"What a broken forest! I've been walking all morning, and I haven't even touched a ghost. ”

Zha Hongliang expressed the dissatisfaction in his heart to the fullest. He also kept kicking dwarf weeds to vent, and from time to time he kicked a few leaves high from the ground. From a distance, it looks like a small tornado sweeping through the woodlands.

"Why are you in such a hurry? This forest is very big. It's not just a few steps away from a beast. Liang Chaowei next to him pressed down with one hand, and there was a great posture of persuasion.

Of course, Zhao Yu also followed by the two of them. But he neither coaxed Zha Hongliang together, nor persuaded Liang Chaowei together. Zhao Yu is used to being silent when others speak, and he is not good at words.

"But you can't walk for a few hours in vain!" Zha Hongliang seemed to be no longer satisfied with the catharsis of the leaves, and he left a huge footprint directly on the trunk of a towering tree that he had just passed.

"Don't be so exaggerated. It's only been two hours and eight minutes since we left Vortex Town. ”

"Huh. Zha Hongliang glanced at Liang Chaowei with disdain, "I said that your sense of time is really strong! ”

Successful people have an almost paranoid understanding of time. ”

"Wow! Ah Liang said that he is a successful person!" Zha Hongliang smiled stiffly, his eyes shining brightly, "Then let me see how you succeeded." Has the swordsman junior stabilized this time?"

"Oh, don't judge me by trials, okay? I'm more inclined to things that others aren't good at. ”

"Hey, hey, something that others aren't good at. So what is it?"

"It's useless to talk to people like you, because you're not a successful person. ”

It seems that no matter how Zha Hongliang mocks step by step, Liang Chaowei can always deal with it calmly. No, it's Zha Hongliang who is defeated again. I saw Zha Hongliang shake his hand indignantly and threw out the sentence 'I'm too lazy to talk to you again'.

In this towering forest, the swordsman class and the archer class walked in it majestically. Their ranks were intermittent, and there was no test sample that should have been. It seems to be a small group of several people, leisurely rushing along the road in a block form.

Zhao Yu and Zha Hongliang almost fell at the end, chatting idly.

But then again, it seems like everyone here, including the two coaches at the front of the line. Zhao Yu looked at the farthest point in front of him. Li Yuan, the coach of the swordsman class, and Yu Jianshu, the coach of the archer class, talked and laughed, and hardly paid much attention to the situation of the team behind them. The most they can do is to look back a few times once in a while to see if the students are keeping up.

But! Zhao Yu began to look around. As Zha Hongliang said, they have been walking here for a long time and have not encountered a single beast. In that case, there will be no threat to their lives.

Zhao Yu scratched the root behind his ear and opened his mouth to yawn.

This forest was very unfamiliar to Zhao Yu, although he lived in Vortex Town, he hardly set foot in the woods outside. Because there were rumors that playful children secretly went to the woods to explore, but they starved to death because they got lost. Therefore, Zhao Yu did not dare to take half a step out of the whirlpool town, and the farthest he walked in his memory was to go a few hundred meters outside the town to carry the rice aided by other towns.

In addition, his mother also frightened him, thus causing him a lot of shadows.

"Don't just run around into the woods outside. It's easy to get lost, and if you get lost, you'll starve to death or be bitten to death by wild animals in the woods. And then there's the fact that you'll never see your mom again. ”

Therefore, in Zhao Yu's twenty years of life, he basically set foot in the small whirlpool town, and did not take half a step outside the town. He wanted to go out to see the next world, but because he couldn't see his mother and his life was threatened, he had to give up.

However, this outskirts test gave him the opportunity to see the outside world. Besides, with two coaches and so many companions with them, it is impossible to encounter any danger under any circumstances. But no, they have walked so far, except for casual chatting, nothing has happened.

Earlier, when Zhao Yu had just arrived at the trial ground, he saw several fellow swordsman class students ready to go. But Zhao Yu knew very well that they just wanted to have a close contact with a few female compatriots in the archer class.

Coach Li Yuan was not late this time, he even arrived a few minutes early. At the first moment of his appearance, he also clapped his hands, 'inspiring' everyone that today's day is very special. But the students didn't pay much attention to it, and Coach Li Yuan naturally didn't care.

After lining up the line, Zhao Yu's swordsman class arrived at the main gate and made peace with a group of people from the archer class. Then, with a group of hundreds of people, they began their journey out of town.

They went out through the West Gate of Vortex, and legend has it that the beasts outside this gate were relatively gentle. For example, headhunting dogs, fluffy sheep, etc. And those who are very fierce, such as Steppenwolf and Short-faced Bear, are on the east side of Vortex Town.

The moment he walked out of Vortex Town and into the woods, Zhao Yu felt something unusual. It was nothing like the atmosphere of the town, and all he saw was the towering dense woods, and the weeds and low trees everywhere.

Another point is that the woods as a whole are showing an eerie situation. Very little sunlight reaches the surface. This is probably due to the fact that the trees are too tall and are shaded by a forest of branches and leaves.

At first, during the walk, Zhao Yu kept deceiving himself, thinking that in this trip, there might be some exciting big events. In this case, his ordinary life may make a little waves.

But judging from the current situation, it is indeed strange from imagination - everyone is mixing and waiting for the end.

It is estimated that when the test is over, most people will return as if they had not encountered the beast. Then they ran away for nothing this time.

Zhao Yu estimated that the coach was just following the framework of the trial, but in fact, they didn't want to go out of town like that. However, in the primary trial, it is clearly stipulated that there must be a mock test. That's why there is this outskirts running. However, one thing to note is that if you go around the woods and don't encounter a wild beast, then the test will naturally end.

It seems that Vortex Town is not only backward in the town, but the woods in the outer circle are also relatively barren! Zhao Yu couldn't help but let out a deep sigh.

He was walking passively at the end of the line with his head down, only to realize that the students in front of him had stopped.

What's wrong?Zhao Yu stood on tiptoe and looked at the coach at the front.

It turned out that Coach Li Yuan was motioning for everyone to sit down and rest.

"You've walked a lot, you'd better rest first! If you're tired from the journey, and can't deal with the beasts with 100 percent of your energy, it will be too much to lose. ”

Although the coach said it vividly, everyone didn't show much excitement. But it's nice to be able to sit down and rest for a while. As a result, many of the students sat down on the spot. Since this is a forest, there is some mud on the ground except for weeds, so it is the same everywhere you sit.

Zhao Yu and Zha Hongliang chose to sit down next to a big tree. They unloaded their swords and tossed the package aside.

Zhao Yu saw that some students had piled up swords and packages next to the roots of the tree, probably because they were afraid of forgetting. But Zhao Yu felt that they were so stupid, weren't the stout trees just right to rest on?

Therefore, he moved his ass until he was leaning against the trunk of the tree, and he relaxed his body in satisfaction.

"Yo, Zhao Yu, you're very smart! You know how to use tree trunks as leaning objects. Zhao Yu's every move just now was taken into account by Liang Chaowei, so he teased casually.

Zhao Yu smiled and scratched his head embarrassedly.

"Ahh I haven't seen a living creature until now. Do you want us to fight ants in this mock test?" Zha Hongliang complained again after sitting down.

Before, he kept piling up the leaves that had fallen from the surrounding trees. When the thickness was acceptable, he sat down. It's like making a makeshift cushion out of leaves, so he doesn't have to sit on his butt directly to the ground.

"Hey, don't have any more opinions, that's what mock tests are. I've heard from previous students that it's just going out for a walk and coming back without doing anything. ”

When Zha Hongliang heard this, he sank into the pile of leaves like a deflated ball. Seeing this, Liang Chaowei smiled and smiled at Zhao Yu.

Maybe this so-called rest is just to change everyone's chatting from walking to chatting when sitting! Zhao Yu slammed the back of his head into the trunk of the tree and thought about it casually.

On the side of the coach at the front, there seemed to be a lot of noise, and Zhao Yu twisted his neck to look there.

"It's useless for you to ask me, and I can't conjure up a few beasts for you to practice out of thin air. Are you right?"

Coach Li Yuan was also sitting next to a tree, and he was tilting his head and spreading his hands, as if he was concerned about helplessness. Next to him was Coach Yu Jianshu of the archer class.

And just in front of the two coaches, there were several students standing with their backs to each other. Looking at their posture, it seems that they are asking the coach some questions. Sure enough, one of the students began to point around him.

"But Coach, it's not a way for us to keep walking around like this!"

His remarks drew echoes from several other trainees. Everyone said that they couldn't walk around like headless flies like before.

"So what do you say? I'm a coach. Li Yuan looked up at the students who came to give advice, and deliberately made a look of pulling his earlobes.

"Coach, we don't have any opinions. We just wanted to talk to the coach about how to find the beast in the woods as quickly as possible. ”

"What? Do you really want to test? I don't usually see you so persistent!"

"That's different, coach. Now that we're here, we all want to see the power of the beast!"

"Well, touching the beast can also make us know what kind of strength we have in Saillos?"

"I know that. I'm here today for the test. But if I didn't encounter a beast, I couldn't help it!"

"Yes, we want to test it for you sooner rather than later. But we really can't find a goal, and we can't do anything about it. Coach Yu Jianshu is like a supplement.

"So you can't be in a hurry about this, and if you can meet a wild beast, you can always test it. ”

After listening to the coach's remarks, several students had to leave in a huff. But there are also students who are hard to the end, and a certain person named Xu Yang with his hair standing up belongs to this kind of stunned green.

"Coach. But what if we don't encounter the beast all the time, does it mean that we have come in vain this time?"

Li Yuan couldn't help but press and caress his stamina with his backhand, as if he was adjusting the cervical joint, and he 'clicked' a few times. "Hungry! If that's the case, there's nothing we can do, it just means that we're lucky. ”

Probably seeing what Xu Yang was about to say, Li Yuan hurriedly spoke first like a closed mouth.

"Actually, there are few beasts here, and you can't even run into a few when you go out. So you can't blame me, I wish I could meet a beast so badly that I could show my hands. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Yuan also made eye contact with Yu Jianshu. Zhao Yu only felt that the two coaches were sitting in front of the tree so lazily, and they were embarrassed to shirk something.

"Oh, after all, it's still a little bit weird to the coach!"

At this time, several female students of the archer class in the distance no longer showed a quiet state. Xu Nianyi is the loudest one among them, and she is also the first female student to stand up and question the coach.

"Blame me?" Li Yuan had a playful smile on his face, "Why blame me?"

Xu Nianyi walked towards the coach: "Everyone knows that there are many terrible beasts outside the east gate of Vortex Town. But the coach just told everyone to go to the west gate. What does this mean? We're all a little puzzled. ”

Seeing that the female student of his archer class was confronting Li Yuan, Yu Jianshu stayed out of the matter and blocked the upper half of his face with his hand. Not only that, but judging by the quickly upwardly curled corners of his mouth, it was clear that he was snickering.

Li Yuan was not so calm, only to see him stand up and clapped his hands competently: "Hey, beauty! You don't know how terrible the beasts are at the east gate! Steppenwolf and short-faced bear." Which of you can handle it? Don't get a beast with a missing arm or leg, and then your parents rush to the proving ground to scold our coach. ”

"But coach, isn't dealing with powerful beasts the place to be tested in the suburbs? Besides, we have so many people here today, and we are accompanied by two practical coaches. Why can't you be hurt by a mere Steppenwolf?"

Xu Nianyi's words caused a burst of echo from the students.

"Haha, look! ”

The coaches and students in the distance were still talking about each other, and Liang Chaowei here spoke softly. He thought with his elbow that Zhao Yu had reached it, and he was still full of thieves' smiles.

"Oh! For this kind of thing, Zha Hongliang will naturally not let it go. He half-bent down and moved towards Zhao Yu and Liang Chaowei, and then stood up and looked at the commotion site.

Coach Li Yuan and Xu Nianyi continued to talk to each other, although they still didn't meet the standard of quarreling at all, but obviously neither side wanted to back down half a step. Seeing this, the rest of the students began to slowly approach them and coax them.

"Why are you arguing?" Zhao Yu bent his thigh, put his elbow on his knee, and his upper palm supported his cheeks, "It's really boring." ”

"It's good to fight! give that 'dwarf' a good headache. Besides, we're very bored right now, so let's have some fun. Zha Hongliang smiled sheepishly.

What's so fun about this? Zhao Yu's head sank and lowered, and he immediately felt the excessive weight on his knees.

Just when everyone was concentrating their minds on the confrontation in the distance, suddenly, Zhao Yu felt a strange movement behind him. Zha Hongliang and Liang Chaowei also found out, and the three of them turned their heads to look at the place together.

In a dense bush, there are tree leaves swinging. It oscillates a little more frequently, and it doesn't look like it's caused by some small bird or bug.

Zhao Yu couldn't help but set his eyes on his two friends. Similarly, Cha and Liang also looked at each other.

"What is it?" Zha Hongliang moved his lips and walked towards the bush.

"Hey! Zhao Yu wanted to stop it.

When you're unsure, you should report to your coach and decide together what to do, because God knows what they'll encounter in this gloomy woods. Adhering to this truth, Zhao Yu hurriedly grabbed Zha Hongliang's arm.

But Zha Hongliang shook it off disdainfully, "What are you panicking about? There are so many people here." He continued to move toward the bushes.

Liang Chaowei seemed to have a brain, he picked up the sword at his feet and cautiously followed behind Zha Hongliang.

Zhao Yu is eyes are also anxious in his heart. He kept traveling around the position of the coach and the crowd, and looked at Zha Hongliang who had a hot brain from time to time.

Zha Hongliang had already come to the bushes, and he quickly stretched out his hand to remove the leaves in front of him.

Zhao Yu's heart then rose to his throat and eyes. His eyes widened and his mouth opened slightly, and just as he turned his head to hesitate to report to the coach, there was a sound of tree leaves again.

Zha Hongliang had already brushed aside the bushes and leaves in front of him, only to see him leaning forward and looking inside.

"Look! there's nothing!"

Liang Chaowei also relaxed when he saw this, and the sword in his hand poured down, and the head of the sword hit the ground. "What! What did you do just now?"

"You go and ask Zhao Yu! Is it that he just exaggerated what kind of beast?" Zha Hongliang put down his hands, and the bushes immediately returned to their original state, "Actually, there is nothing." ”

"Then how did the movement of the leaves of the tree come from?"

"Maybe it's just rumors. ”

After answering Liang Chaowei's question, Zha Hongliang turned his body towards Zhao Yu, "Look, Zhao Yu! Zha Hongliang also made a posture of standing upright, and his hands swung exaggeratedly from time to time like a performance conductor, "You still want to stop me." Do you think it's some vicious beast?Steppenwolf?Or short-faced bear?haha...... Actually, nothing. But if there is, then I will definitely be able to check Hongliang......"

Before he finished speaking, the word 'may' had just spread in the air. The bushes behind him suddenly made another 'swish' sound. Then, in a matter of tenths of a second, a shadow emerges from the bushes.

Because the speed was so fast, Zhao Yu didn't even have time to see what it was. When the shadow stopped, he was already in front of Zha Hongliang.

For a while, Zhao Yu and Liang Chaowei both showed stunned faces.

Zha Hongliang didn't seem to react yet, he tightened his body in a daze. But soon, he realized that there was an extra sword with a cold edge in front of his neck. The blade of the sword pressed against his chin, and a cold sensation penetrated his entire body.

Zha Hongliang gasped, and his cheeks began to twitch uncontrollably. A 'whimper' sound came from his mouth, but he didn't look like he was crying.

"Zha ...... Zha ......" Zhao Yu was shocked by the scene in front of him, and he was almost completely speechless.

It wasn't until Zhao Yu was able to instill what he saw in his mind that he realized what had happened.

A sturdy young man was holding a sharp sword against Zha Hongliang's chin. The young man had a hideous face and a strong armor-shaped face.