Chapter 244
After a moment of kind reminder.
The condensed black smoke dissipated quickly, like a sand tower collapsing, revealing Li He and Hegeway who were covered inside.
The two people who completed the transaction said nothing more, nodded lightly, each chose a direction and quickly swept away, and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.
The people who stayed in place looked at the direction in which the two people left, and then at the entrance of the Pale Cave that collapsed again. Finally, they looked at each other and confirmed one thing: the Pale Cave could not be entered. Challenge The people have also left, and the "protagonists" have left. As supporting actors, there is no point in continuing to stay. It is just a waste of time, and it is time to leave.
Soon, everyone began to disperse.
The weaker first-level wizard apprentices were the first to leave, fearing that after losing the goal of the Pale Cave, other powerful apprentices in the field would attack them and gain points.
This is followed by Level 2 Apprenticeship.
The last third-level apprentices shook their heads and left one after another.
Everyone left with a bit of shock in their hearts. Whether they completed all the challenges of the Pale Cave alone or restored the collapsed Pale Cave, it was beyond imagination. It felt like the information seen by the eyes took a while to digest. Yes.
Some people are not only shocked, but also a little complicated.
For example, people from the Blood Ship organization.
As soon as Li He and Hegwei left, Jimmy waved to the people of the blood ship, took Aya Emily, and quickly retreated towards the distant forest calmly.
While walking away, he looked at the direction Li Hyuk left with a thoughtful expression.
He didn't know who Hegway was.
But he knew Li Hyuk and had many contacts with him. I thought that there wasn't much difference between me and Li He, but I didn't expect that the gap was so big that it was hard to imagine.
Aya Emily, who followed Jimmy away, had a somewhat thoughtful expression on her face. After walking a few hundred meters away from the place with Jimmy and her group, she stopped and rubbed her face, as if trying to calm down.
"What's wrong, Aya?"
"It's nothing." Aya Emily shook her head, took a long breath, paused and continued, "But, next, I won't act with you. I Before entering the annual test, the teacher told me that during the first stage of the test, I could move freely and exercise my abilities. But after entering the second stage, the competition will become more intense, and it is best to find one of my The senior sister named Milly is more secure this way. Now, I am going to find her." "
Okay, be careful." Jimmy said, although he felt that if Aya Emily and Blood Ship acted together, it would be a big mistake. He is more advantageous, but Aya Emily has expressed her position before. She has basically left the Blood Ship organization and does not want to push further.
"You should also be careful." Aya Emily said, waving her hand and walking quickly towards the left front. After a while, she took out a star-finding stone from her clothes and quickly activated it, but she didn't stop after seeing it for a long time. After receiving the feedback from another Star Searching Stone, he couldn't help but frown and said to himself, "Strange, why didn't Senior Sister Milly reply? Is she currently fighting and can't make time? She can't be eliminated... She is a very strong third-level apprentice..."
After thinking for a long time and unable to find the answer, Aya Emily simply put away the star-finding stone and did not go back to look for the Blood Ship and the others, choosing a direction carefully. Go ahead and explore.
...
At about the same time, near the entrance of the Collapsed Pale Cave No. 12.
Sean, Julie and their group saw that the people around them gradually dispersed, and after a while, the surroundings became empty.
After lightly shrugging his shoulders, Sean looked at Zhu Li and said, "Let's go too. There's no benefit to be gained from staying here - all the benefits have been taken away by Li He and Senior Hegeway." "
Li He..." Zhu Li muttered the name, pursed her light pink lips, and said after a while, "We all know the strength of Senior Hagway. I am not surprised that he can complete all the challenges in the Pale Cave here, but Li He... He became the teacher's student in a shorter period of time than you, but he is so strong. It's simply... unbelievable..." "There must
be a secret. Why, are you interested?"
Zhu Li glanced at Sean. : "Who doesn't have any secrets yet? But if the other party is so strong, I'm afraid the secrets are too big for me to explore - I still have this bit of self-knowledge." "Then what do you want to do?" "You were with me
before
. I said that I have quite a lot of contact with Li He, right? Especially in terms of knowledge, have we had many exchanges?" "
You can also regard the so-called exchanges as Li He's unilateral guidance to me. " Sean said frankly.
"That counts as a relationship. Then help me ask if any wizard family is sponsoring him now?" "
You want to..."
"It's not me, it's the family behind me who wants... such a potential wizard. Apprentice, I think the family behind me will be very interested in providing some preliminary funding."
"Tsk—"
Sean clicked his tongue, showing an undisguised expression of envy. He knew very well that the wizarding family behind Julie , is not an ordinary existence, there are many existing wizards, and they are extremely powerful. No wizard apprentice would refuse such funding from the wizard family.
In fact, he was eager for it.
But obviously, he was simply not qualified.
Although he, Li He and Hegeway were all students of Gauss, students were also divided into different levels.
I thought that he and Li He were at the same level, and Li He was even a little lower than him. Who knew...
Sean sighed and did not continue to think about it. He just nodded and said to Zhu Li in a muffled voice: "Okay, I'll ask for you."
"Well, that's good."
"Let's go."
"Let's go!"
The group of people walked towards the forest on the side.
After all, the annual test is not over yet, and they need to continue working hard to gain points.
...
about the same time.
In the small square on the edge of Dark Heart Academy's residence, several deans and a group of wizards looked at the standings in mid-air and continued to discuss in low voices.
"After the start of the second stage, the competition has been fierce."
"Yeah, you see, the names on the list have changed batch after batch." "
On the other hand, the first few have been relatively stable." "
After all, they are all us He is the top apprentice in the academy. There is no surprise. He may maintain his advantage until the end." "
In that case, Sauron will be number one again." "
It's not surprising. After all, it has been like this several times before."
" But this Li He may not be able to maintain second place forever. His points increase more slowly than the others, and he will probably be surpassed soon." "But there will definitely be no problem in ensuring the top five. Work hard. The top three are also very promising. I heard that this person is the student recently accepted by Dean Gauss?"
"It shouldn't be wrong. You saw Dean Gauss's reaction just now."
"Tsk tsk, Li He, Hegeway, and Dean Gauss are really awesome. Two of the top five are his students." "That's true,
but why isn't his expression very happy?" "
It's because just now Is it about the people in the Black Tower?"
"Well, that's not something we can get involved in."
"Indeed... let's not talk about it anymore..."
The voice of the discussion gradually died down.
On the high platform, Gauss walked towards the third dean Bi Kedong thoughtfully and asked: "How is the situation inside?"
Bi Kedong glanced at the strange pocket watch in his hand and said: "There is no problem overall, but the competition is indeed fierce, and... ...The Key of Time has been activated frequently, more than 30% more than in previous years. The remaining lifespan of the fragments is being consumed at an accelerated rate, and the annual test may end faster than in previous years." Gauss listened, nodded lightly and said: "Continue to observe,
if If there is any accident, tell me in time and deal with it in time, otherwise it will be difficult for the Black Tower to explain if something goes wrong." "
Yeah."
...
In the annual test area.
Li Hyuk appeared next to a pale tree that was leaning slightly.
Visible to the naked eye, there are traces of energy bombardment all around, and the surrounding trees are either tilted or broken.
Apparently, there had been a battle here not long ago.
According to the strength of the remaining energy and the destructive power it caused to the environment, they should be two second-level wizard apprentices... Li He glanced at it and analyzed it. Without thinking too much, he just used the time he had recently traded from Hegeway. He held the key in his hand and looked at it carefully.
It can be seen that this so-called Key of Time is different from the crystal key he obtained through all the challenges in the Cave of Pale.
The appearance is a bit longer, and the overall shape is more slender. Although the color is gray, if you look closely, there seems to be a faint golden energy flashing inside.
Key of time, key of time... Li He looked at the key in his hand and whispered in his heart, recalling the information Hegeway told him during the transaction.
It is true that the Key of Time can restore the Pale Cave, but it also has flaws. Otherwise, Hagwei would not have traded two Keys of Time for a Pale Pearl.
The first flaw of the Key of Time is that although it can restore the Pale Cave, it cannot break the restriction that the Pale Cave cannot be challenged repeatedly. To put it simply, if you have already challenged the Cave of Pale once, you will not be able to enter if you want to continue the challenge after returning to the original location.
It is also for this reason that after he restored the Pale Cave once and found that he could not get the Pale Pearl, and found that his luck was indeed very bad, Haigwei would compromise. Otherwise, he could continue to restore the Pale Cave No. 12 until Until you get the Pale Pearl.
In addition, the second flaw of the Key of Time is that it cannot be used casually. Although it can reverse time and cause time distortion, it is best used at test points such as the Pale Cave. If used in other places in the test area, especially when the space is not In a stable place, it is possible for space distortion to occur under the influence of time distortion, causing great danger.
Restore the Pale Cave with restrictions, and cause spatial changes... Li He quickly concluded.
To be honest, he is more interested in the second point than the first point, and would like to study it more if possible.
However, considering safety, I still think that we should test the restoration of the Cave of Pale first to see what the specific principles are. After the test is completed, we can then find a way to test the second point.
Thinking like this, Li He put away the Key of Time, looked around, locked on a beam of light that had not been extinguished, and flew quickly.
...
for a moment.
In a muddy and wet open space, an apprentice with a lot of blood on his body walked towards the forest with a somewhat staggering step.
Behind him, a large area of ground was rapidly collapsing, and the light beam in mid-air flickered a few times and went out, indicating the disappearance of this pale cave.
The apprentice with blood on his body is the fourteenth successful challenger of this Pale Cave, and also the last one. He was seriously injured, but there was a bit of joy on his face.
He pressed hard on a pointed metal object inside his clothes and couldn't help but smile, and the pain in his body subsided a bit.
Of course, he was not alone at the scene, there were many bystanders.
At this time, many onlookers were looking at the last apprentice who succeeded in the challenge with cold eyes, as if they were planning something.
And this apprentice seemed to understand this clearly and had no fear. He raised his head to reveal a square face with thick eyebrows, like two hills hanging on his eyes. He glanced at everyone in the field and said loudly: " What, you want to grab what I got from the Cave of Pale? Okay, then don’t be stunned, there are so many of you, and you are afraid that I can’t do it alone, come on!” As soon as these words came out, the
crowd There was some commotion, but when they looked at each other, no one made the first move.
The apprentice with thick eyebrows can successfully challenge the Pale Cave, which shows that his strength is not weak. Even if he is injured, he cannot be underestimated. This makes those who want to take action a little afraid. In addition, those who want to take action are also afraid of other people. I'm afraid that if I strike first, I'll help others and not benefit from it.
"Hahaha, why, so many people don't dare to deal with me alone? In the words of my hometown, the courage is not as good as the most timid Most lizard!" The apprentice with thick eyebrows mocked loudly, and walked a few steps to look. While the people around him still didn't do anything, he simply sat down on the ground, shaking his head while taking out something that looked like a dry tree root from his clothes, putting it in his mouth and chewing it.
"You really don't want to do anything? Then I need to eat something... I have been busy since entering the annual test, and I am almost starving to death." As he spoke, he bit off the "branches" hard and chewed hard. He frowned and swallowed.
As the thick-browed apprentice continued to swallow the "roots", his pale face turned a little rosy. While he continued to mock the people around him, he speeded up and stuffed the "roots" into his mouth, scanning the crowd with his eyes. Occasionally, he looks back with deep worry in his eyes, but he is not as fearless as he appears on the outside.
The scene was stalemate.
The apprentice with thick eyebrows did not leave, and everyone watched and did not make a move.
Waiting until the thick-browed apprentice was about to eat up all the "roots", there was a "boom", the air suddenly surged, and a figure fell from the sky and hit the field hard.
Li He shook his robe, stood up straight, and looked around at the scene in the field. It was a little strange, but he didn't pay much attention. His eyes fell on the collapsed pale cave.
According to the information provided by Haigwei during the previous transaction, there are multiple pale caves in the entire Pale Forest that can produce the Key of Time, and there are currently four accurate ones. One of them was fully challenged by Hagwei, and two were completed by Hagwei. The rest have completed the challenge, and the only one left is the one in front of them.
Unexpectedly, I arrived a little late and the challenge had already been completed.
But this is convenient for him, allowing him to directly test the effect of the Key of Time.
He planned to use the Key of Time to restore the Cave of Pale in front of him, and then complete all challenges to obtain more Keys of Time for other tests.
Thinking like this, Li He turned over his hand, took out the Key of Time, and walked towards the collapsed entrance of the Pale Cave.
Suddenly, a thick-browed apprentice sitting on the ground said: "Is this senior also here to challenge the Pale Cave? That's a pity. The last challenge has been completed by me. You have to find the other Pale Cave." That's it. I suggest you hurry up, otherwise it won't take long before the other pale caves will be challenged and completed." "
Huh?" Li He raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at the thick-browed apprentice who was speaking.
(End of chapter)