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Chapter 852 - 466: Tower of Combat, Gaze of the Moon Lord (5K)

Chapter 852: Chapter 466: Tower of Combat, Gaze of the Moon Lord (5K)

The testing model at the central testing grounds was unknown, but those who managed to get through were certainly geniuses among geniuses.

That much was clear.

The entry threshold for the ultimate test at the central grounds was the top-tier geniuses—only those who passed the first three trials at Testing Ground No. 404, the mythical trials, and were under sixty years old could qualify.

Being overage was not necessarily a deal-breaker, but the older one got, the more stringent the requirements became. Theoretically, young mythicals under the age of sixty had the best chance of securing a ticket to the ultimate test.

Indeed...

In powerful forces like the Scarlet Lotus Empire, the Ancient Moon Dynasty, and the Seven Stars Alliance from the Eastern Guai Realm, only a few geniuses could obtain this entry ticket.

They had nurtured over a hundred mythicals, most of whom also failed to get past the third trial—especially the peripheral mythicals recruited by the academy.

Nevertheless, he still sought to pull strings through Miss Ruo.

As a testing official, Miss Ruo had the authority to issue entry tickets for the ultimate test to geniuses under sixty who had only cleared the first two trials but had shown excellent performance.

These days, he was busy organizing mythical-level trial challenges.

Those young mythicals who got in through the back door definitely had a competitive disadvantage, but who knew? Just getting into the central testing grounds might earn them a guaranteed reward.

For this reason, Fang You felt he needed to work harder and exploit Miss Ruo’s connections even more.

"This is also for humanity."

"Ah, yes, yes."

"But you have the authority to give out trial entry tickets here; surely it’s the same at other testing grounds?"

Miss Ruo scoffed, "How can ordinary testing grounds compare to my No. 404? Only 101, 202, 303, and 505 can compare. Of course, examiners at other testing grounds also have a few nomination spots."

The Candela Empire had hundreds to thousands of testing grounds.

Some were damaged, some lost due to various reasons, and the rest were covertly controlled by one dominant force or another powerful entity.

After all, not all testing grounds had the capability to move freely.

...

During this period, the presence of the dominant forces was significantly felt, with mythical brilliance occasionally seen streaking across the skies of massive cities.

There were also some promising new mythicals among the ordinary forces (common powers).

The calamity hadn’t truly descended yet, but the human world seemed to have entered a grand era, with the pain brought by the recent tidal wave of disasters now long gone.

The mythicals were not entirely convinced of the apocalypse, but they were equally determined to prepare for this chance at the ultimate testing grounds.

They were unaware that the testing grounds would soon come forth, but to them, a year, two, or three was but a brief moment.

They were on their final sprint.

These days, a dominant force from the Western Guai Realm approached the academy, wishing to carry out mythical-level exchange and sparring.

Sparring was good as it could help both parties improve. For those who had become mythicals and seldom engaged in equal-level combat, they needed such exchanges even more to compensate for their lack of combat experience.

This was exactly what the academy desired.

Most of the academy’s mythicals had never experienced a mythical-level life-and-death struggle.

A formal battle among mythicals had also seldom occurred.

Even for those like Yiluo Xi and Cheng Jing Lei, who were exceptional mythicals, they hadn’t experienced many equal-powered battles; most were dominated by force or power over their enemies.

When it came to skills, they were absolutely among the elite, but regarding experience, they were lacking.

Most of the time, overpowering the enemy was sufficient, making experience seem unimportant. Yet, it couldn’t be ignored.

However, after some time, the academy’s mythicals lost their enthusiasm for sparring.

Cheng Jing Lei glanced at the weak external mythicals and lost the interest to participate.

Rather than bullying the weak, he preferred to spar with Black Blade, even though he was mostly outmatched.

Ordinary academy mythicals could hold their own against dominant forces’ mythicals, achieving a fifty-fifty standard in their exchanges. However, since they were just sparring with many considerations, gaining a slight increase in combat experience was viable, but hoping for life-and-death tempering was not.

They might as well have their own internal battles!

Their own training grounds had the "Lock Blood" rule, where they didn’t have to worry about going too hard and not being able to pull back.

Before Black Blade ascended to the eighth awareness, Cheng Jing Lei had fought with him several times on the sixth-level training ground, with each ending in failure.

And though he couldn’t be killed, with his life force locked, when he left the battlefield defeated, he didn’t even have his basic self-healing abilities anymore and had to be dragged away by nursing automatons to the severe injury ward for recovery and healing.

The battles were indeed exhilarating, but while fighting was fun, the aftermath was painful.

Cheng Jing Lei dared not frequently challenge Black Blade.

Other mythicals felt similarly.

Their combat experience was indeed lacking, yet upon comparison, they found that improving their own skills, venturing through Heartwatch Waterfall and Dragon Vein Blood Pool, or attending lectures by Instructor Black Blade... These activities offered quicker gains.

Sparring? Pointless!

Instructor Fang himself was also lacking in combat experience.

If it came to experience in the Demigod Realm, he could still discuss and exchange ideas with Brother Black Blade, but for higher-level combat experience and power utilization, he had nobody to interact with.

Light Red and Secret Puppet weren’t options for exchange.

Chi Yan? She was a classic example of someone skillful in action but not in thought.

Even with high-level power utilization, Instructor Fang could only scratch the surface. Without abundant worldly power to squander and lacking strong physical and spiritual endurance, he could only continually simulate and construct scenarios in his mind.