Volume 4: Nan Yue Rises with Wind and Clouds 0136: Trial Forest

  The Training Forest, as a territory of Canaan Academy, has always been a place for students to train and earn points.

  Apart from the Training Forest, Canaan Academy has many similar places for students to improve their strength.

  However, the trial forest is considered an advanced training ground. Except for a few special students, ordinary students need to be led by their instructor and in a team before they are allowed to enter the trial forest.

  The so-called points are the reward system set up by the college, some magic wands, weapons, magic books or martial arts, except for the teacher's teaching, need to be purchased through a special point system.

  A five-man team, practicing in the forest, with two magicians and three warriors. The strongest among them is a young man at the forefront, who has a faint blue shadow beside him that appears and disappears as he runs.

  The rest of them were at the 4th stage, 7th rank to 9th rank.

  Behind them, a Cloud Strider Leopard was approaching at incredible speed, its strength already nearing the sixth rank. Its speed was like a whirlwind sweeping past.

  One of the girls panted heavily and stopped in her tracks, her face pale with exhaustion, a hint of weakness in her eyes.

  "You... you go first, I can't run anymore..."

  This girl is the weakest of the five and a magician, unable to withstand long-term high physical exertion.

  Several others stopped one after another, all showing a tired look. The young man in the lead had already drawn his broad-backed double knives, and a hint of determination appeared in his eyes: "Molan, you take Xiaoyue and leave first, I'll hold off Yun Tuo Bao."

  "No, let's leave together! We won't leave you behind alone!" The girl who had been switched with Mo Lan simultaneously showed a resolute expression.

  Xiao Yue's tears fell down, and she sobbed softly: "It's all my fault, I've dragged you all down."

  "What's the point of saying whether it's a burden or not? When we first entered the trial forest, it was everyone's joint decision. If there's blame to be placed, it's mine for not having the power to protect everyone and instead recklessly leading you all into the trial forest!"

  "I don't believe it, our five little dragons of Canaan can't even handle a single Cloud Leopard!" Another sturdy youth seemed to be rallying everyone, patting his chest as he spoke.

  However, all five of them knew in their hearts that the strength of this Cloud Strider Leopard far surpassed any one of them. Even if they joined forces, they would still be unable to contend against it.

  After all, the strongest among them is only a fifth-order first-rank, and it's just broken through, their cultivation has not yet stabilized. However, this Cloud Trace Leopard is already a fifth-order ninth-rank, at the peak of fifth-order strength. Simply comparing energy, it's already ten times that of a fifth-order first-rank.

  And this energy comparison, converted into strength and speed enhancement, will be a terrifying gap, so even if they join forces, the odds of winning are less than one percent.

  Before entering the trial forest, they had made sufficient preparations, or so they thought.

  The strength of the five of them was not low, and among people of the same age, they were considered to be among the top. Although there was still a considerable gap between them and the top ten geniuses of Canaan Academy, it gave them enough confidence.

  And this confidence, after the people around them took the five small dragons of Canaan, became even more inflated, and they even felt for a while that they could contend with the top ten geniuses of Canaan College.

  Only the top ten geniuses have the qualification to enter the trial forest alone without needing a special application and accompanied by a mentor.

  They also wanted to prove their own existence and that they too were qualified to enter the Training Forest without a mentor's guidance.

  They just overestimated themselves, or underestimated the Trial Forest. When they followed their instructor into the Trial Forest previously, they didn't encounter any dangerous beasts, making them think that they were fully capable of handling any problem in the Trial Forest.

  But when they rashly broke into the territory of a cloud-tracing leopard, they realized that their strength was still too weak. Except for Guan Tian's strength, which could barely protect himself, the strength of others was not enough to be seen in front of the cloud-tracing leopard.

  Just as a few people recognized their mistake, Yun Zong Bao had already landed in front of them. His body was the size of a calf, and he brought with him a storm that made everyone almost lose their balance.

  Guan Tian immediately swung his twin blades and charged forward, while shouting at the sturdy youth beside him: "A Tai, attack him from the right side."

  Atai's strength is closest to Guantian, but Guantian was promoted to the fifth stage one step earlier, so he fell behind by a notch.

  "Titan's Grip!" Atai roared, swinging his massive war-hammers in a wide arc, striking towards Yun Zong Bao.

  Atai's twin hammers emitted a dark yellow glow and their shape expanded several times, like the fists of a giant.

  Suddenly, Yun Zong Bao let out a low growl and disappeared into thin air with only a faint rustling sound, causing Ah Tai's heart to skip a beat as he silently cursed his bad luck.

  "Ah Tai be careful..." The two young girls behind him exclaimed, Yun Zong Bao suddenly appeared behind Ah Tai in an instant, a claw strike swept out, and Ah Tai's back was already torn open with several shocking wounds.

  Atai gritted his teeth and stumbled a few steps, with a sharp tearing sensation coming from behind him. He wiped the back of his hand across his back, which was now covered in blood.

  Guan Tian couldn't spare a glance at Ah Tai, his twin blades clashing as he charged towards Yun Zong Bao. The blades danced in the air, emitting flashes of blue light, and the sound of the wind whistling past them was incessant.

  Yun Teng Leopard didn't put Guan Tian in his eyes at all, and with a swipe of his paw, he swung towards Guan Tian. A tearing sound echoed through the air as a transparent slash shot towards Guan Tian.

  "Beware, that's Yun Tzu Pao's Sky Splitting Strike!" Mo Lan exclaimed.

  Although Guan Tian knew the horror of this crack in the sky, Yun Zong Bao's attack speed was so fast that he had no time to dodge, and could only take this blow with all his might.

  Xi——the two blades of Guan Tian and Lie Kong Po intersected, Guan Tian's double blades paused for a moment, one of the blades broke immediately, the back of the knife flew out spinning rapidly, Guan Tian also flew out several feet.

  Everyone's eyes showed horror, the strongest Guan Tian and A Tai, couldn't even block Yun Zong Bao's one move. These people had no chance of winning, not even a chance to escape.

  The cloud leopard is best at speed, and their speed in front of the cloud leopard may not be much different from a snail.

  The crowd had already lost all hope, facing a monster that they couldn't defeat and couldn't escape from. They had already imagined their own demise, and a hint of despair and regret rose up in their hearts.

  They didn't know that each of the leading instructors not only had high strength, but also rich combat experience, and were more aware of the dangers in the trial forest. Some even deliberately avoided encountering dangerous beings.

  So they can protect the safety of trainees while selecting some suitable challenges as trials for trainees and giving them appropriate points.

  For these prey, the clouded leopard would have no mercy. The huge body had already pounced on Atei, who was unable to stand firm. No one doubted that with this pounce, whether Atei still had a life left.

  "Ah Tai!!" Guan Tian himself was seriously injured, but seeing Ah Tai wounded, he disregarded his own injuries, wielded his single knife and rushed forward to fight Cloud Leopard to the death.

  The youngest and weakest, Xiaoyue, has turned pale with fear, a flower in the greenhouse that had never seen such a cruel scene before. The companions she spent her days with were now on the verge of death.

  Guan Tian exerted his strength and pounced on the back of Yun Zong's leopard, his single knife emitting a blue light as he stabbed vigorously at the back of Yun Zong's leopard.

  But Yun Teng's body exerted a forceful flick, and Guan Tian was sent flying out. The terrifying power caused Guan Tian's body to crash into the trunk of a towering tree, causing the massive tree to snap in two as if it had been hugged by the two men.

  Guan Tian spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, no longer having the strength to get up. Mo Lan was anxious, but also the calmest. Her strength wasn't the strongest among the five, but she had always been the eldest sister figure.

  "Xiao Feng, wait for me to attract the attention of Yun Zong Bao, you and Xiao Yue will take Ah Tai and Guan Tian away, and escape in two different directions. Remember not to look back!" Mo Lan gazed at the young siblings, this was the only way to minimize sacrifices and maximize opportunities.

  Xiao Yue was still sobbing softly, Xiao Feng's face was pale, wanting to say something, but couldn't get it out, gazing at Mo Lan who existed like an elder sister, Xiao Feng's heart had a thread of affection, yet he couldn't express it at this moment.

  A beam of white light shot straight at Yun Zongbao, but a semi-transparent energy fluctuation immediately emerged on his body, and the white light was immediately refracted away.

  A fourth-tier eighth-rank magical level posed almost no danger to Yun Zhen, and even if she stood still and let it hit her, it might not have been able to harm her.

  Mo Lan's expression changed slightly. Although she knew that the gap in their strength was huge, she hadn't expected that her attack couldn't even touch Yun Zou's true body.

  Yun Teng Bao merely turned his head slightly and did not intend to attack Mo Lan directly, giving up the prey that was already in front of him.

  "Just then, a voice broke the silence: 'Excuse me... Which direction is the danger zone of the trial forest?'"

  This sudden voice apparently made everyone stunned, and even Yun Zong Bao was no exception.

  Everyone turned their heads and looked in the direction of the sound, a young man was standing on the high slope, this young man looked one or two years younger than them, possibly similar to Xiaoyue's age.

  However, this young man's face looked somewhat pale and his physique was weak. The clothes on him were very clean, making people think at a glance that he was the son of a wealthy family.

  Doesn't this young man know he's putting himself in danger?

  Everyone's mind can't help but think of this question, such a huge and terrifying monster, he is actually oblivious to it, or rather, he simply doesn't know what fear is.

  Fang Yun looked at the several disciples with difficulty, he originally came to try out the forest to find some elixir materials, but he found that although there were gains in the outer periphery of the trial forest, there were no suitable materials for refining the Cong Shen Dan, so he could only look for the dangerous area mentioned by Fang Yue.

  But after circling around the forest for half a day, he still couldn't find where the danger zone was. The five people in front of him were the only team Fang Yun had encountered.

  "It seems you're having some trouble, need help?" asked Fang Yun.

  Mo Lan and the others have gone mad, this young man is ignorant or fearless, anyone else would have turned around and run away at this moment, but he actually still has the nerve to say, do you need help.

  If he were a mentor-level figure, Mo Lan and the others would naturally accept him with pleasure. However, such a frail young man could only be an additional mouth to feed for Yun Zou's leopard.