Three days later.

Jonathan came out of the cave exhausted, shuffling his feet until he reached the stone bridge before he threw the whole person down and sat on the bridge deck.

"Failed again?" the griffin looked up, his eyes were bloodshot in the dark circles, but in the deepest part of his eyes, there was still a little flame burning: "Well, it's my turn!"

"Wait a little longer! Remiga is still in there!" Jonathan replied weakly.

"Griffin, why don't you eat something? you haven't eaten anything in days!" Don Quixote and Panza approached cautiously, their retired genetic soldiers had rested and entered the underground river, but it didn't matter how much they trained when they came in this time. Don Quixote and the others wanted to give the griffons a little help so that these hopeful companions could move on.

"You give me death!" the griffin started a fire for no reason, "Don't show up in front of me again, you cowards!"

"I know you're tired, hungry, and anxious...... That's how we were at the beginning, we know how to go crazy! Eat something and recover, or you won't be able to hold on!" Don Quixote quietly handed the griffin a piece of chocolate.

"Fuck off, do you think I need to use this cheating trick to get by? I'm a real strongman, a never-say-die warrior, I can pass the test with my own strength, you guys fuck me out. The griffon knocked the chocolate from Don Quixote's hand to the ground and glared angrily at his companion in front of him, like a wounded bull.

"It's not cheating, ahem. This piece of chocolate, it's just food we dropped here!" Don Quixote smiled.

"We're leaving!" Panza whispered on Don Quixote's arm.

The two left in a hurry.

All that was left was the chocolate sitting there alone.

The griffin watched for a long time. I want to smash this piece of chocolate with one foot.

Still, the rumbling of the belly. He bent down again and reached out to pick it up.

Unpack.

The griffin swallowed hard.

In this dark river, he could catch fish for the first day, but then he overcaught too many people, coupled with his physical exhaustion, the griffin had not eaten anything for two whole days, and his stomach was as empty as a broken sack abandoned by a beggar. If you can rest. You can recover a little energy through sleep, then you can still persevere, the problem is that it is close to ten days, and you haven't slept for a second, and this mental overdraft is more painful than physical exertion.

There was no longer pain in the head, now there was numbness and chaos.

If it continues like this.

The griffon suspects that he will soon go insane, or that he will be directly brain dead and turn into a vegetative state.

"You eat, I don't see anything!" Jonathan collapsed on the bridge, "If you don't eat, in your current state." Maybe you'll die in the cave. Griffin, a piece of chocolate doesn't mean anything, it's your will now! There's still a long way to go, and this is just the beginning!"

"Me!" the griffin slowly brought the chocolate to her mouth.

But he eventually gave up.

The griffin roared.

Crazy threw that piece of chocolate far away. Throwing all the way into the dark river dozens of meters away, he turned around and roared at Jonathan: "I definitely don't cheat within the rules." In that case, even if it passes. It's also flawed, and the gods don't know about it. But I can't fool myself! I have to challenge my limits according to the rules, only then can I break through and surpass myself! Jonathan, don't think that you are a genius in the Dark Temple, you can win me, you don't eat anything, and I won't discount anything! What is a single piece of chocolate? The whole future I have won! If I am afraid of death and hunger, why should I come here to challenge? I am the most fearless and strong man in the world, if not, then I will work hard to achieve it!"

"Well said!" someone applauded in the dark, and Fang Yi carried Remiga, who was covered in blood, and walked over step by step: "What we are challenging is not actually a monster, but our own fear! As long as we think we can't do it, we can't pass it!"

"Conquer your fears?" the griffon shuddered at this.

"No matter how much combat strength you have, only those who can defeat yourself can pass this test!" Fang Yi put down the unconscious Remiga, turned around and left step by step: "This is my perception in the challenge, I hope it will be useful to you!

"You passed?" Jonathan snapped.

"It's passed, just now!" Fang Yize stopped: "It only took me less than a minute, in fact, I understand, it's that simple!"

"As long as you break through yourself, you can get recognition, you can pass?" Jonathan still couldn't believe it.

"Is it necessary for me to lie to you?" Fang Yize shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Actually, through the door guarded by the small pincer worm, the test has just begun...... The chief won't let us go smoothly easily, this is hellish training! I believe that there are more and more difficult tests waiting for us in it! I don't know how far I can go, but I can guarantee that I will not stop until I fall! Jonathan, and Griffin, come on, everyone!"

"You go first, I'll be right away!" Jonathan's eyes were exhausted, and his fighting spirit was burning like a fire.

"Hey, I should have come first!" said the griffon, angrily.

"Griffin, are you sure you can do it?" Jonathan tried to make a deal with the griffin: "You stay here, show me Remiga, if I pass, I will be the same as Fang, come back and tell you what I think!"

"Instead, I should tell you that!" the griffin glared angrily at Jonathan in front of him.

"Did you find that feeling?" said Jonathan.

"I had that feeling two days ago, but I can't believe that's how I broke through...... Conquer my fears, haha, what a big fool I am! I had failed in my own fear, if I had let the gods know. Maybe he'll laugh!" The griffon's eyes turned to determination, and he reached out. Clenched his fists: "I bet my life, if I don't succeed, I will die in the cave! I would rather be a challenger who dies standing than take half a step back, this is me, Griffin, who has never questioned himself since I was nine years old! I am back, fight, I am fearless!"

Closely followed the footsteps of Fang Yize's departure.

The griffin breathed long.

Step by step.

Adjust your state in a short distance.

Jonathan looked at the griffon's departing back with a little astonishment, and muttered to himself, "This guy." Maybe it will work!"

Remiga on the ground woke up at some point, and his bloody hands struggled to prop himself up: "Do you think we really caught up with this Griffin? Hehe, this guy is not so easy for us to catch up, let alone surpass!"

"Are you awake?" Jonathan looked back at the companion.

"I didn't faint in the first place, I was just reminiscing about the imminent feeling of death!Jonathan, if you don't feel better this time, please forgive me, I'm afraid I'm going to go first!" Remiga staggered to his feet and took a deep breath: "I've passed." I just didn't have enough strength to get through!"

"So you came back to tell me the news?" Jonathan calmed down, his eyes sparkling in the darkness.

"I'm just coming back to humiliate you who have been in line with me!" Remiga said, leaving without looking back.

"Really, don't you want to hear me say thank you?" Jonathan's lips curled into a smile: "In life, there are such wonderful competitors. How could I possibly stop here? No, it's not the end of my Jonathan, it's the opposite. This is where I started!"

It's different from the griffin who rushes to challenge and clear the level as soon as he finds it.

Jonathan sat down.

Imitate the way of oriental practice, sit cross-legged. Breathing leisurely in his mouth, the whole person slowly adjusted his physical state.

Time flies.

Maybe an hour. Maybe two hours.

The battle on the other side of the cave had subsided, and after a long time, Jonathan suddenly heard a howl louder than the roar of the monster, which was the griffon's cry of joy: "Ah...... Ahh

"He's passed! Now, it's Jonathan's turn to challenge his psychic fear!" Jonathan stood up, his eyes shining like stars, but his hands didn't show any tension, they naturally drooped and swayed gently. His feet were steady and relaxed, as if he was not going to challenge monsters, but to go for a walk in the park after dinner.

In the dark.

In the distance, Don Quixote and Panza looked at Jonathan in silence.

I don't know who said: "Griffin succeeded, Jonathan believes it will soon succeed, and in them, I sensed something indescribable!"

"They're getting stronger, and they're distancing themselves from us again!" Don Quixote nodded.

"You regret quitting now, do you?" asked Panza.

"No!" Don Quixote shook his head.

"Really, not?" said Panza, incredulous.

"Hahaha, my old fellow, do you think I gave up because I didn't want to endure hardships? I really gave up when I reached the limit! If I can hold on any longer, even if it takes half an hour, I will grit my teeth and persevere! I really reached the limit I can't bear before I quit!" Don Quixote's eyes had a deep hidden pain: "This is the distance between geniuses and mortals! Griffin and Jonathan are both geniuses, they can do it, we can't do it even if we try hard, this is the reality!" Although I am not very smart, I have already recognized this! I have positioned myself as a mortal who can surpass myself, not a super genius who can do everything! I have to challenge my own limits, and do what I can, this is who I am!"

"But we've given up, and Mr. Wood won't give us another chance......" one of the mercenaries sighed with a bit of despair.

"That's why we have to work harder!" said Don Quixote.

"What?" everyone was shocked.

"We are all ordinary people who are far inferior to geniuses, with limited talents, but geniuses who are stronger and more promising than us, all of whom are gritting their teeth and training, and even risking their lives to challenge the limit, what reason do we have to be lazy?" Don Quixote shouted loudly: "As for the opportunity, do you think you have only failed once in your life? Not to mention before, since the moment we took the genetic medicine, the gap between us and the genius has widened! We have always been given the same opportunity, do you think all this really belongs to us?" This is just the care that Mr. Wood has given us! We can't keep up, and if we give up, it will be tantamount to letting Mr. Wood do you want to waste our good intentions! Do you say, do we still have to waste our time? Do we want to waste these opportunities that we were lucky enough to get because Mr. Wood did not treat them equally?"

"No!"

"Never!"

The mercenaries howled like wolves, and Don Quixote's words pierced their hearts like fiery knives.

It's so hot that they don't feel bad.

Don Quixote roared like a madman: "Then what are you waiting for? What bullshit excuse for your mediocre talent? Get out of here! Get out of train! You are wasting every second of Mr. Wood's time, how many chances and time do you want him to give you? We may not be destined to catch up with the geniuses of Griffin and them in this life, but we must never stop moving forward! We want to show the world that we ordinary people, through a hundredfold effort, can also become a real strong!" (to be continued......)