to be iron-level. It was playing with its toes in its own shed. It then licked its fingers after playing with its toes, Zhang Ye was disgusted.
HHe picked up a stone from the ground and tossed it towards the disgusting monster through the fence.
The Sand Monster was hit by the stone, it then picked up the stone in confusion and looked at the direction where the stone was tossed. He saw there was something behind the fence. Although the distance was not far, it could not see clearly through the fence.
It then stood up with his three meters long bat and walked towards the fence.
The Sand Monsters appetite was huge. They could usually eat a lot so they would never let go of food that was sent their way.
Looking at the Sand Monster approaching him, Zhang Ye let out a grin behind the fence.
Soon the Sand Monster arrived at the fence, it looked down and locked eyes with Zhang Ye.
It was shocked and immediately, it swung its bat at Zhang Ye.
Zhang Ye ready his ready his katana he associated with the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard, striking
"God Speed (Shinsoku)"
"First Style: Thunderclap and Flash (Ichi no kata: Hekireki Issen)"
And then replacing the sword in the scabbard.
Suddenly, blood was spilled. The monster stopped moving, its head fell from its neck.
Blood gushed out all over the place, the headless body fell straight behind the dune.
"Ding!" A notification came.
"Congratulations, get one Stamina Pill's pieces!"
"I almost forgot, that sword skill is a one-hit kill sword art and would be give 1 item piece." Although Zhang Ye knew about this earlier, it was so satisfying to use try that skill in monster.
'I could get more than item piece from killing one Sand Monster and i need more haki piece i want to get Conqueror's Haki. but first i need to immobilize them!'
Zhang Ye was excited as he thought to himself get Conqueror's Haki.
He then went to the back of the dune and walked towards the foothold where the Sand Monsters were…