「On the mountainside.」
Thousands of Wizard Apprentices stared intently at the light screen in the sky, unwilling to look away for even a second.
As the participants began to explore the maze, its layout gradually revealed itself to everyone.
When they saw the endless stream of monsters and traps in the maze, many a Wizard Apprentice couldn’t help but gasp.
"They even have Transforming Spiders and Spiritual Beasts? Isn’t that a death sentence?"
"This maze is too dangerous. Good thing I didn’t join the trial, or I’d definitely be dead!"
"Look, soone else just teleported away."
"That’s the twenty-third one, isn’t it?"
The crowd was buzzing with discussion.
Less than an hour had passed since the trial began, and already more than twenty Wizard Apprentices had been forced to activate their Teleportation Rings and leave the maze.
The vast majority of them had been seriously injured in sneak attacks by assassin-type Magical Creatures like the Transforming Spiders and Spiritual Beasts, forcing them to withdraw in disappointnt.
There were also two or three unlucky souls who didn’t even have ti to activate their Teleportation Rings and died on the spot from the monsters’ surprise attacks.
Watching the events unfold on the screen, many were secretly glad they hadn’t rashly decided to join the trial.
However, while participants were dropping out one after another, many others were distinguishing themselves.
Among them, the three who drew the most attention were ng Wei, Sang Fan, and Su Shouhai.
The mont ng Wei entered the maze, he imdiately cast a spell, summoning more than ten giant wolves with frost-white fur and sharp fangs.
"Those are the Winter Wolves of the ng Family!" A well-inford person in the crowd imdiately recognized the wolves’ origin.
The ng Family’s bloodline originated from an ancient creature called the Frost Disaster Silver Wolf.
That was a powerful being naturally born with the ability to control the elent of ice and command wolf packs.
Because of this, the descendants of the ng Family who inherited this bloodline had a natural affinity with wolf-like creatures.
They could form contracts with various powerful Wolf Beasts and command them in battle.
The ng Family’s wolf pack tactics were famous throughout Chenxi City.
On screen, thanks to the Winter Wolves’ powerful sense of sll and tracking abilities, ng Wei’s exploration of the maze was much easier compared to the other participants.
anwhile, Sang Fan and Su Shouhai also demonstrated their own scouting thods.
Sang Fan directly transford into a giant, fiery-red-furred hound, using its powerful sense of sll to scout the path.
Su Shouhai, on the other hand, opened a third eye right in the center of his brow.
That strange eye seed to possess the ability to see through obstacles.
With this third eye, Su Shouhai could often find the correct path with ease and even avoid monsters ahead of ti.
Besides these three, two others were also receiving a great deal of attention.
One was a young woman with blonde hair and blue eyes.
The girl had delicate features and a smoking hot body. When she first appeared on screen, she attracted the heated gazes of many male apprentices.
However, when they saw her disintegrate into countless flies at a fork in the path, with the insects flying off into different rooms, those heated gazes vanished without a trace.
Wizard Apprentices generally had stronger stomachs and were more accepting than ordinary people, but even they couldn’t stomach a woman who had turned her own body into an insect hive.
Even if she was a rare beauty on the outside.
The other person was Pei Ze.
Originally, Pei Ze wasn’t very noticeable, overshadowed by the brilliance of Sang Fan and the others.
He was only in the spotlight now because of the bet between Gu Lin and ng Kai.
Many people wanted to see who would ultimately win the huge sum of five hundred Magic Stone Coins.
But when they saw Pei Ze effortlessly slaughter nurous monsters with just a longsword, without even casting any magic, many apprentices showed looks of astonishnt.
"Such powerful close-combat skills!"
"That speed, that strength... his constitution has definitely reached the level of a Peak Grand Knight."
"Is this guy really a first-year student at the High Tower Academy?"
"You guys don’t know, do you? I heard that this student, Pei Ze, last month..."
Thanks to the explanations of those in the know, the story of Pei Ze’s feat of killing a Legendary Knight quickly spread.
It suddenly dawned on everyone.
So he was an expert strong enough to kill a Legendary Knight.
No wonder he was the subject of such a high-stakes bet.
Hearing the discussions around him, ng Kai let out a cold snort under his breath.
When he saw Pei Ze summon a Fog Crow to scout, he frowned slightly, but his expression soon relaxed, and he let out a low chuckle.
"A familiar derivative, is it? Interesting. But with this scouting thod, how many familiar derivatives can he afford to lose?"
Hearing this, Gu Lin and Yin Guang both wore peculiar expressions.
Others might not know, but they knew very well that Pei Ze had at least two or three thousand of those familiar derivatives on hand.
The scene of the flock of crows taking to the sky and blotting out the sun was still vivid in their minds.
Sure enough, as he continued to watch, the smile on ng Kai’s face gradually vanished, replaced by a look of astonishnt.
’Four or five hundred of those familiar derivatives have already died, and he still has more?’
’Just how many of these familiar derivatives does Pei Ze have?’
Just as ng Kai was reeling in shock and doubt, Gu Lin’s voice suddenly reached him.
"Looks like Pei Ze has quite a number of familiar derivatives. They should last him a while. What do you think, Yin Guang?"
Although Yin Guang didn’t have a very favorable impression of Pei Ze, he understood that they should present a united front at this mont. He chuckled lightly and said, "I think so too."
As he spoke, he shot a mocking glance at ng Kai.
ng Kai’s expression darkened slightly. He sneered, "So what? He can’t possibly reach the Maze Center just by using this thod, can he?"
Gu Lin pursed his lips, about to retort, but he suddenly noticed a change on the screen. He ignored ng Kai and quickly focused his attention back on the sky.
On the screen, Pei Ze set to work on a wall.
A sharp, ear-piercing sound soon emanated from the screen, attracting a great deal of attention.
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