eurekapd Chapter 28 Trial Tower
Chapter 28 Trial Tower
When Chen Yuan arrived at the entrance of the Trial Tower, he looked up at the towering structure and felt like an ant.
At the main entrance of the Trial Tower, there are two black stone pillars. As Chen Yuan approached, words quickly appeared on them.
Name: Chen Yuan
Sex: Male
Identity: Elite Training Camp Prospective Student
Trial Tower Level: 1
"In the original story, these kinds of trial towers are often set to be extremely difficult. With each floor you go up, the strength of the enemies you encounter increases rapidly." Chen Yuan was a little curious. "I wonder which floor I can reach."
As he stepped through the entrance to the Trial Tower, an electronic voice echoed throughout the virtual space.
"Chen Yuan, please select your combat uniform and weapon. After selection, enter the Trial Tower within one minute to undergo the test."
As soon as he finished speaking, various equipment styles appeared before Chen Yuan's eyes, almost identical to those in a ring battle, except for the addition of a one-minute time limit.
Chen Yuan immediately selected his familiar Flowing Light Battle Sword and combat uniform, put them on in 10 seconds, and then carried the battle sword into the dark entrance of the Trial Tower.
call--
In an instant, space shifted, and Chen Yuan found himself on a vast grassland.
"Chen Yuan, you will now proceed to the first level, 'Level A' test." The electronic voice echoed across the grassland. "The content of the Level A test is that you need to kill 50 low-level beast general-level 'Wild Bulls' within 10 minutes. If you die midway or fail to kill 50 Wild Bulls within the specified time, you will fail."
You have 5 minutes to prepare.
"50 low-level beast generals, the Wild Bulls?" Chen Yuan clicked his tongue. "They seem so-so. Wild Bulls evolved from herbivores, and their strength is mediocre among all the monsters."
Of course, even if they are mediocre, each of the wild bulls is a genuine novice beast general. For most martial artists, it would be extremely difficult to have 50 of them attacking together, especially when their physical abilities are restricted to those of novice warrior generals.
However, for Chen Yuan, it was very simple.
Five minutes later, 50 wild bulls spawned near Chen Yuan and quickly spotted him, charging towards him with red eyes.
"Hoo—" Chen Yuan exhaled lightly, "The slaughter begins."
Before he finished speaking, he transformed into a bolt of lightning, instantly plunging into the herd of wild bulls. With a wave of his sword, he took the lives of one wild bull after another.
In just 5 minutes, he slaughtered all 50 wild bulls.
"Congratulations, Chen Yuan, you have completed the A-level challenge." After he killed all the wild bulls, the electronic voice appeared again, "Next is the B-level test, which requires you to kill 100 low-level beast general-level wild bulls within 30 minutes."
"Got it." Chen Yuan waved to the sky. "No need to wait 5 minutes, let's hurry up and kill monsters."
The electronic voice paused, seemingly surprised by Chen Yuan's arrogance, before 100 wild bulls appeared.
Chen Yuan smiled slightly and charged towards the herd of wild bulls once again.
A dozen minutes later, the trial ended, and Chen Yuan went straight into Phase C without pausing.
This stage requires Chen Yuan to kill 200 wild bulls within 50 minutes, including 10 of them that are of medium-level beast general rank.
But it was still no challenge for Chen Yuan. He exerted 3.2 times the strength, which was comparable to a high-level general. Coupled with his speed, which was comparable to a high-level war god, these wild bulls only lasted for half an hour before they were all dead.
"Time: 30 minutes and 19 seconds. 190 Elementary Warrior-level Wild Bulls and 10 Intermediate Beast General-level Wild Bulls killed. Stage C passed. Congratulations, Chen Yuan, prospective student." An electronic voice sounded, and the entire grassland disappeared with a beam of light, replaced by an endless desert.
"Next is the second level, stage A trial of the Trial Tower. Your goal is to kill 50 low-level Beast General-level Ironclad Scorpions within 10 minutes."
"Armored Scorpions?" Chen Yuan stared at the scorpions emerging from the yellow sand, recalling the characteristics of this monster in his mind: "Small in size, agile, known for its unpredictable movements, and prefers to travel in groups..."
"Your movements are strange, aren't they? Perfect, let me see just how strange they are." Chen Yuan smirked and resumed his killing spree.
In reality, with Chen Yuan's strength, the first three levels of the trial tower posed virtually no threat. In less than an hour, he had already breached the second level of the trial tower.
The third trial tower is composed of flying monsters called "Golden Vultures," and their numbers are roughly double those of the first two levels.
The A-level trial alone has 100 golden vultures, while the B-level trial consists of 190 novice and 10 intermediate golden vultures, and the C-level trial has as many as 300 golden vultures, including 50 intermediate beast generals.
This level is basically the limit that many War Gods can reach. Let alone clearing all three levels, anyone who can pass the A-level trial can become one of the best among the War Gods.
This layer still couldn't hinder Chen Yuan. However, as a flying monster, the Golden Vulture did pose a challenge for Chen Yuan, who couldn't fly, preventing him from dealing with it as easily as the previous two layers.
"It took 41 minutes and 55 seconds to kill 250 low-level Beast General Golden Vultures and 50 medium-level Beast General Golden Vultures. Congratulations, Chen Yuan, trainee student, for completing the C-stage test."
This challenge was quite dangerous for Chen Yuan, not because he was in any real danger, but because he was less than nine minutes away from running out of time.
"The difficulty has indeed increased significantly. I wonder what the fourth level is like." As the monsters of the fourth level, stage A, spawned, Chen Yuan's expression changed slightly: "What the hell?! 100 mid-level beast general-level bloodthirsty tanks?!"
Bloodthirsty Tank – the second-ranked pig-type monster and a social monster, like the Firescale Trident Boar, is covered in scales, giving it extremely high defense. It looks like an armored tank, hence its name.
"For a novice warrior to fight 100 mid-level beast generals and bloodthirsty tanks, the difficulty level has increased too much." Compared to the third level, the difficulty of the fourth level has increased dramatically, and even Chen Yuan's expression has become uneasy.
This battle was extremely difficult for Chen Yuan. The main problem was that the weapon issued to him by the Trial Tower was only of the 4th element, corresponding to the level of a low-level beast general. Now he was asked to use a 4th element weapon to fight 100 mid-level beast generals, and they were the Bloodthirsty Tanks known for their defense. It was really difficult for him.
If Chen Yuan wanted to kill one, he had to pierce the Bloodthirsty Tank's weak points with the tip of his sword, such as its eyes, belly without scales, and rear end. He couldn't just kill it indiscriminately like he could in the first three levels.
What's more, this damn trial has a 30-minute time limit. Even with Chen Yuan's strength, it took him a full 28 minutes to finally defeat all the monsters without using illusion magic, almost exceeding the time limit.
"Alright, let me see what the B-level test is like. Based on the pattern of the previous levels, will it be a high-level beast general?" Chen Yuan took a deep breath, waiting for the next stage to refresh.
The next second, a full 200 Bloodthirsty Tanks spawned, among which 10 were exceptionally large, undoubtedly high-level Beast Generals.
"Alright, alright." Chen Yuan suppressed the urge to curse and charged into the horde of beasts with his sword.
50 minute later.
"Time's up. You have killed 173 mid-level beast generals and 6 high-level beast generals. You failed to kill the beast horde within the allotted time. Trial failed." The emotionless electronic voice reported the result. "Chen Yuan, trainee, your Trial Tower level is determined to be 4.5."
Outside the Trial Tower, Chen Yuan remained expressionless. Although the Trial Tower level of 4.5 was already quite high, if it weren't for the poor quality of his weapons, which made it difficult for him to break through the defenses, Chen Yuan felt that this fourth level wouldn't be able to stop him.
"Never mind, my original goal wasn't to conquer the tower, but to hone my swordsmanship." Chen Yuan let out a long sigh, his mood now calm. "On the bright side, after being tempered by the Trial Tower, my proficiency in the Gale Sword Technique has increased by another 2%."
"I'll use the remaining time to see how much I can improve my swordsmanship." Chen Yuan looked at the entrance to the Trial Tower, picked up his sword, and walked in again.