Free Web NovelChapter 1129: Chapter 431: Tian Ji’s Horse Racing
Thus, the Blind Swordsman and the Golden Dragon each entered their own Abyssal Black Holes.
In the black hole, Ree Shil didn’t know what was happening, as he could see nothing.
After a few minutes, a golden light burst forth from the entrance of the hole.
[Roar!!!]
The Five Claws Golden Dragon emerged from within, covered in wounds.
"This..."
He hadn’t expected the abyss to be so perilous.
Even an S-level Follower found it difficult to break through?
"Alas, my Follower nearly perished due to a slight miscalculation."
Half a minute later, Wind Messenger spoke again.
Ree Shil had passed the third level in such a confused state.
He began to suspect that Wind Messenger was going easy on him.
He always felt that both Chasing Wind and Wind Messenger seemed to have a certain fondness for him.
But as it turned out, he was overthinking it.
The fourth level, the Blade Mountain Challenge.
The Followers were required to find the only legendary sword among mountains made of millions of blades.
This level, too, had a time dilation ratio.
minute shown equated to 1 year in the scenario.
Then Ree Shil watched as Wind Messenger’s Follower spent 10 years to finally find the correct answer.
While his Sweeping Monk hadn’t even searched half of the Blade Mountain.
In the end, he was the one to admit defeat in this level.
In fact, if he had sent the False Saint equipped with Fire Eyes, it probably would have had a good chance of completing it.
On his third challenge attempt, Ree Shil only experienced three levels before admitting defeat.
The first level was the Sea of Fire Challenge, where the Followers had to catch a fire koi from a sea made of lava.
He dispatched the Five Claws Golden Dragon, which, protected by a golden light, easily broke through the lava as if soaring.
The Follower sent by Wind Messenger was a Robot with Kirin Arms.
Upon entering the sea of fire, it immediately melted.
It appeared to be another instance of matching strengths and weaknesses.
Ree Shil seriously doubted that the sole purpose of this robot was to arm wrestle.
The second level was the Hearing Water Challenge.
This one was somewhat reminiscent of Wind Messenger.
No, to be precise, the essence was quite strong.
The task involved arranging 10,000 cups of water at varying levels.
By tapping and listening to the sound produced, they had to find the one correct cup.
The correct answer could only be heard once before the official start, and among these thousands of water cups, some had water levels extremely close to the correct one.
Ree Shil suspected that even those with perfect pitch would find it exceedingly difficult not to make a mistake before this challenge.
Moreover, even if one could discriminate correctly without error, after tasting a thousand cups, one might forget the pitch of the correct answer.
In this level, he sent Master Dharma Sea.
The Follower sent by Wind Messenger clearly looked like an expert among experts.
The Blind Swordsman.
A blind person’s hearing is especially sharp—this much everyone understands.
And this one must be an S-level Follower.
At the start of the level, the other party used a method that Ree Shil considered to be cheating.
He used sword energy to simultaneously strike all 10,000 cups of water.
Indeed, it was quite the compelling act.
But the outcome was disappointing, as the Blind Swordsman made an incorrect choice.
The tumult of sounds from the simultaneous ringing of 10,000 cups was too complex.
The side that found the correct answer first was the winner.
If one submitted an incorrect answer first, then the other side was declared the winner.
Thus, Dharma Sea with his shiny bald head, won the round in a most baffling way.
Out of consideration for Wind Messenger’s pride, Ree Shil really struggled not to burst out laughing.
The third level was the Taste Challenge.
Nearly a thousand different seasonings were laid out in front of the Followers for them to taste one by one.
After the tasting, they were presented with a pot of devilish stew made up of a hodgepodge of ingredients. freewebnovёl.ƈom
The Followers were allowed to eat as much as they wanted, with the possibility of adding more if not enough.
However, they were required to name all of the seasonings used in one go.
Wind Messenger sent a Fairy.
Ree Shil sent the Sweeping Monk.
The expressions on both Followers’ faces while tasting the various spices were enough to describe a lifetime.
And they were accompanied by turns of vomiting. ƒгeewebnovёl.com
When it came to the main dish, both Followers fainted simultaneously after just one bite.
Given the situation, the round ended in a tie.
Judging by Wind Messenger’s complexion, she probably knew that the challenge she set up was unreasonable.
Still, according to the rules, since Ree Shil didn’t win, this round was counted as his loss.
After exhausting his three chances and witnessing various bizarre challenges, he was cast out of the Instance.
"These challenges are all anything but normal, it seems I must also take some unusual paths."
He had some ideas in mind, but regrettably, it would be ten days before they could be realized.
The new round of The Major District competition began soon.
This time, a conventional competition finally took place.
Representative Teams, each sending out 3 people, conducted a normal 9+1 card game.
The format was a best two out of three rounds.
Then, drawing lots took place in a top 8 format.
With 6 teams going for the top 8, naturally two teams would get a bye.
The remaining 4 teams would then decide on 2 teams to enter the top 4.
The two losing teams would have another play-off to determine the fifth and sixth place.
For the top 4, the winning 2 teams would determine the first and second place, and the losing 2 teams would fight for third and fourth place.
As for which two teams got a bye, the Organizer’s choice was somewhat unexpected.
It was not a matter of luck or fate through drawing lots.
Instead, the current two teams in fifth and sixth place got a bye.
It was considered a form of consideration for the teams with poorer scores.
These two teams were the Wind Chasing Representative Team and Determination Representative Team.
The remaining four teams then proceeded to draw lots.
