The very central area of the Brilliant Continent has been a barren and barren land for thousands of years, and it is also the most dangerous place in the entire continent, with thousands of kilometers of uninhabitable areas separating the four parts of the continent from the south, east, and west, and countless homeless homeless people and robbers haunting its periphery, and murders and unsightly deeds are happening almost every second in that land. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In all likelihood, in order to refer to reality, the very center of the trial space is also a difficult area almost proportional to the Brilliant Continent, which has become a tradition of St. Peter's College entrance trials. Sometimes the area is a wasteland, sometimes the ruins of an ancient complex, sometimes a battlefield that has been deposited for hundreds of years, but in this trial, a swarthy mountain range that looks like it reaches into the sky.

The Trials Compass has two indication functions, one is to find the nearest event point within a radius of 5 kilometers, and the other is to find the direction with the most points in the Masterless Trial, and the Trials Group uses the second method to track Hathaway's traces, but from the time they approached this area, the pointer on the compass has been firmly pointed to the center of the mountain range, and there has been no change.

The majestic peaks in front of us are just like the barren land in reality, full of high risks and high opportunities.

Hathaway has never really been seen again since the Trials set foot in this land with a distinctly different style of painting, but that doesn't stop the members from worrying and sharing the same hatred. Since Hathaway has achieved this level, under the influence of anger and fear, even without the bounty temptation of Edgechen, the cohesion of the team has begun to take shape, at least there is no need to worry about the lack of morale.

Eight hours later......

The time of the trial space was approaching the evening of the second day, and the progress of the three full days of trials was halfway through.

In the dark and damp stone room, fifteen slightly tired figures appeared around the corner one after another, they were all the remaining members of the trial group, and the mage robes and armor on their bodies had already been completely different from when they came in, looking simple and heavy.

Compared to earlier, everyone's faces were a little more calm and solemn.

At this time, they were located beneath the mountains in the central area, a long-abandoned shelter. Seven hours ago, when the 23 members of the trial group entered from the foot of the mountain straight into the entrance of the mountain, they never saw the sunlight of the trial space again, and experienced an exciting and dangerous journey, the experience of this journey was not outstanding in the trials of previous years, or even the same, but many things can only be understood by experiencing it themselves, such as the members of the trial group who have been reduced by nearly half, in just half a day, their bodies have undergone visible changes.

This is the true purpose of trials.

Here's what the Trial Troupe experienced during those seven hours.

At about 10 a.m., the trial group entered the shelter.

The setting and history of this sanctuary don't matter, but what matters is that when the Trials entered its depths, it had unsurprisingly turned on its defensive stance, and while it looked like a ruined wall from the outside, it was actually like a beast waiting for its prey with its mouth wide open. However, most of the enemies do not come from living monsters, but from harsh environments and natural hazards, and it is all about wisdom, agility and luck to pass safely, which has been the practice in the central area of all previous trials, so the trial team has been prepared for this for a long time.

At the same time, Su Wen seemed to have completely given up control of the trial group, and all the dispatches and commands were handed over to the new deputy head Ai Zheqin. The latter's approach was consistent with last night's statement, ordering the remaining 23 members of the Trial Order to remain grouped, but instead of advancing en masse, they gathered the elements of each unit to provide elemental space for the captain with the strongest magical ability - this may sound complicated, but it was actually similar to Donald having a group of doppelgangers inject magic into his body, and then easily unleashing the seven-ring forbidden spell-level magic. It's just that the tacit understanding of the members of the trial group is far less than that of Donald, at most, it makes the elements more abundant, reduces the difficulty of casting, and increases the effectiveness of casting.

This is effective, and the reason why the vast majority of genius magic apprentices are unable to unleash the three-ring magic without the help of foreign objects is not because they are not intelligent enough to understand, but because of the limitations of the elemental communication ability, which prevents them from using it more subtly. But everything is not necessarily, for those who are stuck at the top of the second ring, the influence of environmental factors can give them the ability to release the magic of the third ring for a short time, and the real gate of the magic hall, those complex spells formed by the thousands of changes of different elements, starts from the third ring.

Trap detection, the universal three-ring compulsory magic, let the elements be simulated and explored before the real person passes through the danger area, so that the trial group has the ability to uninterruptedly release this skill, which is the purpose of Ai Zheqin's arrangement. The central area is an absolute forbidden area for more than ninety percent of the trialists, not because of how terrifying the monsters are, but because of the gap between the second ring magic and the third ring magic, the former is just an ordinary person who can play some tricks, while the latter is an out-and-out formal magician, there is only one level difference between the two, but there is a qualitative difference.

This is actually the reason why Hathaway makes everyone angry but helpless. Even with her abilities, it was not easy to unleash the true three-ring magic, requiring long hours of chanting and stiffening to communicate with the elements. But after all, she had stepped over the moat and stood in a position that no one could match—being able to unleash any three-ring spell on her own was a sign of becoming a full-fledged magician. The usual magic apprentice may only be able to do it in the second or third year of the 5-year system of the Advanced Magic Academy, and even some stupid ones can't do it in 5 years, so they can only repeat the grade, but she has achieved it before she even enrolls, and even has the ability to put it into actual combat, and only this talent is enough to be called a true genius.

To get back to the point, after Ai Zheqin's arrangement, the team of 23 people is no longer 23 ordinary people who can do small magic, but has become four magicians in the real sense of the word. Of course, there is no equivalence between the two, but it is enough for the entire team to achieve a qualitative breakthrough, rather than just using the numerical advantage to break through.

However, if the ability to unleash the magic of the three rings can be foolproof, then this central area is too unworthy of the name.

At first, with the help of the trap detection of the Three Rings, the Trial Group evaded a large number of defensive traps outside the shelter, including a hidden machine crossbow only a dozen meters away from the entrance, a large number of pedal-triggered stabs, poisonous smoke generators, and various conventional defensive traps...... These mechanisms are extremely lethal to ordinary people, they are extremely hidden, and even if you are careful, it is difficult to guarantee that you can find them, but under the investigation of the elements in all directions, there is nowhere to hide, and there is no attrition of the trial group.

The shelter is large, and there may even be more than one entrance, but the entrances are not connected between the shallow levels, so the first level was quickly explored, and the defensive golem equivalent to the mini-boss at the bottom of the level was overwhelmed by the elements that poured in from all directions before it could last half a minute, shattering into charred parts, and the rewards it dropped, along with the materials of the entire layer of shelter, became the bag of the trial group.

But the lightness didn't last long, these things were only the outermost defenses, the shallowest layer of shelter, and in the glorious continent where mages were prevalent, this level of defense was nothing more secure than an open room.

On the second level, the trial group encountered an elemental trap.

This is a typical and rudimentary anti-trap detection trap, the sealed reaction magic explodes when it is interfered with by foreign elements, and its direction is in the direction of the release of magic, if it is not for the fact that Ai Zheqin seems to have been prepared for a small trick by the leader of the second team, Bendel, did not release the trap detection technique upright, but directed the explosive power of the elemental trap to the wall, the consequences are unimaginable.

From this level onwards, even with reasonable allocation, the members of the Trial Troupe still feel a pervasive crisis.

The most intuitive manifestation is that the defense mechanism can no longer be brute-forced, there is far more than one elemental trap, and the lowest-level guy at the entrance is more like a warning, and Ai Zheqin immediately gave up and continued to detect. Generally speaking, the next defense mechanism is not something that a group of magic apprentices can deal with, but fortunately, this is not a real shelter, but a well-designed level designed by St. Peter's College, so almost all the traps have flaws to follow, and it is not a dead end.

But attrition is inevitable, especially when the members of the Trial Group find that the defensive puppets on the previous level have become miscellaneous soldiers on this level, and there are only two or three in one swipe on the way to explore and solve the traps. The reason why I thought it was weak before was because I treated it as a boss, and it was strange that more than twenty people were surrounded by elements, but when they first appeared in groups...... It was just a round of charge, and the team that didn't have much tacit understanding was completely broken up, and the captains of the official magician level who relied on the support of all the team members suddenly lost their help, and they were beaten to the ground. In the end, it was Haus who threw out the Cryoseal magic scroll that was ready to be left for the third day of the super dungeon, and finally stabilized the situation.

In just half a minute, three people were reduced, including Harrison, the current captain of the fourth squad.

Next, no matter how careful you are, there are still two team members who have been eliminated from the entire second layer, plus three more people have died tragically one after another on the third layer, and when you reach this safe area near the final area, there are only 15 people left in the entire trial group.

But correspondingly, both the trial points and the equipment items are quite rich, which can be seen from the clothes on everyone's body, the weapons in their hands, and even the two chests containing the harvest.

"Deputy Head Edgerqin, the area has been sealed off, and it has been confirmed that there is no trace of Hathaway. ”

When all 14 members of the group entered the safe zone, House and Su Wen followed behind and slowly entered, they set up wind chimes to prevent tracking in almost every passage, this warning magic can be called the most practical spell in the second ring, especially useful in narrow terrain, whether it is triggered or destroyed, as long as the state of the wind chimes changes, it will make an alarm. And the enclosed passages of the shelter are simply suitable for this magic, even if Hathaway knows how to hide, as long as she does not teleport, it is impossible for her to pass through those only passages silently.

"Thank you. ”

It was confirmed that he was not being monitored, and Ai Zheqin had long since lost his sharpness from last night.

"By all indications, there will probably not be a fourth floor in the shelter. The time is almost there, and the plan can be implemented smoothly, Captain Su Wen, it seems that after the current battle, the restoration teleportation scroll can finally come in handy. ”

"We can't let the blood of our comrades be shed in vain, let's fight on both sides, take Hathaway down within the day tomorrow, and then march to the Super Dungeon on the third day!" (To be continued.) )