Chapter 1032: Chapter 1032: Eager to Try
Master Yipiao had anticipated their reactions, he calmly said: "On the battlefield, there are no fathers and sons, let alone classmates? Once you enter the Illusion Picture Scroll, you are no longer classmates or friends, but competitors. You must do your utmost to obtain the highest points, and I will rank you according to the scores. The higher the rank, the richer the rewards."
Eight people looked at each other, under such arrangements, it seemed that there was no other choice but to engage in mutual slaughter.
One point for a Third Order Demonic Beast, five points for a Fourth Order Demonic Beast, ten points for a Fifth Order Demonic Beast. They are all Level Four Magic Stars, and it is very difficult to kill a Fifth Order Demonic Beast. It requires a lot of effort, and it’s already hard enough to kill one. Now they need to kill ten Fifth Order Demonic Beasts to earn the same score as killing a classmate.
Fourth Order Demonic Beasts are on par with their strength; they can win by relying on intelligence and various magic skills, but twenty to score one hundred points is a terrifying number.
When Qin Sisi followed Ye You to train in the forest, they mainly hunted Demonic Beasts of the same level, fighting only about two or three, or three or four a day.
This straightforwardly tells them that attacking classmates is the best way to gain points.
The Third Order Demonic Beasts are even more negligible, and all eight participants ignored them.
Xiao Meng, unable to suppress the unease in her heart, raised her hand and asked, "Master Yipiao, what if... what if I can’t bring myself to attack a classmate?"
Master Yipiao replied indifferently: "You could hide in a remote place to kill Demonic Beasts, or wait for others to come and kill you."
Xiao Meng was left speechless, indeed, she couldn’t bring herself to harm others, but that didn’t mean others would show mercy. She looked at Yun Cheng and Qin Sisi beside her and prayed secretly that she wouldn’t encounter them in the Illusion Picture Scroll.
Qing Pu asked: "Master Yipiao, what if after ten days, all ten people are still alive in the Illusion Picture Scroll?"
If everyone is reluctant to attack their classmates, such a situation could arise.
Master Yipiao chuckled and said: "Then you all will be ranked tenth."
Qing Pu’s face changed, and he immediately fell silent.
The rewards for the final assessment are so generous, the rewards for the graduation assessment are bound to be even more precious. For their personal benefit, there will always be people who take the initiative to strike.
Master Yipiao continued: "After ten days, no matter how many people are left in the Illusion Picture Scroll, the assessment will end. However many people there are, they will share the same rank - two people will share second place, three people will share third place. Only when there is only one person left in the Illusion Picture Scroll, will the reward for first place be given."
Qin Sisi bit her lip, this arrangement was too meticulous. It seemed that Master Yipiao spared no effort for this last assessment. Since that was the case, they would follow the requirements.
She raised her head, looked at her classmates and said loudly: "Classmates, we have been together for three years and never crossed hands. Let’s take this opportunity to learn from each other. After all, it is not real death. We cannot let the rewards prepared by Master Yipiao not even have a chance to appear!"
The teachers couldn’t help but smile. During such a tense moment, she could still joke about Master Yipiao, showing a strong mentality.
The other students, upon hearing Qin Sisi’s words, also felt much calmer. As Qin Sisi mentioned, it wasn’t true death anyway; they were merely released from the Illusion picture scroll. If no one fought, all eight of them would only get the prize for the tenth position, and that would truly be a pitiful situation.
"Okay," Xiao Meng said loudly, "Sister Sisi, if I encounter you within the Illusion picture scroll, I will definitely have a good fight with you."
Qin Sisi pursed her lips in a smile and high-fived Xiao Meng as a form of encouragement to each other.
The atmosphere turned from tense anxiety to eager excitement. Master Yipiao looked at Qin Sisi appreciatively, then lowered his arms and crumpled the Illusion picture scroll as if it were paper, tossing it gently into the trial tower.
The colorful lights of the trial tower immediately converged. After a transformation, the scenes from the Illusion picture scroll appeared on the exterior of the trial tower, now resembling a huge Crystal Ball, clearly displaying the world inside the Illusion picture scroll.
Master Yipiao pointed towards the entrance of the trial tower and encouragingly said, "Go, children, and draw a perfect end to your journey of study at the Heavenly Magic God’s Castle."
The eight students looked at each other and walked towards the trial tower one by one, being transported from the entrance into the Illusion picture scroll.
Qin Sisi was the last to enter. As she approached the door, she felt Master Yipiao watching her. She turned to meet his gaze, bowed slightly in respect to her elder, and then followed her classmates into the entrance of the trial tower.
Her body felt momentarily weightless, as light as if she were being blown about by the wind.
After an indeterminate amount of time, Qin Sisi felt something solid beneath her, no longer drifting about.
When she slowly opened her eyes, she found herself lying beneath an extremely tall tree whose massive canopy cast dense shadows on the ground, with a cool breeze making it comfortable and pleasant.
Qin Sisi didn’t have time to appreciate the scenery, she quickly stood up to check her surroundings. It was a very dense forest with nothing but tall trees in sight; it seemed likely that the eight of them had been transported to different locations. Maybe Master Yipiao didn’t want them to meet too soon within the ten-day period!
Since it wasn’t yet time for face-to-face combat with her classmates, Qin Sisi decided to first hunt Demonic Beasts to earn points.
They hadn’t taken away their storage rings for this assessment, so weapons, musical instruments, and various elixirs were readily available, allowing her to engage in battles with ease.
After some searching, Qin Sisi found a burrow under a large tree that looked somewhat familiar; she recalled her past experiences, and her eyes lit up.
She summoned the Wings of Rainbow to fly mid-air, then dived down rapidly while concentrating Earth Attribute Magic Power in her palms. Upon reaching the ground, she knelt on one knee and forcefully pressed her palms near the burrow’s entrance. Waves of energy spread out through the soil around her, creating rings like earthy yellow waves in motion.
Sure enough, the Demonic Beasts inside the burrow were startled and began to emerge, their golden bodies bristling with sharp, elongated spines.
Qin Sisi couldn’t help but smile; it was an old acquaintance, the Golden Pick Hedgehog.
Initially, her Gold Attribute Magic Power was weak, and Ye You, to help her improve, specifically took her to hunt Golden Pick Hedgehogs to find Gold attribute Magic Crystal Stones, therefore she had abundant combat experience with Golden Pick Hedgehogs.
