*reader's discretion alert, contain disturbing and gore scenes.
As Sky and the others continue following the bloody trail, some creepy spiky vines squirmed out from the bushes around them and slowly following them. However, none of them seem to notice, or rather none of them seems to care about it. Just that the vines getting crushed automatically by their magic pressure when getting too near to them, and along the way, they noticed another disturbing thing... There isn't a single wild animal in the deep part of the forest, not even a noise of animals...
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After another half hour of walk, they finally reached the end of the trail. A horrifying sight greeted them. The first thing that caught their eyes is one of the missing contestants that been hung upside down by some spiky vine, that contestant had lost one of his legs, still have very weak breath, around him are countless of rotten or dried mutilated bodies.
"I guess we found what we were looking for." said Sky.
"Mhmm... Unexpectedly disturbing though." said Blair...
Just as they continue to observe the whole gruesome scene, some vines and parasitic plants slowly 'crawling' towards them from all of the directions, Sky stared at those parasitic plants and sighed.
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Sky and the others came out from the deep forest about three hours before sunrise and reunited with Junior and Bob, however, instead of going back to the dorm and have a rest, Sky told Junior and Bob to get back on their own and tell the others that he will be participating the strength test tomorrow. Despite been confused by Sky's instruction, they did it as he told...
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The next morning, the final test, the strength test finally starts, and as Sky said, he joined the test. The strength test is held at the field as the defense test.
Same as the previous tests, the parrot flew to the middle of the field and starts explaining about the rules as always.
"The test will start when the bell rang..." Yup, the usual script and tone again, which is actually a relief for Sky, Blair, and K who are on the field.
"After the bell rang, a unit of defensive robot will be spawned on the field for each of the participants, each of the contestants has three chance to attack the robot, if the participants are able to destroy the defensive robot in the three attack chances, a new robot with higher defense will be spawn. The participants that failed to destroy the robot in three attack chances will be eliminated. Thirty-two participants that destroyed the highest number of robots will pass the test." said the parrot.
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Viewer's platform.
"Ah... The rule is normal today! So what's with that weird rule yesterday? Hmm? Ben-chan, what are you doing with that bottle of white powder?" Maria asked.
Ben did not answer him but gave him a rather sinister sneer...
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"If everything is cleared, let's start the test." said the parrot.
"Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!"
The bang rang.
As soon as the bell rang, weird totem-shaped robots spawned in front of each of the participants. Sky stared at the totem for a while and turned around and see how are the other contestants doing, and to his surprise, more than half of them are having a hard time destroy the totem in front of them, some of them even used their magic with weapons. Sky sighed before turned back to the totem in front of him. He raised his hand and slapped the totem with his bare hand like how you will slap a mosquito, the totem scattered.
Then, Sky stared at the emcee parrot with a 'meh' look, as if asking the parrot "What the hell is this?"
Blair looked at Sky with a slightly awkward smile before crushing the totem in front of him with a rather soft punch...
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At the other side of the viewer's platform.
"You told me that you had gotten rid of them? Why the hell are they still on the field?"
"I don't know, I saw them entering the deep forest with my own eyes, with that aggressive powder I applied to the plants in the forest, they should not be able to come out of the forest safely!"
"But there they are, on the field!"
"Damn it! I guess we will have to start another plan."
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On the field, the strength test had reached the tenth round, one-third of the participants had been eliminated. The totem had become much stronger than the first round that Sky started using a more impulsive attack on it instead of just slapping it. After the tenth round, only half of the contestants remained on the field.
The test continues for another tenth round, at the end of the twentieth round, less than fifty participants are left on the field, while Sky still looks hell bored. Then, the parrot once again flew to the middle of the field.
"It seems like some participants get a little bit bored of the current strength test, with all of our strong participants left on the field, we had decided to increase the difficulty of the test. Starting from the next round, the totem will be moving instead of static and after the twenty-fifth round, the totem will fight back instead of just defending." said the parrot in an obviously different tone than before.
"Finally, here it comes, this voice again." said Sky. Blair and K are alerted as well...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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