Over the course of the year, the training had been finalized and the children had become more accustomed to the lack of light of day underground, and by the time the death toll had decreased considerably. However, the year has passed, and the unknown test will come.

Since Zhao Kai killed Hao Li, there are only twenty people left in the so-called first echelon, because of this matter, most of the twenty people have begun to be wary of Zhao Kai, as for Hao Li's doglegs, they were even more frightened for a while, and they were relieved to see that Zhao Kai never moved them.

After this incident, everyone learned a lesson, and there were no more conflicts and disputes in the echelon, to be honest, in the second half of the year, everyone was entangled in trivial matters, and they could focus on training, and they should really thank Zhao Kai, at least they should also thank the dead Hao Li.

Zhao Kai's own physical fitness is excellent, and he conducts high-intensity training every day, and after a period of adaptation, he can really feel the real improvement of quality every day.

As for Xuan Condensation's cultivation, Zhao Kai felt that although his absorption of the blood original stone was slow, his absorption of the aura of heaven and earth should not be slow, but recently through the special test stone brought by the young instructor, Zhao Kai was still taken aback, because his cultivation speed ranked second, second only to the genius brother Wen Buji, who was the first in everything.

As for the fighting arts, the instructors taught a lot in a year, and most of them were fist and foot kung fu, often attacking people's vital points, and extremely respected the fighting skills of injuring the enemy by 1,000 and inflicting 800 self-damage. The only weapon allowed to be touched after that is the dagger, as this is a must for every hitman to get started.

Zhao Kai had never touched a dagger before, but after more than half a year of adaptation and running-in, he gradually liked the short blade in his hand. The moves taught by the instructor often seal the throat with one move, be ruthless and resolute without showing traces, and never drag the mud and water, which is indeed a basic course that killers must learn.

In recent days, the instructor no longer teaches skills, but only divides the twenty people into two teams through the rankings, beating each other to the death, and now everyone has adapted to the rules, and everyone is extremely old and vicious, even if they lose, they will not let the other party eat good fruit.

Because it is interspersed with grouping, Zhao Kai, who ranks second, and the genius brother Wen Buji are naturally two camps. Whenever there are only these two people left in the final ring, one fist and one palm, or dagger handover, they can always play tricks, and the victory and defeat are five or five, and most of them are draws.

In order to cope with the children's daily injuries, the instructors distributed a bottle of jet-black ointment to each person, which was very effective, and often recovered after sleeping overnight.

So in the evening, everyone held up their scarred bodies, with blue noses and swollen faces, took out precious ointments, and endured the pain by themselves.

However, the lower echelons did not seem to be so lucky, and every few days someone died from their injuries.

However, this is no wonder to others, because if you can't adapt to it, you will die, that's the rule here.

Another year of deep cold winter, at the time of the wax moon, there are only two days left before the arrival of the new year, and there is no way to have any festive atmosphere underground, but the solemn atmosphere is getting heavier, because it means that the test will start immediately.

All the men were loaded into wagons that hauled goods, and the instructors were disguised as caravans and led out of the city.

Such a clumsy trick was not detected. This can only show that the officers and soldiers in the city are also in league with this organization, and at least the upper echelons on both sides must be in collusion.

The carriage was not slow, and the huge box had a small hole in the exhaust, but the children were still very crowded, and the road was constantly bumpy and uncomfortable, but it was nothing to use as training.

Naturally, the caravan was accompanied by not only instructors, but also many assistant teachers dressed as servants and miscellaneous servants, as well as Liu Qing, the commander of this operation.

After most of the day, it was not until it became dark that all the children were released, which was much less than the original 400 people.

Looking into the distance, it turned out that it had reached the foot of a mountain, the tall and steep mountains were full of primitive wildness, and from time to time there was a faint cry of wild beasts, and each echelon was led by the instructor to camp and sleep.

Tonight's food is extraordinarily nutritious, and the large pieces of barbecue are distributed to everyone regardless of the echelon, and they are full, which is obviously a bloody investment.

The bonfire rose, and the instructors were quite cheerful and having fun, obviously they were also very depressed about their daily underground life.

However, the children who sat on the floor did not have any joy on their faces, and even thought about the content of the test repeatedly in their hearts, carefully looking at their surroundings, and they did not cherish the peace before the storm, because they were pursuing a better life in the future.

After eating, there was a short gap and no training was scheduled for tonight. In the first half of the day, the children arranged to rest.

Tonight is destined to be sleepless for many people, because they are nervous, they can't forget the coming-of-age ceremony at the beginning of the year, and they can't forget the bloody killing scenes.

However, time does not take into account the feelings of the children, and it still keeps turning, and the first rays of light are ushered in in the dim sky of the morning, and the test begins.

"Climb this mountain alive and you'll be considered tested. You can form your own team and regroup according to the order of descending. There are people in the Liang Tower on the mountain to arrange it, this group of people is crazy, and it must be dangerous, but this year's training does need such a tempering. So, bless you, I hope not too many people die, go up the mountain. ”

At the foot of the mountain in the early morning, you can hear the beautiful birdsong, but everyone is silent in the cold wind, and the atmosphere is quite strange.

said that it was a casual group, but there was no communication between the various echelons in the usual training, so at the beginning, it was still a gathering of people from the same echelon to keep warm.

Zhao Kai and Wen Buji walked together, the relationship between the two was actually good, in this underground Shura field, because they were out of the same Dafeng, and they often competed with each other, they also had some feelings of sympathy.

And for Zhao Kai, Hao Li's incident only showed Wen Buji to himself, and for a period of time after he was whipped and punished, he even took care of himself that others could not notice, and Zhao Kai was still very grateful.

Twenty people held together, trying to speed up, but after walking about a mile, nothing happened, and the mountain scenery in winter was very normal, and there was nothing unusual around.

The road is rugged, and the trees ahead are getting denser, and although there are occasional bare trunks in the area, most of them are turquoise trees that adapt to the cold.

The different echelons deliberately distanced themselves when they went up the mountain, after all, they didn't understand the danger on the mountain at the beginning, so it would be better to have less fighting.

At this time, twenty people walked into the dense forest in front of them, goose-yellow bushes were all over, making people unable to see the road under their feet, and everyone did not relax their vigilance, they could go through a year of training, and they came from the first echelon, naturally they were not some kind of waste.

Zhao Kai felt that he stepped on something with his right foot, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart, but it was too late, and with a whoosh, his right foot was tied by a rope, and it suddenly rose and was hung on a tree.

"Everyone be careful," Zhao Kai reminded. He didn't panic, he kicked the trunk with his left leg, seized the opportunity to flip his body, cut the rope with a dagger, and then grabbed the branch and turned over, he didn't dare to fall casually anymore.

Zhao Kai carefully observed the surroundings from a high place, and indeed found many similar traps, but these were only on the surface, and he couldn't see them hidden in the dark.

"Wen Buji, don't move your right foot, go to the left a little. Li Hao, don't forget to retreat, there is just one behind you. And you..."

Zhao Kai tried his best to remind everyone that when everyone passed the trap area here, he was about to jump to another tree trunk and continue to move forward at a high place, but he only heard the sound of breaking through the air, swishing twice, and a hidden weapon shot out, and his body turned sharply, and finally skillfully dodged the two flying knives.

"How's it going?" Wen said.

"It's okay, I shouldn't be able to climb and move forward at a high place, at most I can only stay at a high place. ”

When everyone heard this, their color changed slightly, this is the trap at the beginning, and the back is even more dangerous, and now there is one less road, the road ahead is difficult, the road ahead is difficult.

Sure enough, after a while, two people tripped over the hidden rope on the ground, and what was even more dangerous was that there was a big pit hidden in front of them.

"Everyone works in pairs, one in front and one in the back, connected by ropes so that they can support each other faster. Wen Buji suggested.

Everyone has a purple and black rope that is not very thick, but the material is not bad, and the external force is basically pulling constantly, which finally comes in handy at this time.

Zhao Kai is in a group with a girl, her name is Zhu Dan, the two have been in contact with each other, she is a cold character, she doesn't like to talk, at this time Zhao Kai is exploring the way in front, and she is observing in the back.

After that, a few more people stepped on the big pit by mistake, and the companions behind them struggled to hold on, and there were no casualties.

Out of the woods, the way up the mountain was only a quarter of the way, and noon had arrived, and everyone had to find a way to find food.

Ahead was a white, open and bald forest, covered with fallen leaves, but much better than the bushes just now.

They can only go forward, because once the detour time increases, and there will be other traps, there is no need for a detour.

The tall trunks were bare, and the sky above them was completely covered by the crowd, but the cold winter wind made this inch of daylight lose all effect, and the twenty men still attached their ropes, and walked cautiously.

Twenty people stepped on the fallen leaves, staring at their feet, but there was nothing abnormal, the mountains were real, there were no big pits, and they walked more boldly later.

However, after only a few dozen breaths, when the twenty people had gone deep into it, they saw dust flying all around, as if something had appeared from under their feet, it was a plank! This was nothing, but the whole process was extremely fast, and as soon as everyone reacted, a fence was closed from the bottom to the top around the plank. Then the whole cage was lifted up to heaven,

"Man-made mechanism!" someone drank.

Now the strategy of the two people in a group has become a joke, with the involvement of the rope, it is even more inconvenient, and the person who operates the mechanism is obviously extremely spicy, and the ten cages are exactly one in a group, and the plan is very good.

The distance from the ground in mid-air is already extremely high, jumping down here is no different from taking death, just when everyone is thinking about the strategy, the surrounding hidden weapons shoot out, perfect through the gaps in the cage, the angle is tricky, it is impossible to prevent, a wave of flying blades down, more than ten people have been slightly injured, but only a few breaths, the hidden weapon offensive came again.